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THE HISTORY 



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ADAMS County, 

ILLINOIS. 



COSTAIXISG 



A HISTORY OF THE aXTQ -11^ CITIES. TOUT'S. ETC 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S79, by 

MURRAY, WILLIAMSON & PHELPS, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 



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PREFACE. 



Could Time's etenial scroll have been uurolled by some magic hand, and three score 
years of his close-mouthed secrets been portrayed in panoramic view to the astonished gaze 
of John Wood, as he stood upon the rugged crest of the bluff where the city of Quincy now 
is, and took a survey of the Great River, as it flowed on in silent, resistless grandeur, with 
bosom unrufHed by pa^ldle or oar; or turning to greet the sunrise, scanned Nature's un- 
dressed and ever varying landscape of undulating woodland and prairie, stretching far 
away until the green and blue blent in misty haze, how would his brave heart, lilje a caged 
bird, have fluttered to be free from its narrow house, that the disenthralled spirit might 
rise heavenward to mingle with the forest choristers his meed of praise to the God of Na- 
ture and of Time. 

More than fifty-eight eventful years have been erased from the eternity of the future and 
•wTitten in the eternity of the past since that day, and still the grand ol'd man lives to see 
the scroll of time unrolled. 

When Mr. Wood stood upon the site of Quincy, in February, 1819, and resolved that he 
would plant civilization on that spot, there was no mark of the "white man's presence in the 
unbroken wilderness of what is now Adams County. The woodman's despoiling ax had 
leveled no tree of the primitive forest, nor had the then rude implements of the husband- 
man disturbed a wisp of the prairie virgin sward. The herds of sleek deer leisurely cropped 
the tender herbage of the thicket, or lay lazily ruminating in the shaded glen, without 
knowledge or fear of the argus-eyed huntsman ; the saucy wolves galloped in gangs about 
the prairies, in search of victims on which to glut their 'areed for blood, regardless of the 
near coming of their most deadly foe; while the wild Indian indolently floated about in his 
bark canoe fishing, or wandered over his "happy hunting grounds"" in search of game, 
with DO thought of being disposessed of his domain by tlie encroachments of the greedy 
pale face. But what change busy mind and hand hath wrought in little more than half a 
century ' In the year 1832, John Wood returned to put his former resolution into execution 
and planted the nucleus of the new order of things by erecting the first cabin, in December 
of that year. Willard Keyes buijt the second one, on the site of Quincy, while Justice I. 
Pengo and Daniel Lisle settled in other parts of the county about the same time. Thus 
began white man's history in Adams county, now one of the most populous and wealthy 
in the great " North West." 

It IS to gather up and arrange in chronological order and historic form the important 
events that have transpired during this marked transition of the wild wilderness to the 
beautiful cultivated farms, the " Red man's " wigwam to the palatial home, and the 
teeming towns and cities, with their fine business blocks, their splendid school houses, 
colleges and church edifices, and from the diminutive Indian pony to the iron horse and the 
harnessed lightning, as vehicles of burden and thought, that we, with our corps of helpers 
have many months been engaged. This volume is the result of these months of diligent 
labor and earnest research. 

The value of a history depends upon its accuracy. Truth must ever be the motto of 
the historian, else his book is but a prosy, pointless fable. It has been the purpose and ef- 
fort of the publishers of this work to compile a reliable and valuable reference book for the 
posterity of those heroic fathers and mothers who battled with nature and won. Many 
were their labors, hardships and ])riyatioiis during tliose years of pioneer life, but grand 
liave been the results. To gather up the fragmentary facts of nearly sixty years, many of 
them hitherto unwritten, and only treasured in the minds of those early settlej-s who were 
the actors in, or observers of, what transpired, the details and important connections of 
which have slipped through the meshes of memory— and rivet them into a faultless chain 
ot history, IS beyond mortal ken. But neither time nor eft'ort has been spared to procure 
Uie missing links " and bridge the chasms, so as to present to our readers as complete a 
record as possible. How well we have succeeded in the object sought they must judge ; 
but we trust not rashly, for in seeking for information to establish i)bints of historical in- 
terest, while generally we and our assistants received the kindest of treatment and ready 
responses to such inquiries, there are other instances where every attempt was baffled, 
either by the inexcusable delay in furnishing promised matter, or willful indifference of the 
persons appealed ta Then, too, there are frequently differences of opinion as regards 



tl.P dates names cW in wl.ich cases sortu otu will declare the record ot them in this work 
-|£:^'i=^f^^^edtrrX^;^rG^^^^ punished re. 

published fac"7and records, and from livins witnesses, and prepared with special pro- 

'"""IZti. a larse Dortion of the history of the early settlement of the^county was procured 
thnnu^h tx Srnor John Wood, and'from the records oL the "Old Settlers' Association " 
indll Genera" M^^^^ carefally kept memorabifia of dates and occurrences, as he 

has gX4od ihcn'Cm the most authentic sources, and from his own acute obser.-at.ons 

'"'' ^l°vt-lr'oT meru'this volume possesses as \x work of history, is very largely due to the 
mateHal furni"l e and other invaluable aid, so cheerfully rendered m many ways, to the 
Shsi'*'^ a" dthei' agents, by the persons whose names we here mention m grateful 

'^''TGof jTn Wood Gen. John Tillson, Willis Ilaselwood, County Clprk, and his ef- 
flcient'-KuJ Mr^Head; Gen. James W. Singleton Hon. OK Browning Gen^j^^ 

S M Irrn S^omon Wigle, Edw'd F.Humphrey, Pcjy Alexander Rev ^Vni^Wrt 
^- To^he'^bovIper'sSto the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Adams county, to the 

■"^'t^ jw ^^w^iixs ^r ' or;^r s:i:.^:ss pc;.^™^, is coinp,.^ 

by the publishers, Mcbkay, Williamson & Phelps. 

July, 1879. 



INDEX. 



HISTORICAL. 



The Northwest Territory : 

Early French Ksplorationsin the Mississippi 

Valley 7 

Early Settlements in the Northwest U 

The Northwestern Territory 22 

The Ijoaisiana Purchase 28 

Indian Wars in the Northwest 34 

Sketches of Black Hawk and Other Chiefs... 42 

Barly Navigation of Western Rivers 56 

Archteology of the Northwett 59 

Sketches of the Western and Northwestern 

States 67 

Expedition of Lewis and Clark 86 

Sketch of Chicago 96 

History of Illinois: 

Former Occupants 17 

ludians 21 

Early Discoveries 31 

French Occupation 44 

English Rule 47 

County of Illinois 55 

Northwestern Territory 65 

Ordinance of 17W 56 

Illinois Territory 59' 

War of 1812. The Outbreak 59 

Illinois as a State 74 

Indian Troubles 83 

Black Hawk War 84 

From 1884 to 1842 95 

Prairie Pirates , 102 

Morman War 104 

Mexican War 118 

Dress ai^d Manners 149 

Physical Features of Illinois 154 

Agricnltare 155 

Governors of Illinois 157 

TTnited States Senators 162 

Representatives in Congress 165 

Chicago 170 

Slates of the Union 177 

Digest of State Laws 187-2:i8 

History of Adams County 239 

Chapter I. 

Boundaries— Geological —Carboniferous— St. Louis 
Sand Stone — Kinderhook Group— Economical 
Geology — Bituminous Coal — Limestone for 
Lime — Clay and Sand for Brick- Soil and 
Timber 239 

Chapter II. 
French Missionaries— Discovery of the Mississippi- 
History Prior to State Organization— First While 
Settlement of the CMuniy— Organization of the 
County— Orii;in of Names of Couutyand Countv 
Seat — First Election— Coart Seals — Entry of 
County Seat Land— Quincy Platted— First Sale 
of Town Lots— First Marriage 2,57 

Chapter III. 

First Court House -- County Commissioners' 
Court— Town Rales- Rules of County Commis- 
sioner's Court— Lead Mine Excitement— Suck- 
ers-School and Temperance- First Stock of 
Goods— First Perry Kates— Maine Street Opened 
In Qulncy— Fiscal — First County .Jail-First 
Preaching— Brick Made— Deep Snow 2C6 

Chaptkr it. 

First Flouring Mill— Land Office Investigaiion— 
Tavern Rates Estalilifhed— Weather in I8;i2— 
Black Hawk War— Anecdotes— Causes of Slow 
Growth— Cholera— Popnlation— Prices of Pro- 



duce — Wild-cat Schemes — Agricultural — 
Mails-Prices in Qnincy — The Jail -Election 
Precincts — Incorporation — County Seat Con- 
test— Columbus- Highland County 272 

Chapter V. 



Cuapter VI. 



Chapter VII. 

Township Organization— Origin — Report of Com- 
missioners-Division of County into Town- 
ships— First Meeting of Board— Names of Mem- 
bers-Election Precincts— Aid to Solaiers' Fam- 
ilies— Difflcnlties in Paying Taxes — Bounty 
Act— County Line . .312 

Chapteb VIII. 

Burning of the Court House- County Seat Elec- 
tion -The New Court House— Proceedings of 
the Board of Supervisors in Relation to the 
Building— Description of the Building as Com- 
pleted—Occupancy 322 

Chapter IX. 

The Civil War— Cairo Expedition— Col. B. M. Pren- 
tiss takes Command— Ten R .-giments of Infantry 
and Cavalry— Cav.ilry— Independent Regiments 
—New Call — General Call — Recruiting again 
Slopped— Recruiting for Old Eeaimenls-^Ex- 
citement in May — Last Calls —Appointments 
and Promotions 330 

Chapter X. 

Adams County— War Record 351 

Chapter XI. 

Early Settlements— By Whom and Huw Made— Firs* 
Settlers— Old Settlers' Society- List of Mem. 
bers — Eirly Experiences — First Ferry— Eirly 
Customs— Lost Children— First Mill— Their Life 
and Work 395 

Chapter XII. 

Bench and Bar— Judges of Circnit Court— Primi- 
tive Priictice— Early Members— Legal Contests 
—Bar Association 407 

Chapter XIII. 

Miscellaneous Mention— County Officials— Precinct 
■ Elections, 18:?.5— First Court— First Probate Mat- 
ters-High Water- -\gricQltural Society 420 

Chapter XIV. 

The Press 429 

Chapter XV. 

Horticultural— Medical Society 4S5 

Chapter XVI. 

niSTORT op QOINCT. 

Historical -City OtBcors— Commercial and Manufac- 
turing—Ice Harvest— Churches— Watv Works 



HI8TOKICAt.-CONTIinrED. 



-Fire Depart >nent-SchooI»--AMdemy of Ma- 
Bic- Opera nnuee-Railroa.1 Bridge- Mmtary 
S«ciet& -Kailroads BuildlDC Assoclalion- 
Oas Company CemeUTHJS 

ClIAPTKB XVII- 
TOWS'lllV Ul'iTOKlV.B. 

Beverly - Bcnton-Camp Polnt-Clayton-Concord 

"* -JolnmbDe-EllingtoD - Fall Creek-Gnmer- 

Hoa8U.D- Honey Creek-Keene-Uraa-Uberty 

-Mendon^MulroBe - McKee- Northeast-fay 

son-RIchfleld-Urea °"* 



COHCLOUINO CHAPTKB 

Monnda and MoundBoilders -Swamp and Over- 
flowed Lande The Soldiers" Monument-The 
County Poor-Temporance-Edocational- Pab- 
lic Buildinee - Benevolent Soclt-tle* Firemene 
Benevoleni A99..ci«lion-Q.iincy Free Reading 
Room- ftnlixy Llhrary-Ti,e \ oung Mcna CbrU- 
tian Asjocation Lba' liable Aid and Hospi- 
tal As-ociation--ljnincy Work Uouse-Hotels- 
Mannfaclories-Tbe WholeBale Tra.le of Qaincy 
— Onlncy Unr»t Kailway and Carrying Com- 
oany-United Presbyterian Chnrch, ofClayton- 
OhriBtlan Cburch, Pleasant View - Christian 
Church, Ursa '*'» 



ILLUSTKATIONS-NOKTHWEST HISTORY. 



Westward, the Star of Empire takes Its way. 

An Indian lamp... • jq 

Indian? trying a Pnsoner • 

A rioueer Winter ■ ■• « 

Lincoln Monument, Springfield 



17 Chicago in 18-20. 



Present Bite o'fLak^Street Bridge, Chicago, 1«3S. 97 

Old Fort Dearborn, 1«30 "J 

The Old Kinzie Uonse... '"» 



ILtUSTBATIONS-STATK HISTORY. KTC. 



Illinois State Capitol •.••■•.■ ■^;,; 

Starved Ruck on lUinoie River near Pern 

Iroquois Chief. .. ■■■• 

Gen. G.-or^c Risers Clark 

Gen. Arthur St. Clair 

Pontiac. Thi- Ottawa Chief 

Black Hawk, The Sac Chief 

Insane Uosplt il. Jacksonville 

Illinois Industrial University .-•■• 

Illinois Infiilote for Deaf and Dumb ' 

Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. ....^..i 

Soothern IllinoU Normal Univerelty, Carhoa-^ 

dale - 



Illinois Asylum for Feeble Minded Children V" 

Scene on Fox River . . ■ • • • • • • ■ • • • • • 

Passcncer Depot L. S. &. M. S., and L. R. I. & P. 

R. R. Companies. Chicago J'' 

Sectional View- of LaSalle Street Tunnel IJ 

Inter-Slate Industrial Exposition IT-. 

Lake Crib Chica-o Water Works »■ 

Adam" County Court House «• 

Franklin School, Quincy. *™ 

The .Kfferson School, tjuincy........ ^ 

Maplcwood High School, Camp Point 

Chaddock College. Qujncy- v,- , • „ 

St. Francis Solanus College, Qutncy 



PORTRAITS. 



Abel Christian 

Artus Joseph «^ 



4(30 



.7*0' 



Bailey Thomas 
Baker .^aron. 
Baker Georjfe 
Bassctt M F 
Baiscay C — 

|;eebc Silas S^' 

BehrensmeyerC.F. A °" 

Binkert A 2iV 

BlackT.G ™J „^.. 

Booth Stephen .^g, Ke„daii Lewis 

Bowes A. E ^^ Keyes Wiliard 

Bowles Ilolmau S: -■ - — 

Bradley Daiiie' IS? 

Bradley S . II iV« 

Bredeweg JohnG. H l^. 

Browning lion. O. H 'VJ 

Brophy Ocorge • "?, 

Buttz A. H. D *« 

ByrdWm. A., M-D ^ 

CadoganJohnP '2? 

Campbell James JiJ 

Castle T. H SSJ 

Chapman E. W ^. 

Chase chirles SS 

Chitlend..-n John B J~ 

Chittenden S. R ™" 

Cburch Samuel P f?" 

Calvlu DP °^" 

Cooleyllon.H.S J«" 

Cranshaw Tneophtl 



Gardner Henry J iS 

GayV.P 1,^ 

Geisel Henry "oq, 

g»i'8-F.. :::::::;::.:;S 

HardyJ.P juw 

Haselwood Willis ^ 

HtileeWm -'T 

inerahani Thoe ^^1 

J arret t James jgQ 

Jones K. K oca 

JudvParisT Sn 

lley Hon. Maurice ^ 



.888 



KingE. M.. 

Kinney Benjamin.. ^ 

Unsdou Addison L *~ 

Larimore Albert W ^ 

Larimore J.W »g 

Lawrence « oodford ^ 

Lewii Eber ,^ 

Likes A. H am 

Like.wm :';:::::::::::5i8 

Logue J. C TfiO 

LoweryThos 540 

SIcIniyro Robert ,^ 

Moecker U . ■ ;48 

Montgomery Wm ^i 

Moore F.C ■. /Jm 

.Moore John, M. D ^52 

Moriiau Gen. Jas. D j,.g 

Morris G.-orBO g_,jg 

^.. ^ -,--,', 384 Mcirrison HughC .,0 

cn?t?sc R ? :•■••;:::::::::::.: .MS!. Mono., cm :.;; :::;8o 

gSnorthGeoW. .•■.-.■. »«• Echols Jame- 

Cyrus George W 

Daugberly M 

Davis Levi 

Faircbild M. Angnsta 
Kraser James 



512 

.810 



Nichols J ames '..'..'.'.'.' UTO 

Norwood J.K 32R 

Ording Henry -j^ 

PfanschraiJtU. C 590 

Pfelffer F jae 

Powell JOhn 



POKTBAITS.— CONTINUED. 



PAGB. 

Powell Wm.C 526 

Ralston J.N 680 

EankinRobert 910 

Redmond Thos 473 

Richardson Sen., James 502 

Robertson John B 502 

Eoeschlaab M. J 448 

Rogers W.T 453 

Rnddell J.M 800 

Ravage Chas. A 728 

Seals C 534 

Seals Joseph 534 

Seger S . K 466 

Sheer David 540 

Singleton Gen. Jaa. W 498 

Steiner Michael 534 

Sterne John W 526 



PAGE. 

StewartJ.H 434 

Summers Henry — 540 

Summers Richard 526 

Sykes Sen., James 820 

Tenhoeff C. J S74 

Tenhoeff W 800 

Terrill Geo. F 506 

Thompson W. H 566 

Tillsoo Gen. John 330 

Van Der Wall Peter 502 

Wagner Jacob 590- 

Walker Geo. H 810 

Wible Daniel 800 

Wilcox Daniel 428 

Williams Archibald 414 

Wiskiarchen Heinrich 590 

Wood Es-Gov. John Frontispiece. 



BIOGKAPHICAt TOWNSHIP DIBECTOBT. 



PAGE. 

City of Qnincy 591 

Ellington 716 

Clayton 734 

Camp Point 753 

Melrose 772 

Mendon 787 

Ursa 800 

Beverly 811 

Payson 821 

McKee 841 

Lima 847 

Keene 856 



PAGE. 

Northeast , 863 

liberty ; 876 

Richfield 883 

Honey Creek 891 

Gilmer 901 

Fall Creek 907 

Burton 914 

Concord 920 

Columbus 924 

Houston 92S 

MiscellaueouB 931 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



PAGE. 

Map of Adams County Front. 

Official Vote of Adams County 450451 

Tabular statement 452 

8th Regiment Illinois National Guards 661 

Constitution of United States 567 

Electors of President and Vice-President, 1876.. 579 

Practical Rules for Every Day Use 579 

U. S . Government Land Measure 583 

Surveyors' Measure 583 

How to Keep Accounts 583 



PAGE. 

Interest Table 584 

Miscellaneous Table 684 

Population of the United States 585 

Population of Fifty Principal Cities 585 

Population of Illinois 586-587 

Agricultural Productions of Illinois by Conn- 
tics, 1870 588-589 

Population and Area of the United States 590 

Population and Area of the Principal Conn- 
tries ot the World 590 



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The Northwest Territory. 



EARLY FRENCH EXPLORATIONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY. 

De Soto-^Lo Caron — Samuel de Champlain — French Adventurers — James Marquette — Louis 
Joliet — Embarkation to Explore New Countries — Lake Michigan and Green Bay — The 
"Ouisconsin" — Indian Accounts of the Country — Discovering- the Great River — Indian 
Name of the River — Joy of the Explorers — Intei-view with Indians on Iowa Soil — Feast — 
Speech of an Indian Chief — The Des Moines River — " Muddy Water " — The Arkansas — 
Return — Indian Nations — Marquette's Record — His Subsequent Voyage— La Vantum — 
Marquette's Death — Removal of His Remains — Joliet's Subsequent Explorations — Robert 
La Salle — Louis Hennei^in — Chevalier de Tonti — De La Motte — Fort Crevecceur — Henne- 
pin's Voyage — Falls of St. Antliony — Seur d» Luth — Hennepin's Claims as an Explorer — 
Colonization of Louisiana — Dissensioas — Murder of La Salle. 

The three great colonizing powers of tlie Old TVorld first to raise the 
standard of civilization within the limits of North America were France, 
England, and Spain. The French made their earliest settlements in the 
cold and inhospitable regions of Quebec; the English at Jamestown, Vir- 
ginia, and at Plymonth, Massachusetts; and the Spaniards on the barren 
sands of Florida. To the French belongs the honor of discovering and colo- 
nizing that portion of our country known as the Valley of the Mississippi, 
including all that magnificent region watered by the tributaries of the Great 
River. It is true that more than one hundred years earlier (1538-41) the 
Spanish explorer, De Soto, had landed on the coast of Florida, penetrated the 
everglades and unbroken forests of the south, finally reaching the banks of 
the Great River, probably near where the city of Memphis now stands. 
Crossing the river, he and his companions pursued their journey for some 
distance along the west bank, thence to the Ozark Mountains and the Hot 
Springs of Arkansas, and returning to the place of his death on tlie banks of 
the Mississippi. It was a perilous expedition indeed, characterized by all 
the splendor, romance and valor which usually attended Spanish adventurers 
of that age. De Soto and his companions were the first Europeans to behold 
the waters of the Mississippi, but the expedition was a failure so far as related 
'o colonization. The requiem chanted by his companions as his remains 
'ere committed to the waters of the great river lie had discovered, died 
iWay with the solemn murmurs of the stream, and the white man's voice 
was not heard again in the valley for more than a himdred years. De Soto 
had landed at Tampa Bay, on the coast of Florida, with a fleet of nine ves- 
sels and seven hundred men. More than half of them died, and the remainder 
made their way to Cuba, and finally back to Spain. 

Four years before the pilgrims "moored their bark on the wild New Eng- 
land shore," a French Franciscan, named Le Caron, penetrated the region of 
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8 THE NORTHWEST TEKEITOET. 

the great lakes of the north, then the home of the Iroquois and the Hurons, 
but a French settlement had been established at Quebec bj Samuel de 
Cham]>lain in 1008. This was followed b}' the establishment of various 
colonies in CaTiada, and the hardy French adventurers penetrated the coun- 
try by the way of the St. Lawrence and the lakes. In 1625 a number of 
missionaries of the Society of Jesns arrived in Canada from France, and 
during the succeeding forty years extended their missions all along the 
shores of Lake Superior. 

In 1637 a child was born at the little city of Laon, in France, whose 
destiny it was in the fullness of time to be instrumental in the hands of 
Providence in giving to the world a d^nite knowledc^e of the grandest and 
most fertile region ever opened up to civilization. Tliat child was James 
Marquette, the descendant of a family of Celtic nobles. He entered the 
Society of Jesus when seventeen years of age, and soon conceived a desire to 
engage in the labors of a missionary among tlie Indians. He sailed for 
Quebec in 1666, and two years later founded the mission of Sault Ste. Marie 
at the Falls of St. Mary. The winter of 1669-70 he spent at Point St. 
Ignatius, where he established another mission. Here the old town of 
Michillimackinac, afterward called Mackinaw, was founded. It was from 
Indians of the difterent tribes who came to this mission that he received 
some vague intimations of the great river — the father of all the rivers. He 
at once conceived a desire to penetrate to the banlvs of the wonderful river, 
and carry his missionary work to the tribes which he had learned inhabited 
its borders. He applied to his Superior, Claude Dablon, for permission to 
"seek new nations toward the Southern sea." The authorities at Quebec were 
equally desirous of having new regions explored, and therefore appointed 
Louis Joliet to embark upon a voyage of discovery. Joliet was a native of 
Quebec and had been educated in a Jesuit College. He had at the age of 
eighteen taken minor orders, but had abandoned all thoughts of the priest- 
hood and engaged in the fur trade. He was now twenty-seven years of age, 
with a mind ripe for adventure. He left Quebec, and arriving at Mackinaw, 
found Father Marquette highly delighted with the information that they 
were to lie companions in a voyage which was to extend the domain of the 
King of France, as well as to carry the Gospel to new nations of people. The 
explorers, accompanied by five assistants, who were French Canadians, started 
on their journey. May 13, 1673. Marquette has himself recorded in the fol- 
lowing simple language their feelings on this occasion: "We were embark- 
ing on a voyage the character of which we could not foresee. Indian corn, 
with some dried naeat, was our whole stock of provisions. With this we set 
out in two bark canoes, M. Joliet, myself and fi\'e men, firmly resolved to do 
all and sufter all for so glorious an enterprise." They coasted along the 
northern shore of Lake Michigan, entered Green Bay, and passed up the 
Fox river, carrying their canoes across the Portage to the " Ouisconsin," now 
called Wisconsin. At Lake Winnebago, before crossing the Portage, they 
stopped at an Indian village, which was the furthest outpost to whicli Dab- 
lon and Allouez had extended their missionary work. Here they assembled 
the chiefs and old men of the village and told them of the objects of the 
voyage. Pointing to Joliet, Father Marquette said: "My friend is an envoy 
of France to discover new countries, and I' am an ambassador from God to 
enlighten tliem with the truths of the Gospel." The Indians furnished two 

fuides to conduct them to the Wisconsin river. It is related that a tribe of 
ndians endeavored to dissuade them from pursuing their perilous journey 



THE NORTHWEST TEREITOET. 9 

by telling of desperate and savage tribes that they would meet; that the 
forests and the rivers were infested with frightful monsters; that there were 
great fish in the rivers that would swallow up men and canoes together, and 
of a demon who could be heard from a great distance, and who destroyed all 
who approached. Unmoved by these frightful stories, Marquette, Joliet, 
and their five brave assistants, launched their little canoes on the waters of 
the "Wisconsin, and moved slowly do^vn tlie current. After a lapse of seven 
days, June 17th, 1673, they reached the mouth of the Wisconsin and glided 
into the current of the Mississippi, a few miles below the place now known 
as Prairie du Chien. Here, and on this day, the eye of the white man for the 
first time looked upon the waters of the Upper Mississippi. Marquette called 
the river " The Broad ELver of the Conception." The Indian name is derived 
from the Algonquin language, one of the original tongues of the continent. 
It is a compound of the words Ifissi, signitytng great, and Sepe, a river. 

The explorers felt the most intense joy on beholding the scene presented 
to their enraptured vision. Here was the great river whose waters somewhere 
thousands of miles away flowed into a Southern sea, and whose broad valley 
was the fairest and richest in the world, but unknown to civilized man, save 
as an almost forgotten dream or a va^ue romance. They had solved one of 
the great mysteries of the age in whicli they lived. As they glided down the 
stream the bold blufls reminded Marquette of the "castled shores of his own 
beautiful rivers in France." The far stretching prairies alternating with 
forests, on either side, were adorned in all the wild glories of June. Bii-ds 
sang the same notes that they had sung for ages amid those " forests prime- 
val," while herds of buflalo, deer and elk were alarmed and fled to the dense 
retreats of the forest or the broad prairies beyond. I^ot until the 25th June 
did they discover any signs of human habitation. Then, about sixty leagues, 
as they thought, below the mouth of the Wisconsin, at a place where they 
landed on the west bank of the river, they found in the sand the foot-prints 
of man. Mai-quette and Joliet left their five companions in charge of the 
canoes and journeyed away from the river, knowing that they must be near 
the habitation of men. They followed a trail leading across a prairie clothed 
in the wild luxuriance of summer for a distance of about six miles, when 
they beheld another river and on its banks an Indian village, with other vil- 
lages on higher land a mile and a half from the first. Tlie Indians greeted 
the two white strangers, as far as their ability permitted, with a splendid 
ovation. They appointed four of their old m"en to meet the strangers in 
council. Marquette could speak their language. They informed him that 
they were "Ulini" (meaning "we are men"), and presenting the calumet of 
peace, invited them to share the hospitalities of their village. Marquette told 
them of the object of their visit, and that they had been sent by tlie French, 
who were their friends. He told them of the great God that the white man 
worshiped who was the same Great Spirit that they adored. In answer, one 
of the chiefs addressed them as follows: 

" I thank the Black Gown Chief (Marquette) and the Frenchman (Joliet) 
for taking so much pains to come and visit us; never has the earth been so 
beautiful, nor the sun so bright as now; never has the river been so calm, nor 
so free from rocks, wliish your canoes have removed as they passed ; never 
has our tobacco had so fine a flavor, nor our corn appeared so beautiful as we 
behold it to-day. Ask the Great Spirit to give us life and health, and come 
ye and dwell with us." 

After these ceremonies the strangers were invited to a feast, an account of 



10 THE NOETUWEST TEEEITOET. 

wliicli is given by Marquette. It consisted of four courses. First, there 
was a large wooden bowel tilled with tagamity, or Indian meal, boiled in 
water and seasoned with oil. The master of ceremonies, with a wooden spoon, 
fed the tagamity to their guests as children are fed. The second course con- 
sisted of lish, which, after the bones were taken out, was presented to the 
mouths of the strangers as food may be fed to a bird. The third course was 
a preparation of dog meat, but learning that the strangers did not eat that it 
was at once removed. The fourth and final course was a piece of buflalo 
meat, the fattest portions of which were put into the mouths of the guests. 
The stream on whose banks took 'place this first interview between the 
explorers and the untutored Indians, after parting with their guides, was the 
Des Moines river, and the place of their landing was probably about where 
the town of Montrose is now located, in Lee county, Iowa. One of our 
sweetest American poets has rendered Marquette's narrative in verse, as 

follows: 

" Came a people 

From the distant land of Wabun; 

From the fartliest realms of morning: 

Came the Black Robe Chief, the Prophet, 

He the Priest of Prayer, the Pale-face, 

With his giiides and his companions. 

And the noble Hiawatha, •> 

With his hand aloft extended, 

Held aloft in si"Ti of welcome, 

Cned aloud and spoke in this wise: 
' Beautiful is the sun. strangers, 

When you come so far to see us; 

All our town in peace awaits you; 

All our doors stand open for you; 

Tou shall enter all our wiewams; 

For the heart's right hand we give you. 

Never bloomed the earth so gayly, 

Nerer shone the sun so brirfitly. 

As to-day they shine and blossom 

When you came so far to see us.' 

And the Black Robe Chief made answer, 

Stammered in his speech a little, 

Speakmg words yet unfamiliar: 
' Peace be with you, Hiawatha, 

Peace be with you and your people. 

Peace of prayer, and peace of pardon, 

Peace of Christ, and joy of Mary ! ' 
Then the generous Hiawatha, 

Led the strangers to his wigwam, 

Seated them on skins of bison, 

Seated them on skins of ermine. 

Brought them food in bowls of bass-wood, 

Water brought in birchen dippers. 

And the calumet, the peace-pipe, 

Filled and lighted for tlieir smoking. 

All the warriors of the nation. 

Came to bid the strangers welcome; 
' It is well,' they said, brother. 

That you came so far to see us.' " 

Marquette and Joliet remained at the Indian villages six days, and were 
then accompanied to their canoes by an escort of six hundred Indians. In- 
vitations were extended to tlie strangers to renew their visit, after which the 
explorers embarked in their boats and floated on down the stream, passing 
the sites of future great cities of the valley, and passing the mouths of the 
Missouri and Ohio rivers, and as far down as the mouth of the Arkansas. 



THE NORTHWEST TEERITOKY. 11 

Marquette named the Missouri river Pekitanoui, or " Muddy "Water," on 
account of the now well-known character of that stream. 

After extending their voyage to the mouth of the Arkansas, where they 
found a village ot the Arkansas tribe, they ascended the Mississippi to the 
mouth of the Illinois. They ascended the latter river to its source. Along 
tliis stream they found many villages of the Illinois, or Illlni, a large and 
powerful tribe, who were subdivided into five smaller tribes — the Tamaroas, 
Michigamies, Kahokias, Kaskaskias, and Feorias. The country between the 
Illinois and Mississippi rivers was inliabited by the three last named tribes. 
The Michigamies resided in the country bordering on Lake Michigan, and 
the Tamaroas occupied the territory now included in the counties of Jersey, 
Madison and St. Clair, Illinois. Ivaskaskia — also designated by the early 
explorers as " La Vantum " and " Great Illinois To^vn " — was the largest of 
the villages, containing, according to Marquette, seventy-five lodges. With- 
out the loss of a man, or any serious accident, the party reached Green Bay 
in September, and reported their discoveries. Marquette made a faithful 
record of what they had seen and the incidents of the voyage. That record 
has been preserved. Tlie report of Joliet was unfortunately lost by the 
upsetting of his canoe while on the way to Quebec. 

At the request of the Illinois Indians, Marquette soon returned and es- 
tablished the mission of the Immaculate Conception at La Vantum. In 
the spring of 1675, on account of failing health, he started to return to 
Green Bay. "While passing along the shore of Lake Michigan, conscious 
that he was neariug the end of his earthly labors, he observed an elevated 
place near the mouth of a small river. He told his companions* that the 
place was suitable for his burial, and requested them to land. On that 
lonely and desolate coast, May 18, 1675, at the age of thirty-eight, James 
Marquette ended his last earthly voyage, and received burial at the hands 
of his devoted companions. Two years later some Indians of the mission at 
Kaskaskia disinterred his remains, and conveyed them in a box made of 
birch bark, with a convoy of over twenty canoes, to Macldnaw, where they 
were reinterred at the mission church. The post was abandoned in 1706, 
and the church burned. The place of burial was finally lost, and remained 
lost for two hundred years. In May, 1S76, the foundations of the old 
Jesuit Mission were accidentally discovered on the farm of one David 
Murray, with a number of church relics, the mouldering remains of the 
great missionary and explorer, and a cross with his name inscribed upon it. 

Joliet, after his return to Quebec, became again a trader with the Indians. 
His services were rewarded by the French government by the gift of the 
island of Anticosta, in the Gulf of St. La\vrence. Little after this is known 
of him. He died about 1730. 

The reports given of the discoveries of Marquette and Joliet, served to 
encourage other adventurers to engage in the etiort to extend their explora- 
tions. Fobert La Salle, a French navigator, who was born at Rouen about 
the year 1635, had long cherished a project of seeking a route to China by 
way of the Great Lakes. Before the return of Marquette and Joliet, he had 
explored Lake Ontario and visited the difierent Indian tribes. In 1675 he 
went to France and obtained from the government a grant to a large tract 
of land about Fort Frontenac, the exclusive right of traffic with the Five 
Nations, and also a patent of nobility. He laid before his government his 
desire to explore the Mississippi to its mouth, and take possession of all the 
regions he might visit in the name of the King of France. His plans were 



12 THE NOKTUWEST TERKITOKY. 

warinlv approved, and be was provided with the means for carrvinir them 
into execution. In July, 107S, he i-eturned to Fort Frontenac, soon after 
established a tradimj house at Niagara, and visited the neighboring Indian 
tribes for the purpose of collecting fui"s. He engai^ed the services of thirty 
mechanics and nuiriners and built the first ship tor the navig-ation of the 
lakes. It was called the Griffin, and was a bark of sixty tons. Having 
been joined by Louis Hennepin antl Chevalier de Tonti,the latter an Indian 
veteran, on tlie 7th of August. 1070, they launchetl the Griffin on ZS'iag-ara 
river, and embarktxl for the valley of the Mississippi. The}- crossed Lake 
Erie and Lake St. Clair, reaching Gi-een Cav, September 2d. For the pur- 

E3SC of relieving himself of some pressing hnanciid obligiitions at Montreal, 
a Salle here eng5\ge<.l for a time in collecting furs with which he loaded the 
Griffin, and sent it in the care of a pilot and fourteen sailors on its return . 
trip, with oitlers to return immediatelv; but the vessel was never heaixl of 
at'terwaixl. lie waiteil until all hojH? \u\d vanished, and then, with Father 
Hennepin, Chevalier de Tonti, the Sieur de la Motte, and about thirty fol- 
lowers, began again the voyage. They ascended the St. Joseph in canoes to 
the jx>rtaire, and carried their barks to the Kankakee, a distance of six miles, 
descended the Kankakee and the Illinois until they reached an Indian vil- 
lage on the latter stream, at the expansion of the ssmie, known as Lake 
Peoria. The village was situateii on the west bank of the lake, and must 
have been passed liy Marquette and Joliet on their voyage up the river'in 
1673,althoui;h no niention is made of it by them. La Salle, Hennepin, Tonti 
and their followei-s landed at Lake Peoria, January 3d, 16S0. The Indians 
received thetn hospitably, and they remained with them for several days. 
Here a spirit of discontent began to manifest itself amoiig the followers of 
La Salle, and fearing trouble between his men and the Inmaus, they crossed 
the river and moveil do«ni about three miles, where they erected a fort, 
which La Salle named J^ort Crevecoeur (heart-break) a name ex|)ressive of 
La Salle's sorrow at the loss of his fortime by the disaster to the Griffin, and 
also his feelings in the fear of mutiny among his men. The party remained 
here until in February, when Tonti was placed in command of the jx^st. and 
Hennipin chargetl with a voyage of discovery to the sources of the Missis- 
sippi. La Salle returned on foot with three companions to Fort Frontenac 
for supplies. On his arrival he learned of the certainty of the loss of the 
Griffin, and also of the WTeck of another vessel which had been sent with 
resources for him from France. 

Father Hennepin, with two companions, PicaoJ dn Gay and Michel Ako, 
on tlie 29th of February, 16S0, embarked from Tort Crevecoeur in a canoe 
down the Illinois to its" mouth, which they reachetl in a few days. They 
then turned np the Mississippi, reaching the mouth of the Wisconsin, April 
11th. Above this point no Euivpean liad ever ascended. They continued 
the voyage, reaching the Falls of St. Anthony, April 30, lOSO. Hennepin 
so named" the falls in honor of his patron Saint, \nien they arrived at the 
month of St. Francis river, in what is now the State of Minnesota, they 
traveled along its bimks a distance of ISO miles, visiting the Sioux Indians, 
who inhabited that region. Tlie river, Hennepin so named in honor of 
the founder of his order. In his account of this voyage, Hennepin claims that 
they were held in captinty by the Indians for about three months, although 
they were treated kindly' by them. At the end of this time a band of 
Frenchmen, under the leadership of Seur de Luth, in pursuit of furs, had 
penetrated to this part of the country by the way of like Superior. The 



THE NOETDWEST TF.EEITOKT. 13 

Indians allowed Hennepin and his companions to return \vitli the traders. 
They descended the Mississippi to the mouth of the Wisconsin, passing up 
that stream and down the Fox i-iver, and so on through Green Bay to Lake 
Michigan. Uennepiu went to Quebec, and thence to France, where, in 1G83, 
lie jnililislied an account of his explorations and a description of the region 
of the Upper Mississippi. In 1C97 (two yeaj-s after La Salle's death) he 

i)ublished an enlarged work, in which he claimed that he had descended the 
Mississippi to its mouth. His faithl'ul description of the valley for a time 
gave him credit for veracitj', but the impossibility of reconciling his dates, 
and other circumstances, are by the best authorities regarded as stamping 
his claim false. Before the time this work was published, as we shall see. 
La Salle had descended the Mississippi to its mouth. Hennepin explained 
his long silence as to his e:fploration to the mouth of the Mississippi, by 
claiming that he had feared the enmity of La Salle, who had ordered him 
to follow a different course, and had also prided himself upon his own claims 
as being the first European to descend the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mex- 
ico. Father Hennepin died in Holland, about the year 1699. 

We now return to ihe further adventures of the brave and intrepid La 
Salle. He returned to Fort Crevecoeur in the latter part of the year 16S0, 
to find that Tonti had been abandoned by his men, and obliged to take 
refuge among the Pottawattamies. He spent another year in collecting his 
scattered followers, finally succeeded, and on the 6th of February, 16S2, he 
had reached the mouth of the Illinois. As they passed down the Mississippi 
La Salle noted the different streams tributary thereto. They erected a fort 
near the mouth of the Ohio, and a cabin at the first Chickasaw bluff. On 
the 9th of April they entered the Gulf of Mexico. They reascended the 
river a short distance, founded the Fort of St. Louis, took possession of the 
whole valley in the name of France, and called it by the name of Louisiana, 
in honor of the king. 

La Salle, having accomplished much for the glory of France, now retraced 
his stejjs northward. After spending one year about the great lakes, actively 
engaged in laying the foundations of French settlements in the new regions 
he had discovered, in November, 1683, he reached Quebec, and soon after 
embarked for France. The government, with marks of great esteem, be- 
stowed upon hira a commission placing under his authority all the French 
and natives of the country, from Fort St. Louis to New Biscay. An expe- 
dition, with four vessels and 280 persons, was fitted out for the colonization 
of Lousiana; it sailed August 1, 168-i. Associated with La Salle, in this 
expedition, was Beaujeu, as naval commander. The mouth of the Missis- 
sippi was the objective point, but by mistake the fleet passed on northward. 
When the error was discovered La Salle desired to return, but Beaujeu per- 
sisted in advancing. Dissensions arose, and La Salle, with 230 colonists, 
disembarked. This was in February, 1685. A fortified post, which was 
called Fort St. Louis, was established, and attempts made at agriculture, but 
without success. Attempts were made to reach the Mississippi, which they 
thought near, but failed. La Salle and his followers ti-aversed the wilderness 
toward New Mexico, and in January, 1687, by siclcness and disaster, his 
party was reduced to thirty-seven. Some of these, following Beaujeu's ex- 
ample, revolted. La Salle, with sixteen men, then determined to reach the 
country of the Illinois. Two men, who had embarked their capital in the 
enterprise, were bitter in malignity toward the leader of this unsuccessful 
expedition. Their feelings found some gratification in the murder of a 



14 THE NOKTHWEST TEREITOET. 

nephew of La Salle. The latter sought to investigate as to the death of his 
relative, but only shared his fate, as one of them fired upon him from ambush, 
and the heroic La Salle fell, the victim of quarrels and dissensions among 
his own followers. Tiiis event happened after he had passed the basin of 
the Colorado and reached a branch of Trinity river, in Texas. 

A\ e have thus briefly outjined the part taken by this energetic and ad- 
venturous explorer, in giving to civilization a kaiowledge of a region that 
was destined to constitute the richest and most productive portion of the 
American continent, if not indeed, of the world. 



EAELY SETTLEMENTS ,IN THE NORTHWEST. 

Early French Settlements — Indian Tribes — Mission at Kaskaskia— Kahokia — Vincennes — Fort 
Poncliartrain — Fort Cliartres— La Belle Riviere — La SaUe — The English Claim ' ' From Sea 
to Sea" — Treatywith Inihansin 1()84 — English Grants — French and Indians .Attack Pick- 
awillany — Treaty with the Six Nations — French and English Claims — George Washington 
— French and Indian War — FaU of Montreal — Treaty of Paris— Pontiac's Conspiracy — 
Detroit — Pontiac's Promissoiy Notes — Pontiac's Death — France Cedes Louisiana to Spain 
— Washington Explores the Ohio Valley — Emigration — Land Companies — The Revolution 
— Colonel Clark — Surrender of French Posts in Illinois — Surrender of Vincennes — Gov. 
Hamilton Taken Prisoner— Daniel Boone — Simon Girty — Virginia's " Land Laws." 

As THE French were the first to explore the region known as the North- 
west, so they were the first to improve the opening thus made. The earliest 
settlements were in that part of the country east of the Mississippi and south 
of the Great Lakes, occupied chiefly by the Illinois tribes of the Great Algon- 
quin family of Indians. The Illinois were divided into the Tamaroas, Mich- 
igamies, Kakokias, Kaskaskias, and Peorias, and were sometimes designated 
as the Five Nations. The three last-named tribes occupied the country 
between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers; the Michigamies the region bor- 
dering on Lake Michigan, and the Tamaroas, a small tribe, in the same region 
occupied by the Kahokias, and now embraced in the counties of Jersey, Madi- 
son, and St. Clair, in the state of Illinois. The French opened the way for 
colonization by the establishment of missions among these tribes, their efforts 
in this direction having been attended with great success in Canada. A 
mission was founded at Kaskaskia by Father Gravier about the year 169S. 
This at the time of the visit of Marquette and Joliet, in 1CT3, was the 
largest and most important of the Illinois villages, and contained seventy- 
four lodges, or about fifteen hundred inhabitants. By the early explorers it 
was called by the several names of " Kaskaskia," "La Vantum," and "Great 
Illinois Town." Here, in 1GT5, Father Marquette had attempted to christian- 
ize the Indians by establishing the mission of the Immaculate Conception. 
For years it was nothing more than a missionary station, occupied only by 
the Nations and the missionary. About the year 1700 missions were also 
established at Kahokia and Peoria, the latter being near the site of old Fort 
Crevecoeur. Another of the early French settlements was at Vincennes on 
the Oubache (Waba, now Wabash) river. Authorities disagree as to the 
date of this settlement, but it was probably about 1702. For many years 
this was an isolated colony of Frencli emigrants from Canada, and several 
generations of their descendants lived and passed away in these vast solitudes, 
before either they or their savage neighbors were disturbed by the encroach- 
ments of an expanding civilization. During all this time they had maintained 
friendly relations with the natives. In July, 1701, a station was established 



THE NORTHWEST TEEEITORT. 15 

by Do la Motte on the Detroit river, called Fort Poncliartrain. Wliile these 
attempts to colonize the Northwest were in progress, similar eflbrts were 
being made by France in the Southwest, but without maintaining like 
friendly relations with the natives, for in a conflict with the Chickasaws, an 
entire colony at Natchez was cut off. As these settlements in the North- 
west were isolated but little is known of their history prior to 1750. In tJiis 
year Vivier, a missionary among the Illinois, near Fort Chartres, writes of 
iive French villages, with a population of eleven hundred whites, three hun- 
dred blacks, and sixty red slaves or savages. He says there were whites, 
negroes and Indians, to say nothing of half-breeds. They then raised wheat, 
cattle, swine and horses, and sent pork, grain and flour to New Orleans. On 
the 7th of November, 1750, the same priest writes: 

"For fifteen leagues above the mouth of the Mississippi one sees no dwell- 
ings, the ground being too low to be habitable. Thence to New Orleans the 
lands are only partially occupied. New Orleans contains black, white and 
red, not more, I think, than twelve hundred persons. To this point come 
all lumber, bricks, salt-beef, tallow, tar, skins and bear's grease; and above 
all, pork and flour from the Illinois. These things create some commerce, 
as forty vessels and more have come hither this year. Above New Orleans 
plantations are again met with; the most considerable is a colony of Germans 
some ten leagues up the river. At Point Coupee, thirty-five leagues above 
the German settlement, is a fort. Along here, within five or six leagues, are 
not less than sixty habitations. Fifty leagues further up is the Natchez 
post, where we have a garrison, who are kept prisoners through fear of the 
Chickasaws. Here and at Point Coupee they raise excellent tobacco. An- 
other hundred leagues brings us to the Arkansas, where we have also a fort 
and a garrison for the benefit of the river traders. From the Arkansas to 
the Illinois, nearly five hundred leagues, there is not a settlement. There 
should be, however, a fort at the Oubache (Ohio), the only path by which 
the English can reach the Mississippi. In the Illinois country are number- 
less mines, but no one to work them as they deserve." 

The fame of Robert Cavelier de La Salle vvas not achieved alone by his 
explorations of the Valley of the Mississippi, for, in 1669, four years before 
the discovery of the Mississippi by Marquette and Joliet, La Salle discovei-ed 
the Ohio river, or La Belle Riviere (Boautiful River), as the French called 
it. Being conversant wath several Indian dialects, he had learned from some 
Senecas of a river called Ohio which rose in their country and flowed a lona: 
distance to the sea. La Salle then held the belief that the river flowing to 
the west emptied into the Sea of California, and longed to engage in the enter- 
prise of discovering a I'oute across the continent. lie obtained the approval 
of the government at Quebec, but no allowance to defray the expense. He 
sold his property in Canada for two thousand eight hundred dollars, and 
with the proceeds purchased canoes and the necessary sujiplies. "With a 
party of twenty-four persons he embarked in seven canoes on the St. Law- 
rence, July 6th, 1669. Crossing over Lake Ontario, they were conducted by 
Indian guides to the Genesee, about where the city of Rochester, New York, 
is now located. The enterprise did not receive the approbation of the Indians 
at the Seneca village then situated on the bank of the Genesee at this point, 
and they refused to furnish him guides to conduct him further. After a 
month's delay he met an Indian belonging to the Iroquois tribe on Lake On- 
tario, who conducted them to their vilhige, where they received a more 
friendly welcome. From the chief of the Ii-oquois at Onondaga he obtained 



16 THE NOKTUWEST TERKITOEY. 

guides who conducted the party to a river south of Lake Erie. This proved 
to be a tributary of the Ohio. They descended it, and thence down the 
Ohio to the great falls where Louisville now stands. By virtue of this dis- 
covery the French claimed the country along the Ohio, and many years after hi 
established military and trading posts at different points. One of these was H| 
Fort Du Quesne, erected in 1654, which was taken from them by the English ■ 
a few years later and called Pittsburg, in honor of William Pitt, then prime 
minister of England. 

Notwithstanding the discovery of the Ohio by the French under La Salle 
as early as 1060, the English claimed from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the 
ground that her sea-coast discoveries entitled her to the sovereignty of all 
the country from " sea to sea." In 1GS4-, Lord Howard, Governor of Vir- 
ginia, held a treaty with Indian trib68 known as the Northern Confederacy, 
to-wit: the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas. The Tus- 
caroras being subsequently taken in, these tribes became known as the Six 
Nations, and the English assumed their protection. They purchased from 
them large tracts of land and aimed to obtain a monopoly of the Indian 
trade. Tlie English government made grants of land west of the Allcghanies, 
and companies were formed for their settlement. France, seeing the Eng- 
lish obtaining a foothold by planting trading posts in the Northwest, in 
ITiO sent Louis Celeron with a small force of soldiers to plant in moun^ds at 
the mouths of the principal tributaries of the Ohio, plates of lead with the 
claims of France inscribed thereon. The English, however, still continued 
to make exploitations and establish trading posts. One of these grants of 
England was to a com])any known as the " Ohio Company," and embraced a 
tract of land on the Great Miami, described as l)eing one hundred and lifty 
miles above its mouth. Christopher Gist was sent by this company in 1750 
to inspect thier lands and to establish a trading post. In 1752 a small party 
of French soldiers, assisted by Ottawas and Chippewas, attacked this post 
and captured the traders after a severe battle. The English called this post 
Pickawillany — the name being subsequently contracted to Pickaway or 
Piqua. The location of this post was doubtless near that of the present 
town of Piqua, on the Great Miami, about seventy -eight miles north of 
Cincinnati. Thus on the soil of what became a part of the state of Ohio 
was shed the first blood between the French and English for the possession 
of the Northwest. 

In 1744 the English had entered into a treaty with the Six Nations at 
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by which they acquired certain lands described as 
being within the "Colony of Virginia." The Indians subsequently com- 
plained of bad faith on the part of the English in failing to comply with 
some of the stipulations of the treaty. The Governor of Virginia appointed 
commissioners to hear the grievances of the Indians. They met at Logs- 
town, on the north bank of the Ohio, about seventeen miles below the present 
city of Pittsburg, in the spring of 1752. Notwithstanding the complaint of 
the Indians that the English had failed to supply them with arms and am- 
munition as they had agreed, they succeeded in obtaining a confinnation of 
the treaty of Lancaster. 

In the meantime the French were quietly preparing to maintain their 
claims to the country in dispute. They provided cannon and military stores 
in anticipation of the coming conflict. The French were notified to give up 
their posts, but they foiled to comply. Governor Dinwiddle finally deter- 
mined to learn definitely their intentions, and for this purpose selected Major 



THE NOKTHWEST TEEEITOEY. 



17 




18 THE NORTHWEST TERRITOEY. 

George Washington, then twenty-two years of age, as a messenger. With 
Christopher Gist as guide, and four attendants or servants, Washington set 
out tlirougli the wilderness on his perilous journey. He held a conference 
with the chiefs of the Six Nations at Logstown in November, 1753. He 
learned something of the condition of the French, but the Indians desired to 
remain neutral and were disposed to be non-committal. Washington pro- 
ceeded to Venango, whore there was a French post called Fort Machault. 
Here he delivered to tlie French governor Dinwiddle's letter, and received 
the answer of St. Pierre, the commander of the fort, declining to give up 
without a struggle. Preparations for war were made in all the English col- 
onies while the French continued to strengthen their lines of fortifications. 

It will thus be seen that what is kno^vn as the French and Indian war had 
its origin in this dispute about the* possession of what is now one of the 
fairest and richest portions of our Republic. It resulted, not only in Eng- 
land maintaining her right to the territory in dispute, but in wresting Can- 
ada from France. It was a war of eight years duration, commencing with 
the attack of the French and Indians on the English post at Piqua in 1752, 
find virtually ending with the fall of the city of Montreal in April, 17(;o. 
Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Niagara, and Quebec had all previously surren- 
dered to the English, the first two without resistance. After the fall of 
Montreal the Governor of Canada signed a cajjitulation surrendering the 
whole of Canada to the English. One post, however, that of Detroit, still 
remained in possession of the French. Major Rogers was sent from Mon- 
treal to demand its surrender. Beletre, the commander of the post, at first 
refused, but on the 29th of November, having heard of the defeat of the 
French arms in Canada, he also surrendered. September 2i)th, 170O, the 
treaty of peace between France and England, Icnown as the treaty of Paris, 
was made, but not ratified until Februarj' lUth, 17G3. Meantime the Northwest 
territory was entirely imder English rule and settlements began to extend. The 
Indians who had been the friends and allies of the French during the war 
were not reconciled to the English, claiming that they had not carried out 
their promises. Under the famous Ottawa chief, Pontiac, they united in a 
general conspiracy to cut off all the English posts on the frontier. The 
Chippewas, Ottawas, Wyandots, Miamis, Shawnese, Delawares and Mingoes, 
buried the hatchet in their local quarrels, and united to exterminate the 
English. 

Owing to treachery on the part of some of Pontiac's followers, he failed 
in the complete execution of his plans, but in May, 1763, several British 
posts fell, and many whites were victims of the merciless tomahawk. In 
the arrangement among the Indians it was agreed that Pontiac's own imme- 
diate field of action was to be the gan-ison at Detroit. He laid siege to the 
post May 12th, and continued it until October 12th. To obtain food for his 
warriors during this time, he issued .promissory notes, dra\\'n upon birch 
bark and signed with the figure of an otter. All these notes were faithfully 
redeemed. Being unsuccessful in reducing the garrison, the tribes generally 
sued for peace, but Pontiac remained as yet unsubdued. To Alexander 
Henry, an Englishman who visited MissllHmacinac the next spring, he said: 
" Englishman, although you have conquered the French, you have not yet 
conquered us. We are not your slaves ! Tliese lakes, these woods, these 
mountains, were left us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance, and we 
will part with them to none. Your nation supposes that we, like the white 
people, cannot live without bread, and pork and beef ; but you ought to 



THE NORTHWEST TEERITOET. 19 

know that He, the Great Spirit and Master of Life, has provided food for us 
upon these broad lakes and in these mountains." 

Pontiac still en-tertained the hope tliat the French would renew the war, 
and finally conquer the English, and endeavored to incite the Indians on the 
Miami, and in other parts of the West, to continue hostilities. He applied, 
but unsuccessfully, to the French commander at ISew Orleans. Being un- 
able to unite again those who entered so eagerly into his original conspiracy 
for destroying the English settlements, he went to the Illinois country, where 
he made a stand, and had for a time the sympathy and co-operation of the 
French fur traders in that region. Soon, however, all but his immediate 
followers deserted his cause, and he then reluctantly accepted peace on the 
terms offered by the English. From this time he had but little influence 
with the tribes. He was killed by an Illinois Indian, while drunk, at Ka- 
hokia, in 1769. At the time of his death he was about fifty-seven years of 
age. 

Great Britain now held sovereignty over the entire Northwest, and to pre- 
vent Louisiana from also falling into the hands of the English, France by 
secret treaty, in 1762, ceded it to Spain. The next year the treaty of Paris 
formally gave to England possession of the Northwestern Territory. The 
English now began to prepare for settlement and occupation of the country. 
In 1770 persons from Virginia and other British provinces took up the 
valuable lands on the Monongahela and along the Ohio to the mouth of the 
Little Kanawa. In October of the same j-ear George Washington with a 
party descended the Ohio from Pittsbui'g to the Kenawa, which last named 
stream they ascended about fourteen miles, and marked out several large 
tracts of land. Buffalo were then abundant in the Ohio valley, and several 
of them were shot by Washington's party. Pittsburg was then a village of 
twenty houses, the inhabitants being mostly Indian traders. 

The British government was inclined to observe a liberal policy toward 
the French settlers in the West. In 1763 the king, by royal proclamation, 
had forbidden his subjects from making settlements beyond the sources of 
the rivers which fall into the Atlantic ; but his subjects in the colonies wei-e 
little disposed to observe this restriction. Finally, in 177-i, Governor Dun- 
more, of Virginia, began to encourage emigration to the West. A number 
of settlements were made in the Ohio valley, the settlers often coming in 
conflict with the Indians. Several battles were fought, ending in the battle 
of Kenawa, in July, when the Indians were defeated and driven across the 
Ohio. During the years following, up to 1776, several land companies were 
formed, and engaged in extensive operations. One, called the " Illinois 
Land Company," obtained from the Indians large tracts of land on the Mis- 
sissippi river, south of the Illinois. An associ-ation, styling itself the "Wa- 
bash Land Company," obtained a deed from eleven chiefs to 37,497,600 acres 
of land. The War of the Pevolution interfered with these and many other 
similar schemes of speculation. The parties interested subsequently made 
efforts to have these land grants sanctioned by Congress, but did not succeed. 

In 1771, according to the best information we have, Kaskaskia contained 
eighty houses, and nearly one thousand inhabitants, white and black. Ka- 
hokia contained fifty houses, with three hundred white inhabitants, and 
eighty negroes. There were a few families at Prairie du Rocher, on. the 
iflssissippi river, opposite St. Louis. At Detroit, there were in 1766, about 
one Imndred houses. This place was founded by Antoine de la Motte Ca- 
dillac, in 1701, and is the oldest town in the Northwest. 



"" THE NOETHWEST TEKEITOKT. 



When the War of the Revohition commenced tlie British held Ivaska«kia 
KaholaaVmcennes Detroit, and other important posts i^heWescf 
GeorgeKogers Clark, a master spirit of the frontier' who was familiar with 
all the impor ant movements of the British in the West, and also with the 
disposition of the Indians, formed a plan unequalled in boldness f,.r .ul.i u 
gating these posts. He repaired to the capital of Vir-inia, Patrick Ilci rv 
bein|then Governor, and presented to the authorities iTis plan of operatio is 
whic-A was approved by Governor Henry. He was accordinglXSeJ 
with two sets ot instruct.ons-one secret and the other open, ll s open in 
structions authorized him to enlist seven companies to go to Kentuckv "i b 
ject to his orders, and serve three months from their arrival in the We "t 

J he SPf>rpr nrrlpr niit-h/-v,.,Vo,l l,;,v, (-^ „.._ __.i . • , . ' ^'- 



fp, i 1 ,1 ;----_- -.......^o iium lutru- arrival in tne west 

The secret order authorized him to arm and equip his trooi.s at Pitt^bur.' 
and proceed to subjugate the countrj'^ Col. Clark succeeded in raisincr ut 
three companies, but with these and a few private volunteers, lie descended 

s^^tS V "' "' V^' ^f^' "i' '^'% '?""^ «*■ ^^"'^- Here he fortified a smal 
island, kno^-n as Corn Island, and then announced to his men their real des- 



tmation. Leaving a small garrison, on the 24th of June, durii.o- a total 
^lipse of the sun, he moved down the river. Under a burning jSh- 'un 
withhis chosen band, he marched to Kaskaskia, reaching that l3ost on the 
evening ot July 4th. Without the loss of a man on either side the fort and 
village were captured. lie easily induced the Indians to give their alle-i 

ITl^^,^ n?"^ "^""T- '^V ^^'''"P^'"*^^^ 1"™ toluihokia on t?ie 
6th and through then; mlluence the inhabitants of that place surrendered 
without resistance. The priest at Kaskaskia, M. Gibault iiastily ioinedin 
rendering all the aid he could to forward the purposes of Clark lie e.tab 
lished a government for the colonies he had taken, and then made readV to 
march upon St. A^mcent, or Vincennes, as it is more commonlv known 
But Gibault oflered to go alone and induce the post on the "Ouliaclie " to 

hrow oft the authority of England. Clark accepted the off-er, and cm the 
14th of July Gibault started on his mission. On tlie 1st of August lie re! 
lT.f\r^l^lT'- ""^ e"t='-e success, the garrison at Vincennes having. 

aken the oath ot allegiance to Virginia. Col. Clark placed garrisons a1 
Kaskaskia and Kahok.a^and sent orders for the erection of a fort at the Falls 
of the Ohio, where the City of Louisville now stands. lie also sent Poche- 
blave, the former commander of Kaskaskia, a prisoner of war to Pichmond. 
The_ county of Ilhnois was established in October of the same year bv the 
Legislature of Virginia. John Todd was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel and 
acting governor. Courts were established, and the colony was provided with 
a government complete. The Indians acknowledged allegiance to the new 
government. >-> o ^ ^'^^ "cw 

While Col Clark was arranging for the government of the Illinois colo- 
nies, the British Governor, Hamilton, was planning an expedition to move 
from Detro, down the Wabash to Vincennes, intending to recapture the 
posts w iich had surrendered to Clark, and thence extenc? his operations to 
Kentucky He knew nothing of the cai.itulation of Vincennes until his 
arrival, when he found the fort in command of Capt. Helm, wiio had been 
sent by Col ClaiJ to take charge of the garrison, llamilton demanded the 
surrender of the fort, and being granted the rights of a prisoner of war, Capt 
Helm surrendered to a superior force. On the 29th of January, niQ Clark 
received inteUigence of what had transpired at Vincennes, and fcf the in- 
w1 ??nr^r*'^"'"f ^- Hf"'IJ«"- Haying sufficiently garrisoned Kaskaskia 
and Kahokia,and dispatched a force down the Mississippi to ascend the Ohio 



TUE NORTHWEST TEREITOKT. 21 

and operate with the land forces in that direction, on the 5th of February he 
set out himself with one hundred and twenty men on his hard march to 
Vincennes. He reached the fort on the 22d, and was joined by the re- 
mainder of his command, which had come by water. He immediately com- 
menced his attack on the fort, and on the 25th Gov. Hamilton surrendered. 
He was sent as a pri€oner of war to Virginia, where he was kept in close 
confinement, and thus failed to accomplish his purpose of uniting the In- 
dian tribes against the Americans. All the important posts in the North- 
west, except Detroit, were now in the hands of the Americans. Had Clark 
received reinforcements, which had been promised, he would doubtless have 
captured Detroit also ; but Virginia and the other colonial governments at 
this time doubtless had all they could do to attend to the operations of the 
war east of the Alleghanies. The Legislature of Virginia passed resolutions 
complimenting Col. Clark and his men, and in 1781 he was promoted to 
the rank of general. Previous to this he had taken part with Steuben 
against Arnold, when the latter invaded Virginia, in 1780. Subsequently, 
Virginia gave to Gen. Clark and his men one liundred and fifty thousand 
acres of land, wherever they might choose to locate it, north of the Ohio. 
They made selection of a tract oi:)posite the Falls of the Ohio, between New 
Albany and Jeliersonville, Indiana. Gen. Clark died near Louisville, Ken- 
tucky, February 13th, 1808. 

Tlie years 1781 and 1782 were dark years in the history of the infant set- 
tlements of the Northwest, in consequence of the many outrages practiced 
by the Indians. Many deeds of cruelty were committed under the leader- 
ship of the outlaw, Simon Girty, occurring chiefly in the Ohio Valley. Sev- 
eral battles between the Indians and frontiersmen occurred north of the 
Ohio, while in Kentucky the famous Daniel Boone and his companions were 
engaged in protecting the frontier outposts. 

In 1783 the treaty of peace, which ended the Revolutionary struggle, was 
concluded, and by its terms the boundaries of the West were definecl as fol- 
lows : On the north, to extend along the center of the Great Lakes ; from 
the western point of Lake Superior to Long Lake ; thence to the Lake of 
the Woods ; thence to the head of the Mississippi river, down its center to 
the 31st parallel of latitude ; thence on that line east to the head of Appa- 
lachicola river, down its center to the junction with the Flint ; thence straight 
to the head of St. Mary's river ; and thence down along its center to the 
Atlantic Ocean. 

For some time after the cessation of hostilities. General Ilaldimand, the 
British commander at Detroit, refused to evacuate, on the ground, as he 
claimed, that his king had not ordered him to do so. It shortly, however, 

iiassed under the control of the United States, and so remained, except when 
leld by the British, through the surrender of Gen. Hull, for a few weeks in 
Aiigust and September, 1812. 

The war of independence had been fought and gained, and England, as 
we have seen, had renoimced her claim to the Northwest, but the Indian 
title was not yet extinguished. From 1783 to 178G various treaties were 
made, by which the Indians relinquished their title to extensive tracts of 
territory. The individual States also held claims to the territory surrendered 
by Great Britain, and acts of cession were necessary to vest the title to the 
soil in United States ; but of this we shall treat more fully in another place. 
In 1779 Virginia had passed her "land laws," by which grants made to set- 
tlers were confirmed, and providing for selling the rest at forty cents per 



22 THE NOETUWEST TEREITOET. 

acre. Kentuck}' was included iu the territory of Virginia until 1792. It 
was originally explored by Daniel Boone and iiis compeers about the year 
1769. Harrodsburg was founded in 1774, and Lexington a year or two 
later, when the news of the battle of Lexington was fresh in the minds of 
its founders. 

THE NORTHWESTEEN TEERITORY. 

Territorv held by States — Articles of Confederation — Objections of certain States — Delaware 
Resolutions — Action of Connrress — Maryland — New York — Cession of Territory by Stales — 
Ordinance of 17S7 — Territorial Oi'sanization of the Northwest — Fort Washinfrton — Wm. 
H. Harrison. Arthur St. Clair — Early .American Settlements— New England Company — 
Gen. Rufus Putnam — John Cleves Syuimes — Cincinnati Founded —Treaty with Spain — 
Division of the \orthw^,'stern Territory*— Orfjanization of tlie Territoiy of Indiana — 
Division, of Indiana Territory — Territory of Michig.m — Gov. Wm. Hull — Destruction of 
Detroit by Fire. 

At the time the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union were pend- 
ing a number of the States held, or claimed, large tracts of territory not now 
included in those States. New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, 
South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, all held such territory-. Vir- 

finia claimed all that vast region which now embraces the States of Ohio, 
ndiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and that part of Minnesota east of the 
Mississippi river. That State had made provision, b}' legislative enactment, 
to dispose of her lands to settlers. Certain States, claiming that the unoccu- 
pied western lauds were rightfully the common property of all the States, in- 
sisted on limiting the area of those States claiming western territory. This 
was a subject of warm and jirotracted discussion in the adoption of the Arti- 
cles of Confederation. Tiie delegates from Maryland, under instructions from 
the General Assembly of that State, declined, in the Congress of the Confed- 
eration, to sign the Articles of Confederation until provision was made for 
restricting the boundaries of the States, and vesting the soil of the western 
territories in the Confederation for the common benefit of all the settlers. 
Virginia had remonstrated against this course. On the 25tli of November, 
1 778, the act of New Jersey for ratifying the Articles of Confederation 
was presented in the Congress. Her delegates were directed to sign the arti- 
cles ''in the firm reliance that the candour and justice of the several States 
will, in due time, remove as far as possible the inequality which now sub- 
sists." The delegation fi-(im Delaware, after having signed the articles, 
on the 23d of February, 1779, presented sundry resolutions passed by the 
legislature of that State, among which were the following: 

'■'Resolved, That thi.s State thinks it necessary, for the peace and safety of 
the States to be included in the Union, that a moderate extent of limits 
should be assigned for such of those States as claim to the Mississippi or 
South Sea; and that the United States in Congress assembled, should, and 
ought to, have the power of fixing the western limits. 

"■Eesolved, That this State consider themselves justly entitled to a right in 
common with the memliers of the Union, to that extensive tract of country 
which lies westward of the frontier of the United States, the property of 
which was not vested in, or granted to, private indi%aduals at the com- 
mencement of the present war. That the same hath been, or may be, 
gained from the King of Great Britain, or the native Indians, by the blood 
and treasure of all, and ought, therefore, to be a common estate, to be 
eranted out on tenns beneficial to the United States." 



THE NOETHWEST TEERITORY. 23 

The same day, after the presentation of these resolutions, Congress passed 
the following: 

'■^Besolvm, That the paper laid before Congress by the delegates from 
Delaware, and read, be hied; provided, that it shall never be considered as 
admitting any claim by the same set up, or intended to be set up." 
Eight States voted in favor of this resolution, and three against it. 
The State of Maryland still persisting in her refusal to ratify the Articles 
of Confederation, on the 30th of October, 1779, Congress, by a vote of eight 
States to three, and one being divided, passed the following: 

"Whereas, The appropriation of vacant lands by the several States, during 
the continuance of the war, will, in the opinion of Congress, be attended 
with great mischiefs: Therefore, 

'•He.wlvcd, That it be earnestly" recommended to the State of Virginia, to 
reconsider their late act of Assembly for opening their land office; and that 
it be recommended to the said State, and all other States similarly circum- 
stanced, to forbear settling or issuing warrants for unappropriated lands, or 
granting the same during the continuance of the present war." 

On the 19th of February, 17S0, the Legislature of N"ew York passed an 
act authorizing her delegates in Congress, for and on behalf of that State, 
by proper and authentic acts or instruments, "to limit and restrict the 
boundaries of the State in the western parts thereof, by such line or lines, 
and in such manner and form, as they shall judge to be expedient," and 
providing for the cession to the United States of certain " waste and uncul- 
tivated" territory. This act was fuUy carried into eiiect by her delegates 
on the 1st of March, 1781. 

On the 6th of S&ptember, 17S0, Congress passed a resolution earnestly 
recommending the States having "claims to the western country, to pass 
such laws, and give their delegates in Congress such powers "as might 
effectually remove the only obstacle to a final ratification of the Articles of 
Confederation, and requesting the Legislature of Maryland to authorize her 
delegates in Congress to subscribe to the articles. 

On the 10th of October, 17S0, a further resolution on this subject was 
passed by the Congress of the Confederation, as follows: 

'^Resolved, That the unappropriated lands that may be ceded or relin- 
quished to the United States, by any particular State, pursuant to the recom- 
mendation of Congress of the 6th day of September last, shall be disposed 
of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed 
into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal 
Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence 
as the other States; that each State which slial'l he so formed shall contain a 
suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred, nor more than one 
hundred and fifty miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit ; 
that the necessary and reasonable expenses which any particular State shall 
have incurred since the conamencement of the present war, in subduing any 
British posts, or in maintaining forts or garrisons within and for the defense, 
or in acquiring any part of the territory that may be ceded or relinquished 
to the United States, shall be re-imbursed; that the said lands shall be 
granted or settled at such times, and under such regulations, as shall here- 
after be agreed on by the United States, in Congress assembled, or any nine 
or more of them." 

In pursuance of the recommendation of Congress, of September 6th, 1780, 
several States made cessions of territory to the United States. Virginia 



24 THE NORTHWEST TEKKITORT. 

ceded her northwestern territory March 1st, 1784, and by an act of her 
Legislature of Doceiuber 30th, 1788, agreed to change the conditions of the 
act of cession of 1784, so far as to ratify the 5th article of the ordinance of 
1787, ]iassed by Congress for the government of the territory. Tiie dele- 
gates in Congress from Maryland signed the Articles of Confederation at 
the date of tlie cession of territory uy New York, March 1st, 1781, thus 
completing the confederation. 

On the 23d of April, 1784, Congress passed a resolution for the govern- 
ment of the territory ceded by Virginia, which was superceded oy the 
famous ordinance of July 13th, 1787, entitled "An ordinance for the govern- 
ment of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio." 
The lirst part of this important enactment provides for the temporary gov- 
ernment of the territory, antl concludes with six "articles of compact between 
the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever 
to remain unalterable, unless by common consent." The ]>rovisions of these 
six articles are of such importance as to justity their insertion here in full: 

"Article 1. No person, demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly 
maimer, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious 
sentiments, in the said territory. 

"AuT. 2. The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to 
the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate repre- 
sentation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings accord- 
ing to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless 
foiF capital offenses, when the proof shall be evident, or the presumption 
great. All tines shall be moderate, and no cruel or .unusual punishment 
shall be inflicted. No person shall be deprived of his liberty or property, 
but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the laud, and should the 
public exigencies make it necessary for the common preservation to take any 
person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation 
shall be made for the same. And, in the just preservation of rights and 
property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made, 
or have force in the said territory, that should, in any manner whatever, in- 
terfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and Avith- 
out fraud previously formed. 

"Art. 3. Iveligiun, morality and knowledge being necessary to good gov- 
ernment and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education 
shall be forever encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed 
towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never lie taken from- 
them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty, 
thev shall never be invaded or disturbed, imless in just and lawful wars 
autliorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, 
from time to time, tie made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and 
for presernnu peace and friendship with them. 

"Art. 4. The said territory, and the States which may be formed therein, 
shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of Amer- 
I ica, subject to the Articles of Confederation," and to such alterations therein 
as shall be constitutionally made; and to all the acts and ordinances of the 
United States, in Congress assembled, conformable thereto. Tlie inhabitants 
and settlers in the said territory shall be subject to pay a part of the federal 
debts, contracted or to lie contracted', and a proportional part of the expenses 
of fjovernment, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the 
sauie common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall bo 



THE NOETHWEST TEBEITOET. 25 

made on the other States; and tlie taxes for paying their proportion shall be 
laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the dis- 
trict or districts, or new States, as in the original States, within the time 
agreed upon by the United States, in Congress assembled. The legislatures 
of those districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary dis- 
posal of the soil of the United States, in Congress assembled, nor with any 
regulations Congress may find necessary, for securing the title in such soil, 
to the honafide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property 
of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed 
higher than residents. The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi 
and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be com- 
mon highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said territory as 
to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may 
be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor. 
"Art. .5. There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three, 
nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Vir- 

f'inia shall alter her act of cession, and consent to the same, shall become 
xed and established as follows, to-wit: the Western States in the said terri- 
tory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers; a 
direct line drawn from the Wabash and Post Vincents due north to the ter- 
ritorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial 
line to the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi. The Middle States shall be 
bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash, from Post Vincents to the 
Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the 
Great Miami to the said territorial line and by the said territorial line. The 
Eastern State shall be bounded by the last-mentioned direct line, the Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided, however, and it is 
further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three States 
shall be subject so far to be altered that if Congress shall hereafter find it 
expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of 
the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through 
the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan. And whenever any of 
the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State 
shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States 
on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever; and 
shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government, 
provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republi- 
can, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and so 
far as can be consistent with the general interests of the Confederacy, such 
admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less 
number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand. 

"Aet. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the 
the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the 
party shall be duly convicted; provided, always, that any person escaping 
into the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of 
the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to 
the person claiming his or her labor or services as aforesaid." 

These articles, sometimes known as the "Compact of 1787," form the 
basis of the organization of the Northwestern Territory and of the several 
States into which it was subsequently divided. Although the original act 
of cession was adopted by Virginia in 1784, it will be seen that it was 
three years later before Congress agreed upon a plan of government. The 



26 THE NORTHWEST TEEKITOEY. 

snbject was one of serious and earnest discussion at various times. At one 
time a motion prevailed to strike from the proposed plan the prohibition of 
slavery. Another proposition was agreed to by which the territory was to 
be divided into States by parallels and meridian lines, making ten States 
which were to be named as follows: Sylvania, Michigania, Chersonesus, 
Assenisipia, Metropotamia, Illenoia, Saratoga, "Washington, Pol_>iiotamia and 
Pelisipia. "When this plan was submitted to the legislatures of the States 
there were serious objections made, especially by Massachusetts and Vir- 
ginia. There were objections to the category of names, but the chief diffi- 
culty was the resolution of Congress of October 10th, 1780, which lixed the 
extent of each State at not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred 
and fifty miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances might admit. So 
the subject was again taken up in 17S6, and discussed during that year and 
until July 12th, 1787, when the ordinance finally passed, as stated above. 

An act of territorial organization was approved August 7th, 1789. Gen. 
Arthur St. Clair was appointed Governor, and William II. Harrison Secre- 
tary. In 1788 a town had been laid out by John Cleves Symmes at Fort 
"Washington, and was named Losantiville. but afterward Cincinnati. The 
place was settled by persons from tlie New England States and from New 
Jersey, but did not extensively improve until after Gen. AVa;\Tie's defeat of 
the Indians in 170-1. This became the seat of the new territorial govern- 
ment. The election of representatives for the territory was held February 
4th, 1799. As required by the ordinance of 1787, these representatives met 
at the seat of the territorial government to nominate ten persons, out of 
which Cohgress was to appoint five to serve as the territorial council. The 
following persons were commissioned: Henry Vandenbnrg, of Vincennes; 
Robert Oliver, of Marietta; James Findlay and Jacob Burnett, of Cincin- 
nati, and David Vance, of Vanceville. The first Territorial Legislature met 
September 16th, 1799, and on the 2-tth both houses were duly organized, 
Henry Vandenbnrg being elected president of the council. On the 13th of 
October the legislature elected Wm. Henry Hari-ison as delegate to 
Congress. He received eleven of the votes cast, being a majority of one 
over his opponent, Arthur St. Clair, son of the Governor. At this session 
thirty-seven acts were passed and approved. Eleven other acts were passed 
which the Governor vetoed. The greater part of the legislation of the ses- 
sion related to the organization of the militia and to revenue matters. The 
session closed December 19th, 1799. President Adams appointed Charles 
Willing Bryd as secretary of the territory to succeed "Wm. Henry Harrison, 
elected to Congress, and the senate confirmed the nomination. James N. 
Varnum, S. II. Parsons and John Armstrong were appointed to the judicial 
bench of the territory in October, 1787. 

Having briefly outlined the legislation which resulted in the formation of 
a Temtorial government, we return to notice some of the earlier American 
settlements in the Territory. As elsewhere stated, a few French settlements 
had been made by emigrants from Canada and Loiiisiana, on the Ohio river 
and in the region kno\vn as the Illinois country, but it was not until after 
the Virginia cession that any permanent American settlements were made. 
Then several treaties were made with the Indians, in which they relinquished 
their title to large portions of the territory. The government made several 
large grants to companies and individuals, for the purpose of colonizing the 
country. One of those was to a company from Massachusetts and Connecti- 
cut, called the New England Company, of a tract lying along the Ohio and 



THE NORTHWEST TEEEITORT. 27 

Miiskingum rivers, embracing 1,500,000 acres. Here the town of Marietta 
was laid out, in August, 1787, at tlie confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio 
rivers. Fort Harmar was built on the opposite, or west bank of the Mus- 
kingum, the year before. The JISTew England Company sent its first party 
of settlers in the spring of 1788. They consisted of eight families, and 
some other persons, and all under the superintendency of Gen. Kufus Put- 
nam. The party, after a long and weary journey over the Alleghanies, and 
down the Ohio, an-ived at Marietta on the 7th of April, 17S8. This little 
band had the honor of being the pioneers of Ohio, unless the Moravian 
missionaries may be so regarded. The settlement was first kno\\Ti as the 
" Muskingum," but on the 2d of July, 1788, at a meeting of the directors 
and agents of the company, the name was changed to Marietta, in honor ot 
Marie Antoinette. 

In 1786, John Cleves Symmes, of New Jersey, visited the country be- 
tween the Miamies, and being pleased with its appearance, made application 
to the government for the purchase of a large tract of land, to be settled on 
similar conditions with those of the New England Company. The grant 
was made to Symmes and his associates the following year. Associated with. 
Symmes, was Matthias Denman, also of New Jersey, who located, among 
other tracts in the SjTnmes purchase, the section upon which Cincinnati 
was laid out. Denman sold to Robert Patterson and John Filson, each one- 
third of his location, retaining the other third himself In August, 1788, 
they laid out the first portion of what, in a few years, became one of the 
great cities of the West. Fort Washington was erected here in 1790, and 
was for some time the headquarters of both the civil and military govern- 
ments of the Northwestern Territory. There were but few settlers here 
until after 1794, when settlers began to arrive rapidly. In July, 1815, the 
population was 6,500. 

In October, 1795, the treaty was signed between the United States and 
Spain, which secured to the former the free navigation of the Mississippi. 
After this the Northwest began to settle rapidly. During the next year 
settlements were made at various points along the Miami and Scioto rivers, 
including those at Piqua and Chillicothe. In September, of the same year, 
the city of Cleveland was laid out. 

Tlie great extent of the Northwestern Territory, and the rapid increase 
of population at the beginning of the new century, began to render the effi- 
cient action of the courts impossible ; and to remedy this evil a division of 
the Territory was proposed. A committee in Congress, to whom the mat- 
ter had been referred, on the 3d of March, 1800, reported in favor of two 
distinct territorial governments, and that the division be made by a line 
beginning at the mouth of the Great Miami river, and running directly to 
the bounclary line between the United States and Canada. The report was 
accepted, and an act passed, which was a])proved May 7th, of the same year, 
making the division. It provided, among other things, that from and after 
the next 4th day of July, " all that part of the territory of the United 
States northwest of the Ohio river, which lies to the northward of a line 
beginning at a point on the Ohio, opposite to the mouth of the Kentucky 
river, and running thence to Fort Recovery, and thence north until it shall 
intersect the territorial line between the United States and Canada, shall, for 
the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate territory, and 
be called the Indiana Territory." The same act provided, that until the Leg- 
islatures of the Territories, respectively, otherwise ordered, Chillicothe, on 



28 THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. 

the Scioto river, shoukl be the seat of government of the Territi:iry east of 
the line of division; and tliat Vincennes, on the Wabasli river, should he 
the seat of government of the Indiana Territory. On tlie 3d of November, 
of that year, the Territorial Legislature met at Chillicothe. "William Henry 
Harrison was appointed Governor of Indiana Territory, and entered upon 
liis duties in 1801. The new Territory then embraced all that region now 
comprising the States of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, "Wisconsin, and that 
part of Minnesota east of the Mississippi river. Nearly the whole of it 
was at that time in the possession of the Indians. Soon after the arrival of 
Governor Harrison at "\' incennes, he concluded several treaties with the In- 
dians, whereby large grants of land were obtained from the various tribes. 
By a treaty made at St. Louis, Auguipt IStli, 1804, he obtained a relinquish- 
ment of Indian title to over 51,000,000 of acres. The year before the gov- 
ernment had obtained Louisiana from France, by purchase, and that being 
divided, the "District of Louisiana" (the "New Northwest") was annexed 
to Indiana Territory, thus extending Gov. Harrison's authority over a vast 
domain, occupied chiefly by savage tribes. 

By an act of Congress, of January 11th, 1805, Indiana Territory was di- 
vided into two separate governments, and the new Territory of Michigan 
formed. "William Hull was appointed Governor of the new Territory, and 
Detroit was designated as the seat of government. On the 30th of June 
the Territorial government of Michigan was to go into operation. "When 
Gov. Hull, and the other Territorial otlicers, reached Detroit, they found the 
place in ruins and the inhabitants scattered. On the 11th of that month a 
tire had destroyed almost every building in the place. Gov. Hull adopted a 
new plan for rebuilding the town, and in population and importance it soon 
regained all it had lost by the fire. • 

Other changes were subsequentlj' made in the boundaries of the "Western 
Territories, as new States were from time to time admitted into the Union, 
until finally, all that vast domain originally designated as the " Northwestern 
Territory" became sovereign States. 

THE LOUISIANA PUECHASE. 

Discovery of the Mouth of the Mississippi — Foundingr of New Orleans— French Grant — John 
Law — The "Mississippi Bubble" — Territory West of the Mississippi — France Cedes to 
Spain — Spain Cedes Back to France — France Cedes to the United States — Right to 
^lavigrate the Mississippi — Particulars of the Negotiations With France — Extent of the 
Territory — Possession Taken by the United States — Division of the Territory. 

That vast region of territory once known as Louisiana, came under the 
jurisdiction of civilized men by the right of discovery — a right which has 
long been known and recognized among civilized nations, though often 
necessarily followed by conquest to render it effective. For two centuries 
the Spaniards liad navigated the Gulf of Mexico, so fer as we know, ignorant 
of the fact that it received the waters of one of the largest rircrs of the 
world. About the year 1660 the French, who had re-estatlished themselves 
in Canada, received some information of this great river, but did not discover 
its mouth until 1691, when, according to some authorities. La Salle succeeded 
in reaching it. Iberville founded Jiis first colony in 1609, but it did not 
assume importance until 1717, when the city of New Orleans was founded. 
In 1712 Louis XIY of Franco granted to M. Crozart a charter to the whole 
territory of Louisiana, which was so named in honor of the king. Under 



THE NORTHWEST TEEEITOET. 29 

the leaderslaip of John Law, in 1716, a company was formed at Paris and 
incorporated as the "Mississippi Company," which purchased Louisiana 
from the crown. The financial disasters in France caused by Law brought 
about the faihxre of his Mississippi scheme, and the explosion of what is 
known in history as the "Mississippi bubble." Louisiana was then resumed 
by the cro^vn, and the commerce of the Mississippi was declared free. The 
French retained possession until 17G2, when they ceded it to Spain, inclnd- 
ing the whole country to the head waters of the great river and west to the 
Eocky Mountains. The jurisdiction of France, which had continued for 
nearly a century, thus ended, until in ISOO Bonaparte, then first consul, 
induced the Spanish government to cede it back to France. During the 
time that Louisiana remained a Spanish dependency, that government 
claimed the exclusive right of navigating the Mississippi river. The free 
navigation of that river was essential to the prosperity and commerce of the 
United States. Spain tlien having jurisdiction also over the Floridas east of 
the great river, and that river for several hundred miles flowing wholly 
through the Spanish dominions, the question of its navigation south of the 
southern boundary of the United States became a serious one to our govern- 
ment and peojjle. The people in the western part of the United States 
especially demanded the free navigation of the river as a right. But Spanish 
military posts enforced the collection of duties on imports by way of the 
river for the upper region. Boats descending were forced to submit to reve- 
nue exactions by Spanish authorities. These exactions were a constant 
source of trouble and disaflection, and led to a threatening state of affairs 
between the United States and Spain. Spain, however, by the treaty of 
Madrid, October 20, 1795, conceded to the United States the free navigation 
ol the river from its source to the Gulf and also the free use of the port of 
Kew Orleans for three years as a port of deposit. 

The treaty of Madrid, however, did not quiet all troubles between the 
United States and Spain. In 1S02, during the administration of President 
Jefferson, there was some apprehension of a war growing out of the continued 
disputes respecting the southwestern boundary. These disputes had led to 
many difficulties between the people of the United States and the Spanish 
authorities. These affairs, however, assumed a new aspect, when in the 
spring of 1802 the government of the United States received intelligence 
that, by a secret treaty made in October, 1800, Spain had ceded Louisiana to 
France. At this time Mr. Livingston was the United States Minister to 
France, and President Jefferson, soon after learning of the Spanish cession to 
France, wrote to Mr. Livingston in reference to acquiring the right to deposit 
at the port of New Orleans, and other matters which had been in dispute 
between the United States and Spain. In his annual message to Congress, 
in December of the same year, the President alluded to the subject of the 
Spanish cession to France. Congress passed resolutions asserting the right 
ot navigating the Mississippi, and insisting upon the right to the use of a 
port or place of deposit. At that time it was understood in the United States 
that the Spanish cession to France included the Floridas, which, however, 
was not the case. The policy of the President was to enter into a treaty 
Avith France for the purchase of New Orleans and the Floridas, and with this 
view, on the 10th of January, 1803, he appointed James Monroe minister 
plenipotentiary to France to act in conjunction with Mr. Livingston. Mr. 
Monroe's nomination was confirmed by the senate. The instructions to the 
American ministers only asked for the cession of the city of New Orleans 



30 THE NORTHWEST TEEKITOET. 

and the Floridas, together with the free navigation of the Mississippi. The 
cession at this time of the entire Territory of Louisiana was not a subject of 
discussion. Mr. Monroe sailed from New Yorlc, March 8, 1803, and arrived 
in Paris April 1. 

Bonaparte was then first consul, and France was on the eve of a war with 
England. He supposed the American ministers were authorized to enter 
into more extended stipulations than they really were. Marquis de Marbois 
was directed to negotiate with the American ministers. Said the first con- 
sul to his minister, as recorded by the latter: 

"Irresolution and deliberation are no longer in season. I renounce 
Louisiana. It is not only New Orleans that I will cede; it is the whole col- 
ony, without any reservation. I know the price of what I abandon, and I 
have sufliciently proved the importance that I attach to this province, since my 
first diplomatic act with Spain had for its object the recovery of it. I 
renounce it with the greatest regret. To attempt to retain it would be folly. 
I direct you to negotiate this aft'air with the envoys of the United States. 
Do not even await the arrival of Mr. Monroe; have an interview this day 
with Mr. Livingston. But I require a great deal of money for this war, and 
I would not like to commence with new contributions. If I should regulate 
my terms, according to the value of these vast regions to the United States, 
the indemnity would have no limits. I will be moderate, in consideration 
of the necessity in which I am of making a sale. But keep this to j'ourself. 
I want fifty millions francs, and for less than that sum I will not treat; I 
would rather make a desperate attempt to keep those fine countries. To- 
morrow you shall have full powers. Mr. Monroe is on the point of arriving. 
To this minister the President must have given secret instructions, more 
extensive than the ostensible authorization of Congress, for the stipulation 
of the payments to be made. Neither this minister nor his colleague is 
prepared for a decision which goes infinitely beyond anything that they are 
about to ask of us. Begin by making them the overture without any sub- 
terfuge. You M'ill acquaint me, day by day, hour by hoTir, of your progress. 
The cabinet of London is informed of the measures adopted at "Washington, 
but it can have no suspicion of those which I am now taking. Observe the 
greatest secrecy, and recommend it to the American ministers; they have 
not a less interest than yourself in conforming to this counsel. You will 
correspond with M. de Talleyrand, who alone knows my intentions. If I 
attended to his advice, France would confine her ambition to the left bank 
of the Rhine, and would only make war to protect any dismemberment of 
her possessions. But he also admits that the cession of Louisiana is not a 
dismemberment of France. Keep him informed of the progress of this 
affair." 

On the same day that Napoleon thus confided to Marbois his determina- 
tion, conferences began between the latter and Mr. Livingston. The Amer- 
ican minister had been in Paris about two years, endeavoring to obtain in- 
demnities claimed by American citizens for prizes made by the French 
during peace, but so far, without result further than vague answers. Mr. 
Livingston had become distrustful of the French government, and feared 
the Louisiana overtures were but an artifice to gain still further time. Soon 
after these preliminary discussions were entered upon, Mr. Monroe arrived 
in Paris, and the next day began his conferences with Marbois. Rapid pro- 
gress was made in the negotiations, for both sides had an interest in hasten- 
ing the matter. Mr. Iilonroe was surprised to hear the first overtures made 



THE SOETirWEST TEEEITOKT. ■ 31 

50 frankly by the French minister, when he proposed to cede to the United 
States so vast a region of country, with the largest rivers of the world, in- 
stead of merely a town and an inconsiderable extent of territory. The offer 
embraced infinitely more than the American ministers were empowered to 
ask for, or accept. Their powers only extended to an arrangement respect- 
ing the left bank of the Mississippi, including New Orleans. But the mo- 
ment was a critical one with France, hostilities being about to commence 
with England. There was not time for further instructions from the gov- 
ernment of the United States before the opportunity would pass, perhaps, 
forever. The American ministers therefore assumed the responsibility of 
treating for the purchase of the entire colony, or territory of Louisiana — an 
extent of country sulficient in itself for an empire. The terms were soon 
agreed upon. The United States was to pay for this vast acquisition the 
sum of fifteen millions of dollars. In the treaty of October 1, 1800, be- 
tween France and Spain, the latter had reserved the right of preference in 
zase France should cede this territory to another power ; but here again 
France could not aflbrd to wait. The treaty was concluded and subsequently 
submitted to the Spanish cabinet. They complained that no regard had 
been paid to their reserved right, and for almost a year that court delayed its 
approbation of the treaty. On the 10th of February, 1801, however, Don 
Pedro Cavallos, the Spanisli minister, wrote to Mr. Pinckney, the American 
minister, that ''His Catholic Majesty had thought fit to renounce his oppo- 
sition to the alienation of Louisiana made by France, notwithstanding the 
solid reasons on which it is founded, thereby giving a new proof of his be- 
aevolence and friendship to the United States." The important treaty that 
gave to the United States this vast region, with all its wonderful resources, 
was concluded on the oOth of April, 1803, and four days later the instru- 
ments, in French and English, were signed by the ministers. After affixing 
their signatures, the ministers rose and shook hands, each ex|3ressing his sat- 
isfaction with the result. Mr. Livingston said : " AYe have lived long, but 
this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just 
signed has not been obtained by art, or dictated by force ; equally advanta- 
geous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flour- 
ishing districts. From this day the United States take their place among 
the powers of the first l-ank ; the English lose all exclusive influence in tlie 
affairs of America." 

The fi.rst consul, who had followed the negotiation wnth a lively interest, 
acquiesced in the result, and said to Marbois : " It is true, the negotiation 
does not leave me anything to desire. Sixty millions [francs] for an occupa- 
tion that will not, perhaps, last for a day ! I would that France should en- 
joy this unexpected capital, and that it may be employed in works beneficial 
to the marine. This accession of territory strengthens forever the power 
of the United States ; and I have just given to England a maratime rival 
that will sooner or later humble her pride.'' 

On the 22d day of May, 1803, England commenced hostilities against 
France by the capture of some of her merchant vessels, and on the same' 
day Bonaparte gave his formal ratification of the Louisiana treaty of cession. 
In July, the treaty was received in the United States, and on "the 20th of 
October, 1803, it was ratified by the Senate, by twenty-four against seven 
votes. The country ceded by this treaty, as estimated at that time, exceeded 
a million of square miles, all occupied by savages, except a few sparse settle- 
ments, aggregating from 80,000 to 90,000 inhabitants, about 40,000 of whom' 
were slaves. The whites were chiefly French, or descendants of French" 



32 THE NOKTHWEST TEEEITORT. 

Congress, a few days after the ratification of the treaty by the Senate, passed 
an act raaldng pi-ovisiou for the occupation and temporary government of 
the territory acquired. Eleven millions of dollars were appropriated as 
payment for the purchase — the remaining four millions being reserved, ac- 
cording to a stipulation in the treaty, to indemnify citizens of the United 
States who had sustained losses at the hands of the Frencli. The resolution 
for carrying tlie treaty into effect was sustained by the House of Eepresen- 
tatives by a vote of ninety to twenty-five. 

Even before the acquisition of Louisiana, it had been a favorite object of 
President Jeflerson to have an exploring expedition sent across the continent 
to the Pacific Ocean, and in January, 1803, he had recommended an appro- 
priation for that purpose. The appropriation was made, and the entcq^rise 
was placed under the direction of Captains Lewis and Clarke. Tlie treaty 
with France, however, was ratified before the exploring expedition was ready 
to start. On the 14tli of May, 1804, Captains Lewis and Clarke, with their 
companions, consisting in all of thirty persons, left the banks of the Missis- 
sippi on their long and jjcrilous voyage of two years and three months, to 
seek out and give to their country and the world some more.i»ccurate knowl- 
edge respecting this vast region of country, of which civilization at that 
time knew so little. The expedition was in every way successful, and the 
report made by Captains Lewis and Clarke enabled the government and peo- 
ple of the United States to form a better judgment of the immense value 
of the country acquired. 

It will be seen that the region acquired by the Louisiana purchase, com- 

Erehended not only the present State of Louisiana, but all the vast region 
etween the Mississippi river and the Pacific Ocean, and as far north as the 
British possessions. The great States of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Ne- 
braska, Kansas, the greater part of Minnesota, and several of our great Ter- 
ritories, are but parts of this purchase. 

On the 20th of December, 1803, in pursuance of authority given by act 
of Congress, Gov. Claiborne and Gen. Wilkinson took possession of the Loui- 
siana purchase, and raised the American flag at New Orleans. The Span- 
ish authorities there objected to the transfer, but early in 180-1 they acqui- 
esced and withdrew. The newly acquired territory, by authority of Con- 
gress, was, on the first of October, 1801, divided as follows : All south of 
tlie 33d parallel of north latitude, was called the Territory of Orleans, and 
all north of that parallel became the District of Louisiana, and was placed 
under the authority of the officers of the then Indiana Territory. It so re- 
mained until July -1, 1805, when the District of Louisiana was given a ter- 
ritorial government of its own. In 1812, the Territory of New Orleans be- 
came the State of Louisiana, and the Territory of Louisiana become the 
Territory of Missouri. On the 4th of July, 1814, Missouri Territory was 
divided— that part comprising the present State of Arkansas, and the coun- 
try west, being organized as the Territory of Arkansas. In March, 1821, a 
part of Missouri Territory was organized as the State of ^lissouri, and ad- 
mitted into the Union. On the 28th of June, 1834, the territory west of 
the Mississippi river and north of Missouri, was made a part of the Terri- 
tory of Michigan, so remaining until July 4th, 1836, when Wisconsin Ter- 
ritory was organized. This embraced within its limits the present States of 
Iowa, Wisconsi'^ , and Minnesota. An act of Congress, approved June 12, 
1838, created the Territory of Iowa, ambracing not only the present State of 
Iowa, liut the greater part of the present State of Minnesota, and extending 
northward to the British Possessions. 



THE NORTHWEST TERKITORT. 



33 




34 THE KOKTHWEST TEEEITORY. 

INDIAN WARS IN THE NORTHWEST. 

Gen. Harraar's Defeat — Gen. St. Clair — His Defeat — Gen. Wayne — His Victory — His Treaties 
With the Indians — British Posts Surrendered — Death of Wayne— Gen. Harrison — Tecum- 
seh — The Prophet — Battle of Tippecanoe — Tecumseh's Alliance With the British— Harri- 
son Appointed Bripadier-Generdl — Perry's Victory — Gen. McArthur — Battle of the Tliames 
— Tecumseh Killed — Peace With the Indians — Indian Titles Kxtincriiished — Military Posts 
EstabUshed at Belle Point, Council Bluffs, and St. Peters— The'Kicarees— Gen. Cass— 
Treaty at Fort Dearborn — Fort Atkinson — Grand Council at Prairie du Chion — Indian 
Outrages — The Militia Called Out — Gen. Atkinson— Pohcy of Removing- the Indians West 
— Treaty With the Sacs and Foxes — Black Hawk — He Refuses to Comply With Treaties 
— Black Hawk War — Battle of Bad .\xe — Cien. Henry Dodsre — Black Hawk Captured— 
Taken to Wi^sbingrton — Keokuk— Black Hawk Purchase — Gen. WmfieUl Scott— Treaties 
at Davenport — Antoine Lo Claire — Removal of Sacs and Foxes to Iowa — Gen. Street — 
Wapello — Maj. Beach — S;ic and Fox Villasres on the Des Moines — Gov. Lucas — Gov. 
Chambers — Visit of Hard-Fish to Burlin<?ton — An Incident — Speech of Keokuk. 

Almost every advance of civilization on the American continent has heeii 
made at the expense of more or less conflict and hloodshed at the hands of 
the savage tribes who were the occupants and owners of the soil prior to the 
advent of the white man. Passing over the conflicts of the colonists in the 
early settlements of the East, the later struggles of the pioneers of the " Dark 
and Bloody Ground," and the Indian wars of the South, we shall briefly 
refer to some of the troubles with the aborigines in the Northwest. With 
the opening of the new country to white settlers it was necessary to establish 
military posts for the protection of the pioneers against the attacks of the 
Indians. In 1790, all pacific means having failed with the tribes north of 
the Ohio, President Washington sent Gen. Harmar with a military force 
against them. After destroying several of their villages, he was defeated in 
two battles near the confluence of the St. Joseph's and St. Mary's rivers, and 
not far from the present city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 17S1 Gen. Arthur 
St. Clair was promoted to the rank of major general, and was entrusted with 
a command again.st the hostile Miamis. On assuming his command, the 
last admonition of Washington was, " Beware of surprise." Gen. St. Clair 
marched with his troops to the vicinity of the Miami villages on the ]\[au- 
mee. On the 4th of November, ITDl, he was surprised in camp on the St. 
Mary's river, and his force of 1400 ill disciplined men was cut to pieces. lie 
soon after resigned his commission. In this defeat St. Clair's loss was about 
600 men. The savages were greatly emboldened by their successes, and it 
was soon found that more vigorous measures were necessary. The Indians 
continued to commit outrages against the infant settlements. In some cases, 
doubtless, the whites were the aggressors, for Washington in his annual mes- 
sage of November 6, 1 792, recommended more adequate measures *• for re- 
straining the commission of outrages upon the Indians, without which all 
faciflc plans must prove nugatory." Attempts were made to treat with the 
ndians, but the attempted negotiations proved unsuccessful. 
xVfter the unsuccesslul and clisastrous campaigns of Generals Harmar and 
St. Clair, General Anthony Wayne, who had won distingni-shed laurels in the 
war of the Revolution, was, in' April, 1792, promoted to the rank of major 

feneral, and made commander-in-chief in the war agtiinst the western Indians. 
n August, 1794, he gained a signal victory over the Miamis, near the rapids 
of the Maumee, and compelled them to sue for peace. In the same year a 
fort was erected by his order on the site of the old "Twightwee Village" of 
the Miami tribe, where the city of Fort Wajme is now located. It continued 
to be a military post until 1819. 



THE NORTHWEST TERKITOET. 35 

After his successful campaign of 1794, Gen. "Wayne was appointed sole 
commissioner to treat with the Indians, and also to take possession of the 
forts stiU held by the British in the Northwest. He negotiated the treaty 
of Greenville which was signed by all the principal chiefs of the Northwest. 
By this treaty the Indians relinquished their title to a large tract of country. 
That characteristic determination which, during the war of the Keyolution, 
had gained him the soinquet of "Mad Anthony," impressed the hostile 
tribes with a dread of him which operated as a wholesome restraint. Gen. 
Wayne also took possession of the British posts in the Northwest, which 
were peaceably surrendered, in accordance witli Jay's treaty, and from this 
time there was assurance of peace on the fi-ontier. He died in the garrison 
at Presque Isle (Erie), Pa., December 14, 1796. 

From the date of Wayne's victory up to 1809 the whites maintained com- 

Earatively peaceable relations with the Indians. During this year. Gen. 
[arrison, tlien Governor of Indiana Territory, entered into a treaty with the 
Delawares, Kickapoos, Pottawattamies, Miamis, Eel liiver Indians and 
Weas, in whicli these tribes relinquished their title to certain lands on the 
Wabash river. About tins time the noted chief Tecumseh comes into j)rom- 
inence as the bitter opponent of any more grants of land being made to the 
whites. 

Tecumseh was a chief of the Shawnees, born on the Scioto river near 
Chillicothe, about the year 1770. It was said that he was one of three 
brothers who were triplets. The other two brothers were named Kum- 
shaka and Elskwatawa. Kumshaka is believed to have died while young, 
but Elskwatawa became the Prophet who co-operated with the chief in all 
his plans. His father, Puckeshinwa, had risen to the rank of chief, but was 
killed at the battle of Point Pleasant, in 1774. In 1795 Tecumseh was de- 
clared chief at or near where Urbana, Ohio, is now located. In 1798 he 
went to White river, Indiana, and his brother, the Prophet, to a tract of 
land on the Wabash. Tecumseh, by reason of his oratory, had great influ- 
ence over the savage tribes, and his plan was to unite all of them against the 
whites in a conspiracy, similar to that of Pontiac nearly half a century before. 
For this purpose he visited all the tribes west to the Mississippi, and upon 
Lakes Superior, Huron, and Michigan. At the same time his brother, the 
Prophet, pretended to be directed by the Great Spirit to preach against the 
influence and encroachments of the white men. Their efibrts to incite the 
Indians to hostilities were successful, and they gathered a large force of war- 
riors, making their headquarters at a stream they called Tippecanoe, near thp 
Wabash river. 

Meantime Gov. Harrison was watching the movements of the Indians, 
and being convinced of the existence of Tecumseh's grand conspiracy, had 
prepared to defend the settlements. In August, 1810, Tecumseh went to 
Vincennes to confer with the Governor in relation ,to the grievances of the 
Indians, but demeaned himself in such an angry manner that he was dis- 
missed from the village. He returned to complete his plans for the conflict. 
Tecumseh delayed his intended attack, but in the meantime he was gatlier- 
ing strength to his cause, and by the autumn of 1811 had a force of several 
hundred warriors at his encampment on the little river called by the Indians 
Jyeth-tip-pe-ce-7winh, or Tippecanoe. Harrison, with a force of eight hun- 
dred men, partly regulars and partly volunteers, determined to move upon 
the Propliet's town, as it was called. He encamped near the village early in 
October, and on the niglit of the 5th of November his camp was furiously 



36 THE NOETHWEST TEEEITOET. 

but unsuccessfully attacked. On the morning of the 7th he was again 
attacked by a large body of the Indians, but Tecumseh's warriors were 
completely routed, but not without a severe and hotly contested battle, anil 
the loss of about 200 of Ilarrison's men. 

President Madison, in a special message to Congress of December 12, 
ISll, speaking of this engagement, says: 

"While it is deeply lamented that so many valuable lives have been lost 
in the action which took place on the seventh ultimo, Congress will see with 
satisfaction the dauntless spirit and fortitude victoriously displayed by every 
description of the troops engaged, as well as the collected firmness which 
distinguished their commander on an occasion requiring the utmost exer- 
tions of valor and discipline. It may reasonably be expected that the good 
efi'ects of this critical defeat and dispersion of a combination of savages, 
which appears to have been spreading to a greater extent, will be experi- 
enced, not only in the cessation of murders and depredations committed on 
our frontier, but in the prevention of any hostile excursions otlicrwise to 
have been apprehended." 

The result of the battle of Tippecanoe utterly ruined the plans of Tecum- 
seh, for his arrangements with the different tribes were not yet matured. 
He was greatly exasperated toward the Prophet for precipitating the war. 
Had Tecumseh himself been present it is likely the attack would not have 
been made. Tlie defeated Indians were at first inclined to sue for peace, but 
Tecumseh was not yet conquered. The breaking out of the M-ar with Great 
Britain at this time inspired him vnth. new hope, and his next endeavor was 
to form an alliance with the English. In this he succeeded, and was ap- 

fointed a brigadier general. He was entrusted with the command of all the 
ndians who co-operated with the English in the campaigns of 1812-13, and 
was in several important engagements. 

After the surrender of Detroit by Gen. Hull, August 18, 1812, Har- 
rison was appointed to the command of the Northwestern frontier, with a 
commission as brigadier general. As this was in September, too late in the 
season for a campaign, he did not assume active operations until the next 
year, by which time he was promoted to the rank of major general. After 
Commodore Perry won his signal victory on Lake Erie in September, 1S13, 
Harrison hastened with his command to capture Maiden. On arriving tliere 
late in September he found that Proctor, the British general, had retreated. 
About the same time Gen. McArthur took possession of Detroit and the 
Territory of Michigan. Pursuing the British army into the interior of Can- 
ada "West, Harrison overtook Proctor at the Moravian settlements, t>n the 
river Thames, on the .5th of October. The British general had an auxiliary 
force of two tliousand Indians under the command of Tecnmseli. The battle 
was opened by the American cavalry under the command of Col. Richard 
M. Johnson, afterward vice-president of the United States. Early in the 
engagement Tecumseh was killed at the head of his column of Indians, who, 
no longer hearing the voice of their chief, fled in confusion. It has been 
claimed by some authorities that this celebrated chief was killed l\y Col. 
Johnson, who fired at liim with a pistol. This, however, will remain one 
of the unsolved problems of history. The result of the battle was a com- 
plete victory for the Americans, witli the capture of GOO prisoners, six pieces 
of cannon, and a large quantity of army stores. 

This decisive victory over the combined forces of the British and Indians 
practically closed the war in the Northwest, and as a consequence peace 



THE NORTHWEST TERRITORT. 37 

with the Indian tribes soon followed. Other treaties were negotiated with 
the Indians by which they gave up their title to additional large tracts of 
territory. The settlement of the country progressed rapidly, and again an 
era of apparent good wiU prevailed between the whites and Indians. By the 
end of the year 1817, the Indian title, with some moderate resen-ations, had 
been extinguished to the whole of the land within the State of Ohio, to a 
great part of that in Michigan Territory, and in the State of Indiana. In 
1817 Gov. Cass, of Michigan, in conjunction with Gov. McArthur, of Ohio, 
obtained a cession of most of the remaining lands in Ohio with some adjoin- 
ing tracts in Indiana and Michigan, amounting in all to about 4,000,000 of 
acres, and in 1819 Gov. Cass met the Chijjpewas at Saginaw and obtained a 
cession of lands in the peninsula of Michigan to the extent of about 6,000,000 
of acres. The next year a treaty was made at Chicago, then nothing but a 
military post, called Fort Dearborn, with the Chippewas, Ottawas and Potta- 
wattamies, by which a large additional tract was obtained, which completed 
the extinguishment of the Indian title to the peninsula of Michigan south of 
the Grand river. By 1820 a nnmber of military posts were established tar 
in the interior, and among them was one at Belle Point on the Arkansas, at 
Council Bluffs on the Missouri, at St. Peters on the Mississippi, and at Green 
Bay on the upper lakes. 

During the month of June, 1823, Gen. Ashley and his party, who were 
trading under a license from the government, were attacked by the Ricarees 
while trading with the Indians at their request. Several of the party were 
killed and wounded, and their property taken or destroyed. Col. Leaven- 
worth, who commanded Fort Atkinson at Council Bluffs, then the most 
western post, took immediate measures to check this hostile spirit of 
the Ricarees, fearing that it might extend to other tribes in that quarter 
and endanger the lives of traders on the Missouri. With a detachment of 
the regiment steitioned at Council Bluffs, he successfully attacked the Rica- 
ree village. The hostile spirit, however, still continued and extended to the 
tribes on the upper Mississippi and the upper lakes. Several parties of 
citizens were plundered and murdered by those tribes during the year 1824. 
An act of Congress of May 25th of this year, made an appropriation to de- 
fray the expenses of making treaties of trade and friendship with the tribes 
west of the Mississippi, and another act of March 3, 1825, provided for the 
expense of treaties with the Sioux, Chippewas, Menomonees, Sacs and Foxes, 
and other tribes, and also for establishing boundaries and promotincj jjeace 
between them. These objects were in the main accomplished, and "by the 
treaties made the government secured large acquisitions of territory. Gov. 
Cass, in conjunction with Gov. Clark, of Slissouri, attended a grand council 
of the tribes this year at Prairie du Chien to carry out the purposes of the 
act of Congress last mentioned. During his contimiance in office as Gov- 
ernor of Michigan Territory, Gov. Cass made, or participated in the makin'"' 
of nineteen treaties with the Indians, and by them acquired lands in Ohio, 
Indiana, Illinois, Micliigan, and Wisconsin, to an amount equal to one-fourth 
of the entire area of those States. 

During the summer of 1827, when the commissioners appointed to carry 
into execution certain provisions of a treaty, made August 19th, 1825, with 
various northwestern tribes, were about to arrive at the appointed place of 
meeting, several citizens were murdered, and otlier acts of hostilitv were com- 
mitted, especially against the miners at Fever river, near Galena", by a party 



38 THE NORTinVEST TEBEITOET. 

of the "Winnebago tribe, -whicli tribe was one of those associated in the 
treaty. To quell these outrages the governors of the State of Illinois and 
the Territory of Michigan, made levies of militia. These forces, with a 
corps of seven hundred LTuited States troops, under the command of General 
Atkinson, repaired to the scene of danger. The Indians, overawed by the ap- 
pearance of the military, surrendered the perpetrators of the murders, and 
gave assurances of future good behavior. 

For many years it had been the policy of the government to obtain a re- 
linquishment of the title of the Indians to all lands within the limits of the 
States, and as raj)idly as possible cause tlie removal of the tribes to territory 
beyrtnd the Mississippi. In 1830 the Chickasaws and Choctaws, occupying 
portions of the States of Alabama and Mississippi, agreed to remove, and 
in due time carried out their agreerftent in good faith. The same year a 
treaty was made with the Sacs and Foxes, by which they agreed to cede their 
lands to the United States, and remove beyond the Mississippi. Tlie prin- 
cipal village of these united tribes was located at the mouth of Eoek river, 
on the east side of the Mississippi, near where the city of Rock Island now 
stands. Here had been an Indian village, according to tradition, for one 
hundred and fifty years. These tribes had o\vned and occupied the country 
bordering on the Mississippi, to an extent of seven hundred miles, from the 
mouth of the Wisconsin almost to the mouth of the Missouri. The Indians 
did not seem disposed to comply promptly with the terms of thft treaty, and 
one band, under the noted chief Jjlack Hawk (^Ma-ka-tai-me-she-lcla-hiah), 
evinced a determination to keep possession of their old village. John Iley- 
nolds. Governor of Illinois, construed their continued residence in the ceded 
territory as an invasion of the State, and under his authority to protect the 
State from invasion, ordered out seven hundred militia to force their re- 
moval, according to the treaty. Tliis interference of the governor of Illi- 
nois with the duties belonging to the Federal Government, obliged tlie com- 
mander of United States troops in that quarter to co-operate with him, in 
order to prevent a collision between the State militia and the Indians. Fort 
Armstrong, on Rock Island, had been established as early as ISlC, and when 
the Black'Hawk trouble commenced, was in command of Gen. Atkinson. 
The Indians were overawed by this imposing military force, and yielding to 
necessity, crossed the Mississippi. Black Hawk, feeling exasperated at the 
harsh treatment his people had received, resolved to prosecute a predatory 
war anjainst the white settlements. He united his band of Sacs and Foxes 
with the Winneba2;oes, under the command of the Prophet "Wabo-ki-e-shiek 
(White Cloud), antl in March, 1832, recrossed to the east side of the Missis- 
sippi. They murdered a number of defenseless families, and conmiitted 
many outrages upon the settlers. The whole frontier became alarmed, and 
many of the settlers fled for safety. The governor of Illinois ordered out 
the State militia, which being joined by four hundred regular troops, con- 
stituted a force of about one thousand, under the command of Gen. Atkin- 
son. They pursued the Indians, and after a campaign of about two months, 
during which two engagements were fought, the war was brought to an end. 
The last, and the decisive battle of the war, is known in liistory as the bat- 
tle of Bad Axe, being fought on a small tributary of the Wisconsin of that 
name. This battle took place August 2d, 1832, and the force arainst Black 
Hawk was commanded by Gen. itenry Dodge, of Wisconsin. The Indians 
lost forty of their braves, and Gen. Dodge one. The Indians made but little 



THE NORTHWEST TEERITOKT. 39 

further resistance, and Black Hawk's "British Band," as it was styled, be- 
came demoralized and fled. They reached the Mississippi and were making 
preparations for crossing when they were checked by the captain of the 
steamboat " Warrior," who discharged a six-pounder at them, although they 
had displayed a flag of truce. The next morning Gen. Atkinson an-ived 
with his army, and made an attack, which the Indians were now powerless 
to resist. Black Hawk escaped, but was taken by some treacherous Wiune- 
bagoes, and deliv^ered along with the Prophet, on the 27th of August, to 
Gea. Street, at Prairie du Ohien. Two of Black Hawk's sons, the Prophet 
and other leaders, were also taken, and by order of the government were con- 
veyed through ths principal cities and to\vns on the seaboard, in order that 
they might be impressed with the greatness and power of the United States. 
For some time Black Hawk was held as a captive, and tlien through the in- 
tercession of Keokuk, who had been opposed to the war, and had not par- 
ticipated in the hostilities, he was allowed to return to Rock Island, and per- 
mitted to join his people. Treaties were made with the offending tribes by 
which tliey agreed to compensate for the expense of the war, by ceding a 
valuable part of their territory on the west side of the Mississippi, and to 
immediately remove from the east side. The United States sti2:)ulated to 
pay to tlie three tribes annually, thirty thousand dollars for twenty-seven 
years, and also to make otlier provisions for their imf)rovenient. By this 
treaty the United States acquired the first territory in Iowa which was 
opened to settlement. It is what is known as the " Black Hawk Purchase," 
and embraced a strip of territory extending from the northern boundary of 
Missouri to the mouth of the Upper Iowa river, about fifty miles in width, 
and embracing an area of about six millions of acres. Tliis treaty was made 
on the 21st day of September, 1832, at a council held on the west bank of 
the Mississippi river, where the city of Davenport now stands. Gen. Win- 
field Scott and Gov. John Reynolds, of Illinois, rej^resented the United 
States, and on the part of the Indians there were present Keokuk, Pashe- 
paho, and about thirty other chiefs and warriors of tlie Sac and Fox nation. 
Within the limits of this purchase was reserved a tract of 400 square miles, 
situated on Iowa river, and including Keokuk's village. This tract was 
known as "Keokuk's Reserve," and was occupied by the Indians until 1836. 
when it was ceded to the United States. This treaty was negotiated by Gov. 
Henry Dodge, of Wisconsin Territory, and on the part of the Indians Keo- 
kuk was the leading spirit. This council was also held on the banks of the 
Mississippi, near the site of the present city of Davenport. The treaty stip- 
ulated for the removal of the Indians to another reservation on the Des 
Moines river. On this an agency was established, where the present town 
of Agency City, in Wapello county, is located. Out of the " Black Hawk 
Purchase " was conveyed to Antoine Le Claire, who was interpreter, and 
whose wife was an Indian, one section of land opposite Rock Island, and 
another at the head of the first rapids above the Island. 

General Joseph M. Street, the agent with the Winnebagoes at Prairie du 
Chien, was transferred to the Sac and Fox agency on the Des Moines river, 
and in 1838 took measures for building and making the necessary improve- 
ments. In April, of the next year, he removed with his family from Prairie 
du Chien. His health soon began to fail, and on the 5th of May, 1840, 
Gen. Street died. Wapello, a prominent chief of the Sac and Fox nation, 
died in 1842. His remains were interred near those of Gen. Steeet. The 
stone slabs placed over their graves soon after, are inscribed as follows : 
3 



4U THE NOKTmVEST TEEEITORT. 

In 

Memory of 
GEN. JOSEPH M. STREET, 

Son of Anthony and Molly Street. 

Born Oct. 18th, 1782, in Virginia/ 

Died at the Sac and Fox Agency, 

May 5th, 18^0. 



In 

Memory of 
WA-PEL-LO, 

Bom at • 

Prairie du Chien, 1787 : 
Died near the Forks of Skunk, 
March 15th, 181^^ — Sac and Fox Nation. 

Wapello had requested that at his death his remains be interred near those 
of Gen. Street. 

After the death of Gen. Street, Maj. John Beach, his son-in-law, received 
the appointment as agent for the Sacs and Foxes, and filled the position to 
the satisfaction of the government. Major Beach was bom at Gloucester, 
Massachusetts, Feb. 23d, 1812. After a course of study at Portsmouth 
Academy, in New Hampshire, he received at the age of sixteen, the appoint- 
ment of cadet at the West Point Military Academy, graduating in the class 
of 1832. Receiving his commission as Second Lieutenant by brevet in the 
First U. S. Infantry, of which Zachary Taylor was then colonel, he was or- 
dered to duty on the frontier, and was alternately stationed at Fort Arm- 
strong, Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, and Jefferson Barracks, near St. 
Louis. His hearing having partially failed, in 1838, he resigned his com- 
mission in the army, and was, at the time of his appointment as Indian 
agent, engaged in the U. S. Land Office at Dubuque. He remained at 
Agency City, engaged in mercantile and literary pursuits until his death 
which occurred August 31st, 1874. ' 

At the time of Gen. Street's death, the Indians were occupying their res- 
ervation with their permanent, or spring and siimmer villages, as follows : 
Upon the banks of the Des Moines, o^iposite the mouth of Sugar Creek, 
was the village of Keoloik, and above were those of Wapello and Appa- 
noose. The village of Hardfish, or Wish-e-co-me-que, as it is in the Indian 
tongue, was located in what is now the heart of Eddy^-ille, where J. P. Eddy 
was licensed by Maj. Beach, the agent, in the summer of ISiO, to establish 
a trading post. Not far from the " Forks of Skunk " was a small village 
presided over by Kish-ke-kosh, who, though not a chief, was a man of con- 
siderable influence. Poweshiek, a Fox chief of equal rank with Wapello, 
still had a village on the bank of Iowa river. 

It has been remarked above that Keokuk, who was the chief next in au- 
thority and influence to Black Hawk, was opposed to the war against the 
whites, and persistently refused to take part in the hostilities. When Black 
Hawk's attempt to defy the power of tlie United States resulted so disas- 
trously to the Indians, and they were obliged to cede still more territory, 
his influence among his people declined, and that of Keolaik increased. 
Black Hawk, however, retained a party of adherents, and for some time a 



THE NOETHWEST TEEKITOKT. 41 

sort of rivalry existed between the two chiefs, and this feeling was shared 
to some extent by their respective friends in the tribes. An incident is rela- 
ted by Maj. Beach to show how the traders were ready to take advantage of 
this state of things for their own mercenary purposes. 

When Gen.Harrison became President in 1841, John Chambers, an ex- 
congressman of Kentucky, was appointed Governor of the Territory, suc- 
ceeding Gov. Robert Lucas. The governor was ex-officio superintendent 
over the Indians and their agencies. Gov. Lucas had lavored the Black 
Hawk band, whose chief was Hardfish. Accordingly when the new gov- 
ernor was appointed, both Keokuk and Hardlish felt that it would be some- 
thing of an object to gain his favor. Tlie latter desired the new governor 
to pursue the policy of his predecessor, while Keokuk wished at least an 
impartial course. Keokuk requested the consent of the agent for him and 
his principal men to visit the governor at Burlington. As it was the policy 
of the government to discountenance such pilgrimages of the Indians, Maj. 
Beach suggested that Gov. Chambers might see proper to visit them at the 
agency. With this expectation Keokuk chose to wait. The Hardfish band, 
under the influence of some of the traders, were less patient. They hast- 
ened to Burlington in a large body, and on their arrival encamped near the 
town, sending to the governor a wi-itten notice of their presence, and a 
request for supplies. The governor answered, declining to accede to their 
request, or to hold a council with them. Hardfish and his men returned 
over their weary journey of seventy miles to the agency, very much dis- 
appointed. In the meantime the governor communicated with Major 
Beach, informing him that lie would visit the agency soon, and requesting 
him to use his influence to prevent the Indians from making incursions 
through the white settlements. When the governor fixed his time to be 
present, the bands were all informed, and it was arranged that a grand coun- 
cil should be held. When the day arrived all the Indians, except the Pow- 
eshiek band of Foxes, who were so far away on the Iowa river, were en- 
camped within a convenient distance from the agency. Long before the 
hour fixed for the meeting, the Hardfish party, arraj^ed in all their toggery, 
and displaying their richest ornaments, came in grand procession upon the 
ground. Having dismounted from their ponies, they formed in file on foot 
and marched into the agency headquarters, where the governor was to receive 
them. Hardfish and some of his principal men shook hands with the gov- 
ernor and then sat do^vn. 

The reader will remember that at this time the nation was in mourning 
for the sudden loss of a President by death, and that Gov. Chambers had 
been one of the warmest and most devoted friends of Gen. Harrison, a fact 
of which Keokuk was fully advised. Chambers had been aid-de-camp to 
Gen. Harrison in the war of 1812, and they had ever after been as father 
and son. Keokuk was shrewd enough to make the most of this. 

The appointed hour for the meeting had passed, and the governor began 
to become impatient for the appearance of Keokuk. At last the sounds of 
the approaching bands were heard faintly floating upon the breeze. After a 
time the procession marched with slow and solemn tread into view, not ar- 
rayed in gaudy feathers, ribbons and trinkets, like the Hardfish band, but 
with lances and staves wrapped around with wilted grass. No sound of 
bells responded to the tramp of their ponies, and instead of being painted 
in Vermillion, their faces presented the sombre hues produced by a kind of 
clay they were wont to use on occasions of solemnity or mourning. Their 



42 THE NOETHWEST TEERITOEY. 

appearace betokened sadness and affliction. Mr. Josiali Smart, the interpre- 
ter, informed Gov. Chambers that this was a funeral march, and tliat some 
one of their principal men must liave died during the ni^ht. Even Ilard- 
lish and his men were at a loss to account for what they saw, and wondered 
who could have died. At last Keokuk and his men dismounted and filed 
slowly and solemnly into the presence of the governor. Keokuk signed to 
the interpreter, and said : 

"Sav to our new talher that before I take his hand, I will explain to him 
what all this means. We were told not long ago that our Great Father was 
dead. AVe had heard of him as a great war chief, who had passed much ot 
his life among the red men and knew their wants, and we believed that we 
would always have friendship and justice at his hands. His deatli has made 
us very sad, and as this is our first opportunity, we thought it would be 
wrou"' if we did not use it, to show that tllC hearts of his red children, as 
well as his white, know how to mourn over their great loss; and we had to 
keep our father waiting while we performed that part of our mourning that 
we must always attend to before we leave our lodges with our dead." 

At the conclusion of this speech, Keokuk steppped forward and extended 
his hand. The hearty grasp of the governor showed that the wily chief had 
touched the proper cord. The result was, that the Hardlish band received 
no special favors after that, at the expense of the other bands. 

SKETCHES OF BLACK HAWK AND OTHER CHIEFS. 

Black Hawk— Treaty of 1804— Black Hawk's account of the Treaty— Lieut. Pike— Ft. Ed- 
wards- Ft. Madison— Black Hawk and the British— Keokuk recognized as Chief— Ft. 
Armstrong— Sac and Fox Villagi>s— Black Hawk's '•British Band "-Black Hawk War- 
Black Hawk's old age — His death in Iowa — His remains carried away, but recovered — 
Keokuk— Appanoose — Wapello— Poweshiek— Pash-e-pa-ho— Wish-e-co-ma-qiio- Chas- 
chun-ca— Alau-haw-gaw— Ma-has-kah— Si-dom-i-na-do-tah— Heniy Lott— A Tragedy in 
Humboldt County— Ink-pa-du-tah— Spirit Lake Massacre — Expedition from Ft. Dodge — 
Death of Capt. Johnston and William Burkholder. 

BLACK HAWK. 

This renowned chief, the " noblest Roman of them all," was bom at the 
Sac village on Rock river, about the year 1767. His first introduction to 
the notice of the whites seems to have been in 1804:, when "William Henry 
Harrison, then the Governor of Indiana Territory, concluded his treaty with 
the Sac and Fox nation for the lands bordering on Rock river. Black Hawk 
was then simply a chief, though not by election or inheritance, of his own 
band of Sac warriors, but from that time he was the most prominent man 
in the Sac and Fox nation, lie considered the action of the four chiefs who 
represented the Indians in making this treaty as unjust and refused to con- 
sider it binding. The territory ceded embraced over fifty-one millions of 
acres, extending almost from opposite St. Louis to the Wisconsin river. 
He claimed that the chiefs or braves who made the treaty had no authority 
to make it, and that they had been sent to St. Louis, where the treaty was 
negotiated, for quite a different purpose, namely: to procure the release of 
one of their people who was held there as a prisoner on charge of killing a 
white man. The United States regarded this treaty as a lona fide transac- 
tion, claiming that the lands were sold by responsible men of the tribes, and 
that it was further ratified by a part of the tribes with Gov. Edwards and 



THE NORTHWEST TERETTOET. 4:3 

Auguste Cboteau, in September, 1815, and again with the same commis- 
sioners in 1816. They claimed that the Indians were only to occupy the 
lands at the Sac village on Rock river until they were surveyed and sold by 
the government, when they were to vacate them. The treaty of St. Louis 
was sio-ned by five chiefs instead of four, although Black Hawk claimed that 
the latter number only were sent to St. Louis for a difi"erent pm-pose. One 
of these was Pash-e-pa-ho, a head chief amon";^the Sacs. Black Hawk him- 
self thus describes the return of the chiefs to Eock Island after the treaty: 

" Quash-qua-me and party remained a long time absent. They at length 
returned, and encamped a short distance below tlie village, but did not come 
up that day, nor did any person approach their camp. They appeared to be 
dressed in 'fine coats, and had medals. From these circumstances we were 
in hopes that they had brought good news. Early the next morning the 
coimcil lodge was crowded. Quash-qua-me came up and said that on their 
arrival in St. Louis they met their American father, and explained to him 
their business, and urged the release of their friend. The American chief told 
them he wanted land, and that they had agreed to give him some on the west 
side of the Mississippi, and some on the Illinois side, opposite the Jefireon; 
that when the business was all arranged, they expected their friend released 
to come home with them. But about the time they were ready to start, 
their friend was let out of prison, who ran a short distance, and was shot 
dead! This was all myself or nation knew of the treaty of 1804. It has 
been explained to me since. I find, by that treaty, that all our country east 
of the Mississippi, and south of the Jeffreon, was ceded to the United States 
for one thousand dollars a year!" 

The treaty was doubtless made in good faith on the part of the commis- 
sioners, and with the full conviction that it was by authority of the tribes. 
From this time forward Black Hawk seems to have entertained a distrust of 
the Americans. . 

Although Spain had ceded the country west of the Mississippi to 1 ranee 
in 1801, the former power still held possession until its transfer to the United 
States by France. Black Hawk and his band were at St. Louis at this time, 
and he was invited to be present at the ceremonies connected with the 
change of authorities. He refused the invitation; and in giving an account 
of the transaction, said: 

" I found many sad and gloomy faces, because the United States were about 
to take possession of the town and country. Soon after the Americans came, I 
took my band and went to take leave of our Spanish father. The Americans 
came to see him also. Seeing them approach, we passed out of one door as 
they entered another, and immediately started in our canoes for our village 
on Eock river, not liking the change any more than our friends appeared 
to at St. Louis. On arriving at our village, we gave the news that strange 
people had arrived at St. Louis, and that we should never see our Spanish 
father again. The information made all our people sorry." 

In August, 1805, Lieut. Zebulon, M. Pike ascended the river from St. 
Louis, for the purpose of holding councils with the Indians, and selecting 
sites for military posts within the country recently acquired from France. 
At the mouth of Kock river he had a personal interview with Black Hawk, 
the latter being favorably impressed with the young lieutenant. Speaking 
of this interview. Black Hawk himself said: 

"A boat came up the river with a young American chief, and a small 
party of soldiers. We heard of them soon after they passed Salt river. 



44 THE NORTffWEST TEEEITOEr. 

Some of our young braves watclied them every day, to see what sort of peo- 
ple be bad on board. The boat at length arrived at Rock Island, and the 
young chief came on shore with bis interpreter, and made a speech, and 
gave \is some presents. AVe, in turn, presented them with meat and such 
other pro%nsious as we bad to spare. We were well pleased with the young 
chief. He gave us good advice, and said our American father woidd treat 
us well." 

Lieut. Pike's expedition was soon followed by the erection of Fort Ed- 
wards and Fort Madison, the former on the site of the present to%vn of 
Warsaw, Illinois, and the latter on the site of the present town of Fort 
Madison, Iowa. When these forts were being ei*ected, the Indians sent down 
delegations, headed by some of their chiefs, to have an interview with the 
Americans. Those who visited Fort'Ed^v^rds returne<l apparently satisfied 
with what was being done. The erection of Fort Madison they claimed was 
a violation of the treaty of 1S04. In that treaty the United States had 
agreed that if "any white persons should form a settlement on their lands, 
such intruders should forthwith be removed."' Fort Madison was erected 
within the territory reserved for the Indians, and this they considered an intru- 
sion. Some time afterward a party under the leadership of Black Hawk 
and Pash-e-pa-ho attempted its destruction. They sent spies to watch the 
movements of the ixarrison. Five soldiers who came out were fired upon b}" 
the Indians, and two of the soldiers were killed. They kept up the attack 
for several days. Their eflbrts to destroy the fort being unsuccessful, they 
returned to Rock river. 

When the war of 1S12 broke out. Black Ilawk and his band allied them- 
selves with the British, which was the origin of his party, at a later date, 
being kno^vn as the "British Band." In narrating the circumstances which 
induced him to join the British, he says: 

"Several of tlie chiefs and head men of the Sacs and Foxes were called 
upon to go to Washington to see the Great Father. On their return they 
related \vliat had been said and done. They said the Great Father wished 
them, in the event of a war taking place with England, not to interfere on 
either side, but to remain neutral. He did not want our help, but wished us to 
hunt and support our families and live in peace. He said that British traders 
would not be permitted to come on the Mississippi to furnish us with goods, 
but that we should be supplied by an Americ;m trader. Our chiefs then told 
him tliat the British traders always gave them credit in the fall for guns, powder 
and goods to enable us to hunt and clothe our families. He rejilied that the 
trader at Fort Madison would have plenty of goods; that we should go there 
in the tall, and he would supply us on credit, as the British traders had 
done." 

According to Black Hawk, this proposition pleased his people, and they 
went to Fort Madison to receive their promisea outfit for the winter's hunt, 
but notwithstanding the promise of the Great Father, at Washington, the 
trader would not give them credit. In reference to their disappointment, 
Black Hawk savs: 

"Few of us slept that night; all was gloom and discontent. Intlie morn- 
ing a canoe was seen descending the river; it soon arrived, bearing an ex- 
fress. who brouglit intelligence" that a British trader had landed at Rock 
sland. with two boats loaded with goods, and requested us to come up im- 
meiliately. because he had good news for us. and a variety of presents. The 
express presented us with tobacco, pipes and wampum. The news ran 



THE NOKTmrEST TERRITORY. 45 

through our cainp like fire on a prairie. Our lodges were soon taken down, 
and aU started for Eoek Island. Here ended all hopes of our remaining at 
peace, having been forced into the war bj being deceived." 

Black Hawk and his band then espoused the cause of the British, who. as 
in the case of Tecuniseh, gave him the title of "Gen. Black Hawk." But 
a large portion of the Sacs and Foxes, at the head of whom was Keokuk, 
chose to remain neutral, as well as to abide by the treaty of 1804. Of this 
party Keokuk was the recognized chief. The nation was divided into the 
'•war party" and " peace party." Black Hawk maintained his fidehty to 
the British until the end of the war, and was the intimate friend and sup- 
porter of Tecumseh, until the death of the latter at the battle of the Thames. 

At the close of the war of 1S12, Black Hawk returned to his village on 
Eock river, to lind Keokuk still the friend of the Americans, and the recog- 
nized war chief of that portion of the Sac and Fox nation which had re- 
mained neutral. As stated elsewhere, a new treaty was concluded in Sep- 
tember, 1S15, in which, among other matters, the treaty of St. Louis was rati- 
fied. Tliis treaty was not signed by Black Hawk, or any one representing his 
band, but was signed by chiefs of both the Sacs and Foxes, who were fully an tlior- 
ized to do so. This treaty was held at Portage des Sioux,and was a result of the 
war of 1S12, with England. In May, ISltJ, another treat}- was held at St. 
Louis, in wliich the St. Louis treaty of 1S04 was recognized. This treaty 
was signed by Black Hawk and twenty other chiefs and braves. The same 
yeai' Fort Armstrong was erected upon Eock Island, a proceeding very dis- 
tasteful to the Indians. Of this Black Hawk says: 

" We did not, however, object to their building the fort on the island, but 
we were very sorry, as this was the best island on the Mississipjji, and had 
long been the resort of ouryoung people during the summer. It was our gar- 
den, like the white people have near their bi^ villages, which supphed us with 
strawberries, blackberries, plums, apples and nuts of various kinds; and its 
waters supplied us with pure fish, being situated in the rapids of the river. In 
my early life, I spent many happy days on this island. A good spirit had care 
of it, who lived in a cave in the rocks, immediately under the place where 
the fort now stands, and has often been seen by our people. He w;is white, 
with large wings like a swan's, but ten times larger. We were particular 
not to make much noise in that part of the island which he inliabited, for 
fear of distiirbing him. But the noise of the fort has since di'iven him awav, 
and no doubt a bad spirit has since taken his place." 

The expedition which was sent up the river to erect a fort at or near Eock 
Island, consisted at first of the Eighth L'nited States Int\mtry, and started 
fi'om St Louis in September, 1815, under the command Col. E. C. Xichols. 
Tliey reached the mouth of the Des Moines, where they wintered. In April, 
1S16, Gen. Tliomas A. Smith arrived and took command of the expedition. 
They reached Eock Island on the 10th of May, and, after a careful exami- 
nation, the site for the fort was selected. The regiment being left under the 
command of Col. Lawrence, the work on the fort immediately commenced. 
It was named in honor of John Armstrong of Xew York, who had recently 
been Secretary of War. 

After the establishment of the fort and garrison at Eock Island settlements 
began to be made at and near the mouth of Eock river, on the east side of the 
Mississippi. Keokuk, as the head chief of the Foxes, with his tribe, in accord- 
ance with the treaties they had made with the United States, left in 182S and 
established themselves on Iowa river, but Black Hawk and his '• British 



46 THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. 

Band" of about 500 wamors remained in their village and persistently 
refused to leave. The settlers began to complain of frequent depredations at 
the hands of Black Hawk's people, and feared that the neighboring tribes of 
Kickapoos, Pottawattamies, and Winnebagoes, might be induced to join 
Black Hawk in a war of extermination. Finally, in the spring of 18.31, Black 
Hawk warned the settlers to leave. These troubles culminated in the 
" Black Hawk War," and the final capture of the chief and some of his prin- 
cipal men, as related elsewhere. The Black Hawk War ended hostilities 
with the Indians at or near Rock Island. A garrison, however, was main- 
tained there until 1S3G, when the troops were sent to Fort Sncllino-. The 
fort was left in charge of Lieut. John Beach, with a few men to take care of 
the property. 

After his capture, Black Hawk and several of his principal men were 
taken to Jefterson Barracks, where they were kept until the the spring of 
1S33. They were then sent to Washington, where they arrived on the 22d 
of April, and on the 2Gth were confined in Fortress Monroe. On the 4th of 
June, 1833, they were set at liberty by order of the government and per- 
mitted to return to their own country. 

In the tall of 1837 Black Hank, accompanied by Keok\ik, Wapello, Powe- 
shiek, and some forty of the principal chiefs and braves of the Sac and Fox 
nations, again visited Washington, in charge of Col. George Davenport, M-ho 
by his influence with the Indians assisted the government in maldng another 
large purchase of territory in Iowa. This tract adjoined the "Bla^k Hawk 
Purchase," and embraced 1,250,000 acres. 

After Black Hawk's release from captivity in 1833, he seemed unwilling 
to reside in any of the villages of the tribe. His band was broken up and 
dispersed, as stipulated in the treaty of peace, and he seemed to seek seclu- 
sion from his people. While the garrison remained at Eock Inland, he 
usually lived near it, and often put up his wigwam close to the fort, where 
his vision could take in the beautiful country on the east bank of the Missis- 
sippi, which had been his home for more than half a century. But the time 
came when he must go with his people to the new reservation on the banks 
of the Des Moines. He was then in the waning years of his life, and the 
other chiefs of the nation seemed disposed to pay him but little attention. 
His family consisted of his wife, two sons and one daughter. He established 
his lodge on the east bank of the Des Moines, about three miles below the 
site of the present town of Eldon. Gen. Street presented the tamily with a 
cow, which was a piece of property which exacted much solicitude and care 
at the hands of Madame Black Hawk. His lodge was near the trading post 
of Wharton McPherson ; and James Jordan, who was also at that time con- 
nected with the post, had his cabin within a few rods of Black Hawk's lodge. 
This was in the summer of 1838, and the old chief who had defied the power 
of the United States and caused the expenditure of millions of treasure to 
subdue him, was nearing liis departure for a final remove beyond the power 
of earthly governments. Near his lodge, on the bank of the river, stood a 
large elm tree, with its spreading branches overhanging the stream, and 
flowing from its roots was a crystal spring of pure water. Here during the 
sultry summer days of that year Black Hawk was wont to repose and dream 
over the years of his former greatness and the wrongs that his people had 
suflered. At last, on the 3d of October, 1S3S, death came to his relief, 
and, according to the Indian idea, his spirit passed away to the happy hunt- 
ing grounds. 



THE NORTHWEST TERKITOET. 47 

' The remains of Black Hawk were interred by his family and friends near 
bis cabin on the prairie, a short distance above the old town of lowaville. 
The body was placed on a board, or slab, set up in an inclining position, with 
the feet extending into the ground some fifteen inches and the head elevated 
above the surface some three feet or more. This was enclosed by placing 
slabs around it with the ends resting on the ground and meeting at the top, 
forming a kind of vault. The whole was then covered with dirt and neatly 
sodded. At the head of the grave was placed a flag-statf thirty feet high, 
from which floated the American flag until it was worn out by the ^vind. 
Interred ^vith the body were a number of his prized and long-treasured 
relics, including a military suit presented by Jackson's cabinet; a swoid pre- 
sented by Jackson himself; a cane presented by Henry Clay, and another 
by a British oflicer ; and three silver medals — one presented by Jackson, one 
by John Quincy Adams, and the other by citizens of Boston. K^ear the 
grave a large post was set in the ground, on which were inscribed in Indian 
characters, emblems commemorating many of his heroic deeds. The 
grave and flag-stafi" were enclosed by a rude picket fence in circular form. 
Here the body remained until Jiily, 1S39, when it disappeared. On com- 
plaint being made by Black Hawk's family, the matter was investigated, and it 
was finally traced to one Dr. Turner, who then resided at a place called Lex- 
ington, in Van Buren county. The remains had been taken to Illinois, but 
at the earnest request of Black Hawk's relatives, Gov. Lucas interposed and 
had them sent to Burlington. The sons were informed that the remains 
were in Burlington and went to that place to obtain them. While there it 
was suggested to them that if taken away they would only be stolen again, 
and they concluded to leave them where they thought they might be more 
safely preserved. They were finally placed in a museum in that city, and 
years after, with a large collection of other valuable relics, were destroyed by 
the burning of the building. In the meantime the relatives of the renowned 
chief removed westward with the rest of the tribe, and were finally lost to 
all knowledge of the white man. 



Keokuk ("Watchful Fox) belonged to the Sac branch of the nation, and 
was bom on Kock river, in 1780. He was an orator, but was also entitled 
to rank as a warrior, for he possessed courage and energy, but at the same 
time a cool judgment. He had an intelligent appreciation of the power and 
greatness of the United States, and saw the futility of Black Hawk's hope to 
contend successfully against the govai-nment. In his first battle, while 
young, he had killed a Sioux, and for this he was honored with a feast by 
his tribe. 

At the beginning of the Black Hawk War an affair transpired which was 
dignified by the name of the " Battle of Stillman's Run," in which some three 
hundred volimteers under Maj. Stillman took prisoners five of Black Hawk's 
men who were approaching with a flag of truce. One of the prisoners was 
shot by Stillman's men. Black Hawk had also sent five other men to follow 
the bearers of the flag. The troops came upon these and killed two of them. 
The other three reached their camp and &ave the alarm. Black Hawk's 
warriors then charged upon Stillman's advancing troops and completely 
routed them. This failure to respect the flag of truce so exasperated the 
Indians that it was with great difiiculty that Keokuk could restrain his war- 
riors from espousing the cause of Black Hawk. Stillman's defeat was fol- 



48 THE NOKTinVEST TEEEITOET. 

lowed bv a war-dance, in which Keokuk took part. After the dance he 
called a council of war, and made a speech in which he admitted the justice 
of their complaints. The blood of their brethren slain by the white men, 
while bearing a flag of truce, called loudly for vengeance. Said he: 

'• I am jour chief, and it is uiv duty to lead you to battle, if, after fully con- 
sidering the matter, you are determined to go. But before you decide on 
taking this important step, it is wise to inquire into the chances of success. 
But if you do determine to go upon the war path, I will agree to lead you on 
one condition, viz.: that before we go we will kill all our old men and our 
wives and our children, to save them from a lingering death of starvation, 
and tiiat every one of us determine to leave our homes on the other side of 
the Mississippi." 

Keokuk so forcibly portrayed in 'other parts of this speech the great 

Eower of the United States, and of the hopeless prospect before them, that 
is warriors at once abandoned all thought of joining Black Hawk. 
The name Keokuk signified "Watchful Fox. As we have seen, he eventu- 
ally superseded Black liawk, and was recognized by the United States as the 
principal chief of the Sac and Fox nation, which, indeed, had much to do in 
stinging the pride of the imperious Black Hawk. In person he was strong, 
graceful and commanding, with fine features and an intelligent countenance. 
He excelled in horsemanship, dancing, and all athletic exercises. He was 
courageous and skillful in war, but mild and politic in peace. He had a 
son, a fine featured, promising boy, who died at Keokuk's \"illage on the 
Des Moines. Keokuk himself became somewhat dissipated during the later 
years of his life in Iowa. It was reported that after his removal with his people 
to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi, he died oi delirium tremens. 
Iowa has honored his memory in the name of one of her countiesj and one 
of her principal cities. 

APPANOOSE. 

Appanoose was a chief who presided over a band of the Sacs. His name, 
in the language of that tribe, signified "A Chief TVlien a Child," indicating 
that he inherited his position. It was said he was equal in rank with Keo- 
kuk, but he did not possess the influence of the latter. He was one of the 
" peace chiefs " during the Black Hawk War. During the last occupation of 
Iowa soil by the Sacs and Foxes, Appanoose had his village near the site of the 
present city of Ottumwa, His people cultivated a portion of the ground on 
which that city is located. He was one of the delegation sent to Washing- 
ton in 1S37, at which time he \'isited with the other cliiefs the city of Boston, 
where they were invited to a meeting in Fanueil Hall. On that occasion he 
made the most animated speech, both in manner and matter, that was deliv- 
ered by the chiefs. After Keokuk had spoken, Appanoose arose and said: 

"Ton have heard just now what my chief has to say. All our chiefs and 
warriors are very much gratified by our visit to this town. Last Saturday 
they were invited to a great house, and now thev are in the great council- 
house. Tlicy are very much pleased Avith so mucK attention. This we can- 
not reward yon for now, but shall not forget it, and hope the Great Spirit 
will reward you for it. This is the place which our forefathers once inhabi- 
ted. I have often heard my lather and grandfather say they lived near the 
sea-coast where the white man first came. I am glad to hear all this from 
you. I suppose it is put in a book, where you learn all these things. As 
far as I can understand the language of the white people, it appears to me 



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49 




I>"DIA^"i TETTNO A PEISOXEE. 



50 THE KOETHWEST TEEKITOBT. 

that the Americans have attained a very high rank among the white people. 
It is the same with us, though I say it myself. Where we live beyond tiie 
Mississippi, I am respected oy all people, and they consider me the tallest 
among them. 1 am happy that two great men meet and shake hands witli 
each other." 

As Appanoose concluded his speech, he suited the action to the word hy 
extending his hand to Gov. Everett, amid the shouts of applause from the 
audience, who were not a little amused at the self-complacency of the orator. 
But few of the incidents in the life of this chief have passed into history. 
His name has been perpetuated in that of one of the Iowa counties. 



Wapello, or Waupellow, was one of the minor chiefs of the Sac and Fox 
Nation. He was born at Prairie du Chien, in 1787. At the time of the 
erection of Fort Armstrong (1816) he presided over one of the three prin- 
cipal villages in that vicinity. His village there was on the east side of the 
Mississippi, near the foot oi" Rock Island, and about three miles north of 
the famous Black Hawk village. In 1829 he removed his village to Musca- 
tine Slough, and then to a place at or near where the town of Wapello, in 
Louisa county, is now located. Like Keokuk, he was in fiivor of abiding 
by the requirements of the treaty of 1804, and opposed the hostilities in 
which Black Hawk engaged against the whites. He was one of the chiefs 
that visited Washington in 1837, and his name appears to several treaties 
relinquishing lands to the United States. He appears to have been a warm 
personal friend of Gen. Jos. M. Street, of the Sac and Fox agency, and made 
a request that at his death his remains be interred along side of those of 
Gen. Street, which request was complied with. He died near the Forks of 
Skunk river, March 15th, 1842, at the age of 55 years. His remains, M-ith 
those of Gen. Street, repose near Agency City, in the county which honors 
his memory with its name. The two graves and the monuments have re- 
cently been repaired by parties connected with the Chicago, Burlington & 
Quincy Railroad, whose line passes within a few rods of them. 

POWESHIEK. 

Poweshiek was a chief of the same rank with Wapello, and near the same 
age. He also was one of the chiefs who visited Washington in 1837. When 
the greater portion of the Sac and Fox nation removed to the Des Moines 
river, he retained his village on the Iowa river, where he presided over 
what was known as the Musquawkie band of the Sacs and Foxes. In Mav, 
1838, when Gen. Street organized a party to examine the new purchase made 
the fall before, with a view of selecting a site for the agency, the expedition 
was accompanied by about thirty braves, under the command of Poweshiek. 
At that time the Sacs and Foxes were at war witli the Sioux, and after leav- 
ing their reservation these men were very fearful that they might be sur- 
prised and cut off by the Sioux. A small remnant of his band make their 
liomc on Iowa river, in Tama county, at this time. He also remained the 
friend of the whites during the Black Hawk war, and the people of Iowa 
have honored his memory by giving his name to one of their counties. 



THE NOETHWEST TEKKITOKY. 51 

PASn-E-PA-HO. 

Pash-e-pa-ho, called also the Stabbing Chief, at the time of the treaty of 
1S04, and until after the Black Hawk war, was head chief among the Sacs. 
He was also present in St. Louis at the making of that treaty, and was even 
then well advanced in years. It has been related that he laid a plan to at- 
tack Fort Madison, not long after its erection. His plan ^vas to gain an 
entrance to the fort with concealed arms under their blankets, under a pre- 
tense of holding a council. A squaw, however, had secretly conveyed intel- 
lio-ence to the commandant of the garrison of the intended attack, so that the 
troops were in readiness for them. When Pash-e-pa-ho and his warriors ad- 
vanced in a body toward the closed gate, it suddenly opened, revealing to 
the astonished savages a cannon in the passage-way, and the gunner shxnd- 
ing with lighted torch in hand ready to tire. Pash-e-pa-ho deemed " discre- 
tion the better part of valor ", and retreated. 

Some time after the plot against Fort Madison, Pash-e-pa-ho made an at- 
tempt to obtain a lodgement "in Fort Armstrong, though in quite a diflerent 
way. Several of his braves had the year before, while out Imntino;, fell in 
with a party of their enemies, the Sioux, and had lifted several of their scalps. 

The Sioux complained of this outrage to the Department at Washington, 
and orders were issued demanding the surrender of the culprits. They were 
accordino-ly brought and retained as prisoners in Fort Armstrong, wliere they 
had comfortable quarters and plenty to eat during the winter. Having fared 
sumptuously for several months, without effort on their part, they were re- 
leased on the payment of a small amount out of the annuities of their tribes, 
to the Sioux, the next fall Pash-c-pa-ho thought he might avoid the trouble 
of stocking iiis larder for the winter. So he voluntarily called on the com- 
mandant o1" Fort Armstrong, and informed him that while on a recent hunt 
he had unfortunately met a Sioux, and had yielded to the temptation to get 
his scalp. He confessed that he had done a very wrongful act, and wished 
to save the Great Father at Washington the trouble of sending a letter or- 
derino- his arrest; therefore he would surrender himself as a prisoner. The 
commandant saw through his scheme to obtain comfortable quarters and 
good boarding for the winter, and so told him he was an honorable Indian, 
and that his voluntary offer to surrender himself was a sufficient guarantee 
that he would appear when sent for. Tha_t was the last that was heard of 
the matter. Pash-e-pa-ho was never sent for. 

Durino- the first quarter of the present century the Sacs and Foxes were 
frequents at war with the lowas. The latter liad one of their principal villa- 
ges on tiie Des Moines river, near where Black Hawk died many years af- 
terward. It was here that the last great battle was fought between these 
tribes. Pash-e-pa-ho was chief in command of the Sacs and Foxes. Black 
Hawk was also a prominent actor in this engagement, but was subject to 
his senior, Pash-e-pa-ho. Accounts conflict as to the date, but the eviden- 
ces of the conflict were plainly visible as late as 182-i. The Sacs and Foxes 
surprised the lowas while the latter were engaged in running their horses 
on the prairie, and therefore unprepared to defend themselves. The result 
was that Pash-e-pa-ho achieved a decisive victory over the lowas. 

Pash-e-pa-ho was among tlie chiefs present at the making of the treaty 
of 1832, when the " Black llawk Purchase " was made. He was very much 
<riven to intemperate habits whenever he could obtain liquor, and it is prob- 
ble that, like Keokuk, he died a drunkard. 



52 THE NOETH'WEST TEKEITORT. 



WISH-E-CO-MA-QUE. 



Quite prominent among the Sacs and Foxes, after tlieir removal to Iowa, 
was a man kno\vn by the name of Hardfish, or Wish-e-co-ma-qne, as it 
is in the Indian tongue. He was not a chief, but a brave who rose al- 
most to the prominence of a chief. He adliered to Black Hawk in his hos- 
tility toward the whites, and when Black Hawk died, Hardlish became the 
leader of his band, composed mostly of those who had participated in the 
Black Hawk war. When the Sacs and Foxes occupied their reservation on 
the Des Moines river, Hardfish had his village where Eddyville is now lo- 
cated. It was quite as respectable in size as any of the other villages of the 
Sacs and Foxes. Hardfish's band was composed of people trora the Sac 
branch of the Sac and Fox nation. 'One John Goodell was the interpreter 
for this band. The name of Hardfish was quite familiar to the frontier 
settlers of Southeastern Iowa. 

CHOS-CHUN-CA. 

When, in 1834, Gen. Henry Dodge made a treaty with the Winnebagoes 
for the country occupied by them in Wisconsin, they were transferred to a 
strip of land extending west from the Mississippi, opposite Prairie du Chien, 
to the Des Moines river, being a tract forty miles in width. TJie chief of 
the Winnebagoes at that time was Chos-chun-ca, or Big Wave. Soon after 
their removal to this reservation they were visited by Willard Barrows, one 
of the pioneers of Davenport, who had an inten"iew with Chos-chnn-ca. 
He found him clothed in a bufliilo overcoat, and wearing a high crowned 
hat. His nose was surmounted by a pair of (jj'ceii sjpectaclcs. Mr. Barrows 
held his interview with the chief just south of the lower boundary of the 
reseiwation. Chos-chun-ca was quite reticent as to the affairs of his people, 
and refused pemiission to Mr. Barrows to explore the Winnebago reserva- 
tion, being impressed with the idea that the whites had sent liiin to seek out 
all the fine country, and tliat if their lands were found desirable, then the 
Indians would be compelled to remo\-e again. Mr. Barrows, liowever, with- 
o\;t the chief's permission, passed safely through tlieir territory. 

MATJ-IIAW-GAW. 

The greater portion of the territory embraced within the limits of Iowa, 
was once occupied by a tribe, or nation of Indians, known in history as the 
lowas (or loways), who for many years maintaine<l an almost constant war- 
fare with the Sioux, a powerful rival who lived to the north of them. The 
lowas were originally the Pau-hoo-chee tribe, and lived in the region of the 
lakes, to the northeast, but about the year 1700 they followed tlieir chief, 
Mau-haw-gaw, to the banks of the Mississipjai, and crossing over, settled on 
the west bank of Iowa river, near its mouth, and there established a village. 
They called the river on which they established their empire, Xe-o-ho-nee, 
or "Master of Rivers." For some years they prospered and multiplied, but 
the Sioux began to envy them the prosperity wjiich they enjoyed, and with 
no good intentions came do-wn to visit them. Sending to Mau-haw-gaw 
thepipe of peace, with an invitatioTi to join them in a dog feast, they made 
great professions of friendship. The Iowa chief, having confidence in Acir 
protestations of good feeling, accepted the invitation. In the midst of the 



THE NORTHWEST TEEEITORT. 



53 



feast the perfidious Sioux suddenly attacked and killed the unsuspecting 
Mau-liaw-o'aw. This outrage was never forgiven by the lowas. 



MA-HAS-KAH. 



One of the most noted chiefs of the lowas was Ma-has-kah (Wlnte 

Cloud) a descendent of Mau-haw-gaw. He led his warriors in eighteen 

battles ao-ainst the Sioux on the north, and the Osages on the south, but 

never failed to achieve a victory. He made his home on the Des Momes 

river about one hundred miles above the mouth, and must have been some- 

thin<^ of a Mormon, for it is said he had seven wives. In lS2-i he was one 

of a'party of chiefs who visited Washington. He left his home on the Des 

Moines to o-o down the river on his way to join his party, and when near 

where the city of Keokuk is now located, he stopped to prepare and eat his 

venison. He had just commenced his meal when some one struck him on 

the back Turning round, he was surprised to see one of his wives, Eant- 

che-wai-me (Female Flying Pigeon), standing with an uplifted tomahawk 

in her hand. She accosted'him with—" Am I your wife ? Are you my Inis- 

band ? If so, I will go with you to Maw-he-hum-ne-che (the American big 

house), and see and shake the hand of In-co-ho-nee ", meaning the Great 

Father, as they called the President. Ma-has-kali answered: " Yes, you are 

my wife ; I am your husband ; I have been a long time from you ; I am 

glad to see you ; you are my pretty wife, and a brave man always loves to 

1 see a pretty woman." Ma-has-kah went on to Washington accompanied by 

' his "pretty wife ", Eant-che-wai-mie, who received many presents, but saw 

' many thino-s of which she disapproved. When slie returned, she called to- 

I gether the'inatrons and maidens of the tribe, and warned tliem against_ the 

I vices and follies of their white sisters. This good Indian woman was killed 

I by being thrown from her horse, some time after lier return from Washing- 

1 ton. In 183i Ma-has-kah was also killed about sixty miles from his home, 

' on the Nodaway, by an enemy who took a cowardly advantage of hini. At 

' the time of his'death he was fifty years of age. After his death all his sur- 

' viving wives went into mourning and poverty, according to the custom ol 

! the tribe, except one named Mis-so-rah-tar-ra-haw (Female Deer that bounds 

over the prairie), wlio refused to the end of her life to be comforted, saying 

i that her husband " was a great brave, and was killed by dogs ", meaning 

1 low, vulgar fellows. 

J Soon after the death of Ma-has-kah, his son of the same name, at the age 
] of twenty-four, became the chief of the lowas. His mother was Puant-che- 
' wai-me, whose tragic death is mentioned above. He also visited AVasliing- 
1 ton in the winter of 1836-7, for the purpose of obtaining redress for injus- 
' tice, which he claimed had been done to his people by the government, m 
j failing to keep intruders from their lands, and in disregarding other stipu- 
I lations of the treaty made with his father in 1825. 

I P si-dom-i-na-d6-tah. 

I When the whites began to make settlements on the upper Des Moines, 
I the region about Fort Dodge and Spirit Lake was inhabited by Sioux In- 
dians,'inade up principally of that division of the great Sioux or Dacotah 
nation known by the name of Sisiton Sioux. When, in 1848, the govern- 
ment surveys of the lands purchased north of the Raccoon Forks were in pro- 
\ gress, Mr. Marsh, of Dubuque, set out with his party to run the correction 



5i THE iroETimrEST tekeitoet. 

line from a point on the Mississippi, near Dubuqne, to the Missouri river. 
In this work he was not molested until he crossed the Des Moines, when on 
the west bank of the river, he was met by a party of Sioux, under the lead- 
ership of their chief, Si-dom-i-na-do-tah, who notified Mr. Marsh and his 
farty that they should proceed no farther, as the country belonged to the 
ndians. The Sioux then left, and Mr. Marsh concluded to continue his 
work. He had not proceeded more than a mile when Si-dom-i-na-do-tah 
and his band returned and surrounded the party, robbing them of every- 
thing. They took their horses, destroyed their wagons and surveying instru- 
ments, destroyed the land-marks, and drove the surveying party back to the 
east side of the river. Tliis. and other outrages committed on tamilies who, 
in the fall of 1849, ventured to make claims on the upper Des Moines, led 
to the establishment of a military post at Fort Dodge in 1850. 

In the winter of lS4t)-7 one Henry Lott, an atlventurous border char- 
acter, had. with his family, taken up his residence at the mouth of Boone 
river, in what is now 'Webster county, and within the range of Si-dom-i-na- 
do-tah"s band. Lott had provided himself with some goods and a barrel ot 
whisky, expecting to trade with the Indians, and obtain their furs and robes. 
In a short time he was waited upon by the chief and six of his braves and 
informed that he was an iuti-uder and that he must leave within a certain time. 
The time having expired, and Lott still remaining, the Indians destroyed 
his property, shooting his stock and robbing his bee-hives. Lott and his 
step-son made their way to the nearest settlement, at Pea's Point, about 16 
miles south, and reporteil that his family had been murdered by the Indians, 
as lie doubtless thought they would be after he left. John Pea and half a 
dozen other white men. accompanied by some friendly Indians of another 
tribe, who happened to l>e in that vicinity, set out with Dott for the mouth 
of Boone river. When they arrived they found that the family had not 
been tomahawked, as he had reported. One little boy, however, aged about 
twelve years, had attempted to follow his father in his flight, by going down 
the Des Moines river on the ice. Being thinly clad, the little fellow froze to 
death after traveling on the ice a distance of about twenty miles. Tlie body 
of the child was subsequently found. The sequel shows that Lott was de- 
termined on revenge. 

In November. 1S53, Lott ventured about thirty miles north of Fort Dodge, 
where he pretended to make a claim, in what is now Humboldt county. He 
took with him several barrels of whisky and some goods, and he and his 
step-son built a cabin near what is now known as Lott's creek in that 
county. Si-dom-i-na-do-t.ah had his cabin on the creek about a mile west of 
Lott's. In January. 1 So4. Lott and his step-son went to the cabin of the 
old chief and told him that they had seen, on their way over, a drove of elk 
feeding on the bottom lands, and induced the old man to mount his pony, 
with gun in hand, to go in pursuit of the elk. Lott and his step-son fol- 
lowed, and when they had proceeiied some distance tliey shot and killed Si- 
dom-i-na-do-tah. Tliat same night they attacked and killed six of the chief's 
family, including his \vife and two children, his aged motlier. and two young 
children she had m charge — including with the chief, seven victims in all. Two 
children, a boy of twelve, and a girl of ten years of age, escaped by hiding 
themselves. Some days alter, the Indi.ans reported the murders at Fort 
Dodge, thinking at first that the slaughter had been perpetrated by some of 
their Indian enemies. Investigation soon revealed the fact that Lott and his 
step-son had committed the deed. Their cabin was found burned down, and 



THE XOETHWiST TERHITOET. 55 

a sliffht snow on the ground showed the track of their wagon in a circuitous 
route southward, avoiding Fort Dodge. Intelligence of them was received 
at various points where thej had been tiring to seU furs and other arricles, 
and where the chief's pony was noticed to be in their possession. Having 
several davs start, they made their way across the Missouri and to<jk the 
plains for"Calilbrni:\, where, it w;is subsequently learned, Lott was killed in 
a quarreL It is believed by many of the old settlers of Xorthem Iowa that 
this outrage of Henry Lott was the cause of that other tragedy, or rather 
series of tragedies, in the history of Northern Iowa, known as the " Spirit 
Lake Massacre." 

IXK-PA-nr-TAH. 

Ink-pa-du-tali, it is said, was the brother, and became the successor, of the 
chief who was murdered by Henry Lott. He is known to the whites chiefly 
in connection with the horrible outrages committed at Spirit and Okoboji 
Lakes in Xorthem Iowa, and at Spriugiield in Southern Minnesota. He, 
in connection with U-tau-ka-sa-pa < Black Butlalo\ headed a band of about 
eighteen lodges of Sioux, who. in the spring of 1S57, robbed the settlers and 
committed the most inhuman outrages, culminating in the massacres of the 
Sth and 9th of March of that year. During the year 1S56 a dozen or more 
families had settled about the lakes, while along the valley of tlie Little Sioux 
river at Smithland. Cherokee, and Eock Eapids there were settlements. 
Ink-pa-du-tah and his band commenced their depredations at Smithland. and 
passing up the Little Sioux made hostile demonstrations both at Cherokee 
and Eock Rapids, killing stock and carrying away whatever they saw proper 
to take, but committed no murders until they reached the infant settlement 
at the lakes. There, and at Springfield, a small settlement in Minnesota a 
I few miles northeast, they killed forty-one, wounded three, and took with 
them as captives four women — Mrs. Howe, Mrs. .Thatcher, Mrs. Marble, and 
■ Miss Grarilner. Twelve persons were missing, some of whose remains were 
afterward found, having been killed while attempting to escape. Of the 
four women taken captives, two were killed on their night, Mrs. Howe and 
Mrs. Thatcher. The other two, Mrs. Marble and Miss Gardner, were some 
months after, through the eflorts of Gov. Madarie. of Minnesota, and the 
Indian agent at Laqna Parle, purchased from Ink-pa-du-tah by employing 
friendly Indians to affect the purchase. By this raid and massacre the set- 
1 tlement at the lakes was entirely swept away. All the houses were burned, 
and all the stock either killed or taken away. At Springfield the settlers 
( woe somewhat prepared to defend themselves, having heard of the slaughter 
I at the lakes. Seven or eight persons, however, were killed at Springfield. 

The winter preceding these massacres had been unusually severe, and 

I snow had fallen to the depth of Irom one to two feet. In March all the 

raTines were filled with drifted snow, with a thick and heavy crust, so that 

travel in that region was almost imj)ossible. For this reason those infant 

I Bettlenients were almost cut off fix)m intercourse with the thickly inhabited 

! parts of the country. It was, therefore, some time before the news of the 

'ma^acres reached Fort Dodge, the nearest settlement. The messengers 

I who conveyed the intelligence were Messrs. Bell and TTilliams. who live<l on 

Little Siotix river. Messrs. Howe, Snyder and Parmenter, of Xewton, who 

had attempted to relieve the inhabitants at the lakes with provisions, also 

' upon arriving there found aU the settlers murdered. They, too, hastened as 

rapidly as possible to Fort Dodge and reported. Messengers were at once 



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THE NOETHWEST TERRITORY. 



rpuL-".^?^'?'' 9^-^ '"""I ?'''"•"■ *° '"1"°'^ ^^'^ ^'^'^^"^ to turn ont for the 
rel et ot the trontiL-r, and tliey ros]W)ndcd promptly. Those two i)laces fur 
n.shed forty men and Fort Dodl,e eighty. Vhe force of 120 mei. w,'. 
formed into tliree companies of forty men each, under Captains C ]; 
luchards f«l'» I' •.!>'■ ucomhe, and ^. C. Johnston. The battalion w,- 
co.nmanded In; Major W. Williams. On the 25th of March the hattali.. 
btaited rom l-(,rt Dodge, the snow still covering tlie ground and all th. 
ravines being so gorged with drifted snow that in places^it was necessary to 
cut the.r way througli snow-banks from ten to twenty feet deep After 
marching thirty miles ten men had to be sent back, reducing the force to 
110 men. In the meantime a force from Fort Ridgely wa5^ apnroachin.. 
from the north The Indians, expecting these movements, luul tiken the"? 
fight across the Big Sioux river to join tlie Yanktons, in what is now 
Dakota. The troops, atter almost incredible liardships and sulferings for 
c.glit^en days and n.gl.ts, being without tents, failed to get sight of a single 
lu.st,le ndian. They tound and buried the bodies of twenty-nine persons. 
A number were burned in the houses by the savages, and their remains 
were found n the aslies. The expedition fost two varuai.le citizens, C^a^n 
J C Johnston, of Webster City, and AVilliam Burkholder, of FoA Dodge, 
he lat er being a brother of Mrs. Gov. C. C. Caiijenter. They were frozen 
to death on the, r return from the lakes. Eighteen others were more or less 
frozen and some did not recover for a year after. Several years after his 
death the remains of young Burkholder were found on the prairie beinff 
recognized by the remains of his gun and clothing. When overcome 'by thi 
cold he was separated Irom Ins companions, and his fate was for sometime 
unknown. 

From this brief account of Ink-pa-du-tah, it will he conceded that there is 
no reason to cherish his memory witli any degree of admiration. He was 
he eader ot a band comprising even the worst element of tlie Sioux nation, 
the best ot which IS bad enoug^i, even for savages. The germ of the band 
ot which lie was chiet, was a family of murderers, known as Five Lodo-es 
who It was said having murdered an aged chief, wandered away and formed 
a httle tribe of their own, with whom rogues from all the other bands found 
re uge. At the time of these hostilities against the whites under Ink-pa-du- 
tah, they numbered probably over 150 lodges. They were constantiv ronn<» 
about m parties, stealing wherever they could froni trapper? and"settler£ 
1 be subscpient career ot Ink-pa-du-tah has been west of the borders of Iowa 
and Minnesota. 

EAELY NAVIGATION OF WESTEEN RIVERS. 

Navigration of the Mississippi by the Early Explorere-Flat-boats-Barees-Methoas of Pro- 
^^?l"° P~°1^ ''"A^'}}T^'^-^^-^. ^""^ Steamboat on Western Wate^-The' Oriels "^ 
Ihe "Comet —1 he " Enterprise —Cant Shreve— The " W-i«),>n,^nn " ti . . ,^ i 

Pike '•-F.r.t St.>a„jboat to|. Lpuis-l'l!;; ' TnTpendence " Tl e .^st^tTamboit'^n 'th^ 
M>sso>.n-Capt Nelson-" MaokinaNv Boats "-Navigation of the upper Mi™is°ipp°.^The 
' S:^S:^r;^u:^^^{^g;^'- ^^-^ May-Na..gation ot't'ie upperEouS'-! 

,^JI'\^''''^T^'''^^""^?ft.^^^"<'»^iption of the Mississippi river as earlv as 
1 539, by De Soto, while in search of the " fountain of youth ". His voVa"« 
ended with his life, and more than a hundred years passed away, when Mar- 
quette and Johet again disturbed its waters with a small bart transported 



THE NOETUWEST TEEEITOKT. 57 

from the shores of Lake Superior. At the mouth of the "Wisconsin they 
entered the Mississippi, and extended their voyage to tlie mouth of the 
Arkansas. Tlieir account is the first which gave to the world any accurate 
knowledge of tlie great valley of the Mississippi river. Their perilous voy- 
age was made in the summer of 1673. The account was read with avidity 
by the missionaries and others about Lake Superior, and soon after a young 
Frenchman named La Salle set out with a view of adding further informa- 
tion in relation to the wonderful valley of the great river. His expedition 
was followed by other voyages of exploration on western rivers, but the nar- 
ratives of the explorers are mostly lost, so that very little of interest remains 
from the voyage of La Salle to the latter part of the eighteenth century, 
■ when the French, then holding Fort Du Quesne, contemplated the establish- 
' ment of a line of forts which would enable them to retain possession of the 
vast territory northwest of the Ohio river. liegular navigation of the Ohio 
and Mississippi, however, was not attempted until after the Revolution, when 
. the United States had assumed control of the western waters. Trade with 
; New Orleans did not begin until near the close of the century. A few flat 
boats were employed in the trade between Pittsburg and the new settlements 
along the Ohio river. The settlement of Kentucky gradually increased the 
: trade on the Ohio, and caused a demand for increased facilities for convey- 
, ance of freight. Boatmen soon found it profitable to extend their voyages 
. to the Spanish settlements in the South. Freight and passengers were con- 
• veyed in a species of boat which was sometimes called a barge, or bargee by 
1 the French. It was usually from 75 to 100 feet long, with breadth of beam 
j from 15 to 20 feet, and a capacity of 60 to 100 tons. The freight was re- 
ceived in a large covered coffer, occupying a portion of the hulk. Near the 
I stern was an apartment six or eight feet in length, called "the cabin", 
I where the captain and other officials of the boat quartered at night. The 
I helmsman was stationed upon an elevation above the level of the deck. The 
barge usually carried one or two masts. A large square sail forward, when 
I the wind was favorable, sometimes much relieved the hands. The work of 
I propelling the barges usually required about fifty men to each boat. There 
I were several modes of propelling the barges. At times all were engaged in 
I rowing, which was often a waste of labor on such a stream as the Missis- 
I sippi. Sometimes the navigators resorted to the use of the cordelle, a strong 
1 rope or hawser, attached to the barge, and carried along the shore or beach 
j on the shoulders of the crew. In some places this method was imprac- 
( ticable on account of obstructions along the shores. Then what was known 
I as the "warping" process was resorted to. A coil of rope was sent out in 
: the yawl, and fastented to a tree on the shore, or a "snag" in the river. 
J "While the hands on board were pulling up to this point, another coil was 
carried further ahead, and the "warping" process repeated. Sometimes it 
was expedient to use setting poles, but this method was used chiefly in the 
Ohio. During a period of about twenty-five years, up to 1811, the mode of 
' conveyance on our western rivers was by flat-boats and barges. It required 
' three or four months to make a trip from Pittsburg to New Orleans. Pass- 
I engers between these points were charged from $125 to $150, and freight 
I ranged from $5 to $7 per 100 pounds. It cannot be supposed that under 
J such circumstances, the commerce of the "West was very extensive. 
\ Previous to the introduction of steamers on western waters, attempts were 
' made to use Vjrigs and schooners. In 1803 several ships were built on the 
( Ohio, and in 1805 the ship "Scott" was built on the Kentucky river, and 



58 TUE NORTHWEST TEBETrOKT. 

in the fall of that vear made her first trip to the falls of the Ohio. \Vhile there 
two other vessels, built by Berthouje & Co., arrived. All of them were com- 
pelled to remain three months, awaiting a sufficient rise in the river to carry 
them over the falls. In 1S07 Mr. Dean built and launched a vessel at Pitts- 
burg. This vessel made a trip to Leghorn, and when making her entry at 
the 'custom house there, her papers were objected to on the ground that uu 
such port as Pittsburg existed in the United States. The captain called the 
attention of the officer to the Mississippi river, traced it to its confluence 
with the Ohio, thence following the latter stream past Cincinnati and Mari- 
etta, to the new citv in the \vilderness, more than two thousand miles iy 
water from the Gulf of Mexico! All these vessels were found inadequate fur 
the purpose of trading on the western rivers, and were soon abandoned. 
They could not stem the current of 'the Mississippi. They were transferred 
to the gulf, and the commerce of the rivers was abandoned to Mike 1- ink 
and his followers, remaining with them until ISll. In this year Fulton and 
Livin'^ton opened a ship-yard at Pittsburg, and built the small propeller 
'• Orleans *', which was also furnished with two masts. She was a boat of one 
hundred tons burthen, and the hrst steamer that was launched on western 
waters. In the winter of 1S12 she made her first trip to New Orleans in 
fourteen days. As she passed down the river, the settlers lined the banks, 
and the greatest excitement prevailed. The flat-boatmen said she never could 
stem the current on her upward trip. . After her first trip, the " Orleans " 
eno^fed in the Natchez and New Orleans trade, and paid her owners a. 
handsome profit on their investment. The next steamer was the '• Comet ", 
and she was built bv D. French. She carried but twenty-five tons, and 
made her first trip to New Orleans in the spring of ISli. Soon alter she 
was taken to pieces, and her engine used in a cotton factory. The " \ esu- 
vius", of 4S tons burthen, waslaunched at Fulton's ship-yard in the spring 
of 1814:, made a trip to New Orleans, and on her return wae grounded on a 
sand bar, where she remained until the next December. This boat remained 
on the river imtil 1S19, when she was condemned. The "Enterprise" was 
the fourth steamboat, and was built by Mr. French, who built the "Comet." 
The " Enterprise " carried seventv-five tons, and made her first trip to N ew 
Orleans in the summer of 1814.' Wlien she arrived at her destination she 
was pressed into the service of the army, under Gen. Jackson, then at New 
Orleans. She was verv efficient in carrying troons and army supplies from 
the city to the seat of 'war, a few miles below. During the battle of the 8th 
of Januarv she was busilv engaged in supplying the wants of Jackson's 
army. On the 5th of May following she left New Orleans, and arrived at 
Louis\-ille in twentv-five days. 

In 1816 Captain Henrv Shreve built the "Washington ' with many im- 
provements in construction. The boilers, which had hitherto been placed in 
the hold, were changed by Captain Shreve to the deck. In September, 1816, 
the "Washington" successfullv passed the falls of the Ohio, made her trip 
to New Orleans, and returned 'in November to Louisville. On the 12th ot 
March, 1817, she departed on her second trip to New Orleans, the ice then 
runnino- in the Ohio slightly retarding her process. She made the trip 
successfully, and retume'd to the foot of the falls in forty-one days— the 
upward trip being made in twentv-five days. By this time it was generally 
conceded by the flat-boatmen that Fitch and Fulton were not visionary tools, 
but men of genius, and that their inventions could be tamed to immense 
advantage on the rivers of the West. Steamboats from this time on rapidly 



THE NORTHWEST TEKEITORT. 59 

multiplied, and the occupation of the old flat-boatmen began to pass away 
On Captain Shreve's return to Louisville the citizens gave him a public re- 
ception. Toasts and speeches were made, and the "AVashington" declared 
to be the herald of a new era in the West. Captain Shreve in his speech 
asserted that the time would come when the trip to New Orleans would be 
made in ten days. BQs prediction was more than verified, for as early as 
1853, the trip was made in four days and nine hours. 

While these festivities were goin^ on in Louisville, the " General Pike " 
was stemming the current of the Mississippi for a new port in steamboat 
navigation. With a heavy load of freight and passengers she left New 
Orleans for St. Louis. On her arrival at the latter city several thousand 
people greeted her as she slowly approached the landing. 

Steam navigation commenced on the Missouri in IS 19, the first boat being 
the " Independent ", commanded by Captain Nelson. She ascended as far as 
Chariton and Franklin, at which points she received a cargo of furs and 
buflalo hides, and returned with them to St. Louis. 

In 1S16 Fort Armstrong was erected at the lower end of Eock Island. On 
the 10th of May of this year Col. Lawrence, with the Eighth Regiment and 
a company of riflemen, arrived here in keel boats. Col. George Davenport 
resided near the fort and supplied the troops with provisions, and also engaged 
in trading with the Indians. Most of his goods were brought from "Macki- 
naw" through Green Bay, thence up Fox river to the " Portage ", where they 
were packed across to the Wisconsin river, and carried down the Mississippi 
in what were called "Mackinaw Boats." The navigation of the upper Missis- 

\ sippi was confined to keel-boats until 1823. when the first steamboat — the 
"Virginia" — from Wheeling ascended with provisions to Prairie du Chien. 

' This boat was three or four days in passing the rapids at Eock Island. 

I After this, up to 1S27, steamboats continued to ascend the upper Mississippi 

I occasionally with troops and military stores. In this year Capt. James May, 
of the steamboat " Shamrock ", made the first voyage with her from Pitts- 
burg to Galena. This was the first general business trip ever made on the 
upper Mississippi by a steamboat. Capt. May continued as master of a 
steamboat on this part of the river until 1834. 

, The first navigation of any considerable portion of the Missouri river was 
that of Captains Lewis and Clarke, when in 1804 they ascended that river in 

I keel-boats, or barges, from its mouth almost to its source. Of late years 
steamboats have navigated it regularly to Fort Benton. Steamboat navi- 

( gation has also been employed on many of the smaller rivers of the West, 

I including the Des Moines and Cedar rivers in Iowa. Tlie introduction of 
railroads has superseded the necessity of depending upon the uncertain nav- 

j igation of the smaller rivers for carrying purposes. The great water-courses, 
however, will doubtless always remain the indispensible commercial high- 
ways of the nation. 

' ARCHEOLOGY OF THE NORTHWEST. 

I Ancient Works — Conjectures — Works of the Mound Builders in Ohio — Different forms and 
( Classes — Mounds at Galhpolis, Marietta, and Chillicothe — Relics Found — Ancient Fortifi- 
j cations at Circleville and Other Places — Pre-historic Remains in Other States — In Iowa — 
• Excavation of Mounds — Elongated and Round Mounds — Their Antiquity — Who were the 
' Monnd Builders ? 
I 

{ ScATTEEED all over the great Northwest are the remains of the works of an 



go THE NOBTHWEST TERKITOET. 

ancient people, who must have been infinitely more advanced in the arts 
than the Indian tribes who inhabited the country at the time of the advent 
of the European. Tlie question as to whether the Indians are the descend- 
ants of that people, the Mound Builders, is a subject of antiquarian specula- 
tion. One thing, liowever, is certain, that a people once inhabited ail this 
vast'reo-ion who possessed some considerable knowledge of the arts and even 
the sciences; a people of whom the Indians possessed no knowledge, but 
whose works' have survived the mutations of hundreds, and ])erhaps thous- 
ands of years, to attest that they lived, and acted, and passed away. There 
have been various conjectures of the learned concerning the timewlien, by 
what people, and even for what pui-pose, these monuments of human ingenuity 
were erected. Their origin is deeply involved in the obscurity of remote an- 
tiquity. Neither history, nor authentic tradition, afford any light by which 
to conduct inquiries concerning them, and it is probalile that no certainty 
upon the subject will ever be attained. Brief mention of some of these 
ancient works" cannot fail to interest the reader. They are found distributed 
over the country generally from the Alleghany Mountains to the Eocky 
Mountains. They are more numerous and more remarkable, however, in 
some parts of the country than in others. 

Some of the most remarkable fortifications in Ohio are at Worthington, 
Granville, Athens, Marietta, Gallipolis, Chillicothe, and Circleville; also, on 
Paint Creek, 18 miles northwest of Chillicothe, and on a plain three miles 
northeast of the last named citv. In some localities there are both mounda 
and fortifications, while in others there are mounds only. The mounds vary 
in ma-mitude, and also somewhat in shape. Some are conical, ending shaqjly 
at the' summit, and as steep on the sides as the earth could be made to lie. 
Others are of the same form, except that they present a flat area on the top, 
like a cone cut off at some distance from its vortex, in a plane coincident 
with its base, or with the horizon. Others again, are of a semi-globular 
shape Of this description was that standing in Gallii)olis. The largest 
one near Worthington is of the second kind, and presents on the summit a 
level area of forty feet in diameter. There is one at Marietta of this kind, 
but the area on top does not exceed twenty feet in diameter. Its perpendic- 
ular heio-ht is about fifty feet, and its circumference at the base twenty rods. 
Those in AYorthington and Gallipolis are each from fifteen to twenty ieet in 
circumference at their bases. A large mound once stood in the heart of the 
city of Chillicothe, but was leveled forty or fifty years ago to make room for 
the erection of a block of buildings, and in its destruction a number o_t relics 
were exhumed. Several smaller mounds were located in the same vicinity. 
They are found scattered in profusion in the vallies of the Miamis, Scioto, 
Hockintr and Muskingum rivers, as well as south of the Ohio nver. One 
of the iaro-est is near the Ohio river, 14 miles below Wheeling. This is 
about 33 rods in circumference, and consequently between ten and eleven 
rods in diameter at its base. Its perpendicular height is about seventv feet. 
On the summit is an area of nearly sixty feet in diameter, in the middle ot 
which is a regular cavity, the cubical content of which is about 3,000 teet. 
Within a short distance'of this mound are five smaller ones, some of which 
are thirty feet in diameter. Some of the mounds mentioned, and others not 
referred to have been excavated, either by the antiquarian or in the construc- 
tion of public works, and in most of them human bones have been discov- 
ered Most of these bones crumble in pieces or resolve into dust shortly 
after being exposed to the air; except in some instances, wherein the teeth, 



THE NOETH^VEST TEREITOEY. 61 

law; skull, and sometimes a few other bones, by reason of their peculiar 
solidity, resist the etfeets of contact with the air. From the fact of the find- 
ing human remains in them many have inferred that they were erected as 
burial places for the dead. In some of them, liowever, which have been ex- 
amined, no human remains have been discovered, but pieces of pottery, stone 
hatchets, and other relics, are found in nearly all. 

Many of these mounds are composed of earth of a different quality from 
that which is found in their immediate vdcinity. This circumstance would 
seem to indicate that the earth of which they were composed was transported 
some distance. A striking instance of this difference of composition was 
first noticed some sixty or seventy years ago, in a mound at Franklinton, 
near the main fork of the Scioto river. This mound was composed alto- 
gether of clay, and the brick for the court-house in that town were made of 
it at that time. In it were likewise found a much greater number of hu- 
man bones than is usually found in mounds of its size. The characteris- 
tics mentioned in connection with the mounds in Ohio apply to those gen- 
erally throughout the Xorthwest. 

Not so numerous as the mounds, but more remarkable as involving the 
principles of science, especially mathematics, are the fortifications, or earth 
walls, found in many places. They are commonly supposed to have been 
forts, or military fortifications. They generally consist of a circular wall, 
composed of earth, and usually as steep on the sides as the dirt could con 
veniently be made to lie. Sometimes, though rarely, their form is elliptical, 
or oval, and a i'ew of them are quadrangular or square. In height they are 
various ; some of them are so low as to be scarcely perceptible ; some trom 
twenty to thirty feet in height, while others again are of an intermediate 
elevation. The wall of the same fort, however, is pretty uniformly of the 
same height all around. They are likewise equally various in the contents 
of the ground which they enclose, some containing but a few square rods of 
ground, while others contain nearly one hundred acres. The number of their 
* entrances, or gateways, varies in different forts from one to eight or more, 
in proportion to the magnitude of the enclosure. The walls are mostly sin- 
gle, but in some instances these works have been found to consist of two 
! parallel walls, adjacent to each other. The forts are generally located on 
, comparatively elevated ground, adjoining a river or stream of water. Their 
I situation is usually such as a skillful military engineer or tactician would 
have selected for military positions. This fact would seem to strengthen 
I the theory that they were designed and constructed for fortLfications. 
I The city of Circleville, Ohio, is located on the site of one of the most re- 
markable of these fortifications, and from this circumstance takes its name. 
I There are, or were, indeed, two forts at that place, one circular, and the other 
' square, as represented in the diagram on the opposite page. 

In this, it will be seen that a square fort adjoins a circular one on the east, 
I communicating with it by a gateway. The black points in the square fort, 
I opposite the gateways, show the location of mounds, each about three feet 
' high. The circular fort consists of two parallel walls, whose tops are, ap- 
I parently, about three rods apart, the inner circle being forty-seven rods in 
I diameter. Between these two walls is a fosse, excavated sufficiently deep 
I and broad to have afforded earth enough for the construction of the exterior 
I wall alone, and no more. From this circumstance and others, the earth for 
I the construction of the inner wall is supposed to have been transported from 
a distance. The inner wall is composed of clay, and the outer one of dirt 



02 THE NORTHWEST TEERITOET. 

and gravel of similar quality with that which composes the neighboring 
ground, which is another circumstance quite conclusive of the correctness 
of the conjecture that the material for the inner wall was hrouffht from a 
distance. There is but one original opening, or passage, into the circular 
fort, and that is on the cast side, connectins; it with the square one. Tlie 
latter has seven avenues leading into it, exclusive of the one which connects 
with the circle. There is one at every corner, and one on each sideequi-distant 
from the angular openings. These avenues are eacli twelve feet wide, and 
the walls on either hand rise immediately to their usual height, which is 
above twenty feet. "When the town of Circleville was originally laid out. 
the trees growing upon the walls of these fortifications and the mounds 
enclosed in the square one, were apparently of equal size and age, and those 
lying down in equal stages of decay, ^^"ith those in the surrounding forest, 
a circumstance proving the great antiquity of these stupendous remains of 
former labor and ingenuity. Of course, the progress of modem civiliza- 
tion in the building of a city over these aucient remains, has long since 
nearly obliterated many of their parts. The above is a description of them as 
they appeared sixty years ago. when Circleville was a mere village, and be- 
fore the hand of modern vandalism had marred or obliterated any of the 
parts. A somewhat minute description of these ancient remains is given, 
not because they are more remarkable than many others found in different 
parts of the Northwest, but as an example to show the magnitude of many 
similar works. Among others in the same State may be mentioned a re- 
markable mound near Marietta, which is enclosed by a wall embracing an 
area 230 feet long by 215 wide. Tliis mound is thirty feet high and ellip- 
tical in form. This mound, with the wall enclosin£r it, stand apart from two 
other irregular enclosures, one containing fifty ana the other twenty-seven 
acres. A^ ithin the larger of these two enclosures there are four truncated 
pvramids, three of which have graded passage ways to their summits. The 
largest p^-^amid is ISS feet long by 132 feet wide, and is ten feet high. 
From the southern wall of this enclosure there is a (jraded pass.aire way 150 
feet broad, extending 000 feet to the immediate vjilley of the iluskinon^ini 
river. This passage w.ay is guarded by embankments on either side trom 
eight to ten feet high. In the smaller square there are no pyramidal struc- 
tures, but fronting each gate-way there is a circular mound. The walls of 
these several enclosures are from twenty to thirty feet broad at the base, and 
from five to six feet high. Besides these, many similar embankments may 
be tracer! in the same %-ieinity. 

S^juier and Davis, authors of that most el.aborate work, entitled "The An- 
cient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley", estimated that there were in 
Ross county, Ohio, at le.ast one hundred enclosures and five hundred mounds. 
They give the probable number in that State at from one thousand to fifteen 
hundreii enclosures, and ten thousand mounds. These estimates are quite 
likely to be tar below the actual number, as their investigtitions were made 
m.any years ago, when large portions of the State were yet covered with for- 
ests, and before any general interest had been awakened on the subject of 
which thev treated. Among the remarkable fortifications in Ross county 
is one at Cedar Bank, on the east side of the Scioto river. alx)ut five miles 
north of Chillicothe. It is of a square form, enclosing an area of thirty- 
two acres. The west side of this enclosure is formed by the high bluff bor- 
dering the river at this point. There are two cate-ways opposite each other, 
one on the north and the other on the south side. Inside of the enclosure, 




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THE NOETUWEST TEREITOET. 63 

on a line with the o;ate-wajs, tliere is a mound 245 feet long and 150 feet 
broad. Tlie form of this work is shown by the diagram on the opposite page. 
When this work first attracted the attention of Mr. E. G. Squier, Dr. 
Davis, and otliers engaged in archseological research, it was in the midst of 
a dense forest of heavy timber. Trees of the largest growtli stood on the 
embankments, and covered the entire area of ground enclosed. About a 
mile and a half below, on the same side of the Scioto, are other fortifica- 
tions, both circular and square, even more remarkable than the one last de- 
scribed, on account of the forms and combinations which they exhibit. 
Another fortification in this county, in the form of a parallelogram, 2,800 
feet long by 1,800 feet wide, encloses several smaller works and mounds, 
which altogether make 3,000,000 cubic feet of embankment. 

A series of the most wonderful and most gigantic of these pre-historic 
works, is to be found in the Licking Valley, near Newark. They cover an 
area of two square miles. The works are of such vast magnitude that even 
with our labor-saving implements to construct them, would require the la- 
bor of thousands of men continued for many months. "Fort Ancient", as 
it is called, in Warren county, Ohio, has nearly four miles of embankment, 
from eighteen to twenty leet high. 

Mounds and fortifications similar to those in Ohio are found in all the 

States of the Northwest, and indeed, throughout the entire valley of the 

, Mississippi and its tributaries. In the valley of the Wabash, in Indiana, 

are many interesting remains of the works of the Mound Builders. Near 

' Kahokia, Illinois, there is a mound 2,000 feet in circumference, and ninety 

I feet liigh. Many remarkable objects of interest to the antiquary are found 

in Wisconsin. Scattered over her undulating plains are earth-works, mod- 

' eled after the forms of men and animals. At Aztalan, in Jefierson county, 

I is an ancient fortification 550 yards long and 275 yai-ds wide. The 

I walls are from four to five feet high, and more than twenty feet in thickness 

at the base. Near the Blue Mounds, in that State, there is another work, 

in form resembling a man in a recumbent position. It is one hundred and 

, twenty feet long and thirty feet across the trunk. At Prairicville there is 

I still another resembling a turtle in shape which, is fifty-six feet in length. 

At Cassville there is one whiah is said to resemble the extinct mastedon. 

] In some instances these animal resemblances and forms are nmch defaced 

I by time, while in other cases the}' are distinctly visible. Fragments of an- 

j cient pottery are found scattered about most of them. 

I Scattered over the surface of Iowa, also, are to be found many of these 
1 monuments of a pre-liistoric race. The mounds especially are numerous, 
. appearing most in that portion of the State east of the Des Moines river, 
J but in a few instances west of it. Groups of mounds are found along Iowa 
river, in Johnson county, ]>resenting the same general appearance with those 
in the States east of the Mississippi. Near the mouth of this river, in Louisa 
county, are the remains of an ancient fortification,with a number of mounds 
' in the same vicinity, Mhich have attracted tlie attention of the curious. In 
' the vicinity of Ottumwa, Wapello county, are a large number of mounds, 
I several of which have been examined. Tliere is a chain of them in this last 
I named county, commencing near the mouth of Sugar Creek, a small tribu- 
I tary of the Des Moines, and extending twelve miles nortward, with distances 
I between them in some instances as great as two miles. Two of them were 
' excavated several years ago. One of them was about 45 feet in diameter, 
1 and situated upon the highest ground in tlie vicinity. The other was directly 



6i THE NOKTIIWEST TEKKITOEY. 

north about one-fourth of a mile. Its diameter at the base was about 75 
feet. In the center of this hist named mound, was found, at tlie depth ot 
four feet, a layer of stone, with the appearance of havinj^ been subjected tu 
the action of tire. There were also found a mass of charcoal, a bed of ashes, 
and calcined human bones. A number of relics were also found in the 
smaller mound first mentioned. These examinations were made by several 
gentlemen of Ottumwa. 

Mr. F. C. Roberts, in a Fort Madison paper, writes of the e.xamination of 
a mound situated about six miles north of that city, a few years ago. It is 
located on the brow of a hill, is of an elliptical shape, and small in size, 
being only about 30 feet long, and fifteen feet wide; its height was about 
six feet. The mound contained a number of separate compartments, con- 
structed as follows: First, there was a floor macle of limestone, which must 
have been brought a distance of several miles, as none nearer could have 
been obtained. This floor was laid regular and smooth, the best stone only 
being used. Above the floor, with an intervening space of about twenty 
inches, there was a roof, also made of limestone. The sides of this vault, if 
it may so be called, seemed to have once had stone walls, but they were more . 
or less caved in. It was also thought that the roof had originally been much 
higher. The compartments were made by partitions or walls of stone. Each 
compartment was occupied by a human skeleton, and articles of flint and 
stone, as well as some bones of animals. All the skeletons of human origin 
were placed in a sitting position, with the knees drawn u]), and the head in- 
clined forward bet\v'een them. The arms were placed by the side, and some- 
times clasped around the knees. Besides the human bones, there were those 
of some large birds and of some animal. Some of these were charred, and 
were found in connection with charcoal and ashes. There M-ere numerous 
flint weapons, and small three cornered stones. 

In Clayton and other counties in the northeastern part of the State, the 
Mound Builders have left numerous monuments of their existence in that 
region in pre-historic times. The researches of Hon. Samuel ]\Iu)-dock, of • 
Claj'ton county, have been extensive and successful in giving to the scien- 
tific and antiquarian world much information in relation to these works 
of an ancient people who once occupied our continent. He has collected 
a vast number of relies from the mounds in that portion of the State. 
After long and thorough investigation, he gives it as his opinion that in 
Clayton county alone there are not less than one hundred thousand arti- 
ficial mounds, including the two classes, the round and the elongated, 
the latter ranging from one hundred to six liundred feet in length. 
All of them, so far as examinations have been made, contain more or 'less 
skeletons. One which was examined near Clayton was estimated to have 
contained over one hundred bodies. From investigations made, the infer- 
ence is drawn that the elongated mounds are of greater antiquity than the 
round ones. The skeletons found in the former are in a more advanced state 
of decay, and in some of them there is scarcely any trace of bones. In 
nearly all the round mounds skeletons M-cre found in a remarkably good 
state of preservation, and can be obtained by the thousand. These tacts in- 
dicate most conclusi\'el3' that the elongated mounds were the work of an 
older race of the MoTind Builders, and that they were erected ages before the 
round ones were. The tact that human reniains liave been found in nearly 
all of both classes favors the theory that they were erected as receptacles for 
the dead. 



THE NORTHWEST TEEBITOKY. 



65 




A PIONEEK WINTER. 



66 THE NOKTDWEST TEKEITORT. 

While workmen were excavating a mound for the foundation of a ware- 
house in the eitj of McGregor, in the summer of 1874, human bones were 
found, and also a stone axe weighing thirteen pounds. It was embedded 
twenty feet below the original surface. 

As stated, the work of the Mound Builders was not confined to that por- 
tion of the State embracing the Mississippi drainage. Similar remains, 
though not so numerous, are observed on the western slope of the water- shed 
between the two great rivers bordering the State. Some five miles below 
Denison, Crawford county, in the valley of Boyer river, there is a semi-cir- 
cular group of artificial mounds. They are situated on a plateau, rising 
above the farst, or lower bottom, and are about nine in number, each rising 
to a height of from five to six feet above the general level of the grouncl. 
Another similar group is located on a second bottom, at the mouth of Para- 
dise creek, in the same county. Human remains have been found in some 
of them. 

Having noticed briefly some of the various foi'ms in which these stupen- 
dous woms of men who lived far back in the centuries, whose annals have 
not come down to us in any written language, we can say now that the most 
learned have only been able to conjecture as to the remoteness of their an- 
tiquity. The evidences that they are of very great age are abundant and 
conoXw&ive, hilt how many hundreds or thousands of years? This is the 
problem that many an antiquary would freely give years of study and inves- 
tigation to solve. The length of time which elapsed during which these 
works were in progesss is another of the unsolved questions connected with 
them, and yet there is abundant evidence that some of them are much older 
than others; that the process of their construction extends over a large dura- 
tion of time — a time during which the Moimd Builders themselves passed 
through the changes which mark the monuments that they have left behind 
them. It is a well known fact that the manners and customs of rude nations 
isolated from intercourse and commerce with the world, pass through the 
process of change and development very slowly. The semi-civilized nations 
of eastern lands, after the lapse of thousands of years, still cling to the man- 
ners and customs, and the superstitions of their ancestors, who lived at the 
early dawn of our historic period. They use the same rude implements of 
husbandry, the same utensils in the household, the same arms in warfare, 
and practice the same styles of dress — all with Init little change or modifi- 
cation. The changes are only sufficiently marked to be perceptible after 
many generations have passed away. Situated as the Mound Builders were, 
we can but infer that they too passed slowly through the processes of change, 
and the works which they have left behind them tfiorouglily attest the truth 
of this proposition. Their older works appear to be more elaborate and 
more intricate, showing that the earlier workers were possessed of a higher 
degree of attainment in the mechanical arts than those whose works are 
more recent. The inference is that probably after long ages, they gradually 
retrograded, and were finally subdued or driven southward into Mexico and 
Central America, by the ancestors of the Indians, who came upon them from 
the northwest, as the Goths and Vandals invaded and subverted the Eoman 
Empire. This final subjugation may have resxilted after centuries of war- 
fare, during which time these fortifications were constructed as defences 
against the enemy. That they were for military purposes is scarcely siis- 
ceptible of a doubt. This implies a state of warfare, and war implies an 
enemy. The struggle ended in the final subjugation of that people to whom 



THE NOETHWEST TEREITOEY. 67 

we apply the name of Mound Builders — their conquerors and successors 
being a race of people in whom we recognize to this day, traces of the 
Asiatic type. 

We, another race of people, after the lapse of other ages, tread to-day, in 
our turn, on the ruins of at least a limited civilization — a civilization older 
than that of the Aztecs, whom Cortez found in Mexico. This great Missis- 
sippi valley was once a populous empire, millions of whose subjects repose 
in the sepulchers scattered in our valleys and over our prairies. AVhile we 
bow at the shrine of a more intelligent Deity, and strive to build up a truer 
and better civilization, let us still remember that we tread on classic ground. 

SKETCHES OF WESTERN AND NOETHWESTEEN STATES. 

Legislation in Regard to Ohio — Admission as a State — Description — Climate and Soil — Origin 
of Name — Seat of Government — Legislation in Regard to Indiana — Description — Lost 
River — Wyandot Cave — Seat of Government — Internal Improvements — Vmcennes — Illi- 
nois — Admission as a State— Description — Productions — Towns and Cities — "Lover's 
Leap" — " Buifalo Rock" — "Cave in the Rock" — Michigan — The Boundary Question 
— Admission as a State — Description — History — Towns and Cities — Wisconsin — Descrip- 
tion — Climate and Productions — Objects of Interest— Towns and Cities — Sketch of Mil- 
waukee — Minnesota — Description — Lakes — Climate and Productions — Natural Scenery — 
Red Pipe Stone — Histoi-ical Sketch — Towns and Cities — Nebraska — Description — Towns 
and Cities — Missouri — Organic Legislation— The ' ' Missouri Compromise ' ' —Description — 
Early Settlement — St. Louis — Other Towns and Cities. 



Ohio was the first State formed out of the territory northwest of the river 
Ohio, which was ceded to the United States by the General Assembly of 
Virginia in 1783, and accepted by the Congress of the United States, March 
1, 1784. This territory was divided into two separate governments by act 
of Congress of May 7, 1800. Ohio remained a Territorial government until 
under an act of Congress, approved April 30, 1802, it adopted a State consti- 
tution, and was allowed one representative in Congress. On the first of 
November of the same year the constitution was presented in Congress. 
The people having, on November 29, 1802, complied with the act of Con- 
gress of April 30, 1802, whereby the State became one of the United States, 
an act was passed and approved February 19, 1803, for the due execution of 
the laws of the United States within that State. 

The State embraces an area of about 39,964 square miles, or 25,576,960 
acres. There are no monn>ains, but the central portion of the State is ele- 
vated about 1000 feet above the level of the sea, while other portions are 
from 600 to 800 feet in elevation. A belt of highlands north of the middle 
of the State separates the rivers flowing north into Lake Erie from those 
flowing south into the Ohio river. The middle portion of the State in 
great part is an elevated plain with occasional patches of marsh land. A 
large proportion of the State when first settled was covered with forests, but 
in the central part there was some prairie. Boulders are found scattered 
over the surface, as they are generally throughout the Northwest. 

The bituminous coal-field of the State extends over an area embracing 
nearly 12,000 square miles. It occupies the eastern and southeastern parts, 
with its northern boundary running near Wooster, Newark, and Lancaster. 
There are also frequent beds of limestone, as well as sandstone well suited for 
heavy masonry. The most important of the other mineral productions is 



68 THE KORTHWEST TERRITORY. 

iron, wliicli it possesses in great abundance. Tliis is found running through 
the counties of Lawrence, Gallia, Jackson, Meifjjs, Vinton, Athens, and 
Hocking, in a bed 100 miles long by 12 wide. For fine castings it is not 
surpassed by that found in any other part of the United States. Salt 
springs are also frequent. 

The great river of the State is the Ohio, whicli forms its southern bound- 
ary, and receives the tributary volume of waters flowing from the Muskin- 
gum, Scioto, and Miami, as well as those of many smaller streams. The 
interior rivers mentioned vary in length from 110 to 200 miles. The Ohio 
is navigable by ste.ambo.ats of the first-class during one-half the year to Pitts- 
burg. The Muskingum is navigable by means of dams and locks to 
Zanesville, 70 miles from its mouth, 'and at times 30 miles larther up to 
Coshocton. On the northern slope of the State, beginning at the northwest, 
are the Maumee, Sandusky, Huron, and Cuyahoga, all flowing into Lake 
Erie, and all flowing their entire course within the State, except the Mau- 
mee, which rises in Indiana. The last-named river is navigable for lake 
steamers a distance of 18 miles. Lake Erie coasts the state alJout 150 miles 
on the north and northeast, aflbrding several good harbors. 

The climate in the southern part of the State is mild, while in the north 
the temperature is equally as rigorous as in the same latitude near the 
Atlantic. Great droughts have occasionally prevailed, but the State is re- 
garded as one of the most productive in the Union. Indian corn, wheat, 
rye, oats, and barley, are the leading cereals. All the fruits of the temperate 
latitudes are generally abundant. The forest trees are of many kinds, inchid- 
ing the several varieties of oak, hickory, sugar and maple, beech, poplar, ash, 
sycamore, paw-paw, buckeye, dogwood, cherry, elm, and hackberry. 

The State receives its name from that of the river which forms its southern 
boimdary. It is of Indian or aboriginal origin. It is not easy to determine 
its real signification in the Indian language, but some Avi-iters have claimed 
that it means handsome or beautiful. This opinion would seem to be some- 
what plausible from the f;ict that the early French explorers called it La 
Belle Riviere, or the Beautiful River, having probably learned the significa- 
tion of the Indian name, and therefore gave it a French name with the . 
same signification. 

Ohio was first partially settled by a few French emigrants on the Ohio 
river, while they possessed Canada and Louisiana, about the middle of the 
the last century. But these settlements were ver}' inconsiderable until the 
year 1787 and 1788, when the Ohio Company and others from Kew England 
made the settlement at Marietta. The early inhabitants were mucli annoyed 
by the incursions of the Indians, who had snccessively defeated Gen. Ilarmar 
and Gen. St. Clair, in 1791 ^nd 1792, but were themselves utterly routed by 
Gen. Wayne in August, 1794. Fort Sandusky, in the war of 1812, M-as suc- 
cessfully "defended by Maj. Croghan, then but 21 years of age, with IGO men 
against the attack of Gen. Proctor, with 500 British regulars and as many 
Indians. Cincinnati was laid out as early as 17S8, but there M-ere only a few set- 
tlers until after Wayne's victory. It then improved rapidly, having in 1818 
a population of upward of 9,000. Chillicothe was laid out in 1790, and in 
1818 had a population of 2,600. Columbus, the present capital, was laid 
out early in the year 1812, and in 1818 contained about 1,500 inhabitants. 
Cleveland was laid out in 1796, and about the same time a number of set- 
tlements were made along the Miami. Until the legislature met in Colum- 
bus, in December, 1816, Cincinnati and Cliillicothe liad alternately enjoyed 



THE NORTHWEST TEEEITORY. bif 

tte distinction of being both the Territorial and State capitals. In 1S14 the 
first State-house, a plain brick building, was erected at Columbus, the per- 
manent seat of the State Government. In February, 1852, it was entirely 
consumed by fire, and was succeeded by the present line State capitol, which 
had been commenced prior to the destruction of the old one. The conven- 
tion which formed the first constitution of the State was held in Chillicothe, 
in November, 1802. 

The following table shows the population of Ohio at the close of each 
decade from 1800 to 1870: 



COLORED. 



AGGREGATE. 



1800. 
1810. 
1820. 
1830. 
1840. 
1850. 
1860. 
1870. 



45,028 

228,861 

576,572 

928,329 

1,502,122 

1,955,050 

2,802,808 

2,601,946 



337 


45,365 


1,899 


230,760 


4,723 


581,295 


9,574 


937,903 


17,345 


1,519,467 


25,279 


1,980,329 


36,673 


*2,339,511 


63,213 


*2.665,260 



* The above aggregate for 1860 includes 30 enumerated as Indians, and the aggregate for 
1870 includes 100 enumerated as Indians." 



Indiana was formed out of a part of the Northwestern Territory which 
was ceded to the United States by the Virginia. It received a separate Ter- 
ritorial form of government by act of Congress of May 7, 1800, and William 
Henry Harrison was appointed Governor. At this time it included all the 
territory west to the Mississippi river, including all now embraced in the 
States of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and that part of Minnesota east of 
the Mississippi. The seat of the territorial government was established at 
Vincennes. By act of January 11, 1805, it was divided into two separate 

fovemments, and that of Michigan created. Again, February 3, 1809, that of 
llinois was created. On the 19th of April, 181G, Congress passed an act 
to enable the people of Indiana to form a constitution and State government. 
On the 29th of June of the same year the jieople formed a constitution, and 
on the 11th of December, 1816, an act of Congress was approved admitting 
the State into the Union. The laws of the United States were extended to 
the State by an act of March 3, 1817. 

Indiana is 278 miles in its greatest length from north to south, and about 
144 miles in width, and includes an area of 33,809 square miles, or 21,637,- 
760 acres. It has no mountains or great elevations, but portions south of 
White river are somewhat hilly. ISforth of the White and Wabash rivers 
the country is generally level or slightly undulating. The rivers are gener- 
ally bordered by rich alluvial bottom lands, sometimes extending for several 
miles in width. Some of the southeastern counties in places present a 
rocky surface. The eastern part is generally heavily timbered, while the 
western is chiefly prairie. The State has a gradual inclination toward the 
Ohio, and most of the streams flow into tliat river. Lake Michigan borders 
the State on the northwest for a distance of about 40 miles, wliile the Ohio 
forms the entire southern boundary. In the northern part there are some 
small lakes. The Wabash is the largest interior river, and with its tributa- 
ries drains nearly three-fourths of the State. At high water it is navigable 



TO THE NOKTUWEST TEREITOET. 

by steamboats as far as Covington. "Wbite river is its principal tributary. 
It rises in two branches in the eastern part of the State, the two branches 
uniting about 30 miles from the "Wabash. The Maumce is formed by the 
St. Joseph's and St. Mary's in the northeastern part of the State, and passes 
off into Ohio. The Kankakee, one ot the sources of the Illinois, drains 
the northwestern part of tlie State. Among other streams are the Tippeca- 
noe, Mississiniwa, '\^^litewater, Flat Eock, and Blue rivers. 

The State yields an abundance of coal, the great deposit being in the 
southwestern portion, and embracing an area of nearly 8,000 square miles, or 
some twenty-two counties, in most of M'hich it is profitably mined. There 
are also iron, zinc, gypsum, and lime and sandstone. Many quarries of stone 
yield excellent building material. ' 

Indiana is not without its natural wonders which have attracted the atten- 
tion of the curious. Among these is Lost river, in Orange county. This 
stream is about fifty feet in width. It sinks many feet under ground, and 
then rises to the surface at a distance of 11 miles. Then there is "Wyandot 
Cave, in Crawford coimty. In beauty and magnificence it almost rivals the 
celebrated Mammoth Cave in Kentxicky. It has been explored a distance 
of over twenty miles. Its greatest width is about 300 feet, and its greatest 
height 245 feet. Among its interior wonders are "Bandit's Hall," "Pluto's 
Ravine," "Monument Mountain," "Lucifer's Gorge." and "Calj-pso's 
Island." The interior is brilliantly sparred with pendant stalactites. 

The climate is milder than in the same latitude on the Atlantic coast, but 
somewhat suly'ect to sudden changes. The soil is generally productive, and 
in the river bottoms very deep, well adapted to Indian corn and other kinds 
of grain. The allu\-ial bottom lands of the Wabash and its tributaries are 
especially noted for their fertility. The productions are the various kinds 
of grain, vegetables, and fruits common in temperate latitudes. 

Indiana has a large variety of forest trees. Among those indigenoiis to 
the State are several kinds of oak, poplar, ash, walnut, hickory, elm, cherry, 
maple, buckeye, beech, locust, sycamore, cottonwood, hackberry, mulberry, 
and some sassafras. 

Indianapolis is the capital, and is sitiiated on the west fork of "White 
river, in Marion c )unty. The site was selected for the capital in 1820, while 
tlie whole country for forty miles in every direction was covered with a 
dense forest. Previous to 1825 the State capital was at Corydon, but in 
that year the public offices were removed to Indianapolis. The State-house 
was erected at a cost of $00,000, and at that time was considered an elegant 
building. It is now unsuited for the purposes of a great State like Induina 
and will soon give place to a larger and more elegant structure. Indianapolis, 
in 1840,had a population of 2,692; in 1850 it had 8,900; in 1860 it had 18,611; 
and in 1870 it had 48,244. 

In works of internal improvement Indiana stands among the leading States 
of the Mississippi valley. Railroads radiate in all directions from Indian- 
apolis, and there is scarcely a place in the State of any considerable import- 
ance that is not connected, directly or indirectly, with the larger cities. 
Among lier early improvements were the "Wabash and Erie Canal, connect- 
ing Evansville with Toledo, and the "Wliitewater Canal, connecting Cam- 
bridge City with La-wi-enceburg, on the Ohio. Of the "^'"abash and Eric 
Canal, 379 miles are within the limits of Indiana. The "Wliitewater Canal 
is 74 miles long. Indianapolis is the largest and most important city in 
the State, and among the principal cities may be mentioned New Albany, 



THE NOETirWEST TEEEITOET. 



71 



Evansville, Fort "Wayne, La Fayette, Terre Haute, Madison, Laporte, Jeffer- 
son ville, Logansport, Crawfords ville, Lawrenceburg, South Bend and Michi- 
gan City. Corydon, the former State capital, is 115 miles south of Indian- 
apolis, in Harrison county. "When the seat of government was removed from 
this place to Indianapolis, in ISj-I, it remained stationary for a long time, 
but within a few years it has become more flourishing. Vincennes, the an- 
cient seat of the Territorial government, is on the left bank of the Wabash 
river, 120 miles south of Indianapolis. It is the oldest town in the State, 
and possesses much historic interest, being first settled by the French about 
the 3'ear 1735. Many of the present inhabitants are of French descent. 
The seat of government was removed from Vincennes to Corydon in 1813. 
The following table shows the popidation of Indiana, at the close of each 
decade, from 1600 to 1870: 



■WHITE. 



AGGREGATE. 



1800. 
1810. 
1820. 
1830. 
1840. 
18-50. 
1860. 
1870. 



2,402 
23.890 
145,7.58 
339.399 
678,698 
977,154 
1,338,710 
1,6-55,837 



298 


2,-517 


630 


24,520 


1,420 


147,178 


3,6:!2 


343,031 


7,168 


685.866 


11,262 


988,416 


11,428 


*1,3.50,428 


24,500 


*1. 680,637 



* The above aggregate for 1860 includes 290 enumerated as Indians, and the aggregate for 
1870 includes 240 enumerated as Indians. 



Illinois was formed out of a part of the Northwestern Territory, whicli 
was ceded to tiie United States by the State of Virginia. An act for divid- 
ing the Indian Territory, was passed by Congress, and approved February 
3d, 1809. An act to enable the people of the Territory to form a constitu- 
tion and State government, and authorizing one representative in Congress, 
was passed and approved April 18th, 1818. By the same act a part of the 
Territory of Illinois was attached to tlie Territory of Michigan. The people 
having, on the 26th of August of the same year, formed a constitution, a 
joint resolution was passed by Congress, and approved December 3d, 1818, 
admitting the State into the Union, and on the 2d of March following, an 
act was approved to provide for the due execution of- the laws of the United 
States within the State of Illinois. v 

The extreme length of Illinois from north to south is about 380 miles, 
and its greatest width about 200 miles. It embraces an area of 55,409 square 
miles, or 35,-i59,200 acres. The surface of the State is generally level, with 
a general inclination from north to south, as indicated by the course of its 
rivers. There are some elevated bluflt's along the Mississippi and Illinois 
rivers, and a small tract of hilly country in the southern part of the State. 
The northwest part also contains a considerable amount of broken land. 
Some of the prairies are large, but in the early settlement of the State there 
were many small prairies, skirted with fine groves of timber. The prairies 
are generally undulating, and in their native state were clothed in a great 
variety of beautiful wild flowers. The State is well supplied with minerals 
of great economic value. The region of Galena, in the northwest part, has 
5 



72 



THE NOETHWEST TERKITOKY. 




•*=»i^*A'^ ' V.Viii\<3^v- '' 



LINCOLN MONUMENT, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 



THE NOKTHWEST TEKKITOET. 73 

for many years yielded vast quantities of lead. The coal fields cover an area 
of 44,000 square miles. There are salt springs in Gallatin, Jackson and 
"Vermillion counties; and medicinal springs, chiefly sulphur and chalybeate, 
have been found in several places. Excellent building stone for heavy ma- 
~6onry, are quarried at Joliet, La Mont, Quincy, and other places. 

Illinois possesses pre-eminent facilities for water transportation, the Missis- 
sippi river forming the entire western boundary, and the Ohio the entire 
"southern, while Lake Michigan bounds it on the northeast 60 miles. The 
Illinois river is navigable for steamboats 286 miles. Eock river, though 
having obstructions near its mouth, has in times of high water been navi- 
gated for a considerable distance. Kaskaskia, Sangamon and Spoon rivers 
have also been navigated by steamboat, but the construction of railroads has 
in a great measure superseded the necessity of this means of transportation. 

"Among the rivers are the upper portion of the "Wabash, which receives from 
this State the waters of the V ermillion, Embarras and Little Wabash. The 
principal tributaries, or sources, of the Illinois river are Kaskaskia, Des 
Flaines and Fox rivers. Lake Peoria is an expansion of the Illinois river, 
near the middle of the State. Lake Pishtoka, in the northeast part, is a lake 

j>{ some importance. 

Illinois, extending through five degrees of latitude, presents considerable 
variety of climate. Peaches and some other fruits, which do not succeed so 

_well in the northern part, rarely fail to yield abundantly in the southern part. 
The State has immense agricultural capabilities, unsurpassed, indeed, by any 
other State in the Union, unless it may be the younger State of Iowa. Among 

_its agricultural staples are Indian corn, wheat, oats, rye, potatoes, butter and 
cheese. Stock raising on the prairies of Illinois has, for many years, been 
carried on extensively. All the fruits and vegetables common to the latitudes 

_in which it is situated are successfully and abundantly productod. 

Timber is plentiful, but not very equally diffused. The bottom lands are 
supplied mth fine growths of black and white walnut, ash, hackberry, elm, 

_sugar maple, honey locust, sycamore, cottonwood, hickory, and several species 
of oak. Some of these also grow on tlie uplands, and in addition white oak, 
and other valuable kinds of timber. White and yellow poplar flourish in 

Jhe southern part, and cyljress on the Ohio bottom lands. 

As we have seen, Illinois did not become a member of the Federal Union 
until 1818, yet settlements were made within its limits about the same time 

J;hat William Penn colonized Pennsylvania, in the latter part of the seven- 
teenth century. These settlements, like other French colonies, failed to in- 
crease very rapidly, and it was not until after the close of the Revolution, 

_that extensive colonization commenced. 

Springfield, the capital of Illinois, was laid out in 1822. R is situated 
three miles south of tlie Sangamon river, in Sangamon county, and is sur- 
^ rounded by rich and extensive jDrairies, whicli have been transformed into 
splendid farms. Large quantities of bituminous coal are mined in this 
vicinity. Tliis city will ever be memorable as the home of Abraham Lincoln, 
and as the place where his remains are entombed. In 1840 it had a pop- 
ulation of 2,579; in 1850 it had 4,533; in 18G0 it had 7,002; and in 1870 
it had 17,364. Since the last date the pojjulation has increased rapidly. A 
new and magnificent State capitol has been erected, and Springfield may 
now be regarded as one of the flourishing cities of Illinois. 

Chicago, on the site of old Fort Dearborn, is now the largest interior city 

_of the United States. It stands on the shore of Lake Micliigan, with the 



74 



THE NOKTinVEST TERRITOET. 



Chicago river flowing tlirough it. As the great commercial emporium of 
the Northwest, a special account of this city will be given elsewhere. Among 
other large and thriving cities are Peoria, Quincy, Galena, Belleville, Alton, 
Rockforo, Bloomington, Ottawa, Aurora, Lincoln, Eock Island, Galesburg, 
Joliet and Jacksonville. 

The internal improvements of Illinois are on a grand scale. Tlie rail- 
roads traverse almost every county, connecting her towns and cities with her 
great commercial city on the lake, and with the markets of tlie East. Besides 
these, she has her great canal, from Chicago to Peru, unitiiig the waters of 
Lake Michigan with the Mississippi river. This canal is 100 miles long. 

A few striking features of the natural scenery of this State may be men- 
tioned. Along the Mississippi are bold and picturesque bluffs, rising from 
one to three hundred feet. "Starved Rock" and " Lover's Leap " are eminen- 
ces on Illinois river, the fomier being a perpendicular mass of limestone, 
eight miles below Ottawa, and rising 150 feet above the river. It is so called 
from an incident in Indian warfare. A band of Illinois Indians took refuge 
on this eminence from the Pottawattamies, but being surrounded by the 
latter, they all died, it is said not of starvation, but of thirst. Nearly oppo- 
site " Lover's Leap " is " Buffalo Rock," 100 feet high. Here the Indians 
formerly di'ove the buffalo, and with shouts caused them to crowd each other 
over the precipice. On the banks of the Ohio, in Hardin county, is " Cave 
in the Rock," the entrance to which is but little above the water. Tlie cave 
ascends gradually from the entrance to the extreme limit, back 180 feet. In 
1797 it was the rendezvous of a band of robbers, who sallied forth to rob 
boatmen and emigrants. Other outlaws have since made it their abode. 

The following table shows the population of Illinois at the close of each 
decade, from 1800 to 1870. 



COLORED. 



AGGREGATE. 



1800. 

1810. 
1820. 
1830. 
1840. 
1850. 
1860. 
1870. 



2,275 

11,501 

53,788 

15.5,061 

472,254 

846.034 

1.704.291 

2,511.096 



18.'5 
781 
1,374 
2,:?84 
3,929 
5,436 
7,628 
28,762 



2,458 

12,282 

55,162 

157,445 

476,18;J 

851,470 

•1,711.951 

•2.539.891 



* The above nggregate for 1860 includes 32 enumerated as Indians, and the same number 
enumerated as Indians in 1870. 



inCHIGAN. 



Michigan was formed out of a part of the territory ceded to the United 
States by the State of Virginia. It was detached from Indiana Territor}', 
and become a separate Territorial government under an act of Congress ap- 
proved January 11, 1805. It remained for more than thirty years under a 
territorial form of government, but embraced a vast region not now inclu- 
ded in the State. During this time there was considerable legislation in 
regard to its boundaries, the most important of which was the adjustment 
of the boundary line between Michigan and the State of Ohio, in ISOG. In 
January, 1833, a memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory was 
presented in Congress, praj'ing for admission into the Union as a State. 
The prayer of the memorial was not granted at that time, partly on account 



THE NORTHWEST TEEEITOET. 75 

of the disputed boundary question. Finally, on the 15th of June, 1836, an 
act was passed '' to establish the northern boundary of the State of Ohio, 
and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union, 
upon conditions therein expressed." One of the conditions was, that if a 
convention of delegates elected by the people of Michigan for the purpose 
of giving their assent to the boundaries, as declared and establislied by the 
act of June 15th, 183G, should first give their assent, then Michigan was to 
be declared one of the States of the Union. This condition having been 
complied with. Congress, on the 26th of January, 1837, passed an act de- 
claring Michigan one of the United States, and admitting it into the Union 
upon an equal footing with the original States. 

Michigan occupies two peninsulas, the southern one lying between Lakes 
Erie, St. Clair and Pluron on the east, and Lake Michigan on the west ; and 
the northern one between Lakes Michigan and Huron on the south, and 
Lake Superior on the north. The northern peninsula is about 320 miles in 
extreme length, from southeast to northwest, and 130 miles in its greatest 
width. The southern peninsula is about 283 miles from north to south, and 
210 from east to west in its greatest width. The joint area of the two 
peninsulas is 56,243 square miles, or 35,595,520 acres. The northern penin- 
sula embraces about two-fifths of the total area. 

The southern peninsula is generally an undulating plain, with a few slight 
elevations. The shores of Lake Huron are often characterized by steep 
bluifs, while those of Lake Michigan are coasted by shifting sand-hills, ris- 
ing from one hundred to two hundred feet in lieight. In the southern part 
of this peninsula are large districts covered with thinly scattered trees, called 
"oak openings." 

The northern peninsula is in striking contrast with the southern, both as 
to soil and surface. It is rugged, with streams abounding in water-falls. 
Tlie "Wisconsin, or Porcupine Mountains, form the water-shed between Lakes 
Michigan and Superior, and attain an elevation of 2,000 feet in the northwestern 
portion of the peninsula. The shores of Lake Superior are composed of 
sandstone rock, which in places is worn by the winds and waves into many 
strange and fanciful shapes, resembling the ruins of castles, and forming 
the celebrated " Pictured Rocks." The northern peninsula of Michigan 
possesses probably the richest copper mines in the world, occupying a belt 
one hundred and twenty miles in length by from two to six miles in width. 
It is rich in minerals, but rigorous in climate and sterile in soil. Coal is 
plentiful at Corunna, one hundred miles from Detroit. 

The State is so surrounded and intersected by lakes as to fairly entitle it 
to the soubriquet of " The Lake State." There are a number of small lakes 
in the interior of the State, which add to the general variety of scenery, but 
are not important to navigation. The Straits of Mackinaw (formerly writ- 
ten Michilimackinac) divide the southern from the northern peninsula, and 
connect the waters of Lakes Michigan and Huron by a navigable channel. 
There are a number of small rivers, the most important in the southern pe- 
ninsula being St. Joseph's, Kalamazoo, Grand, Muskegon and Manistee, all 
emptying into Lake Michigan; and Au Sable and Siganaw, flowing into 
Lake Huron, and the Huron and Raisin discharging their waters into Lake 
Erie. The principal rivers of the northern peninsula are the Menomonee, 
Montreal and Ontonagon. The shores around the lakes are indented by nu- 
merous bays. Several small islands belong to Michigan, the most impor- 
tant of which is Isle Royale, noted for its copper mines. 



76 THE NORTHWEST TEERITOET. 

The climate of MichiMn is generally rigorous, except in proximity to the 
lakes, where the fruits ot the temperate zone succeed auinirubly. The north- 
ern peninsula is favorable for winter wheat, but Indian corn does not suc- 
ceed well. In the southern peninsula, Indian corn is produced abundantly, 
as well as the winter grains. This part of the State is j^re-emiuently agri- 
cultural. 

Portions of the northern peninsula are heavily timbered with white pine, 
spruce, hemlock, birch, aspen, maple, ash and elm, and vast quantities of 
lumber are manufactured at the line mill-sites afforded by the rapid streams. 
Timber is plentiful also in the southern peninsula, and consists chiefly of 
several species of oak, hickory, ash, basswood, maple, elm, linden, locust, 
dogwood, poplar, beech, sycamore, cottonwood, black and white walnut, 
cherry, pine, tamarack, cj-jiress, cedar and chestnut. 

Northern Michigan abounds in picturesque scenery, among which may 
be mentioned the " Pictured Pocks," composed of sandstone of various col- 
ors. They extend for about twelve miles, and rise 300 feet above the water. 
Sometimes cascades shoot over the precipice, so that vessels can sail between 
them and the natural wall of the rock. This portion of the State every sea- 
son attracts large numbers of excursionists and pleasure-seekers, on account 
of its charming and interestin<^ scenery. 

The State is named for the lake which forms a part of its boundary, and 
signities in the Indian language, "Great Water." The first white settle- 
ments were by the French, near Detroit and at Mackinaw, in the latter halt 
of the seventeenth century ; but these colonies did not progress rapidly. 
This territory, with other French possessions in North America, came into 
possession ot Great Britain at the peace of 1763. It remained under the 
dominion of Great Britain until the American Pevolution, wlien it became 
the possession of the United States. The British, however, did not surren- 
der Detroit until 1796. This region was chiefly the scene of tlie exploits 
of the celebrated chief Pontiac, after the exjjulsion of the French. During 
the war of 1S12, Michigan became the theater of several of the battles ancl 
many of the incidents connected with that war. At Frenchto\\ni, in this 
State, January 22, 1813, occurred a cruel massacre by the savages of a party of 
American prisoners of war. Gen. Harrison soon after drove the enemy out 
of the Territory, and removed the seat of war into Canada, where he fought 
and gained the battle of the Thames. 

Lansing, the capital of Michigan, is situated on Grand river, in Ingham 
county one hundred and ten miles northwest of Detroit. It was selected for 
the seat of government in 18-17, at which time it was surrounded by an al- 
most unbroken wilderness. Tlie river here affords excellent water power. 
A new and handsome State capitol has just been completed. 

Detroit, situated on the river from which it takes its name, eighteen miles 
from the head of Lake Erie, is the largest city in the State. It was the 
capital until the removal of the seat of government to Lansing, in 1850. 
Historically it is one of the most interesting cities in the "West, "the French 
had here a military post as early as 1670. Three Indian tribes, the Hurons, 
Pottawattamies and Ottawas, had their villages in the vicinity. "With other 
French possessions, it passed into the hands of the British at the peace of 
1763, and twenty years later it came under the jurisdiction of tlie United 
States, although, as stated above, it was not surrendered until 1796. June 
11th, 1805, it was almost totally destroyed by tire. Gen. "Wm. Hull, first 
governor of the Territory of Michigan, then projected the city on a new 



THE NOETHWEST TEEEITOET. 



77 



plan. On the 18th of August, 1812, this same Gen. Hull surrendered it 
into the hands of the British, but the latter evacuated it September 29th of 
the same year. In 1S70 the population was 79,577, and since then has rap- 
idly increased. 

Among the other important towns and cities in the State, are Grand Kap- 
ids, Adrian, Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, Jackson and Mom-oe. 

The following table shows the population of Michigan at the close of each 
decade, from ISOO to 1870: 



WHITE. 


COLORED. 


.551 




4,618 


144 


8,.591 


174 


31,.W6 


293 


211.560 


707 


.395,071 


2,533 


736.142 


6,799 


1,167.2S2 


11.849 



AGGREGATE. 



1800. 
1810. 
1820. 
1830. 
1840. 
1850. 
1860. 
1870. 



.551 

4,762 

8,765 

31,659 

212,276 

.397,654 

*749,113 

*1, 184,059 



*The above aggregate for 1860 includes 6,172 enumerated as Indians, and the aggregate 
for 1870 includes 4,926 enumerated as Indians. 



WISCONSIN. 



Wisconsin was formed out of a portion of the Territory of Michigan, but 
was originally a part of the Northwestern Territory ceded by the ^tate of 
Virginia to the United States. On the 12th of December, 1832, a resolution 
passed the house of representatives directing, a committee to inquire into the 
expediency of creating a Territorial government for Wisconsin out of a part 
of Michigan. On the 20th of April, 1836, an act was passed and approved 
establishing a Territorial government. On the 20th of June, 1838, an act 
was passed and approved to divide the Territoiy of Wisconsin, and to estab- 
lish the Territorial government of Iowa. June 12, 1838, an act was passed 
designating the boundary line between the State of Michigan and the Terri- 
tory of Wisconsin. On the 6th of August, 1846, an act was passed and 
approved to enable the people to form a constitution and State government. 
On the 21st of January, 1847, the people adopted a constitution, and on the 
3d of March of the same year an act of Congress was passed and approved 
for the admission of the State into the Union. By act of May 29, 1848, the 
State was declared admitted into the Union, to be entitled to three represen- 
tatives in Congress after March 3, 1849. 

The e.xtreme length of Wisconsin from north to south is about 285 miles, 
and its greatest breadth from east to west is about 255 miles. It includes 
an area of about 53,924 square miles, or 34,51 1 ,360 acres. It is generally of an 
elevated rolling surface, with a laroje proportion of prairie. There are no 
mountains, properly so called, though the descent toward Lake Superior is 
quite abrupt, and the rivers full of rapids and falls, which afford valuable 
mill-sites. The great lakes, Superior and Michigan, lave the northern and 
eastern borders, besides which there are a number of smaller lakes, the most 
important of which is Lake Winnebago, southeast of the middle of the State. 
It is 28 miles long and 10 miles wide, and communicates with Green Bay 
through the Fox or Xeenah river. In the northwestern part are numerous 
small lakes, with clear water, gravelly or rocky bottoms, and bold picturesque 



78 THE NORTHWEST TEKRITOKY. 

shores. The rivers generally flow in a southwest direction and discharge 
their waters into the Mississippi, which flows along the southwest bonier of 
tl'.c State for more than 200 miles. The most important interior river is the 
Wifconsin, which has a course of about 200 miles almost directly south, 
when it changes its course westwardly, and flows abo\it 100 miles further to 
its jimction with the Mississippi. At favorable stages it is navigable for 
steamboats 180 miles. The Bad Axe, Black, Chipi)ewa, and St. Croi.\ rivers 
are important streams for floating timber and lumber from the pine region 
in the northwest part of the State. The streams flowing into Lake Superior 
are small, but rapid, aftbrding excellent mill-sites. 

The climate is severe and the winters long, but the State is free from the 
unhealthy changes which are commcfti farther south. The south and middle 
portions form a fine agricultural region. AVTieat is the great staple produc- 
tion, though all kinds of small grain and Indian com are raised successfully. 
Large portions of the State are well adapted to grazing and the dairy. The 
northern part of the State, about the head-waters of the Black and Chippewa 
rivers, and the sources of the rivers emptying into Lake Superior, has but 
limited agricultural capabilities, as in that region are many ponds and 
marshes, and also large quantities of boulders scattered over the surface. 

There are many objects of interest to the tourist and the lover of the 
picturesque. The rivers abound in rapids and falls. In St. Louis river 
there is a series of cascades which have a descent of 320 feet in 16 miles. 
The Menomonee river at Quinnesec Falls dashes down over a peq^endicular 
ledge of rocks 40 feet, and has a fall of 134 feet in a mile and a half. Among 
other noted falls are the St. Croix, Chippewa and Big Bull Falls in the Wis- 
consin river. Along the rivers are many grand views of bluffs, rising from 
150 to 200 feet, and at one place in Richland county on the Wisconsin, 
where it passes through a nan-ow gorge, the cliffs have an elevation of from 
400 to 500 feet. On the Mississippi, in La Crosse county, the rocks rise 
500 feet perpendicularly above the water. 

The great lead region extends into the southwestern part of Wisconsin. 
The deposit here is intermingled to some extent with copper and zinc, 
together with some silver. Copper is found in a number of places, and also 
some iron ore. The iron ores of the Lake Superior region extend into Wis- 
consin. Beautiful varieties of marble are found on the Menomonee river and 
in other localities. 

On the upper Wisconsin river, and other tributaries of the Mississippi, 
north of the W isconsin, are vast forests of pine, and immense quantities are 
annually floated down the Mississippi to supply the markets in other States. 
Among other forest trees are spruce, tamarack, cedar, hemlock, oak of sev- 
eral varieties, birch, aspen, basswood, hickory, elm, ash, poplar, sycamore and 
sugar-maple. 

Wisconsin was visited at an early period by French missionaries, and a 
settlement was made in the latter part of the seventeenth century. 

Madison, the capital of the State, is situated on an isthmus between Lakes 
Mendota and Monona, 80 miles west of Milwaukee, and 132 miles northwest 
of Chicago. When the place was selected for the seat of government in 
1836. there were no buildings except a solitary log cabin. The State capitol 
is a fine looking stone building erected at a cost of §500,000, and stands on 
an elevation seventy feet above the lakes. The city overlooks a charming 
country-, diversified by a pleasing variety of scenery. It has steadily and 
rapidly increased in population. 



THE NORTHWEST TEERITOET. 



79 



The gi-eat city of Wisconsin is Milwaukee (called at an early day "Mil- 
wacky ") and next to Chicago may bo regarded as the commercial metropolis 
of the Xortliwest. It is situated on the west shore of Lake Michigan, about 
90 miles north of Chicago. Milwaukee river empties into the lake at this 
point. The city is situated on both sides of the river, and has one of the 
best harbors on "the whole chain of lakes. The fine water power of the Mil- 
waukee river is an important element in its prosperity. Being a port of 
entry, the government has expended large sums in the improvements of its 
harbor, and in the erection of public buildings. 

In 1805 Jacques Vieau, a half-breed trader whose house was at Green 
Bay, visited the country at the mouth of the Milwaukee river for the pur- 
pose of trading with the Indians. This he did annually until in September, 
1818, when he brought with him a young man named Solomon Jnneau, who 
became his son-in-law. The young man established friendly relations with 
the Indians, and in 1822 erected a block-house on the site of the present city 
of Milwaukee. He remained for 18 years the only permanent white resi- 
dent, being visited occasionally by fur traders to whom he sold goods. In 
1836, the village which has grown to be a large city, began to appear. Jun- 
eau died in 1856, at the age of 64 years, having lived to see the place he 
founded grow to a prosperous and flourishing city. In 1836 the population 
was 275; in 1840, it was 1810; in 1850, it was 19,873; in I860, it was 45,286; 
in 1870, it was 71,640; and at the present time (1878) it is estimated at 123,- 
•000. 

Among other important towns and cities of Wisconsin are Eacine, Janes- 
ville, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Watertown, Sheboygan, Beliot, Kenosha, La 
Crosse, AVauwatosa, ^Manitowoc, Portage City, Platteville, Shebo^^gan Falls, 
Beaver Dam, Whitewater, Port "V«^ashington, Green Bay, Mineral Point, 
Shullsburg, Monroe, Prescott, and Hudson. 

Tlie following table shows the popxilation of Wisconsin at the close of each 
decade from 1800 to 1870: 



WHITE. 


COLORED. 


AGGREGATE. 


115 




115 


' 30,749 

304,756 

773,693 

1,051,351 


"i96 

635 

1,171 

2,113 


" 30.94.5 

305,391 

*775,881 

*1, 0.54,670 



1800. 
1810. 
1820. 
1830. 
1840. 
1850. 
1860. 
1870. 



* The above an-areg-ate for 1860 includes 1017 enumerated as Indians, and the a^gfregate 
for 1870 includes 1206 enumerated as Indians. 



MINNESOTA. 

The eastern portion of Minnesota formed a part of the territory surrendered 
by the French to Great Britain at the peace of 1763, and subsequently by 
the latter to the United States at the close of the Revolution. The western 

?ortion is a part of the territory known as the Louisiana Purchase, ceded by 
'ranee to the United States in 1803. It received a Territorial form of gov- 
ernment under an act of Congress which became a law March 3, 1849, and 
was admitted into the Union as a State May 11, 1853. 
The extreme length of Minnesota north and south is about 380 miles, and 



80 THE KOKTHWEST TEEEITOET. 

in width is about 300 miles. It embraces an area of 81,259 square miles, or 
52,005,7tJ0 acres. The face of the countrj- generally presents tlie apj)earance 
of an undulating plain, although it is the most elevated tract of country 
between the Gulf of l^Cexico and Hudson's Bay. There are no mountains, 
but the summits of the water-sheds rise to a height of nearly two thousand 
feet above the level of the sea. 

Minnesota is one of the best watered States in the Union, being drained by 
many rivers and dotted over with innumerable small lakes and some of con- 
siderable size. The great Mississippi has its humble origin as a mere rivulet 
in Lake Itasca. This diminutive stream, here but a few feet in width, first 
meanders in a northeasterly direction, receiving tribute as it passes from a 
number of other small lakes, when it'changes its course to ttie south, and 
after meandering a length of six hundred miles in Minnesota, dashes its 
waters down over the Falls of St. Anthony, then flows along the border of 
the State two hundred miles further, and thence grandly pursues its course 
to the Gulf of Mexico. Several tributaries of the Mississippi drain the 
southeastern portion of the State. The Red River of the Xortli drains the 
northern part, passing off into Hudson's Bay. It is the outlet of a number 
of lakes, among which are Traverse, Otter Tail, and Red. This river also 
forms the west boundary of the State for about two hundred miles. That 
jX)rtion of the State sloping^ toward Lake Superior is drained by the St. Louis 
and its tributaries. St. Feters, or Minnesota river, has a total length of 
over four hundred miles within the State. Its principal branch is Blue 
Earth or Mankato river, which flows nearly north. The St. Peters, Crow- 
Wing and Crow rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi from the west. 

Lake Superior forms a part of the eastern boundary, and the Lake of the 
Woods a part of the northern. Among other lakes of considerable size are 
Rainy, Red Lake, Lake Cass, and Leech Lake. Devil Lake in the north- 
west part is about 40 miles long and 15 miles wide, and is said to have no 
visible outlet. Lake Pepin is an expansion of the Mississippi in the north- 
eastern part of the State, and is a beautiful sheet of water. The State abounds 
in smaU lakes which are mostly clear and beautiful. Owing to the multitude 
of lakes Minnesota seldom suffers from inundations, as tliey tend to check 
the sudden rise and violence of the streams. 

The climate of the northern part of Minnesota is severe, but in the 
southern part is not so rigorous as to prevent fair crops of Indian corn Irom 
being produced some seasons. "Wlieat and other winter grains succeed ad- 
mirably in nearly all parts. In the valleys of the rivers the soil is excellent, 
and even the valley of the Red River of the North is regarded as a flue 
agricultural region. Wheat is the great staple and the tacilities for manu- 
facturing flour are imsurpassed, as the water power is practically unlimited. 

A portion of the State is heavily timbered with pine, and one of the great 
industries is the manufacture of lumber. Extensive forests of pine grow on 
the Rum, St. Croix, and Pine rivers, and on the shores of the Mississippi, 
below Pokegamin Falls. Taken, as a whole, however, Minnesota cannot oe 
called a well-wooded country. The river bottoms furnish some very good 
growths of oak, aspen, soft maple, basswood, ash, birch, white walnut, linden 
and elm. In the swamps or marshy places are found tamarack, cedar, and 
cypress. 

Minnesota presents to the tourist many natural objects of interest, especially 
in her gi-and and beautiful scenery along the Mississippi and around her lakes. 
St. Anthony's Falls are celebrated, not so much for their magnitude as a 



THE XOETUWEST TEEEITOET. 81 

cataract, as for their geological interest and the wild scenery connected with 
them. Like iS^iagara, the falls are divided by an island, with the larger 
volume of water passing on the west side. This west division is 310 
yards wide. The greatest pei-pendicular fall of water is but 1 6f feet, but in- 
cluding the rapids the descent is 58 feet in 260 rods. The rivers of Minne- 
sota have numerous picturesque falls and rapids, and are in many places 
bordered with perpendicular blufts of limestone and sandstone. 

So far as revealed by geological examination, Minnesota possesses no 
great mineral or metallic wealth. There is, however, a rich deposit of iron 
ore in that part of the State bordering on Lake Superior. A thin vein of 
lead was discovered by the geological corps of Prof Owen on Warajn river, 
and some copper was found, but not " in place," having probably been car- 
ried thither by the drift. Stone suitable for building purposes exists in 
great abundance. In the southwest part of the State is a singular deposit 
known as "red pipestone." Of this the Indians made their pipes, and the 
place of its deposit was held in great sacredness by them. It is said that 
different tribes at enmity with each other, met here on tenns of amity and 
smoked the pipe of peace. Longfellow has rendered this locality celebrated 
in " Hiawatha." It was here — 

" On the Mountains of the Prairie, 
On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, 
Gitche Manito, the mighty, 
He the Master of Life, descending, 
On the red crags of the quarry. 
Stood erect, and called the nations. 
Called the tribes of men together." 

The first white men who are said to have visited the country now embraced 
in Minnesota, were two fur traders in the year 1654. They returned to Mon- 
treal two years afterward and gave a glowing account of the country. This 
was followed by the visits of trappers and missionaries, and to the latter we 
are indebted for the first printed accounts of Minnesota. In 1805 an explor- 
ing expedition under Pike traversed the country. A military post was 
established at Fort Snelling in 1819. Excepting a British settlement at 
Pembina, which was not then kno\vn to be within the limits of the United 
States, no settlements were formed in Minnesota until after 1840. 

St. Paul, the capital of Minnesota, is in Ramsey county, on the bank of 
the Mississippi, 2070 miles from its mouth, and 9 miles by land below the 
Falls of St. Antliony. The first settlement was made about the year 1 840. 
The population has increased rapidly, and as a manufacturing, commercial 
and business place it has assumed considerable importance. Minneapolis, a 
few miles above St. Paul, is a rapidly growing city, and is noted for its 
great water power and manufacturing resources. Among other important 
towns are Stillwater, Eed Wing, St. Anthony, Fort SneUing, and Mankato. 

The following table shows the population of Minnesota at the close of each 
decade from 1850 to 1870: 



TEAR. 


WHITE. 


COLORED. 


AGGBEGATE. 


1850 


6,038 
169,395 
4:58,257 


39 
259 
759 


6,077 
*172,023 
•439,706 


1860 


1870 



* The above aggregate for 1860 includes 2369 enumerated as Indians, and the aggregate 
for 1870 includes 690 enumerated as Indians. 



THE NORTHWEST TEKEITORT. 



NEBRASKA. 



Nebraska is formed out of a part of the territory ceded to tlie United 
States by France by the treaty of April 30, 1804. It was erected into a 
separate Territory May 30, 1854, the limits subsequently being greatly 
reduced by the formation of Dakota Territory in 18{!1, a right reserved in 
the act creating the Territory of Nebraska. It was admitted into the Union 
as a State, March 1, 1867. 

Nebraska is in its extreme length from east to west about 412 miles, and 
in breadth from north to south about 208 miles, embracing an area of 75,905 
square miles, or 48,636,800 acres. The greater portion of the State is an 
elevated undulating prairie with a geoieraT inclination toward the Missouri 
river. There are no mountains or very high hills. The soil is various, but 

fenerally fertile, except in the western portion near the base of the Rocky 
lountains. The bottom lands along the rivers are not surpassed in fertility 
by any in the United States, while the higher undulating ])rairie is equally 
productive with that of other western States. Wlien the prairies are once 
broken they are easj' of cultivation, the soil being light and mellow. The 
staple productions are wheat, Indian corn, oats, and other cereals common 
to the latitude. The climate is mild, as compared \vith that of the same 
latitude on the Atlantic. The summers are sometimes very warm, and the 
extreme western part is occasionally deficient in rain. Taken as a whole, 
however, this is destined to become one of the foremost agricultural States 
in the Union. 

Nebraska is deficient in native timber, but the older settled portions are 
dotted over with groves of artificial or cultivated timber, which is so rapid 
in its growth as to require but a few years to produce enough lor the ordinary 
wants of the settler. The rivers and streams aie generally bordered with 
groves of native trees, including oak, walnut, hickory, cottonwood and mIIIow. 
Along the Missouri river in ])laces are some heavy growths of cottonwood. 

The Missouri river forms the entire eastern boundary, and is navigable 
for steamboats throughout the whole extent of that boundary and for liun- 
di'eds of miles above. Among the important interior rivers are the Platte, 
the Niobrara, the Republican Fork of the Kansas, the Elkhorn, the Loup 
Fork of the Platte, the Big Blue and the Nemaha. These rivers are so dis- 
tributed, as, with their numerous tributaries, to all'ord admirable ih-ainage to 
all parts of the State, aiid as a consequence it is Iree from marshes, conduc- 
ing to the excellent health for which Nebraska is noted. 

So far as j^et revealed, the State is not rich in minerals. Coal, however, 
has recently been discovered in the southeastern part, in a vein sufficiently 
thiclc for mining. Near Lincoln are some salt springs of sufficient magni- 
tude to yield large quantities of salt. On Platte river and otiicr streams 
both limestone and sandstone are obtained of suitable quality for building 
material. 

Rapid progress lias been made in the construction of railroads in Nebraska. 
Among them are the Union Pacific and its branches, the Burlington & Mis- 
souri lliver and its branches, and others, aftbrding railroad advantages to a 
large portion of the State, and connecting the principal towns with the 
main lines, east, west and south. 

Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska, is in Lancaster count}', in the southeast- 
ern part of the State. Here are most of the State institutions. It is a 
thriving young city and is in the midst of a fine agricultiu-ai ]i()rtion of the 
State. iJear it, on a little stream known as Salt Creek, are a inimber of 



THE NOETirWEST TEERITOEY. 83 

salt springs, and considerable quantities of salt have been manufactured. 
Kailroads connect it with all the great markets of the country. 

Omaha is the leading commercial city of the State, and is located on the 
west bank of the Missouri river in Douglas county. It is 18 miles by land 
above the mouth of the Platte river. Tlie principal portion of the city is 
situated on gently rising slopes extending from the river to the bluifs. The 
elevations are crowned with tine residences, and command pleasant views of 
the river and valley, with the city of Council Bluff's, Iowa, in the distance. 
Since the completion of the Union Pacific Pailroad it has grown in popula- 
tion and wealth very rapidly. A costly iron railroad bridge spans the Mis- 
souri river at this point. As a produce, shipping and general commercial 
¥oint it is rapidly gi'owing into prominence. It was the first capital of the 
erritory and State, and takes its name from a tribe of Indians. 
Among other important towns and cities are Nebraska City, Columbus, 
Kearney, Grand Island, Hastings, Plattsmouth, Tecumseh, and Niobrara. 

Tiie following table shows the population of Nebraska by the census of 
1860 and 1870: 



TEAR. 


■WHITE. 


COLORED. 


AGGREGATE. 


I860 


28,696 
122,117 


82 
789 


28,841 
122,993 


1870 





In the agrgregate for 1860, the enumeration includes 63 Indians, and in that of 1870, the 
enumeration includes 87 Indians. 



Missouri was formed out of a part of the territory ceded by France to the 
United States in 1803. By an act approved March 26th, 1804, the French, 
or Louisiana purchase, was divided, that part embracing the present State 
of Missouri being at first designated as the District of Louisiana. The 
name was changed to Territory of Louisiana, by an act passed March 3d, 
180.5, and again by an act of June 4, 1812, Louisiana Territory was changed 
to Missouri Territory. By an act passed March 2, 1819, the southern por- 
tion was detached and organized as the Territory of Arkansas. During the 
same year the people of the Territory of Missouri, through their Legislative. 
Council and Ilouse of Representatives, memorialized (jongress for admis- 
sion into the Union as a State. On the 6th of March following an act was 
Sassed to authorize the people of the Territory to form a State constitution, 
lissouri bein^ the first State formed wholly out of territory west of the 
Mississippi, tliB question of the extension of slavery came up and gave 
rise to a stormy debate in Congress wliile tlie Missouri bill, as it was 
called, was pending. Tlie propriety and expediency of extending that in- 
stitution to the new States west of the Mississippi, was powerfully and earn- 
estly contested, and resulted in a compromise restricting slavery to certain 
limits, and prohibiting the extension of slavery to certain territory. The 
bill, liowever, of March 6th, passed without restrictions. The people on the 
19th of July, 1820, adopted their constitution, which was laid before Con- 
gress November 16th of the same year. The Senate passed a joint resolu- 
tion declaring the admission of the State of Missouri into the Union. This 
was referred to a select committee in the House of Representatives, and on 



84 THE NOETHWEST TEEEITOEY. 

the loth of Febmary, 1821, Mr. Clay made a report. The House rejected 
the resohition, and on motion of Mr. Clay, a committee on the part of the 
House was appointed to join a committee on the part of the Senate to con- 
sider the subject and report. On the 26th of February, Mr. Clay, from the 
joint committee, reported a "Eesolution providing for the admission of the 
State of Missouri into the Union, on a certain condition." This resolution 
was passed and approved, March 2, 1821. The condition was that Missouri, 
by its legislature, should assent to a condition that a part of the State con- 
stitution should never be construed to authorize the passage of a law by 
which any citizen of either of the States in the Union should be excluded 
from the enjo^Tnent of any of the priviliges and immunities to which such 
citizen is entitled under the Constitution of the United States. What was 
known as the " Missouri Compromise," was embraced in the act of the pre- 
vious session, which authorized the people of the State of Missouri to form a 
State constitution, and consisted of a compromise section in the bill by which 
slavery was to be forever prohibited in that part of the territory west of the 
Mississippi (except the State of Missouri), lying north of thirty-six degrees 
and thirty minutes north latitude. Thus, after fierce and stormy debates, 
running through two sessions of Congress, Missouri came into the Union, 
and the exciting question of slavery was supposed also to have been settled. 
On the 10th of August, 1821, President Monroe issued his proclamation 
declaring the admission of Missouri completed, according to law. 

Missouri in its greatest length from east to M-est is about 285 miles, and 
in width from north to south, 280 miles. It embraces a^\ area of 07,380 
square miles, or 43,123,200 acres. That portion of it north of the Missouri 
river is mostly undulating prairie and timber land, while that portion south 
of the Missouri river is cliaracterized by a great variety of surface. In the 
southeast part, near the Mississippi, is an extensive area of marshy land. 
The region forming the outskirts of the Ozark Mountains is hilly and bro- 
ken. West of the Osage river is a vast expanse of prairie. The geological 
features of Missouri are exceedingly interesting. Coal, iron and several 
kinds of stone and marble for building purposes exist in great abundance. 
A vast region, in the vicinity of Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob, produces 
iron of the best quality, and exists in inexhaustible quantity. It is also 
found in other parts of the State. There is also lead, ■which has been mined 
in consideralile quantities. Copper is found throughout the mineral region, 
but is found combined with other minerals. Silver is also combined with 
the lead ore. The bituminous coal deposits arc maiidy on both sides of the 
Missouri river, below the mouth of the Osage, and extending forty miles up 
that river. Cannel-coal is found in Callaway county. 

Missouri possesses the advantages of two of the greatest navigable rivers in 
the United States — the Mississippi, whicli forms her entire eastern boundary, 
and the Missouri, which flows along her northwestern border nearly two 
hundred miles, and crosses the State in a south-easterly course to its junc- 
tion with the Mississippi. As both of these rivers are navigable for the 
largest steamers, the State has easy and ready commercial intercourse to the 
Gulf of Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, as well as up the Ohio to Pitts- 
burg. Besides the Missouri, the State has several important interior rivers, 
to-wit : Grand river and Chariton, tributaries of the Missouri river from 
the north, and the Osage and Gasconade from the south ; also. Salt river and 
Maramec, tributaries of the Mississippi. The St. Francis and Wliite river 



THE NORTHWEST TEEEITOEY. 85 

drain the soutlieastern part, passing from the State into Arkansas. The 
Osage is navigable for steamboats about 275 miles. 

Missouri as a State has many material resources, fitting her for becoming 
one of the most wealthy and populous States in the Union. The soil is gen- 
erally excellent, producing the finest crops, while those portions not so well 
adapted to agriculture are rich in minerals. The greater portion of the State 
is well timbered. In the river bottoms are heavy growths of oak, elm, 
ash, hickory, cottonwood, sugar, and white and black walnut. On the 
uplands also are found a great variety of trees. Various fruits, including 
apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries and strawberries, are produced in the 
greatest abundance. Among the staple productions are Indian corn, wheat, 
oats, potatoes, hemp and tobacco. A great variety of other crops are also 
raised. 

The State has an uneven and variable climate — the winters being very cold 
and the summers excessively hot. Chills and fever are common to some 
extent along the rivers. 

The earliest settlement in l^Iissouri seems to have been by the French, about 
the year 1719. About that time they built what was called Fort Orleans, 
near Jeff"ersoa City, and the next year v^orked the lead mines to some extent. 
Ste. Genevieve was settled in 1755, also by the French, and is the oldest town 
in the State. Missouri's greatest commercial metropolis, St. Louis, was first 
settled in 1764, the earliest settlers being mostly French. 

Jefferson City, the capital of the State, is situated on the right bank of the 
Missouri river, in Cole county. It is 128 miles by land, and 155 miles by 
water from St. Louis. The location being elevated, commands a fine view 
of the river, with the pleasant and picturesque scenery which is presented at 
this point on the Missouri. 

St. Louis, the great commercial city of Missouri, as well as of a large por- 
tion of the jS'orthwest, is situated on the right bank of the Mississippi, 
twenty miles below the mouth of the Missouri, and 174 above the mouth of 
the Ohio. It is 744 miles below the Falls of St. Anthony, and 1194 miles 
above New Orleans. The city enjoys many natural advantages as a com- 
mercial emporium, being situated nearly midway between the two oceans, 
and centrally in the finest agricultural region on the globe. With the 
greatest navigable river on the continent, affording her a water highway to 
the ocean, and to many of the large inland cities of the country, St^ Louis is 
rapidly and surely going forward to a grand future. Her already great and 
constantly improving system of railways, is tending every year to open up to 
her larger fields of business and commercial intercourse. Of late years a 
strong rivalry has sprung up between St. Louis and Chicago, in regard to 
population, etc., each claiming to be the third city in the Uiiion. The in- 
crease of St. Louis since the war has been great, the ascendency being at an 
">,nnual rate of about ten per cent. At this increase she is fast earning the 
«K)ubriqnet of the " Future Great City."' 

The site on which St. Louis stands was selected February 15th, 1764, by 
Laclede, as a post possessing peculiar advantages for collecting and trading 
in furs, as well as for defense against the Indians. For many years it was 
but a frontier village, the principal trade of which was in furs, buffalo robes, 
and other collections of trappers and hunters. A great part of the popula- 
tion was absent during the hunting and trapping seasons, so that the in- 
fancy of this city was almost a struggle for existence. As late as 1820, the 
population was but 4,598. The first brick house was erected in 181.3. In 



86 



TUB NOKTHWEST TEEKITOET, 



1822, St. Louis was chartered as a city, under the title ffiven by Laclede in 
ia honor of Louis XV of France. In 1830 the population was 6,G94, an 
increase of only 2,096 in ten years. In 1840 tlie population had reached 
16,409; in 1S50 it was 77,950, includinf:^ 2,650 slaves; in 1860 the popula- 
tion was 160,773 ; and in 1870 it was 312,963. 

Kansas City, one of the rapidly a<lvancing young cities of the State, ia 
situated on the Missouri river just below the mouth of the Kansas. In 
1870 the population was 32,200. Since that time there has been a rapid in- 
crease, both in population and business. 

St. Joseph is one of the flourishing cities, and is situated on the left, or 
east bank of the Missouri river, 490 miles by water from St. Louis. It was 
laid out in 1843, and became an impoitant point of departure for overland 
emigration to California and Oregon. In 1870 the population was 19,560, 
but lias rapidly increased since then. 

Among the important and thriving towns and cities are Hannibal, Spring- 
field, Boonville, Lexington, Chillicothe, Independence, Palmyra, Canton, 
Iron Mount and Moberly. 

The following table shows the popidation of Missouri at the close of each 
decade, from 1810 to 1870 : 



AGGREGATE. 



1810. 
1820. 

1830. 
1840. 
1850. 
1860. 
1870. 



17,227 

114.795 

32:!.888 

592,004 

1,063,489 

1,603,146 



3.618 
10..569 
25,660 
59,814 
90,040 
118,503 
118.071 



20, 
66 
140 
383 
682, 
•1,182 
'1,721 



845 
557 
,4-55 
,702 
,044 
,012 
,295 



*The aggregate for 1860 includes 20 enumerated as Indians, and the aggregate for 1870 
includes 75 enumerated as Indians. 



EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLAEKE. 

Organization of Explonng Party — Departure — Osage Indians — Strange Tradition of the Ori- 
gin of the Osage Nation — The Missouris — Old French Fort— Artificial Mounds — The Ot- 
toes and Pawnees — Indian Graves — The Ayauway Indians — Council \vith Indians at Coun- 
cil Blutfs— Little Sioux River— Death of Sergeant Floyd— Great Sioux River— Red Pipe- 
stone Quarries— Buffalo and other Animals — Mountain of the Little Spirits — Council with 
the Sioux — Indian Idols — The Mandans— Winter Quarters — VVliite and Brown Bears — 
Antelopes— Black Hills — First View of Rocky Mountains— Natural Scenerj- — The Great 
Falls of the Missouri — Shoshones— Sources of the Missouri — Columbia River — The Tush- 
epaws — Short of Provisions — Pierced-Nose Indians — Down Lewis River — The Sokulks — 
Great Falls of the Columbia — The Echeloots— Wooden Houses — Fingers as War Tro- 
pies- Sight of the Pacific — Fort Clatsop — Return — Amviil at St. Louis. 

In January, 1803, President Jefferson, in a confidential message to Con- 
gress in regard to Indian affairs, took occasion to recommend, among other 
things, the organization of a party to trace the JMissouri river to its source, 
and "thence proceed to the Pacific ocean. The recommendation was favor- 
ably considered, and Capt. Merriwether Lewis, was, on liis own application, 
appointed to take charge of the expedition. Wm. Clarke was subsequently 
associated with him, so that this celebrated expedition is knowm in our liis- 
tory as that of Lewis and Clarke. The incidents of this long, tedious, and 
romantic journey are worthy to be related as among the most interesting 



THE NOETHWEST TEEEITOET. 87 

in the annals of American adventure. At that time all that vast region 
bordering on the Upper Missouri and its tributaries, as well as the regions 
bordering on the Pacific, were unknown and unexplored by white men. By 
the latter part of the year 1S03 the party comprising the expedition was 
made up and ready to start. The highest settlement of whites on the Mis- 
souri river at that time was at a place called La Charrette, sixty -eight miles 
above the month. At this place it had been the design of Capt. Lewis to 
winter, but the Spanish authorities of Louisiana had not 3'et received official 
information of the transfer of the country to the United States. For this 
reason the party remained in winter quarters at the mouth of Wood river, 
on the east side of the Mississippi. 

Besides Captains Lewis and Clarke, the party was made up nine young 
men from Kentucky, twelve soldiers of the regular army, two Frenchmen 
as watermen and interpreters, and a colored servant belonging to Captain 
Clarke — twenty-six persons in all. A corporal, six soldiers and nine water- 
men, in addition to the above, were engaged to accompany the expedition as 
far as the country of the Mandans, as there was some apprehension of at- 
tacks by the Indians between Wood river and that tribe. 

Three boats were provided for the expedition. The largest was a keel- 
boat, fifty-five feet long, drawing three feet of water, carrying one large 
square sail, and twenty-two oars. The other two were open boats, one of 
six, and the other of seven oars. 

The expedition started from the encampment at the mouth of Wood 
river on Monday, May 14, ISO-i. Captain Lewis, who was at that time in 
St. Louis, joined the expedition at St. Charles, twenty-one miles up the 
Missouri, which place they reached on the 16th. Here they remained until 
the 21st, when they proceeded on their voyage, reaching La Charrette, the 
last white settlement, on the evening of the 25th. The village consisted of 
but seven poor families. On the 1st of June they arrived at the mouth of 
the Osage, one hundred and thirty-three miles on their journey. The coun- 
try bordering on this river was inhabited by a tribe known as the Osage 
Indians. They had a remarkable tradition among them as to the origin of 
their nation. They believed that its founder was a snail passing a quiet ex- 
istence along the banks of the Osage, till a flood swept him down to the Mis- 
souri and there left him exposed on the shore. By the heat of the sun he 
was changed to a man. The change, however, did not cause him to forget 
his native place away up on the banks of the Osage, and he immediately 
sought his old home. Being overtaken with hunger and fatigue, the Great 
Spirit appeared, gave him a bow and arrow, and taught him to kill deer and 
prepare its flesh for food and its skin for clothing. When he arrived at his 
original place of residence he was met by a beaver, who inquired who he 
was, and by what authority he came to disturb his possession. The Osage 
replied that he had once lived on the borders of that river and that it was 
his own home. While they were disputing the daughter of the beaver ap- 
peared, and entreated her father to be reconciled to the j'oung stranger. The 
father yielded to her entreaties, and the Osage soon married the beaver's 
daughter. They lived happily on the banks of the Osage, and from them soon 
came the villages and nation of the Osages. Ever since they entertained a 
pious reverence for their ancestors, never killing a beaver, for by so doing they 
woiald slay a brother. It has been observed, however, that after the opening 
of the fur trade with the whites, the sanctity of their maternal relations was 
very much reduced. 
6 



88 THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. 

The next tribe mentioned by the explorers M-as that of the Missouris, once 
a powerful nation, but then reduced to about thirty families. They finally 
united with the Usages and the Ottocs, and as a separate nation became ex- 
tinct. Tiie Sauks, Ayauways (lowas), and the Sioux are mentionetl as being 
the enemies of the Osages, and as making frequent excursions against them. 
On the 26th of June they arrived at the mouth of the Kansas, 3-iO miles 
from the Mississippi, where they remained two days for rest and repairs. 
Here resided the tribe of Indians of the same name, and had two villages 
not far from the mouth of the river. This tribe at that time had been re- 
duced by the Sauks and Ayauways to only about three hundred men. The 
party at this stage of their journey, saw numerous buffalo on the prairies. 
On the 2d of July the party passed Bear Medicine Island, near which were 
the remains of an old fort, built by the French, the ruins of the chimneys 
and the general outline of the fortitication being visible. On the 8th of 
July they reached the mouth of the ^'odawa. The river is mentioned as 
navigable for boats some distance. On the 11th they landed at the mouth oi 
the Nemahaw. Mention is made of several artificial mounds on the Ne- 
mahaw, about two miles up the stream at the mouth of a small creek. 
From the top of the highest mound there was a fine view of the country. 
On the 14th they passecl the Nishnahbatona river, finding it to be only thi-ee 
hundred yards from the Missouri at a distance of twelve miles from its 
mouth. Platte river and other streams, both in Iowa and Nebraska, are men- 
tioned and the country described with great accuracy. Along in this part 
of the country were the first elk they had seen. 

On the 22d of July the explorers encamped on the north (Iowa) side of 
the river, ten miles above the mouth of the Platte river, to make observa- 
tions and to hold an interview with the neighboring tribes. They remained 
here in camp until the 27th. Among the streams mentioned in this vicin- 
ity are the Papillon, Butterfly Creek and Moscheto Creek, the last named 
being a small stream near Council Blufi's. In mentioning them we use the 
ortliography of the explorers, which in some instances differs from that now 
in use. The Indians who occupied the country about the mouth of Platte 
river at tliis time were the Ottoes and Pawnees. The Ottoes were much 
reduced, and formerly lived about twenty miles above tjie Platte on the 
Nebraska side of the river. They lived at this time under the protection 
of the Pawnees. Tiie latter were also much ilispersed and broken. One 
band of the nation formerly lived on the Republiam branch of the Kanzas 
Biver. Another band were the Pa^vnee Loups, or Wolf Pawnees, who re- 
sided on the "Wolf fork of the Platte. Another band originally resided on 
the Kanzas and Arkansaw, but in their wars with the Osages they were 
often defeated and retired to the Bed river. Various other tribes living fur- 
ther west, are mentioned. On the 27th they continued their journey, and 
about ten leagues from their encampment, on the south (Nebraska) side of 
the river, they saw and examined a curious collection of graves, or mounds. 
They were of different heights, shapes and sizes. Some were of sand, and 
- others of both earth and sand. They were supposed to indicate the position 
of tlie ancient village of the Ottoes before they retired to the protection of 
the Pawnees. On the 29th they jiassed the spot where the Ayauway Indians, 
a branch of the Ottoes, once lived, and who had emigrated from that place 
to the Des Moines. Mention is here made of an interview with one of the 
Missouri Indians who lived wath the Ottoes, and the resemblance of his 
language to that of the Osages, particularly in calling a chief inca. 



THE NORTHWEST TEKKITOET. 89 

On the oOth of July the party encamped on the south (x^ebraska) side ot 
the river. At tliat place next to the river was a plain, and back of it a 
wooded rid^e, rising about seventy feet above the plain. At the edge of 
this ridge they formed their camp, and sent an invitation to the Indians to 
meet them. From the bluiFs at this point they mention a most beautiful 
view of the river and adjoining country. The latitude of the camp was de- 
termined by observation to be 41 degrees IS minutes and li seconds. The 
messenger sent to invite the Ottoes returned on the evening of the 2d of 
August, with fourteen Ottoe and Missouri Indians, accompanied by a French- 
man who resided among them, and who acted as interpreter. Lewis and Clarke 
made them presents of pork, flour and meal, and the Indians returned presents 
of watermelons. The nest morning (xiug. 3d) a council was held with the 
six chiefs who were of the party of Indians; they were told of the change 
in the government, and promised protection and advised as to their future con- 
duct. All the chiefs expressed their joy at the change in the government, 
and wished to be recommended to the Great Father (tlie President) that 
they might obtain trade and necsssaries. They asked the mediation of the 
Great Father between them and the Mahas (Omahas), with whom they were 
then at war. At the conclusion of the council medals and other presents 
were given to the chiefs, and also some presents to the other Indians who 
were with them. The grand chief of the Ottoes was not present, but to 
him was sent a flag, a medal, and some ornaments for clothing. The ex- 
plorers gave to the place where this council was held the name of Council 
Blufls. The reader will remember, however, that it was above the present 
city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was on the Nebraska side of the river. 

On the afternoon of the 3d of August they resumed their journey, and on 
the 7th arrived at the mouth of a river on the north side, called by the Sioux 
Indians, Eaneahwadepon (Stone river), and by the French, Petite Biviere 
des Sioux, or in English, Little Sioux river. The explorers were informed 
by their interpreter (M. Durion) that this river rises within about nine miles 
of the Des Moines; that witliin fifteen leagues of that river it passes through 
a large lake, nearly sixty miles in circumference, and divided into two parts 
by rocks, which approach each other very closely. Its width is various; it 
contains many islands, and is known by the name of Lao cV Esprit — Spirit 
Lake. The country watered by it is open and undulating, and may be visited 
in boats up the river for some distance. The interpreter further added that 
the Des Moines was about eighty yards wide where the Little Sioux ap- 
proaches it; that it was shoally, and that one of its principal branches was 
called Cat river. The interpreter claimed to have been to the sources of the 
Little Sioux, and those who are familiar with the country about Spirit Lake, 
will concede that he described it quite accurately. The explorers speak of a 
long island two miles above the mouth of the Little Sioux, which they named 
Pelican island, from the large number of pelicans which were feeding on it, 
one of which they killed. They also killed an elk. On the 10th they passed 
the first highland near the river, after leaving their encampment at Council 
Blufis. Not far from this, on a high bluft', was the grave of Blackbird, one 
of the great chiefs of the Mahas, who had died of small-pox four years be- 
fore. The grave was marked by a mound twelve feet in diameter at the base, 
and six feet high, and was on an elevation about 300 feet above the water. 
In the center of the grave was a pole eight feet high. Near this the Mahas 
had a village, and lost four hundred men of their nation, and a like proportion 
of women and children by the small-pox at the time that Blackbird died. 



90 THE NOKTUWEST TEREITOEY. 

After this dreadful scourge they burned their village, which had consisted of 
three hundred cabins. On a hill at the rear of the place where the village 
stood were the graves of the nation. On the evening of the 18th the ex- 
plorers were again visited at their camp by a party of Ottoes and Missouris, 
who entertained them with a dance. The professed object of their visit was 
to ask intercession for promoting peace between them and the Malias, but 
probably the real object was to share a portion of the strangers' provisions 
and liquors. 

The next day, August 20th, after passing a couple of islands, they landed 
on the north side of the river, under some blufts — the first near the river on 
that side after leaving the Ayauway village. It was here that the party had 
the misfortune to lose one of their men — -Sergeant Charles Floyd. lie had 
the day before been siezed with a billious colic. Before his death he said to 
Captain Clarke, " I am going to leave you; I want you to write me a letter." 
Soon after making this request the brave soldier passed away. He was buried 
on the top of the bluff, with honors due to a soldier. The place of his inter- 
ment was marked by a cedar post, on which his name and the day of his 
death were inscribed. About a mile further up on the same side of the Mis- 
souri, they came to a small river, to which they gave the name of Floyd river, 
in honor of their deceased companion. The place of the burial of Sergeant 
Floyd was but a short distance below where Sioux City now stands. During 
a great freiihet in the spring of 1857, the Missouri river washed away a por- 
tion of tJie bluff, exposing the remains of the soldier. The citizens of Sioux 
City and vicinity repaired to the place, and with appropriate ceremonies, re- 
intorred them some distance back from the river on the same bluff. The 
same cedar post planted by his companions over his grave on that summer 
day more than half a century before, remained to mark the place of inter- 
ment up to 1857, although during nearly all this time the country had been 
inhabited only by savages. 

On the 21st of August the expedition passed the site where Sioux City 
now stands, and noted in their journal the confluence of the Great Sioux 
river with the Missouri. Fi'om their interpreter, M. Durion, they received 
an account of the Great Sioux river. He stated that it was navig-able for 
more than two hundred miles, to the great falls, and even beyond them. The 
reader will remember that this was before the time of steamboats on western 
waters. He mentioned a creek that emptied into the Great Sioux below the 
falls, which passed through cliffs of red rock, out of which the Indians made 
their pipes; that the necessity for procuring that article had caused the intro- 
duction of a law among the nations, by which the banks of that creek were 
held to be sacred, and even tribes at war met at the quarries without hos- 
tility. These were what are now kno^vn as the " Ked ripestone Quarries," 
in southwestern Minnesota. 

A few miles above the mouth of the Great Sioux, on the north, or Dakota 
side of the river, they killed a buffalo, a deer and a beaver. They also saw 
some elk. The place where the buffalo was killed they described as a beau- 
tiful prairie, and gave it the name of Buffalo Prairie. They mention on the 
soiith side of the river, a bluff of blue clay, rising to the height of 180 or 
190 feet. Several miles from this, on the south side of the river. Captains 
Lewis and Clarke, with ten of their men, went to see a mound regarded with 
great terror by the Indians, and called by them the Mountain of the Little 
Spirits. They believed it was the abode of little devils in human form, 
eighteen inches high, and having large heads; that they had sharp arrows. 



THE NORTHWEST TEEKITORY. 91 

and were always on the watch to kill those who might approach their place 
of residence. The Sioux, Mahas and Ottoes never would visit the hill or 
mound for fear of the vengeance of the Little Spirits. The mound, though 
extraordinary in its formation, they did not regard as artificial. From its 
top they could see large herds of buffalo feeding at a distance. 

On the 26th they passed the mouth of Yankton river, and, on landing, 
were met by several Indians, who informed them that a large body of Sioux 
were encamped near. On the 30th and 31st they held a council with the 
Sioux, and smoked with them the pipe of peace. The Indians exhibited 
their skill in dancing and various other amusements to entertain their vis- 
itors. These Indians were the Yankton tribe of the Sioux nation. Their 
grand chief was We-u-cha, or in EngHsh, Shake Hand. Speeches were 
made and presents exchanged. 

On the 1st of September the explorers passed Calumet Bluffs, and the 
next day Bonhomme Island, near which they visited some ancient earth- 
works, or fortifications, on the south, or Nebraska, side of the Missouri. 
They made a minute and careful examination of these works. They 
embraced nearly five hundred acres. A day or two after, on a hill to the 
south, near Cedar Island, they discovered the backbone of a fish, 45 feet 
long, in a perfect state of petrifaction. 

After several conferences with different tribes, and observations in regard 
to the country, its formation, and the different animals seen, on the 13th of 
October they reached a small stream on the north side, to which they gave 
the name of Idol Creek. Near its month were two stones resembling human 
figures, and a third like a dog. These were objects of great veneration among 
the Ricaras (Ricarees), who occupied the country in that vicinity. They had 
a legend that a young brave was deeply enamored with a girl whose parents 
refused their consent to the marriage. The young brave went out into the 
fields to mourn his misfortunes, and a sympathy of feeling led the lady to 
the same spot. The taithiul dog would not cease to follow his master. The 
lovers wandered away together with nothing to subsist on but grapes, and 
they were at last changed into stone, with the lady holding in her hands a 
bunch of grapes. "When the Ricaras pass these sacred stones, they stop to 
make offerings of dress to propitiate the deities, as they regard them. Such 
was the account given to Lewis and Clarke, by the Ricara chief. As they 
found here a great abundance of fine grapes, they regarded one part of the 
story as very agreeably confirmed. 

On the lOtli they reached the ruins of one of the Mandan villages. It 
had been fortified. This, they were informed by the Ricara chief, was one 
of several villages once occupied by the Mandans until the Sioux forced them 
forty miles higher up the river. In this vicinitj' they counted no less than 
52 herds of buffalo, and 3 herds of elk at a single view. 

About the 1st of November, 1804, the expedition reached the country of 
the Mandans, wliere they went into winter quarters. Tliese Indians had 
raised considerable com, some of which they presented to the party. During 
the winter they obtained a great deal of information in regard to tlie history, 
traditions, and manners and customs, not only of this peculiar and remark- 
able nation, but of other tribes Their huts, or cabins, were all completed 
by the 20th of the month, and the place was named Fort Mandan. It was 
on the north side of the Missouri, in a grove of cottonwood. The place, as 
ascertained by observation, was in latitude 47 deg., 21 min. and 47 sec, and 
the computed distance from the mouth of the Missouri was 1600 miles. 



92 THE XORTHWEST TERRITOKY. 

During the winter they were visited by a great many Indians of the ]\Ian- 
dan and other tribes. A lew French and traders of the Northwest I'ur 
Company also visited them. 

The party remained at Fort Mandan until April 7, 1805, when they 
resumed their journey. There were then thirty-two persons in the cx])e- 
dition, some of the party having returned to St. Louis. In this poi-tion of 
the country they began to see numbers of white bear, antelope, and other 
animals, wliich they had not seen lower down on the river. On the 12th 
they arrived at the mouth of the Little Missouri, near which they found large 
quantities of small onions, about the size of a bullet, of an> oval form and 
white. The next day they passed a small stream to which they gave the 
name of Onion Creek, from the great abundance of that vegetable growing 
near it. Along this part of the Missouri were large numbers of bald eagle.--, 
and also many geese and brant. Numerous deserted Indian lodges were 
noticed, which they supposed to have belonged to the Assiniboins, as there 
were the remains of small kegs. That tribe was the only one in this region 
that then used spirituous liquors. They obtained it from the traders of the 
Hudson Bay Company, bartering their furs for it. Ilei-e many plants and 
aromatic herbs are mentioned, and some resembling in taste and smell sage, 
hyssop, wormwood and juniper. On the 2Gth they camped at the mouth of 
the Yellowstone, where game of various kinds was very abundant. Frequent 
mention is made of the burned hills along that part of the Missouri for some 
distance above and below the Yellowstone. Among the animals killed by 
the hunters of the expedition in this part of the voyage were several 
brown bears. On the evening of the 14th of May the men in one of the 
canoes discovered a large brown bear lying in the open grounds about three 
lumdred yards from the river. Six of them, all good hunters, went to attack 
him, and. concealing themselves by a small eminence, four of them fired at 
a distance of about forty paces. Each of them lodged a bull in the bear's 
body, two of them directly through the lungs. The animal sprang up and 
ran open-mouthed toward them. As he came near, the two hunters who had 
reserved their fire, gave him two more wounds, one of which, breaking his 
shoulder, retarded his motion for a moment. Before they could reload he 
was so near upon them that they were obliged to run to the river, the bear 
almost overtaking them. Two of the men sprang into the canoe, and the 
others concealed themselves in some willows and fired as ftist as they could 
reload, striking him several times. The shots seemed only to direct him 
toward the hunters, till at last he pursued two of them so closely that thc}- 
threw aside their guns and pouches, and jumped twenty feet down a perpen- 
dicular bank into the river. The bear sprang after them, and was within a 
i'ew feet of the hindmost when one of the hunters on shore shot him in the 
head, and finally killed him. They dragged the bear to shore and found 
that eight halls had passed through his body in difierent directions. 

On the 20th of May the party reached the mouth of the Muscleshell, a 
river of considerable size from the south. They were then 2270 miles above 
the mouth of tlie Mississippi, in latitude 4" deg., 24 min. Mention is made 
of what the French traders called Cote Noire, or Black Hills. On the 2()th 
of May they had the first view of the Rocky Mountains, "the object," as the 
journalist remarks, "of all our hopes, and the reward of all our .ambition." 
The view was obtained from what they called one of the last ridges of the 
Black Mountains. On the 30th they had reached that ih.rt of the river 
which passes through between walls of rocks, presenting every form of 



TOE NORTHWEST TEERITOET. 93 

sculptured ruins, and having the appearance of being the productions of art. 
Of these objects of natural scenery they give a most glowing description. 

On the 3d of June the expedition reached a junction of two branches of 
the river, when they were at a loss to determine which was the true Mis- 
souri river. Parties, one under Captain Lewis and the other imder Captain 
Chirke, proceeded to explore both branches by land. The party under Cap- 
tain Lewis, on the 13th, reached the Great Falls of the Missouri on the 
southern branch, which determined the question. One of the men was 
sent to inform Captain Clarke of the discovery. The explorers give a vivid 
description of the wonderful and beautiful scenery which is here presented. 
In the vicinity of the falls they saw a herd of at least a thousand buffalo, 
one of which they shot. Here Cajjtain Lewis himself had an encounter 
with a large bro\^Ti bear, from which he escaped by plunging into the river. 
Mention is made of grasshoppers at the mouth of Medicine .river, about 
twelve miles above the Great Falls, in such multitudes that the herbage on 
the plains was in part destroyed by them. At that point the Missouri is 
described as being three hundred yards wide, and Medicine river one hun- 
hundred and thirty-seven yards wide. The party remained here until the 
15th of Jul}', examining the surrounding country, constructing canoes, and 
making general preparations for continiiing the journey. On that day they 
again embarked with eiglit heavily loaded canoes, encountering many diffi- 
cult places for navigating, owing to tlie rapids. Toward the latter part of 
July they reached a point where the Missouri is formed of three branches, 
one of which they called Jeiferson, one Madison, and one Gallatin. Here 
the party divide and explore the several branches, partly for the purpose of 
finding the Shoshones, the Indians that were known to inhabit that region. 
On the 11th of August they encountered a single Indian on horseback, who 
proved to be one of that tribe or nation. Captain Lewis, who had continued 
his course up the Jeiferson, or principal branch forming the sources of the 
Missouri, reached a point where it had so diminished in width that one of 
his men in a fit of enthusiasm, with one foot on each side of the rivulet, 
thanked God that he had lived to bestride the Missouri. A few miles 
further on they reached the point where issues the remotest water — the 
hitherto hidden sources of that river, which had never before been seen by 
civilized man. They sat down by the brink of the little rivulet, and 
quenched their thrist at the chaste and icy fouiitain, which sends its modest 
tribute down to the great ocean thousands of miles away. Crossing over the 
the dividing line between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, at a 
distance of three-quarters of a mile, they stopped to taste for the first time 
the waters of the Columbia, here a stream of clear, cold water flowing west- 
ward. On the same day Captain Lewis succeeded in gaining a friendly in- 
terview with tlie Shoshones. Captain Clarke, with a part of the expedition, 
was at this time at the junction of the three branches of the Missouri, and 
Captain Lewis engaged a number of the Indians, with about thirty of their 
horses, to transport their merchandise and outfit to the Shoshone camp. 

The Shoshones are described as being a small tribe of the nation called 
the Snake Indians, an appellation which embraces the inhabitants of the 
southern parts of the Koeky Mountains and of the plains on either side. 
During the summer the Shoshones resided about the headwaters of the 
Colunibia, where they lived chiefly on salmon. In their journal the explorers 
give a long and interesting account of the habits, traditions, and manner of 



94 THE NOKTUWEST TEERITORT. 

life of this people. They found them honest, friendly, and ready to render 
them all assistance in their power. 

After purchasing twenty-nine horses from the Shoshones, the party on the 
30th of August resumed their journey toward the Pacific. On the 4th of 
September, after many difficulties in finding a practicable route, they came 
to a large encampment of Indians who received them with great cordiality. 
The pipe of peace was introduced and a council held. They represented 
themselves as a band of a nation called Tushepaws, a numerous people then 
residing on the headwaters of the Missouri and Columbia rivers. The In- 
dians shared their berries and roots with the strangers and received some 
presents. Several horses were purchased from them. On the Gth they 
reached a stream to which they gaVe the name of Clarke river, Captain 
Clarke being the first white man who ever visited its waters. The route 
was a rugged one, and in many places almost impracticable, and to add to 
the difficulties of the situation, snow had been falling, so that on the 16th it 
was six or eight inches deep. The difficulty of procuring game or other 
subsistence made it necessary for them to kill several of their horses on this 
part of their journey, for food. They had a little of what was called portable 
soup which they used by melting some snow. This, and about twenty- 
pounds of bear's oil, was their only remaining subsistence. They were now 
in a region where their guns were of little service, for there was scarcely a 
living creature to be seen in those mountains. Captain Clarke and six 
hunters searched the mountains all day for game but found none, and at 
night encamped on a small stream to which they gave the name of Hungry 
Creek. Their only refreshment during the day was a little of the portiible 
soup. On the 2()th, Captain Clarke and his hunting party encountered three 
Indian boys, and sent them forward to the village with some presents. An 
Indian came out to meet them, and conducted them to a large tent in the 
village, which was the residence of the great chief. After some introductory 
ceremonies by signs, the Indians set before the strangers some buifalo meat, 
dried salmon, berries and several kinds of roots. This, after their long 
abstinence, was a sumptuous treat. One of the chiefs conducted them to 
another village, two miles away, where they were received with great kind- 
ness and passed the night. These Indians called themselves Chopunish, or 
Pierced-Nose (Nez Perces). With a few articles Captain Clarke chanced to 
have in his pockets he purchased some dried salmon, roots and berries and 
sent them by one of his men and a hired Indian back to Captain Lewis. 
The main body with Captain Lewis had been so fortunate as to kill a few 
pheasants and a prairie wolf As soon as it was known in the villages that 
the wonderful strangers had arrived the people crowded in to see them. 
Twisted Hair, the cliief, drew a chart or map of the country and streams on 
a white elk-skin, which was of great service in guiding them on their course. 
From these Indians as many provisions were purchased as could be carried 
on their horses. After proceeding down the river some distance, they 
determined to continue their journey in canoes, which they set about con- 
structing. By the 7th of October the canoes were launched and loaded. 
The horses were branded and left with the Indians to be kept until their 
return. Accompanied by some of the Indians down Lewis river, the ex- 
pedition finally reached the Columbia on the 16th, having stopped at a 
number of villages on the way. The Columbia at the mouth of Lewis river 
they found to be 960 yards wide, and Lewis river 575 yards wide. Here 
they found themselves among a nation who called themselves Sokulks, a 



THE NORTHWEST TEERITORT. 95 

people of a mild and peaceable disposition. Fish was their principal article 
of food. On the IStli they resumed their journey down the Columbia in the 
presence of many of the Sokulks who came to witness their departure. 
They passed many different tribes who inhabited the borders of the Colum- 
bia, all of whom they visited in their villages and encampments, learning 
their condition, habits, history and mode of living. "Wlierever tliey halted 
large numbers of Indians gathered to see them, and generally manifested tlie 
greatest kindness and hospitality. All of them had pierced noses. 

On the 22d of October the party reached the Great Falls of the Colum- 
bia. Many Indians inhabited this portion of the country, and some of them 
assisted the party in unloading the canoes, transporting tlie goods around 
the falls, and in bringing down the canoes. At one place it was necessary to 
haul the canoes over a point of land to avoid a perpendicular Ml of seventy 
feet. Some distance below the falls they came to a village of another tribe, 
or nation, called the Echeloots. Here they found the hrst wooden houses 
they had seen after leaving the settlements near the Mississippi. They were 
made of logs and poles, with poles for rafters and covered with white cedar, 
kept on by strands of cedar fibres. The inhabitants received the strangers 
with great kindness, invited them to their houses, and came in great num- 
bers to see them. They were surprised to find that these Indians spoke a 
language quite different from that of the tribes above the Great Fails. 
Some of their customs, however, were the same. Like the tribes they had 
recently visited, they flattened the heads of their children, and in nearly the 
same manner. Among the mountain tribes, however, this custom was con- 
fined to the females almost exclusively, whereas the Echeloots subjected 
both sexes to the operation. On the ISth they came to another tribe where 
they saw a British musket and several brass tea-kettles which the Indians prized 
very highly. In the interview with the chief he directed his wife to hand 
him his medicine-bag, from which he drew out fourteen forefingers, which 
he said had belonged to the same number of his enemies whom he had 
killed in battle. These fingers were shown with great exultation, after which 
they were carefully replaced among the other valuable contents of the 
medicine-bag. This was the first instance in which the explorers had 
observed that any other trophy than the scalp was ever carried fi'om the 
field in Indian warfare. 

On the 2d of November the party passed the rapids which form the last 
descent of the Columbia, and tide-water commences. On this part of the 
Columbia they began to meet with tribes who had some knowledge of tlie 
whites, and from articles in their possession, it was observed that they had 
maintained some sort of trade or barter with the whites. The Indians here 
also began to be troublesome and were disposed to pilfer whenever an oppor- 
tunity offered, showing that in their intercourse with the whites they had con- 
tracted some vices tliat they are free from in the absence of such intercourse. 

On the 16th of November, 1805, the expedition encamped in full view of 
the Pacific Ocean, at Haley's Bay, as laid down by Vancouver. Their long, 
tedious and eventful journey to the Pacific having ended, they made prepa- 
rations for going into winter quarters. Some distance below the month of 
the Columbia, three miles above the mouth of a little river that einpties into 
the ba}^, in a thick grove of lofty pines, they formed their winter encamp- 
ment. Game was exceedingly plenty, and during the winter they were vis- 
ited by a large number of the Indians inhabiting the coast region. They 
called the place Fort Clatsop, from tlie tribe of Indians inhabiting the imme- 



96 THE KOKTnWEST TEKEITOEY. 

diate %4cinity. Ilere they remained until tlie 23d of March, 1806, when 
they commenced their return, by tlie same route. 

l^efore leaving, Captains Lewis and Clarke posted up in the fort a note 
to the following eftect: 

"The object of this is, that through the medium of some civilized person, 
who may see the same, it may be made kno\vTi to the world that the party con- 
sisting of the persons whose names are hereto annexed, and who were sent 
out by tlie government of the United States to explore the interior ot the 
continent of North America, did cross the same by the way of the Missouri 
and Columbia rivers, to the discharge of the latter into the Pacific ocean, 
where they arrived on the litli day of JN'ovenibcr, 1805, and departed the 
23d day of March, 1806, on their return to the United States, by the same 
route by which they came out." 

It is somewhat singular that this note a short time after fell into the hands 
of a Captain Hill, while on the coast near the mouth of the Columbia river. 
It was delivered to him by some Indians, and taken to Canton, China, from 
whence it was brought to the United States in January, 1807. On the 23d 
of September, 1800, the party reached the mouth of the Missouri, and 
decended the Mississippi to St. Louis, arriving at 12 o'clock. Having fired 
a salute, they went on shore, where they " received a most hearty and hos- 
pital)]e welcome from the whole village." 

This is but a very partial and hasty review of that romantic and extraor- 
dinary expedition^the first exploration by authority of the government of 
the Lfnited States, of that wonderful region which of late j-ears has attracted 
so much attention. It gave to the world the fii'st authentic account of the 
upper Missouri and its tributaries, and of the rivers that flow Irom the west- 
ern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and seek the Pacific Ocean through the 
great Columbia. It imparted to civilized man some definite knowledge of 
tlie strange tribes whose homes were on the borders of those rivers; of their 
habits, traditions and modes of life; of the fauna and flora of a region hith- 
erto unkno^\^l, and of natural scenery not sur2)assed in grandeur and sub- 
limity by that of any other part of the woi-ld. Other ex])lorers have since 
revealed a portion of the hidden treasures of that part of oT.r national do- 
main, but the pioneer expedition of Lewis and Clarke, so successfully accom- 
plished, will alwaj's possess a peculiar and thrilling interest. 

SKETCH OF CmCAGO. 

First White Visitors — The Name — Jean Baptiste — John Kinzie — Ft. Dearborn — Evacuation — 
The Massacre — Heroic Women — Capt. Heald — Capt. Wells — Scalping' the Wounded — Ft. 
Dearborn Re-buUt — Illinois and Michig-an Canal — Chicago Laiil Out— Removal of In- 
dians — City Orgranization — Pioneer Rehgious Societies — Public lnn)rovenicnts — Location 
of City— Growth — The Great Fire — Rise of the New Chicago. 

TuE history of so great a cit}' as Chicago, like that of London, or Paris, 
or New York, by reason of its commerciixl, financial and other relations to 
the world at large, is a history of world-wide interest. Not that Chicago 
may yet be compared in size, population or wealth with the groat cities 
named, would we mention it in connection with them, and yet, considering 
its age, it is greater than cither of them. In its ratio of increase in popu- 
lation, commerce, and general progress, it is to-day outstripj)ing them. In 
what civilized part of the globe is Chicago not heard of, read of, and known? 



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yO THE NOETHWEST TEEEITORT. 

If, SO many centuries after the founding of Rome, mankind still feel inter- 
ested in the mythical story of Ilomulus and Eemus, may not the present 
and future generations read with equal interest the more authentic story of 
the founding of a great modem city? 

The Jesuit missionary and explorer, Marquette, first visited the place 
where Chicago is located, in 1673. Again, in the winter of 1674-5, he 
camped near the site of the present city, from December until near tlie close 
of March. Upon his arrival, in December, the Chicago river Avas frozen 
over, and the ground covered with snow. The name is of Indian origin, and 
was applied to the river. By the French voyageurs it is variously spelled, 
the majority rendering it Chicagou. The place is mentioned by Berrot in 
1770. 

In 1796, Jean Baptiste, a trader from the "West Indies, found liis way to 
the mouth of the little stream known as Chicago river, and engaged in trad- 
ing with the Indians. Here for eight years, almost alone, he maintained 
trade and intercourse with the savages, until, in 1804, Fort Dearborn M-as 
erected, and a trading post was established by John Kinzie, M'ho became 
the successor of Jean Baptiste. Port Dearborn, as first constructed, was a 
very rude and primitive stockade, which cost the government only about 
fifty dollars. It stood on the south bank of Chicago river, hali' a mile from 
the lake. Tlie few soldiers sent to erect and garrison it wei-e in charge of 
Major Wliistler. For a time, being unable to procure grain for bread, tlie 
soldiers were obliged to subsist in part upon acorns. Tlie original settler, 
Jean Baptiste, or as his full name was MTitten. Jean Baptiste Point an Sable, 
sold his cabin to Mr. Kinzie, and the latter erected on the site the building 
known to the early settlers as the " Kinzie House." This became a resort 
for the officers and others connected with the garrison. In 1812 tlie garrison 
had a force of 54 men, under the command of Caj^t. Natlian lleald, with 
Lieutenant Lenai L. Helm and Ensign Ronan. Dr. Voorhees was surgeon. 
The only white residents, except the oflicers and soldiers, at that time, were 
Mr. Kinzie and his famih', the wives of Capt. Ileald and Lieut. Ilchn, and 
a few Canadians, with their families. Nearly up to this time the most 
friendly relations had been maintained with the Indians — the principal tribes 
by whom they were surrounded being the Pottawattamies and AVinnebagoes. 
The battle of Tippecanoe liad been fought the year before, and the influence 
of Tecumseh began to be observable in the conduct of the Indians. They 
were also aware of the difficulties between the United States and Great 
Britian, and had yielded to the influences brought to bear by the latter. In 
April of this year, suspicious parties of Winnebagoes began to hover about 
the fort, remaining in the vicinity for several days. The inhabitants became 
alarmed, and the families took refuge in the fort. On the 7tli of August 
a Pottawattamie chief appeared at the fort with an order or dispatcli from 
Gen. Hull, at Detroit, directing Capt. Ileald to evacuate P'ort Dearborn, and 
distribute all the government property to the neighboring Indians. The 
chief who brought the dispatfh advised Capt. Ileald to make no distribution 
to the Indians. He told him it would be better to leave the fort and stores 
as they were, and that while the Indians were distributing the stores among 
themselves, the whites might escape to Fort Wa3'ne. On the ll'th of August 
Capt. Heald held a council with the Indians, but the other oflicers refused to 
join him. They feared treachery on the part of the Indians, and indeed liad 
been informed that their intention was to murder the white people. In tlie 
council Capt. Ileald liad taken the precaution to open a port-liole displaying 



THE NOETHWEST TEKRITORT. 



a cannon directed upon the council, and probably by that means kept the 
Indians from molesting him at that time. Acting under the adyice of Mr. 
Kin^ie, he withheld the ammunition and arms from the Indians, throwing 
them, together with the liquors, into the Chicago river. On that day Black 
Partridge, a friendly chief, said to Capt. Heald: "Linden birds have been 
singing in my ears to-day; be careful on the march you are going to take." 
On the 13th the Indians discovered the powder floating on the surface of the 
water, a discovery which had the effect to exasperate them the more, and 
they began to indulge in threats. Meantime preparations were made to 
leave the fort. 

Capt. Wells, an uncle of Mrs. Heald, had been adopted by the famous 
Miami warrior. Little Turtle, and had become chief of a band of Miarais. 
On the 14:th he was seen approaching with a band of his Miami warriors, 
coming to assist Capt. Heald in defending the fort, having at Fort Wayne 
heard of the danger which threatened the garrison and the settlers. But all 
means for defending the fort had been destroj'ed the night before. All, 
therefore, took up their line of march, with Capt, Wells and his Miamis in 
the lead, followed by Capt. Heald, with his wife riding by his side. Mr, 
Kinzie had always been on the most friendly terms with the Indians, and 
still hoped that his personal efforts might influence them to allow the whites to 
leave unmolested. He determined to accompany the expedition, leaving 
his family in a boat in the care of a friendly Indian. In case any misfor- 
tune should happen to him, his family was to be sent to the place where 
Niles, Michigan, is now located, where he had another trading post. Along 
the shore of Lake Michigan slowly marched the little band ot whites, with a 
friendly escort of Pottawattamies, and Capt. Wells and his Miamis, the lat- 
ter in advance. When they had reached what were known as the " Sand 
Hills," the Miami advance guard came rushing back, Capt. Wells exclaim- 
ing, " They are about to attack ; form instantly." At that moment a shower 
of bullets came whistling over the sand hills, behind which the Indians 
had concealed themselves for the murderous attack. The cowardly Miamis 
were panic-stricken, and took to flight, leaving their heroic leader to his fate. 
He was at the side of his niece, Mrs. Heald, when the attack was made, and, 
after expressing to her the utter hopelessness of their situation, dashed into 
the fight. There were 54 soldiers, 12 civilians and three women, all poorly 
armecl, against 500 Indian warriorp. The little band had no alternative but 
to sell their lives as dearly as possible. They charged upon their murder- 
ous assailants, and drove them from their position back to the prairie. 
There the conflict continued until two-thirds of the whites were killed and 
wounded. Mrs. Heald, Mrs Helm and Mrs. Holt, all took part in the combat. 
In a wagon were twelve children, and a painted demon tomahawked them 
all, seeing which, Capt. Wells exclaimed, " If butchering women and chil- 
dren is your game, I will kill too," and then spurred his horse toward the 
Indian camp, where they had left their squaws and papooses. He was pur- 
sued by several young warriors, who sent bullets whistling about him, killing 
his horse and wounding Capt Wells. They attempted to take him a prisoner, 
but he resolved not to be taken alive. Calling a young chief a squaw, an 
epithet which excites the fiercest resentment in an Indian warrior, the young 
chief instantly tomahawked him. 

The three women fought as bravely as the soldiers. Mrs. Heald was an 
expert in the use of the rifle, but received several severe wounds. During 
the conflict the hand of a savage was raised to tomahawk her, when she ex- 



100 THE NORTHWEST TEREITOKY. 

claimed in his own language, " Surely you will not kill a squaw." Her 
words bad the efl'ect to change his purpose, and her life was spared. Another 
warrior attempted to tonialiawk Mrs. Helm. He struck her a glancing 
blow on the shoulder, when she sized him and attempted to wrest from him 
his scalping knife, which was in the sheath attached to his belt. At tliat 
moment the friendly Black Partridge dragged her from her antagonist, and 
in spite of her struggles carried her to the lake and phvnged her in, at the 
same time holding ner so she would not drown. liy tliis means he saved 
her life, as he intended. The third woman, Mrs. Holt, the wife of Sergeant 
Holt, was a large woman, and as strong and brave as an amazon. She rode 
a fine, si)irited horse, which more than once the Indians tried to take from 
her. Her husband had been disabled in the fight, and with his sword, which 
she had taken, she kept the savages at bay for some time. She was finally, 
however, taken prisoner, and remained a long time a captive among the In- 
dians, but was subsequently ransomed. 

After two-thirds of the whites had been slain or disabled, twenty-eight 
men succeeded in gaining an eminence, on the prairie, and the Indians de- 
sisted from further pursuit. The chiefs held a consultation, and gave the 
sign that they were ready to parley. Capt. Heiild went forward and met 
the chief. Blackbird, on the prairie, when terms of surrender were agreed 
upon. The whites were to deliver up their arms and become prisoners, to 
be exchanged or ransomed in the future. All were taken to the Indian 
camp near the abandoned fort, where the wounded ilrs. Helm had previ- 
ously been taken by Black Partridge. By the terms of surrender no pro- 
vision had been made as to the disposition of the wounded. It was the 
understanding of the Indians that the British general, Proctor, had ofiered 
a bounty for American scalps delivered at Maiden. Here there was another 
scene ot horror. Most of the wounded men were killed and scalped. 

Such is a hasty glance at scenes tliat were witnessed on this then wild 
shore of Lake Michigan. Such were the experiences and the struggles of 
the heroic men and women wdio ventured forth into the wilderness to plant 
the germs of civilization, and to lay the foundations of future cities and 
States. Tlie site on which now stands a city which ranks among the great- 
est on the continent, is consecrated by the blood shed by heroes on that 
bright 15th day of August, 1812. 

tort Dearborn was rebuilt in 1816, under the direction of Capt. Bradley, 
and was occupied until 1837, when, the Indians haying removed from the 
country, it was abandoned. 

Congress, on the 2d of March, 1827, granted to the State of Illinois every 
alternate section of land for six miles on either side of the line of the then 
proposed Illinois and Michigan canal, to aid in its construction, from Clii- 
cago to the head of navigation of the Illinois river. The State accepted the 
grant, and on the 22d of January, 1829, organized a board of canal commis- 
sioners, with power to lay out towns along the line. Under this authority 
the commissioners employed Mr. James Thompson to survey the town of 
Chicago. His first map of the town bears date August 4, ljs30. In 1831 
the place contained about a dozen families, not including the officers and sol- 
diers in Fort Dearborn. On the 10th of August, 1833, it was organized by 
the election of five trustees — there being twenty-eight voters. On the 26th 
of September of the same year, a treaty was signed with the chiefs of the 
Pottawattamies, seven thousand of the tribe being present, and on the 1st 
of October they were removed west of the Mississippi. The first charter oi 



THE NORTHWEST TEERITOEY. 101 

the city was passed by the Legislature of Illinois, and approved March 4th, 
1837. Under this charter an election was lield Alay 1st, of the same year. 
A census was taken on the 1st of July, when the entire population was 
shown to be 4,170. The city then contained four warehouses, three hundred 
and twenty-eight dwellings, twenty-nine dry goods stores, five hardware 
stores, three drug stores, nineteen provision stores, ten taverns, twent^'-six 
groceries, seventeen lawyers' oifices, and five churches. It then embraced 
an area of 560 acres. At this date grain and flour had to be imported from 
the East to feed the peojile, for the iron arteries of trade did not then stretch 
out over the prairies of Illinois, Iowa, and other States. There were no ex- 
portations of produce until 1839, and not until 1843 did the exports exceed 
the imjDorts. Grain was sold in the streets by the wagon load, the trade 
being restricted to a few neighboring farmers of Illinois. 

Of religious organizations the Methodists were the pioneers, being repre- 
sented in 1S31, 1832 and 1833, by Rev. Jesse Walker. Their first quarterly 
meeting was held in the fall of 1833, and in the spring of the next year the 
first regular class was formed. The first Presbyterian church was organized 
June 2Gth, 1833, the first pastor .being Rev. James Porter. It consisted at 
the time of twenty-five members from the garrison and nine from the citi- 
zens of the town. The first Baptist church was organized October 19th, 
1833 ; and the first Episcopal church, St. James, in 1834. The first Cath- 
olic church was built by Rev. Schofler, in 1833-4. 

The first great public improvement projected was the Illinois and Mich- 
igan canal, one hundred miles in length, and connecting Chicago with La 
Salle, at the head of navigation on the Illinois river. It was completed in 
the spring of 1848. 

To the eye of an observer, Chicago seems to be situated upon a level plain, 
but in reality the height of the natural surface above the lake varies from 
three to twenty-four feet, and the grade of the principal streets has been 
raised from two to eight feet above the original surface. A complete sys- 
tem of sewerage has been established. The surrounding prairie for many 
miles is apparently without much variation of surface. Though it cannot 
be observed by the eye, yet the city really stands on the dividing ridge be- 
tween the two great rivers that drain half the continent, and is about six 
hundred feet above the ocean. Chicago river, before being widened, deep- 
ened, and improved, was a very small stream. It has but very little per- 
ceptible current, and for several miles is very nearly on a level with the 
lake. It is formed by two branches, one from the north and the other from 
south, which unite about a mile from the lake. From this junction the 
stream flows due east to the lake. These streams divide the city into three 
parts, fixmiliarly known as North Side, South Side, and "West Side. Bridges 
constructed upon turn-tables, or pivots, are thrown across the streams at 
many places. By swinging the Ijridges round, vessels are allowed to be 
towed up and down the river by steam tugs, so that tliere is very little diffi- 
culty in the way of passing from one division of the city to another. The 
stream has been made navigable for several miles for sail vessels and pro- 
pellers, and immense warehouses and elevators have been constructed along 
its banks, where vessels are loaded and unloaded with great rapidity. 

"We have seen that when the first census was taken in 1837, the city had 
a population of 4,170. By 1840 it had increased to only 4,470 ; in 1845 it 
was 12,088 ; in 1850 it wals 28,269 ; in 1855 it was 83,509. The census of 
1870 showed a population 298,977. 



102 TUE NOEXnWEST TEEKITOET. 

One of the gigantic public improvements of Chicago is that for supplying 
the city with water. Owing to the fact that the water in the lake, near tlie 
shore, was polluted by filth from the river, in 18G5 a tunnel was cut under 
the lake, extending a distance of two miles from the shore. This tunnel is 
thirty -live feet below the bed of the lake. This work is regarded as an ex- 
ample of great engineering skill, and has proved to be successful. The con- 
tract price for this work was 8315,139. Another great work is the tunnel 
under the Chicago river at Washington street, cut for the purpose of dis- 
pensing with the bridge over the river, and to obviate the necessity of tlie 
public' waiting for vessels to pass. The contract price for this great work 
was 8200,000. 

Tliere are other great public improrements of the city, which with her rail- 
roads leading out in all directions, her immense lake shipping trade, and her 
population of nearly half a million people, show tlie greatness that Chicago 
has attained, all within so short a time. As she has been great in her prosper- 
ity, so also lias she been great in her calamities. On the Sth and Pth of Oc- 
tober, 1871, this city was the scene of one of the greatest conflagrations 
known in the annals of the world — greater than that of London in 1GG6, 
when thirteen thousand buildings were burned. In Chicago twenty thou- 
sand buildings were swept away by the devouring element, with miles of 
magnificent business blocks, palatial residences, and costly ornamentations 
— all covering an area of over Jive thousand acres! In all that part of the 
city between Harrison street and the Chicago river, and on the Korth Side 
for nearly four miles to Lincoln Park, there was nothing to be seen but the 
ruins of a city that had suddenly gone down at the merciless bidding of the 
fire-fiend. It was a scene of desolation and ruin, and its announcement at 
the time thrilled a sympathetic chord which vibrated throughout the whole 
civilized world. Like the fabled Phoenix, Chicago rose again from her own 
ashes, but grander and more magnificent than she was before. Chicago is 
now, and has for some years been, the greatest pork packing and grain shipping 
market of the world. Her commerce is of immense proportions and reaches 
to all lands where American trade is known. She is the commercial metrop- 
olis of the great Northwest, and the States of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wis- 
consin and Minnesota, pour their tributes of wealth over thousands of miles 
of railroads into her lap. 



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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 



FORMER OCCUPANTS. 



MOCND-BUILDERS. 

The numerous and well-authenticated accounts of antiquities 
found in various parts of our country, clearly demonstrate that a 
people civilized, and even highly cultivated, occupied the broad 
surface of our continent before its possession by the present In- 
dians; but the date of their rule of the Western World is so re- 
mote that all traces of their history, their progress and decay, lie 
buried in deepest obscurity. Nature, at the time the first Euro- 
peans came, had asserted her original dominion over the earth; the 
forests were all in their full luxuriance, the growth of many cen- 
turies; and naught existed to point out who and what they were 
who formerly lived, and loved, and labored, and died, on the conti- 
nent of America. This pre-historic race is known as the Mound- 
Builders, from the numerous large mounds of earth-works left by 
them. The remains of the works of this people form the most in- 
teresting class of antiquities discovered in the United States. Their 
character can be but partially gleaned from the internal evidences 
and the peculiarities of the only remains left, — the mounds. They 
consist of remains of what were apparently villages, altar.s, temples, 
idols, cemeteries, monuments, camps, fortifications, pleasure 
grounds, etc., etc. Their habitations must have been tents, struc- 
tures of wood, or other perishable material; otherwise their remains 
would be numerous. If the Mound-Builders were not the ancestors 
of the Indians, who were they'^ The oblivion wliidi has closed over 
them is so complete that only conjecture can be given in answer to 
the question. Those who do not believe in the common parentage 
of mankind contend that they were an indigenous race of the West- 
ern hemisphere; others, with more plausibility, think they came 
from the East, and imagine they can see coincidences in the I'eligion 
of the Hindoos and Southern Tartar.'* and the supposed theology' of 



18 HISTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 

the Moiind-Bailders. Tliey were, no doubt, idolators, and it has 
been conjectured that the sun was the object of their adoration. The 
mounds were generally built in a situation affording a view of the 
rising sun: when enclosed in walls their gateways were toward the 
east; the caves in which their dead were occasionally buried always 
opened in the same direction; whenever a mound was partially en- 
closed by a semi-circular pavement, it was on the east side; when 
bodies were buried in graves, as was frequently the case, they were 
laid in a direction east and west; and, linally, medals have been 
found representing the sun and his rays of light. 

At what period they came to this couutry, is likewise a matter of 
speculation. From the comparatively rude state of the arts among 
them, it has been inferred that the time was very remote. Their 
axes were of stone. Their raiment, judging from fragments which 
(have been discovered, consisted of the bark of trees, interwoven 
»vith feathers; and their military works were such as a people 
would erect who had just passed to the pastoral state of society 
from that dependent alone upon hunting and fishing. 

The mounds and other ancient earth-works constructed by this 
people are far more abundant thAn generally supposed, from the fact 
that while some are quite large, the greater part of them are small 
and inconspicuous. Along nearly all our water courses that are 
large enough to be navigated with a canoe, the mounds are almost 
invariably found, covering the base points and headlands of the 
bluffs which border the narrower valleys ; so that when one finds him- 
self in such positions as to command the grandest views for river 
scenery, he may almost always discover that he is standing upon, 
or in close jiro.ximity to, some one or more of these traces of the 
labors of an ancient people. 

GALENA HOCNOS. 

On the top of the high bluffs that skirt the west bank of the Mis- 
eiesippi, about two and a half miles from Galena, are a number of 
these silent monuments of a pre-historic age. The spot is one of 
surpassing beauty. From that point may be obtained a view of a 
portion of three States, — Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. A hundred 
feet below, at the foot of the perpendicular clifis, the trains of the 
Illinois Central Railroad thunder around the curve, the portage is 
in full view, and the " Father of "Waters," with its numerous bayous 



HISTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 19 

and islands, sketches a grand pamorama for miles above and below. 
Here, probably thousands of years ago, a race of men now extinct, 
and unknown even in the traditions of the Indians who inhabited 
that section tor centuries before the discovery of America by Colum- 
bus, built these strangely wonderful and enigmatical mounds. At 
this point these mounds are circular and conical in form. The larg- 
est one is at least forty feet in diameter at the base, and not less 
than fifteen feet high, even j^et, after it has been beaten by the 
storms of many centuries. Oa its top stands the large stump of an 
oak tree that was cut down about fifty years ago, and its annual 
rings indicate a growth of at least 200 years. 

One of the most singular earth-works in the State was found on 
the top of a ridge near the east bank of the Sinsinawa creek in the 
lead region. It resembled some huge animal, the head, ears, nose, 
legs and tail, and general outline of which being as perfect as 
if made by men versed in modern art. The ridge on which it was 
situated stands on the prairie, 300 yards wide, 100 feet in height, 
and rounded on the top by a deep deposit of clay. Centrally, 
along the line of its summit, and thrown up in the form of an 
embankment three feet high, extended the outline of a quadruped 
measuring 250 feet from the tip of the nose to the end of the 
tail, and having a width of IS feet at the center of the body. The 
head was 35 feet in length, the ears 10 feet, legs 60 and tail 75. The 
curvature in both the fore and hind legs was natural to an animal 
lying on its side. The general outline of the figure most nearly 
resembled the extinct animal known to geologists as the Megathe- 
rium. The question naturally arises, By whom and for what pur- 
pose was this earth figure raised? Some have conjectured that 
numbers of this now extinct animal lived and roamed over the prai- 
ries of Illinois when the Mound-Builders first made tlieir appearance 
on the upper part of the Mississippi Valley, and that their wonder 
and admiration, excited by the colossal dimensions of these huge 
creatures, found some expression in the erection of this figure. 
The bones of some similar gigantic animals were exhumed on this 
stream about three miles from the same place. 

LARGE CITIES. 

Mr. Breckenridge, who examined the antiquities of the Western 
country in 1S17, speaking of the mounds in the American Bottom, 
says: "The great number and extremely large size of some of 



20 IIISrOKr OF ILLINOIS. 

them may be regarded as furnishing, with otlier circumstances, 
evidences of tlieir antiquity. I have sometimes been induced to 
think that at the period when they were constructed there was a 
population here as numerous as that which once animated the 
borders of tlie Nile or Euphrates, or of Mexico. The most num- 
erous, as well as considerable, of these remains are fjund in pre- 
cisely those parts of the country where the traces of a numerous 
population might be looked for, namely, from the mouth of the 
Ohio on the east side of the Mississippi, to the Illinois river, and 
on the west from the St. Francis to the Missouri. I am perfectly 
Batisfied that cities similar to those of ancient Mexico, of several 
hundred thousand souls, have existed in this country." 

It must be admitted that whatever the uses of these mounds — 
whether as dwellings or burial places — these silent monuments 
were built, and the race who built them vanished from the face 
of the earth, ages beibre the Indians occupied the land, but their 
date must probably forever baffle human skill and ingenuity. 

It is sometimes difficult to distinguish the places of sepulture 
raised by the Mound-Builders from the more modern graves of the 
Indians. The tombs of the former were in general larger than 
those of the latter, and were used as receptacles for a greater number 
of bodies, and contained relics of art, evincing a higher degree of civ- 
ilization than that attained by the Indians. The ancient earth- 
works of the Mound-Builders have occasionally been appropriated 
as burial places by the Indians, but the skeletons of the latter may 
be distinguished from the osteological remains of the former liy 
tlieir greater stature. 

What finally became of the Mound-Builders is another query 
which has been extensively discussed. The fact that their works 
extend into Mexico and Peru has induced the belief that it was 
their posterity that dwelt in these countries when they were first 
visited by the Spaniards. The Mexican and Peruvum works, with 
the exception of their greater magnitude, are similar. Relics com- 
mon to all of them have been occasionally found, and it is believed 
that the religious uses which they subserved were the same. If, 
indeed, the Mexicans and Peruvians were the progeny of the 
more ancient Mound-Builders, Spanish rapacity for gold was the 
cause of their overthrow and final extermination. 

A thousand other queries naturally arise respecting these nations 



HISTOUV OF ILLINOIS. 21 

which now repose under the ground, but the most searching investi- 
catiou can give us only vague speculations for answers. JS"o histo- 
rian has preserved the names of their iniglity chieftains, or given an 
account of their exploits, and even tradition is silent respecting 
them. 

INDIANS. 

Following the Mound-Builders as inhabitants of North America, 
were, as it is supposed, the people who reared the magnificent 
cities the ruins of which are found in Central America. This peo- 
ple was far more civilized and advanced in the arts than were the 
Mound-Builders. The cities built by them, judging from the ruins 
■of broken columns, fallen arches and crumbling walls of temples, 
palaces and pyramids, which in some places for miles bestrew the 
ground, must have been of great extent, magnificent and very pop- 
ulous. When we consider the vast period of time necessary to erect 
Buch colossal structures, and, again, the time required to reduce 
them to their present ruined state, we can conceive something of 
their antiquity. These cities must have been old when many of 
the ancient cities of the Orient were being built. 

The third race inhabiting North America, distinct from the 
former two in every particular, is the present Indians. They 
were, when visited by the early discoverers, without cultivation, 
refinement or literature, and far behind the Mound-Builders in 
the knowledge of the arts. The question of their origin has long 
interested archaeologists, and is the most difficult they have been 
called upon to answer. Of their predecessors the Indian tribes 
knew nothing; they even had no traditions respecting them. It is 
quite certain that they were the successors of a race which had 
entirely passed away ages before the discovery of the New "World. 
One hypothesis is that the American Indians are an original race 
indigenous to the Western hemisphere. Those who entertain tliis 
view think their peculiarities of physical structure preclude the 
possibility of a common parentage witli the rest of mankind. 
Prominent among those distinctive traits is the hair, which in the 
red man is round, in the white man oval, and in the black man flat. 
A more common supposition, however, is that they are a derivative 
race, and sprang from one or more of the ancient peoples of Asia. 
In the absence of all authentic historv, and when even tradition is 



23 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

wanting, any attempt to point out the particular location of their 
origin must prove unsatisfactor}-. Thougii the exact place of origin 
may never be known, yet the striking coincidence of physical 
organization between the Oriental type of mankind and the Indians 
point unmistakably to some part of Asia as the place whence they 
emigrated, which was originally peojdcd to a great extent by the 
children of Shem. In this connection it has been claimed that the 
meeting of the Europeans, Indisftis and Africans on the continent 
of America, is the fulfillment of a prophecy as recorded in Gen- 
esis ix. 27: "God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the 
tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant." Assuming the 
theory to be true that the Indian tribes are of Shemitic origin, 
they were met on this continent in the fifteenth century by the 
Japhetic race, after the two stocks had passed around the globe by 
directly ditfercnt routes. A few years afterward the Ilamitic 
branch of the human family were brought from the coast of Africa. 
During the occupancy of the continent by the three distinct races, 
the children of Japheth have grown and prospered, while the called 
and not voluntary sons of Ham have endured a servitude in the 
wider stretching valleys of the tents of Shem. 

When Christopher Columbus had fiiuvlly succeeded in demon- 
strating the truth of his theory that by sailing westward from Eu- 
rope land would be discovered, landing on the Island of Bermuda 
he su]iposed he had reached the East Indies. This was an error, 
but it led to the adoption of the name of " Indians " for the inliab- 
itants of the Island and the main land of Auierica, by which name 
the red men of America have ever since been known. 

Of the several great branches of North American Indians the 
only ones entitled to consideration in Illinois history are the Algon- 
quius and Iroquois. At the time of the discovery of America the 
former occupied the Atlantic seaboard, while the home of the 
Iroquois was as an island in this vast area of Algonquin popula- 
tion. The latter great nation spread over a vast territory, and various 
ti'ibes of Algonquin lineage sprung up over the country, adopting, 
in time, distinct tribal customs and laws. An almost continuous 
warfare was carried on between tribes; but later, on the entrance of 
the white man into their beloved homes, every foot of territory 
was fiercely disputed by the confederacy of many neighboring tribes. 
The Algonquins formed the most extensive alliance to resist the 
encroachment of the whites, especially the English. Such was the 



UISTOEY OF ILLIXIOS. 23 

nature of Kin^ Philip's war. This King, with his Algonquin 
braves, spread terror and desolation throughout New England-With 
the Algonquins as the controlling spirit, a confederacy of conti- 
nental proportions was the result, embracing in its alliance the tribes 
of every name and lineage from the Northern lakes to the gulf. 
Pontiac, having breathed into them his implacable hate of the 
English intruders, ordered the conflict to commence, and all the 
British colonies trembled before the desolating fui-y of Indian 
vengeance. 

ILLINOIS CONFEUEEACY. 

The Illinois confederacy, the various tribes of which comprised 
most of the Indians of Illinois at one time, was composed of five 
tribes: the Tamaroas, Michigans, Kaskaskias, Cahokas, and Peorias. 
The Illinois, Miamis and Delawares were of the same stock. As 
early as lOTO tiie priest Father Marquette mentions frequent visits 
made Vjy individuals of this c<jnfederacy to the missionary station at 
St. Esprit, near the western extremity of Lake Superior. At that 
time they lived west of the Mississippi, in eight villages, whither 
they had been driven from the shores of .Lake Michigan by the 
Iro(juois. Shortly afterward they began to return to their old 
hunting ground, and most of them finally settled in Illinois. 
Joliet and Marquette, in 1673, met with a band of them on their 
famous voyage of discovery down the Mississippi. They were 
treated with the greatest hospitality by the principal chief. On their 
return voyage up the Illinois river they stopped at the principal 
town of the confederacy, situated on the banks of the river seven 
miles below the present town of Ottawa. It was then called Kas- 
kaskia. Marquette returned to tlie village in 1G75 and established 
the mission of the Immaculate Conception, the oldest in Illinois. 
When, in 1079, LaSalie visited the town, it had greatly increased, 
numbering 460 lodges, and at the annual assembly of the different 
tribes, from 6,000 to 8,000 souls. In common with other western 
tribes, they became involved in the conspiracy of Pontiac, although 
displaying no very great warlike spirit. Pontiac lost his life by 
the hands of one of the braves of the Illinois tribe, which so enraged 
the nations that had followed him as their leader that they fell upon 
the Illinuis to avenge his death, and almost annihilated them. 

STAUVKD ROCK. 

Tradition states that a band of this tribe, in order to escape the 
general slaughter, took refuge upon the high rock on the Illinois 



24 HISTOKY Ol'- ILLINOIS. 

river since known as Starved Rock. Nature has made this one of 
tlie most formidable military fortresses in the world. From the 
waters which wash its base it rises to an altitude of 125 feet. Three 
of its sides it is impossible to scale, while the one ne.\t to the laud 
may be climbed with ditficulty. From its suminit, almost as inac- 
cessible as an eagle's nest, the valley of the Illinois is seen as 
a landscape of e.\i]uisite beauty. The river near by struggles 
between a number of wooded ishtnds, while further below it (juietly 
meanders through vast meadows till it disappears like a thread of 
light in the dim distance. On the summit of this rock the Illinois 
were besieged b3' a superior force of the Pottawatomies whom the 
great strength of their natural fortress enabled them to keep at bay. 
Hunger and thirst, however, soon accomplished what the enemy 
was unable to eliect. Surrounded by a relentless foe, without food 
or water, they took a last look at their beautiful hunting grounds, 
and with true Indian fortitude lay down and died from starvation. 
Years afterward their bones were seen whitening in that place. 

At the beginning of the present century the remnants of this 
once powerful confederacy were forced into a small comi)ass around 
Kaskaskia. A few j-ears later they emigrated to the Southwest, 
and in 1850 they were in Indian Territory, and numbered but 84 
persons. 

SACS .\ND FOXES. 

The Sacs and Foxes, who ligured most conspicuously in the later 
history of Illinois, inhabited the northwestern portion of the State. 
By long residence together and intermarriage they had substan- 
tially become one people. Drake, in his "Life of Black Hawk," 
speaks of these tribes as follows: " The Sacs and Foxes fought their 
way from the waters of the St. Lawrence to Green Bay, and after 
reaching that place, not only sustained themselves against hostile 
tribes, but were the most active and courageous in the subjugation, 
or rather the extermination, of the numerous and powerful Illinois 
confederacy. They had many wars, offensive and defensive, with 
the Sioux, the Pawnees, the Osages, and other tribes, some of which 
are ranked among the most fierce and ferocious warriors of the 
whole continent; and it does not appear that in these conflicts, run- 
ning throush a long period of years, they were found wanting in 
this, the greatest of all savage virtues. In the late war with Great 
Britain, a party of the Sacs and Foxes fought under the British 



HISTORY OF ILLIX0I8. 27 

standard as a matter of choice; and in the recent contest between a 
fragment of these tribes and the United States, although defeated 
and literally cut to pieces by an overwhelming force, it is very 
questionable whether their reputation as braves would suffer by a 
comparison with that of their victors. It is believed that a careful 
review of their history, from the period when they tirst established 
themselves on the waters of the Mississippi down to the present 
time, will lead the inquirer to the conclusion that the Sacs and 
Foxes were truly a courageous people, shrewd, politic, and enter- 
prising, with no more ferocity and treachery of character than is 
common among the tribes by whom they were surrounded." These 
tribes at the time of the Black Hawk "War were divided into twenty 
families, twelve of which were Sacs and eight Foxes. The follow- 
ing were other prominent tribes occupying Illinois: the Kickapoos, 
Shawnees, Mascoulins, Piaukishaws, Pottawatomies, Chippewas, 
and Ottawas. 

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 

The art of hunting not only supplied the Indian with food, but, 
like that of war, was a means of gratifying his love of distinction. 
The male children, as soon as they acquired sufficient age and 
strength, were furnished with a bow and arrow and taught to shoot 
birds and other small game. Success in killing large quadrupeds 
required yeava of careful study and practice, and the art was as 
sedulously inculcated iti the minds of the rising generation as are 
the elements of reading, writing and arithmetic in the common 
schools of civilized communities. The mazes of the forest and the 
dense, tall grass of the prairies were the best fields for the exercise 
of the hunter's skill. N"o feet could be impressed in the yielding 
soil but that the tracks were the objects of the most searching 
scrutiny, and revealed at a glance the animal that made them, the 
direction it was pursuing, and the time that had elapsed since it 
had passed. In a forest country he selected the valleys, because 
they were most frequently the resort of game. The most easily 
taken, perhaps, of all the animals of the chase was the deer. It is 
endowed with a curiosity which prompts it to stop in its flight and 
look back at the approaching hunter, who always avails himself of 
this opportunity to let fly the fatal arrow. 

Their general councils were com]50.sed of the chiefs and old men. 
When in council, they usually sat in concentric circles around the 



28 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

speaker, and each individual, notwitlistandino; the fiery passions 
that rankled within, preserved an exterior as immovable as if cast 
in bronze. Before commencing business a person ajipeared witli 
the sacred pipe, and another with tire to kindle it. After being 
lighted, it was first presented to heaven, secondl}' to the earth, 
thirdly to the presiding spirit, and lastly the several councilors, 
each of whom took a whift". These formalities were observed with 
as close exactness as state etiquefte in civilized courts. 

The dwellings of the Indians were of the simplest and rudest 
character. On some pleasant spot by the bank of a river, or near 
an ever-running spring, they raised tiieir groups of wigwams, con- 
structed of the bark of trees, and easily taken down and removed 
to another spot. The dwelling-places of the chiefs were sometimes 
more spacions, and constructed with greater care, but of the same 
materials. Skins taken in the chase served them for repose. 
Though principally dependent upon hunting and fishing, the 
uncertain supply from those sources led them to cultivate small 
patches of corn. Every family did everything necessary within 
itself, commerce, or an interchange of articles, being almost unknown 
to them. In cases of dispute and dissension, each Indian relied 
upon himself f jr retaliation. Blood for blood was the rule, and 
the relatives of the slain man were bound to obtain bloody revenge 
for his death. This principle gave rise, as a matter of course, to 
innumerable and bitter feuds, and wars of extermination where such 
were possible. "War, indeed, rather than peace, was the InJian's 
glory and delight, — war, not conducted as civilization, but war 
where individual skill, endurance, gallantry and cruelty were prime 
requisites. For such a purpose as revenge the Indian would make 
great sacrifices, and display a patience and perseverance truly heroic; 
but when the excitement was over, he sank back into a listless, un- 
occupied, well-nigh useless savage. During the intervals of his 
more exciting pursuits, the Indian employed his time in decorating 
his person with all the refinement of paint and feathers, and in the 
manufacture of his arms and of canoes. These were constructed of 
bark, and so light that they could easily be carried on the shoulder 
from stream to stream. His amusements were the war-dance, ath- 
letic games, the narration of his exploits, and listening to the ora- 
tory of the chiefs; but during long jieriods of such existence 'he 
remained in a state of torpor, gaziag listlessly upon the trees of 
the forests and the clouds that sailed above them; and this vacancy 



HISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 29 

imprinted an habitual gravity, and even melancholy, upon bis gen- 
eral deportment. 

The main labor and drudgery of Indian communities fell upon 
the women. Tlie planting, tending and gathering of the crops, 
making mats and baskets, carrying burdens, — in fact, all things of 
the kind were performed by them, thus making their condition but 
little better than that of slaves. Marriage was merely' a matter of 
bargain and sale, the husband giving presents to the father of the 
bride. In general they had but few children. They were sub- 
jected to many and severe attacks of sickness, and at times famine 
and pestilence swept away whole tribes. 

SINGLE-HANDED COMBAT WITH INDIANS. 

The most desperate single-handed combat with Indians ever 
fought on the soil of Illinois was that of Tom Higgius, August 21, 
1814:. Higgins was 25 years old, of a muscular and compact 
build, not tall, but strong and active. In danger he possessed a 
quick and discerning judgment, and was without fear. He was a 
member of Journey's rangers, consisting of eleven men, stationed 
at Hill's Fort, eight miles southwest of the present Greenville, Put- 
nam county. Discovering Indian signs near the fort, the company, 
early the following morning, started on the trail. They had not 
gone far before they were in an ambuscade of a larger party. At 
the first fire their commander. Journey, and three men fell, and 
six reti-eated to the fort; but Higgins stopped to "have another 
pull at tlie red-skins," and, taking deliberate aim at a straggling 
savage, shot him down. Higgins' horse had been wounded at the 
first fire, as he supposed, mortally. Coming to, he was about to 
eflfect his escape, when the familiar voice of Burgess hailed him 
from the long grass, "Tom, don't leave me." Higgins told him to 
come along, but Burgess replied that his leg was smashed. Hig- 
gins attempted to raise him on his horse, but the animal took fright 
and ran away. Higgins then directed Burgess to limp ofi" as well 
as he could; and by crawling through the grass he reached the fort 
while the former loaded his gun and remained behind to j^rotect 
him against the pursuing enemy. "When Burgess was well out of 
tlie way, Higgins took another route, which led by a small thicket, 
to throw any wandering enemy oft' tlie trail. Here he was con- 
fronted by three savages approaching. He ran to a little ravine 
near for shelter, but in the etfort discovered for the first time that 



30 IIISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

he was badly woniided in tlie leg. lie was closely pressed by the 
largest, a powerful Indian, who lodged a ball in his thigh, lie fell, 
but instantly rose again, only, however, to draw the fire of the other 
two, and again fell wounded. The Indians now advanced upon him 
with their tomahawks and sciilping knives; but as he presented his 
gun iirst at one, then at another, from his place in the ravine, each 
wavered in his purpose. Neither party had time to load, and the 
large Indian, supposingfinally that Iliggins' gun was empt}', rushed 
forward with uplifted tomahawk and a yell; but as he came near 
enough, was shot down. At this the others raised the war-whoop, 
and rushed upon the wounded iliggins, and now a hand-to-hand 
conflict ensued. They darted at him with their knives time and 
again, inflicting many ghastly flesh-wounds, which bled profusely. 
One of the assailants threw his tomahawk at him with such pre- 
cision as to sever his ear and lay bare his skull, knocking him down. 
They now rushed in on him, but he kicked them oft", and grasping 
one of their spears thrust at him, was raised up by it. He quickly 
seized his gun, and by a powerful blow crushed in the skull of one, 
but broke his rifle. Jlis remaining antagonist still kej)t np the con- 
test, making thrusts with his knife at the bleeding and exhausted 
Higgins, which he parried with his broken gun as well as he could. 
Most of this desperate engagement was in jilain view of the fort; 
but the rangers, having been in one ambuscade, saw in this fight 
only a ruse to draw out the balance of the garrison. But a Mrs. 
Pursely, residing at the fort, no longer able to see so brave a man 
contend for his life unaided, seized a gun, mounted a horse, and 
started to his rescue. At this the men took courage and hastened 
along. The Indian, seeing aid coming, fled. Iliggins. being near- 
ly hacked to pieces, fainted from loss of blood, lie was carried to 
the fort. There being no surgeon, his comrades cut two balls from 
his flesh; others remained in. For days his life was despaired of; 
but by tender nursing he ultimately regained his health, although 
badly crippled. He resided in Fayette county for many years after, 
and died in 1S29. 



UISTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 31 



EARLY DISCOVERIES 

NICHOLAS PEEROT. 

The first white man who ever set foot on the soil embraced within 
the boundary of the present populous State of Illinois was Nich- 
olas Perrot, a Frenchman. He was sent to Chicago in the year 1671 
by M. Talon, Intendant of Canada, for the purpose of inviting the 
Western Indians to a great peace convention to be held at Green 
Bay. This convention had for its chief object the promulgation of 
a plan for the discovery of the Alississippi river. This great river 
had been discovered by De Soto, the Spanish explorer, nearly one 
hundred and fifty years previously, but his nation left the country 
a wilderness, without further exploration or settlement within its 
borders, in which condition it remained until the river was dis- 
covered by Joliet and Marquette in 1673. It was deemed a wise 
policy to secure, as far as possible, the friendship and co-operation 
of the Indians, far and near, before venturing upon an enterprise 
which their hostility might render disastrous. Thus the great con- 
vention was called. 

JOLIET AND MARQUETTE. 

Although Perrot was the first European to visit Illinois, he was 
not the first to make any important discoveries. This was left for 
Joliet and Marquette, which they accomplished two years thereafter. 
The former, Louis Joliet, was born at Quebec in 1645. He was 
educated for the clerical profession, but he abandoned it to 
engage in the fur trade. His companion. Father Jacques Mai-- 
quette, was a native of France, born in 1637. He was a Jesuit 
priest by education, and a man of simple faith and great zeal and 
devotion in extending the Roman Catholic religion among the In- 
dians. He was sent 'to America in 1666 as a missionary. To con- 
vert the Indians he penetrated the wilderness a thousand miles 
in advance of civilization, and by his kind attention in their afflic- 
tions he won their affections and made them his lasting friends. 
There were others, however, who visited Illinois even prior to the 
famous exploration of Joliet and Marquette. In 1672 the Jesuit 



82 inSTOKT OF ILLINOIS. 

missionaries, Fathers Claude Allouez and Claude Dablon, bore the 
standard of the Cross from their mission at Green Bay through 
■western Wisconsin and northern Illinois. 

According to the pre-arranged plan referred to above, at the Jes- 
uit mission on the Strait of Mackinaw, Joliet joined Marquette, 
and with five other Frenchmen and a simple outfit the daring ex- 
plorers on the 17th of May, 1673, set out on their perilous voyage 
to discover the Mississippi. Coasting along the northern shore of 
Lake Michigan, they entered Green Bay, and passed thence up Fox 
river and Lake Winnebago to a village of the Muscatines and 
Miamis, where great interest was taken in the expedition by the 
natives. With guides tliey proceeded down the river. Arriving 
at the portage, the}- soon carried their light canoes and scanty bag- 
gage to the Wisconsin, about three miles distant. Their guides 
now refused to accompany them further, and endeavored, by re- 
citing the dangers incident to the voy.age, to induce them to return. 
They stated tiiat huge demons dwelt in the great river, whose voices 
could be heard a long distance, and who engulfed in the raging 
waters all who came within their reach. They also represented that 
if any of them should escape the dangers of the river, fierce tribes of 
Indians dwelt upon its banks ready to complete the work of de- 
struction. Tliey proceeded on their journey, however, and on the 
17th of June pushed their frail barks on the bosom of the stately 
Mississippi, down wliicii they smoothly glided for nearly a hundred 
miles. Here Joliet and Marquette, leaving their canoes in charge 
of their men, went on the western shore, where they discovered an 
Indian village, and were kindly treated. They journeyed on down 
the unknown river, passing the mouth of the Illinois, then run- 
ning into the current of the muddy Missouri, and afterwaid the 
waters of the Ohio joined with them on their journey southward. 
Near the mouth of the Arkansas they discovered Indians who 
showed signs of hostility; but when 'Marquette's mission of peace 
was made known to them, they were kindly received. After pro- 
ceeding up the Arkansas a short distance, at the advice of the 
natives they turned their faces northward to retrace their steps. Af- 
ter several weeks of hard toil they reached the Illinois, up which 
stream they ]iroceeded to Lake ^lichigan. Following the western 
shore of the lake, they entered Green Bay the latter part of Sep- 
tember, having traveled a distance of 2,500 miles. 



IIISTOKV OF ILLINOIS. 33 

On his way up the Illinois, Marquette visited the Kaskaskias, 
near what is now Utica, in LaSalle county. The following year 
he returned and established among them the mission of the Im- 
maculate Vii-gin Mary. This was the last act of his life. He died 
in Michigan, May IS, 1675. 

lasalle's explorations. 
The first French occupation of Illinois was effectetl by LaSalle, 
in 16^.0. Having constructed a vessel, the "Griffin," above the 
falls of Niagara, he sailed to Green Bay, and passed thence in 
canoe to the mouth of the St. Joseph river, by which and the Kan- 
kakee he reached the Illinois in January, 1680; and on the 3d he 
entered the expansion of the river now called Peoria lake. Here, 
at the lower end of the lake, on its eastern bank, now in Tazewell 
county, he erected Fort Crevecceur. The place where this ancient 
fort stood may still be seen just below the outlet of Peoria lake. It 
had, however, but a temporary existence. From this point LaSalle 
determined, at that time, to descend the Mississippi to its moutii. 
This he did not do, however, until two years later. Keturning to 
Fort Frontenac for the purpose of getting material with which to 
rig his vessel, he left the fort at Peoria in charge of his lieutenant, 
Henri Tonti, an Italian, who had lost one of his hands by the 
explosion of a grenade in the Sicilian wars. Tonti had with him 
fifteen men, most of whom disliked LaSalle, and were ripe for a 
revolt the first opportunity. Two men who had, previous to LaSalle's 
departure, been sent to look for the " Griffin " now returned and 
reported that the vessel was lost and that Fort Frontenac was in 
the hands of LaSalle's creditors. This disheartening intelligence 
had the effect to enkindle a spirit of mutiny among the garrison. 
Tonti had no sooner left the fort, with a few men, to fortify what 
was afterward known as Starved Hock, than the garrison at the 
fort refused longer to submit to authority. They destroyed the 
fort, seized the ammunition, provisions, and other portables of value, 
and fled. Only two of their number remained true. These hast- 
ened to apprise Tonti of what had occurred. He thereupon sent 
four of the men with him to inform LaSalle. Thus was Tonti in 
the midst of treacherous savages, with only five men, two of whom 
were the friars Ribourde and Membre. With these he immediately 
returned to the fort, collected what tools had not been destroyed, 
and conveved theui to the great town of the Illinois Indians. 



34 UISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

By this voluntary display of confidence he hoped to remove the 
jealousy created in the minds of the Illinois by the enemies of La- 
Salle. Here he awaited, unmolested, the return of LaSuUe. 

GREAT BATTLK OF THE ILLINOIS. 

Neither Tonti nor his wild associates suspected that hordes of Iro- 
quois were gathering prejiaratory to rushing down upon their 
country and reducing it to an ufiinhabited waste. Already these 
hell-hounds of the wilderness had destroyed the llurons, Eries, and 
other natives on the lakes, and wei'e now directing tlieir attention 
to the Illinois for new victims. Five hundred Iroquois warriors 
set out for the home of the Illinois. All was fancied security and 
idle repose in the great town of this tribe, as the enemy stealthily 
approached. Suddenly as a clap of thunder from a cloudless sk}- 
the listless inhabitants were awakened from their lethargy. A 
Shawnee Indian, on his return home after a visit to tlie Illinois, 
first discovered the invaders. To save his friends from the im- 
pending danger, he hurriedly returned and apprised them of the 
coming enemy. This intelligence spread with lightning rapidity 
over the town, and each wigwam disgorged its boisterous and as- 
tounded inmates. Women snatched their children, and in a delirium 
of flight wandered aimlessly about, rending the air with their 
screams. The men, more self-possessed, seized their arms ready 
for the coming fray. Tonti, long an object of suspicion, was soon 
surrounded by an angry crowd of warriors, who accused him of be- 
ing an emissary of the enem^'. His inability to defend himself 
properly, in consequence of not full}- understanding their language 
left them still inclined to believe him guilty, and they seized his 
etfects from the fort and threw them into the river. The women 
and children were sent down the river for safety, and the warriors, 
not exceeding four hundred, as most of their young men were off 
hunting, returned to the village. Along the shores of the river 
they kindled huge bonfires, and spent the entire night in greasing 
their bodies, painting their faces, and performing the war-dance, 
to prepare for the approaching enemy. At early dawn the scouts 
who iiad been sent out returned, closely followed by the Iroquois. 
The scouts had seen a chief arrayed in French costume, and re- 
ported their siisj)icions that LaSalle was in the camp of the enemy, 
and Tonti again became an object of jealousy. A concourse of 
wildly gesticulating savages immediately gathered about him, de- 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 35 

raanding his life, and nothing saved him from their uplifted weap- 
ons but a promise tliat he and his men would go with them to meet 
the enemy. With their suspicions partly lulled, they hurriedly 
crossed the river and met the foe, when both commenced firing. 
Tonti, seeing that the Illinois were outnumbered and likely to 
be defeated, determined, at the imminent risk of liis life, to stay 
tlie liglit by an attempt at mediation. Presuming on the treaty of 
])eaeo then existing Ijetween the Frencli and Iroquois, he exchanged 
his gun for a belt of wampum and advanced to meet the savage 
multitude, attended by three companions, who, being unnecessarily 
exposed to danger, were dismissed, and he proceeded alone. A 
siiort walk I)rouglit him in tlie midst of a pack of yelping devils, 
writliing and distorted with fiendish rage, and impatient to shed 
his blood. As the result of his swarthy Italian comf>lexion and 
half-savage costume, he was at first taken for an Indian, and before 
the mistake was discovered a young warrior approached and stabbed 
at Ills heart. Fortunately the blade was turned aside by coming 
in contact with a rib, yet a large flesh wound was inflicted, which 
bled profusely. At this juncture a chief discovered his true char- 
acter, and he was led to the rear and efforts were made to staunch 
his wound. When sufficiently recovered, he declared the Illinois 
were under the protection of the French, and demanded, in consid- 
eration of the treaty between the latter and the Iroquois, that they 
should be suffered to remain without further molestation. During 
this conference a young warrior snatched Tonti's hat, and, fleeino- 
with it to tlie front, held it aloft on the end of his gun in view of 
the Illinois. The latter, judging that Tonti had been killed, 
renewed the fight with great vigor. Simultaneously, intelligence 
was brought to the Iroquois that Frenchmen were assisting their 
enemies in the fight, when the contest over Tonti was renewed 
with redoubled fury. Some declared that he should be immediately 
put to death, while others, friendly to LaSalle, with equal earnest- 
ness demanded that he should be set at liberty. Duriniy their 
clamorous deliatc, his hair was several times lifted by a liuge sav- 
age who stood at his back with a scalping knife ready for execution. 
Tonti at length turned the current of theangry controversy in his 
favor, by stating that the Illinois were 1,200 strong, and that there 
were 60 Frenchmen at the village ready to assist them. This state- 
ment obtained at least a partial credence, and his tormentors now 



36 HISTORY OF ILLIXOIS. 

determined to use liiin as an instrument to delude the Illinois with a 
pretended truce. The old warriors, therefore, advanced to the front 
and ordered the firing to cease, while Tonti, dizzy from the loss oJ 
blood, was furnished with an emblem of peace and sent staggering 
across the plain to rejoin the Illinois. The two friars who had just 
returned from a distant hut, whither they had repaired for prayer 
and meditation, were the first to ;neet him and bless God for what 
they regarded as a miraculous deliverance. With the assurance 
brought by Tonti, the Illinois re-crossed the river to their lodges, 
followed by the enemy as far as the opposite bank. Not long after, 
large numbers of the latter, under the pretext of hunting, also crossed 
the river and hung in threatening groups about the town. These 
liostile indications, and the well-known disregard which the Iroquois 
had always evinced for their pledges, soon convinced the Illinois 
that their only safety was in flight. With this conviction thej' set 
fire to their village, and while the vast volume of flames and smoke 
diverted the attention of the enemy, they quietly dropped down the 
river to join their women and children. As soon as the flames would 
permit, the Iroquois entrenched themselves on the site of the vil- 
lage. Tonti and his men were ordered bj* the suspicious savages 
to leave their hut and take up their abode in the fort. 

At first the Iroquois were much elated at the discomfiture of the 
Illinois, but when two days afterward they discovered them recon- 
noitering their intrenchments, their courage greatly subsided. 
With fear they recalled the exaggerations of Tonti respecting their 
niimbers, and concluded to send him with a hostage to make over- 
tures of peace. He and his hostage were received with delight by 
the Illinois, who readily assented to the proposal which he brought, 
and in turn sent back with him a hostage to the Iroquois. On his 
return to the fort his life was again placed in jeopardy, and the 
treaty was with great difficulty ratified. The young and inexpe- 
rienced Illinois hostage betrayed to his crafty interviewers the nu- 
merical weakness of his tribe, and the savages immediately rushed 
upon Tonti, and charged him with having deprived them of the spoils 
and honors of victory. It now required all the tact of which he was 
master to escape. After much difficulty however, the treaty was con- 
cluded, but the savages, to show their contempt for it, immediately 
commenced constructing canoes in which to descend the river and 
attack the Illinois. 




,.s.fflv^^ 



AN IBOqUOIS CHIBF. 



HISTOKV OF ILLINOIS. 39 

FKEXCHMEN DRIVEX AWAY. 

Tonti managed to apprise the latter of their designs, and he and 
Membre were soon after summoned to attend a council of the Iro- 
quois, who still labored under a wholesome fear of Count Frontenac, 
and disliking to attack the Illinois in the presence of the French, 
they thought to try to induce them to leave the country. At the 
assembling of the council, six packages of beaver skins were intro- 
duced, and the savage orator, presenting them separately to Tonti, 
explained the nature of each. "The first two," said he, " were to de- 
clare that the children of Count Frontenac, that is, the Illinois, 
should not be eaten; the next was a plaster to heal the wounds of 
Tonti; the next was oil wherewith to anoint him and Membre, 
that they might not be fatigued in traveling; the next proclaimed 
that the sun was bright; and the sixth and last required them to 
decamp and go home." 

At the mention of going home, Tonti demanded of them when 
they intended to set the example by leaving the Illinois in the 
peaceable possession of their country, which thej' had so unjustly in- 
vaded. The council grew boisterous and angry at the idea that 
they should be demanded to do what they required of the French, 
and some of its members, forgetting their previous pledge, declared 
that they would "eat Illinois flesh before they departed." Tonti, in 
imitation of the Indians' manner of expressing scorn, indignantly 
kicked away the presents of fur, saying, since they intended to de- 
vour the children of Frontenac with cannibal ferocity, he would not 
accept their gifts. This stern rebuke resulted in the expulsion of 
Tonti and his companion from the council, and the next day the 
chiefs ordered them to leave the country. 

Tonti had now, at the great peril of his life, tried every expedient 
to prevent the slaughter of the Illinois. There was little to be ac- 
complished by longer remaining in the^country, and as longer delay 
might imperil the lives of his own men, he determined to depart, not 
knowing where or when he would be able to rejoin LaSalle. "With 
this object in view, the party, consisting of six persons, embarked in 
canoes, which soon proved leaky, and they were compelled to land 
for the purpose of making repairs. While thus employed. Father Ri- 
bourde, attracted l)y the beauty of the surrounding landscape, wan- 
dered forth among the groves for meditation and prayer. Not return- 
ing in due time, Tonti became alarmed, and started with a compan- 



40 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

ion to ascertain the cause of the long delay. They soon discovered 
tracks of Indians, by whom it was supposed he had been seized, and 
guns were tired to direct his return, in case he was alive. Seeing 
nothing of iiim during the day, at night they built tires along the 
bank of the river and retired to the opposite side, to see who might 
approach them. Near midniffht a number of Indians were seen 
flitting about the light, by whom, no doubt, had been made the tracks 
Been the previous day. It was afterward learned that they were a 
band of Kickapoos, who had for several days been hovering about 
the camp of the Iroquois in quest of scalps. They had fell in 
with the inoffensive old friar and scalped him. Thus, in the 65th 
year of his age, the only heir to a wealthy Burguiidian house per- 
ished under the war-club of the savages for whose salvation he had 
renounced ease and affluence. 

INHUMAN BUTCIIEKY. 

During this tragedy a far more revolting one was being enacted 
in the great town of Illinois. The Iroquois were tearing open the 
graves of the dead, and wreaking their vengeance upon the bodies 
made hideous by putrefiiction. At this desecration, it is said, they 
even ate portions of the dead bodies, wliilo subjecting them to every 
indignity that brutal hate could inflict. Still unsated by their hell- 
ish brutalities, and now unrestrained by the presence of the French, 
they started in pursuit of the retreating Illinois. Day after day 
they and the opposing forces moved in compact array down the 
river, neither being able to gain any advantage over the other. At 
length the Iroquois obtained by falsehood that whicli number and 
prowess denied them. They gave out that their object was to pos- 
sess the country, not by destroying, but by driving out its present 
inhabitants. Deceived by tliis false statement, the Illinois separa- 
ted, some descending the Mississippi and others crossing to the 
western shore. The Tamaroas, more credulous than the rest, re- 
mained near the inouth of the Illinois, and were suddenly attacked 
by an overwhelming force of the en^my. The men fled in dismay, 
and the women and children, to the number of 700, fell into the 
hands of the ferocious enemy. Then followed the tortures, butch- 
eries and burnings which only the infuriated and imbruted Iroquois 
could perpetrate. LaSallc onliis return discovered the half-charred 
bodies of women and children still bound to the stakes where they 
had suffered all the torments hellish hate could devise. In addition 



mSTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 4:1 

to those who had been burnt, the mangled bodies of women and 
children thickly covered the ground, many of which bore marks of 
brutality too horrid for record. 

After the ravenous horde had sufficiently glutted their greed for 
carnage, they retired from the country. The Illinois returned and 
rebuilt their town. 

TONTI SAFE AT GREEN BAT. 

After the death of Ribourde, Tonti and his men again resumed 
their journey. Soon again their craft became disabled, when they 
abandoned it and started on foot for Lake Michigan. Their 
supply of provisions soon became exhausted, and they were 
compelled to subsist in a great measure on roots and herbs. 
One of their companions wandered oflf in search of game, and lost 
his way, and several days elapsed before he rejoined them. In his 
absence he was without flints and bullets, yet contrived to shoot 
some turkeys by using slugs cut from a pewter porringer and afire- 
brand to discharge his gun. Tonti fell sick of a fever and greatly 
retarded the progress of the march. Nearing Green Bay, the cold 
increased and the means of subsistence decreased and the party would 
have perished had they not found a few ears of corn and some froz- 
en squashes in the fields of a deserted village. Near the close of 
[NTovember they had reached the Pottawatomies, who warmly greet- 
ed them. Their chief was an ardent admirer of the French, and 
was accustomed to say: " There were but three great captains in the 
world, — himself, Tonti and LaSalle." For the above account of 
Tonti's encounter with tlie Iroquois, we are indebted to Davidson 
and Stuve's History of Illinois. 

lasalle's i;etuen. 

LaSalle returned to Peoria only to meet the hideous picture of 
devastation. Tonti had escaped, but LaSalle knew not whither. Pass- 
ing down the lake in search of him and his men, LaSalle discov- 
ered that the fort had been destroyed; but the vessel which he had 
partly constructed was still on the stocks, and but slightly injured. 
After I'urther fruitless search he fastened to a tree a painting repre- 
senting himself and party sitting in a canoe and bearing a pipe of 
peace, and to the painting attached a letter addressed to Tonti. 

LaSalle was born in France in 1643, of wealthy parentage, and edu- 
cated in a college of the Jesuits, from which he separated and came 
to Canada, a poor man, in 1666. He was a man of daring genius. 



42 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

and outstripped all his competitors in exploits of travel and com- 
merce witli the Indians, lie was granted a large tract of land at 
LaChine, where he established himself in the fur trade. In 1669 
he visited the headquarters of the great Iroquois confederacy, at 
Onondaga, New York, and, obtaining guides, explored the Ohio 
river to the falls at Louisville. For many years ])revioiis, it must 
be remembered, missionaries and traders were obliged to make their 
way to the jSTorthwest through Canada on account of the fierce 
hostility of the Iroquois along the lower lakes and Xiagara river, 
which entirely closed this latter route to the upper lakes. They 
carried on their commerce chieHy by canoes, paddling them through 
Ottawa river to Lake Nipissing, carrying them across the portage 
to French riv-er, and descending that to Lake Huron. This being 
the route by which they reached the Northwest, we have an exjilaua- 
tion of the fact that all the earliest Jesuit missions were established 
in the neighborhood of the upper lakes. LaSalle conceived the 
grand idea of opening the route by Niagara river and the lower 
lakes to Canada commerce by sail vessels, connecting it with the 
navigation of the Mississippi, and thus opening a magnificent water 
commu!iication from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mex- 
ico. This truly grand and comprehensive purpose seems to have 
animated him in his wonderful achievements, and the matchless 
difliculties <Tnd hardships he surmounted. As the first step in the 
accomplishment of this object he established himself on Lake 
Ontario, and built and garrisoned Fort Frontenac, the site of the 
present city of Kingston, Canada. Here he obtained a grant of 
land from the French crown, and a body of troops, by which he 
repulsed the Iroquois and opened passage to Niagara Falls. Hav- 
ing by this masterly stroke made it safe to attempt a hitherto 
untried expedition, his next step, as we have seen, was to build a 
ship with which to sail the lakes. He was successful in tliis under- 
taking, though his ultimate purpose was defeated by a strange com- 
bination of untoward circumstances. The Jesuits evidently hated 
LaSalle and plotted against him, because he had abandoned them 
and united with a rival order. The fur traders were also jealous of 
his success in opening new channels of commerce. While they were 
plodding with their bark canoes through the Ottawa, he was con- 
structing sailing vessels to command the trade of the lakes and the 
Mississippi. These great plans excited the jealousy and envy of 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 43 

small traders, introduced treason and revolt into the ranks of his 
men, and finally led to the foul assassination by whicli his great 
achievements were permanently ended. 

lasalle's assassination. 
Again visiting the Illinois in the year 1(582, LaSalle de- 
scended the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. lie erected a 
standard upon which he inscribed the arms of France, and took 
formal possession of the whole valley of this mighty river in the 
name of Louis XIV., then reigning, and in honor of whom he named 
the country Louisiana. LaSalle then returned to France, was 
appointed Governor, and returned with a fleet of immigrants for the 
purpose of planting a colony in Illinois. They arrived in due time 
in the Gulf of Mexico, but failing to find the mouth of the Missis- 
sippi, up which they intended to sail, his supplj' ship, with the 
immigrants, was driven ashore and wrecked on Matagorda Bay. 
With the fragments of the vessel he constructed rude huts and 
stockades on the short for the protection of his followers, calling 
the post Fort St. Louis. He then made a trip into New Mexico 
in search of silver mines, but, meeting with disappointment, 
returned to find his colony reduced to forty souls. He then resolved 
to travel on foot to Illinois. With some twenty of his men they 
filed out of their fort on the 12th of January, 1687, and after the part- 
ing, — which was one of sighs, of tears, and of embraces, all seeming 
intuitively to know that they should see each other no more, — they 
started on their disastrous journey. Two of the party, Du Haut 
and Leotot, when on a hunting expedition in company with a 
nephew of LaSalle, assassinated him while asleep. The long 
absence of his nephew caused LaSalle to go in search of him. On 
approaching the murderers of his nephew, they fired upon him, kill- 
ing him instantly. They then despoiled the body of its clothing, 
aud left it to be devoured by the wild beasts of the forest. Thus, 
at the age of 43, perished one whose exploits have so greatly 
enriched the history of the New World To estimate aright the 
marvels of his patient fortitude, one thust follow on his track 
through the vast scene of his interminable journeyings, those thou- 
sands of weary miles of forest, marsh and river, where, again and 
again, in the bitterness of baffled striving, the untiring pilgrim 
pushed onward toward the goal he never was to attain. America 
owes him an enduring memory; for in this masculine figure, cast 



44 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

in iron, she sees the heroic pioneer who guided her to the possession 
of lier richest lierituge. 

Tonti, who had been stationed at the fort on the Illinois, learning 
of LaSalle's unsuccessful voyage, immediately started down the 
Mississippi to his relief. Reaching tlio Gulf, he found no traces of 
the colony. He then returned, leaving some of his men at the 
mouth of the Arkansas. These were discovered by the remnant of 
LaSalle's followers, who guided them to the fort on the Illinois, 
where they re]iortcd that LaSalle was in Mexico. The little band 
left at Fort St. Louis were finally destroyed by the Indians, and the 
murderers of LaSalle were shot. Thus ends the sad chapter of 
Robert Cavalier de LaSalle's exploration. 

FRENCH OCCUPATION. 

FIRST SETTLEMENTS. 

The first mission in Illinois, as we have already seen, was com- 
menced by Marquette in April, 1675. He called the religious 
society which he established the " Mission of the Immaculate Con- 
ce]>tion," and the town Kaskaskia. The first military occupation of 
the country was at Fort CrevecaMir, erected in IGSO; but there is no 
evidence that a settlement was commenced there, or at Peoria, on 
the lake above, at that early date. The first settlement of which there 
is any authentic account was commenced with the building of Fort 
St. Louis on the Illinois river in 16S2; but this was soon abandoned. 
The oldest permanent settlement, not only in Illinois, but in the val- 
ley of the ]\Iississippi, is at Kaskaskia, situated six miles above the 
mouth of the Kaskaskia river. This was settled in 1690 by the 
removal of the mission from old Kaskaskia, or Ft. St. Louis, on the 
Illinois river. Cahokia was settled about the same time. The 
reason for the removal of the old Kaskaskia settlement and mission, 
was probably because the dangerous and difficult route by Lake 
Michigan and the Chicago portage had been almost abandoned, and 
travelers and traders traveled down and up the Mississippi by the 
Fox and Wisconsin rivers. It was removed to the vicinity of the 
Mississippi in order to be in the line of travel from Canada to 
Louisiana, that is, the lower part of it, for it was all Louisiana then 
south of the lakes. Illinois came into possession of the French in 
168'2, and was a dependency of Canada and a part of Louisiana. 
Duriiig the period of French rule in Louisiana, the population 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 45 

probably never exceeded ten thousand. To tlie yCar 1730 the fol- 
lowing five distinct settlements were made in the territory of 
Illinois, numbering, in population, 140 French families, about 600 
'•converted " Indians, and many traders; Cahokia, near the mouth 
of Cahokia creek and about live miles below the present city of 
St. Louis; St. Philip, about forty-five miles Ijelow Cahokia; Fort 
Cbartres, twelve miles above Kaskaskia; Kaskaskia, situated on the 
Kaskaskia river six miles above its confluence with the Mississippi, 
and Prairie du liocher, near Fort Chartres. Fort Chartres was 
built under the direction of the Mississippi Company in 1718, and 
was for a time the headquarters of the military commandants of 
the district of Illinois, and the most impregnable fortress in JS'orth 
America. It was also the center of wealth and fashion in the West. 
For about eighty years the French retained peaceable possession 
of Illinois. Their amiable disposition and tact of ingratiating thena- 
selves with the Indians enabled them to escape almost entirely the 
broils which weakened and destroyed other colonies. Whether 
e.xploring remote rivers or traversing hunting grounds in pursuit 
of game, in the social circle or as ])articipants in the religious exer- 
cises of the church, the red men became their associates and were 
treated with the kindness and consideration of brothers. For more 
than a hundred years peace between the white man and the red was 
nnltroken, and when at last this reign of harmony terminated it 
was not caused by the conciliatory Frenchman, but by the blunt 
and sturdy Anglo-Saxon. During this century, or until the coun- 
try was occupied by the English, no regular court was ever held. 
When, in 1765, the country passed into the hands of the English, 
many of the French, rather than submit to a change in their insti- 
tutions, preferred to leave their homes and seek a new abode. 
There are, however, at the present time a few remnants of the old 
French stock in the State, who still retain to a great extent the 
ancient habits and customs of their fathers. 

THE MISSISSIPPI COMPANY. 

During the earliest period of French occupation of this country, 
M. Tonti, LaSalle's attendant, was commander-in-chief of all the 
territory embraced between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico, and 
extending east and west of the Mississip])! as far as his ambition or 
imagination ])leased to allow. He spent twentv-one years in estab- 
lishing f jrts and organizing the first settlements of Illinois. Sep- 



46 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

tember 14, 1712, the French government granted a monopoly of all 
the trade and commerce of the country to M. Crozat, a wealthy 
merchant of Paris, who established a trading company in Illinois, 
and it was by this means that the early settlements became perma- 
nent and others established. Crozat surrendered his charter in 
1717, and the Company of the West, better known as the Missis- 
sippi Company, was organized, t^ aid and assist the banking system 
of John Law, the most famous speculator of modern times, and 
perhaps at one time the wealthiest private individual the world 
has ever known; but his treasure was transitory. Under the 
Company of the West a branch was organized called the Company 
of St. Philip's, for the purpose of working the rich silver mines sup- 
posed to be in Illinois, and Philip lieuault was appointed as its 
agent. In 1719 he sailed from France with two hundred miners, 
laborers and mechanics. During 1719 the Company of the West 
was by royal order united with the Royal Company of the Indies, 
and had the influence and support of the crown, who was deluded 
by the belief that immense wealth would flow into the empty treas- 
ury of France. This gigantic scheme, one of the most extensive 
and wonderful bubbles ever blown up to astonish, deceive and ruin 
thousands of people, was set in operation by the fertile brain of 
John Law. Law was born in Scotland in 1671, and so rapid had 
been his career that at the age of twenty-three he was a " bankrupt, 
an adulterer, a murderer and an exiled outlaw." But he possessed 
great financial ability, and by his agreeable and attractive manners, 
and his enthusiastic advocacy of his schemes, he succeeded in 
inflaming the imagination of the mercurial Frenchmen, whose greed 
for gain led them to adopt any plans for obtaining wealth. 

Law arrived in Paris with two and a half millions of francs, 
which he had gained at the gambling tal)le, just at tiie right time. 
Louis XIV. had just died and left as a legacy empty cofters and an 
immense public debt. Every thing and everybody was taxed to 
tlie last penny to ])ay even the interest. All the sources of in- 
dustry were dried up; the very wind which wafted the barks of 
commerce seemed to have died away under the pressure of the 
time; trade stood still; the merchant, the trader, the artificer, once 
flourishing in aflluence, were transformed into clamorous beggars. 
The life-blood that animated the kingdom was stagnated in all 
its arteries, and tlie danger of an awful crisis became such that 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 47 

the nation was on the verge of bankruptcy. At this critical junc- 
ture John Law arrived and proposed liis grand scheme of the 
Mississippi Company; 200,000 shares of stock at 500 livres each were 
at first issued. This sold readily and great profits were realized. 
More stock was issued, speculation became rife, the fever seized 
everybody, and the wildest speculating frenzy pervaded the whole 
nation. Illinois was thought to contain vast and rich mines of 
minerals. Kaskaskia, then scarcely more than the settlement of a 
few savages, was spoken of as an emporium of the most extensive 
traffic, and as rivaling some of the cities of Europe in refinement, 
fashion and religious culture. Law was in the zenith of his glory, and 
the people in the zenith of their infatuation. The high and the low, 
the rich and the poor, were at once filled with visions of untold 
wealth, and every age, set, rank and condition were buying and selling 
stocks. Law issued stock again and again, and readily sold until 
2,235,000,000 livres werein circulation, equaling about $450,000,000. 
While confidence lasted an impetus was given to trade never before 
known. An illusory policy everywhere prevailed, and so dazzled 
the eye that none could see in the horizon the dark cloud announc- 
ing the approacliing storm. Law at the time was the most influ- 
ential man in Europe. His house was beset from morning till 
night with eager applicants for stock. Dukes, marquises and 
counts, with their wives and daughters, waited for hours in the 
street below his door. Finding his residence too small, he changed 
it for the Place Vendome, whither the crowd followed him, and the 
spacious square had the appearance of a public market. The boule- 
vards and public gardens were forsaken, and the Place Vendome 
became the most fashionable place in Paris; and he was unable to 
wait upon even one-tenth part of his applicants. The bublile burst 
after a few years, scattering ruin and distress in every direction. 
Law, a short time previous the most popular man in Europe, fled. 
to Brussels, and in 1729 died in Venice, in obscurity and poverty. 

ENGLISH RULE. 

As early as 1750 there could be perceived the first throes of the 
revolution, which gave a new master and new institutions to Illi- 
nois. France claimed the whole valley of the Mississippi, and Eng- 
land the right to extend her possessions westward as far as she 
might desire. Through colonial controversies the two mother 



48 HISTORV OF ILLINOIS. 

countries were precipitated into a bloody war witiiin tlie North- 
western Territory, George Wasiiingtou firing the lirst gun of the 
military struggle which resulted in the overthrow of the French 
not only in Illinois but in North America. The French evinced a 
determination to retain control of the territory bordering the Ohio 
and Mississippi from Canada to the Gulf, and so long as the En- 
glish colonies were confined to t^e sea-coast there was little reason 
for controversy. As the English, however, became acquainted 
with this beautiful and fertile portion of our country, they not only 
learned the value of the vast territory, but also resolved to set up a 
counter claim to the soil. The French establislied numerous mili- 
tary and trading posts from the frontiers of Canada to New Or- 
leans, and in order to establish also their claims to jurisdiction over 
the country they carved the lilies of France on the forest trees, or 
sunk plates of metal in the ground. These measures did not, 
however, deter the English from going on with their explorations; 
and though neither party resorted to arms, yet the conflict was 
gathering, and it was only a question of time when the storm 
should burst upon the frontier settlement. The French based 
their claims upon discoveries, the English on grants of territory 
extending from ocean to ocean, but neither party paid the least 
attention to the prior claims of the Indians. From this posi-. 
tion of affairs, it was evident that actual collision between the 
contending parties would not much longer be delerred. The En- 
glish Government, iu anticipation of a war, urged the Governor 
of Yirginia to lose no time in building two forts, which were 
equipped by arms from England. The French anticijiated the 
English and gathered a considerable force to defend their possessions. 
The Governor determined to send a messenger to the nearest 
French post and demand an explanation. This resolution of the 
Governor brought into the history of our country for the first time 
the man of all others wliom America most loves to honor, namely, 
George Washington. lie was chosen, although not yet twenty-one 
years of age, as the one to perform this delicate and difficult mission. 
With five companions he set out on Nov. 10, 1753, and after a per- 
ilous journey returned Jan. 6, 1754. Tiie struggle commenced and 
continued long, and was bloodj' and fierce; but on the 10th of Octo- 
ber, 1705, the ensign of France was replaced on the ramparts of 
Fort Chartres bv the flag of Great Britain. This fort was the 




GEN. GKORGE ROGERS CLARK. 



HISTOET OF ILLINOIS. 51 

depot of supplies and the place of rendezvous for the united forces 
of the French. At this time the colonies of the Atlantic seaboard 
were assembled in preliminary congress at New York, dreaming of 
liberty and independence for the continent; and Washington, who 
led the expedition against the French for the English king, in less 
than tea years was commanding the forces opposed to the English 
tyrant. Illinois, besides being constructively a part of Florida for 
over one hundred years, during which time no Spaniard set foot 
upon her soil or rested his eyes upon her beautiful plains, for nearly 
ninety years had been in the actual occupation of the French, their 
puny settlements slumbering quietly in colonial dependence on the 
distant waters of the Kaskaskia, Illinois and Wabash. 
GEN. Clark's exploits. 
The Northwest Territory was now entirely under English rule, 
and on the breaking out of the Revolutionary war the British held 
every post of importance in the West. While the colonists of the 
East were maintaining a fierce struggle with the armies of England, 
their western frontiers were ravaged by merciless butcheries of In- 
dian warfare. The jealousy of the savage was aroused to action by 
the rapid extension of American settlement westward and the im- 
proper influence exerted by a number of military posts gai'risoned by 
British troops. To prevent indiscriminate slaughters arising from 
these causes, Illinois became the theater of some of the most daring 
exploits connected with American histoiy. The hero of the achieve- 
ments by which this beautiful land was snatched as a gem from 
the British Crown, was George Rogers Clark, of Virginia. He had 
closely watched the movements of the British throughout the 
Northwest, and understood their vrhole plan; he also knew the 
Indians were not nnaniinonsly in accord with the English, and 
therefore was convinced that if the British could be defeated and 
expelled from the Northwest, the natives might be easily awed into 
neutrality. Having convinced himself that the enterprise against 
the Illinois settlement might easily succeed, he repaired to the cap- 
ital of Virginia, arriving Nov. 5, 1777. While he was on his way, 
fortunately, Burgoyne was defeated (Oct. 17), and the spirits of the 
colonists were thereby greatly encouraged. Patrick Henry was 
Governor of Virginia, and at once entered heartily into Clark's 
plans. After satisfying the Virginia leaders of the feasibility of 
his project, he received two sets of instructions, — one secret, the 



52 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

other open. The latter authorized him to enlist seven companies 
to go to Kentucky, and serve three months after their arrival in 
the West. The secret order authorized him to arm these troops, 
to procure his powder and lead of General Kaud at Pittsburg, aiyl 
to proceed at once to subjugate the country. 

HK TAKES KASKASKIA. 

With these instructions Col. Glark repaired to Pittsburg, choos- 
ing rather to raise his men west of the mountains, as he well knew 
all were needed in the colonies in the conflict there. He sent Col. 
W. B. Smith to Holstein and Captains Hehn and Bowman to 
other localities to enlist men; but none of them succeeded in rais- 
ing the required number. The settlers in these parts were afraid 
to leave their own firesides exposed to a vigilant foe, and but few 
could be induced to join the expedition. With these companies 
and several private volunteers Clark commenced his descent of the 
Ohio, which he navigated as far as the falls, where he took posses- 
sion of and fortified Corn Island, a small island between the present 
cities of Louisville, Ky., and New Albam-, Ind. Here, after having 
completed his arrangements and announced to the men their real 
destination, he left a small garrison; and on the 2ith of June, dur- 
ing a total eclipse of tlie sun, which to tliem augured no good, they 
floated down the river. His plan was to go by water as far as Fort 
Massac, and thence march direct to Kaskaskia. Here he intended to 
surprise the garrison, and after its capture go to Cahokia, then to 
Vincennes, and lastly to Detroit. Should he fail, he intended to 
march directly to the Mississippi river and cross it into the Spanish 
country. Before his start he received good items of information: 
one that an alliance had been formed between France and tlie United 
States, and the other that the Indians throughout the Illinois 
country and the inhabitants at the various frontier posts had been led 
by the British to believe that the " Long Knives," or Virginians, 
were the most fierce, bloodthirsty and cruel savages that ever scalped 
a foe. With this impression on tlieir minds, Clark saw that 
proper management would cause them to submit at once from fear, 
if surprised, and then from gratitude would become friendly, if 
treated with unexpected lenity. Tlie inarch to Kaskaskia was 
made through a hot July sun, they arri%-ing on the evening of the 
4th of July, 1778. Tiiey captured the fort near the village and 
soon after the village itself, by surprise, and without the loss of 



inSTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 53 

a single man and without killing any of the enem3^ After suffi- 
ciently working on the fears of the natives, Clark told them they 
were at perfect liberty to worship as they pleased, and to take 
whichever side of the great conflict they would; also lie would pro- 
tect them against any barbarity from British or Indian foe. This 
bad the desired efl'ect; and the inhabitants, so unexpectedly and so 
gratefully surprised by the unlooked-for turn of affairs, at once 
swore allegiance to the American arms; and when Glark desired 
to go to Cahokia on the 6th of July, they accompanied him, and 
through their influence the inhabitants of the place surrendered 
and gladly placed themselves under his protection. 

In the person of M. Gibault, priest of Kaskaskia, Clark found a 
powerful ally and generous friend. Clark saw that, to retain pos- 
eession of the Northwest and treat successfully with the Indians, he 
must establish a government for the colonies he had taken. St. Yin- 
cent, the post next in importance to Detroit, remained yet to be 
taken before the Mississippi valley was conquered. M. Gibault 
told him that he would alone, by persuasion, lead Vincennes to 
throw off its connection with England. Clark gladly accepted this 
ofler, and July llth, in company with a fellow-townsman, Gibault 
started on his mission of peace. On the 1st of August he returned 
with the cheerful intelligence that everything was peaceably ad- 
justed at Yincennes in favor of the Americans. During the inter- 
val, Col. Clark established his courts, placed garrisons at Kaskaskia 
and Cahokia, successfully re-enlisted his men, and sent word to 
have a fort (which proved the germ of Louisville) erected at the 
falls of the Ohio. 

"While the American commander was thus negotiating with the 
Indians, Hamilton, the British Governor of Detroit, heard of Clark's 
invasion, and was greatly incensed because the country which he 
had in charge should be wrested from him by a few ragged militia. 
He therefore hurriedly collected a force, marched by way of the 
Wabash, and appeared before the fort at Yincennes. The inhabi- 
tants made an effort to defend the town, and when Hamilton's 
forces arrived, Captain Helm and a man named Henry were the 
only Americans in the fort. These men had been sent by Clark. 
The latter charged a cannon and placed it in the open gateway, and 
the Captain stood by it with alighted match and cried out, as Ham- 
ilton came in hailing distance, "Halt!" The British officer, not 



54 IlISTOKV OK ILLINOIS. 

knowing the strength of tlie garrison, stopped, and demanded the 
surrender of tlie fort, llchn exclaimed, " No man shall enter here 
till I know the terms." Hamilton responded, " You shall liavethe 
honors of war." The entire irarrisoii consisted of one officer and one 
private. 

VINCENXICS CAI'TIUED. 

On taking Kaskaskia, Clark Miade a prisoner of Rochebiave. 
commander of the place, and got possession of all his written 
instructions for the conduct of the war. From these papers he 
received important information respecting the plaus of Col. Ham- 
ilton, Governor at Detroit, who was intending to make a vigorous 
and concerted attack upon the frontier. After arriving at Viu- 
cennes, however, he gave up his intended campaign for the winter, 
and trusting to his distance from danger and to the ditHculty of 
approaching him, sentott' his Indian warriors to prevent troops from 
coming down the Ohio, and to annoy the Americans in all ways. Thus 
hesat quietly down to pass the winter with only about eighty soldiers, 
but secure, as he thought, from molestation. But he evidently did 
not realize the character of the men with whom he was contending. 
Clark, although he could muster onl}- one hundred and thirt}- men, 
determined to take advantage of Hamilton's weakness and security, 
and attack him as the only means of saving himself; for unless he 
captured Hamilton, Hamilton would capture hiin. Accordingly, 
about the beginning of February, 1779, he dispatched a small galley 
which he had fitted out, mounted with two four-pounders and four 
swivels and manned with a company of soldiers, and carrying stores 
for his men, with orders to force her way up the Wabash, to take 
her station a few miles below Vincennes, and to allow no person to 
pass her. He himself marched with his little l)and, and spent six- 
teen days in traversing the country from Kaskaskia to Vinceunes, 
passing with incredible fatigue through woods and marshes. He 
was five days in crossing the bottom lands of the Wabash; and for 
five miles was frequently up to the breast in water. After over- 
coming difficulties M-hich had been thought insurmountable, he 
appeared before the ])lace and completely surprised it. The inliab- 
itants readily submitted, but Hamilton at first defended himself in 
the fort. Next day, however, he surrendered himself and his gar- 
rison prisoners-of-war. By his activity in encouraging the hostili- 
ties of the Indians and by the revolting enormities perpetrated by 



11I6T0KY OF ILLINOIS. 55 

those savages, Hamilton had rendered himself so obnoxious that he 
was thrown in prison and put in irons. During his command of 
the British frontier posts he offered prizes to the Indians fur all the 
scalps of the Americans they would bring him, and earned in con- 
sequence thereof the title, "Hair-Buyer General," by which he was 
ever afterward known. 

The services of Clark proved of essential advantage to his coun- 
trymen. Tiiey disconcerted the plans of Hamilton, and not only saved 
the western frontier from depredations by the savages, but also 
greatly cooled the ardor of the Indians for carrying on a contest in 
which they were not likely to be the gainers. Had it not been for 
this small army, a union of all tlie tribes from Maine to Georgia 
against the colonies might have been effected, and the whole current 
of our history changed. 

ILLINOIS. 

COUNTY OF ILLINOIS. 

In Octobez', 1778, after the successful campaign of Col. Clark, the 
assembly of Virginia erected the conquered country, embracing all 
the territory northwest of the Ohio river, into the County of Illi- 
nois, which was doubtless the largest county in the world, exceeding 
in its dimensions the whole of Great Britian and Ireland. To speak 
more definitely, it contained the territory now embraced in the great 
States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. On the 
12th of December, 1778, John Todd was appointed Lieutenant- 
Commandant of this county by Patrick Henry, then Governor of 
Virginia, and accordingly, also, the first of Illinois County. 

NORTHWESTERN" TERRITORY. 

Illinois continued to form a part of Virginia until March 1, 1784, 
when that State ceded all the territory north of the Ohio to the 
United States. Immediately the general Government proceeded to 
establish a form of government for the settlers in the territories 
thus ceded. This form continued until the passage of the ordi- 
nance of 1787, for the government of the Northwestern Terri- 
tory. No man can study the secret historj' of this ordinance and 
not feel that Providence was guiding with sleepless eye the des- 



56 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

tinies of these unborn States. American legislation has never 
achieved anything more aduiirable, as an internal government, 
than this comprehensive ordinance. Its provisions concerning the 
distribution of property, the principles of civil and religious liberty 
which it laid at the Ibuiidation of the communities since established, 
and the eilicient and simple organization by which it created the 
first machinery of civil society, are worthy of all the praise that has 
ever been given them. 

ORDINANCE OF 1787. 

This ordinance has a marvelous and interesting history. Con- 
siderable controversy has been indulged in as to who is entitled to 
the credit for framing it. This belongs, undoubtedly, to Nathan 
Dane; and to Rufus King and Timothy Pickering belong the 
credit for suggesting the proviso contained in it against slavery, 
and also for aids to religion and knowledge, and for assuring for- 
ever the common use, without charge, of the great national higli- 
ways of the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence and their tributaries to 
all the citizens of the United States. To Thomas Jefferson is also 
due irmch credit, as some features of this ordinance were embraced 
in his ordinance of 1784. But the part taken bj' each in the long, 
laborious and eventful struggle which had so glorious a consum- 
mation in the ordinance, consecrating forever, by one imprescript- 
ible and unchangeable moimment, the very heart of our country to 
Freedom, Knowledge, and Union, will forever lionor the names of 
those illustrious statesmen. 

Mr. Jefferson had vainly tried to secure a system of government 
for the Northwestern Territory. lie was an emancipationist and 
favored the exclusion of slavery from the territory, but the South 
voted him down ever}- time he proposed a measure of this nature. 
In 17S7, as late as July 10, an organizing act without the anti- 
elaverj' clause was pending. This concession to the South was 
expected to carry it. Congress was in session in New York. On 
July 5, Rev. Manasseh Cutler, of Massachusetts, came into New 
York to lobby on the Northwestern Territory. Everything 
seemed to fall into his hands. Events were ripe. Tlie state of the 
public credit, the growing of Southern ]>rejudice, the basis of his 
mission, his personal character, all combined to complete one of 
those sudden and marvelous revolutions of public sentiment that 



HISTOET OF ILLINOIS. 57 

once in five or ten centuries are seen to sweep o\er a country like 
the breath of the Ahnighty. 

Cutler was a graduate of Yale. He had studied and taken de- 
grees in the three learned professions, medicine, law, and divinity. 
He had published a scientific examination of the plants of New 
England. As a scientist in America his name stood second only to 
that of Franklin He was a courtly gentleman of the old style, 
a man of commanding presence and of inviting face. The Southern 
members said they had never seen such a gentleman in the North. 
He came representing a Massachusetts company that desired to 
purchase a tract of land, now included in Ohio, for the purpose of 
planting a colony. It was a speculation. Government money was 
worth eighteen cents on the dollar. This company had collected 
enough to purchase 1,500,000 acres of land. Other speculators in 
New York made Dr. Cutler their agent, which enabled him to 
represent a demand for 5,500,000 acres. As this would reduce the 
national debt, ai:d Jeflerson's policy was to provide for the public 
credit, it presented a good opportunity to do something. 

Massachusetts then owned the territory of Maine, which she was 
crowding on the market. She was opposed to opening the North- 
western region. This fired the zeal of Virginia. The South caught 
the inspiration, and all exalted Dr. Cutler. The entire South ral- 
lied around him. Massachusetts could not vote against him, be- 
cause many of the constituents of her members were interested 
personally in the Western speculation. Thus Cutler, making 
friends in the South, and doubtless using all the arts of the lobby, 
was enabled to command the situation. True to deeper convic- 
tions, he dictated one of the most compact and finished documents 
of wise statesmanship that has ever adorned any human law book. 
He borrowed from Jefl'erson the term "Articles of Compact," which, 
preceding the federal constitution, rose into the most sacred char- 
acter. He then followed very closely the constitution of Massa- 
chusetts, adopted three years before. Its most prominent points 
were: 

1. The exclusion of slavery from the territor}- forever. 

2. Provision for public schools, giving one township for a semi- 
nary and every section numbered 16 in each township; tliat is, one 
thirty -sixth of all the land for public schools. 

3. A provision prohibiting the adoption of any constitution or 



58 UISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

the enactment of any law that should nullii'y pre-existing contracts. 
Beit forever remembered that tliis compact declared that "re- 
ligion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good govern- 
ment and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of edu- 
cation shall always be encouraged." Dr. Cutler planted himself 
on this platform and would not yield. Giving Iiis unqualified dec- 
laration tliat it was that or nothing, — that unless they could make 
the laud desirable they did not want it, — he took his horse and buggy 
and started for the constitutional convention at Philadelphia. On 
July 13, 1787, the bill was put upon its passage, and was unani- 
mously adopted. Thus the great States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 
Michigan, and Wisconsin, a vast empire, were consecrated to free- 
dom, intelligence, and morality. Thus the great heart of the nation 
was prepared to save the union of States, for it was this act that was 
the salvation of the republic and the destruction of slavery. Soon 
the South saw their great blunder and tried to have the compact 
repealed. In 1S03 Congress referred it to a committee, of which 
John Randolph was chairman. He reported that this ordinance 
was a compact and opposed repeal. Thus it stood, a rock in the 
way of the on-rushing sea of slavery. 

SYMI'ATUT WITH SLAVERY. 

With all this timely aid it was, however, a most desperate and 
protracted struggle to keep the soil of Illinois sacred to freedom. 
It was the natural battle-field for the irrepressible conflict. In the 
southern end of the State slavery preceded the compact. It ex- 
isted among the old French settlers, and was hard to eradicate. 
That portion was also settled from the slave States, and this popu- 
lation brought their laws, customs, and institutions with them. A 
stream of population from the North poured into the northern part 
of the State. These sections misunderstood and hated each other 
perfectly. The Southerners regarded the Yankees as a skinning, 
tricky, penurious race of peddlers, filling the country with tinware, 
brass clocks, and wooden nutmegs. The Northerner thought of the 
Southerner as a lean, lank, lazy creature, burrowing in a hut, and 
rioting in wliisky, dirt, and ignorance. These causes aided in 
making the struggle long and bitter. So strong was the sympathy 
with slaver}' that, in spite of the ordinance of 1787, and in spite of 
the deed of cession, it was determined to allow the old French set- 
tlers to retain their slaves. Planters from the slave States might 




GEN. AKTHUK ST. CLAIR. 



IIISTOKV OF ILLINOIS. 59 

bring tlieir slaves if tliey would give them an opportunity to choose 
freedom or years of service and bondage for their children till they 
should become thirty years of age. If they chose freedom they 
must leave the State within sixty days, or be sold as fugitives. 
Servants were whipped for offenses for which white men were fined. 
Each lash paid forty cents of the fine. A negro ten miles from 
home without a pass was whipped. These famous laws were im- 
ported from the slave States, just as the laws for the inspection of 
flax and wool were imported when there was neither in the State. 

ST. CLAIR, GOVERNOR OF NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY. 

On October 5, 1787, Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair was, by Congress, 
elected Governor of this vast territory. St. Clair was born in Scot- 
land and emigrated to America in 1755. He served in the French 
and English war, and was major general in the Revolution. In 
1786 he was elected to Congress and chosen President of that body. 

ILLINOIS TERRITORY. 

After the division of the Northwestern Territory Illinois became 
one of the counties of the Territory of Indiana, from which it was 
separated by an act of Congress Feb. 3, 1809, forming the Territory 
of Illinois, with a population estimated at 9,000, and then included 
the present State of Wisconsin. It was divided, at the time, into 
two counties, — St. Clair and Randolph. John Boyle, of Ken- 
tucky, was appointed Governor, by the President, James Madison, 
but declining, Ninian Edwards, of the same State, was then 
appointed and served with distinction; and after the organization 
of Illinois as a State he served in the same capacity, being its third 
Governor. 

WAR OF 1812. THE OUTBREAK. 

* 
For some years ])revious to the war between the United States 

and England in 1812, considerable trouble was experienced with the 
Indians. Marauding bands of savages would attack small settle- 
ments and inhumanly butcher all the inhabitants, and mutilate 
their dead bodies. To protect themselves, the settlers organized 
companies of rangers, and erected block houses and stockades in 
every settlemeu't. The largest, strongest and best one of these was 
Fort Russell, near the present village of Edwardsville. This stockade 



60 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

was made tlie main rendezvous for troops and military stores, and 
Gov. Edwards, who during tlie perilous times of 1S12, when Indian 
hostilities threatened on every hand, assumed command of the Illi- 
nois forces, established his headquarters at this place. The Indians 
were incited to many of these depredations l)y English emissaries, 
who for years continued tlieir dastardly work of "setting the red 
men, like dogs, upon the whites." # 

In the summer of 1811 a peace convention was held with the 
Pottawatomies at Peoria, when they promised that peace should 
prevail; but their promises were soon broken. Tecumseh, tlie great 
warrior, and fit successor of Pontiac, started in the spring of ISll, 
to arouse the Southern Indians to war against the whites. The pur- 
pose of this chieftain was well known to Gov. Harrison, of Indiana 
Territory, who determined during Tecumseh's absence to strike and 
disperse the hostile forces collected at Tippecanoe. This he success- 
fully did on Nov. 7, winning the sobriquet of " Tippecanoe," by 
which he was afterwards commonly known. Several peace councils 
were held, at which the Indians promised good behavior, but only 
to deceive the whites. Almost all the savages of the Northwest 
were thoroughly stirred up and did not desire peace. The British 
agents at various points, in anticipation of a war with the United 
States, sought to enlist the tavor of the savages by distributing to 
them large supplies of arms, ammunition and other goods. 

The English continued their insults to our flag upon the high 
seas, and their government refnsing to reliivquish its otieusive course, 
all I'lopes of peace and safe commercial relations were abandoned, 
and Congress, on the 19tli of June, 1812, formally declared war 
against Great I'.ritain. In Illinois the threatened Indian troubles 
had already caused a more thorough organization of the militia and 
greater protection by the erection of forts. As intimated, the In- 
dians took the war-path long before tlie declaration of hostilities 
between the two civilized nations, committing great (ippredations, 
the most atrocious of which was the 

MASSACRE AT FOKT DEARBORN. 

During the war of 1812 between the United States and England, 
the greatest, as well as the most revolting, massacre of whites that 
ever occurred in Illinois, was perpetrated by the Pottawatomie In- 
dians, at Fort Dearborn. This fort was built by the Government 
in 180-t, on the south side of the Chicago river, and was garrisoned 



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61 



by 54 men under command of Capt. Nathan Heald, assisted by 
Lieutenant Helm and Ensign Konan; Dr. Voorhees, surgeon. The 
residents at the post at tliat time were the wives of ofScers Heald 
and Helm and a few of the soldiers, Mr. Kinzie and his family, and 
a few Canadians. The soldiers and Mr. Khizie were on the most 
friendly terms with the Pottawatomies and Winuebagoes, the prin- 
cipal tribes around them. 

On the 7th of August, 1812, arrived the order from Gen. Hull, at 
Detroit, to evacuate Fort Dearborn, and distribute all United States 
property to the Indians. Chicago was so deep in the wilderness 




OLD FORT DEARBORN. 

that this was the first intimation the garrison received of the dec- 
laration of war made on the 19th of June. The Indian chief who 
brought the dispatch advised Capt. Ileald not to evacuate, and 
that if lie slionld decide to do so, it be done immediately, and by 
forced marches elude the concentration of the savages before the 
news could be circulated among them. To this most excellent ad- 
vice the Captain gave no heed, but on tlie 12lli held a council with 



62 HISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

the Indians, apprising them of the orders received, and offering a 
liberal reward for au escort of Pottawatomies to Fort "Wayne. The 
Indians, with many professions of friendship, assented to all he 
proposed, and promised all he required. The remaining officers re- 
fused to join in the council, for they had been informed that treach- 
ery was designed, — that the Indians intended to murder those in 
the council, and then destroy thocein the fort. The port holes were 
open, displaying cannons pointing directly upon the council. This 
action, it is supposed, prevented a massacre at that time. 

Mr. Kinzie, who knew the Indians well, begged Capt. Ileald 
not to confide in their promises, or distribute the arms and ammu- 
nitions among them, for it would only put power in their hands to 
destroy the whites. This argument, true and excellent in itself, 
was now certainly inopportune, and would only incense the treach- 
erous foe. But the Captain resolved to follow it, and accordingly on 
the night of the 1.3tii, after the distribution of the other property, the 
arms were broken, and the barrels of whisky, of which there was a 
large quantity, were rolled quietly through the sally-port, their 
heads knocked in and their contents emptied into the river. On that 
night the lurking red-skins crept near the fort and discovered the 
destruction of the promised booty going on within. The next morn- 
ing the powder was seen floating on the surface of the river, and 
the Indians asserted that such an abundance of " fire-water" had 
been emptied into the river as to make it taste " groggy." Many 
of them drank of it freel}'. 

On the l-tth the desponding garrison was somewhat cheered by 
the arrival of Capt. Wells, with 15 friendly Miamis. Capt. Wells 
heard at Fort Wayne of the order to evacuate Fort Dearborn, and 
knowing the hostile intentions of the Indians, made a rapid march 
through the wilderness to protect, if possible, his niece, Mrs. Ileald, 
and the officers and the garrison from certain destruction. But 
he came too late. Every means for its defense had been destroyed 
the night before, and arrangements were made for leaving the fort 
on the ibllowing morning. 

The fatal morning of the 16th at length dawned brightly on the 
world. The sun shone in unclouded splendor upon the glassy waters 
of Lake Michigan. At 9 a. m., the party moved out of the south- 
ern gate of the fort, in military array. The band, feeling the solem- 
nity of the occasion, struck up the Dead March in Saul. Capt. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 63 

Wells, with his face blackened after the manner of the Indians, led 
the advance guard at the head of his friendly Miamis, the garrison 
with loaded arms, the baggage wagons with the sick, and the women 
and children following, while the Pottawatomie Indians, about 500 
in number, who had pledged their honor to escort the whites in 
safety to Fort Wayne, brought up the rear. The party took the 
road along the lake shore. On reaching the range of sand-hills 
separating the beach from the prairie, about one mile and a half- 
from the fort, the Indians defiled to the right into the prairie, bring 
ing the sand-hills between them and the whites. This divergence 
was scarcely effected when Capt. Wells, who had kept in advance 
with his Indians, rode furiously back and exclaimed, "They are 
about to attack us. Form instantly and charge upon them!" 
These words were scarcely uttered before a volley of balls from 
Indian muskets was poured in upon them. The troops were hastily 
formed into line, and charged up the bank. One veteran of 70 fell 
as they ascended. The Indians were driven back to the prairie, and 
then the battle was waged by 54 soldiers, 12 civilians, and three or 
four women — the cowardly Miamis having fled at the outset — 
against 500 Indian warriors. The whites behaved gallantly, and 
sold their lives dearly. They fought desperately until two-thirds 
of their number were slain; the remaining 27 surrendered. And 
now the most sickening and heart-rending butcheiy of this calam- 
itous day was committed by a young savage, who assailed one of 
the baggage wagons containing 12 children, every one of which fell 
beneath his murderous tomahawk. When Capt. Wells, who with 
the others had become prisoner, beheld this scene at a distance, he 
exclaimed in a tone loud enough to be heard by the savages, " If 
this be your game, I can kill too;" and turning his horse, started 
for the place where the Indians had left their squaws and children. 
The Indians hotly pursued, but he avoided their deadly bullets for 
a time. Soon his horse w^as killed and he severely wounded. With 
a yell the young braves rushed to make him their prisoner and re- 
serve him for torture. But an enraged warrior stabbed him in the 
back, and he fell dead. His heart was afterwards taken out, cut in 
pieces and distributed among the tribes. Billy Caldwell, a half- 
breed Wyandot, well-known in Chicago long afterward, buried his 
remains the next day. Wells street in Chicago, perpetuates his 
memoi'y. 



64 UISTOKV OF ILLINOIS. 

Ill tliis fearful combat women bore a conspicuous part. A wife 
of one of the soldiers, who had Irequently heard that the Indians 
subjected their prisoners to tortures worse than death, resolved not 
to bo taken alive, and continued fighting until she was literally cut 
to pieces. Mrs. Ileald was an excellent equestrian, and an expert 
in the use of the rifle. She fought bravely, receiving several wounds. 
Though faint from loss of bloody she managed to keep in her saddle. 
A savage raised his tomahawk to kill her, when she looked him full 
in the face, and with a sweet smile and gentle voice said, in his 
own language, " Surely you will not kill a squaw." The arm of 
of the savage fell, and the life of this heroic woman was saved. 
Mrs. Helm had an encounter with a stalwart Indian, who attempted 
to tomahawk her. Springing to one side, she received the glancing 
blow on her shoulder, and at the same time she seized the savage 
round the neck and endeavored to get his seal ping-knife which 
hung in a sheath at his breast. While she was thus struggling, she 
was dragged from his grasp by another and an older Indian. ■ Tlie 
latter bore her, struggling and resisting, to the lake and plunged 
her in. She soon perceived it was not his intention to drown her, 
because he held her in such a position as to keep her head out of 
the water. She recognized liim to be a celebrated chief called 
Black Partridge. When the tiring ceased she was conducted up 
the sand-bank. 

SLAUGUTER OF PRISONERS. 

The prisoners were taken back to the Indian camp, when a new 
scene of horror was enacted. The wounded not being included in 
the terms of the surrender, as it was interpreted by the Indians, 
and the British general, Proctor, having offered a liberal bounty for 
American scalps, nearly ail the wounded were killed and scalped, 
and the jjrice of the troijlues was afterwards paid by the British 
general. In the stipulation of surrender, Capt. Ileald had not 
particularly mentioned the wounded. These helpless sufferers, on 
reaching the Indian camp, were therefore regarded by the brutal 
savages as fit subjects upon which to display tlieir cruelty and satisfy 
their desire for blood. Referring to the terrible butchery of the 
prisoners, in an account given by Mrs. Helm, she says: "An old 
squaw, infuriated by the loss of friends or excited by the sanguin- 
ary scenes around lier, seemed possessed of demoniac fury. She 
seized a stable-fork and assaulted one miserable victim, who lay 



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65 



groaning and writhing in the agonies of his wounds, aggravated by 
the scorching beams of the sun. AVith a delicacy of feeling, scarcely 
to have been expected under such circumstances, Wan-bee-nee-wan 
stretched a mat across two poles, between me and this dreadful scene. 
I was thus spared, in some degree, a view of its horrors, although I 
could not entirely close my ears to the cries of the sufterer. The 
following night live more of the wounded prisoners were toma- 
hawked." 

KINZIE FAMILY SAVED. 

That evening, about sundown, a council of chiefs was held to 
decide the fate of the prisoners, and it was agreed to deliver them 




OLD KINZIE HOUSE. 



to the British commander at Detroit. After dark, many warriors 
from a distance came into camp, who were thirsting for blood, and 
were determined to murder the prisoners regardless of the terms of 
surrender. Black Partridge, with a few of his friends, surrounded 
Kinzie's house to protect the inmates from the tomahawks of the 
bloodthirsty savages. Soon a band of hostile warriors rushed by 
thera into the house, and stood with tomahawks and scalping-knives, 
awaiting the signal from their chief to commence the work of death. 



66 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

Black Partridge said to Mrs. Kiiizic: "We are doing everything 
in our power to save you, but ail is now lost; you and your friends, 
together with all the prisoners of the camp, will now be slain." At 
that moment a canoe was heard approaching the shore, when Black 
Partridge ran down to the river, trying in the darkness to make out 
the new comers, and at the same time shouted, "Who are you?" 
In the bow of the approaching canoe stood a tall, manly personage, 
with a rifle in his hand. He jumped ashore exclaiming, " I am 
Sau-ga-nash." "Then make all speed to the house; our friends are 
in danger, and you only can save them." It was Billy Caldwell, 
the half-breed Wyandot. lie hurried forward, entered the house 
with a resolute step, deliberately removed his accouterments, placed 
his rifle behind the door, and saluted the Indians: " How now, my 
friends! a good day to you. I was told there were enemies here, 
but am glad to find only friends." Diverted by the coolness of his 
manner, they were ashamed to avow their murderous purpose, and 
simply asked for some cotton goods to wrap their dead, for burial. 
And thus, by his presence of mind, Caldwell averted the murder of 
the Kinzie family and the prisoners. The latter, with their wives 
and children, were disjiersed among the Pottawatomie tribes along 
the Illinois, Kock and Wabash rivers, and some to Milwaukee. 
The most of them were ransomed at Detroit the following spring. 
A part of them, however, remained in captivity another year. 

EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDI.4.NS. 

By the middle of August, through the disgraceful surrender of 
Gen. Hull, at Detroit, and the evacuation of Fort Dearborn and 
massacre of its garrison, the British and Indians were in possession of 
the whole Northwest. The savages, emboldened by their successes, 
penetrated deeper into the settlements, committing great depre- 
dations. The activity and success of the enemy aroused the people 
to a realization of the great danger their homes and families were 
in. Gov. Edwards collected a force of 350 men at Camp Kussell, 
and Capt. Ilussell came from Vincennes with about 50 more. Being 
oflicered and equipped, they proceeded about the middle of October 
on horseback, currying with them 20 days' rations, to Peoria. Capt. 
Craig was sent with two boats up the Illinois, with jirovisions 
and tools to build a fort. The little army proceeded to Peoria 
Lake, whei'e was located a Pottawatomie village. They arrived late 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 67 

at night, within a few miles of the village, without their presence 
being known to the Indians. Four men were sent out that night 
to reconnoiter the position of the village. The four brave men who 
volunteered for this perilous service were Thomas Carlin (after- 
ward Governor), and Kobert, Stephen and Davis Whiteside. They 
proceeded to the village, and explored it and the approaches to it 
thoroughl}', without starting an Indian or provoking the bark of a 
dog. The low lands between the Indian village and the troops were 
covered with a rank growth of tall grass, so highland dense as to 
readily conceal an Indian on horseback, until within a few feet of 
him. The ground had become still more yielding by recent rains, 
rendering it almost impassable by mounted men. To prevent de- 
tection, the soldiers had camped without lighting the usual camp- 
fires. The men lay down in their cold and cheerless camp, with 
many misgivings. They well remembered how the skulking sav- 
ages fell upon Harrison's men at Tippecanoe during tlie night. To 
add to their fears, a gun in the hands of a soldier was carelessly 
discharged, raising great consternation in the camp. 

AN INDIAN KILLP:D. 

Through a dense fog which prevailed the following morning, the 
army took up its line of march for tlie Indian town, Capt. Judy 
with his corps of spies in advance. In the tall grass they came up 
with an Indian and liis squaw, both mounted. The Indian wanted 
to surrender, but Judy observed tliat he "did not leave home to take 
prisoners," and instantly shot one of them. With the blood 
streaming from his mouth and nose, and in his agony " singing the 
death song," tlie dying Indian raised his gun, shot and mortally 
wounded a Mr. Wriglit, and in a few minutes expired. Many guns 
were immediatelv discliarged at the other Indian, not then known 
to be a squaw, all of which missed her. Badly scared, and her hus- 
band killed by her side, tlie agonizing wails of the squaw were 
heart-rending. She was taken prisoner, and afterwards restored 
to her nation. 

TOWN BUENED. 

On Hearing the town a general charge was made, the Indians 
fleeing to the interior wilderness. Some of their warriors made a 
stand, when a sharp engagement occurred, but the Indians were 
routed. In their flight they left behind all their winter's store of 



68 HISTOKY Of ILLINOIS. 

provisions, which was taken, and their town burned. Some Indian 
children were found who had been left in Ihe hurried flight, also 
some disabled adults, one of whom was in a starving condition and 
with a voracious appetite partook of the bread given liini. He is 
said to have been killed by a cowardly trooper straggling behind, 
after the main army had resumed its retrograde march, who wanted 
to be able to boast that he had l^illed an Indian. 

About the time Gov. Edwards started witlihis little band against 
the Indians, Gen. Hopkins, with 2,000 Kentucky riflemen, left 
Vincennes to cross the prairies of Illinois and destroy the Indian 
villages along the Illinois river. Edwards, with his rangers, ex- 
pected to act in concert with Gen. Hopkins' riflemen. After 
marching 80 or 90 miles into the enemy's country. Gen. Hopkins' 
men became dissatisHed, and on Oct. 20 the entire army turned 
and retreated homeward before even a foe had been met. After the 
victory of the Illinois rangers they heard nothing of Gen. Hopkins 
and his 2,000 mounted Kentucky riflemen; and appreliensive that a 
large force of warriors would bo speedily collected, it was -deemed 
prudent not to protract their stay, and accordingly the retrograde 
inarch was commenced the very day of the attack. 

PEOKIA BURNED. 

The force of Capt. Craig, in charge of the provision boats, was 
not idle during this time. They proceeded to Peoria, where they 
were fired on by ten Indians during the night, who immediately 
fled. Caj)t. Craig discovered, at daylight, their tracks leading up 
into the French town. He inquired of the French their where- 
abouts, who denied all knowledge of them, and said they " had 
heard or seen nothing; " but he took the entire number prisoners, 
burned and destroyed Peoria, and bore the captured inhabitants 
away on his boats to a point below the present city of Alton, where 
lie landed and left them in the woods, — men, women, and children, — 
in the inclement montli of November, without shelter, and without 
food other than the slender stores they had themseh-cs gathered up 
before their departure. They found their way to St. Louis in an 
almost starving condition. The burning of Peoria and taking its 
inhabitants prisoners, on the mere suspicion that they sympathized 
with the Indians, was generally regarded as a needless, if not 
wanton, act of military power. 




PONTIAC. THE OTTAWA CHIEF. 



HISTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 71 

SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS. 

In the earlj- part of 1813, the country was put in as good defense 
as the sparse popuhition admitted. In spite of the precaution taken, 
numerous dei>redations and murders were committed by the In- 
dians, which again aroused tlie wliites, and another expedition was 
sent against the foe, who had collected in large numbers in and 
around Peoria. This array was composed of about 900 men, collect- 
ed from both Illinois and Missouri, and under command of Gen. 
Howard. They inarched across the broad prairies of Illinois to 
Peoria, where there was a small stockade in charge of United States 
troops. Two days previously the Indians made an attack on the 
fort, but were repulsed. Being in the enemy's country, knowing 
their stealthy habits, and the troops at no time observing a high de- 
gree of discipline, many unnecessary night alarms occurred, yet the 
enemy were far away. Tlie army marched up the lake to Chili- 
cothe, burning on its way two deserted villages. At the present 
site of Peoria the troops remained in camp several weeks. While 
there they built a fort, which they named in honor of Gen. George 
Rogers Clark, who with his brave Virginians wrested Illinois from 
the English during the Revolutionary struggle. This fort was de- 
stroj'ed by fire in 181S. It gave a name to Peoria which it wore for 
several years. After the building of Fort CreveccEur, in 16S0, Peo- 
ria lake was veiy familiar to Western travel and history; but there 
is no authentic account of a permanent European settlement there 
until 1778, when Laville de Meillet, named after its founder, was 
started. Owing to the quality of the water and its greater salu- 
brity, the location was changed to the present site of Peoria, and by 
1796 the old had been entirely abandoned for the new village. 
After its destruction in 1812 it was not settled again until 1819, 
and then by American pioneers, though in 1813 Fort Clark was 
built there. 

EXPEDITION DP THE MISSISSIPPI. 

The second campaign against the Indians at Peoria closed with- 
out an engagement, or even a sight of the euem}', j'et great was the 
benefit derived from it. It showed to the Indians the ])ower and 
resources of liis white foe. Still the calendar of the horrible deeds 
of butchery of the following year is long and bloody. A joint ex- 
pedition again moved against the Indians in 1814, under Gov, 



72 UISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

Clark of Missouri. This time they went np the Mississippi in 
barges, Prairie du Chieii being the point of destination. There tliey 
found a small garrison of Britisli troops, which, however, soon tied, 
as did the inhabitants, leaving Clark in full possession. lie im- 
mediately set to work and erected Fort Shelby. The Governor 
returned to St. Louis, leaving his men in peaceable possession of 
the place, but a large force of*British and Indians came down upon 
them, and the entire garrison surrendered. In the mean time Gen. 
Howard sent lOS men to strengthen the garrison. Of this number 
66 were Illinois rangers, under Capt;;. Rector and liiggs, who oc- 
cupied two boats. The remainder were with Lieut. Campbell. 

A DESPERATE FIGHT. 

At Rock Island Campbell was warned to turn back, as an attack 
was contemplated. The other boats passed on up the river and 
were some two miles ahead when Campbell's barge was struck by a 
strong gale which forced it against a small island near the Illinois 
shore. Thinking it best to lie to till the wind abated, sentinels 
were stationed while the men went ashore to cook breakfast. At 
this time a large number of Indians on the main shore under 
Black Hawk commenced an attack. The savages in canoes passed 
rapidly to the island, and with a war-whoop rushed upon the men, 
who retreated and sought refuge in the barge. A battle of brisk 
musketry now ensued between the few regulars aboard the stranded 
barge and the hordes of Indians under cover of trees on the island, 
with severe loss to the former. Meanwhile Capt. Rector and Riggs, 
ahead with their barges, seeing the smoke of battle, attempted to 
return ; but in the strong gale Riggs' boat became unmanageable 
and was stranded on the rapids. Rector, to avoid a similar disaster, 
let go his anchor. The rangers, however, opened with good aim 
and telling etiect upon the savages. The unequal combat having 
raged for some time and about closing, the commander's barge, 
with many wounded and several dead on board, — among the former 
of whom, very badly, was Campbell himself, — was discovered to be 
on tire. Now Rector and his brave Illinois rangers, comprehending 
the horrid situation, performed, without delay, as cool and heroic a 
deed — and did it well — as ever imperiled the life of morhil man. 
In the howling gale, in full view of hundreds of infuriated savages, 
and within range of their rifles, they deliberately raised anchor. 



HISTOKV OF ILLINOIS. T3 

liglitened tlieir barge by casting overboard quantities of provisions, 
and guided it witli the utmost labor down tlie swift current, to the 
windward of the burning bttrge, and under the galling fire of the 
enemy rescued all the survivors, and removed the wounded and 
dying to their vessel. This was a deed of noble daring and as 
heroic as an}' performed during the war in the West. Rector hur- 
ried with his over-crowded vessel to St. Louis. 

It was now feared that Riggs and his company were ca])tured 
and sacrificed by the savages. His vessel, which was strong and well 
armed, was for a time surrounded by the Indians, but the whites 
on the inside were well sheltered. The wind Ijecoming allayed in 
the evening, the boat, under cover of the night, glided" safely down 
the river without the loss of a single man. 

STILL ANOTHER EXPEDITION. 

Notwithstanding the disastrous termination of the two expedi- 
tions already sent out, during the year 1S14, still another was pro- 
jected. It was under Maj. Zachary Taylor, afterward President. 
Rector and Whiteside, with the lUinoisan, were in command of 
boats. The expedition passed Rock Island unmolested, when it 
was learned the country was not only swarming with Indians, but 
that the English were there in command with a detachment of regu- 
lars and artillery. The advanced boats in command of Rector, White- 
side and Hempstead, turned about and began to descend the rapids, 
fighting with great gallantry the hordes of the enemy, who were 
pouring their fire into them from the shore at every step. 

Near the mouth of Rock river Maj. Taylor anchored his fleet out 
in the Mississippi. During the night the English planted a battery 
of six pieces down at the water's edge, to sink or disable the boats, 
and filled the islands with red-skins to butcher the whites, who 
might, unarmed, seek refuge there. But in this scheme they were 
frustrated. In the morning Taylor ordered all the force, except 20 
boatmen on each vessel, to the upjier island to dislodge the enemy. 
The order was executed with great gallantry, the island scoured, 
many of tlie savages killed, and the rest driven to the lower island. 
In the meantime the British cannon told with effect ui)on the fleet. 
The men ruslied back and the boats were dropped down the stream 
out of range of the cannon. Capt. Rector was now ordered with 
his company to make a sortie on the lower island, which lie did, 



74 HISTORY (IF ILLINOIS. 

driving tlie Indians back among the willows ; but they being re-in- 
forced, in turn hurled Rector back upon the sand-beach. 

A council of officers called by Taylor had by this time decided 
that their force was too small to contend with the enemy, who 
outnumbered them tliree to one, and the boats were in full retreat 
down the river. As Rector attempted to get under way his boat 
grounded, and the savages, with demoniac yells, surrounded it, 
when a most desperate hand-to-hand conflict ensued. The gallant 
ranger, Samuel Whiteside, observing the imminent peril of his 
brave Illinois comrade, went immediately to his rescue, who but for 
his timely aid would undoubtedly have been overpowered, with all 
his force, and murdered. 

Thus ended the last, like thd two previous expeditions up the 
Mississippi during the war of 1S12, in defeat and disaster. The 
enemy was in undisputed posession of all the country north of the 
Illinois river, and tlie prospects respecting those territories boded 
nothing but gloom. With the approach of winter, however, Indian 
depredations ceased to be committed, and the peace of Ghent, Dec. 
24, 1S14, closed the war. 

ILLINOIS AS A STATE. 

ORGANIZATION. 

In January of 181S the Territorial Legislature forwarded to 
Nathaniel Pope, delegate in Congress from Illinois, a petition pray- 
ing for admission into tlie national Union as a State. On April 
18th of the same year Congress passed the enabling act, and Dec. 
3, after the State government had been organized and Gov. Bond 
had signed the Constitution, Congress by a resolution declared Illi- 
nois to be "one of the United States of America, and admitted into 
the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all 
respects." 

The ordinance of 1787 declared that there should be at least three 
States carved out of the Northwestern Territory. The boundaries 
of the three, OJiio, Indiana and Illinois, were fi.xed bj- this law. 
Congress reserved the power, however, of forming two other States 
out of the territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn 
through the southern boundary of Lake Michigan. It was generally 
conceded that this line would be the northern boundary of Illinois ; 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 75 

but as this ■would give the State no coast on Lake Michigan ; and 
rob her of the port of Chicago and the northern terminus of the 
Illinois & Michigan canal wliich was then contemplated, Judge 
Pope had the northern boundary moved fifty miles further north. 

BOUNDAEY CHANGED. 

Not only is Illinois indebted to jSTathaniel Pope for the port where 
now enter and depart more vessels during the year than in any 
other port in the world, for the northern terminus of the Illinois 
& Michigan canal, and for the lead mines at Galena, but the nation, 
the undivided Union, is largely indebted to him for its perpetuity. 
It was he, — his foresight, statesmanship and energy, — that bound 
our confederated Union with bands of iron that can never be broken. 
The geographical position of Illinois, with her hundreds of miles 
of water-courses, is such as to make her the key to the grand arch 
of Northern and Southern States. Extending from the great chain 
of lakes on the north, with snow and ice of the arctic region, to the 
cotton-fields of -Tennessee ; peopled, as it is, b}- almost all races, 
classes and conditions of the human family ; guided by the various 
and diversified political, agricultural, religious and educational 
teachings common to both North and South, — Illinois can control, 
and has controlled, the destinies of our united and beloved republic. 
Pope seemingly foresaw that a struggle to dissolve the Union would 
be made. With a prophetic eye he looked down the stream of time 
for a half century and saw the great conflict between the South and 
North, caused by a determination to dissolve the confederation of 
States; and to preserve the Union, he gave to Illinois a lake coast. 

Gov. Ford, in his History of Illinois, wi'itten in 1847, while 
speaking of this change of boundary and its influence upon our 
nation, says: 

"What, then, was the duty of the national Government? Illinois 
was certain to be a great State, with any boundaries which that 
Government could give. Its great e.xtent of territory, its unrivaled 
fertility of soil and capacity for sustaining a dense population, 
together with its commanding position, would in course of time 
give the new State a very controlling influence with her sister 
States situated upon the Western rivers, either in sustaining the 
federal Union as it is, or in dissolving it and establishing new gov- 
ernments. If left entirely upon the waters of these great rivers, it 



76 niSTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

was plain that, in case of threatened disruption, the interest of the 
new State would be to join a Southern and Western coiifederacj; 
but if a large portion of it could be made dependent upon the com- 
merce and navigation of the great northern lakes, connected as they 
are with the Eastern States, a rival interest would be created to 
check the wish for a Western and Southern confederacy. 

" It therefore became the dufej' of the national Government not 
only to make Illinois strong, but to raise an interest inclining and 
binding her to the Eastern and Northern portions of the Union. 
This could be done only through an interest in the lakes. At that 
time the commerce on the lakes was small, but its increase was con- 
fidently expected, and, indeed, it has exceeded all anticipations, 
and is yet onl}' in its infiincy. To accomplish this object eflectually, 
it was not only necessary to give to Illinois the port of Chicago and 
a route for the canal, but a considerable coast on Lake Michigan, 
■with a country back of it sufficiently extensive to contain a popu- 
lation capable of exerting a decided influence upon the councils of 
the State. 

" There would, therefore, be a large commerce of the north, west-' 
ern and central portion of the State afloat on the lakes, for it was 
then foreseen that the canal would be made; and this alone would 
be like turning one of the many mouths of the Mississippi into 
Lake Michigan at Chicago. A very large commerce of the center 
and south would be found both upon the lakes and rivers. Asso- 
ciations in business, in interest, and of friendship would be formed, 
both with the North and the South. A State thus situated, having 
such a decided interest in the commerce, and in the preservation of 
the whole confederacy, can never consent to disunion ; for the Union 
cannot be dissolved without a division and disruption of the State 
itself. These views, urged b\' Judge Pope, obtained the unquali- 
fied assent of the statesmen of 1S18. 

" These fects and views are worthy to be recorded in history as 
a standing and perpetual call upon Uliuoisans of every age to 
remember the great trust which has been reposed in them, as the 
peculiar champions and guardians of the Union by the great men 
and ]iatriot sages who adorned and governed this country in the 
earlier and better daj'S of the Rej)nblic." 

During the dark and trying days of the Rebellion, well did she 
remember this sacred trust, to protect which two hundred thousand 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 77 

■of her sons went to the bloody field of battle, crowning their arms 
with the laurels of war, and keeping inviolate the solemn obliga- 
tions bequeathed to them by their fathers. 

FIRST CONSTITUTION. 

In July and August of 1818 a convention was held at Kaskaskia 
for the purpose of drafting a constitution. This constitution was 
not submitted to a vote of the people for their approval or rejection, 
it being well known that they would approve it. It was about the 
first organic law of any State in the Union to abolish imprisonment 
for debt. The first election under the constitution was held on the 
third Thursday and the two succeeding days in September, 1S18. 
Shadrach Bond was elected Governor, and Pierre Menard Lieuten- 
ant Governor. Their term of office extended four years. At this 
time the State was divided into fifteen counties, tlie population being 
about 40,000. Of this number by far the larger portion were from 
the Southern States. The salary of the Governor was $1,000, while 
that of the Treasurer was $500. The Legislature re-enacted, ver- 
batim, the Territorial Code, the penalties of which were unneces- 
saril}' severe. Whipping, stocks and pillory were used for minor 
offenses, and for arson, rape, horse-stealing, etc., death by hanging 
was the penalty. These laws, however, were modified in 1821. 

The Legislature first convened at Kaskaskia, the ancient seat of 
empire for more than one hundred and fifty years, both for the 
French and Americans. Provisions were made, however, for tlie 
removal of the seat of government by this Legislature. A place in the 
wilderness on the Kaskaskia river was selected and named Yandalia. 
From Vandalia it was removed to Springfield in the year 1837. 

DERIVATION OF THE NAME ILLINOIS. 

The name of this beautiful "Prairie State" is derived from 
mini, an Indian word signifying superior men. It has a French 
termination, and is a symbol of the maimer in which the two races, 
the French and Indians, were intermixed during the early history 
of the country. The appellation was no doubt well applied to the 
primitive inliabitants of the soil, whose prowess in savage warfare 
long withstood the combined attacks of the fierce Iroquois on the 
one side, and the no less savage and relentless Sacs and Foxes on the 
other. The Illinois were once a powerful confederacy, occupying 
the most beautiful and fertile region in the great vallev of the 



78 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

Mississippi, which their enemies coveted and struggled long and 
hard to wrest iVoin them. By the fortunes of war they were dimin- 
ished in number and finally destroyed. " Starved Rock," on the 
Illinois river, according to tradition, commemorates their last trag- 
edy, where, it is said, the entire tribe starved rather than surrender. 

The low cognomen of " Sucker," as applied to Illinoisans, is said 
to have had its origin at the Galejna lead mines. In an early day, 
when these extensive mines were being worked, men would run up 
the Mississippi river in steamboats in the spring, work the lead 
mines, and in the fall return, thus establishing, as was supposed, asim- 
ilitude between their migratory habits and those of the fishy tribe 
called "Suckers." For this reason the Illinoisans have ever since 
been distinguished by the epithet " Suckers." Those who stayed 
at the mines over winter were mostly from Wisconsin, and were 
called " Badgers." One spring the Missourians poured into the 
mines in such numbers that the State was said to have taken a puke, 
and the offensive appellation of " Pukes " was afterward applied to 
all Missourians. 

The southern part of tlie State, known as " Egypt," received this 
appellation because, being older, better settled and cultivated, grain 
was had in greater abundance than in the central and northern por- 
tion, and the immigrants of this region, after the manner of the 
children of Israel, went "thither to buy and to bring frona thence 
that they might live and not die." 

STATE BANK. 

The Legislature, during the latter years of territorial existence, 
granted charters to several banks. The result was that paper money 
became very abundant, times flush, and credit unlimited; and every- 
body invested to the utmost limit of his credit, with confident 
expectation of realizing a handsome advance before the expiration 
of his credit, from the throng of immigrants tiien pouring into the 
country. By 1819 it became apparent that a day of reckoning 
wonld approach before their dreams of fortune could be realized. 
Banks everywhere began to waver, paper money became depreci- 
ated, and gold and silver driven out of the country. The Legisla- 
ture sought to bolster np the times by incorporating the " Bank 
of Illinois," which, with several branches, was created by the ses- 
sion of 1821. This bank, being wholly supported by the credit of 
the State, was to issue one, two, three, five, ten and twenty-dollar 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 79 

notes. It was the duty of the bank to advance, upon personal pi'op- 
ertj, money to the amount of $100, and a hirger amount upon real 
estate. All taxes and public salaries could be paid in such bills; 
and if a creditor refused to take them, he had to wait three years 
longer before he could collect his debt. The people imagined that 
simply because the government had issued tlie notes, they would 
remain at par; ami although this evidently could not be tlie case, 
they were yet so infatuated with their project as actually to request 
the United States government to receive them in payment for their 
public lands! Although there were not wanting men wlio, like 
John jVIcLean, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, fore- 
saw the dangers and evils likely to arise from the creation of such 
a bank, by far the greater part of the people were in favor of it. 
The new bank was therefore started. The new issue of bills by the 
bank of course only aggravated the evil, heretofore so grievously 
felt, of the absence of specie, so that the people were soon com- 
pelled to cut their bills in halves and quarters, in order to make 
small change in trade. Finally the paper currency so rapidly depre- 
ciated that three dollars in these bills were considered worth only 
one in specie, and the State not only did not increase its revenue, 
but lost full two-thirds of it, and expended three times the amount 
required to pay the expenses of the State government. 
Lafayette's visit. 
In the spring of 1S25 the brave and generous LaFayette visited 
Illinois, accepting the earnest invitation of the General Assembly, 
ajid an affectionately written letter of Gov. Cole's, who bad formed 
his personal acquaintance in France in 1817. The General in reply 
said: " It has been my eager desire, and it is now ray earnest inten- 
tion, to visit the AYestern States, and particularly the State of Illi- 
nois. • The feelings which your distant welcome could not fail to 
excite have increased that patriotic eagerness to admire on that 
blessed spot the happy and rapid results of republican institutions, 
public and domestic virtues. I shall, after tlie 22d of February 
(anniversary day), leave here for a journey to the Southern States, 
and from New Orleans to the Western States, so as to return to 
Boston on the 14th of June, when the corner-stone of the Bunker 
Hill monument is to ho laid, — a ceremony sacred to the whole Union 
and in which I liave been engaged to act a peculiar and honorable 
part." 



80 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

General LaFajette and suite, attended by a large delegation of 
prominent citizens of Missouri, made a visit by the steamer Natch- 
ez to the ancient town of Kaskaskia. No military parade was 
attempted, but a multitude of patriotic citizens made him welcome. 
A reception was liold. Gov. Cole delivering a glowing address of 
welcome. During the progress of a grand ball held that night, a 
very interesting interview took place between the honored General 
and an Indian s(|uaw whose father had served under him in the 
Kevolutionary war. Tlie squaw, learning tliat the great white chief 
was to be at Kaskaskia on that night, had ridden all day, from early 
dawn till sometime in the night, from her distant home, to see 
the man whose name had been so often on her lather's tongue, and 
witli which she was so familiar. In identification of her claim to 
his distinguished acquaintance, she brought with her an old, worn 
letter which the General had written to her father, and wliich the 
Indian chief had preserved with great care, and finally bequeathed 
on his death-bed to his daughter as the most precious legacy he had 
to leave her. 

By 12 o'clock at night Gen. LaFayette returned to his l)oat and 
started South. The boat was chartered by the State. 

KARLY GOVERNOHS. 

In the year 1822 the term of office of the first Governor, Sliadrach 
Bond, expired. Two parties sprung up at this time, — one favorable, 
the other hostile, to the introduction of slavery, each proposing a 
candidate of its own for Governor. Both parties worked hard to 
secure the election of their respective candidates; but the jieople at 
large decided, as they ever have been at heart, in fixvor of a free 
State. Edward Gules, an anti-slavery man, was elected, although a 
majority of the Legislature were opposed to him. The subject of 
principal interest during his administration was to make Illinois a 
slave State. The greatest efi^ort was made in 1824, and the projio- 
sition was defeated at the polls by a majority of 1,800. The aggre- 
gate vote polled was 11,(512, being about 6,000 larger than at the 
previous State election. African slaves were first introduced into 
Illinois in 1720 by Renault, a Frenchman. 

Senator Duncan, afterward Governor, presented to the Legisla- 
ture of 1824-5 a bill for the su])port of schools bvajmblictax; and 
William S. Hamilton presented another bill requiring a ta.x to be 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 81 

used for the purpose of constructing and repairing the roads, — both 
of which bills passed and became laws. But altiiougli these laws 
conferred an incalculable benefit upon the public, the very name of 
a tax was so odious to the people that, rather than pay a tax of the 
smallest possible amount, they preferred working as they formerly 
did, five days during the year on the roads, and would allow their 
children to grow up without any instruction at all. Consequently 
both laws were abolished in 1826. 

In the year 1826 the office of Governor became again vacant. 
Ninian Edwards, Adolphus F. Hubbard and Tliomas C. Sloe were 
candidates. Edwards, though the successful candidate, had made 
himself many enemies by urging strict inquiries to be made into 
the corruption of the State bank, so that had it not been for his 
talents and noble personal appearance, he would most probably not 
have been elected. Hubbard was a man of but little personal merit. 
Of him tradition has preserved, among other curious sayings, a 
speech on a bill granting a bounty on wolf-scalps. This speech, 
delivered before the Legislature, is as follows: "Mr. Speaker, I rise 
before the question is put on this bill, to say a word for ray constit- 
uents. Mr. Speaker, I have never seen a wolf. I cannot say that 
I am very well acquainted with the nature and habits of wolves. 
Mr. Speaker, I have said that I had never seen a wolf; but now I 
remember that once on a time, as Judge Brown and I were riding 
across the Bonpas pi-airie, we looked over the prairie about three 
miles, and Judge Brown said, ' Hubbard, look! there goes a wolf; ' 
and I looked, and 1 looked, and I looked, and I said, ' Judge, where?' 
and he said, 'There!' And I looked again, and this time in the 
edge of a hazel thicket, about three miles across the prairie, I think 
I saw the wolf's tail. Mr. Speaker, if I did not see a wolf that 
time, I think I never saw one; but I have heard much, and read 
more, about this animal. I have studied his natural history. 

"By the bye, history is divided into two parts. There is first 
the history of the fabulous; and secondly, of the non-fabulous, or 
unknown age. Mr. Speaker, from all these sources of information 
I learn that the wolf is a very noxious animal; that he goes prowl- 
ing about, seeking something to devour; that he rises up in the 
dead and secret hours of night, when all nature reposes in silent 
oblivion, and then commits the most terrible devastation upon the 
rising generation of hogs and sheep. 



S2 IIISTORA' OF ILLINOIS. 

" Mr. Speaker, I have done ; and I return my thanks to the house 
for their kind attention to my remarks." 

Gov. Edwards was a large and well-made man, witli a noble, 
princely appearance. Of him Gov. Ford saj's: "lie never eon- 
descended to the common low art of electioneering. Whenever he 
went out among the people he arrayed himself in the style of a 
gentleman of the olden time, dressed in line broadcloth, with short 
breeches, long stockings, and high, fair-topped boots; was drawn in 
a fine carriage driven by a negro; and for success he relied upon his 
speeches, which were delivered in great pomp and in style of diffuse 
and florid eloquence. When he was inaugurated in 1826, he 
appeared before the General Assembly wearing a golden-laced cloak, 
and with great pomp pronounced his first message to the houses 
of the Legislature." 

GRAMMAR AND COOK CONTRASTED. 

Demagogism had an early development. One John Grammar, 
who was elected to the Territorial Legislature in 1816, and held the 
position for about twenty years, invented the policy of opposing 
every new thing, saying, " If it succeeds, no one will ask who 
voted against it: if it proves a failure, he could quote its record."' 
When first honored with a seat in the Assembly, it is said that 
lie lacked the apparel necessary for a member of the Legislature, 
and in order to procure them ho and his sons gathered a large 
quantity of hazel-nuts, which were taken to the Ohio Saline and 
sold for cloth to make a coat and pantaloons. The cloth was the 
blue strouding commonly used by the Lidians. 

The neighboring women assembled to make up the garments; the 
cloth was measured every way, — across, lengthwise, and from corner 
to corner, — and still was found to be scant. It was at last con- 
cluded to make a very short, bob-tailed coat and a long pair of leg- 
gins, which being finished, Mr. Grammar started for the State 
capital. In sharp contrast with Grammar w\is the character of D. 
P. Cook, in honor of whom Cook county was named. Such was 
his transparent integrity and remarkable ability that his will was 
almost the law of the State. In Congress, a young man and from 
a poor State, he was made Chairman of the Ways and Cleans Com- 
mittee. He was ])re-eminent for standing by his committee, regard- 
less of consequences. It was his integrity that elected John Quiucy 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 83 

Adams to the Presidency. There were four candidates in 1824, 
Jackson, Clay, Crawford and Adams. There being no choice by 
the people, the election was thrown into the House. It was so bal- 
anced that it turned on his vote, and that he cast for Adams, elect- 
ing him. He then came home to face the wrath of the Jackson 
party in Illinois. 

The first mail route in the State was established in 1805. This 
was from Vincennes to Cahokia. In 182-4 there was a direct mail 
route from Vandalia to Springfield. The first route I'rom the central 
part of the State to Chicago was established in 1832, from Shelby- 
ville. The ditficultics and dangers encountered by the early mail 
carriers, in time of Indian troubles, were very serious. The bravery 
and ingenious devices of Harry Milton ai"e mentioned with special 
commendation. When a boy, in 1812, he conveyed the mail on a 
wild French pony from Shawneetown to St. Louis, over swollen 
streams and through the enemy's country. So infrequent and 
irregular were the communications by mail a great part of the time, 
that to-day, even the remotest part of the United States is unable to 
appreciate it by example. 

The first newspaper published in Illinois was the Illinois Herald, 
established at Kaskaskia by Mathew Duncan. There is some va- 
riance as to the exact time of its establishment. Gov. Reynolds 
claimed it was started in 1809. Wm. H. Brown, afterwards its 
editor, gives the date as 1814. 

In 1831 the criminal code was first adapted to penitentiary pun- 
ishment, ever since which time the old sj'stem of whipping and 
pillory for the punishment of criminals has lieen disused. 

There was no legal rate of interest till 1830. Previously the rate 
often reached as high as 150 per cent., but was usually 50 per cent. 
Then it was reduced to 12, then to 10, and lastly to 8 per cent. 

INDIAN TROUBLES. 

WINNEBAGO WAR. 

The Indians, who for some years were on peaceful terms with 
the whites, became troublesome in 1827. The Winnebagoes, Sacs 
and Foxes and other tribes had been at war for more than a hun- 
dred years. In the summer of 1827 a war party of the AVinnebagoes 
surprised a party of Chippewas and killed eight of them. Four 



84 UISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

of the murderers were arrested and delivered to the Chippewas, 
by wliom thoy were immediately -shut. This was the tirst irritation 
of the Wimiebagoes. lied Bird, a chief of this tribe, in order to 
avenge the execution of the four warriors of his own people, attacked 
the Chippewas, but was defeated; and being determined to satisf}' 
his thirst for revenge by some means, surprised and killed several 
white men. Upon receiving intelligence of these murders, the 
whites who were working the lead mines in the vicinity of Galena 
formed a body of volunteers, and, re-inforccd by a company of United 
States troops, marched into the country of the Winuebagoes. To 
save their nation from the miseries of war, Red Bird and six other 
men of his nation voluntarily surrendered themselves. Some of 
the number were executed, some of tiiem imprisoned and destined, 
like Red Bird, ingloriously to pine away within the narrow confines 
of a jail, when formerly the vast forests had proven too limited for 
them. 

JOHN KEYNOLDS ELECTED GOVEKNOK. 

In August, 1S30, another gubernatorial election was lield. The 
candidates were William Kinney, then Lieutenant Governor, and 
John Reynolds, formerly an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 
both Jackson Democrats. The opposition brought forward no can- 
didate, as they were in a helpless minority. Reynolds was the 
successful candidate, and under his administration was the famous 

BLACK HAWK WAR. 

In the year of 1804 a treaty was concluded between the United 
States and the chiefs of the Sac and Fox nations. One old chief of 
the Sacs, however, called Black Hawk, who had fought with great 
bravery in the service of Great Britain during the war of 1812, had 
always taken exceptions to this treaty, pronouncing it void. In 1831 
he established himself, with a chosen band of warriors, upon the dis- 
puted territory, ordering the whites to leave the country at once. The 
settlers complaining, Gov. Reynolds dispatched Gen. Gaines, with a 
company of regulars and 1,500 volunteers, to the scene of action. 
Taking the Indians by surprise, the troops burnt their villages and 
forced them to conclude a treaty, by which they ceded all lands east 
of the Mississippi, and agreed to remain on the western side of the 
river. Necessity forced the proud spirit of Black Hawk into 
submission, which made him more than ever determined to be. 




BLACK HAWK, THE SAC CHIEF. 



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avenged upon his enemies. Having rallied around him the warlike 
braves of the Sac and Fox nations, he crossed the Mississippi in the 
spring of 1832. Upon hearing of the invasion, Gov. Reynolds 
hastily collected a body of 1,800 volunteers, placing them under the 
command of Brig-Gen. Samuel "Whiteside. 

stillman's run. 

The army marched to the Mississippi, and having reduced to 
ashes the Indian village known as '"Prophet's Town," proceeded 
for several miles up the river to Dixon, to join the regular forces 
under Gen. Atkinson. They found at Dixon two companies of 
volunteers, who, sighing for glory, were dispatched to reconnoiter 
the enemy. They advanced under command of Maj. Stillraan, to a 
creek afterwards called "Stillman's run;" and while encamping 
there saw a party of mounted Indians at the distance of a mile. 
Several of Stillman's party mounted their horses and charged the 
Indians, killing three of them; but, attacked by the main body 
under Black Hawk, they were routed, and by their precipitate 
flight spread such a panic through the camp that the whole company 
ran off to Dixon as fast as their legs could carry them. On their 
arrival it was found that there had been eleven killed. The party 
came straggling into camp all night long, four or five at a time, 
each S([uad positive that all who were left behind^were massacred. 

It is said that a big, tall Kentuckian, with a loud voice, who 
was a colonel of the militia but a private with Stillman, upon his 
arrival in camp gave to Gen. Whiteside and the wondering multi- 
tude the following glowing and bombastic account of the battle: 
"Sirs," said he, "our detachment was encamped among some scat- 
tering timber on the north side of Old Man's creek, with the pi-airie 
from the north gently sloping down to our encampment. It was 
just after twilight, in the gloaming of the evening, when we dis- 
covered Black Hawk's army coming down upon us in solid column; 
they displayed in the form of a crescent upon the brow of the prai- 
rie, and such accuracy and precision of military movements were 
never witnessed by man; they were equal to the best troops of 
Wellington in Spain. I have said that the Indians came down in 
solid columns, and displayed in the form of a crescent; and what was 
most wonderful, there were large squares of cavalry resting upon 
the points of the curve, which squares were supported again by 



88 IlISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

other columns fifteen deep, extemling back tlirongh the woods and 
over a swamp three-(piarters of a mile, which again rested on the 
main body of Black Hawk's army bivouacked upon the banks of the 
Kishwakee. It was a terrible and a glorious sight to see the tawny 
warriors as they rode along our flanks attempting to outflank us, 
with the glittering moonbeams glistening from their polished blades 
and burnished spears. It was a sight well calculated to strike con- 
sternation in the stoutest and coldest heart; and accordingly our 
men soon began to break in small squads, for tall timber. In a 
very little time the rout became general, the Indians were soon 
upon our flanks and threatened tlie destruction of our entire detach- 
ment. About this time Maj. Stillman, Col. Stephenson, Maj. 
Perkins, Capt. Adams, Mr. lluckelton, and myself, with some 
others, threw ourselves into the rear to rally the fugitives and pro- 
tect the retreat. But in a short time all my companions fell 
bravely fighting hand-to-hand with the savage enemy, and I alone 
was left upon the field of battle. About this time I discovered not 
far to the left a corps of horsemen which seemed to be in tolerable 
order. I immediately deployed to tlie left, when, leaning down and 
placing my body in a recumbent posture upon the mane of my 
horse so as to bring the heads of the horsemen between my eye 
and the horizon, I discovered by the light of the moon that they 
were gentlemen who did not wear hats, by which token I knew they 
were no friends 6f mine. I therefore made a rctrogade movement 
and recovered my position, where I remained some time meditating 
what further I could do in the service of my country, wlien a ran- 
dom ball came whistling by my ear and plainly whispered to me, 
' Stranger, you have no further business here.' Upon hearing this I 
followed the example of my companions in arras, and broke for 
tall timber, and the way 1 ran was not a little." 

For a long time afterward Maj. Stillnan and his men were sub- 
jects of ridicule and merriment, which was as undeserving as their 
expedition was disastrous. Stillman's defeat spread consternation 
throughout the State and nation. The number of Indians was 
greatly exaggerated, and the name of Black Hawk carried with it 
associations of great military talent, savage cunning and cruelty. 

ASS.\ULT ON Al'PLE RIVER FOKT. 

A regiment sent to spy out the country between Galena and Rock 
Island was surprised by a party of seventy Indians, and was on the 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 89 

point of being thrown into disorder when Gen. Whiteside, then 
serving as a private, shouted out that he would slioot the tirst man 
who should turn his back to the enemy. Order being restored, the 
battle began. At its very outset Gen. Whiteside shot the leader of 
the Indians, who thereupon commenced a hasty retreat. 

In June, 1832, Black Hawk, with a band of 150 warriors, attack- 
ed the Apple Hiver Fort, near Galena, defended by 25 men. This 
fort, a mere palisade of logs, was erected to afford protection to the 
miners. For fifteen consecutive hours the garrison had to sustain 
the assault of the savage enemy ; but knowing very well that no 
quarter would be given them, they fought with such fury and des- 
peration that the Indians, after losing many of their best warriors, 
were compelled to retreat. 

Another party of eleven Indians murdered two men near Fort 
Hamilton. Tiiey were afterwards overtaken by a company of 
twenty men and every one of them was killed. 

EOCK KIVER EXPEDITION. 

A new regiment, under the command of Gen. Atkinson, assem- 
bled on the banks of the Illinois in the latter ])art of June. Maj. 
Dement, with a small party, was sent out to reconnoittr the move- 
ments of a large body of Indians, whose endeavors to surround him 
made it advisable for him to retire. Upon hearing of this engage- 
ment. Gen. Atkinson sent a detachment to intercept the Indians, 
while he with the main body of his army, moved north to meet the 
Indians under Black Hawk. They moved slowly and cautiously 
through the country, passed through Turtle village, and marched 
up along Kock river. On their arrival news was brought of the 
discovery of the main trail of the Indians. Considerable search 
was made, but they were unable to discover any vestige of Indians 
save two who had shot two soldiers the day previous. 

Hearing that Black Hawk was encamped on Kock river, at the 
Manitou village, they resolved at once to advance upon the enemy; 
but in the execution of their design they met with opposition from 
their officers and men. The officers of Gen. Henry lianded to him 
a written protest; but he, a man equal to any emergency, ordered 
the officers to be arrested and escorted to Gen. Atkinson. Within 
a few minutes after the stern order was given, the officers all collected 
around the General's quarters, many of them with tears in their 



90 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

eyes, pledging themselves that if forgiven they would return to duty 
and never do the like again. The General rescinded the order, and 
they at once resumed duty. 

Tin: BATTLE OF BAD-AXE. 

Gen. Henry marched on the loth of July in pursuit of the 
Indians, reaching Rock river aj'ter three days' journey, where he 
learned Black Hawk was encamped further up the river. On .July 
19th the troops were ordered to commence their inarch. After 
having made fifty miles, they were overtaken by a terrible thunder- 
storm which lasted all night. Nothing cooled, however, in their 
courage and zeal, they marched again fifty miles the next day, 
encamping near the place where the Indians had encamped the 
night before. Hurrying along as fast as they could, the infantry 
keeping up an equal pace with the mounted force, the troops on the 
morning of the 21st crossed the river connecting two of the four 
lakes, by which tlie Indians had been endeavoring to escape. They 
found, on their way, the ground strewn with kettles and articles of 
baggage, which the haste of their retreat had obliged the Indians 
to throw away. The troojis, inspired with new ardor, advanced so 
rapidly that at noon they fell in with the rear guard of the Indians. 
Those who closely pursued them were saluted with a sudden 
tire of musketry by a body of Indians who had concealed them- 
selves, in the high grass of the prairie. A most desperate charge 
was made upon the Indians, who, unable to resist, retreated 
obliquely, in order to out-flank the volunteers on the right; but the 
latter charged the Indians in their ambush, and expelled them 
from their thickets at the ]iointof the bayonet, and dispersed them. 
Night set in and the battle ended, having cost the Indians 6S of 
their bravest men, while the loss of the Illinoisans amounted to but 
one killed and 8 wounded. 

Soon after this battle Gens. Atkinson and Henry joined their 
forces and pursued the Indians. Gen. Henry struck the main trail, 
left his horses behind, formed an advance guard of eight men, 
and marched forward upon their trail. When these eight men 
came within sight of the river, they were suddenly tired upon and 
tive of them killed, the remaining three maintaining their ground 
till Gen. Henry came up. Then the Indians, charged upon with 
the bayonet, fell back upon their main force. The battle now 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 91 

became <;eneral; the Indians fought with desperate valor, but were 
furiously assailed by the volunteers with their bayonets, cutting 
many of the Indians to pieces and driving the rest into the river. 
Those who escaped from being drowned took refuge on an island. On 
hearing the frequent discharge of musketry, indicating a general 
engagement, Gen. Atkinson abandoned the pursuit of the twenty 
Indians under Black Hawk himself, and hurried to the scene of 
action, where he arrived too late to take part in the battle. He 
immediately forded the river with his troops, the water reaching 
up to their necks, and landed on the island where the Indians liad 
secreted themselves. The soldiers rushed upon the Indians, killed 
several of them, took others prisoner, and chased the rest into 
the river, where they were either drowned or shot before reaching 
the opposite shore. Thus ended the battle, the Indians losing 300 
besides 50 prisoners; the whites but 17 killed and 1'2 wounded. 

INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE. 

Many painful incidents occurred during this battle. A Sac 
wonmn, the sister of a warrior of some notoriety, found herself in 
the thickest of the light, but at length succeeded in reaching the 
river, when, keeping her infant child safe in its blankets by means 
of her teeth, she plunged into the water, seized the tail of a horse 
with her hands whose rider was swimming the stream, and was 
drawn safely across. A young squaw during the battle was stand- 
ing in the grass a short distance from the American line, holding 
her child — a little girl of four years — in her arms. In this posi- 
tion a ball struck the riglit arm of the child, shattering the bone, 
and passed into the breast of the young mother, instantly killing 
her. Slie fell upon the child and confined it to the ground till the 
Indians were driven from that part of the field. Gen. Anderson, 
of the United States army, hearing its cries, went to the spot, took 
it from under the dead body and carried it to the surgeon to have 
its wound dressed. The arm was amputated, and during the oper- 
ation the half-starved child did not cry, but sat quietly eating a 
hard piece of biscuit. It was sent to Prairie du Chien, where it 
entirely recovered. 

BLACK HAWK CAPTURED. 

Black Hawk, with his twenty braves, retreated up tlie Wisconsin, 
river. The Winnebagoes, desirous of securing the friendship of 



92 UISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

the whites, went in pursuit and cajjtured and delivered them to 
Gen. Street, the United States Indian agent. Among the prisoners 
were the son of Black Hawk and the i)rophet of the tribe. These 
with Black Ilawk were taken to Washington, 1). C, and soon con- 
eigned as prisoners at Fortress Monroe. 

At the interview Black Ilawk had with the President, he closed 
his speech delivered on the occas|on in the following words: " We 
did not expect to conquer the whites. Thej have too many houses, 
too many men. I took up the hatchet, for my part, to revenge 
injuries which my people could no longer endure. Had I borne 
them longer witliout striking, my people would have said, "Black- 
Hawk is a woman; he is too old to be a chief; he is no Sac' These 
reflections caused me to raise the war-whoop. I say no more. It 
is known to you. Keokuk once was here; you took him by tlie 
hand, and when he wished to return to his home, you were willing. 
Black Hawk expects, like Keokuk, he shall be permitted to return 
too." 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF BLACK HAWK. 

Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiah, was born in the prin- 
cipal Sac village, near the junction of Rock river with tlie Missis- 
sippi, in the year 1767. His father's name was Py-e-sa. Black 
Hawk early distinguished himself as a warrior, and at tlie age of 
fifteen was permitted to paint, and was ranked among the braves. 
About the year 1783 he went on an expedition against the enemies 
of his nation, the Osages, one of whom he killed and scalped; and 
for this deed of Indian bravery he was permitted to join in the 
scalp dance. Three or four years afterward he, at tlie head of two 
liundred braves, went on another exi)e(lition against the Osages, to 
avenge the murder of some women and children belonging to his 
own tribe. Meeting an equal number of Osage warriors, a fierce 
battle ensued in which the latter tribe lost one-iialf their number. 
The Sacs lost only about nineteen warriors. He next attaclced the 
Cherokees for a similar cause. In a severe battle with them near 
the ])resent city of St. Louis his father was slain, and Black Ilawk, 
taking possession of the " Medicine Bag," at once announced hiin- 
eelf chief of the Sac nation. He had now conquered the Cherokees, 
and about the year 1800, at the head of five hundred Sacs and 
Foxes and a hundred lowas, he waged war against the Osage 



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nation, and subdued it. For two years lie battled successfully with 
other Indian tribes, all of which he conquered. 

The year following the treaty at St. Louis, in 180-i, the United 
States Government erected a fort near the head of Des Moines 
Rapids, called Fort Edwards. This seemed to enrage Black Hawk, 
who at once determined to capture Fort Madison, standing on the 
west side of the Mississippi, above the mouth of the Des Moines. 
The fort was garrisoned by about fifty men. Here he was defeated. 
The difficulties with the British Grovernment arose about this time, 
and the war of 1812 followed. That government, extending aid to 
the Western Indians, induced them to remain hostile to the Ameri- 
cans. In August, 1812, Black Hawk, at the head of about five 
hundred braves, started to join the British forces at Detroit, passing 
on his way the site of Chicago, where the famous Fort Dearborn 
massacre had a few days before been perpetrated. Of his con- 
nection with the British but little is known. 

In the early part of 1815, the Indians west of the Mississippi 
were notified that peace had been declared between the United 
States and England, and nearly all hostilities had ceased. Black 
Hawk did not sign any treaty-, however, until May of the following 
year. From the time of signing this treaty, in 1816, until the 
breaking out of the Black Hawk war, he and his band passed their 
time in the common pursuits of Indian life. 

Ten years before the commencement of this war, the Sac and 
Fox Indians were urged to move to the west of the Mississippi. 
All were agreed, save the band known as the British Band, of which 
Black Hawk was leader. He strongly objected to the removal, and 
was induced to compl}' only after being threatened by the Govern- 
ment. This action, and various others on the part of the white 
settlers, provoked Black Hawk and his band to attempt tlie capture 
of his native village, now occupied by the whites. The war fol- 
lowed. He and his actions were undoubtedly misunderstood, and 
had his wishes been complied with at the beginuiug of the struggle, 
much bloodshed would have been prevented. 

BLACK HAWK SET AT LIBERTY. 

By order of the President, Black Hawk and his companions, 
who were in confinement at Fortress Monroe, were set free on the 
4th day of June, 1833. Before leaving the fort Black Hawk 



94 HISTORY UK ILLINOIS. 

made the following farewell speech to the coiinnander, wliicli is not 
only eloijuent but shows that within his chest of steel there beat a 
heart keenly alive to the emotions of gratitude: 

" Brother, I have come oa my own part, and in behalf of my 
companions, to bid you farewell. Our great father has at length 
been pleased to permit us to return to our hunting grounds. We 
have buried the tomahawk, and the sound of the rifle liereafter will 
only bring death to the deer and the buflalo. Brothers, you have 
treated the red man very kindly. Your squaws have made them 
presents, and you have given them ])lenty to eat and drink. The 
memory of your friendship will remain till the Great Spirit says it 
is time for Black Hawk to sing his death song. Brother, your 
houses are as numerous as the leaves on the trees, and your young 
warriors like the sands upon the shore of the big lake that rolls 
before us. The red man has but few houses and few warriors, but 
the red man has a heart which throbs as warmly as the heart of his 
white brother. The Great Spirit has given ns our hunting grounds, 
and the skin of the deer which we kill there is his favorite, for its 
color is white, and this is the emblem of peace. This hunting 
dress and these feathers of the eagle are white. Accept them, my 
hrother. I have given one like this to the "White Otter. Accept it as 
a memorial of Black Hawk. When he is far away this will serve 
to remind you of him. May the Great Spirit bless you and your 
children. Farewell." 

After their release from prison they were conducted, in charge 
of Major Garland, through some of the principal cities, that 
thev might witness the power of the United States and learn 
their own inability to cope with them in war. Great multitudes 
flocked to see them wherever they were taken, and the attention 
paid them rendered their progress through the country a triumphal 
procession, instead of the transportation of prisoners by an officer. 
At Rock Island the prisoners were given their liberty, amid great 
and impressive ceremony. In 1S38 Black Hawk built him a 
dwellino- near Des Moines, Iowa, and furnished it after the manner 
of the whites, and engaged in agricultural pursuits and hunting and 
fishing. Here, with his wife, to whom he was greatly attached, he 
passed the few remaining days of his life. To his credit, it may be 
said, that Black Hawk remained true to his wife, and served her 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 95 

with a devotion uncommon among Indians, living with her up- 
ward of fort}' years. 

BLACK hawk's DEATH AND Bn"RIAL. 

At all times when Black Hawk visited the whites he was 
received with marked attention. He was an honored guest at the 
old settlers' re- union in Lee county, Illinois, at some of their 
meetings and received many tokens of esteem. In September, 
1S3S, while on his way to Rock Island to receive his annuity from 
the Government, he contracted a severe cold which resulted in a 
fatal attack of bilious fever, and terminated his life October 3. 
After his death, he was dressed in the uniform presented to him by 
the President while in Washington. He was buried in a grave six 
feet in depth, situated upon a beautiful eminence. The body was 
placed in the middle of the grave, in a sitting posture upon a seat 
constructed for the purpose. On his left side the cane given him 
by Henry Clay was placed upright, with his right hand resting 
upon it. Thus, after a long, adventurous and sliifting life, Black 
Hawk was gathered to his fathers. 

FROM 1834 TO 1842. 

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. 

N^o sooner was the Black Hawk war concluded than settlers 
began rapidly to pour into the northern part of Illinois, now free 
from Indian depredations. Chicago, from a trading post, had 
grown into a commercial center, and was rapidly coming into 
prominence. 

At the general election in 1834 Joseph Duncan was chosen 
Govei'nor, by a handsome majority. His principal opponent was 
ex-Lieutenant Governor Kinney. A reckless and uncontrollable 
desire for internal public improvements seized the minds of the 
people. In his message to tlie Legislature, in 1835, Gov. Duncan 
said: "When we look abroad and see the extensive lines of inter- 
communication penetrating almost every section of our sister States; 
when we see the canal boat and the locomotive bearing with seem- 
ing triumph the rich productions of the interior to the rivers, lakes 
and ocean, almost annihilating time, burthen and space, what 
patriot bosom does not beat high with a laudable ambition to give 
Illinois her full share of those advantages which are adornins; her 



96 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

sister States, and which a magnificent Providence seems to invite 
by a wonderful adaptation of our whole country to such improve- 
ments?" 

STUPENDOUS SYSTEM OF IMPROVEMENTS INADGUEATED. 

The Legislature responded to the ardent words of the Governor, 
and enacted a system of intern^ improvements without a parallel 
in the grandeur of its conception. They ordered the construction 
of 1,300 miles of railroad, crossing the State in all directions. 
This was surpassed by the river and canal improvements. There 
were a few counties not touched by railroad, or river or canal, and 
the}' were to be comforted and compensated by the free distribution 
of $200,000 among them. To inflate this balloon beyond credence, it 
was ordered that work should comnieuce on both ends of each of these 
railroads and'rivers, and at each river-crossing, all at the same time. 
This provision, which has been called the crowning folly of the 
entire system, was the result of those jealous combinations ema- 
nating from the fear that advantages might accrue to one section 
over another in the commencement and completion of the vForks. 
We can appreciate better, perhaps, tlie magnitude of this grand 
system by reviewing a few figures. The debt authorized for these 
improvements in the first instance was $10,230,000. But this, as 
it was soon found, was based upon estimates at least too low by 
half. This, as we readily see, committed the State to a liability of 
over $20,000,000, equivalent to $200,000,000, at the present time, 
with over ten times the population and more than ten times the 
wealth. 

Such stupendous undertakings by the State naturally engendered 
the fever of speculation among individuals. That particular form 
known as the town-lot fever assumed the malignant type at first in 
Chicago, from whence it spead over the entire State and adjoining 
States. It was an epidemic. It cut np men's farms without regard 
to locality, and cut up the purses of the purchasers without regard 
to consequences. It was estimated that building lots enough were 
sold in Indiana alone to accommodate every citizen then in the 
United States. 

Chicago, which in 1830 was a small trading-post, had within a 
few years grown into a city. This was the starting point of the 
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. \) i 

unsurpassed by individual efforts iu the annals of the world, were 
then begun and have been maintained to this day. Though visited 
by the terrible fire fiend and the accumulations of years swept 
away in a night, yet she has arisen, and to-day is the best built city 
iu the world. Tleports of the rapid advance of property in Chicago 
spread to the East, and thousands poured into her borders, bringing 
money, enterprise and industry. Every ship that left her port 
carried with it maps of splendidly situated towns and additions, 
and every vessel that returned was laden with immigrants. It was 
said at the time that the staple articles of Illinois export were town 
plots, and that there was danger of crowding the State with towns 
to the exclusion of land for agriculture. 

ILLIXOIS AXD MICHIGAN CANAL. 

The Illinois and Michigan canal again received attention. This 
enterprise is one of the most important in the early development 
of Illinois, on account of its magnitude and cost, and forming 
as it does the connecting link between the great- chain of lakes and 
the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. Gov. Bond, the first Governor, 
recommended in his first message the building of the canal. In 
1S21 the Legislature appropriated $10,000 for surveying the route. 
Tills work was performed b}' two young men, who estimated the 
cost at $600,000 or $700,000. It cost, however, when completed, 
$8,000,000. In 1825 a law was passed to incorporate the Canal 
Company, but no stock was sold. In 182G, upon the solicitation of 
Daniel P. Cook, Congressman from this State, Congress gave 
800,000 acres of land on the line of the work. In 1828 commis- 
sioners were appointed, and work commenced with a new survey 
and new estimates. In 1834—5 the work was again pushed forward, 
and continued until 1848, when it was completed. 

PANIC — REPUDIATION ADVOCATED. 

Bonds of the State were recklessly disposed of both in the East 
and in Europe. Work was commenced on various lines of railroad, 
but none were ever completed. On the Northern Cross Railroad, 
from Meredosia east eight miles, the first locomotive that ever 
turned a wheel in the great valley of the Mississippi, was run. 
The date of this remarkable event was Nov. 8, 1838. Large sums 
of money were being expended with no assurance of a revenue, 



98 IIISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

and consequent] 3', in 1S40, the Legislature repealed the improve- 
ment laws passed three years previously, not, however, until the 
State had accumulated a debt of nearly $15,000,000. Thus fell, 
after a short but eventful life, by the hands of its creator, the most 
stupendous, extravagant and almost ruinous folly of a grand sys- 
tem of internal imjjrovements that any civil community, perhaps, 
ever engaged in. The State/ banks failed, sjiecie was scarce, an 
enormous debt was accumulated, the interest of which could not 
be paid, people were disappointed in the accumulation of wealth, 
and real estate was worthless. All this had a tendency to create a 
desire to throw off the heavy burden of State debt by repudiation. 
This was boldly advocated by some leading men. The fair fame 
and name, however, of the State was not tarnished by repudiation. 
Men, true, honest, and able, were placed at the head of affairs; and 
thougli the hours were dark and gloomy, and the times most try- 
ing, yet our grand old State was brought through and prospered, 
until to-day, after the expenditure of millions for public improve- 
ments and for carrying on the late war, she has, at present, a debt 
of only about $300,000. 

MARTYR FOR LIBEETi'. 

The year 1837 is memorable for the death of the first martyr for 
liberty, and the abolishment of American slavery, in the State. 
Elijah P. Lovejoy was shot by a mob in Alton, on the night of the 
7th of November of that year. lie was at the time editor of the 
Alton Observer^ and advocated anti-slavery principles in its 
columns. For this practice three of his presses had been destroyed. 
On the arrival of the fourth the tragedy occurred which cost him 
his life. In anticipation of its arrival a series of meetings were 
held in which the friends of freedom and of slavery were represented. 
The object was to effect a compromise, but it was one in which 
libert}- was to make concessions to oppression. In a speech made 
at one of these meetings, Lovejoy said: "Mr. Chairman, what 
have I to compromise? If freel}' to forgive those who have so greatly 
injured me; if to pray for their temporal and eternal happiness; if 
still to wish for the prosperity of your city and Stat©^ notwith- 
standing the indignities I have suffered in them, — if this be the 
compromise intended, then do I willingly make it. I do not admit 
that it is the business of any body of men to say whetlier I shall 




CENTRAL HOSPITAL FOB THE INSANE, JACKSONVILLE. 




ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY, CHAMPAIGN— FOUNDED BY THE STATE, 
ENDOWED BY CONQRESS. 



LofC. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 101 

or shall not publish a paper in this city. That right was given to 
me by my Creator, and is solemnly guaranteed by the Constitution 
of the United States and of this State. But if by compromise is 
meant that 1 shall cease from that which duty requires of me, I 
cannot make it, and the reason is, that I fear God more than man. 
It is also a very different question, whether I shall, voluntarily or 
at tlie request of my friends, yield up ray position, or whether 
I shall forsake it at the hands of a mob. The former I am ready at 
all times to do when circumstances require it, as I will never put 
my personal wishes or interests in competition with the cause of 
that Master whose minister I am. But the latter, bo assured I 
never will do. You have, as lawyers say, made a false issue. There 
are no two parties between whom there can be a compromise. I 
plant myself down on my unquestionable rights, and the ques- 
tion to be decided is, whether I shall be protected in those rights. 
You may hang me, as the mob hung the individuals at Vicksburg; 
you may burn me at the stake, as they did old Mcintosh at St. 
Louis; or, you may tar and feather me, or throw me into the Mis- 
sissippi as you have threatened to do; but you cannot disgrace me. 
I, and I alone, can disgrace myself, and the deepest of all disgrace 
would be at a time like this to deny my Maker by forsaking his 
cause. He died for me, and I were most nnworthy to bear his 
name should I refuse, if need be, to die for him.'''' JMot long 
afterward Mr. Lovejoy was shot. His brother Owen, being pres- 
ent on the occasion, kneeled down on the spot beside the corpse, 
and sent up to God, in the hearing of that very mob, one of the 
most eloquent prayers ever listened to by mortal ear. He was bold 
enough to pray to God to take signal vengeance on the infernal 
institution of slavery, and he then and there dedicated his life to 
the work of overthrowing it, and hoped to see the day when slavery 
existed no more in this nation. He died, March 24, 186-1, nearly 
three months after the Emancipation Proclamation of President 
Lincoln took effect. Thus he lived to see his most earnest and 
devout prayer answered. But few men in the nation rendered bet- 
ter service in overthrowing the institution of slavery than Elijah 
P. an<l Owen Lovejoy. 

CAKLIN ELECTED GOVERNOR. 

Thomas Carlin, Democrat, was elected Governor in 1838, over 
Cyrus Edwards, Whig. In 1842 Adam W. Snyder was nominated 



102 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

for Governor on tlie Democratic ticket, but died before election. 
Thomas Ford was placed in nomination, and was elected, ex-Gov- 
ernor Duncan being his opponent. 

PRAIRIE PIRATES. 

The northern part of the St^te also had its mob experiences, but 
of an entirely different nature from the one just recounted. There 
has always hovered around the frontier of civilization bold, desper- 
ate men, who prey upon the unprotected settlers rather than gain 
a livelihood by honest toil. Theft, robbery and murder were car- 
ried on by regularly organized bands in Ogle, Lee, Winnebago and 
DeKalb counties. The leaders of these gangs of cut-throats were 
among the tirst settlers of that portion of the State, and conse- 
quently had the choice of location. Among the most prominent of 
the leaders were John Driscoll, William and David, his sons; John 
Brodie and three of his sons; Samuel Aikens and three of his sons; 
William K. Bridge and Norton B. Boyce. 

These were the representative characters, those who planned 
and controlled the movements of the combination, concealed them 
when danger threatened, nursed them when sick, rested them when 
worn by fatigue and forced marches, furnished hiding places for 
their stolen booty, shared in the spoils, and, under cover of darkness 
and intricate and devious ways of travel, known only to themselves 
and subordinates, transferred stolen horses from station to station ; 
for it came to be known as a well-established fact that they had 
stations, and agents, and watchmen scattered throughout the coun- 
try at convenient distances, and signals and pass-words to assist 
and govern them in all their nefarious transactions. 

Ogle county, particularly, seemed to be a favorite and chosen 
tield for the operations of these outlaws, who could not be convicted 
for their crimes. By getting some of their number on the juries, 
by producing hosts of witnesses to sustain their defense by per- 
jured evidence, and by changing the venue from one county to 
another, and by continuances from term to term, they nearly always 
managed to be acquitted. At last these depredations became too 
common for longer endurance; patience ceased to be a virtue, and 
determined desperation seized the minds of honest men, and they 
resolved that if there were no statute laws that coulil protect them 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 103 

against the ravages of thieves, rohbers and counterfeiters, they 
would protect themselves. It was a desperate resolve, and desper- 
ately and bloodily executed. 

BUKNINa OV OGLK COUNTY CODKT-UOUSE. 

At the Spring term of court, 1841, seven of the " Pirates of the 
Prairie," as they were called, were confined in the Ogle county jail 
to await trial. Preparatory to holding court, the judge and lawyers 
assembled at Oregon in their new court-house, which had just 
been completed. Near it stood the county jail in which were the 
prisoners. The " Pirates " assembled Sunday night and set the 
court-house on fire, in the hope that as the prisoners would have to 
be removed from the jail, they might, in the hurry and confusion 
of the people in attendiug to the fire, make their escape. The 
whole population were awakened that dark and stormy night, to 
see their new court edifice enwrapped in flames. Although the 
building was entirely consumed, none of the prisoners escaped. 
Three of them were tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary 
for a year. They had, however, contrived to get one of their num- 
ber on the jury, who would not agree to a verdict until threatened 
to be Ij-nched. The others obtained a change of venue and were 
not convicted, and finally they all broke jail and escaped. 

Thus it was that the law was inadequate to the protection of the 
people. The best citizens held a meeting and entered into a solemn 
compact with eacli other to rid the country of the desperadoes that 
infested it. They were regularly organized and known as " Regu- 
lators." They resolved to notify all suspected parties to leave the 
country within a given time; if they did not comply, they would 
be severely dealt with. Their first victim was a man named Hurl, 
who was suspected of having stolen his neighbor's horse. He was 
ordered to strip, his hands were tied, when thirty -six lashes of a 
raw-hide were applied to his bare back. The next was a man 
named Daggett, formerly a Bajitist preacher. He was sentenced 
to receive five hundred lashes on his bare back. He was stripped, 
and all was ready, when his beautiful daughter rushed into the 
midst of the men, begging for mercy for her father. Her appeals, 
with Daggett's promise to leave the country immediately, secured 
liis release. That night, new crimes having been discovered, he 
was taken out and whipped, after which he left the country, never 
again to be heard from. 



104 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

The friends and comrades of the men who had been whipped 
were fearfully enraged, and swore eternal and bloody vengeance. 
Eighty of them assembled one night soon after, and laid plans to 
visit White Rock and murder every man, woman and child in that 
hamlet. They started on this bloody mission, but were prevailed 
upon by one of their number to disband. Their coming, however, 
had been anticipated, and eyery man and boy in the town was 
armed to protect himself and his family. 

CAMPBELL KILLED THE MUKDEKERS SHOT. 

John Campbell, Captain of the "Regulators," received a letter 
from William Driscoll, filled with most direful threats, — not only 
threatening Camjibell's life, but the life of any one who should 
oppose their murderous, thieving operations. Soon after the re- 
ceipt of this letter, two hundred of the "Regulators" marched to 
Driscoll's and ordered him to leave the count}' within twenty days, 
but he refused to comply with the order. One Sunday evening, 
just after this, Campbell was shot down in his own door-yard by 
David Driscoll. He fell in the arms of his wife, at which time 
Taylor Driscoll raised his rifle and pointed it toward her, but low- 
ered it without firing. 

News of this terrible crime spread like wild-fire. The very air 
was filled with threats and vengeance, and nothing but the lives of 
the murderous gang would pay the penalty. Old John Driscoll 
was arrested, was told to bid his family good-bye, and then with 
his son went out to his death. The "Regulators," numbering 111, 
formed a large circle, and gave the Driscolls a fair hearing. They 
were found guiltj', and the " Regulators" divided into two "death 
division.^," — one, consisting of fifty-six, with rifles dispatched the 
father, the other fifty -five riddled and shattered the body of the 
son with balls from as many guns. The measures thus inaugu- 
rated to free the country from the dominion of outlaws was a last 
desperate resort, and proved effectual. 

MORMON WAR. 

In April, 1S40, the "Latter- Day Saints," or Mormons, came in 
large numbers to Illinois and purchased a tract of land on the east 
side of the Mississippi river, about ten miles above Keokuk. Here 
they commenced building the city of Xauvoo. A more picturesque 
or eligible site for a city could not have been selected. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 105 

The origin, rapid development aud prosperity of this religious 
sect are the most remarkable and instructive historical events of 
the present century. That an obscure individual, without money, 
education, or respectability, should persuade hundreds of thousands 
of people to believe him inspired of God, and cause a book, con- 
temptible as a literary production, to be received as a continuation 
of the sacred revelation, appears almost incredible; yet in less than 
half a century, the disciples of this obscure individual have in- 
creased to hundreds of thousands; have founded a State in the dis- 
tant wilderness, and compelled the Government of the United 
States to practically recognize them as an independent people. 

THE FOUNDER OF MORMONISM. 

The founder of Mormonism was Joseph Smith, a native of Ver- 
mont, who emigrated while quite young with his father's family to 
western New York. Here his youth was spent in idle, vagabond 
life, roaming the woods, dreaming of buried treasures, and in en- 
deavoring to learn the art of finding them by the twisting of a 
forked stick in his hands, or by looking through enchanted stones. 
Both he and his father became famous as " water wizards," always 
read}' to point out the spot where wells might be dug and water 
found. Such was the character of the young profligate when he 
made the acquaintance of Sidney Rigdon, a person of considerable 
talent and information, who had conceived the design of founding 
a new religion. A religious romance, written by Mr. Spaulding, a 
Presbyterian preacher of Ohio, then dead, suggested the idea, and 
finding in Smith the requisite duplicity and cunning to reduce it 
to practice, it was agreed that he should act as prophet; and the 
two devised a story that gold plates had been found buried in the 
earth containing a i-ecord inscribed on them in unknown characters, 
which, when deciphered by the power of inspiration, gave the his- 
tory <if the ten lost tribes of Israel. 

ATTEMPT TO ARREST JOE SMITH. 

After their settlement in and about Nauvoo, in Hancock county, 
great depredations were committed by them on the " Gentiles." 
The Mormons had been received from Missouri with great kind- 
ness by the people of this State, and ever}' possible aid granted 
them. The depredations committed, however, soon made them 



106 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

odious, when the question of getting rid of them was agitated. In 
the fall of lS4rl, the Governor of Missouri made a demand ou Gov. 
Carlin for the arrest and delivery of Joe Smith as a fugitive from 
justice. An e.xecutive warrant issued for that purpose was placed 
in the hands of an agent to be executed, but was returned without 
being complied with. Soon afterward the Governor handed the 
same writ to his agent, who this time succeeded in arresting Joe 
Smith. He was, however, distjharged by Judge Douglas, upon the 
grounds that the writ upon which he had been arrested had been 
once returned before it was executed, and was functus officio. In 
lS-t2 Gov. Carlin again issued his writ, Joe Smith was arrested 
again, and again escaped. Thus it will be seen it was impossible 
to reach and punish the leader of this people, who had been driven 
from Missouri because of their stealing, murdering and unjust 
dealing, and came to Illinois but to continue their depredations. 
Emboldened by success, the Mormons became more arrogant and 
overbearing. Many people began to believe that they wei-e about 
to set up a separate government for themselves in defiance of the 
laws of the State. Owners of property stolen in other counties 
made pursuit into Nauvoo, and wore fined b}' the Mormon courts 
for daring to seek their property in the holy city. But that which 
made it more certain than anything else that the Mormons con- 
templated a separate government, was that about this time they 
petitioned Congress to establish a territorial government for them 
in Nauvoo. 

ORIGIN OF POLYGAMY. 

To crown the wliole folly of the Mormons, in the Spring of 18i4 
Joe Smith announced himself as a candidate for President of the 
United States, and many of his followers were confident he would 
be elected. He next caused himself to be anointed king and 
priest, and to give character to his pretensions, he declared his 
lineage in an unbroken line from Joseph, the son of Jacob, and 
that of his wife from some other important personage of the ancient 
Hebrews. To strengthen his political power lie also instituted a 
body of police styled the " Danite band," who were sworn to pro- 
tect his person and obey his orders as the commands of (rod. A 
female order previously existing in the church, called " Spiritual 
wives," was modified so as to suit the licentiousness of the prophet. 
A doctrine was revealed that it was impossible for a woman to get 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 107 

to heaven except as the wife of a Mormon elder; that each elder 
micht marry as many women as he could maintain, and that any 
female might be sealed to eternal life by becoming their concubine. 
This licentiousness, the origin of polygamy in that church, they 
endeavored to justify by an appeal to Abraham, Jacob and other 
favorites of God in former ages of the world. 

JOE SMITH AS A TYRANT. 

Smith soon began to play the tyrant over his people. Among 
the first acts of this sort was an attempt to take the wife of Wil- 
liam Law, one of liis most talented disciples, and make her his 
spiritual wife. He established, without authority, a recorder's 
office, and an office to issue marriage licenses. He proclaimed that 
none could deal in real estate or sell liquor but himself. He 
ordered a printing office demolished, and in many ways controlled 
the freedom and business of the Mormons. Not only did he stir up 
some of the Mormons, but by his reckless disregard for the laws of 
the land raised up opposition on every hand. It was believed that 
he instructed the Danite band, which he had chosen as the ministers 
of his vengeance, that no blood, except that of the church, was to 
be regarded as sacred, if it contravened the accomplishment of his 
object. It was asserted that he inculcated the legality of perjury 
and other crimes, if committed to advance the cause of true believ- 
ers; that God had given the world and all it contained to his saints, 
and since they were kept out of their rightful inheritance by force, 
it was no moral offense to get possession of it by stealing. It was 
reported that an establishment existed in Nauvoo for the manufac- 
ture of counterfeit money, and that a set of outlaws was maintained 
for the purpose of putting it in circulation. Statements were cir- 
culated to the effect that a reward was oftered for the destruction of 
the Warsaw Signal, an anti-Mormon paper, and that Mormons dis- 
persed over the country threatened all persons who offered to assist 
the constable in the execution of the law, with the destruction of 
their property and the murder of their families. There were rumors 
also afloat that an alliance had been formed with the Western 
Indians, and in case of war they would be used in murdering their 
enemies. In short, if only one-half of these reports were true the 
Mormons must have been the most infamous people that ever ex- 
isted. 



108 



niSTOKY OK ILLINOIS. 



MILITARY KOBCES ASSEMBLING. 

William Law, one of the proprietors of the printing-press 
destroyed by Smith, went to Carthage, the county-seat, and 
obtained warrants for the airest of Smith and the members of the 
City Council, and others connected with the destruction of the 
press. Some of tiie parties having been arrested, but discharged 
by tlie authorities in Nauvoo, a convention of citizens assembled at 
Carthage and appointed a comirtittee to wait upon the Governor for 
the purpose of procuring inilitar}' assistance to enforce the law. 
The Governor visited Carthage in person. Previous to his arrival 
the militia had been called out and armed forces commenced assem- 
bling in Carthage and Warsaw to enforce the service of civil process. 
All of them, however, signified a willingness to co-operate with the 
Governor in preserving order. A constable and ten men were then 
sent to make the arrest. In the meantime, Smith declared martial 
law; his followers residing in the country were summoned to his 
assistance; the Legion was assembled and under arms, and the 
entire city was one great military encampment. 

THE SMITHS ARRESTED. 

The proi)het, his brother Hiram, the members of the City Coun- 
cil and others, surrendered themselves at Carthage June 24, 1S45, 
on the charge of riot. All entered into recognizance before a Jus- 
tice of the Peace to appear at court, and were discharged. A new 
writ, however, was immediately issued and served on the two 
Smiths, and both were arrested and thrown into prison. The 
citizens had asseml)led from Hancock, Schuyler and McDonough 
counties, armed and ready to avenge the outrages that had been 
committed by the Mormons. Great excitement prevailed at Car- 
thage. Tlie force assembled at that place amounted to 1,200 men, 
and about 500 assembled at Warsaw. Nearly all were anxious to 
march into Nauvoo. This measure was supposed to be necessary 
to search for counterfeit money and the apparatus to make it, and 
also to strike a salutary terror into the Mormon peojile by an exhi- 
bition of the force of the State, and thereby prevent future out- 
rages, murders, robberies, burnings, and the like. Tlie 27th of 
June was appointed for the march; but Gov. Ford, who at the 
time was in Carthage, apprehended trouble if the militia should 
attempt to invade Nauvoo, disbanded the troops, retaining only a 
guard to the jail. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 109 

JOE SMITH AND HIS BROTHER KILLED. 

Gov. Ford went to Naiivuo on the 27th. The same morning 
about 200 men from Warsaw, many being disguised, hastened to 
Carthage. On learning that one of tlie companies left as a guard 
had disbanded, and the other stationed 150 yards from the jail while 
eight men were left to guard the prisoners, a communication was 
soon established between the Warsaw troops and the guard; and it 
was arranged that the guard should have their guns charged with 
blank cartridges and tire at the assailants when they attempted to 
enter the jail. The conspirators came up, jumped the fence around 
the jail, were fired upon by the guard, which, according to arrange- 
ment, was overpowered, and the assailants entered the prison, to 
the door of the room where the two prisoners were confined. An 
attempt was made to break open the door; but Joe Smith, being 
armed with a pistol, fired several times as the door was bursted 
open, and three of the assailants were wounded. At the same time 
several shots were fired into the room, by some of which John . 
Taylor, a friend of the Smiths, received four wounds, and Hiram 
Smith was instantly killed. Joe Smith, severely wounded, attempt- 
ed to escape by jumping out of a second-story window, but was so 
stunned by the fall that he was unable to rise. In this position he 
was dispatched by balls shot through his body. Thus fell Joe 
Siiiitli, the most successful imposter of modern times. Totally ignor- 
ant of almost every fact in science, as well as in law, he made up in 
constructiveness and natural cunning whatever in him was want- 
ing of instruction. 

CONSTERNATION AT QUINCY. 

Great consternation prevailed among the anti-Mormons at 
Carthage, after the killing of the Smiths. They expected the Mor- 
mons would be so enraged on hearing of the death of their leaders 
that they would come down in a body, armed and equipped, to 
seek revenge upon the populace at Carthage. Messengers were 
dispatched to various places for help in case of an attack. The 
women and children were moved across the river for safety. A 
committee was sent to Quincy and early the following morning, 
at the ringing of the l)ells, a large concourse of people assembled 
to devise means of defense. At this meeting, it was reported that 
the Mormons attempted to rescue the Smiths; that a party of Mis- 
sourians and others had killed them to prevent their escape; that 



110 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

the Governor and his party were at ^S'auvoo at the time when intel- 
ligence of the fact was brought there; that they had been attacked 
by the Nauvoo Legion, and had retreated to a house where they 
were closely besieged; that the Governor had sent out word that 
he could maintain his position for two days, and would be certain 
to be massacred if assistance did not arrive by that time. It is 
unnecessary to say that this entire story was fabricated. It was 
put in circulation, as were man^ otlier stories, by the an ti- Mormons, 
to influence the public mind and create a liatred for tlie Mormons. 
The effect of it, however, was that by 10 o'clock on the 2Sth, 
between two and tliree hundred men from Quincy. under command 
of Maj. Flood, went on board a steamboat for Nauvoo, to assist in 
raising the siege, as they honestly believed. 

VAKIOUS DEPREDATIONS. 

It was thought bj^ many, and indeed the circumstances seem to war- 
rant the conclusion, that the assassins of Smith had arranged that the 
murder should occur while the Governor was in Nauvoo; that the 
Mormons would naturally suppose he planned it, and in the first out- 
pouring of their indignation put him to death, as a means of retalia- 
tion. They thought that if they could have the Governor of the State 
assassinated by Mormons, the public excitement would be greatly 
increased against that people, and would cause their extermination, 
or at least their expulsion from the State. That it was a brutal and 
premeditated murder cannot be and is not denied at this day; but 
the desired effect of the murder was not attained, as the Mormons 
did not evacuate Xauvoo for two years afterward. In the meantime, 
the excitement and prejudice against this people were not allowed 
to die out. Ilorse-stealing was quite common, and every case that 
occurred was charged to the Mormons. That they were guilty of 
such thefts cannot be denied, but a great deal of this work done at 
that time was by organized bands of thieves, who knew they could 
carry on their nefarious business with more safety, as long as sus- 
picion could be ])laced upon the Mormons. In the summer and 
fall of 1845 were several occurrences of a nature to increase the 
irritation existing between the Mormons and their neighbors. A 
suit was instituted in the United States Circuit Court against one 
of the apostles, to recover a note, and a marshal sent to summons 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.. 113 

the defendant, who refused to be served with the process. Indig- 
nation meetings were held bv the saints, and the marshal threat- 
ened for attempting to serve the writ. About this time, General 
Denning, sheriff, was assaulted b}' an anti-Mormon, whom he killed. 
Denning was friendly to the Mormons, and a great outburst of 
passion was occasioned among the friends of the dead man. 

INCENDIARISM. 

It was also discovered, in trying the rights of property at Lima, 
Adams county, that the Mormons had an institution connected 
with their church to secure their effects from execution. Incensed 
at this and other actions, the anti-Mormons of Lima and Green 
Plains, held a meeting to devise means for the expulsion of the 
Mormons from that part of the country. It was arranged that a 
number of their own party should fire on the building in which 
they were assembled, in such a manner as not to injure anyone, 
and then report that the Mormons had commenced the work of 
plunder and death. This plot was duly executed, and the startling 
intelligence soon called together a mob, which threatened the Mor- 
mons with fire and sword if they did not immediately leave. The 
Mormons refusing to depart, the mob at once executed their threats 
by burning 125 houses and forcing the inmates to flee for their 
lives. The sheriff of Hancock county, a prominent Mormon 
armed several hundred Mormons and scoured the country, in search 
of the incendiaries, but they liad fled to neighboring counties, and 
he was unable either to bring them to battle or m;ike any arrests. 
One man, however, was killed without provocation; another 
attempting to escape was shot and afterwards hacked and muti- 
lated; and Franklin A. Worrell, who had chai'ge of the jail when 
the Smiths were killed, was shot by some unknown person con- 
cealed in a thicket. The anti-Mormons committed one murder. 
A party of them set fire to a pile of straw, near the barn of an old 
Mormon, nearly ninety years of age, and when he appeared to ex- 
tinguish the flames, he was shot and killed. 

The anti-Mormons left their property exposed in their hurried 
retreat, after having burned the houses of the Mormons. Those 
who had been burned out sallied forth from Nauvoo and plundered 
the whole country, taking whatever they could carry or drive 
away. By order of the Governor, Gen. Hardin raised a force of 
350 men, checked the Mormon ravages, and recalled the fugitive 
anti-Mormons home. 



114 niSTOKY OF ILLINOIS, 



MAKING PliEI'ARATION TO LEAVE. 



At this time a convention, consisting of delegates from eight of 
the adjoining counties, assembled to concert measures for the expul- 
sion of the Mormons from the State. The Mormons seriously c:n- 
tem])lated eminigration westward, believing the times forboded 
evil for them. Accordingly, during the winter of 18-i5-'46, the 
most stupendous preparations /were made by the Mormons for 
removal. All the principal dwellings, and even the temple, were 
converted into work-shops, and before spring, 12.000 wagons were 
in readiness; and by the middle of February the leaders, with 2,000 
of their followers, had crossed the Mississippi on the ice. 

Before the spring of 1S4G the majority of the Mormons had left 
Nauvoo, but still a large number remained. 



THE BATTLE OF NAUVOO. 



In September a writ was issued against several prominent Mor- 
mons, and placed in the hands of John Oarlin, of Carthage, for 
execution. Carlin called out a posse to lielp make the arrest, which 
brought together quite a large force in the neighborhood of Nauvoo. 
Carlin, not being a military man, placed in command of tiie posse, 
first, Gen. Singleton, and afterward Col. Brockman, wlio proceeded 
to invest the city, erecting breastworks, and taking other means for 
defensive as well as offensive operations. What was then termed a 
battle next took jilace, resulting in the death of one Mormon and 
tlie wounding of several others, and loss to the anti-Mormons of 
three killed and four wounded. At last, through the intervention 
of an anti-Mormon committee of one luindred, frt)m Quincy, the 
Mormons and their allies M'ere induced to submit to such terms as 
the posse chose to dictate, M-hich were that the Mormons should 
immediately give up their arms to the Quincy committee, and re- 
move from the State. The trustees of the church and five of their 
clerks were permitted to remain for the sale of Mormon jjroperty, 
and the posse were to march in unmolested, and leave a sufficient 
force to guarantee the performance of their stijuilations. Accord- 
ingly, the constable's posse inarched in with Brockman at their 
head. It consisted of about SCO armed men and 600 or 700 
unarmed, who had assembled from all the country around, through 
motives of curiosity, to see the once proud city of Nauvoo hum- 
bled and delivered up to its enemies. They proceeded into the 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. IIT 

city slowly and carefully, examining the way for fear of the explo- 
sion of a mine, many of which had been made by the Mormons, 
by burying kegs of powder in the ground, with a man stationed at 
a distance to pull a string communicating with the trigger of a 
percussion lock affixed to the keg. This kind of a contrivance was 
■called by the Mormons " hell's half-acre." Wiien the posse 
arrived in the city, tlie leaders of it erected themselves into a tri- 
bunal to decide who should be forced away and who remain. 
Parties were dispatched to hunt for fire-arms, and for Mormons, and 
to bring them to judgment. When brought, they received their 
doom from the mouth of Brockinan, who sat a grim and unawed 
tyrant for the time. As a general rule, the Mormons were ordered 
to leave within an hour or two; and by rare grace some of them 
were allowed until next day, and in a few cases longer time was 
granted. 

MALTREATMENT OF NEW CITIZENS. 

Nothing was said iu the treaty in regard to the new citizens, who 
had with the Mormons defended the city; but the posse no sooner 
had obtained possession than they commenced expelling them. 
Some of them were ducked in the river, and were in one or two 
instances actually baptized in the name of some of the leaders 
of the mob; others were forcibly driven into the ferry-boats to be 
taken over the river before the bayonets of armed ruffians. Many 
of these new settlers were strangers in the country from various 
parts of the United States, who were attracted there by the low 
price of propert}", and they knew but little of previous difficulties 
or the merits of the quarrel. They saw with their own eyes that 
the Mormons were industriously preparing to go away, and they 
knew "of their own knowledge " that any effort to expel them by 
force was gratuitous and unnecessary cruelty. They had been trained, 
by the States whence they came, to abhor mobs and to obey the law, 
and they volunteered their services under executive authority to 
defend their town and their property against mob violence, and, as 
they honestly believed, from destruction; but in this they were partly 
mistaken; for although the mob leaders in the exercise of unbridled 
power were guilty of many injuries to the persons of individuals, 
although much personal property was stolen, yet they abstained 
from materially injuring houses and buildings. 



118 HISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

THE MORMONS EEACU SALT LAKE. 

The fugitives proceeded westward, taking the road through Mis- 
souri, but were forcibly ejected from that State and compelled to 
move indirectly through Iowa. After innumerable hardships the 
advance guard reached the Missouri river at Council Bluffs, when 
a United States officer presented a requisition for 5U0 men to 
serve in the war with Mexico. iCompliance with this order so di- 
minished their number of effective men, that the e.Kpedition was 
again delayed and the remainder, consisting mostly of old men, 
women and children, hastily prepared habitations for winter. 
Their rudely constructed tents were hardly completed before winter 
set in with great severity, the bleak prairies being incessantly swept 
by piercing winds. Wliile here cholera, fever and other diseases, 
aggravated by the previous hardships, the want of comfortable 
quarters and medical treatment, hurried many of them to prema- 
ture graves, yet, under the influence of religious fervor and fanati- 
cism, they looked death in the face with resignation and cheerful- 
ness, and even exhibited a gayety which manifested itself in music 
and dancing during the saddest hours of this sad winter. 

At length welcome spring made its appearance, and by April 
they were again organized for the journey; a pioneer party, con- 
sisting of Brigham Young and 140 others, was sent in advance to 
locate a home for the colonists. On the 21 of July, 18-47, a day 
memorable in Mormon annals, the vanguard reached the valley of 
the Great Salt Lake, having been directed thither, according to 
their accounts, by the hand of the Almighty. Here in a distant wil- 
derness, midway between the settlements of the East and the Pacific, 
and at that time a thousand miles from the utnaost verge of civili- 
zation, they commenced preparations for founding a colony, which 
has since grown into a mighty empire. 

MEXICAN WAR. 

During the month of May, 1846, the President called for four 
regiments of volunteers from Illinois for the Mexican war. This 
was no sooner known in the State than nine regiments, numbering 
8,370 men, answered the call, though only four of them, amounting 
to 3,720 men, could be taken. These regiments, as well as their 
officers, were everywhere foremost in the American ranks, and dis- 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 119 

tingnished themselves by their matcliless valor in the bloodiest 
battles of tlie war. Veterans never fought more nobly and eflect- 
ively than did the volunteers from Illinois. At the bloody battle of 
Buena Vista they crowned their lives — many their death — with the 
laurels of war. Never did armies contend more bi-avely, determinedly 
and stubbornly than the American and Mexican forces at this famous 
battle; and as Illinois troops were ever in the van and on the blood- 
iest portions of the field, we believe a short sketch of the part they 
took in the fierce contest is due them, and will be read with do lit- 
tle interest. 

BATTLE of BUENA VISTA. 

General Santa Anna, with his army of 20,000, poured into the 
valley of Aqua Nueva early on the morning of the 22d of February, 
hoping to surprise our army, consisting of about 5,000 men, under 
Gen. Taylor and which had retreated to the " Narrows." They 
were hotly pursued by the Mexicans who, before attacking, sent 
Gen. Taylor a flag of truce demanding a surrender, and assuring 
him that if he refused he would be cut to pieces; l)ut the demand 
was promptly refused. At this the enemy opened fire, and the con- 
flict began. In honor of the day the watchword with our soldiers 
was, " The memory of Washington." An irregular fire was kept up 
all day, and at night both armies bivouacked on the field, resting on 
their arras. Santa Anna that night made a spirited address to his 
men, and the stirring strains of his own band till late in the night 
■were distinctly heard by our troops; but at last silence fell over the 
hosts that were to contend unto death in that narrow pass on the 
morrow. 

Early on the following morning the battle was resumed, and con- 
tinued without intermission until nightfall. The solid columns of 
the enemy were hurled against our forces all day long, but were 
met and held in check by the unerring fire of our musketry and ar- 
tillery. A portion of Gen. Lane's division was driven back by the 
enemy under Gen. Lombardini, who, joined by Gen. Pacheco's divis- 
ion, poured upon the main plateau in so formidable numbers as 
to appear irresistible. 

BRAVEEY OF THE SECOND ILLINOIS. 

At this time the 2d Illinois, under Col. Bissell, with a squadron 
of cavalry and a few pieces of artillery came handsomely into action 



120 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

and njallantly received the concentrated fire of the enemy, which 
they returned with deliberate aim and terrible effect; every dis- 
charge of the artillery seemed to tear a bloody path through the 
heavy columns of enemy. Says a writer: "The rapid mus- 
ketry of the gallant troops from Illinois poured a storm of lead 
into their serried ranks, which literally strewed the ground with 
the dead and dying." But, notwithstanding his losses, the enemy 
steadil}' advanced until our gallant regiment received fire from 
three sides. Still they maintained their position for a time with 
unflinching tirmness iigainst that immense host. At length, per- 
ceiving the danger of being entirely surrounded, it was determined 
to fall back to a ravine. Col. Bissel, with the coolness of ordinary 
drill, ordered the signal "cease firing" to be made; he tlien with 
the same deliberation gave the command, "'Face to the rear, Bat- 
talion, about face; forward march," which was executed with the 
regularity of veterans to a point beyond the peril of being out- 
flanked. Again, in obedience to command these brave men halted- 
faced about, and under a murderous tempest of bullets from the t'uQ. 
resumed their well-directed fire. The conduct of no troops could 
have been more admirable; and, too, until that day they had never 
been under fire, when, within less than half an hour eighty of their 
comrades dropped by their sides. How different from the Arkansas 
regiment, which were ordered to the plateau, but after delivering 
their first volley gave way and dispersed. 

SADDEST KVENT OF THE BATTLE. 

But now we have to relate the saddest, and, for Illinois, the most 
mournful, event of that battle-worn day. We take the account 
from Colton's History of the battle of Buena Vista. "As the enemy 
on our left was moving in retreat along the head of the Plateau, 
our artillery was advanced until within range, and o])eiied a heavy 
fire upon him, while Cols. Hardin, Bissell and McKee, with their 
Illinois and Kentucky troops, dashed gallantly forward in hot pur- 
suit. A powerful reserve of the Mexican army was then just 
emerging from the ravine, where it had been organized, and 
advanced on the plateau, opposite the head of the southernmost 
gorge. Those who were giving way rallied quickly upon it; when 
the whole force, thus increased to over 12,000 men, came forward 
in a perfect blaze of fire. It was a single column, composed of the 
best soldiers of the republic, having for its advanced battalions the 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 123 

veteran regiments. The Kentuck}' and Illinois troops were soon 
obliged to give ground before it and seek the shelter of the second 
gorge. The enemy pressed on, arriving opposite the head of the 
second gorge. One-half of the column suddenly enveloped it, while 
the other half pressed on across the plateau, havin'g for the moment 
nothing to resist them but the three guns in their front. The por- 
tion that was immediately opposed to the Kentucky and Illinois 
troops, ran down along each side of the gorge, in which they had 
sought shelter, and also circled around its head, leaving no possible 
way of escape for them except b}' its mouth, which opened 
upon the road. Its sides, which were steep, — at least an angle of 
45 degrees, — were covered with loose pebbles and stones, and con- 
verged to a point at the bottom. Down there were our poor fel- 
lows, nearly three regiments of them (1st and 2d Illinois and 2d 
Kentucky), with but little opportunity to load or lire a gun, being 
hardly able to keep their feet. Above the whole edge of the 
gorge, all the way around, was darkened by the serried masses of 
the ene;ny, and was bristling with muskets directed on the crowd 
beneath. It was no time to pause. Those who were not immedi- 
ately shot down rushed on toward the road, their number growing 
less and less as they went, Kentuckians and lUinoisans, officers and 
men, all mixed up in confusion, and all jjressing on over the loose 
pebbles and rolling stones of those shelving, precipitous banks, 
and having lines and lines of the enemy firing down from each 
side and rear as they went. Just then the enemy's cavalry, which 
had gone to the left of the reserve, had come over the spur that 
divides the mouth of the second gorge from that of the tliird, and 
were now closing up the only door through which there was the 
least shadow of a chance for their lives. Many of those ahead 
endeavored to force their way out, but few succeeded. The lancers 
were fully six to one, and their long weapons were already reeking 
with blood. It was at this time that those who were still back in 
that dreadful gorge heard, above the din of the musketry and the 
shouts of the enemy around them, the roar of Washington's Bat- 
tery. No music could liave been more grateful to their ears. A 
moment only, and the whole opening, where the lancers were busy, 
rang Avith the repeated explosions of spherical-case shot. They 
gave way. The gate, as it were, was clear, and out upon the road 
a stream of our poor fellows issued. They ran panting down 



124 HISTOBY OF ILLINOIS. 

toward the battery, and directly under the tight of iron then pas- 
sing over their heads, into the retreatinj^ cavalry. Hardin, McKce, 
Cla}', Willis, Zubriskie, Houghton — but why go on? It would be 
a sad task indeed to name over all who fell during this twenty 
minutes' slaughter. The whole gorge, from the plateau to its 
mouth, was strewed with our dead. All dead! No wounded there 
— not a man; for the infantry had rushed down the sides and com- 
pleted the work with the bayonet." 

VICTOKT FOK OUK AKMY. 

The artillery on the plateau stubbornly maintained its position, 
The remnants of the 1st and 2d Illinois regiments, after issuing 
from the fated gorge, were formed and again brought into action, 
the former, after the fall of the noble Hardin, under Lieut. Col. 
Weatherford, the latter under Bissell. The enemy brought forth 
reinforcements and a brisk artillery duel was kept up; but gradually, 
as the shades of night began to cover the earth, the rattle of mus- 
ketry slackened, and when the pall of night was thrown over that 
bloody field it ceased altogether. Each army, after the fierce and 
long struggle, occupied much the same position as it did in the 
morning. However, early on the following morning, the glad 
tidings were heralded amidst our army that the enemy had retreated, 
thus again crowning the American banners with victory. 

OTHER IIONOKKD NAMES OF THIS WAE. 

Other bright names from Illinois that shine as stars in this 
war are those of Shields, Baker, Harris and Coflfee, which are 
indissolubly connected with the glorious capture of Vera Cruz 
and the not less famous storming of Cerro Gordo. In this latter 
action, when, after the valiant Gen. Shields had been placed hors 
de combat., the command of his force, consisting of three regiments, 
devoled upon Col. Baker. This officer, with his men, stormed with 
unheard-of prowess the last stronghold of the Mexicans, sweeping 
everything before them. Such indeed were the intrepid valor and 
daring courage exhibited by Illinois volunteers during the Mexican 
war that their deeds should live in the memory of their countrymen 
until those latest times when the very name of America shall have 
been forgotten. 



125 
THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 

On the fourth day of March, 1861, after the most exciting and 
momentous political campaign known in the history of this country, 
Abraham Lincoln — America's mart3'red President — was inaugu- 
rated Chief Magistrate of the United States. Tiiis fierce contest 
was principally sectional, and as the announcement was flashed over 
the telegraph wires that the Republican Presidential candidate had 
been elected, it was hailed by the South as a justifiable pretext for 
dissolving the Union. Said Jeflferson Davis in a speech at Jackson, 
Miss., prior to the election, "If an. abolitionist be chosen Presi- 
dent of the United States 3'ou will have presented to you the 
question whether you will permit the government to pass into 
the hands of your avowed and implacable enemies. AVithout 
pausing for an answer, I will state my own position to be that 
such a result would be a species of revolution by which the 
purpose of the Government would be destroyed, and the obser- 
vances of its mere forms entitled to no respect. In that event, 
in such manner as should be most expedient, I should deem it 
your duty to provide for your safety outside of the Union." Said 
another Southern politician, when speaking on the same sub- 
ject, " We shall fire the Southern heart, instruct the Southern 
mind, give courage to each, and at the proper moment, by one 
organized, concerted action, we can procijiitate the Cotton States 
into a revolution." To disrupt the Union and form a government 
which recognized the absolute supremacy of the white population 
and the perpetual bondage of the black was what they deemed 
freedom from the galling yoke of a Republican administration. 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN DID NOT SEEK THE PRESIDENCY. 

Hon. R. W. Miles, of Knox county, sat on the floor by the side 
of Abraham Lincoln in the Library-room of the Capitol, in Spring- 
field, at the secret caucus meeting, held in Januaiy, 1859, when 
Mr. Lincoln's name was first spoken of in caucus as candidate ibr 
Pres-ident. When a gentleman, in making a short speech, said, 
" We are going to luring Abraham Lincoln out as a candidate for 
President," Mr. Lincoln at once arose to his feet, and exclaimed, 
"For God's sake, let me alone! I have suftered enough!" This 
was soon after he had been defeated in the Legislature for United 
States Senate by Stephen A. Douglas, and only those who are 



126 IIISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

intimate with that important and unparalleled contest can appre- 
ciate the full force and meaniiii^ of these expressive words of the 
martyred President. Thej' were spontaneous, and prove beyond a 
shadow of doubt that Abraliam Lincoln did not seek the high posi- 
tion of President. Nor did he use any trickery or chicanery to 
obtain it. But his expressed wish was not to be complied with; 
our beloved country needed a savior and a martyr, and Fate had 
decreed that he should be the victim. After Mr. Lincoln was 
elected President, Mr. Miles sent him an eagle's quill, with which 
the chief magistrate wrote his first inaugural address. The letter 
written by Mr. Miles to the 'President, and sent with the quill, 
which was two feet in length, is such a jewel of eloquence and 
prophecy that it should be given a place in history: 

Persifer, December 21, 18G0. 
Hon. a. Lincoln : 

Dear Sir : — Please accept the eagle quill I proaiised you, liy the hand of our 
Kepresentative, A. A. Smith. The bird from whose wiug the quill was taken, was 
shot by John F Dillon, in Persifer township, Knox Co., Ills., in Feb., 1857 Hay- 
ing heard thatjames Buchanan was furnislied witli an eagle quill to write his 
Inaugural with, and believing that in 1800, a Republican would be elected to take 
his place, I determined to save this quill and present it to tlie fortunate man, who- 
ever he might be. lieports tell us that the bird wliich furnished Buchanan's quill 
was a captured bird,— tit emblem of the man that used it ; but the bird from 
which this quill was taken, yielded the (piill only with his life,— fit emblem of the 
man who is expected to use it, for true Republicans believe that you would not 
think life worth the keeping after the surrender of principle. Great difficulties 
surround you; traitors to their country have threatened your life ; and should 
you be called upon to surrender it at tlie post of dutj', your memory will live for- 
ever in tlie heart of every freeman ; and that is a grander monument than can be 
built of brick or marble! 

"For If hcnrte may not our memories keep, 
01)Iiviou hat*te each veslim- sweep, 
And let our niemoriei* cutl.'' 

* Yours Trulv, 

n. W. Miles. 

STATES SECEniNG. 

At the time of President Lincoln's accession to power, several 
members of the Union claimed they had withdrawn from it, and 
styling themselves the " Confederate States of America," organ- 
ized a separate government. The house was indeed divided 
against itself, but it should not fall, nor should it long continue 
divided, was the hearty, determined response of every loyal heart 
in the nation. "The accursed institution of human slavery was 
the primar}' cause for this dissolution of the American Union. 
Doubtless other agencies served to intensify the hostile feel- 
ings which existed between the Northern and Southern jwrtions 



HISTORV OF ILLINOIS. 127 

of our country, but their remote origin could be traced to this great 
national evil. Had Lincoln's predecessor put forth a tiinelj, ener- 
getic effort, he might have prevented tiie bloody war our nation 
was called to pass through. On the other hand every aid was given 
the rebels; every advantage and all the power of the Government 
was placed at their disposal, and when Illinois' honest son took the 
reins of the Republic he found Buchanan had been a traitor to his 
trust, and given over to the South all available means of war. 

THE FALL OF SUMTER. 

On the 12th day of April, 1S61, the rebels, who for weeks had 
been erecting their batteries upon the shore, after demanding of 
Major Anderson a surrender, opened fire upon Fort Sumter. For 
thirt^'-four hours an incessant cannonading was continued; the fort 
was being seriously injured; provisions were almost gone, and Major 
Anderson was compelled to haul down the stars and stripes. That 
dear old flag which had seldom been lowered to a foreign foe by 
rebel hands was now trailed in the dust. Tiie first blow of the 
terrible conflict which summoned vast armies into the field, and 
moistened the soil of a nation in fraternal blood and tears, had 
been struck. The gauntlet thus thrown down by the attack on 
Sumter by the traitors of the South was accepted — not, however, 
in the spirit with which insolence meets insolence — but with a firm, 
determined spirit of patriotism and love of country. The duty of 
the President was plain under the constitution and the laws, and 
above and beyond all, the people from whom all political power is 
derived, demanded the suppression of the Rebellion, and stood ready 
to sustain the authority of their represeutative and executive 
otiicers. Promptly did the new President issue a proclamation 
calling for his countrymen to join with him to defend their homes 
and their country, and vindicate her honor. This call was made 
April 14, two days after Sumter was first fired upon, and was for 
75,000 men. On the 15th, the same day he was notified, Gov. 
Yates issued his proclamation convening the Legislature. He also 
ordered the organization of six regiments. Troops were in abund- 
ance, and the call was no sooner made than filled. Patriotism 
thrilled and vibrated and pulsated through every heart. The fixrm, 
the workshop, the oflice, the pulpit, the bar, the bench, the college, 
the school-house, — every calling offered its best men, their lives and 
their fortunes, in defense of the Government's honor and unity. 



128 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

Bitter words spoken in moments of political heat were forgotten 
and forgiven, and joining hands in a common cause, they repeated 
the oath of America's soldier-statesman: ^' By the Oreat Eternal, 
the Union must and shall he preserved." The honor, the very 
life and glory of the nation was committed to the stern arbitrament 
of the sword, and soon tlie tramp of armed men, the clash of 
musketr}- and the heavy boom of artillery reverberated throughout 
the continent; rivers of blood 'saddened by tears of mothers, wives, 
sisters, daughters and sweethearts flowed from the lakes to the 
gulf, but a nation was saved. Tlie sacrifice was great, but the 
Union was preserved. 

CALL FOIJ TROOPS PROMPTLY ANSWERED. 

Simultaneously with the call for troops by the President, enlist- 
ments commenced in this State, and within ten days 10,000 
volunteers offered service, and the sum of 81,000,000 was tendered 
by patriotic citizens. Of the volunteers who offered their services, 
only six regiments could be accepted under the quota of the State. 
But the time soon came vrhen there was a ])lace and a musket for 
every man. The six regiments raised were designated by numbers 
commencing with seven, as a mark of respect for the six regiments 
which had served in the Mexican war. Another call was antici- 
pated, and the Legislature authorized ten additional regiments to 
be organized. Over two hundred companies were immediately 
raised from which were selected the required number. !Jfo sooner 
was this done than the President made another call for troops, six 
regiments were again our proportion, although by earnest solicita- 
tion tlie remaining four were accepted. There were a large number 
of men with a patriotic desire to enter the service who were denied 
this privilege. Many of them wept, while others joined regiments 
from other States. In May, June and July seventeen regiments 
of infantry and five of cavalry were raised, and in the latter month, 
when the President issued his first call for 500,000 volunteers, 
Illinois tendered thirteen regiments of infantry and three of cavalry, 
and so anxious were her sons to have the Rebellion crushed that 
the number could have been increased by thousands. At the 
close of 1861 Illinois had sent to the field nearly 50,000 men, and 
had 17,000 in camp awaiting marching orders, thus exceeding her 
full quota by 15,0U0. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 129 

A VAST AKMY RAISED IN ELEVEN DATS. 

In July and August of 1SG2 the President called for 600,000 
men — our quota of which was 52,296 — and gave until August 18 as 
the limits in which the number might be raised by volunteering, 
after which a draft would be ordered. The State had already fur- 
nished 17,000 in excess of her quota, and it was first thought this 
number would be deducted from the present requisition, but that 
could not be done. But thirteen days were granted to enlist this 
■\-ast army, which had to come from the farmers and mechanics. 
The former were in the midst of harvest, but, inspired by love of 
country, over 50,000 of them left their harvests ungathered, their 
tools and their benches, the plows in their furrows, turning their 
backs on their homes, and before eleven days had expired the 
demands of the Government were met and both quotas filled. 

The war went on, and call followed call, until it began to look as 
if there would not be men enough in all the Free States to crush 
out and subdue the monstrous war traitors had inaugurated. But 
to every call for either men or money there was a willing and ready 
response. And it is a boast of the people that, had the supply of 
men fallen short, there were women brave enough, daring enough, 
patriotic enough, to have offered themselves as sacrifices on their 
country's altar. On the 21st of December, 1861, the last call for 
troops was made. It was for 300,000. In consequence of an im- 
perfect enrollment of the men subject to military duty, it became 
evident, ere this call was made, that Illinois was furnishing thous- 
ands of men more than wliat her quota would have been, had it 
been correct. So glaring had this disproportion become, that 
under this call the quota of some districts exceeded the number of 
able-bodied men in them. 

A GENERAL SUMMARY. 

Following this sketch we give a schedule of all the volunteer 
troops organized from this State, from the commencement to the 
close of the war. It is taken from the Adjutant General's report. 
The number of the regiment, name of original Colonel, call under 
which recruited, date of organization and muster into the United 
States' service, place of muster, and aggregate strength of each 
organization, from which we find that Illinois put into her one hun- 
dred and eighty regiments 256,000 men, and into the United States 



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IISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 



army, tlirougli other States, enough to swell the number to 290,000. 
This far exceeds all the soldiers of the Federal Government in all 
the war of the Revolution. Her total years of service were over 
60(1,000. She enrolled men from eighteen to forty-five years of awe, 
when the law of Congress in I'^Qi — the test time — only asked for 
those from twenty to forty-five. Her enrollments were otherwise 
excessive. Her people wanted to go, and did not take the pains to 
correct the enrollment; thus tlie basis of fixing the quota was too 
great, and the quota itself at least in the tiying time, was far above 
any other State. The demand on some counties, as Monroe, for 
exam))Ie, took every able-bodied man in the county, and then did 
not have enough to fill the quota. Moreover, Illinois sent 20,844 
men for one hundred days, for whom no credit was asked. She 
gave to the country 73,000 years of service above all calls. With 
one-thirteenth of the population of the loyal States, she sent regu- 
larly one-tenth of all the soldiers, and in the perils of the closing 
calls, when patriots were few and weary, she sent one-eighth of all 
that were called for by her loved and honored son in the White 
House. Of the brave boys Illinois sent to the front, there were 
killed in action, 5,SS8; died of wounds, 3,032; of disease, 19 AOG; 
in prison, 9G7; lost at sea, 205; aggregate, 29,5SS. As upon every 
field and upon every page of the history of this war, Illinois bore 
her part of the suffering in the prison-pens of the South. More 
tiian 800 names make up the awful column of Illinois' brave sons 
who died in the rebel prison of Andersonville, Ga. Who can 
measure or imagine the atrocities which would be laid before the 
world were the panorama of sufferings and terrible trials of these 
gallant men but half unfolded to view? But this can never be 
done until new words of horror are invented, and new arts dis- 
covered by which demoniacal fiendishness can be portrayed, and 
the intensest anguish of the human soul in ten thousand forms be 
painted. 

No troops ever fought more heroically, stubbornh', and with bet- 
ter effect, than did the boys from the "Prairie State."' At Pea 
Ridge, Doiielson, Pittsburg Landing, luka, Corinth, Stone River, 
Holly Springs, Jackson, Vicksburg, Chicamaug;i, Lookout Moun- 
tain, Murfreesboro, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Chattanooga, and 
on everv other field where the clash of arms was heard, her sons 
were foremost. 



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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 131 

CAPTURE OF THE ST. LOUIS ARSENAL. 

Illinois was almost destitute of firearms at tlie beginning of the 
conflict, and none could be procured in the East. The traitorous 
Floyd had turned over to the South 300,000 arms, leaving most 
arsenals in the North empty. Gov. Yates, however, received an 
order on the St. Louis arsenal for 10,000 muskets, which he put in 
the hands of Captain Stokes, of Chicago. Several unsuccessful 
attempts were made by the Captain to pass through the large crowd 
of rebels which had gathered around the arsenal, suspecting an 
attempt to move the arms would be made. He at last succeeded 
in gaining admission to the arsenal, but was informed by the com- 
mander that the slightest attempt to move the arms would be dis- 
covered and bring an infuriated mob upon the garrison. This fear 
was well founded, for the following day Gov. Jackson ordered 2,000 
armed men from JeiJerson City down to capture the arsenal. Capt. 
Stokes telegraphed to Alton for a steamer to descend the river, and 
about midnight land opposite the arsenal, and proceeding to the 
same place with 700 men of the 7tli Illinois, commenced loading 
the vessel. To divert attention from his real purpose, he had 500 
guns placed upon a different boat. As designed, this movement 
was discovered by the rabble, and the shouts and excitement upon 
their seizure drew most of the crowd from the arsenal. Capt. 
Stokes not only took all the guns his requisition called foi', but 
emptied the arsenal. When all was ready, and the signal given to 
start, it was found that the immense weight had bound the bow of 
the boat to a rock, but after a few moments' delay the boat fell away 
from the shore and floated into deep water. 

"Which way?" said Capt. Mitchell, of the steamer. "'Straight 
in the regular channel to Alton," replied Capt. Siokes. "What if 
we are attacked?" said Capt. Mitchell. "Then we will fight," was 
the reply of Capt. Stokes. "What if we are overpowered?" said 
Mitchell. " Hun the boat to the deepest part of the river and sink 
her," replied Stokes. "I'll do it," was the heroic answer of 
Mitchell, and away they went past the secession battery, past the 
St. Louis levee, and in the regular channel on to Alton. When 
they touched the landing, Capt. Stokes, fearing pursuit, ran to the 
market house and rang the fire bell. The citizens came flocking 
pell-mell to the river, and soon men, women and children were 
tugging away at that vessel load of arms, which they soon had 
deposited in freight cars and off" to Springfield. 



132 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

LIBERALITY AS WELL AS PATRIOTISM. 

The people were liberal as well as patriotic; and while the men 
were busy enlisting, organizing and equipping coni])anies, the ladles 
'were no less active, and the noble, generous work performed by 
■their tender, loving hands deserves mention along with the bravery, 
•devotion and patriotism of their brothers upon the Southern fields 
■of carnage. , 

The continued need of money to obtain the comforts and neces- 
saries for the sick and wounded of our army suggested to the loyal 
women of the Is^orth many and various devices for the raising of 
funds. Every city, town and village had its fair, festival, picnic, 
excursion, concert, which netted more or less to the cause of 
hospital relief, according to the population of the place and the 
amount of energy and patriotism displayed on such occasions. 
Especially was this characteristic of our own fair State, and scarcely 
a hamlet within its borders which did not send something from its 
.stores to hospital or battlefield, and in the larger towns and cities 
were well-organized soldiers' aid societies, working systematically 
and continuously from the beginning of the war till its close. The 
great State Fair held in Chicago in May, 1865, netted $250,000. 
Homes for traveling soldiers were established all over the State, in 
which were furnished lodging for 600.000 men, and meals valued 
at 82,500,000. Food, clothing, medicine, hospital delicacies, 
reading matter, and thousands of other articles, were sent to the 
boys at the front. 

MESSAGES OF LOVE AXD ENCOCRAGEilENT. 

Letters, messages of love and encouragement, were sent by 
noble women from many counties of the State to encourage the 
brave sons and brothers in the South. Below we give a copy of a 
printed letter sent from Knox county to the "boys in blue," as 
showing the feelings of the women of the North. It was headed, 
" From the Women of Knox County to Their Brothers in the 
Field." It was a noble, soul-inspiring message, and kindled anew 
the intensest love for home, country, and a determination to crown 
the stars and stripes with victory : 

" You have gone out from our homes, but not from our hearts. 
Never for one moment are you forgotten. Through weary march 
and deadly conflict our prayers have ever followed you; your 
sufferings are our sufferings, your victories our great joy. 



HISTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 133 

" It' there be one of yon who knows not the dear home ties, for 
whom no mother prays, no sister watches, to hira especially we 
speak. Let him feel that though he may not have one mother he 
has many; he is the adopted child and brother of all our hearts. 
Not one of you is beyond the reach of our sj^mpathies; no picket- 
station so lonely that it is not enveloped in the halo of our 
prayers. 

" During all the long, dark months since our country called you 
from us, your courage, your patient endurance, your fidelit}', have 
awakened our keenest interest, and we have longed to give you an 
expression of that interest. 

"By the alacrity with which you sprang to arms, by the valor 
with which those arms have been wielded, you have placed our 
State in the front ranks; you have made her worthy to be the home 
of our noble President. For thus sustaining the honor of our 
State, dear to us as life, we thank you. 

'' Of your courage we need not speak. Fort Donelson, Pea 
Ridge, Shiloli, Stone Kiver, Vicksburg, speak with blood-bathed 
lips of your heroism. The Army of the Southwest fights beneath 
no defeat-shadowed banner; to it, under God, the nation looks for 
deliverance. 

" But we, as women, have other cause for thanks. "We will not 
speak of the debt we owe the defenders of our Government; that 
blood-sealed bond no words can cancel. But wo are your debtors 
in a way not often recognized. You have aroused us from the 
aimlessness into which too many of our lives had drifted, and have 
infused into those lives a noble pathos. We could not dream our 
time away while our brothers were dying for us. Even your suffer- 
ings have worked together for our good, by inciting us to labor for 
their alleviation, thus giving us a work worthy of our womanhood. 
Everything that we have been permitted to do for your comfort 
has filled our lives so much the fuller of all that makes life valua- 
ble. You have thus been the means of developing in us a nobler 
type of womanhood than without the e.xample of your heroism we 
could ever have attained. For this our whole lives, made purer 
and nobler by the discipline, will thank you. 

"This war will leave none of us as it found us. We cannot 
buffet the raging wave and escape all trace of the salt sea's foam. 
Toward better or toward worse we are hurried with fearful 



13i UISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

haste. If ■we at liome feel this, what must it be to you! Our 
hearts throb with agony wlien wo think of you wounded, suffering, 
d3'ing; but the thought of no physical pain touches us half so 
deeply as the thought of the temptations which surround you. 
We could better give you up to die on tlie battle-field, true to your 
God and to your country, than to have you return to us with 
blasted, blackened souls. Wljen temptations assail fiercely, you 
must let the thought that your mothers are praying for strength 
enable you to overcome them. But fighting for a worthy cause 
worthily ennobles one; herein is our confidence that you will 
return better men than you went away. 

" By all that is noble in your manhood; by all that is true in 
our womanhood; by all that is grand in patriotism; by all that is 
sacred in religion, we adjure you to be faithful to yourselves, to us, 
to your country, and to your God. l^ever were men permitted to 
fight in a cause more worthy of their blood. Were you fighting 
for mere conquest, or glory, we could not give you up; but to sus- 
tain a. principle, the greatest to which human lips have ever given 
utterance, even your dear lives are not too costly a sacrifice. Let 
that principle, the corner-stone of our independence, be crushed, 
and we are all slaves. Like the Suliote mothers, we might well 
clasp our children in our arms and leap down to death. 

"To the stern arbitrament of the sword is now committed the 
honor, the very life of this nation. You fight not for yourselves 
alone; the ej^es of the whole world are on you; and if you fail our 
Nation's death-wail 'will echo through all coming ages, moaning a 
requiem over the lost hopes of oppressed humanity. But you will 
not fail, so sure as there is a God in Heaven. He never meant 
this richest argosy of the nations, freighted with the fears of all 
the world's tyrants, with the hopes of all its oppressed ones, to 
flounder in darkness and death. Disasters ma}' come, as they have 
come, but they will only be, as they have been, ministers of good. 
Each one has led the nation ujjward to a higher ]>laiie, from whence 
it has seen with a clearer eye. Success could not attend us at the 
West 80 long as we scorned the help of the black hand, which 
alone had power to open the gate -of redemption; the God of 
battles would not vouchsafe a victory at the East till the very foot- 
prints of a McClellan were washed out in blood. 

"But now all things seem ready; we have accepted the aid of 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 135 

that hand; those footsteps are obliterated. In his own good time 
we feel that God will give us the victory. Till that hour comes we 
bid you fight on. Though we have not attained that heroism, or 
decision, which enables us to give you up without a struggle, which 
can prevent our giving tears for j'our hlood, though many of us 
must own our hearts desolate till you return, still we bid you stay 
and fight for our countr}', till from this fierce baptism of blood she 
shall be raised complete; the dust shaken from her garments puri- 
fied, a new Memnon singing in the great Godlight." 

Sherman's march to the sea. 

On the loth of November, 1864, after the destruction of Atlanta, 
and the railroads behind him, Sherman, with his army, began his 
march to the sea-coast. The almost breathless anxiety with which 
his progress was watched by the loyal hearts of the nation, and the 
trembling apprehension with which it was regarded by all who 
hoped for rebel success, indicated this as one of the most remark- 
able events of the war; and so it proved. Of Sherman's army, 45 
regiments of infantry, three companies of artillery, and one of 
cavalry were from this State. Lincoln answered all rumors of 
Sherman's defeat with, "It is impossible; there is a mighty sight 
of fight in 100,000 Western men." Illinois soldiers brougiit home 
300 battle fiags. The first United States fiag that floated over 
Richmond was an Illinois flag. She sent messengers and nurses to 
every field and hospital to care for her sick and wounded sons. 

Illinois gave the country the great general of the war, U. S. 
Grant. 

CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 

One other name from Illinois comes up in all minds, embalmed 
in all hearts, that must have the supreme place in this sketch of 
our glory and of our nation's [honor: that name is Abraham 
Lincoln. The analysis of Mr. Lincoln's character is ditficult on 
account of its symmetry. In this age we look with admiration at 
his uncompromising honesty; and well we may, for this saved us. 
Thousands throughout the length and breadth of our country, who 
knew him only as "Honest Old Abe," voted for him on that 
account; and wisely did they choose, for no other man could have 
carried us through the fearful night of war. "When his plans were 
too vast for our comprehension, and his faith in the cause too sub- 



136 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

lime for our participation; wlien it was all night about us, and all 
dread before us, and all sad and desolate behind us; when not one 
ray shone upon our cause; when traitors were haughty and exult- 
ant at the South, and fierce and blasphemous at the North; when 
the loyal men seemed almost in the minority; when the stout«st 
heart quailed, the bravest cheek paled; when generals were defeat- 
ing each other for place, and contractois were leeching out the very 
heart's blood of the republic; when everything else had failed us, 
we looked at this calm, patient man standing like a rock in the 
storm, and said, " Mr. Lincoln is honest, and we can trust him still." 
Holding to this single point with the energy of faith and despair, 
we held together, and under God he brought us through to victory. 
His practical wisdom made him the wonder of all lands. With 
such certainty did Mr. Lincoln follow causes to their ultimate 
effects, that his foresight of contingencies seemed almost prophetic. 
He is radiant with all the great virtues, and his memory will shed 
a glory upon this age that will fill the eyes of men as they look 
into history. Other men have excelled him in some points; but, 
taken at all points, he stands head and shoulders above every other 
man of 6,000 years. An administrator, he saved the nation in the 
perils of unparalleled civil war; a statesman, he justified his 
measures by their success; a philanthropist, he gave liberty to one 
race and salvation to another; a moralist, he bowed from the sum- 
mit of human power to tlie foot of the cross; a inediator, he exer- 
cised mercy under the most absolute obedience to law; a leader, 
he was no partisan; a commander, he was untainted with blood; a 
ruler in desperate times, he was unsullied with crime; a man, he 
has left no word of passion, no thought of malice, no trick of craft, 
no act of jealousy, no purpose of selfish am1)ition. Thus perfected, 
without a model and without a peer, he was dropped into these 
troubled years to adorn and embellish all that is good and all that 
is great in our humanity, and to present to all coming time the 
representative of the divine idea of free government. It is not 
too much to say that away down in the future, when the rejniblic 
has fallen from its niche in the wall of time; when the great war 
itself shall have faded out in the distance like a mist on the 
horizon; when the Anglo-Saxon shall be spoken only by the tongue 
of the stranger, then the generations looking this way shall see 
the great President as the supreme figure in this vortex of history. 



HISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 



13T 



THE WAK ENDED— THE UNION KESTORED. 

The rebellion was ended with the surrender of Lee and his army, 
and Johnson and his command in April, 1S65. Our armies at the 
time were up to their maximum strength, never so formidable, 
never SO invincible; -and, nntil recruiting ceased by order of Sec- 
retary Stanton, were daily strengthening. The necessity, however, 




LINCOLN MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD. 

for SO vast and formidable numbers ceased with the disbanding of 
the rebel forces, which had for more than four years disputed the 
supremacy of the Government over its domain. And now the 
joyful and welcome news was to be borne to the victorious legions 
that their work was- ended in triumph, and they were to be per- 
mitted "to see homes and friends once more." 



138 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 



ScnEDnE-ShowiiK- statement of volunteer troops organized within the Stale, and sent to the 

TeMcommemius April, 18U1. and eudlus December 31, 1885. with number of regiment, name 

'iroH^Timl commniiding ..meer, date of orsanization and muster into Lnited Slates' service, 

place of muster, and the aggregate strength of each organization. 

INFANTRY. 



Commanding oiBcer at < 
tlon. 



Date of organization and Place, where mdetcred 
muster into the Unitedl into the United States 
States service. service. 



May 28, 1861. 



ne 13, 1861. 
,Juiie 15, 18iil.. 
June iS. 1861.. 
June 18, 18B1.. 
July 8, 1861. 



Oct. 31, 1861. 



, John Cook 

Richard J. Ogleeby.. 

Eleazer A. Paine — 

Jas. D. Morgan 

W. H. L. Wallace... 

John McArthur 

John B. Wyman 

John M. Palmer 

Thos. J. Turner 

Robert F. Smith.... 

Leonard F. Ross 

Michael K. Lawler... 

John B. Turchin — 

Chas. C. Marsh 

Ulysses S. Grant 

Henry Dougherty.... 

Jas. A. Mulligan 

Frederick Hecker. .. 

\Vm. N. Coler 

JohnM. Loomis 

Nap. B. Buford 

A. K.Johnson 

Jas. S. Rearden 

Philip B. Fouke 

John A. Logan — 

John Logan 

Chas. E. Ilovey 

EdwardN. Kirk 

Gus. A. Smith 

Nich. Greusel 

Julius White 

Wm. P. Carlin 

Austin Lisht 

Steph. G. Hicks — 

Isaac C. Pagh 

Wm.A. Webb. 

Julius Railh 

Chas. Noblesdorff .. 

John £. Smith 

John A. Davis 

John Bryuer 

Isham N. Haynie... 

Wm. R. Morrison.. 

Moses M. Bane 

G. W. Camming... 

Isaac G. Wilson — 

W. H. W. Cushman 

Thos. W. Hams 

David Stuart 

Robert Kirkham — 

Silas D. Baldwin... 

Wm.F. Lynch 

P. Sidney Post 

Silas C. Toler 

Jacob Fry 

James M. True 

Francis Mora 

Col. D. D. Williams . 
I. Daniel Cameron ... 

Patrick E. Burke... 

Rosi'll M. Hough... 
' Elias Stuart 

Jos. H.Tucker June 14, l«i2. 

O T. Reeves July4. I«ti2 

Othniel Gilbert Julva6. ISfi: 



Julyas, 1861 Cairo, Illinois. 



May 24, 1861 Dixon 

May 25, 1861 >_..... 

May 24, 1861 



.\ug. 3, 1801 .. 
July 87, 1861.. 
Sept. 30, 1861. 
Sept. 8, infil.. 
Dec. 31,1861 
Aug. 15,1861.. 
Sept, 7, 1861. 



Sept. 2), 1861 

Sept. 18, 13«1 

Aug. 15, 1861. .. 
December. 1861... 

Aug. 10. 1S61 

.\ug, 9, 1861 

Sept. 17, 1S61 

Dee. 16.1861 

Sept. 13, 1861 

Dec. 26, 1%1 

Dec. 2*. 1861 

Oct. 1, 1861 

Nov, IS, 1861 

Dec. 31. 1861 

Sept. 12. 1861 .... 
Dec. '61. Feb. '62.. 

Nov. I'J, 1861 

March. 1862 

Feb. 18.1869 

Oct. 81, 1861 

Feb. 27,1869 

Dec. 96, 1861 

Dec. 24, 1861 

August. 1861 

Feb. 17, 1862 

March 7, 18«a.... 
.\pril 10,1862 



Dec. 31, 1862. 
May 15, 1862 . 
April, 1862 ... 
Juno 13, 1862., 
June 20. imi 



Jacksonville. 

Freeport 

Quincy 

Peoria 

Anna 



Joliet . . . 
Mattoon... 
Belleville. 
Chicago. . . 
Chicago... 



Camp But er.. 



Camp Butler.. 
Camp Butler.. 
Camp Butler.. 
Camp Butler.. 
Camp Butler.. 
Camp Butler. 
Camp Butler. . 



.\urora 

Chicago 

Camp Butler. 

Chicago 

^fllem 

Decatur 

Chicago 

Camp Butler. 

Chicago 

Galena 

Camp Butler, 



Peoria 

Camp Butler 

Camp Butler. .. 

Quincv 

Camp"Dougla8. 

Geneva 

Ottawa 

.\nua .. . 

Camp Douglas . 
Shawneetowu,. . 
Camp Douglas.. 
Camp Douglas . 
St. Louis, Mo... 

Anna 

CarroUton 

.\nna 

Anna 

Camp Butler — 
Camp Douglas.. 
St. LimU. Mo... 
Camp Douglas.. 

Camp Butler 

Camp Douglas.. 

Camp Butler 

Camp Douglas.. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 



139 



Schedule— Showing statement of volanteer troops organized wthin the State, and sent to the 
field, commencing April, 1861, and ending December 31, 18ti5, with number of regiment, name 
of original commanding officer, date of organization and mufster into United States' service, 
place of muster, and the aggregate strength of each organization. 

INFANTRY. 



Commanding officer at organiza- Date of organization and. Place where mustered 
tiou. muster into the United into the United States 



Col. Frederick A. Starring |Aug. 21,1 

Jas. F. Jaquess 

Jason Marsh 

George Kyan 

AlonzoW. Mack.. 

David P.'Grier 

W. H. Bennison... 
Lyman Guinnip... 

Thos. G. Allen 

.Jas. J. Doll ins.. .. 
Frederick Hecker.. 
AbnerC. Harding. 
Louis H. Waters..., 
Roberts. Moore..., 

David D. Irons 

John E. Whiting.... 

F. T. Sherman 

John Christopher... 
Timothy O'Mera. .. 

Henry M. Day 

Smith D. AtUins... 

Ilolden Putnam 

\Vm. W. Orme 

Lawr'n S. Church.. 
Thos. E. Champion. 

F. S. Rutherford — 
J. J. Funkhouser. .. 

G. W. K. Bailey... 
Fred. A. Bartleson.. 

Chas. H. Fox 

Wm. McMnrtry 

Amos C. Babcock.. 
Absalom B. Moore.. 
Daniel Dustin...... 

Robert B. Latham.. 

Thomas Snell 

John Warner 

Alex. J.Nimmo ... 

Thos. S. Casey 

James S. Martin — 

T. J. Henderson 

Geo. B. Ho^e 

James W. .Judy 

Jesse U. Moore ... 
Nathan H.Tupper.. 
Rieden M. Moore,.. 

John G. Fouda 

Thos. J. Kenney 

George W. McKeaig 

*r organized 

John I. Uinaker.... , 

James Moore 

Thomas .T. Sloan 

Oscar F. Harmon. . . . 
Jonathan Richmond, 

John Van.\rman 

Robert M. Hudiey... 

George P. Smith 

Nathaniel Niles 

George W. Neeley... 
Thomas C. Pickett. . 

Thad. Phillips 

W. W McChesney... 

John S.Wolfe June 6, 1S64. 



Sept. 4. 1862... 
Sept. 8. 1862.. 
Aug. 22, 1868. 
•Sept. 3, 186i. 
Sept. 1, 1862... 
Aug. 28, 1862.. 
Aug. 25, 1862... 
Aug. 26, 1862.. 

Aug. 81, 1862... 
Sept. 1,1862... 
Aug. 87. 1862 . 

Sept 28.1862.. 
Ang. 27, 1862... 
"■ g 25.186;.. 
. 22, 1862.. 
Sept. 8, 1862... 
Sept. 4, 1862.... 
Oct. 13, 1862.... 
Ang. 20, 1862... 
Sept. 4,1862... 
Sept. 6, 1862... 
Sept. 8, 1862.. 
Sept. 3, 1S6J .. 
Aug. 26, 1862. . 
Aug. 30, 1862. . 
Sept. 2, 1862..., 



Oct, 2. 1862. . . 
Aug. 87, 1862. 
Sept. 2, 1862. 
Sept. 17, 1862. 
Sept. 4,1862.., 
Aug. 28, 1862. 
Sept. 11,1861, 

Sept. 18, 1862. 
Sept. 18,1862.. 
Oct. 1, 1862. . . . 
pt. 18, 1868.. 
Sept. 13, 1888.. 
Sept. 30, 1862.. 
Sept. 19, 1868.-. 
Nov 29. 1868. 
Oct. 7, 1802... 
Oct. 29, 1868... 



Sept. 4, 18«8... 
Sept. 6 1S62 .. 
Sept. 10 1862. 
Sept. 4. 1862... 

Sept. 5. 1862. . 
Dec 18. 1862... 
Sept. 8, 1862... 
Oct. 25. 1865... 
Nov. 13.1862... 
Junel. 1864,.. 
May 31, 1864... 



Camp Douglas. 
Camp Butler... 

Rockford 

Dix 



Kankakee 

Peoria.., 

Qnincy 

Danville 

Ceutralia 

Auna 

Camp Butler 

Monmouth 

Quincy... 

Peoria 

Peoria 

ShawneetoKTi 

Camp Douglas , 

Camp Douglas 

ip Douglas 

Camp Butler 

Rockford 

Princeton and Chicago. 

Bloomington, 

Rockford 

Rockford 

Camp Butler 

Centralia 

Florence, Pike Co. 

Met 

■Jacksonville 

Knoxville , 

peoria 

Ottawa 

Chicago 

Lincoln 

Camp Butler 

Peoria 

Anna 

Auna 

Salem 

Peoria 

Camp Douglas 

CampButler 

Camp Butler 

Decatur 

CampButler 

CampButler 

Quincy 

Camp Butler 



Carlinville...... 

Mattoon 

Camp Butler... 

Danville 

Chicago 

Camp Douglas. 
Camp Butler... 

Pontiac 

Camp But'er. . . 
Camp Massac. 

Camp Fry 

Camp Butler. , 

Camp Fry 

Mattoon 



1110 
1051 
1028 



1041 
1265 
1036 
1091 
1487 



HO 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 



ScHEDCLE— Showing ftatemoni of volunteer troops organized within the State, and Bent to the 
field, commencing April, 186), and ending December SI, 1865, with number of regiment, name 
of original commanding otnrer, date of organization and mnstcr into United States' service, 
place of muster, and the aggregate strength of each orgauizaliou. 



INFANTRY. 



c 


Commanding officer at organiza- 
tion. 


Date of organization and 
muster into the United 
States service. 


Place where mustered 
into the United States 
service. 


> 

1 








Centralia 

Quincy 


W2 


137 






S49 


" J W (ioodwin 




KU 






Peoria 

Camp Butler 

Elgin 


878 








871 




" Stephen Broriaon 

" KoUin V. Ankney 

" DudleyC.Smith 

'• Cyrus Hall 

" George W. Lackey 

" llenry II. Ucan 




B42 


142 
143 

144 
145 
146 
147 
148 
149 
IfO 
151 
152 
153 
l-M 
1.55 
156 




851 










A'ton. lUg 


1159 




Camp Butler 

Camp Butler 


880 


Sept. 20,18K4 

Feb.l_8,1865 


1056 
1047 






917 






983 


" George W. Keener 

'' French B. Woodall 


Feb. 14, 1865 

Feb. 25, 1865 

Feb. 18, 186.-) 




933 


Quincv 


970 




945 


" Stephen Bronson 

" McLean F. Wood 

" Gustavus A. Smith 

" Alfred F. Smith 


Chicago 




Feb. 22, 186.-) 






929 


March 9 1865 


Chicago 


975 


Dec. 1, 1861 

.1 uuc 21 , 1864! ........ '. . '. 


985 




" JohnA.Bross 




803 




Cflmp'Butler 


91 






June 15, l.ew 


90 




" JamesSteele '. 




8« 




'^ 





CAVALRY. 



ol. Thomas A. Marshall 

'■ Silas Noble 

" Eugene A . Carr 

" T.Lylc Dickey 

" John J. Updegraff 

" Thomas II. Cavanaugh. 

" Wm. Pitt Kellogg 

" JohnF. Fnrnsworth... 

" Albert G. Bracket! 

" James A. Barrett, 

*' Robert G. Ingersoll — 

" ArnoVo«s 

" Joseph W.Bell 

" Horace Capron 

" Warren Stewart 

•' Christian Thielman 

" John L. Bevcridge 



June, 1861 

Aug. 2)." 

Sept. 21, " 

Sept. 30, " 

December " 

Nov., "61, Jan., '62. 

August, '61 

Sept. 18. '61 

Oct. 26. '61 

Nov. 2.'i, '61 

Dec.an.ei 

Dec., '61, Feb.. '62.. 



Jan.7,'63 

Organized Dec. 25, ' 
Jan. and April, '63. 
Jan.as,'64 



:>mingtou... 

ip Butler... 
Camp Butler... 

Ottawa 

Camp Butler... 
CampBhtler... 
Camp Butler... 
St. >. harles.. .. 
Camp Douglas. 
Camp Butler... 



Camp Butler. ., 
Camp Douglas. 

Peoria 

Camp Butler... 
Camp Butler... 
St. Charles 



FIRST REGIMENT— ILLINOIS LIGHT ARTILLERY'. 



) Field 
L Capt. 



and staff. 

C. M. Willard 

Ezra Taylor 

C. HauKhtaling 

Edward McAllister. 
A. C. Waterhouse.. 
John T. Cheney . . . 

Arthur O'Loary 

Axel Silversparr — 

Edward liouton 

A. Franklin 

John Ronrke 

John B.Miller 

Recruits 



Oct. 31,1861. 

Jan. 14, '62... 

Dec. in, '61... 

Feb. 2.5. '62.. 

Feb. 28. '62 

Feb. 20, '62.. 
. Feb. 15, '62... 
, Ian. 9, '62... 
, Feb. 22, '62.. 

Aug. 12, '62 



Ptainlield 

Chicago 

' up Butler. , 



Shawneetown . 

Chicago 

Chicago 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 



141 



ScHEDUXE— Showing etatement of volunteer troops organized within the State, and sent to the 
field commencing April, 1861, and ending December 31, 1865, with number of regiment, name 
of original commanding officer, date of organization and mueter into United States service, 
place of muster, and the aggregate strength of each organization. 

LIGHT ARTILLERY. 



Commanding officer at organiza- 
tion. 



Date of organization and 
muster into the United 
States service. 



Place where mustered 
into the United States 
service. 



SECOND REGIMENT— ILLINOIS LIGHT ARTILLERY. 



. Peter Davidson 

Riley Madison 

Caleb Hopkins 

Jasper AI. Dresser 

Adolph Schwartz 

John W. Powell .. 
Charles J. Stolbrand. 
Andrew Steinbeck — 
Charles W. Keith. .. 
Benjamin F. Rogers. 
William H. Bolton... 
JohnC. Phillipe 

Field and Staff 

Recruits 



lAug 



ir, isai I Peoria . 



June 20, '61 . 
Aug. 5, '61 . . 
Dec. 17, '61. 
Feb. 1, 'bS... 
Dec. 11, '61.. 
Dec. 31, '61.. 



Feb. 28, '62.. 
June 6, '62. . 



Cairo 

Cape Girardeau, Mo.. 

Camp Butler 

Camp Butler 

Camp Butler 

Camp Butler 

Chicago 

Chicago 



INDEPENDENT B.\TTERIES. 



Board of Trade 
Springfield. . .. 

Mercantile 

Elgin 

Coggswell's... 
Henshaw's — 

Bridges' 

Colvm'e 

Busteed's 



Capt. James S. Stokes 

" Thomas F. Vaughn 

'^ Charles G. Cooley 

" George W. Renwick. . 

" William Coggswell... 

" Ed. C. Henshaw 

'* Lyman Bridges 

" JohnH. Colvin 



JulySl, 1862 IChicago 



Aug. ai, '62. 
Aug. 29. '62. 
Nov. 1.% '62. 
Sept. 23, -61. 
Oct. 15, '62.. 
Jan. 1, '62.... 
Oct. 10, '63.. 



Camp Butler.. 

Chicago 

Elgin 

Camp Douglas 

Ottawa 

Chicago 

Chicago 

Chicago 



RECAPITULATION. 

Infantry 185,M1 

Cavalry 32.082 

Artillery ■r,'277 



DUELS. 

The code of chivalry so common among Southern gentlemen 
and so frequently brought into use in settling personal diflerences 
has also been called to settle the " affairs of honor " in our own 
State, however, but few times, and those in the earlier days. 
Several attempts at duels have occurred; before the disputants met 
in mortal combat the differences were amicably and satisfactorily 
settled; honor was maintained without the sacrifice of life. In 
ISIO a law was adopted to suppress the practice of dueling. This 
law held the fatal result of dueling to be murder, and, as it was 
intended, had the effect of making it odious and dishonorable. 
Prior to the constitution of 18-±8, parties would evade the law by 



142 IIISTORV OF ILLINOIS. 

going beyond the jurisdiction of the State to engage in their con- 
tests of honor. At that time they incorporated in the Constitution 
an oath of office, which was so broad as to cover the whole world. 
An}' person who had ever fought a duel, ever sent or accepted a 
challenge or acted the part of second was disfranchised from holding 
office, even of minor importance. After this went into effect, no 
other duel or attempt at a duel has been engaged in within the 
State of Illinois, save those fought by parties living outside of 
the State, who came here to settle their personal differences. 

THE FIKST DUEL. 

The first duel fought within the boundaries of this great State 
was between two young military officers, one of the French and 
the other of the English army, in the year 1765. It was at the 
time the British troops came to take possession of Fort Chartres, 
and a woman was the cause of it. The aflfair occurred early 
Sunday morning, near the old fort. They fought with swords, and 
in the combat one sacrificed his life. 

BOND AND JONES. 

In 1809 the next duel occurred and was bloodless of itself, but out 
of it grew a quarrel \vhich resulted in the assassination of one of 
the contestants. The principals were Shadrach Bond, the first 
Governor, and Rice Jones, a bright young lawyer, who became quite 
a politician and the leader of his party. A personal difference arose 
between the two, which to settle, the parties met for mortdl combat 
on an island in the Mississippi. The weapons selected were hair- 
trigger pistols. After taking their position Jones' weapon was 
prematurely discharged. Bond's second, Dunlap, now claimed tliat 
according to tlie code Bond had the right to the next fire. But 
Bond would not take so great advantage of his opponent, and said 
it was an accident and would not fire. Such noble conduct 
touched the generous nature of Jones, and the difficulty was at 
once amicably settled. Dunlap, however, bore a deadly hatred for 
Jones, and one day while he was standing in the street in Xaskaskia, 
conversing with a lady, he crejit up behind him and shot him dead 
in his tracks. Dunlap successfully escaped to Texas. 

KECTOK AND I5AKT0N. 

In 1812 the bloody code again brought two young men to the 
field of honor. They were Tliomas Rector, a son of Capt. Stephen 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 145 

Rector who bore such a noble part in the war of 1812, and Joshua 
Barton. They had esjjoused the quarrel of older brothers. The 
aifair occurred on Bloody Island, in the Mississippi, but in the 
limits of Illinois. This place was frequented so often by Missou- 
rians to settle personal difficulties, that it received the name of 
Bloody Island. Barton fell in this conflict. 

STEWART AND BENNETT. 

In 1819 occurred the first duel fought after the admission of the 
State into the Union. This took place in St. Clair county between 
Alphonso Stewart and William Bennett. It was intended to be a 
sham duel, to turn ridicule against Bennett, the challenging part}'- 
Stewart was in the secret but Bennett was left to believe it a 
reality. Their guns were loaded with blank cartridges. Bennett, 
suspecting a trick, put a ball into his gun without the knowledge 
of his seconds. The word "fire" was given, and Stewart fell 
mortally wounded. Bennett made his escape but was subsequently 
captured, convicted of murder and suflTered the penalty of the law 
by hanging. 

PEARSON AND BAKER. 

In 184:0 a personal difference arose between two State Senators, 
Judge Pearson and E. D. Baker. The latter, smarting under the 
epithet of " falsehood," threatened to chastise Pearson in the public 
streets, by a " fist fight." Pearson declined making a "blackguard'' 
of himself but intimated a readiness to fight as gentlemen, accord- 
ing to the code of honor. The affair, however, was carried no 
further. 

HARDIN AND DODGE. 

The exciting debates in the Legislature in 1840-''41 were often 
bitter in personal " slings," and threats of combats were not 
infrequent. During these debates, in one of the speeclies by the 
Hon. J. J. Hardin, Hon. A. B. Dodge thought he discovered a 
personal insult, took exceptions, and an " affair " seemed imminent. 
The controversy was referred to friends, however, and amicably 
settled. 

m'cleknand and smith. 

Hon. John A. McClernand, a member of the Ilcaise, in a speech 
delivered during the same session made charges against the "Whig 
Judges of the Supreme Court. This brought a note from Judge 



146 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

T. W. Smith, by the hands of liis " friend " Dr. Merriman, to 
McClcrnand. This was construed as a challenge, and promptly 
accepted, naming the place of meeting to be Missouri; time, early; 
the weapons, rifles; and distance, 40 paces. At this critical junc- 
ture, the Attorney General had a wai-rant issued against the Judge, 
whereupon he was arrested and placed under bonds to keep the 
peace. Tims ended this attempt to vindicate injured honor. 

LINCOLN AND SHIELDS. 

During the hard times subsequent to the failure of the State and 
other banks, in 1S42, specie became scarce while State moqey was 
plentiful, but worthless. The State officers thereupon demanded 
specie payment for taxes. This was bitterly opposed, and so fiercely 
contested that the collection of ta.xes was suspended. 

During the period of the greatest indignation toward the State 
officials, under the 7io?n de jjluine of " Rebecca," Abraham Lincoln 
had an article published in the Sangavio Journal^ entitled " Lost 
Township." In this article, written in the form of a dialogue, the 
officers of the State were roughly handled, and especially Auditor 
Shields. The name of the author was demaded from the editor by 
Mr. Shields, who was very indignant over the manner in which he 
was treated. The name of Abraham Lincoln was given as the 
author. It is claimed by some of his biographers, however, that 
the article was prepared by a lady, and that when the name of the 
author was demanded, in a spirit of gallantry, Mr. Lincoln gave 
his name. In company with Gen. Whiteside, Gen. Shields pur- 
sued Lincoln to Tremont, Tazewell county, where he was in attend- 
ance upon the court, and immediately sent him a note "requiring 
a full, positive and absolute retraction of all offensive allusions " 
made to him in relation to his "private character and standing as 
a man, or an apology for the insult conveyed." Lincoln had been 
forewarned, however, for "William Butler and Dr. Merriman, of 
Springfield, had become acquainted with Shields' intentions and by 
riding all night arrived at Tremont ahead of Shields and informed 
Lincoln what he might expect. Lincoln answered Shields' note, 
refusing to offer any ex]ilanation, on the grounds that Shields' note 
assumed the fact of his (Lincoln's) authorship of the article, and 
not pointing out what the offensi\'e part was, and accompanying the 
same with threats as to consequences. Mr. Shields answered this, 
disavowing all intention to menace; inquired if he was the author, 



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asked a retraetioji of that portion relatiiio; to his private cliaracter. 
Mr. Lincoln, still technical, returned this note with the verbal 
statenieat '' that thei'e could be no further negotiations until the 
lirst note was withdrawn." At this Shields named Geu. AVhite- 
side as his " friend,'' when Lincoln reported Dr. Merriman as his 
"friend." These gentlemen secretly pledged themselves to agree 
upon some amicable terras, and compel their principals to accept 
them. The four went to Springfield, when Lincoln left for Jack- 
sonville, leaving the following instructions to guide liis friend. Dr. 
Merriman: 

" In case Whiteside shall signify a wish to adjust this affair with- 
out further difficulty, let him know that if the present papers be 
withdrawn and a note from Mr. Shields, asking to know if I am the 
■ author of the articles of which he complains, and asking that I shall 
make him gentlemanly satisfoction, if I am the author, and this 
without menace or dictation as to what that satisfaction shall be, a 
pledge is made that the following answer shall be given: 

I did write the " Lost Township " letter which appeared in the Journal of the 
2d inst., but had no participation, in any form, in any other article alluding to 
you. I wrote that wholly for political eftuct. I had no intention of injuring 
your personal or private character or standing, as a man or gentleman ; and I did 
not then think, and do not now think, that that article could produce or has pro- 
duced that effect against you ; aud, had I anticipated such an effect, would have 
forehorne to write it. And I will add that your conduct toward me, so far as I 
know, had always been gentlemanly, and that I had no personal pique against 
you, and no cause for any. 

"If this should be done, I leave it to you to manage what shall 
and what shall not be published. If nothing like this is done, the 
preliminaries of the fight are to be: 

" 1st. Weapons. — Cavalry broad swords of the largest size, pre- 
cisely equal in all respects, and such as are now used by the cavalry 
company at Jacksonville. / 

" 2d. Position. — A plank ten feet long and from nine to twelve 
inches broad, to be firmly ti.xed on edge, on the ground, as a line 
between us which neither is to pass his foot over on forfeit of his 
life. Next a line drawn on the ground on either side of said plank, 
and parallel with it, each at the distance of the whole length of the 
sword, and three feet additional frona the plank; and the passing of 
his own such line by either party during the fight, shall be deemed 
a surrender of the contest. 



148 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

"3d. Time. — On Tlmrsday evening at 5 o'clock, if you can get 
it 60 ; but in no case to be at a greater distance of time than Friday 
evening at 5 o'clock. 

"-ttli. Place.— y^\i\\\n three miles of Alton, on the opposite 
side of the river, the particular spot to bo agreed on by you. 

" Any preliminary details coming within the above rules, you are 
at liberty to make at your discretion, but you are in no case to 
swerve from these rules, or pass'beyond their limits." 

The position of the contestants, as prescribed by Lincoln, seems 
to have been such as both would have been free from coming in 
contact with the sword of the other, and the first impression is that 
it is nothing more than one of Lincoln's jokes. He possessed very 
long arms, however, and could reach his adversary at the stijjulated 
distance. 

Not being amicably arranged, all parties repaired to the field of 
combat in Missouri. Gen. Hardin and Dr. English, as mutual 
friends of both Lincoln and Shields, arrived in the meantime, and 
after much correspondence at their earnest solicitation the affair 
was satisfactorily arranged, Lincoln making a statement similar to 
the one above referred to. 

SHIELDS AXD BUTLER. 

William Butler, one of Lincoln's seconds, was dissatisfied with 
the bloodless termination of the Lincoln-Shields affair, and wrote an 
account of it for the Sangamo Journal. This article reflected dis- 
creditably upon both the principals engaged in that controversy. 
Shields replied by the hands of his friend Gen. Whiteside, in a 
curt, menacing note, whicli was promptly accepted as a challenge 
by Butler, and the inevitable Dr. Merriman named as his friend, 
who submitted the following as jireliminaries of the fight: 

Time. — Sunrise on the following morning. 

Place. — Col. Allen's farm (about one mile north of State House.) 
Weapons. — Rifles. 

Distance. — One hundred yards. 

The parties to stand with their right sides toward each other — 
the rifles to be held in l)oth hands horizontally and cocked, arms 
extended downwards. Neither party to move his person or his 
rifle after being placed, before the word fire. The signal to be: 
"Are you ready? Fire! one — two — three!" about a second of 



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time intervening between each word. Neither party to fire before 
the word " fire," nor" after the word " three." 

Gen. Whiteside, in hmguage curt and abrupt, addressed a note to 
Dr. Merrinian declining to accept the terras. Gen. Shields, how- 
ever, addressed another note to Butler, explaining the feelings of 
his second, and offering to go out to a lonely place on the prairie to 
fight, where there would be no danger of being interrupted; or, if 
that did not suit, be would meet him on his own conditions, when 
and where lie pleased. Butler claimed the aflair was closed and 
declined the proposition. 

■WHITESIDE A>'D MEERIMAN. 

Now Gen. Whiteside and Dr. Merrinian, who several times had 
acted in the capacity of friends or seconds, were to handle the 
deadly weapons as principals. While second in the Shields-Butler 
fiasco, Whiteside declined the terms proposed by Butler, in curt 
and abrupt language, stating that the place of combat could not be 
dictated to him, for it was as much his right as Merriman's, who, 
if he was a gentleman, would recognize and concede it. To this 
Merriman replied by the hands of Capt. Lincoln. It will be 
remembered that Merriman had acted in the same capacity for Lin- 
coln. Whiteside then wrote to Merriman, asking to meet him at 
St. Louis, when he would hear from him further. To this Merri- 
man replied, denying his right to name place, but offered to meet 
in Louisiana, Mo. This Whiteside would not agree to, but later 
signified his desire to meet him there, but the afi'air being closed, 
the doctor declined to re-open it. 

PRATT AND CAMPBELL. 

These two gentlemen were members of the Constitutional Con- 
vention of 1847, and both from Jo Davies county. A dispute arose 
which ended in a challenge to meet on the field of honor. They 
both repaired to St. Louis, but the authorities gaining knowledge 
of their bloody intentions, had both parties arrested, which ended 
this " afi'air." 

DRESS AND MANNERS. 

The dress, habits, etc., of a people throw so much light upon their 
conditions and limitations that in order better to show the circum- 
Btances surrounding the people of the State, we will give a short 



150 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

exposition of the manner of life of our Illinois people at different 
epochs. The Indians themselves are credited by Charlevoix with 
beinof "very laborious," — raising poultry, spinning tlie wool of the 
buffalo and manufacturing garments therefrom. These must have 
been, however, more than usually favorable representatives of their 
race. 

"The working and voyaging dress of the French masses," says 
Reynolds, " was simple and pi'imitive. The French were like the 
lilies of the valley (the Old Ranger was not always exact in his 
quotations), — they neither spun nor wove any of their clothing, but 
purchased it from the merchants. The white blanket coat, known 
as the capot, was the universal and eternal coat for the winter with 
the masses. A cape was made of it that could be raised over the 
head in cold weather. 

" In the house, and in good weather, it hung behind, a cape to 
the blanket coat. The reason that I know these coats so well is, 
tliat I have worn many in my youth, and a working man never wore 
a better garment. Dressed deer-skins and blue cloth were worn 
commonly in the winter for pantaloons. The blue handkerchief 
and the deer-skin moccasins covered the head and feet generally of 
the French Creoles. In ISCfO, scarcely a man thought himself clothed 
unless he had a belt tied around his blanket coat, and on one side 
was hung the dressed skin of a pole-cat, tilled with tobacco, pipe, 
flint and steel. On the other side was fastened, under the belt, the 
the butcher-knife. A Creole in this dress felt like Tarn O'Shanter 
filled with usquebaugh; he could face the devil. Checked calico 
shirts were then common, but in winter flannel was frequently 
worn. In the summer the laboring men and the voyagers often 
took their shirts off in hard work and hot weather, and turned out 
the naked back to the air and sun." 

" Among the Americans," he adds, " home-made wool hats were 
tlie common wear. Fur hats were not common, and scarcely a boot 
was seen. The covering of the feet in winter was chiefly moccasina 
made of deer-skins, and shoe packs of tanned leather. Some wore 
shoes, but not common in very early times. In the summer the 
greater portion of the young people, male and female, and many of 
the old, went barefoot. The substantial and universal outside wear 
was the blue linsey hunting-shirt. Tliis is an excellent garment, 
and I have never felt so happy and healthy since I laid it ofl'. It is 



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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 153 

made of wide sleeves, open before, with ample size so as to envelop 
the body almost twice around. Sometimes it had a large cape, 
which answers well to save the shoulders fi"om the rain. A belt is 
mostly used to keep the garment close around the person, and, 
nevertlieless, there is nothing tight about it to hamper the body. 
It is often fringed, and at times the fringe is composed of red, and 
other gay colors. Tlie belt, frequently, is sewed to the hunting-shirt. 
The vest was mostly made of striped linsey. The colors were made 
often with alum, copperas and madder, boiled with the bark of trees, 
in such a manner and proportions as the old ladies prescribed. The 
pantaloons of the masses were generally made of deer-skin and 
linsey. Course blue cloth was sometimes made into pantaloons. 

" Linsey, neat and fine, manufactured at home, composed generally 
the outside garments of the females as well as the males. The 
ladies had linsey colored and woven to suit their fancy. A bonnet, 
composed of calico, or some gay goods, was worn on the head when 
they were in the open air. Jewelry on the pioneer ladies was 
uncommon; a gold ring was an ornament not often seen." 

In 1820 a change of dress began to take place, and before 1830, 
according to Ford, most of the pioneer costume had disappeared. 
"The blue linsey hunting-shirt, with red or white fringe, had given 
place to the cloth coat. [Jeans would be more like the fact.] The 
raccoon cap, with the tail of the animal dangling down behind, had 
been thrown aside for hats of wool or fur. Boots and shoes had 
supplied the deer-skin moccasins; and the leather breeches, strapped 
tight around the ankle, had disappeared before unmentionables of a 
more modern material. The female sex had made still greater pro. 
gress in dress. Tiie old sort of cotton or woolen frocks, spun, woven 
and made with their own fair hands, and striped and cross-barred 
with blue dye and turkey red, had given place to gowns of silk and 
calico. The feet, before in a state of nudity, now charmed in shoes 
of calf-skin or slippers of kid; and the head, formerly unbonneted, 
but covered with a cotton handkerchief, now displayed the charms 
of the female face under many forms of bonnets of straw, silk and 
leghorn. The young ladies, instead of walking a mile or two to 
cliurcli on Sunday, carrying their shoes and stockings in their hands 
until within a hundred yards of the place of worship, as formerly, 
now came forth arrayed complete in all the pride of dress, mounted 
on fine horses and attended by their male admirers." 



15i IIISTOUV OF ILLINOIS. 

The last half century has doubtless witnessed changes quite as 
great as those set forth by our Illinois historian. The chronicler 
of today, looking back to the golden days of 1S30 to 1840, and 
comparing them with the present, must be struck with the tendency 
of an almost monotonous uniformity in dress and manners that 
comes from the easy inter communication afl'orded b}' steamer, rail- 
way, telegraph and newspaper. Home manufacturers have been 
driven from the household by the lower-priced fabrics of distant 
mills. The Kentucky jeans, and the copperas-colored clothing of 
home manufacture, so familiar a few j-ears ago, have given place to 
the cassimeres and cloths of noted factories. The ready-made- 
clothing stores, like a touch of nature, made the whole world kin- 
and may drape the charcoal man in a dress-coat and a stove-pipe 
hat. The prints and silks of England and France give a variety of 
clioice, and an assortment of colors and shades such as the pioneer 
women could hardly have dreamed of. Godey, and Demorest, and 
Harper's Bazar are found in our modern farm-houses, and the latest 
fashions of Paris are not uncommon. 

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ILLINOIS. 

In area the State has 55,410 square miles of territory. It is 
about 150 miles wide and 400 miles long, stretching in latitude 
from Maine to North Carolina. The climate varies from Portland 
to Richmond. It favors every product of the continent, including 
the tropics, with less than half a dozen exceptions. It produces 
every great food of the world except bananas and rice. It is hardly 
too much to say that it is the most productive spot known to civil- 
ization. With the soil full of bread and the earth full of minerals; 
with an upper surface of food and an under layer of fuel; with per- 
fect natural drainage, and abundant springs, and streams, and navi- 
gable rivers; half way between the forests of the North and the 
fruits of the South; within a day's ride of the great deposits of 
iron, coal, copper, lead and zinc; and containing and controlling 
the great grain, cattle, pork and lumber markets of the world, it is 
not strange that Illinois has the advantage of position. 

There are no mountains in Illinois; in the southern as well as in 
the northern part of the State there are a few hills; near the banks 
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 155 

elevated, forming the so-called bluffs, on which at the present day 
may be found, uuetiaced by the hand of Time, the marks and traces 
left bv the water which was formerly much higher; whence it may 
be safe to conclude that, where now the I'ertile prairies of Illinois 
extend, and the rich soil of the country yields its golden harvests, 
must have been a vast sheet of water, the mud deposited by which 
formed the soil, thus accounting for the present great fertility of the 
country. 

Illinois is a garden 400 miles long and 150 miles wide. Its soil 
is chiefly a black, sandy loam, from (> inches to 60 feet thick. About 
the old French towns it has yielded corn for a century and a half 
without rest or help. She leads all other States in the number 
of acres actually under plow. Iler mineral wealth is scarcely 
second to her agricultural power. She has coal, iron, lead, zinc, 
copper, many varieties of building stone, marble, fire clay, curna 
clay, common brick clay, sand of all kinds, gravel, mineral paint, — 
in fact, everything needed for a high civilization. 

AGEICULTURE. 

If any State of the Union is adapted for agriculture, and the other 
branches of rural economy relating thereto, such as the raising of 
cattle and the culture of fruit trees, it is pre-eminently Illinois. 
Her extremely fertile prairies recompense the farmer at less 
trouble and expense than he would be obliged to incur elsewhere, ia 
order to obtain the same results. Her rich soil, adapted by nature 
for immediate culture, only awaits the plow and the seed in order 
to mature, within a i'ew months, a most bountiful harvest. A 
review of statistics will be quite interesting to the reader, as well as 
valuable, as showing the enormous quantities of the various cereals 
produced in our prairie State: 

In 1876 there was raised in the State 130,000,000 of bushels of 
corn, — twice as much as any other State, and one-sixth of all the corn 
raised in the United States. It would take 375,000 cars to transport 
this vast amount of corn to market, which would make 15,000 trains 
of 25 cars each. She harvested 2,7'47.000 tons of hay, nearly one- 
tenth of all the hay in the Republic. It is not generally appreciated, 
but it is true, that the hay crop of the country is worth more than 
the cotton crop. The hay of Illinois equals the cotton of Louisiana- 



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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 



Go to Charleston, S. C, and see them peddling handfuls of hay or 
grass, almost as a curiosity, as we regard Chinese gods or the cryo- 
lite of Greenland; drink your coffee and condensed milk; and walk 
back from the coast for many a league through the sand and burs 
till you get up into the better atmosphere of the mountains, with- 
out seeing a waving meadow or a grazing herd; then you will begin 
to appreciate the meadows of the Prairie State. 

The value of her farm implements was, in 1876, $211,000,000, 
and the value of live stock was only second to New York. The 
same year she had 25,000,000 hogs, and packed 2,113,845, about 
one-half of all that were packed in the United States. She marketed 
$57,000,000 worth of slaughtered animals, — more than any other 
State, and a seventh of all the States. 

Illinois excels all other States in miles of railroads and in miles 
of postal service, and in money orders sold per annum, and in the 
amount of lumber sold. 

Illinois was only second in many important matters, taking the 
reports of 1876. This sample list comprises a few of the more 
important: Permanent school fund; total income for educational 
purposes; number of publishers of books, maps, papers, etc.; value 
of farm products and implements, and of live stock; in tons of coal 
mined. 

The shipping of Illinois was only second to New York. Out of 
one port during the business hours of the season of navigation she 
Bent forth a vessel every nine minutes. This did not include canal- 
boats, which went one every five minutes. 

No wonder she was only second in number of bankers or in phy- 
sicians and surgeons. 

She was third in colleges, teachers and schools; also in cattle, 
lead, hay, flax, sorgluun and beeswax. 

She was fourth in population, in children enrolled in public 
schools, in law schools, in butter, potatoes and carriages. 

She was fifth in value of real and personal property-, in theologi- 
cal seminaries, and colleges exclusively for women, in milk sold, 
and in boots and shoes manufactured, and in book-binding. 

She was only seventh in the production of wood, while she was 
the twelfth in area. Surely that was well done for the Prairie State. 
She then had, in 1876, much more wood and growing timber than 
she had thirty years before. 



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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 157 

A few leading industries will justify emphasis. She manufactured 
$205,000,000 worth of goods, which placed her well up toward 
New York and Pennsylvania. The nuniher of her uianutaeturing 
establishments increased from 1860 to 1870, 300 per cent. ; capital 
employed increased 350 per cent.; and the amount of product in- 
creased 400 ])er cent. She issued 5,500,000 copies of commercial 
and financial newspapers, being only second to New York. She had 
6,759 miles of railroad, then leading all other States, worth $636,- 
458,000, using 3,245 engines, and 67,712 cars, making a train long 
enough to cover one-tenth of the entire roads of the State. Her 
stations were only five miles apart. She carried, in 1876, 15,795,- 
000 passengers an average of 36^ miles, or equal to taking her 
entire population twice across the State. More than two-thirds of 
her land was within live miles of a railroad, and less than two per 
cent, was more than fifteen miles away 

The State has a large financial interest in the Illinois Central 
railroad. The road was incorporated m 1850, and the State gave 
each alternate section for six miles on each side, and doubled the 
price of the remaining land, so keeping herself good. The road 
received 2,595,000 acres of land, and paid to the State one-seventh 
of the gross receipts. The State received in 1877, $350,000, and 
had received up to that year in all about $7,000,000. It was prac- 
tically tlie people's road, and it had a most able and gentlemanly 
management. Add to the above amount the annual receipts from 
the cUnal, 8111,000, and a large per cent, of the State tax was pro- 
vided for. 

GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS. 

Shadrach Borul — Was the first Governor of Illinois. He was a 
native of Maryland and born in 1773; was raised on a farm; re- 
ceived a common English education, and came to Illinois in 1794. 
He served as a delegate in Congress from 1811 to 1815, where he 
procured the right of pre-emption of public land. He was elected 
Governor iu 1818; was beaten for Congress in 1824 by Daniel F. 
Cook He died at Kaskaskia, April 11, 1830. 

Edioard Coles— Was born Dec. 15, 1786, in Virginia. His father 
was a slave-holder; gave his son a collegiate education, and left to 
him a large number of slaves. These he liberated, gi\'ing each 
head of a family 160 acres of land and aconsiderable sum of money. 



158 HISTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 

He was President Madison's private secretary. He came to Illinois 
in 1819, was elected Governor in 1S22, on the anti-slaverj ticket; 
moved to Philadelphia in 1833, and died in 1868. 

Ninian Edwards. — In 1S09, on the formation of the Territory of 
Illinois, Mr. Edwards was appointed Governor, which position he 
retained until the organization of the State, when he was sent to 
the United States Senate. He^was elected Governor in 1826. He 
was a native of Maryland and born in 1775; received a collegiate 
education ; was Chief Justice of Kentucky, and a Republican in 
politics. 

John Reynolds — "Was bom in Pennsylvania in 1788, and came 
with his parents to Illinois in 1800, and in 1830 was elected Gov- 
ernor on the Democratic ticket, and afterwards served three terms 
in Congress. He received a classical education, yet was not polished. 
He was an ultra Democrat; attended the Charleston Convention in 
1860, and urged the seizure of United States arsenals by the 
South. He died in 1865 at Belleville, childless. 

Joseph Duncan. — In 1831 Joseph Duncan was elected Governor 
by the "Whigs, although formerly a Democrat. He had previously 
served four terms in Congress. He was born in Kentucky in 1794; 
had but a limited education; served with distinction in the war of 
1812; conducted the campaign of 1S32 against Black Hawk. He 
came to Illinois when quite young. 

Thomas Cai-lin — "Was elected as a Democrat in 1S3S. He had 
but a meager education; held many minor offices, and was active 
both in the war of 1812 and the Black Hawk war. He was born in 
Kentucky in 1789; came to Illinois in 1812, and died at Carrollton, 
Feb. 14. 1852. 

Thomas Ford — Was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1800; was 
brought by his widowed mother to Missouri in 1804, and shortly 
afterwards to Illinois. He received a good education, studied law; 
was elected four times Judge, twice as Circuit Judge, Judge of 
Chicago and Judge of Supreme Court. He was elected Governor 
by the Democratic party in 1842; wrote his history of Illinois in 
1847 and died in 1850. 

Augustus C. French — "Was born in Xew Hampshire in 1808; 
was admitted to the bar in 1831, and shortly afterwards moved to 
Illinois when in 1846 he was elected Governor. On the adoption 
of the Constitution of 1848 he was again chosen, serving until 1853. 
He was a Democrat in politics. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 159 

Joel A. Mctteson — Was born in Jetierson county, N. T. , in 180S. 
His father was a farmer, and gave his son only a common school 
education. He first entered upon active life as a small tradesman, 
but subsequently became a large contractor and manufacturer. He 
was a heavy contractor in building the Canal. He was elected Gov- 
ernor in 1S52 upon the Democratic ticket. 

William H. Bissell — Was elected by the Republican party in 
1S56. He had previously served two terms in Congress; was 
colonel in the Mexican war and has held minor official positions. He 
was born in Xew York State in ISll; received a common educa- 
tion; came to Illinois early in life and engaged in the medical pro- 
fession. This he changed for the law and became a noted orator, 
and the standard bearer of the Kepublican party in Illinois. He 
died in 1S60 while Governor. 

Eichard Yates — "The war Governor of Illinois," was born in 
Warsaw, Ky., in 181S; came to Illinois in 1S31: served two terms 
in' Congress; in 1860 was elected Governor, and in 1865 United 
States Senator. He was a college graduate, and read law under J. J. 
Hardin. He rapidly rose in his chosen profession and charmed the 
people with oratory. He filled the gubernatorial chair during the 
trying days of the Rebellion, and by his energy and devotion won 
the title of " War Governor." He became addicted to strong drink, 
and died a drunkard. 

Richard J. Oijleshy — Was bom in 1S24, in Kentucky; an orphan 
at the age of eight, came to Illinois when only 12 years old. He 
was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade; worked some at 
farming and read law occasionally. He enlisted in the Mexican 
War and was chosen First Lieutenant. After his return he again 
took up the law, but during the gold fever of 1849 went to Califor- 
nia; soon returned, and, in 1852, entered upon his illustrious 
political career. He raised the second regiment in the State, to 
suppress the Rebellion, and for gallantry was promoted to Major 
General. In 1864 he was elected Governor, and re-elected in 1872, 
and resigned for a seat in the United States Senate. He is a staunch 
Republican and resides at Decatur. 

Shelhj 21. Cullam — Was born in Kentucky in 1S2S; studied 
law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced the practice of his 
profession in 1S48; was elected to the State Legislature in 1856, 
and again in 1860. Served on the war commission at Cairo, 1862, 



160 niSTOEY OF ILLINOIS. 

and was a member of the 39tli, -iOth and 41st Congress, in all of which 
he served with credit to liis State. lie was again elected to the 
State Legislature in 1872, and re-elected in 1874, and was elected 
Governor of Illinois in 1876, which office he still holds, and has 
administered with marked ability. 

LIECTEKANT GOVERNORS. 

Pierre Menard — Was the fii'st Lieut. Gov. of Illinois. He was 
born in Quebec, Canada, in 1767. He came to Illinois in 1790 
where he engaged in the Indian trade and became wealthy. He 
died in 1844. Menard county was named in his honor. 

Adolphus F. Huhhard — Was elected Lieut. Gov. in 1822. Four 
years later he ran for Governor against Edwards, but was beaten. 

William Kinney — Was elected in 1826. He was a Baptist 
clergyman; was born in Kentucky in 1781 and came to Illinois in 
1793. 

Zadock Casey — Although on the opposition ticket to Governor 
Eeynolds, the successful Gubernatorial candidate, yet Casey was 
elected Lieut. Gov. in 1830. He subsequently served several terms 
in Congress. 

Alexander M. Jenkins — Was elected on ticket with Gov. Duncan 
in 1834 by a handsome majority. 

S. H. Anderson — Lieut. Gov. under Gov. Cariin, was chosen in 
1838. He was a native of Tennessee. 

John Moore — Was born in England in 1793; came to Illinois in 
1830; was elected Lieut. Gov. in 1842. He won the name of 
" Honest John Moore." 

Joseph B. Wells — Was chosen with Gov. French at his first 
election m 184G. 

Williain McMurtry. — In 1848 when Gov. French was again 
chosen Governor, William McMurtry of Knox county, was elected 
Lieut. Governor. 

Gustavus P. Koerner — Was elected in 1852. He was born in 
Germany in 1809. At the age of 22 came to Illinois. In 1872 he 
was a candidate for Governor on Liberal ticket, but was defeated. 

John Wood — Was elected in 1856, and on the death of Gov. 
Bissell became Governor. 

Francis A. Hoffman — Was chosen with Gov. Yates in 1860. 
He was born in Prussia in 1822, and came to Illinois in 1840. 




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SECTY OF THE STATE fJF ILLINOIS 
UNDER 

GOV. A.C.FRENCH 



HISTOET OF ILLINOIS. 



161 



William Bross — "Was born in New Jersey, came to Illinois in 
1S4S, was elected to office in 1864. 

John Dougherty — -Was elected in 1S68. 

John L. Beveredge — Was chosen Lieut. Gov. in 1872. In 1873 
Oglesby was elected to the U. S. Senate when Beveridge became 
Governor. 

Andrew Shuman — "Was elected Nov. 7, 1S76, and is the present 
incumbent. 

StrPERrSTESDEST OP PUBLIC ISSTRCCTION. 



Ninian W. Edwards 1854-56 

W.H. PoweU 1857-58 



Newton Bateman 18.59-75 

Samuel M. Etter 1876 



ATTORSET GENEBALS. 



Daniel P. Cook 1819 

William Mears 1820 

Samuel D. Lockwood 1821-22 

James Tumey 1823-28 

George Forquer 1829-32 

James Semple 1833-34 

Nmiau E. Edwards 1834-35 

Jesse B. Thomas, Jr 1835 

Walter B. Scales 1836 

Aaher F. Linder 1837 



Geo. W. Olney 1838 

Wickliffe Kitchell 1839 

Josiah Lam bom 1841-42 

James A. McDougall 1843-46 

David B. Campbell 1846 

[Gfflce abolished and re-created in 1867] 

Robert G. Ingersoll 1867-68 

Washington Bushnell 1869-73 

James K. Edsall 1873-79 



TBEAStTKEBS. 



John Thomas 1818-19 

R. K. McLaughlin 1819-22 

Ebner Field 1823-26 

.lames Hall 1827-30 

John Dement 1831-36 

Charles Gregory 1836 

.John D. Whiteside 1837-10 

M. Carpenter 1841-48 

John Moore 1848-56 



James Miller 1857-60 

William Butler 1861-62 

Alexander Stame 1863-64 

James H. Beveridge 1865-66 

George W. Smith 1867-68 

Erastus X. Bates ! 869-72 

Edward Rutz 187.3-75 

Thomas S. Ridgeway 1876-77 

Edward Rutz 1878-79 



SECBETAErES OP STATE. 



Eliaa K. Kane 1818-23 

Samuel D. Lockwood 1822-23 

David Blackwell 182.3-24 

Morris Birkbeck 1824 

George Forquer ISa-i-M 

Alexander P. Field 1829-40 

Stephen A. Douglas 1840 

Lyman Trumbull 1841-42 



Thompson Campbell 1843-46 

Horace S. Cooley 1846-49 

David L. Gregg 1850-52 

Alexander Stame 185.3-56 

Ozias M. Hatch 18.57-60 

Sharon T)-ndaIe 186.5-68 

Edwar. I Rummel 1869-72 

George H. Harlow 1873-79 



162 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

AUDITORS. 

Elijah C. Berry 1818-31 Thompson Campbell 1846 

I. T. B. Stapp 1831-35 Jesse K. Dubois 1857-64 

Levi Davis 1835-40 Orlin H. Miner 1865-68 

James Shields 1841-42 Charles E. Lippencott 1869-76 

W. L. D. Ewing 1843-45 Thompson B. >fecdles 1877-79 



UNITED STATES SENATORS. 

Ninian Edwards. — On the organization of the State in 1S18, 
Edwards, the popular Territorial Governor, was chosen Senator for 
the short term, and in 1819 re-elected for full term. 

Jcsse B. Thomas — One of the federal judges during the entire 
Territorial existence was chosen Senator on organization of the 
State, and re-elected in 1823, and served till 1829. 

John McLean — In 1824 Edwards resigned, and McLean was 
elected to fill his unexpired term. He was born in North Carolina 
in 1791, and came to Illinois in 1815; served one term in Congress, 
and in 1829 was elected to the U. S. Senate, but the following year 
died. He is said to have been the most gifted man of his period in 
Illinois. 

Elias Kent Kane — Was elected Nov. 30, 1824, for the term be- 
ginning March 4, 1825. In 1830 he was re-elected, but died before 
the expiration of his term. lie was a native of New York, and in 
1814 came to Illinois. He was tirst Secretary of State, and after- 
wards State Senator. 

David Jeioett Baker — Was appointed to fill the unexpired term 
of John McLean, in 1830, Nov. 12, but the Legislature refused to 
endorse the choice. Baker was a native of Connecticut, born in 
1792, and died in Alton in 1869. 

JohnM. Robinson. — -Instead of Baker, the Governor's appointee, 
the Legislature chose Robinson, and in 1S34 he was re-elected. In 
1843 was elected Supreme Judge of the State, but within two 
months died. He was a native of Kentucky, and came to Illinois 
while quite young. 

William L. D. Ewing — Was elected in 1835, to fill the vacancy 
occasioned b}' the death of Kane. He was a Kentnckian. 

Rifhard M. Young — Was elected in 1836, and held his seat 
from March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1843, a full term. He was a 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 163 

native of Kentucky; was Circuit Judge before his election to the 
Senate, and Supreme Judge in 1SJ:2. He died in an insane asjhim 
at Washington. 

Samuel Mc/ioberts— The first native Illinoisian ever elevated to 
the iiigh ofiice of U. S. Senator from this State, was bora in 1799, 
and died in 1813 on his return home from Washington. He was 
elected Circuit Judge in 1821, and March 4, 1841, took his seat in 
the U. S. Senate. 

Sidney Breeae — Was elected to the U. S. Senate, Dec. 17, 1842, 
and served a full term. He was born in Oneida county, N. Y. 
He was Major in the Black Hawk war; Circuit Judge, and in 1841 
was elected Supreme Judge. He served a full term in the U. S. 
Senate, beginning March 4, 1843, after which he was elected to the 
Legislature, again Circuit Judge, and, in 1857, to the Supreme 
Court, which position he held until his death in 1878. 

James Semple — Was the successor of Samuel McRoberts, and 
was appointed by Gov. Ford in 1843. He was afterwards elected 
Judge of the Supreme Court. 

Stephen A. Douglas — Was elected Dec. 14, 1846. He had pre- 
viously served three terms as Congressman. He became his own 
successor in 1853 and again in 1859. From his first entrance in the 
Senate he was acknowledged the peer of Clay, Webster and Cal- 
houn, with whom he served his first term. His famous contest 
with Abraham Lincoln for the Senate in 1858 is the most memor- 
able in the annals of our country. It was called the battle of the 
giants, and resulted in Douglas' election to the Senate, and Lincoln 
to the Presidency. He was born in Brandon, Vermont, April 23, 
1813, and came to Illinois in 1833, and died in 1861. He was 
appointed Secretary of State by Gov. Carlin in 1840, and shortly 
afterward to the Supreme Bench. 

James Shields — Was elected and assumed his seat in the U. S. 
Senate in 1849, March 4. He was born in Ireland in 1810, came 
to the United States in 1827. He served in the Mexican army, was 
elected Senator from Wisconsin, and in 1879 from Missouri for a 
short term. 

Lyman Trumhull — Took his seat in the tJ. S. Senate March 4, 
1855, and became his own successor in 1861. He had previously 
served one term in the Lower House of Congress, and served on 
the Supreme Bench. He was born in Connecticut; studied law 



164 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

aud came to Illinois early in life, where for 3'ears he was actively 
engaged in politics. lie resides in Chicago. 

Orvill II. Broionincj — Was appointed II. S. Senator in 18G1, to 
fill the seat made vacant by the death of Stephen A. Douglas, until 
a Senator could be regularly elected. Mr. Browning was born in 
Harrison county, Kentucky; was admitted to the bar in 1831, and 
settled in Quincy, Illinois, where he engaged in the practice of law, 
and was instrumental, with his friend, Abraham Lincoln, in form- 
ing the Republican party of Illinois at the Bloomington Conven- 
tion. He entered Johnson's cabinet as Secretary of the Interior, 
and in March, 1868, was designated by the President to perform the 
duties of Attorney General, in addition to his own, as Secretary of 
the Interior Department. 

William A. Richardson — Was elected to the U. S. Senate in 
1863, to fill the unexpired term of his friend, Stephen A. Douglas. 
He was born in Fayette county, Ky., about 1810, studied law, 
and settled in Illinois; served as captain in the Mexican War, and, 
on the battle-field of Buena Vista, was promoted for bravery, by a 
unanimous vote of his regiment. He served in the Lower House 
of Congress from 1847 to 1856, continually. 

Richard Yates — Was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1865, serv- 
ing a full term of six years. He died in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 27, 
1873. 

John A. Logan — Was elected to the L^. S. Senate in 1871. He 
was born in Jackson county, 111., Feb. 9, 1826, received a common 
school education, and enlisted as a private in the Mexican War, 
where he rose to the rank of Regimental Quartermaster. On 
returning home he studied law, and came to the bar in 1852; was 
elected in 1858 a Representative to the 36tli Congress and re-elected 
to the 37t]i Congress, resigning in 1861 to take part in the sup- 
pression of the Rebellion; served as Colonel and subsequently as a 
Major General, and commanded, with distinction, the armies of 
the Tennessee. He was again elected to the U. S. Senate in 1879 
for six years. 

David Davis — Was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1877 for a term 
of six years. He was born in Cecil county, Md., March 9, 1815, 
graduated at Kenj-on College, Ohio, studied law, and removed to 
Illinois in 1835; was admitted to the bar and settled in Blooming- 
ton, where he has since resided and amassed a large fortune. He 



HISTOET OF ILLIXOIS. 165 

was for many years tlie intimate friend and associate of Aljrabam 
Lincoln, rode tiie circuit with him each year, and after Lincoln's 
election to the Presidency, was appointed by him to fill the position 
of Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. 

REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS. 

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. NINETEENTH CONGRESS. 

John McLean 1818 Daniel P. Cook 1825-26 

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. TWENTIETH CONGRESS. 

Daniel P. Cook 1810-20 Joseph Duncan 1827-28 

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. 

Daniel P. Cook 1821-22 Joseph Duncan 1829-30 

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. TWENTT-SECOND CONGRESS. 

Daniel P. Cook 1823-24 Joseph Duncan 1831-32 

TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. 

Joseph Duncan 1833-34 Zadock Casey 1833-34 

TWENTY-FODRTH CONGRESS. 

Zadock Casey 1835-36 William L. May 1835-36 

John Reynolds 1835-36 

TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. 

Zadock Casey 1837-38 William L. May 1837-38 

John Reynolds 1837-38 

TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. 

Zadock Casey 183!)-40 John T. Stuart 1839-40 

John Reynolds 1839-40 

TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. 

Zadock Casey 1841^2 John T. Stuart 1841-42 

John Reynolds 1841-42 

TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. 

Robert Smith 1843-44 Joseph P. Hoge 1843^4 

Orlando B. Fiuklin 1843-44 John J. Hardin 1843-44 

Stephen A. Douglas 1843-44 John Wentworth 1843-41 

John A. McClernand 1843^4 

TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. 

Robert Smith 1845-46 Joseph P. Hoge. .' 1845-46 

Stephen A. Douglas 1845-46 John A. McClernand 1845-46 

Orlando B. Finklin 1845-46 John Wentworth 184.5-46 

John J. Hardin 1845 

THIRTIETH CONGRESS. 

John Wentworth 1847-48 Orlando B. Finklin 1847-48 

Thomas J. Turner 1847 Robert Smith 1847-48 

Abraham Lincoln 1847-48 William A. Richardson 1847-48 

John A. McClernand 1847-48 



166 HISTORr OF ILLINOIS. 

THIRTY-FIBST C0XGUE88. 

John A. McClemand 18W-.50 Eilwiml D. Baker 1849-50 

John Wentworth 1849-.')0 William 11. Bissell 1849-50 

Timothy R. Young 1849-50 Thomas L. Harris 1849 

William -A. Richardson 1849-50 

TIIIRTY-SECOXD COXfiRESS. 

William A. Richardson 1851-52 Richard Yates 1851-53 

Thompson Cam[)bcll 1851-53 Richard S. Malouey 18.51-53 

Orlando B. Finklin 1851-52 Willis 1851-52 

John Wentworth 1851^3 William H. Bissell 1851-52 

THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. 

William H. Bissell 1853-54 Thompson Campbell 1853-54 

John C. Allen 1853-54 James Kno.x 1853-54 

Willis 1853-54 Jesse O. Norton 1853-54 

Elihu B. Washburne 1853-54 William A. Richardson 1863-54 

Richard Yates 1853-54 

THrRTY-FOCRTH COXORESS 

Elihu B. Washburne 1855-56 Samuel S. Marshall 1855-56 

Lyman Trumbull 1855-56 J. L. D. Morrison 1855-56 

James 11. Woodworth 1855-56 John C. .Ulen 1855-56 

James Knox 1855-56 Jesse O. Norton 1855-56 

Thompson Campbell 1855-56 William A. Richardson 1855-56 

THIRTY-FIFTH C0XGRE8S. 

Elihu B. Washburne 1857-58 Samuel S.Marshall 1857-58 

Charles D. Hodges 1857-58 Isaac N. Morris 1857-58 

William Kellogg 1857-58 Aaron Shaw 1&57-5S 

Thompson Campbell 1857-58 Robert Smith 18.57-58 

John F. Farnsworth 1857-58 Thomas L. Harris 1857-58 

Owen Lovcjoy 1857-58 

TniKTT-SIXTH COXGRESS. 

Elihu B. Washburne 1859-60 John F. Farnsworth 1859-60 

John A. Logan 1859-60 Philip B. Fouke 1859-60 

Owen Lovcjoy 1859-60 Thomas L. Harris 1859-60 

John A. McClernand 18.59-60 William Kellogg 1859-60 

Isaac N Morris 1859-60 James C. Robinson 1859-60 

THIRTY-SEVEXTH COXORESS. 

Elihu B. Washburne 1861-62 Isaac N. Arnold 1861-62 

James C. Robinson 1861-63 Philip B. Fouke 1861-63 

John A. Logan 1801-63 William Kellogg 1861-62 

Owen Lovejoy 1861-63 Anthony L. Knapp 1861-63 

John A. McClernand 1801-63 William A. Richardson 1861-<33 

THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. 

Elihu B. Washburne 180.3-64 William J. Allen 1863-64 

Jesse O. Norton 1863-64 Isaac N. Arnold 1863-«4 

James C. Robinson 1863-64 John R. Eden 1863-64 



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169 



Lewis W. Ross 180:3-04 

John T Stuart 1803-64 

Owen Lovcjoy 1863-64 

William R. Morrison 1863-64 

John C. Allen 1863-64 



John F. Farnsworth > 1863-64 

Charles W. JNIorris 1803-64 

Eben C. Ingersoll 1803-64 

Anthony L. Knapp 1803-04 



THIKTY-NINTn CONGRESS. 



Elihu B. TV'ashburne 1865-66 

Anthony B. Thornton 1865-60 

John Went worth 1865-66 

Abncr C. Hardin 1865-66 

Eben C. Ingersoll 1865-06 

Barton C. Cook 1865-66 

Shelby M. Cullom 1865-60 



John F. Farnsworth 1805-66 

Jehu Baker 1805-06 

Henry P. H. Bromwell 1865-06 

Andrew Z. Kuykandall 1805-66 

Samuel S. Marshall 1865-06 

Samuel W. Moulton 1805-66 

Lewis W. Ross 1865-68 



FORTIETH CONGRESS. 

Elihu B. Washburne 1867-68 John F. Farnsworth 1807-68 



Abner C. Hardin 1867-68 

Eben C. Ingersoll 1867-68 

Norman B. Judd 1867-68 

Albert G. Burr 1867-68 

Burton C. Cook 1807-68 

Shelby JI. Oullom 1867-68 



Jehu Baker 1807-08 

Henry P. H. Bromwell 1807-68 

John A Logan 1867-OS 

Samuel S. Marshall 1867-68 

Green B. Raum 1867-08 

Lewis W. Ross 1867-68 



FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. 



Norman B. Judd 1869-70 

John F. Farnsworth 1869-70 

H. C. Burchard 1869-70 

John B. Hawley 1869-70 

Eben C. Ingersoll 1809-70 

Burton C. Cook 1809-70 

Jesse H. Moore 1809-70 



Shelby M. Cullom 1869-70 

Thomas W. McNeely 1869-70 

Albert G. Burr 1869-70 

Samuel S. Marshall 1869-70 

John B. Hay 1809-70 

John M. Crebs 1869-70 

John A. Logan 1869-70 



FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. 

Charles B. Farwell 1871-72 James C. Robinson 1871-73 



John F- Farnsworth 1871-72 

Horatio C. Burchard 1871-73 

John B. Hawley 1871-73 

Bradford N. Stevens 1871-72 

Henry Snapp 1871-73 

Jesse H. Moore 1871-72 



Thomas W. McNeely 1871-73 

Edward Y. Rice 1871-73 

Samuel S. Marshall 1871-73 

John B. Hay 1871-73 

John M. Crebs 1871-72 

John S. Beveredge 1871-73 



FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. 



John B. Rice 1873-74 

Jasper D. Ward 1873-74 

Charles B. Farwell 1873-74 

Stephen A. Hurlbut 1873-74 

Horatio C. Burchard 1873-74 

John B. Hawley 1873-74 

Franklin Corwin 1873-74 



Robert M. Knapp 1873-74 

James C. Robinson 1873-74 

John B. McNulta 1873-74 

Joseph G. Cannon 1873-74 

John R. Eden 1873-74 

James S. Martin 1873-74 

William R. Morrison 1873-74 



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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 



Grccnbury I* Fort 1873-74 

Granvilli; Barrere 1873-74r 

William H. Kay 1873-74 



Isaac Clements 1873- 

Samufl S. ilarshall 1873- 



FOKTY-FOfRTH CONCUESS. 



Bernard G. CaulfieUl 1875-76 

Carter H . II an isDU 1875-76 

Charles B. Farwell 1875-76 

Stephen A. Hurlbut. 1875-76 

Horatio C. Burcharil 1875-^6 

Thomas J. Henderson 1875-76 

Alexander Campbell 187.5-76 

Grecubury L. Fort 1875-76 

Richard H. Whiting 1875-76 

John C. Bagby 1875-76 

FORTY-FIFTH 

William Aldrich 1877-78 

Carter H. Harrison 1877-78 

Lorenzo Brentano 1877-78 

William Lathrop 1877-78 

Horatio C. Burchard 1877-78 

Thomas .1. Henderson 1877-78 

Philip C. Hayes 1877-78 

Grecnbury L. Fort 1877-78 

Thomas A. Boyd 1877-78 

Benjamin F. Marsh 1877-78 

FORTY-SIXTH 

William Aldrich 1870-80 

George R. Davis 1879-80 

Hiram Barber 1879-80 

.Tohn C. Shcrwin 1879-80 

R. M. A. Hawk 1879-80 

Thomas J. Henderson 1870-80 

Philip C. Hayes 1879-80 

Grecnburj- L. Fort 1879-80 

Thomas A. Boyd 1879-80 

Benjamin F. Slarsh 1879-80 



Scott Wike 1875- 

William M. Springer 1875- 

Adlai E. Stevenson 1875- 

Joscph G. Cannon 187.5- 

John R. Eden 187.5- 

W. A. J. Sparks 187.5- 

William R. Morrison 1875-' 

William Hartzell ._ 187.5-' 

William B. Anderson 1875-' 

CONGRESS. 

Robert M. Knapp 1877-' 

William 31. Springer 1877-' 

Thomas F. Tipton 1877-' 

Joscph G. Cannon 1877-' 

.John R. Eden 1877-' 

W. A. .1. Sparks 1877-'; 

William R. Jlorrison 1877-1 

William Hartzell 1877-1 

Richard W. Townshend 1877-1 



COSORESS. 

James W. Singleton 1879-80 

William M. Springer 1879-80 

A. E. Stevenson 1879-80 

Joseph G. Cannon 1879-80 

Albert P. Forsythe 1879-80 

AV. A. J. Sparks 1879-80 

William R. Morrison 1879-80 

John R. Thomas 1879-80 

R. W. Townshend 1879-80 



CHICAGO. 

"While we cannot, in tlie brief space we b^ve, give more than a 
meager sketcli of such a city as Chicago, yet we feel the historj of 
the State would be incomplete without speaking of its metropolis, 
the most wonderful city on the globe. 

In comparing Chicago as it was a few years since with Chicago 
of to-dav, we behold a change whose veritable existence we should 





SEfTIONAL VIEW OF LA SALLE STREET TDNNEL, rHICAGO. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. ITl 

be inclined to doubt were it not a stern, indisputable fact. Rapid 
as is the customary development of places and things in the LTnited 
States, the growth of Cliicago and her trade stands without a parallel. 
The city is situated on the west shore of Lake Michigan at the 
mouth of the Chicago river. It lies 14 feet above the lake, having 
been raised to that grade entirely by the energy of its citizens, its 
site having originally been on a dead level with the water of the 
lake. 

The city extends north and south along the lake about ten miles, 
and westward on the prairie from the lake five or six miles, embrac- 
ing an area of over 40 square miles. It is divided by the river 
into three distinct parts, known as the North, West and South 
Divisions, or "Sides," by which they are popularly and commonlv 
known. These are connected by 33 bridges and two tunnels. 

The first settlement of Chicago was made in 1S04, during which 
year Fort Dearborn was built. At the close of 1S30 Chicago con- 
tained 12 houses, with a population of about 100. The town was 
organized in 1833, and incorporated as a city in 1837. The first 
frame building was erected in 1832, and the first brick house in 
1833. The first vessel entered the harbor June 11, 1834; and at 
ihe first ofticial census, taken July 1, 1837, the entire population 
was found to be 4,170. In 1850 the population had increased to 
29,963; in 1860, to 112,172; in 1870, 298,977; and, according to 
the customary mode of reckoning from tlie number of names in 
the City Directory, the population of 1879 is over 500,000. 

'Nicholas Perrot, a Frenchman, was the first white man to visit 
the site of Chicago. This he did in 1671, at the instigation of M. 
Toulon, Governor of Canada. He was sent to invite the "Western 
Indians to a convention at Green Bay. It has been often remarked 
that the first white man who became a resident of Chicago was a 
negro. His name was Jean Baptiste Pointe an Sable, a mulatto from 
the West Indies. lie settled there in 1796 and built a rude cabin on 
the north bank of the main river, and laid claim to a tract of lanj 
surrounding it. He disappeared from the scene, and his claim was 
"jumped" by a Frenchman named Le Mai, who commenced trad- 
ing with the Indians. A few years later he sold out to John Kin- 
zie, who was then an Indian trader in the country about St. 
Joseph, Mich., and agent for the American Fur Company, which 
had traded at Chicago with the Indians for some time; and this 



172 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

fact liad, probably more tlian any other, to do with the determina- 
tion of the Government to establish a fort there. Tiie Indians 
were growing numerous in that region, being attracted by the 
facilities for selling their wares, as well as being pressed northward 
by the tide of emigration setting in from the south. It was judged 
necessary to have some force near that point to keep them in 
check, as well as to protect the trading interests. Mr. Kiiizie 
moved his family there the san'e year Fort Dearborn was built^ 
and converted the Jean Baptiste cabin into a tasteful dwelling. 

For about eight years things moved along smoothly. The garri- 
son was quiet, and the traders prosperous. Then the United States 
became involved in trouble with Great Britain. The Indians took 
the war-path long before the declaration of hostilities between the 
civilized nations, committing great depredations, the most atro- 
cious of which was the massacre of Fort Dearborn, an account of 
which may be found in this volnme under the heading of " The 
War of 1812." 

THE GREAT FIRE. 

From the year 1840 the onward march of the city of Chicago 
to the date of the great tire is well known. To recount its marvel- 
ous growth in population, wealth, internal resources and improve- 
ments and everything else that goes to make up a mighty city, 
would consume more space than we could devote, however interest- 
ing it might be. Its progress astonished the world, and its citizens 
stood almost appalled at the work of their own liands. She was 
liappy, prosperous and great when time brought that terrible Octo- 
ber night (Oct. 9, 1871) and with it the great fire, memorable as 
ihe greatest fire ever occurring on earth. Tiie sensation conveyed 
to the spectator of this unparalleled event, either through the eye, 
the ear, or other senses or sympathies, cannot be adequately 
described, and any attempt to do it but shows the poverty of lan- 
guage. Asa spectacle it was beyond doubt tlie grandest as well as 
the most appalling ever offered to mortal eyes. From any 
elevated standpoint the appearance was that of a vast ocean of 
flame, sweeping in mile-long billows and breakers over the doomed 
city. 

Added to the spectacular elements of the conflagration — the 
intense and lurid light, the sea of red and black, and the spires and 
pyramids of flame shooting into the heavens — was its constant and 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 173 

terrible roar, drowning even the voices of the shrieking multitude; 
and ever and anon — for a while as often as every half-minute — 
resounded far and wide the rapid detonations of explosions, or fall- 
ing walls. In short, all sights and sounds which terrify the weak 
and unnerve the strong abounded. But they were only tlie accom- 
paniment which the orchestra of nature were furnishing to the 
terrible tragedy there being enacted. 

The total area burned over, including streets, was three and a 
third square miles. The number of buildings destroyed was 
17,450; persons rendered homeless, 9S,500; persons killed, about 
200. Not including depreciation of real estate, or loss of business, 
it is estimated that the total loss occasioned by the fire was 
$190,000,000, of which but $44,000,000 was recovered on insur- 
ance. The business of the city was interrupted but a short time; 
and in a year after the fire a large part of the burned district was 
rebuilt, and at present there is scarcely a trace of the terrible dis- 
aster, save in the improved cliaracter of the new buildings over 
those destroyed, and the general better appearance of the city — 
now the finest, in an architectural sense, in the world. 

One of the features of tliis great city worthy of mention is the 
Exposition, held annually. The smouldering ruins were yet smok- 
ing when the Exposition Building was erected, only ninety days 
being consumed in its construction. The accompanying engrav- 
ing of the building, the main part of which is 1,000 feet long, 
will give an idea of its magnitude. 

COMMEECE OF CHICAGO. 

The trade of Chicago is co-extensive with the world. Every- 
where, in every country and in every port, the trade-marks of her 
merchants are seen. Everywhere, Chicago stands prominently 
identified with the commerce of the continent. A few years ago, 
grain was carted to the place in wagons; now more than 10,000 
miles of railroad, with thousands of trains heavily ladened with the 
products of the land center tjiere. The cash value of the produce 
handled during the year 187S was $220,000,000, and its aggregate 
weight was 7,000,000 tons, or would make 700,000 car loads. 
Divided into trains, it would make 28,000 long, heavily ladened 
freight trains, wending their way from all parts of the United States 
toward our great metropolis. These trains, arranged in one con- 



174 IIISTUIJY OF ILLINOIS. 

timious line, would stretch iroin London across the broad Atlantic 
to New York and on across onr continent to San Francisco. 

In regard to the f^rain, liinibcr and stock trade, Chicago has sur- 
passed all rivals, and, indeed, not only is without a peer but excels 
any three or four cities in the world in these branches. Of grain, 
the vast quantity of 134,^51,193 bushels was received during the 
year 1878. This was about tvvo^fifths more than ever received 
before in one year. It took 13,000 long freight trains to carry it 
fi'oni the fields of the Northwest to Chicago. This would make a 
continuous train that would reach across the continent from New 
York to San Francisco. Speaking more in detail, we have of the 
various cereals received during the year, 62,783,577 bushels of corn, 
2!),901,220 bushels of wheat, 18,251,52!) bushels of oats, 133,981,104 
pounds of seed. The last item alone would fill about 7,000 freight 
cars. 

The lumber received during the year 1878 was, 1,171,364,000 feet, 
exceeded only in 1872, the year after the great fire. This vast 
amount of lumber would require 195,0f)0 freight cars to transport 
it. It would build a fence, four boards high, four and one-half 
times around the globe. 

In the stock trade for the year 1878, the figures assume propor- 
tions almost incredible. They arc, however, from reliable and 
trustworthy sources, and must be accepted as authentic. There 
were received during the year, 6,339,656 hogs, being 2,000,000 more 
than ever received before in one year. It required 129,916 stock 
cars to transport this vast number of hogs Irom the farms of the 
West and Northwest to the stock yards of Chicago. These hogs 
arranged in single file, would iorm a connecting link between 
Chicago and Pckin, China. 

Of the largo number of hogs received, five millions of them were 
slaughtered in Chicago. The aggregate amount of i)roduct maim- 
factured from these ln)gs was 918,000,000 ])ounds. The capacity of 
the houses engaged in slaughtering operations in ('hicago is 60,000 
hogs daily. The number of hands employed in these houses is 
from 6,000 to 8,000. The number of packages required in which 
to market the year's product is enormously large, aggregating 500,- 
000 barrels, 800,000 tierces and 650,000 boxes. 

There has been within the stock yards of the city, during the 
year 1878, 1,036,066 cattle. These were gathered from the plains 



IIISTOUY (IK ILLINOIS. 175 

of Oregon, "Wyoming and Utiili, uirI tlio grazing regions of Texas, 
as well as from all the Southern, Western and Northwestern States 
and Territories and from the ]'^ast as far as Ohio. If these cattle 
were driven from Chicago southward, in single file, through the 
United States, Mexico, and the Central American States into South 
America, the foremost could graze on tlio plains of J'razil, cro the 
last one liad passed the limits of the great city. 

Not only does Chicago attract to its great market the products of 
a continent, but from it is distributed throughout the world manu- 
factured goods. Every vessel and every train headed toward that 
city are lieavily ladened with the crude products of the farm, of the 
forests, or of the bowels of the earth, and every ship that leaves her 
docks and every train that flies from her limits arc filled with 
manufactured articles. These goods not only find their way all 
over our own country but into Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, 
South America, Mexico, and the Islands of the sea; indeed, every 
nook and corner of the globe, where there is a demand for her 
goods, her merchants are ready to su])ply. 

The wholesale trade for the year 1ST8 reached enormous figures, 
aggregating f-JSO,000,000. Divided among the leading lines, we 
find there were sold of dry goods, $95,nOO,(lO(> worth. The trade in 
groceries amounted to $G(),()i10,()()(); hardware, $20,000,000; boots 
and shoes, §24,0(1(1,000; clothing, §17,000,000; carpets, $.S,000,000; 
millinery, $7,000,000; hats and cajis, !?(i,000,000; leather, §S!,000,- 
000; drugs, !?(),0()0,000; jewelry, 8-1,500,000; musical instruments, 
$2,300,000. Chicago sold over $5,000,000 worth of fruit during 
the year, and for the same time her fish trade amounted to $1,400,- 
000, and her oyster trade $4,500,000. The candy and other con- 
fectionery trade amounted to $1,5:51, !)0(i. This W'ould fill all the 
Christmas stockings in the United States. 

In ls52, the commerce of the city reached the hopeful sum ()f 
$20,000,0(10; since then, the annual sales of one firm amount to 
that much. In 1S70, it reached $400,000,000, and in 1S78 it had 
grown so rapiilly that the trade of the city amounted during that 
year to $650,000,000. Her manufacturing interests have likewise 
grown. In 1S7S, her manufactt)ries employed in the neighborhood 
of 75,000 operators. The products manufactured during the year 
were valued at $230,000,000. In reviewing the ship])iiig interests of 
Chicago, we find it equally enormous. So considerable, indeed, is the 



176 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

commercial navy of Chicago, that in the seasons of navigation, one 
vessel sails every nine minutes during the business hours; add to 
this the canal-boats that leave, one every five minutes during the 
same time, and you will see something of the magnitude of her 
shipping. More vessels arrive and depart from this port during the 
season than enter or leave any other port in tlie world. 

In 1831, the mail system \vas condensed into a half-breed, who 
went on foot to K^iles, Mich., once in two weeks, and brought back 
what papers and news he could find. As late as 1S46, there was 
often but one mail a week. A post-office was established in 
Chicago in 1833, and the postmaster nailed np old boot legs upon 
one side of his shop to serve as boxes. It has since grown to be 
the largest receiving office in the LTnited States. 

In ISi-Jr, the quagmires in the streets were first pontooned by 
plank roads. The wooden-block pavement appeared in 1857. In 
1840, water was delivered by peddlers, in carts or by hand. Then 
a twenty -five horse power engine pushed it through hollow or bored 
logs along the streets till ISolr, when it was introduced into the 
houses by new works. The first fire-engine was used in 1S35, and 
the first steam fire-engine in 1859. Gas was utilized for lighting 
the city in 1850. The Young Men's Christian Association was 
organized in 1858. Street cars commenced running in 1854. The 
Museum was opened in 1863. The alarm telegraph adopted in 
18G4. The opera-house built in 1865. Tlie telephone introduced 
in 1878. 

One of the most thorougldy interesting engineering exploits of 
the city is the tunnels and water-works system, the grandest and 
most unique of any in the world; and the closest analysis fails to 
detect any impurities in the water furnished. Tlie first tunnel is 
five feet two inches in diameter and two miles long, and can deliver 
50,000,000 gallons per day. Tlie second tunnel is seven feet in 
diameter and six miles long, running four miles under the city, and 
can deliver 100,000,000 gallons per day. This water is distributed 
through 410 miles of water mains. 

Chicago river is tunneled for the passage of pedestrians and vehi- 
cles from the South to the West and ISorth divisions. 

There is no grand scenery about Chicago except the two seas, one 
of water, the other of prairie. Nevertheless, there is a spirit about 
it, a )nish, a breadth, a power, that soon makes it a place never to 



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be forsaken. Chicago is in the field ahnost alone, to handle the 
■wealth of one-fourth of the territory of this great republic. The 
Atlantic sea-coast divides its margins between Portland, Boston, 
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Savannah, but Chicago has 
a dozen empires casting their treasures into her lap. On a bed of 
coal that can run all the macliinery of the world for 500 centuries; 
in a garden that can feed the race by the thousand years; at the 
head of the lakes that give her a temperature as a summer resort 
equaled by no great city in the land; with a climate that insures 
the health of her citizens; surrounded by all the great deposits of 
natural wealth in mines and forests and herds, Chicago is the 
wonder of to-day, and will be the city of the future. 



STATES OF THE UNION. 

THEIE SETTLEMENT, ORIGIN OF NAME AND MEANING, COGNOMEN, MOT- 
TOES, ADMISSION INTO THE UNION, POPULATION, AREA, NUMBER OF 
SOLDIERS FURNISHED DURING THE REBELLION, NUMBER OF REPRE- 
SENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, PRESENT GOVERNORS, j;TC., ETC., ETC. 

Alahama. — This State was first explored by LaSalle in 16S4-, and 
settled by the French at Mobile in 1711, and admitted as a State in 
1817. Its name is Indian, and means " Here we rest." Has no 
motto. Population in 1860,964,201; in 1870,996,992. Furnished 
2,576 soldiers for the Union army. Area 50,722 square miles. 
Montgomery is the capital. Has 8 Representatives and 10 Presi- 
dential electors. Rufus W. Cobb is Governor; salary, $3,000; 
politics. Democratic. Length of term, 2 years. 

Arkansas — Became a State in 1836. Population in 1860, 435,- 
450; in 1870,484,471. Area 52,198 square miles. Little Rock, 
capital. Its motto is Regnant Populi — " The people rule." It has 
the Indian name of its principal river. Is called the "Bear State." 
Furnished 8,289 soldiers. She is entitled to 4 members in Congress) 
and 6 electoral votes. Governor, W. R. Miller, Democrat; salary, 
$3,500; terra, 2 years. 

California — Has a Greek motto, EureTca, wliich means " I have 
found it." It derived its name from the bay forming the peninsula 
of Lower California, and was first applied by Cortez. It was first 
visited by the Spaniards in 1542. and by the celebrated Enghsh 



178 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 

navigator, Sir Francis Drake, in 1578. In 1846 Fremont took 
possession of it, defeatint^ the Mexicans, in the name ot" the United 
States, and it was admitted as a State in 1850. Its gold mines 
from 1868 to l.s7S produced over $800,000,000. Area 188,982 square 
miles. Population in 1860, 379,994. In 1870, 560,247. She gave 
to defend the Union 15,225 soldiers. Sacramento is the capital. 
Has 4 Representatives in Congress. Is entitled to 6 Presidential 
electors. Present Governor is William Irwin, a Democrat; term, 
4 years ; salary, $6,000. 

Colorado — (Contains 106,475 square miles, and had a population 
in 1860 of 34,277, and in 1870, 39,864. She furnished 4,903 
soldiers. Was admitted as a State in 1876. It has a Latin motto, 
Nil sine JVinwme, which means, "Nothing can be done without 
divine aid." It was named from its river. Denver is the capital. 
Has 1 member in Congress, and 3 electors. T. W. Pitkin js Gov- 
ernor; salary, 83,000; term, 2 years; politics, Kepublican. 

Connecticut — Qui transtulit austinet, " He who brought us over 
sustains us,'' is her motto. It was named from the Indian Quon- 
ch-ta-Cut, signifying "Long River." It is called the "Nutmeg 
State." Area 4,674 square miles. Population 1860, 460,147; in 
1870, 537,454. Gave to the Union army 55,755 soldiers. Hart- 
ford* is the capital. Has 4 Representatives in Congress, and is 
entitled to 6 Presidential electors. Salary of Governor $2,000; 
term, 2 years. 

Delaware. — " Liberty and Independence," is the motto of this 
State. It was named after Lord De La Ware, an English states- 
man, and is called, " The Blue Hen," and the " Diamond State." It 
was first settled by the Swedes in 1638. It was one of the original 
thirteen States. Has an area of 2,120 square miles. Population in 
1860, 112,216; in 1870, 125,015. She sent to the front to defend 
the Union, 12,265 soldiers. Dover is the capital. Has but 1 mem- 
ber in Congress; entitled to 3 Presidential electors. John W. 
Hall, Democrat, is Governor; salary, $2,000; term, 2 years. 

J''lori(Ia — Was discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1512, on Easter 
Sunday, called by the Spaniards, Pascua Florida, which, with the 
variety and beauty of the tlowers at this early season caused him to 
name it Florida — which means in Spanish, flowery. Its motto is, 
" In God we trust." It was admitted into the Union in 1845. It has 
an area of 59,268 square miles. Population in 1860, 140,424; in 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 179 

1870, 187,756. Its capital is Tallahassee. Has 2 members in Con- 
gress, lias 4 Presidential electors. George F. Drew, Democrat, 
Governor; term, 4 years; salary, 83,500. 

Georgia — Owes its name to George II., of England, who lirst 
established a colony there in 1732. Its motto is, " Wisdom, justice 
and moderation." It was one of the original States. Population 
in 18G0, 1,057,280; 1870,1,184,109. Capital, Atlanta. Area 58,- 
000 square miles. Has 9 Representatives in Congress, and 11 
Presidential electors. Her Governor is A. H. Colquitt, Democrat; 
term, 4 years; salary, $4,000. 

Illinois — Motto, "State Sovereignty, National Union." Name 
derived from the Indian word, Illini, meaning, superior men. It 
is called the '"Prairie State," and its inliabitants, "Suckers." 
"Was lirst explored by the French in 1673, and admitted into the 
Union in 1818. Area 55,410 square miles. Population, in 1860^ 
1,711,951; in 1870, 2,539,871. She sent to tlie front to defend the 
Union, 258,162 soldiers. Capital, Springfield Has 19 members in 
Congress, and 21 Presidential electors. Shelby M. Cullom, Repub. 
lican, is Governor; elected for 4 years; salary, $6,000. 

Indiana — Is called "Hoosier State." Was explored in 1682, 
and admitted as a State in 1816. Its name was suggested by its 
numerous Indian population. Area 33,809 square miles. Popu- 
lation in 1860, 1,350,428; in 1870, 1,080,637. She put into the 
Federal army, 194,363 men. Capital, Indianapolis. lias 13 mem- 
bers in Congress, and 15 Presidential electors. J. D. Williams, 
Governor, Democrat; salary, $3,000; term, 4 year. 

Iowa — Is an Indian name and means " This is the land." Its 
motto is, "Our lil^erties we prize, our rights we will maintain." 
It is called the " Hawk Eye State." It was first visited hy 
Marquette and Joliet in 1673; settled by New Englanders in 
1833, and admitted into the Union in 1846. Des Moines is the 
capital. It has an area of 55,045, and a population in 1860 of 074,913) 
and in 1870 of 1,191,802. She sent to defend the Government, 
75,793 soldiers. Has 9 members in Congress; 11 Presidential 
electors. John H. Gear, Republican, is Governor; salary, $2,500; 
term, 2years. 

Kansas — Was admitted into the Union in 1861, making the 
thirty-fourth State. Its motto is Ad astra per aspera, " To the 
stars through difficulties." Its name means, " Smoky water," and 



ISO niSTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

is derived from one of her rivers. Area 78,841 square miles. 
Population in 1860, lu7,200; in 1870 was 362.812. She furnisiied 
20,0!)5 soldiers. Capital is Topeka. Has 3 Representatives in Con- 
gress, and 5 Presidential electors. John P. St. John, Governor; 
politics, Republican; salary, 83,000; term, 2 years. 

Kentucky — Is the Indian name for "x\.t the head of the rivers." 
Its motto is, " United we stand, divided we fall." The sobriquet 
of "dark and bloody ground " is applied to this State. It was first 
settled in 176!>, and admitted in 1792 as the fifteenth State. Area 
37,680. Population in 1860, 1,15.5,684; in 1870, 1,321,000. She 
put into the Federal army 75,285 soldiers. Capital, Frankfort. 
Has 10 members in Congress ; 12 Electors. J. B. McCreary, 
Democrat, is Governor; salary, $5,000; term, 4 years. 

Louisiana — Was called after Louis XIY., who at one time 
owned that section of the country. Its motto is " Union and Con- 
fidence." It is called "The Creole State." It was visited by La 
Salle in 1684, and admitted into the L^nion in 1812, making the 
eighteenth State. Population in 1860,708,002; in 1870, 732,731. 
Area 46,431 square miles. She put into the Federal army 5,224 
soldiers. Capital, Xew Orleans. Has 6 Representatives and 8 
Electors. F. T. Nicliols, Governor, Democrat; salary, $8,000; 
term, 4 years. 

Maine. — This State was called after the province of Maine in 
France, in compliment of Queen Henrietta of England, who owned 
that province. Its motto is Diriyo, meaning " I direct." It is 
called "The Pine Tree State." It was settled by the English in 
1625. It was admitted as a State in 1820. Area 31,766 square 
miles. Population in 1860, 628,279; in 1870, 626,463; 69,738 sol- 
diers v/ent from this State. Has 5 members in Congress, and 7 
Electors. Selden Conner, Republican, Governor; term, 1 year; 
salary, $2,500. 

Marijland — "Was named after Henrietta Maria, Queen of 
Charles I. of England. It has a Latin motto, Crecite et mnltiplica- 
mini, meaning " Increase and Multiply." It was settled in 1634, 
and was one of the original thirteen States. It has an area of 11,- 
124 square miles. Population in 1860 was 687,049; in 1870, 780,- 
806. This State furnished 46,053 soldiers. Capital, Annapolis. 
Has 6 Representatives, and 8 Presidential electors. J. H. Carroll, 
Democrat, Governor; salary, $4,500; term, 4 years. 



HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 181 

Massachusetts — Is the Indian for " The country around the great 
hills." It is called the "Bay State," from its numerous bays. Its 
motto is Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem, " By the sword 
she seeks placid rest in liberty." It was settled in 1G20 at Plymouth 
by English Puritans. It was one of the original thirteen States, 
and was the first to take up arms against the English during the 
Kevolution. Area 7,800 square miles. Population in 1860, 1,231,- 
066; in 1870, 1,157,351. She gave to the Union army 146,467 sol- 
diers. Boston is the capital. Has 11 Representatives in Con- 
gress, and 13 Presidential electors. Thomas Talbot, Republican, is 
Governor; salary, §5,000; term, 1 year. 

Michigan — Latin motto, L^iehor, and Si quceins j^sninsulam 
amcemim circujnspice, " 1 will defend" — " If you seek a pleasant 
peninsula, look around you." Tlie name is a contraction of two 
Indian words meaning "Great Lake." It was early explored by 
Jesuit missionaries, and in 1837 was admitted into the Union. It 
is known as the " Wolverine State." It contains 56,243 square 
miles. In 1860 it had a population of 749,173; in 1870, 1,184,059. 
She furnished 88,111 soldiers. Capital, Lansing. Has 9 Repre- 
sentatives and 11 Presidential electors. C. M. Croswell is Gov- 
ernor; politics, Republican; salary, $1,000; term, 2 years. 

Minnesota — Is an Indian name, meaning " Cloudy Water." It 
has a French motto, L'Etoile du Nord — " The Star of the North." 
It was visited in 1680 by La Salle, settled in 1846, and admitted 
into the Union in 1858. It contains 83,531 square miles. In 1860 
had a population of 172,023; in 1870, 439,511. She gave to the 
Union army 24;002 soldiers. St. Paul is the capital. Has 3 mem- 
bers in Congress, 5 Presidential electors. Governor, J. S. Pills- 
bur}', Republican; salary, $3,000; term, 2 years. 

Mississippi — Is an Indian name, meaning "Long River," and the 
State is named from the " Father of Waters." The State was first 
explored by De Sota in 1541; settled by the French at Natchez in 
1716, and was admitted into the Union in 1817. It has an area of 
47,156 square miles. Population in 1860, 791,305; in 1870,827,- 
922. She gave to suppress the Rebellion 545 soldiers. Jackson is 
the capital. Has 6 representatives in Congress, and 8 Presidential 
electors. J. M. Stone is Governor, Democrat; salary, $4,000; 
terra, 4 years. 

Missouri — Is derived from the Indian word " muddy," which 



182 IlISTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

more properly applies to the river that flows through it. Its motto 
is Salus populi suprema lex esto, " Let the welfare of the people 
be the supreme law." Tiie State was first settled by the French 
near Jcfl'erson City in 1719, and in 1S21 was admitted into the 
Union. It has an area of 67,3S0 square miles, equal to 43,123,200 
acres. It had a population in 1860 of 1,182,012; in 1870, 1,721,- 
000. She gave to defend the Union 108,162 soldiers. Capital, 
Jeflerson City. Its inhabitants are known by the oliensive cogno- 
man of •' Pukes." Has 13 rfepresentatives in Congress, and 15 
Presidential electors. J. S. Phelps is Governor; politics, Demo- 
cratic; salary, §5,000; term, 4 years. 

Nebraska — Has fjr its motto, " Equality before the law." Its 
name is derived from one of its rivers, meaning " broad and shal- 
low, or low." It was admitted into the Union in 1367. Its capital 
is Lincoln. It had a population in 1S60 of 28,841, and in 1870, 
123,993, and in 1875,246,280. It has an area of 75,995 square 
miles. She furnished to defend the Union 3,157 soldiers. Has but 
1 Representative and 3 Presidential electors. A. Nance, Kepub- 
lican, is Governor; salar}', $2,500; term, 2 years. 

Nevada — " The Snowy Laud " derived its name from the Span- 
ish. Its motto is Latin, Volens et poiens, and means " willing 
and able." It was settled in 1S50, and admitted into the Union in 
1864. Capital, Carson City. Its population in 1860 was 6,857; 
in 1870 it was 42,491. It has an area of 112,090 square miles. 
She furnished 1,080 soldiers to suppress the Rebellion. Has 1 Rep- 
resentative and 3 Electors. Governor, J. H. Kinkhead, Republican; 
salary, $6,000; term, 4 years. 

Neio n<nnj}sh ire— Was first settled at Dover by the English in 
1623. Was one of the original States. Has no motto. It is 
named from Hampshire county in England. It also bears the 
name of " The Old Granite State." It has an area of 9,280 miles, 
which equals 9,230,200 acres. It had a population in 1 860 of 326,- 
073, and in 1S70 of 318,300. She increased the L'nion army with 
33,913 soldiers. Concord is the capital. Has 3 Representatives 
and 5 Presidential electors. N. Head, Republican, Governor; 
salary, $1,000; term, 1 year. 

Neio Jersey — Was named in honor of the Island of Jersey in the 
British channel. Its motto is " Liberty and Independence." It was 
first settled at Bercren bv the Swedes in 1624. It is one of the oriiir- 



UISToKY OF ILLINOIS. 1S3 

iual thirteen States. It has an area of 8,320 square miles, or 5,324,- 
SOO acres. Population in ISGO was 672,035 ; in 1870 it was 900,096. 
She put into the Federal army 75,315 soldiers. Capital, Trenton. 
Has 7 Representatives and 9 Presidential electors. Governor, 
George B. McClelland, Democrat; salary, $5,000; term, 3 years. 

New York. — The '"Empire State " was named by the Duke of 
York, afterward King James II. of England. It iias a Latin motto, 
Excelsior, which means " Still Higher." It was first settled by the 
Datch in 1014 at Manhattan. It has an area of 47,000 s(juare 
miles, or 30,080,000 acres. The population in 1860 was 3,880,735 ; 
in 1870 it was 4,332,759. It is one of the original thirteen States. 
Capital is Albany. It gave to defend our Government 445,959 
men. Has 33 members in Congress, and 35 Presidential electors. 
.Governor, L. Robinson, Democrat; salary, $10,000; term, 3 years. 

North Carolina — Was named after Charles IX., King of France. 
It is called " The Old North," or " The Turpentine State." It was 
first visited in 1524 by a Florentine navigator, sent out by Francis 
I., King of France. It was settled at Albemarle in 1003. It was 
one of the original thirteen States. It has an area of 50,704 square 
miles, equal to 32,450,560 acres. It had in ISOO a population of 
592,022, and in 1S70, 1,071,361. Raleigh is the capital. Slie 
furnished 3,150 soldiers to put down the Rebellion. Has 8 inem- 
bers in Congress, and is entitled to 10 Presidential electors. Z. B. 
Vance, Democrat, is Governor; salary, $5,000; term, 4 years. 

Ohio — Took its name from the river on its Southern boundary, 
•and means " Beautiful." Its motto is Iinperium in Iinperio — 
''An Empire in an Empire." It was first permanently settled in 
1783 at Marietta by New Englanders. It was admitted as a State 
in 1803. Its capital is Columbus. It contains 39,964 square 
miles, or 25,570,960 acres. Population in 1860,2,339,511; in 1870 
it had 2.605,200. She sent to the front during the Rebellion 310,- 
^54 soldiers. lias 20 Representatives, and 22 Presidential electors. 
Governor, R. M. Bishop, Democrat; salary, $4,000; term, 2 years. 

Oregon — Owes its Indian name to its principal river. Its motto 
is Alis volat propriis — "She flics with her own wings." It was 
first visited l)y the Spaniards in the sixteentli century. It was set- 
tled by the English in 1S13, and admitted into the Union in 1859. 
Its capital is Salem. It has an area of 95,274 square miles, equal 
to 60,975,360 acres. It had in 1860 a ])opulation of 52,465; in 



18i lUSTOKY OF ILLINOIS. 

1870, 90,922. She furnished 1,810 soldiers. She is entitled to 1 
member iu Congress, and 3 Presidential electors. W. W. Thayer, 
Kepublican, is Governor; salary, $1,500; term, 4 years. 

Pennsylvania. — This is the ''Keystone State," and means "Penn's 
Woods," and was so called after William Penn, its original owner. 
Its motto is, " Virtue, liberty and independence." A colony was 
established by Penn in 1682. The State was one of the original 
thirteen. It has an area of 40,000 scpiare miles, equaling 29,440,- 
000 acres. It had in 1S60 a population of 2,906.215; and in 1870, 
3,515,093. She gave to suppress the Rebellion, 338,155. Harris- 
burg is the cajiital. Has 27 Representatives and 29 electors. H. 
M. Hoy t, is Governor; salary, 810,000; politics. Republican; term 
of office, 3 years. 

liliode Island. — This, the smallest of the States, owes its name to 
the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean, which domain it is said 
to greatly resemble. Its motto is " Hope," and it is familiarly 
called, "Little Rhody." It was settled by Roger Williams in 1636. 
It was one of tlie original thirteen States. It has an area of 1,306 
square miles, or 835,840 acres. Its population in 1860 numbered 
174,620; in 1870, 217,356. She gave to defend the Union, 23,248. 
Its cajntals are Providence and Newport. Has 2 Representatives, 
and 4 Presidential electors. C. Vanzandt is Governor; politics. 
Republican; salary, $1,000; term, 1 year. 

South Carolina. — The Palmetto State wears the Latin name of 
Charles IX., of France (Carolus). Its motto is Latin, Animis 
opibusque parati, " Ready in will and deed." The first permanent 
settlement was made at Port Royal in 1670, where the French 
Huguenots had failed three-quarters of a century before to found a 
settlement. It is one of tlie original thirteen States. Its capital is 
Columbia. It has an area of 29,385 square miles, or 18,806,400 
acres, with a population in 1860 of 703,708; in 1870, 728,000. 
Has 5 Representatives in Congress, and is entitled to 7 Presidential 
electors. Salary of Governor, 83,500; term, 2 years. 

Tennessee — Is the Indian name for the " River of the Bend," i.e, 
the Mississippi, which forms its western boundary. She is called 
"The Big Bend State." Her motto is, " Agriculture, Commerce." 
It was settled in 1757, and admitted into the Union in 1796, mak- 
ing the sixteenth State, or the third admitted after the Revolution- 
ary War— Vermont being the first, and Kentucky the second. It 



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has an area of 45,600 stuuue miles, or 29,181,000 acres. In 1860 
its population numbered 1,109,801, and in 1870, 1,257,983 She 
furnished 31,092 soldiers to suppress the Rebellion. Nashville is 
the capital. Has 10 Representatives, and 12 Presidential electors. 
Governor, A. S. Marks, Democrat; salary, $4,000; term, 2 years. 

Texas — Is the American word for the Mexican name by which 
all that section of the country was known before it was ceded to the 
United States. It is known as " The Lone Star State." The first set- 
tlement was made by LaSalle in 1685. After the independence of 
Mexico in 1822, it remained a Mexican Province until 1836, when 
it gained its independence, and in 1845 was admitted into the 
Union. It has an area of 237,504 square miles, equal to 152,002,- 
560 acres. Its population in 1 SCO was 604,215; in 1870, 818,579. 
She gave to put down the Rebelion 1,965 soldiers. Capital, Austin. 
Has 6 Representatives, and 8 Presidential electors. Governor, O. 
M. Roberts, Democrat; salary, S5,000; term, 2 years. 

Vermont — Bears the French name of her mountains Verde Mont, 
"Green Mountains." Its motto is "Freedom and Unity." It 
was settled in 1731, and admitted into the Union in 1791. Area 
10,212 square miles. Population in 1860, 315,098 ; in 1870, 330,551- 
She gave to defend the Government, 33,272 soldiers. Capital, Mont- 
pelier. Has 3 Representatives, and 5 electors. Governor, H. Fair- 
banks, Republican; term, 2 years; salaiy, $1,000. 

Virginia. — The Old Dominion, as this State is called, is the 
oldest of the States. It was named in honor of Queen Elizabeth, 
the " Virgin Queen," in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh made his 
first attempt to colonize that region. Its motto is Sic semper 
tyrannis, " So always with tyrants." It was first settled at James- 
town, in 1607, by the English, being the first settlement in the 
United States. It is one of original thirteen States, and had before 
its division in 1862, 61,352 square miles, but at present contains 
but 38,352 square miles, equal to 24,545,280 acres. The population 
in 1860 amounted to 1,596,318, and in 1870 it was 1,224,830. Rich- 
mond is the capital. Has 9 Representatives, and 11 electors. Gov- 
ernor, F. W. M. Halliday, Democrat; salary, $5,500; term, 4 years. 

West Virginia. — Motto, 31 ontatii se?nj)er liber i, " Mountaineers 
are always free." This is the only State ever formed, under the 
Constitution, by the division of an organized State. This was done 
in 1862, and in 1863 was admitted into the Union. It has an area of 



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23,000 square miles, or 14,720,000 acres. The population in 1860 
was ;?7«,000; in 1S70 it niunljcreil 445.010. She furnished 32,003. 
Capital, Wheeling. Has 3 Representatives in Congress, and is 
entitled to 5 Presidential electors. The Governor is II. M. Mathews, 
Democrat; term, 4 years; salary, $2,700. 

Wisconsin — Is an Indian name, and means "Wild-rushing 
channel." Its motto, Civitatas sticccf^sit barharnm, "The civilized 
man succeeds the barbarous." It is called " The Badger State.'' 
The State was visited by the French explorers in 1065, and a eettle- 
ancnt was made in 1000 at Green Bay. It was admitted into the 
Union in 1S48. It has an area of 52,024 square miles, equal to 
34,511,300 acres. In ISOO its population numbered 775,881; in 
1870, 1,055,107. Madison is the capital. She furnished for the 
Union army 91,021 soldiers. Has 8 members in Congress, and is 
entitled to 10 Presidential electors. The Governor is W. E. Smith; 
politics, Republican; salary, $5,000; terra, 2 years. 




DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 



LAWS. 

Tlie courts recognize two kiiul.s of law, Statuto and Cominoji. 
Statute law is that which i8 enacted by the Legislature. Oonimoii 
law cousiats of all the law of England, — whether 8tatuto, or Coni- 
inon, which was in force in that country at the tiine of our inde- 
pendence, and recognized by our courts, and which has not since 
been repealed or disused. 

We have what is called established law. For this branch of 
common law there is no authority excepting.tho decisions of the 
courts; hence the value of the reported decisions which are pub- 
lished by otHcial reporters. The law presumes that every body is 
acquainted with it. Mistakes of fact can be corrected by the courts, 
but not mistakes of law; no man being permitted to take advantage 
of a mistake of the law, either to enforce a right, or avoid an obli- 
gation; for it would be dangerous and unwise to encourage igno- 
rance of the law, by permitting a party to ])rofit, or to escape, by his 
ignorance. One is required at his peril to know the law of hisowji 
coutitry. 

JURISDICTION OF COURTS. 

Justices have jurisdiction in all civil casfs on contracts for the 
recovery of moneys fur damages, for injury to real property, or tak- 
ing, detaining, or injuring personal property; for rent; for all cases 
to recover damages done to real or personal property, by railroad 
companies; in actions of rei)levin; of actions for damages for fraud; 
in the sale, purchase, or exchange of personal jjroperty, when the 
amount claimed as due is nut over $200. They have also jurisdic- 
tion in all cases for violation of the ordinances of cities, towns, or 
villages. A justice of the jieace may orally order an officer or a 
private person, to arrest any one committing, or attempting to com- 
mit a criminal oll'ense. IIo also, upon com])laint, can issue his 
warrant for the arrest of any i)ers()U accused of having committed a 
crime, and have him brought before him for examination. 



188 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

COUNTY COURTS 

Have jurisdiction in all matters of probate (except in counties 
having a population of one hundred thousand or over), settlement 
of estates of deceased persons, appointment of guardians and con- 
servators, and settlements of their accounts; all matters relating to 
apprentices; proceedings for the collection of taxes and assesments, 
and in proceedings of executors, administrators, guardians, and 
conservators, for the sale of real* estate. In law cases, they have 
concurrent jurisdiction with Circuit Courts in allciises where jus- 
tices of the peace now have, or hereafter may have, jurisdiction 
when the amount claimed shall not exceed §1,000; and in all crim- 
inal offenses, where the punishment is not imprisonment in the pen- 
itentiary or death, and in all cases of appeals from justices of peace 
and police magistrates, except when the county judge is sitting as 
a justice of the peace. 

Circuit Courts liave unlimited jurisdiction. 

COMMISSIONERS OP HIGHWAYS. 

The commissioners of highways in the different towns, have 
the care and superintendence of highways, and bridges therein. 
They have the power to lay out, vacate, regulate and repair all roads, 
build and repair bridges, and divide their I'espective towns into <as 
many road districts as they shall think convenient. This is to be 
done annually, and ten days before the annual town meeting. In 
addition to the above, it is their dut}' to erect and keep in repairs 
at the forks or crossing-place of the most important roads, post and 
guide-boards, with plain inscriptions, giving directions and dis- 
tances to the most noted places to whicli such roads may lead; also 
to make provisions to prevent thistles, burdock, cockle-burs, mus- 
tard, yellow dock, Indian mallow, and jimson weed from seeding, 
and to extirpate the same as far as practicable, and to prevent all 
rank growth of vegetation on the public highways, so far as the 
same may obstruct public travel; and it is in their discretion to 
erect watering places for public use, for watering teams at such 
points as may be deemed advisable. Every able-bodied male inhab- 
itant, being above the age of twenty-one years, and under fifty, ex- 
cepting paupers, idiots, lunatics, trustees of schools and school di- 
rectors, and such others as are exempt by law, are required to labor 
on highways in their respective road districts, not less than one, 



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DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 189 

nor more than three days in each year. Three daj^s' notice must 
be given by the overseer, of the time and place he requires such 
road labor to be done. The labor must be performed in the road 
district in which the person resides. Any person may commute 
for such labor by paying the equivalent in money. Any person 
liable for work on highways, who has been assessed two days or 
more, and has not commuted, may be required to furnish team, or 
a cart, wagon or plow, with a pair of horses or oxen and a man to 
manage them, for which lie will be entitled to two days' work. 
Eight hours is a days' work on the roads and there is a penalty of 
twenty-five cents an hour against any person or substitute wlio 
shall neglect or refuse to perform. Any person remaining idle, or 
does not work faithfully, or hinders others from doing so, forfeits 
to the town $2. Every person assessed and duly notified, who has 
not commuted, and refuses or neglects to appear, shall forfeit to the 
town for every day's refusal or neglect, the sum of $2; if he was 
required to furnish a team, carriage, man or implements, and neg- 
lects or refuses to comply, he is liable to the following fines: 1st, 
For wholly failing to comply, $4 each day; 2d, For omitting to 
furnish a man to manage team, $2 each day; 3d, For omitting to 
furnish a pair of horses or oxen, $1.50 each day; -tth, For omitting 
to furnish a wagon, carter plow, 75 cents each day. The commis- 
sioners estimate and assess the highway labor and road tax. The 
road tax on real and personal property can not exceed forty cents 
on each hundred dollars' worth. The labor or road tax in villages, 
towns , or cities, is paid over to the corporate authorities of such, 
for the improvement of streets, roads and bridges within their lim- 
its. 

The legal voters of townships, in counties under township organ- 
ization may, by a majority vote, at their annual town meeting, 
order that the road tax may be collected in money only. 

Overseers. — Their duties are to repair and keep in order the high- 
ways in their districts; to warn persons to work out their road tax 
at such time and place as they think proper; to collect fines and 
commutation money, and execute all lawful orders of the commis- 
sioners of liighways; also make list, within sixteen days after their 
election, of the names of all inhabitants in his road district, liable 
to work on highways. For refusal to perform any of his duties he 
is liable to a fine of $10. 



] 90 DIGEST OF .STATE LAWS. 

As all township and county oiRcei'S are familiar with their duties, 
it is here intended only to give the points of law with which the 
public should be familiar. The manner of laying out, altering, or 
vacating roads, etc., will not be here stated, as it would require 
more space than can be spared in a work like this. It is sufficient 
to state that the first step is by petition, addressed to the commis- 
sioners, setting out what is prayed for, giving the names of the 
owners of the lands, if known (if not known, so state), over which the 
road is to pass, giving the general course, its place of beginning, 
and where it terminates. It requires not less than twelve freehold- 
ers residing within three miles of the road, who shall sign the peti- 
tion. Public roads must not be less than fift^', nor more than sixty 
feet wide. Roads not exceeding two miles in length, if petitioned 
for, may be laid out not less than forty feet wide. Private roads 
for private and public use may be laid out three rods wide, on peti- 
tion of the person directly interested; the damage occasioned there- 
by shall be paid by the premises benefited thereby, and before the 
road is opened. If not opened in two years, the order sliall be con- 
sidered recinded. Commissioners in their discretion may permit 
persons who live on or have private roads, to work out their road 
tax thereon. Public roads must be ojiened in five years from date 
of filing order of location, or be deemed vacated. 
FENCES. 

The town assessor and commissioners of highways shall be fence 
viewers in their respective towns in counties under township organ- 
ization. In other counties, the county board appoints three in each 
precinct, annually. 

A lawful fence is four and one-half feet high and in good^repair, 
consisting of rails, timbers, boards, stones, hedges, or any other 
material the fence viewers may deem sufficient. The electors at 
any annual town meeting may determine what shall constitute a 
legal fence in the town. 

Division fences shall be made and maintained in just proportion 
by the adjoining owners, except wliere the owner shall choose to let 
his land lie ojien; l)ut after a division fence has been built by mu- 
tual agreement or otherwise, it shall not be lawful for either party 
to remove his part of said fence, so long as he may crop or use such 
lands for farm purposes, or without giving the other party one 
year's notice in writing, of his intention to move his portion of the 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 101 

fence. Adjoining owners sliould endeavor, if possible, mutually to 
agree as to the proportion that each shall maintain of the division 
fence between their adjoining lands; and the agreement should be 
reduced to writing, each party taking a copy. When any person 
shall enclose his land upon tlie enclosure of another, he shall refund 
the owner of the adjoining lands a just proportion of the value at 
that time of such fence. The value of such fence, and the propor- 
tion thereof to be paid by svich person, and the proportion of the 
division fence to be made and maintained by him, in case of his 
inclosing his land, shall be determined by two fence viewers of the 
town. Such fence viewers have power to settle all disputes between 
owners as to fences built or to be built, as well as concerning repairs 
to be made. Each party chooses one of the viewers, but if the 
other party neglects, after eight days' notice in writing, to make 
his choice, then the other party may select both. It is sufficient to 
notify the tenant, or party in possession, when the owner is not a 
resident of the town in which such fences are situated. The two 
fence viewers chosen, after viewing the premises, shall hear the 
statements of the parties. In case they can't agree, they shall se- 
lect another fence viewer to act with them, and the decision of any 
two of them shall be final. Tiie decision must be reduced to writ- 
ing, and should plainly set out a description of the fence and all 
matters settled by them, and must be filed in the office of the town 
clerk. 

If any person who is liable to contribute to the erection or repa- 
ration of a division fence, shall neglect or refuse to make or repair 
his proportion of such fence, the party injured, after giving sixty days' 
notice, in writing, that a new fence should be erected, or ten days' 
notice, in writing, that the repair of such fence is necessary, may 
make or repair the same at the expense of the party so neglecting 
or refusing, to be recovered from him with costs of suit; and the 
party so neglecting or refusing, after notice in writing, shall be lia- 
ble to the party injured for all damages which shall thereby accrue, 
to be determined by any two fence viewers. When a person shall 
conclude to remove his part of the division fence and let his land 
lie open, and having given the year's notice required, the adjoining 
owner may cause the value of said fence to be ascertained by fence 
viewers as before provided ; and on payment or tender of tlie 
amount of such valuation to the owner, it shall prevent the removal. 



192 DUiKSr OF STATE LAWS. 

A party reinoving a division fence without notice is liable for the 
damages accruing tliereby. 

"Wliere a fence has been built on the land of another through 
mistake, the owner nniy enter upon such premises and remove his 
fence and material within six months after the division line has 
been ascertained. Where the material to build such a fence has 
been taken from the land on which it was built, then before it can 
bo removed, the person claimiui' must tirst pay for such material, 
to the owner of the land from wliich it was taken; nor sliall such a 
fence be removed at a time when the i-emoval will throw open or 
expose the crops of the other party; a reasonable time must be 
given beyond the six months to remove crops. 

The compensation of fence viewers is one dollar and fifty cents 
a day each, to be paid in the first instance by the party calling them; 
but in the end all expenses, including amount charged by the fence 
viewers, must be jiaid equally by the parties, except in cases where 
a party neglects or refuses to make or maintain a just ]iroportion of 
a division fence, when the party in default shall pay them. 

DRAINAGE. 

AVhenever one or more owners or occupants of land desire to con- 
struct a drain or ditch, through another man's land, the right can 
be had only under legislative authority, or is granted or exists by 
prescription or by consent of the owner. 

Dripping water from one house upon another can be allowed only 
where the owner has acquired the right by grant or |n-escription; 
and no one has a right to construct his house so as to let the water 
drip over his neighbor's land. 

TUESrASS OF STOCK. 

Where stc)ck of any kind breaks into any person's inclosure, the 
fence being good and sufficient, the owner is liable for the damage 
done; but where the damage is done by stock running at large, con- 
trary to law, the owner is liable where there is not such a fence. 
Where stock is found trespassing on the inclosure of another as 
aforesaid, the owner or occupier of the ])remises may take jiosses- 
sion of such stock and keep the same until damages, with reasonable 
charges for keeping and feeding, and all costs of suit, are paid. 
Any person taking or rescuing such stock so held, without his con- 
sent, shall be liable to a fine of not less than three nor more than 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 193 

five dollars for each animal rescued, to be recovered by suit before 
a justice of the peace, for the use of the school fund. Within twen- 
ty-four hours after taking such animal into his possession, the per- 
son taking it up must give notice of the fact to the owner, if known ; 
or if unknown, notice must be posted in some public place near the 
premises. 

ESTRAYS. 

Stray animals are those whose owner is unknown, any beasts, not 
wild, found on one's premises, and not owned by the occupant. Any 
animals found straying at any time during the year, in counties 
where such animals are not allowed to run at large, or between the 
last day of October and the loth day of April in other counties, the 
owner being unknown, may be taken up as estrays. A party who 
wishes to detain property as an estray, must show an exact compli- 
ance with the law. In order to vest the property of the stray iu 
him, such acts must appear in detail on the record. 

No person not a householder in the county where the estray is 
found can lawfully take up an estray, and then only upon or about 
his farm or place of residence. Estrays should not be used before 
advertised, except animals giving milk, which may be milked for 
their benefit. Notices must be posted up within five days in three, 
of the most public places in the town or precinct in which the es- 
tray was ibund, giving the residence of the taker-up, and a partic- 
ular description of the estray, its age, color, and marks natural and 
artificial, and stating before what justice of the peace in such town 
or precinct, and at what time, not less than ten nor more than fif- 
teen days from the time of posting such notices, he will apply to 
have the estray apprised. If the owner of an estray shall not have 
appeared and proved ownership and taken the same away, first 
paying the taker-up his reasonable charges for taking up, keeping, 
and advertisingthe same, the taker-up shall appear before the justice 
mentioned in above notice, and make an affidavit as required by 
law. All subsequent proceedings are before the justice who is fa- 
miliar therewith; therefore we oinit them here. 

Any ])erson taking up an estray at any other place than about or 
upon his farm or residence, or without complying with the law, shall 
forfeit and pay a fine of ten dollars with costs. Ordinary diligence 
is required in taking care of estrays, but in case they die or get 
away, the taker-up is not liable for the same. 



194 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

If a man finds estrays in liis field lie is not bound to retain them 
for the owner, but may drive tiiem off into the highway without 
being liable to an action. But a person who chases a horse out of 
liis field with a large fierce dog, commits an unlawful act, and is 
liable for any injury which the act occasions. A person who takes 
an estraj' to keep for the owner, but does not pursue the cour.<e pre- 
scribed by statute, is not liable to an action unless lie uses the same 
or refuses to deliver it on demand. Hiding a horse to discover the 
owner is not "use." 

HORSES 
Are animals of a domestic nature. Under the age of four years 
they are called colts. A borrower of ahorse is liable for negligence, 
misuse, or gross want of skill in use. The lender is liable in case 
the animal lent is unfit or dangerous, as lie thus may occasion 
injury. The animal should be used only for the purpose and to the 
extent stipulated, and not by a servant. 

If he dies from disease, or is killed by inevitable accident, the bor- 
rower is not liable. Defects which are manifest, open and plain to an 
ordinary observer, and those also which are known to the buyer, are 
not usually covered by a general warranty. The former requires 
no skill to discover them, and the latter may be objected to or 
acquiesced in at the time of the purchase. In the case of Uttent 
defects existing in such a condition that they could not be detected 
by the buyer, and are known to the seller, who fails to disclose them 
to the buyer, the latter practices a constructive fraud, unless the 
animal is sold " with all faults." By consenting to purchase the 
horse "with all faults," the purchaser takes upon himself the risk 
of latent or secret defects, and calculates the price accordingly. 
But even this kind of a purchase would be voidable if the seller 
had purposely, and to deceive the purchaser, covered, filled up, 
patched, plastered, or otherwise practiced fraud to conceal any 
defects, and he would be liable. 

Hiring out a horse and carriage to perform a particular journey, 
carries with it the warranty of the person letting the horse and 
carriage, that each of them is fit and competent for such journey; 
but, if a horse is hired for one purpose, and is used for another and 
is injured, the hirer is liable for the damage sustained. The hirer 
is in all c;ises answerable for ordinary neglect. If he nses the 
hired horse as a prudent man would his own, he is not liable for 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 195 

any damage whicli the liorse may receive. If, however, lie keeps 
the hired horse after a stipuhitod time, or uses it difl'oreiitly from 
his agreement, he is in any event liable. If the hirer sells the liorse, 
the owner may recover its value of the purchaser, though the pur- 
chaser had in good faith given the hirer full value for it, as the 
hirer could give no better title than he liad liimself. 

Mischievous animals render their owners liable when known to 
them to be so, and they arc responsible tor the damage they may do 
when they permit them to go at large. Any person may justify 
the killing of ferocious animals. 

MARKS AMi BRANDS. 

Owners of cattle, horses, hogs, sheep or goats, may have one car- 
mark and one brand, which shall be different from his neighbors', 
and may be recorded by the county clerk of the county in whicli 
such property is kejjt. The fee lor such record is fifteen cents. The 
record of such shall be open to examination free of charge. In 
cases of disputes as to marks or brands, such record is primafacie 
evidence. Owners of cattle, horses, hogs, sheep or goats, that may 
have been branded by former owners, maybe rebraiided in presence 
of one or more of his neighbors, who shall certify to the facts of 
the marking or branding being done, when done, and in what brand 
or mark they were re-branded or re-marked, which certificate may 
also be recorded as before stated. 

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. 

An agreement is virtually a contract by which a certain person 
(or persons) agrees or contracts to perform certain duties within a 
specified time. Good business men always reduce an agreement to 
writing, which nearly always saves misunderstaiuliiigs and long 
and expensive lawsuits. No particular form is necessary, but the 
facts must be clearly and explicitly stated; and there must boa 
reasonable consideration, else the agreement is void. 

Unless it is expressly stipulated that the agreement is binding for 
a longer time, tiie contract expires at the end of one year. Every 
agreement should state most distinctly the time within which its 
conditions are to be complied with. A discovery of fraud, or mis- 
representation by one party to the agreement, or changing of the 
date, renders the contract void. Each party should retain a copy of 
the agreement. 



196 DUiESr OF STATE LAWS. 

GENERAL FORM OF AGREEMENT. 

This Agreement, made the third day of November, 1878, between 
Damon Clarke of Macomb, county of McDonough, State of Illinois, 
of the first part, and William ilays, of the same place, of the 
second part. 

Witnessktii, That tlie said Damon Clarke, in consideration of 
the agreement of the party of the second part, hereinafter contained, 
contracts, and agrees to, and with the said William Hays, that he 
will deliver in good and marketable condition, at the city of Gales- 
burg, 111., during the month of' December of this year, nine hun- 
dreii bushels of corn, in the following lots, and at the following 
specified times, namely: one hundred Imshels by the fifth of Decem- 
ber, three hundred bushels by the fifteenth of December, and the 
balance by the thirtieth of December. 

And the said William Hays in consideration of the prompt ful- 
fillment of this contract on the part of the party of the second 
part, contracts to, and agrees with the said Damon Clarke, to pay 
for said corn fifty cents ])er bushel as soon as delivered. 

In case of failure of agreement by either of the parties hereto, it 
is hereby stipulated and agreed that the party so tailing shall pay 
to the other, one hundred dollars, as fixed and settled damages. 

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands the day and 
year first above written: Damon Clarke, 

William Hays. 

NOTES. 

A note is legal, worded in the simplest way, so that the amount 
and time of payment are mentioned. The following is a good form: 
$100 Chicago, III.^ May 1, 1S79. 

Thirty days after date I promise to pay F. M. Chapniaii) 
or order, one hundred dollars, for value received. 

S. T. Lewis. 

To make a note payable in anything else than money, insert the 
facts instead of the sum of money alone; unless paid when due, it 
is payable in money. To hold an indorser of a note, due diligence 
mnst be used by suit in collecting of the maker, unless suit would 
have been unavailing. Notes payable to person named or to order, 
in order to absolutely transfer title, must be indorsed by the jiayer. 
Notes p.ayable to bearer may be transferred by delivery, and when 
so ]iayable, every indorser thereon is held as a guarantor of pay- 
ment unless otherwise expressed. 

The limit of time in which action may be brought on a note is 
10 vears. 



DIGEST OF STATIO LAWS. 197 

If the note is pa3'ablc to a person or order, or to a person or 
bearer, to a person or liis assigns, or to a cashier of an incorporated 
company, such notes arc negotiable. 

When transferring a note, tiie indorscr frees himself from respon- 
sibility, so far as the payment is concerned, by writing on the bacis, 
above his signature, without recourse to me in any event. 

A note is void wlien founded upon fraud. Thus a note obtained 
from a person when intoxicated, or obtained for any reason whicii 
is illegal, cannot be collected. A note given on Sunday is also void. 

!No defense can be made against negotiable paper purchased 
before maturity for good consideration in the usual course of busi- 
ness, without knowledge of facts impeaching its validity, except 
fraud was used in obtaining the same. Thus if A gives his note 
to B for $150, receives in consideration a shawl and five pieces of 
cloth. The former was represented to be worth $75, and the cloth 
the best imported English goods. When, in fact, the shawl was 
only worth $8, and suits made of the cloth wore out in less than 
six weeks, long before the note was due. B, however, had sold the 
note to C, who did not know the circumstances, and before it was 
due — A would be obliged to pay it. 

JUDGMENT NOTE. 

For value receive<l I ijromise to ])ay Ewing Summers, of Gales- 
burg, or order, two hundred dollars, with interest, on the first day 
of January next. And, further, I do hereby empow(!r any attorney 
of any court of record in Illinois, or elsewhere, to appear for me, 
and after a declaration filed therefor, to confess a judgment against 
me in the above sum, as of last, next, or any subsequent term, with 
cost of suit, release of error, etc., with stay of execution until said 
first day of January. 

Witness my hand and seal at Galesburg, 111., this sixth day of 
March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. 
[kkal] John Jones. 

INTEREST. 

Interest is the compensation which is paid by tlie borrower of 
n)oney to tlie lender for its use. When the debtor expressly under- 
takes to pay interest, he is bound to pay it; but if a party has 
accepted the principal, he cannot recover interest in a separate 
action. During the course of dealings between parties, a T)romi8e 
to pay is implied, and the debtor is bound to pay. So also on an 



198 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

account stated, whenever the debtor knows precisely what he is to 
pay, and when he is to pay it, after a demand oi payment; but 
interest is not due on a running account, even when the items are 
all on one side, unless otherwise agreed upon. Where the terms of 
a promissory note are that it shall be paid by installments, and on 
the failure of any installment the whole is to become due, interest 
on the whole becomes payable from the lirst default. Where, by 
the term of a bond or promissory note, interest is to be paid annu- 
ally, and the principal at a distant daj', the interest may be recov- 
ered before the principal is du«. 

Interest is collectible in the following cases: For goods sold and 
delivered after the stipulated term of credit has expired; if there be 
no credit, then from the time of sale; on judgment debts, from the 
rendition of judgment; on money obtained by fraud, or where ii 
has been wrongfully detained (for whoever receives money not his 
own, and detains it from the owner unlawfully, must pay interest 
therefor: hence a public officer retaining money wrongfully is lia- 
ble for the interest); on money paid by mistake, or recovered on a 
void execution; on money lent or laid out for another's use; and 
rent, from the time that it is due. 

When the rate of interest is specified in any contract, that rate 
continues until full payment is made. A debt barred by the 
statute of limitations and revived by an acknowledgment bears 
interest for the whole time. 

Comjmtiiiy Interest. — In casting interest on notes, bonds, etc., 
upon which partial payments have been made, every payment is to 
be first applied to discharge the interest; but the interest is never 
allowed to form a part of the principal, so as to carry interest. 
When a partial payment is made before the debt is due, it cannot 
be apportioned part to the debt and part to the interest, but at the 
end interest shall be charged on the whole sum, and the obligor 
shall receive credit for the interest on the amount paid until the 
interest becomes due. 

Tiie legal rate of interest is six per cent. Parties- may agree in 
writing on a rate not exceeding eight per cent. If a rate of interest 
greater than eight per cent, is contracted for, the penalty is a for- 
feiture of the entire interest, and only the principal can be 
recovered. 

In computing interest or discount on negotiable instruments, a 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. l',)9 

mouth shall be considered a calendar month or twelfth of a year, 
and for less than a month, a day shall be figured a thirtieth part of 
a month. Notes bear interest only when so expressed; but after 
due they draw the legal interest, six per cent., even if not stated. 
Notes payable on demand or at sight draw no interest until after 
presentation or demand of the same has been made, unless they 
provide for interest from date on their face. If "with interest" is 
included in the note, it draws the legal rate from the time it is 
made. If the note is to draw a special rate of interest, higher than 
the legal, but not higher than the law allows, the rate must be 
specified. 

WILLS. 

The legal declaration of a person's mind, determining the man- 
ner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after 
his death, is termed a will. No exact form of words is necessary 
in order to make a will good at law, though much care should be 
exercised to state the provisions of the will so plainly that its lan- 
guage may not be misunderstood. 

Every male person of the age of twenty-one years, and every 
female of the age of eighteen years, of sound mind, can make a 
valid will. It must be in writing, signed by the testator, or by 
some one in his or her presence, and by his or her direction, and 
attested by two or more credible witnesses. Care should be taken 
that the witnesses are not interested in the will. 

The person making the will may appoint his or her executors; 
but no person can serve as such executor if he or she be an alien at 
the time of proving the will, if he be under twenty -one years ot 
age, a convict, a drunkard, a lunatic, or an imbecile. 

Persons knowing themselves to have been appointed executors, 
must, within thirty days after the death of deceased, cause the will 
to be proved and i-ecorded in the proper county, or present it and 
refuse to accept. In case of failure to do so, they are liable to for- 
feit the sum of twenty dollars per month. Inventory to be made 
by executor or administrator within three months from date of let- 
ters testamentary or administration. 

The person making a will is termed the " testator " (if a female, 
the " testatrix"). 

A will is of no force and effect until the death of the testator, 



200 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

and can be cancelled or modified at any date by the maker. The 
last will made annuls the force of all preceding wills. 

A will made by an unmarried woman is legally revoked by mar- 
riage; but slie can take such legal steps in the settlement of her 
property before marriage as will empower her to dispose of the 
same as she may clioose after marriage. No husband can make a 
will that will deprive tiie wife of her right of dower in the prop- 
erty; but the husband can will the wife a certain amount in lieu of 
her dower, stating it to be in lien thereof. Such bequest, however, 
will not exclude her from her dower, provided she prefers it to the 
bequest made in the will. Unless the husband states distinctly 
that the bequest is in lieu of dower, she is entitled to both. 

In case a married woman possesses property and dies without a 
will, her husband is entitled to administer upon such property in 
preference to any one else, provided he be of sound mind. 

Notice requiring all claims to be jiresented against the estate 
sliail be given b\' tlie administrator within six months after being 
qualified. Any person having a claim and not presenting it at the 
time fixed by said notice, is required to have summons issued noti- 
fying tlie executor of having filed his claim in court. Claims 
should be filed within two years from the time administration is 
granted on an estate, as after that time they are forever barrfed, 
unless other estate be found that was not inventoried. Married 
women, infants, persons insane, imprisoned, or without the United 
States, in the employment of the United States, or of this State, 
have two years after their disabilities are removed to file 
claims. Claims are classified and paid out of the estate in the fol- 
lowing manner: 

1st. Funeral expenses. 

2d. The widow's award, if there is a widow; or children, if there 
are children and no widow. 

3d. Expenses attending the last illness, not including the physi- 
cian's bill. 

4th. Debts due the common school or township fund. 

5th. All expenses of proving the will and taking out letters 
testamentary or of administration, and settlement of the estate, and 
the physician's bill in the last illness of the deceased. 

6tli. Where the deceased has received money in trust for any 
purpose, his executor or administrator shall pay out of his estate 
the amount received and not accounted for. 



DIGEST OF STATK LAWS. 2(1 1 

7th. All other debts and demands of whatsoever kind, witliout 
regard to quality or dignity, which shall be e.xhibited to the court 
within two years from the granting of letters. 

Award to the widow and children, exclusive of debts and legacies 
or bequests, except funeral ex]3enses: 

1st. The family pictures and wearing ajiparel, jewels and orna- 
ments of herself and minor children. 

2d. School books and the family library to the value of $100. 

3d. One sewing-machine. 

4th. Necessary beds, bedsteads and bedding for herself and 
family. 

5th. The stoves and pipe used in the family, with the necessary 
cooking utensils; or, in case they have none, $50 in money. 

6th. Household and kitchen furniture to the value of $100. 

7th. One milch cow and calf fcir every four meuibers of her 
family. 

8th. Two sheep for each member of her family, and the fleeces 
taken from the same, and one horse, saddle and bridle. 

9th. Provisions for herself and family for one year. 

10th. Food for the stock above specified for six months. 

11th. Fuel for herself and family for three montlis. 

12th. One hundred dollars' worth of other property suited to her 
condition in life, to be selected by the widow. 

The widow, if she elects, may have in lieu of the said award, the 
same jjcrsonal pro])erty or money in place thereof as is or may be 
exempt from execution or attachment against the head of a family. 

GENERAL FORM oF WILL FOR REAL AND I'ERSONAL PROPERTY. 

I, Samuel T. Lewis, of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, 
State of Illinois, being aware of the uncertainty of life, and in 
failing health, but of sound mind and memory, do make and declare 
this to be my last will and testament, in manner following, to-wit: 

First. I give, devise and bequeath to my oldest son, Franklin 
M. Lewis, the sum of Four Thousand dollars of bank stock, now 
in the First National Bank, Chicago, Illinois, and the farm owned 
by myself, in Ontario township, Knox county, Illinois, consisting 
of one hundred and sixty acres, with all the houses, tenements, and 
improvements thereunto belonging; to have and to hold unto my 
said son, his heirs and assigns, forever. 

Second. I give, devise and bequeath to each of my daughters, 
LidaLouan Lewis, and Fannie Antionette Lewis, each two thousand 



;J(12 lUlilOsr i>V SIATK LAWS. 

iliillurs in hunk tttocK, in tlu< l''irst Natioiml l!iuik ol'(Mii('ii;;o, IliiuoiH, 
and also I'licli ont' iiuiii'tor section of liind, owinvl liv ni vt'i'll, .siln- 
atoil in tlu) town of r)('litviin, 'I'lizcwoll conntv, Illinois, iind roconli'd 
in my niinio in tlic liccordor's ollii-o of siiid comity. Tlio nortli one 
Inindii'd imd sixty iicrofl of siiid Imlf section is devised to my elder 
tlitui^liler l.idn l.oniin. 

iliii'il. 1 jjivu, lioviso luid l)e(ineiitli to my son, Fred Diivis 
Lewis, five simres of niilroiid stock, in tlie C, H. iV: C^). Kuilioiid, 
and my own one liundi'ed and sixty acres of land and saw-mill 
tlioreon, situated in Astoria, Illinois, witli all tlie improvements and 
appurtenances tlierennto lielonijinij, wliicli said real estate is re- 
corded in my mime, in tiie county vdicrc siltiali'd. 

Foiirtli. 1 fj;ive to my wit'e, 'I'ryplicna Lewis, all my honsoliold 
furniture, jfoocls, chattels, and ]iersc>nal property, uliout my iiouse, 
not iiitlu>rlo disposed of, including ten thousand dollars in hank 
Htock, in tlio First National Hank of ('hicaj^o, Illinois, tifteen shares 
'in the ('liicaf^o, liock Island iV I'acitii- Kiiilroiid, and tiie tree and 
unrestricted use, possession and henelits ot' the home farm, so lonj; 
as she mav live, in lieu of dower, to which she is entitled liy law; 
•said farm neiuif my presi>nt place ol' residence. 

/''/'/?/(. J lie(pu>atli to my invalid fathei'. Samuel T. Lewis, Sr., 
the income from the riMits of tnv stt>ro hiiildiiif;;, at Canton, Illinois, 
diirin;^ the term of his natural life, Saiil huilding and land there- 
with revert to my said sons and daiifjhters in eipial proportions, 
upon the demise of my said father. 

Sixth. It is also my will and desire, that at thi> deatli of mv 
wit'e, 'rryiihena Lewis, oral any time she may ari'anije to rclinijuisli 
hor life interest in the ahove mentioned homestead, tlie same may 
revert to my ahove named children, or to the lawful heirs of each. 

Aiitl, Liistli/. I appoint as executors of this, my last will and 
testanient, my wife 'iryphena Lewis, ami my eldest son, Franklin 
M. Lewis. 

1 further direct that my dchls and necessary funeral exi)ense8 
shall he paid from moneys now on dei>osit in the l''irst National 
Hank, I'ekin, Illinois, the residue of such nione\s to revert to my 
wife, Tryphena Lmvis, for her use forever. 

In witness theri'of, 1, Samuel T. Li'wis, to this, my last will and 
testament, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this third day of 
March, eiij;hteen hundred and sevenl\. 

[L. S.J " Samtki. T. Lkwis. 

Si{:;ned, sealed and delivered hy Samuel T. Lewis, as and for his 
last will and t«'stamcnt, in the presence of us, who, at his reijiiest, 
and in his presence, and in the )iresence id' each other, have suh- 
Bcrihed our names hereunto as witnesses then-of 

Fred I). ScUeck, (Miica<;i>, Illinois, 
Krnstus (.'liild, Oneida, Illinois. 



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Whorojis, 1, HaiiuK^l T. I.Gwis, did, on llui third day ol' March, 
Olio thuufland uij^lit iiiindi'cd and euvuiity, inakti my JaHt will and 
testainoiit, 1 do now, hy thin writing, add tiiia codicil to my said 
will, to 1)1) tak(3ii an a ]>art thercMit". 

Wli(!r(ras, liy tin! dis|ionsat,i<ni of Pnjvidonco, my daujfhtor Lida 
Louaii, luiH docuaHiid, JNoxciubcr til'th, uij(litcoii hiiiKirud and soveiity- 
tiiiir, and, whiiruas, a rion has hocm i)orn to mo, which hou Ih now 
chriHtcncd CJharlon Uiirchard LowIh, 1 give anil IxMjniiath unto him 
my j^olil watch, and all rif^ht, interest and tillii in landri an<l hank 
stock and chattcln hcqnoalhcd to my deceased daughtci' Jjida Ijouan, 
in the hody of this will 

In witness thereof, 1 lioroiinto sot my Iiaiid and seid, Ihiri liftli 
day of March, eif^liteen hundred and scvcMty-nine. 

I L. S.] Samuki, T. IjEwis. 

Sif^ned, sealed, j)uhlished and dcclareil to us hy the testator, 
Samuel T. Lewis, as and for a codicil, to l)0 annexed to his last will 
and testament. And wo, at his reijuest, and in his presence, and in 
the )>rosenco of caidi other, have siihscrihed our nanuis as witnesses 
thereto, at the date herei)f. 

Krastiis (Miihl, On.'ida, 111. 
K. (;. dohnsoM, Chicago, ill. 

DESCKNT. 

When no will is made, the jiroperty of a dewia.sed jMsrson is dis- 
tributed as follows: 

J''i>'tit. To his or her chililren and their descenchints, in equal 
parts; the descendants of tho deceased child or {.jrand child tidiiuj^ 
tlie share of their deceased parents, in equal ])arts among tluim. 

Second. Where there is no child, no descendant of such child, 
and no widow or surviving hushand, then to the parents, brotliers 
and sisters of tho deceasiMl, and their descendants, in ecjual ])arts, 
tho surviving jjarent, if either be dead, taking a double poi'ti(jn; 
and if there is no parent living, then to the brothers and sisters of 
the intestate aiul their descendants. 

Third. When there is a wid(jw or sni'viving hiiHband, and no 
child or children, or descendants of the same, then <jne half ol" tho 
real estate and tho whole of the persoiud estate shall descend to 
such widow Ol' surviving husband, absolutely, and the other half of 
tho real estati; shall descend as in other cases wliere there is no 
child or children, or desceiulants of the same. 

Fourth. When there is a widow or surviving lui.iband, and al.io 



204 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

a child or chililren, or descendants of the latter, then one-third of 
all personal estate to the widow or surviving husband, absolutely. 

Fifth. If there be no child, parent, brother or sister, or 
descendants of either of them, and no widow or surviving husband, 
then in equal parts to the next of kin to the intestate in equal 
degree. Collaterals shall not be represented except with the 
descendants of brother and sister of the intestate, and there shall 
be no distinction between kindre^ of the whole and the half-blood. 

Sixth. If any intestate leaves a widow or surviving husband 
and no kindred, then to such widow or surviving husband; and if 
there is no such widow or surviving husband, it shall escheat to and 
invest in the county where the same or the greater portion thereof 
is situated. 

DEEDS. 

A deed is a sealed instrument in writing, conveying lands and 
appurtenances thereon from one person to another, and special care 
should bo taken to have them signed, sealed, delivered and properly 
acknowledged, with the jiroper seal attached. Witnesses are not 
necessary. The law in this State provides that an acknowledg- 
ment must be made before certain persons authorized to take the 
same. These officers are: Master in Chancery, Notary Public^ 
Circuit or County Clerk, Justice of the Peace. United States Cona- 
missioner, or any Court of Record having a seal, or any Judge, 
Justice or Clerk of any such court. The instrument shall be 
attested by the official seal of the officer taking the acknowledg- 
ment, and when taken by a Justice of the Peace residing out of the 
county where the real estate to be conveyed lies, there sliall be 
added a certificate of the County Clerk under his seal of office, that 
he was a Justice of the Peace in the county at the time of taking 
the same. A deed is good without such certificate attached, but 
cannot be used in evidence unless such a certificate is produced or 
other competent evidence introduced. Acknowledgments made 
out of the State must either be executed according to the laws of 
this State, or there should be attached a certificate that is in conform- 
ity with the laws of the State or country where executed. AVhere 
this is not done the same may be proved by any other legal way. 
Acknowledgments where the Homestead rights are to be waived 
must state as follows: " Including the release and waiver of the 
right of homestead." 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 205 

To render a deed valid, there must be a suflBcient consideration. 
To enable a person to legally convey property to another, the fol- 
lowing requisites are necessary: 1st, he or she must be of age; 
2d, must be of sane mind ; and, 3d, he or she must be the rightful 
owner of the property 

Any altei'ations or interlineations in the deed should be noted at 
the bottom of the instrument, and properly witnessed. After the 
acknowledgment of a deed, the parties have no right to make the 
slightest alterations. An alteration after the acknowledgment in 
favor of the grantee vitiates the deed. The maker of a deed is 
called the "grantor;" the person or party to whom the deed is 
delivered, the "grantee." The wife of the grantor must ackowl- 
edge the deed, or else, after the death of her husband, she will be 
entitled to one-third interest in the property, as dower, during her 
life. Her acknowledgment of the deed must be of her own free 
will and accord. 

By a general warranty deed the grantor engages to secure the 
grantee in any right or possession to the property conveyed against 
all persons whatsoever. A quit-claim deed releases what interest 
the grantor may have in the land, but does not warrant and defend 
against others. We do not give form for a deed, as printed forms 
are used by all. Deeds should be recorded without delay. 

MORTGAGES AND TRUST DEEDS 

Are conditional conveyances of estates or property by way of 
pledge for the security of debt, and to become void on payment of 
it. Special care should be taken to have them signed, sealed 
delivered, and properly acknowledged, with the proper seal attached. 
All kinds of property, real or personal, which are capable of an 
absolute sale, may be the subject of a mortgage. 

Mortgages of personal property need not be under seal. In the 
absence of stipulation to the contrary', the mortgagee of personal 
property has the legal title thereto, and the right of possession, and 
he may liave an action against any one taking them from the mort- 
gagor. And although the mortgage contains no express stipulation 
that the mortgagor shall remain in possession until default of pay- 
ment, and with a power to sell for the mortgagee's debt, the mort- 
gagee may nevertheless sustain trover against an officer attaching 
the goods as the property of the mortgagur. 



206 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

A mortgage mnst be in writing when it is intended to convey tlie 
legal title. It must be in one single deed which contains the whole 
contract. 

Redemptioii must be made within one year from the sale. 
Where, however, the mortgagee takes the property for an absolute 
discharge of the debt, then the ecjuity or right of redemption is 
barred. Satisfaction, or release of a mortgage, may be made on 
the margin of the record, or by an instrument duly acknowledged. 
The wife need not join in this rel6ase. 

TRDST DEEDS. 

Trust deeds are taken generally in preference to mortgages, 
especially by non-residents, for in case of foreclosure under the 
power of sale there can be no redemption. Advertisement, sale, 
and deed is made by the trustee. 

Mortgages of personal property, or chattel mortgages, can be 
given for a period of only two years, and cannot be renewed or 
extended. Acknowledgment may be had before a Justice of the 
Peace of the town or district in which the mortgagor resides. If 
the mortgagor is a non-resident, then before any officer authorized 
by law to take acknowledgments. Foreclosures may be effected 
upon default, and ])ossession, and sale of the property taken and 
made; any delay will invalidate tlie mortgagee's lien. 

LIENS. 

Any person who shall by contract, expressed or implied, or 
partly both, with the owner of any lot or tract of land, furnish 
labor or material, or services as an architect or superintendent, in 
building, altering, repairing, or ornamenting any house, or other 
building or appurtenance thereto on such lot, or upon any street or 
alley, and connected with such improvements, shall have a lien 
upon the whule of such lot or tract of land, and upon such house 
or building and appurtenances for the amount due him for labor, 
material or services. If the contract is expressed, and the time for 
the completion of the work is beyond three years from the com- 
mencement thereof; or, if the time of payment is beyond one year 
from the time stipulated for the completion of the work, then no 
lien exists. If the contract is implied, then no lien exists, unless 
the work be done, or material furnished, within one year from the 
commencement of the W(jrk or delivery of the material. As 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 207 

between difterent creditors having liens, no preference is given to 
the one whose contract was made first; but each shares pro rata. 
Incumbrances existing upon the lot or tract of tlie land at the time 
the contract is made do not operate on the improvements, and are 
only preferred to the extent of the value of the land at the time of 
making the contract. Tlie above lien cannot be enforced unless 
suit is commenced within six months after the last payment for 
labor or materials shall have become due and payable. Sub-con- 
tractors, mechanics, workmen, and other persons furnishing any 
material, or performing any labor for a contractor, as above speci- 
fied, have a lien to the extent of the amount due the contractor at 
the time the following notice was served upon the owner of the 
land who made the contract: 

To : You are hereby notified that I have been emjjloyed 

by [here state whether to labor or to furnish material, 

and substantially the nature of the demand] upon your [here state 
m general terms description and situation of building], and that I 
shall hold the [building, or as the case may be], and your interest 
in the ground liable for the amount that may [is or may become] 
due me on account thereof. [Signature] . 

Dated, . 

If there is a contract in writing between contractor and sub-con- 
tractor, a copy of it should be served with the above notice, and such 
notice must be served within forty days from the completion of 
such sub-contract, if there is one; if not, then from the time pay- 
ment should have been made to the person performing the labor 
or furnishing the material. If the owner is not a resident of the 
county, or cannot be found therein, then the above notice must be 
filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, with his fee, fifty cents, 
and a copy of such notice must be published in a newspaper pub- 
lished in the county for four successive weeks. 

When the owner or agent is notified as above he can retain any 
money due the contractor sufiicient to pay such claim; if more 
than one claim, and not enough to pay all, they are to be paid pro 
rata. 

The owner has a right to demand in writing a statement of the 
contractor, of what he owes for labor, etc., from time to time as the 
work progresses. 

The liens referred to cover any and all estates, whether in fee for 



208 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

life, for yca.rs, or any other interest wliicli the owner may have. 

To enforce the liens of sub-contractors, suit must be commenced 
witliin three months from the time of the performance of the sub- 
contract, or during the work or furnishing materials. 

Hotel, inn and hoardhuj -house keejyers have a lien upon the 
baggage and other valuables of their guests or boarders brought 
into such hotel, inn, or boarding-house, by their guests or boarders 
for the proper charges due from such guests or boarders for their 
accommodation, board and lodging, and such extras &s are furnished 
at tlieir request. 

Stahle-keejKrs and other jiersons have a lien upon tlie horses, 
carriages and harness kept by them for the projier charges due for 
the keeping thereof, and expenses bestowed tliereon at the request 
of the owner, or the person having the possession of the eame. 

Agisters (])ersons who take care of cattle belonging to others) 
and persons keeping, yarding, feeding, or pasturing domestic ani- 
mals shall have a lien upon the animals agistcred, kept, yarded or 
fed for the proper charges due for such service. 

All persons who may furnish any railroad corporation in this 
State with fuel, ties, material, supplies, or any other article or thing 
necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation or repair of 
its road by contract, or may perform work or labor for the same, are 
entitled to be paid as part of the current expenses of tiie road, and 
have a lien ujion all its property. Sub-contractors or laborers have 
also a lien. Tiie conditions and limitations, both as to contractors 
and to sub-contractors, are about the same, as herein stated, as to 
general liens. 

BILL OF SALE. 

A bill of sale is a written agreement to another party for a con- 
sideration to convey his right and interest in the personal property. 
The purchaser must take actual possession of the property. Juries 
have power to determine upon the fairness or unfairness of a bill 
of sale. 

COMMON FORM OF BILL OF SALE. 

Know All Men by this instrument, that I, B. F. Lewis, of Chi- 
cago, Illinois, of the first part, for and in consideration of six hun- 
dred and lifty dollars, to me jiaid by Columbus C. Chapman, 
Astoria, Illinois, of the second ]iart, the receipt whereof is hereby 
acknowledged, have sold, and I)y this iiistrunieut do convey unto 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 209 

the said Chapman, party of tlie second part, his executors, admin- 
istrators, and a-signs, my undivided half of ten acres of corn on 
my farm in the town of Deer Creelc, Illinois; one pair of horses, 
twenty sheep, and five cows, belonging to me, and in my possession 
at the farm aforesaid; to have and to hold the same unto the jiarty 
of the second ])art, his executors and assigns, forever. And 1 do, 
for myself and legal representatives, agree with the said party of 
the second part, and iiis legal representatives, to warrant and defend 
the sale of the aforementioned property and chattels unto the said 
party of the second part, and his legal representatives, against all 
and every person whatsoever. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my liand this tenth 
day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. 

B. F. Lewis. 

BAYS OF GRACE. 

No check, draft, bill of exchange, promissory note, order, or 
negotiable instrument, payable at sight or on demand, or on pre- 
sentment, shall be entitled to days of grace. All other bills of 
exchange, drafts or notes are entitled to three days of grace. All 
the above-mentioned paper falling due on Sunday, New Year's day, 
Fourth of July, Christmas, or any da}' appointed or recommended 
by the President of the United States or Governor of the State as 
a day of fasting or thanksgiving, shall be deemed as due on the 
day previous; and should two or more of these days come together, 
then such instrument shall be treated as due on the day previous to 
the first uf said days. 

LIMITATION OF ACTIOX. 

The limit of time in which action may be brought on certain 
things is as follows: Open accounts, five years; notes and written 
contracts, ten years; judgments, twenty years; partial payments or 
new promise in writing, within or after said period, will revive 
the debt; absence from the State deducted, and when the cause of 
action is barred by the law of another State, it lias the same effect 
here; assault, slander, libel, replevin, one year; personal injuries, 
two years; to recover land or make entry thereon, twenty years; and 
sealed and witnessed instruments, as action to foreclose mortgage 
or trust deed, within ten years. All persons in ]jossession of land, 
and paying taxes for seven consecutive years, with color of title, and 
all persons paying taxes for seven consecutive years, with color of 
title, on vacant land, shall be held to be the legal owners to the 
extent of their paper title. 



210 niOEST OF STATE LAWS. 

RECEIPTS. 

Receipts should alwaj's state wlien received and what for; and if 
receipt is in full it sliould be so stated. "We give two forms: 

FOR MONEY ON ACCOUNT. 

Received, Knoxville, 111., Nov. 10, 1878, of J. C. Cover, 8i.\ty 
dollars on account. $60. J. H. Franklin. 

FOR MONEY ADVANCED ON A CONTRACT. 

SIOO. , Galesiurc, III., June 9, 1S6S. 

Received of Fernando Ross, one liundred dollars, in advance, on 
contract to build for him a brick house at No. 76 Kellogg street. 

Samuel J. Chapman. 

EXEMPTIONS FROM FORCED S.4LES. 

The foUoxcing persoiial jiropertij and home xcorth $1,000, — Lot 
of ground and buildings thereon, occujiied as a residence by the 
debtor, being a householder and having a family, to the value of 
$1,000. E.xemption continues after the death of the householder for 
the benefit of the widow and fiimily, some of them occupying the 
homestead until the youngest shall become twenty-one years of age, 
and until the death of the widow. There is no e.xemption from sale 
for taxes, assessments, debt or liability incurred for the purchase or 
improvement of said homestead. No release or waiver of e.xemption 
is valid unless in writing and subscribed by such householder and 
wife (if he has one), and acknowledged as conveyances of real estate 
are required to be acknowledged. 

The following articles of personal property owned by the debtor 
are exempt from execution, writ of attachment, and distress for rent: 
The necessary wearing apparel. Bibles, school-books and family pic- 
tures of every person; and one hundred dollars'worth of other prop- 
erty, to be selected by tlio debtor, and in addition, when the debtor 
is the head of a family and resides with the same, three liundred dol- 
lars' worth of other property- to be selected by the debtor, — ]irovided 
that such selection and exemption shall not be made by the debtor 
or allowed to him or her from any money, salarj' or wages due him or 
her from any person or jiersons or corporations wliatever. "When the 
head of the family dies, deserts, or does not reside with the same, 
tlie family shall be entitled to and receive all the benefit and priv- 
ilege which are by this act conferred npon the head of a family 
residing with the same. No personal property is exempt from e.\e- 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 211 

cution when judgment is obtained for the wages of laborers or ser- 
vants. Wages of a laborer who is tlie liead of a family cannot be 
garnisheed except for the sum due him in excess of $25. 
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. 
The priiieijial obligation on the part of a landlord, which is in 
fact always to be implied as a necessary condition to his receiving 
any rent, is, that the tenant shall enjoy the quiet possession of the 
premises, — which means, substantially, that he shall not be turned 
out of possession of the whole or any material part of the premises 
by any one having a title paramount to that of the landlord, or that 
the landlord shall not himself disturb or render his occupation un- 
comfortable by the erection of a nuisance on or near the premises, 
or otherwise oblige him to qnit possession. But if he be ousted by a 
stranger, — that is, by one having no title, — or after the rent lias 
fallen due, or if tlie molestation proceeds from acts of a third person, 
the landload is in neither case responsible for it. Another obligation 
which the law imposes on the landlord, in the absence of any ox- 
press sti))ulation in the lease, is the ]>aym3nt of all taxes chargeable 
upon the property, or any ground rents or interest upon mortgages 
to which it may be subject. Every landh^rd is bound to protect iiis 
tenant against all paramount claims. And if a tenant is compelled, 
in order to protect himself in the enjoyment of the land in respect 
of which his rent is payable, to make jtayment which ought, as be- 
tween himself and his landlord, to have been made by tiie latter, he 
may call upon the landlord to reimburse him, or he may deduct 
such payment from the rent due or to become due. But the land- 
lord is under no obligation to make repairs, or to rebuild in case the 
premises should be burned; nor does he guaranty that tliey are 
reasonably fit for the purpose for which they are taken. And it is 
not in the power o/ a tenant to make repairs at the ex])ense of his 
landlord, unless there be a special agreement between them autlior- 
izing him to do so; for the tenant takes the premises for better or 
worse, and cannot involve the landlord in exjiense for repairs without 
his consent. Even if the premises have become uninhabitable by 
fire, and the landlord, having insured them, has recovered the 
insurance money, the tenant cannot compel him to expend the 
money so reajvered in rebuilding, unless he has expressly engaged 
to do so; nor can he in such an event protect himself from the payment 
of rent during the unexpired balance of the term, unless exempted 



212 DIGEST OF STAT?: LAWS. 

therefrom bv statute or the terms of the lease. The uninhabit- 
ableness of a house is not a good defense to an action for rent. If 
the landlord expressly covenanted to repair, the tenant cannot quit 
and discharge himself of rent because the repairs are not made, un- 
less there is a provision to that effect; and if a landlord is bound by 
custom or by express agreement to repair, this obligation, and the 
obligation of the tenant to ]my rent, are independent of each other, 
so that the refusal or neglect of the landlord to repair is no answer 
to a demand for rent. The tenant is answerable for any neglect to 
repair highways, fences, or party walls. He is also liable for all 
injuries produced by the mismanagement of his servants, or by a 
nuisance kept upon the premises, or by an obstruction of the high- 
ways adjacent to them, or the like. One of the principal obligations 
which the law imposes upon every tenant, independent of an}' agree- 
ment, is to treat the premises in such a manner that no substantial 
injury shall be done to them, and so that they may revert to the 
landlord at the end of the term unimpaired by any willful or negli- 
gent conduct on his part. 

A tenancy from year to year requires sixty days' notice in writing 
to terminate the same at the end of the year; such notice can be 
given at any time within four months preceding the last sixty days 
of the year. 

A tenancy by the month, or less than a year, where the tenant 
holds over without any special agreement, the landlord may termi- 
nate the tenancy by thirty days' notice in writing. 

"When rent is due, the landlord may serve a notice npon the ten- 
ant, stating that unless the rent is paid within not less than live 
days, his lease will be terminated; if the rent is not paid, the land- 
lord may consider the lease ended. When a default is made in any 
of the terms of the lease, it shall not be necessary to give more 
than ten days' notice to quit or of the termination of such tenancy; 
and the sanje may be terminated on giving such notice to quit, at 
any time after such default in any of the terms of such lease; 
which notice may be substantially in the following form: 

To , You are herel)y notified that, in consequence of your 

default [here insert the character of the default], of the premises 
now occupied by you, being, etc.. [liere describe the premises], I 
have elected to determine ytnir lease, and you are hereby notified to 
quit and deliver up possession of the same to me within ten days of 
this date [dated, etc]. 



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Tli^ above to be signed by the lessor or liis agent, and no other 
notice or demand of possession or termination of snch tenancy is 
necessary. 

Demand may be made or notice served by delivering a written or 
printed, or partly either, copy thereof to the tenant, or leaving the 
same with some person above the age of twelve years, residing on 
or in possession of the premises; and in case no one is in aetnal 
possession of said premises, then by posting the same on the prem- 
ises. When the tenancy is for a certain time, and the term expires 
by the terms of the lease, the tenant is then bound to surrender 
possession, and no notice to quit or demand possession is necessary. 

DISTRESS FOR RENT. 

In all cases of distress for rent, the landlord, by himself, his agent 
or his attorney, may seize for rent any personal property of his ten- 
ant that may be found in the county where the tenant resides. Tlie 
property of any otlier person, even if found on the premises, is not 
liable. 

An inventory of the property levied upon, with a statement of 
the amount of rent claimed, slionld be at once filed with some 
Justice of the Peace, if not over $200; and if above that sum, with 
the Clerk of a Court of Record of competent jurisdiction. Property 
may be released by a party executing a satisfactory bond for double 
the amount. 

The landlord may distrain for rent any time within six months 
after the expiration of tlie term of lease, or when terminated. 

In all cases where the premises rented shall be sub-let, or the 
lease assigned, the landlord shall have the same right to enforce 
lien against such lessee or assignee, thai ho has against the tenant 
to whom the premises were rented. 

When a tenant abandons or removes from the premises, or any 
part thereof, the landlord, or his agent or his attorney may seize 
upon any grain or crops grown or growing upon the premises, or 
part thereof so abandoned, whether the rent is due or not. If such 
grain or other crops, or any part thereof, is not fully grown or 
matured, the landlord, or his agent or attorney shall cause tlie same 
to 1)6 properly cultivated, harvested or gathered, and may sell the 
same, and from the proceeds pay all his labor, expenses and rent. 
The tenant may, before the sale of such property, redeem the same 



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by tendering the rent and reasonable compensation for the work 
done, or he may replevy the same. 

EXEMPTION. 

The same articles of personal property which are by law exempt 
from execution, except the crops, as above mentioned, are also 
exemjjt from distress for rent. 

If any tenant is about to, or shall permit, or attempt to sell or 
remove from the premises, without the consent of his landlord, 
such portion of the crops raised thereon as will endanger the lien 
of the landlord upon such crops, for the rent, it shall be lawful for 
the landlord to distress before rent is due. 

CRIMINAL LAW 

Is that branch of jurisprudence which treats of criminal offenses. 
The extreme importance of a knowledge of criminal law is self- 
evident; for a mistake in point of law, which every person of dis- 
cretion not only may know, but is bound and presumed to know, is 
in criminal cases no defense. Tiiis law is administered upon the 
principle that every one must be taken conclusively to know it, 
without proof that he does know it. This doctrine has been carried 
so far as to include the case of a foreigner charged with a crime 
which was no offense in his own country. And further, the 
criminal law, whether common or statute, is imperative with refer- 
ence to the conduct of individuals; so that, if a statute forbids or 
commands a thing to be done, all acts or omissions contrary to the 
prohibition or command of the statute are offenses at common law, 
and ordinarily indictable as such. When a statute punishes a 
crime by its legal designation without enumerating the acts which 
constitute it, then it is necessary to resort to the common law for a 
definition of the crime with its distinctions and qualifications. So» 
if an act is made criminal, but no mode of prosecution is directed 
or no punishment provided, the common law (in the absence of a 
statute to the contrary) furnishes its aid, prescribing the mode of 
prosecution by indictment, and its mode of punishment by fine and 
inprisonment. So far, therefore, as the rules and principles of com- 
mon law are applicable to the administration of the criminal law, 
and have not been altered or modified by legislation or judicial 
decisions, they have the same force and eft'ect as laws finally enacted. 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 215 

The following are some of the leading ])rinciples of the criminal 
law: 

1. Every man is presumed to be innocent till the contrary is 
shown; and if there is any reasonable doubt of his guilt, he is en- 
titled to the benefit of the doubt. 

2. In general, no person can be brought to trial till a grand jury 
on examination of the charge has found reason to hold him to trial. 

3. The prisoner is entitled to trial by a jury of his peers, who are 
chosen from the body of the people with a view to impartialit}', and 
whose decision on questions of facts is final. 

4. The question of his guilt is to be determined without reference 
to his general character, previous history, or habits of life. 

5. The prisoner cannot be required to criminate himself, nor be 
compelled even to exculpate himself by giving his own testimony 
on trial. 

6. He cannot be twice put in jeopardy for the same ofi'ense. 

7. He cannot be punished for an act which was not an offense by 
the law existing at the time of its commission; nor can a serverer 
punishment be inflicted than was declared by the law at the time of 
its commission. 

Crimes are sometimes classified according to the degree of pun- 
ishment incurred by their commission. They are more generally 
arranged according to the nature of the oft'ense. The following is, 
perhaps, as complete a classification as the subject admits: 

I. Offenses ojja'inst the sovereignty of the State — 1, treason; 2 
misprision of treason. 

II. Offenses against the lives and persons of individuals — 1, 
murder; 2, manslaughter; 3, attempt to kill or murder; 4, may- 
hem; 5, rape ; 6, robbery; 7, kidnapping; 8, false imprisjnment; 
9, abduction; 10, assault and baltery. 

III. Offenses against jyuWic property — 1, burning or destroying 
public property; 2, injury to same. 

lY. Offenses against private property — 1, arson; 2, burglary; 
3, larceny; 4, obtaining goods under false pretenses; 5, embezzle- 
ment ; 6, malicious mischief. 

Y. Offenses against pxihlic justice — 1, perjury; 2, bribery; 3, 
destroying public records; 4, counterfeiting public seals ; 5, jail 
breach; C, escape; 7, resistance to officers; 8, obstructing legal 
process; 9, barratry; 10, maintenance; 11, champerty; 12, con- 



216 DIGEST OF STATE LA\S'S. 

tempt of court; 13, oppression; 14, extortion; 15, suppression of 
evidence; IG, compounding felony; 17. misprision of felony. 

VI. Offenses against the puhlic jpeace — 1, challenging or accept, 
ing a challenge to a duel; 2, unlawful assembly; 3, rows; 4, riot; 
5, breach of the jjeace; (i, libel. 

VII. Offenses against chastity — 1, sodomy; 2, bestiality; 3, 
adultery; 4, incest; 5, bigani}'; 6, seduction; 7, fornication; 8, 
lascivious carriage; 9, keeping and fi-eqnenting houses of ill-fame. 

VIII. Offenses (ujainst jyuljllt 2>ol'(Cii — 1, false currency-; 2, lot- 
teries; 3, gambling; 4, immoral shows; 5, violation of the right 
of suffrage; 6, destruction of game, fish, etc.; 7, nuisance. 

IX. Offenses against the cun'ency, and piillic and 2'>i'ivate 
securities — 1, forgery; 2, counterfeiting; 3, passing counterfeit 
money. 

X. Offenses against religion and morality — 1, blasphemy; 2, 
profanity; 3, Sabbath-breaking; 4, obscenity; 5, cruelty to ani- 
mals; 6, drunkenness; 7, promoting intemperance. 

XT. Offenses against the public^ individuals, or their i^i'op'^rty 
— 1, conspiracy. 

TAXES. ^ 

The owners of real and personal property, on the first day of 
March of each year, are liable for ta.xes thereon. 

Assessments should be completed before the fourth Monday in 
June, at which time the Town Board of Review meets to examine 
assessments, hear objections, and make such changes as ought to be 
made. The County Board have also power to correct or change 
assessments. 

The tax-books are placed in the bands of the Town Collector on 
or before the tenth day of December, who retains them until the 
tenth day of March following, when he is required to return them 
to the County Treasurer, who then collects all delinquent taxes. 

No costs accrue on real estate taxes untd advertised, which takes 
place on the first day of April, when three weeks' notice is required 
before judgment. Cost of advertising, twenty cents each tract of 
land, and ten cents each lot. 

Judgment is usually obtained at the May term of County Court. 
Costs six cents each tract of land, and five cents each lot. Salp 
takes place in June. Costs, in addition to those mentioned, twen- 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 217 

ty-eight cents each tract of laud, and twenty-seven cents each 
town lot. 

Real estate sold for taxes may be redeemed any time before the 
expiration of two years from the date of sale by payment to the 
County Clerk of the amount for which it was sold, and twenty-five 
per cent, thereon if redeemed within six months, fifty per cent, if 
redeemed between six and twelve months; if between twelve and 
eighteen months, seventy-fiv^e per cent., and if between eighteen 
months and two years, one hundred per cent. ; and, in addition, all 
subsequent taxes paid by the purchaser, with ten per cent, interest 
thereon ; also, one dollar each tract, if notice is given by the pur- 
chaser of the sale, and a fee of twenty- five cents to the Clerk for 
his certificate. 

SUBSCRIPTION. 

The selling of books by subscription is so frequently brought 
into disrepute by agents making representations not authorized by 
the publishers, that the public are often swindled. Tiiat there 
may be more general knowledge of the relation such agents bear 
to their principal, and the law governing such cases, we give the 
following rules, which, if followed, will save a great deal of trouble 
and perhaps serious loss. 

A subscription is the placing of a signature below a written or 
printed engagement. It is the act by which a person contracts, in 
writing, to furnish a sum of money for a particular purpose: as, a 
subscription to a charitable institution, a subscription for a book, 
and the like. In the case of a book, the consideration is concur- 
rent that the publisher shall publish the book named, and deliver 
the same, for which the subscriber is to pay the price named. The 
prospectus and sample should be carefull}' examined before sub- 
scribing, as they are the basis and consideration of the promise to 
pay, and not the too often exaggerated statements of the agent, 
who is merely employed to solicit subscriptions, for which he 
usually receives a commission for each subscriber, and has no 
authority to change or alter the conditions upon which the sub- 
scriptions are autiiorized to be made by the jjublishers. Should 
the agent assume to agree to make the subscription conditional, or 
modify or change the agreement of the publisher, as set out by 
the prospectus and sample, in order to bind the publishers, the 



218 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

subscriber should see that such condition or change is stated over, 
or in connection with his signature, so the publishers may have 
notice of the same. 

When several persons promise to contribute to a common object, 
desired by all, the promise of each may be a good consideration for 
the promise of others. In general subscriptions on certain condi- 
tions in fiivor of the party subscribing, are binding wlien the acts 
stipulated are performed. Subscription is in the nature of a con- 
tract of mutual promises. All |iersons should remember that the 
law as to written contracts is, that they can not he altered, varied, or 
rescinded verbally, but if done at all, must be done in writing. It 
is therefore important that all jiersons contemplating subscribing 
should distinctly understand that all talk before or after the sub- 
scription is made is not admissible as evidence, and is no part of 
the contract. Persons before signing their names to any subscrip- 
tion book, or any written instrument, should carefully examine 
what it is; if they cannot read, they should calj on some one dis- 
interested who can. 

Persons who solicit subscriptions are known to the trade as can- 
vassers. They are agents appointed to do a particular business in 
a prescribed mode, and have no authority to do it in any other way 
to the prejudice of their princi])al, nor can they bind their principal 
in any other matter. They can not collect money, or agree that 
payment maj- be made in anything else than money. They cannot 
extend the time of payment Ijeyond the time of delivery, nor bind 
their principal for payment of expenses incurred in their business. 

Where you pay money to an agent you should satisfy j'ourself of 
his authority to collect money for his employer. 

CONTRACT FOR PERSONAL SERVICES. 

When a contract is entire and has been only partially fulfilled, 
the party in fault may nevertheless recover from the other party for 
the actual benefit received and retained by the other party, less the 
damages sustained by such other party by reason of the partial 
non-fulfillment of the contract. This may be done in all cases 
where the other party has received benefit from the partial fulfill- 
ment of the contract, whether he has so received the same from 
choice or from the necessities of the case. Where D hired B to 
work for him for seven months at §15 per month, and B worked 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 219 

for D only fifty-nine days, and then quit without any reasonable 
excuse therefor, it was held that B iniglit nevertheless recover from 
D for what the work was i-easonably worth, less any damage that 
D may have sustained by reason of the partial non-fulfillment of 
the contract. 

MEWSPAPER LIBEL. 

Allowing the most liberal rule as to the liability of persons in 
public employment to criticism for their conduct in which the 
public are interested, there never has been a rule which subjected 
persons, private or public, to be talsely traduced. No publication 
is privileged except a bona fide representation, made without 
malice, to the proper authority, complaining on reasonable grounds. 
The nearest approach to this license is where the person vilified 
presents himself before the body of the public as a candidate for an 
elective office. But even then there is no doctrine which will sub- 
ject him without remedy to every species of malevolent attack. 

TENDER. 

If the -tender be of money, it can be a defense only when made 
before the action was brought. A tender does not bar the debt as 
a jiayment would, for in general he is bound to pay the sum which 
he tendered, whenever he is required to do so. But it puts a stop 
to accruing damages or interest for delay in payment, and saves 
the defendant costs. It need not be made by the defendant person- 
ally; if made by a third person, at his request, it is sufficient; and 
if made by a stranger without his knowledge or request, a subse- 
quent assent of the debtor will operate as a ratification of the 
agency, and make the tender good. Any person may make a valid 
tender for an idiot. If an agent, furnished with money to make a 
tender, at his own risk tender more, it is good. So, a tender need 
not be made to a creditor personally; but it must be made to an 
agent actually authorized to receive the money. If the money be 
due to several jointly, it may be tendered to either, but must be 
pleaded as made to all. The whole sum due must be tendered, as 
the creditor is not bound to receive a part of his debt. If the 
tender be of the whole debt, it is valid. If the obligation be in the 
alternative, one thing or another, as the creditor may choose, the 
tender should be of both, that he may make his choice. To make 
a tender of money valid the money must be actually produced and 



220 DIGEST OF STATK LAWS. 

proffered, unless the creditor expressly or impliedly waives this 
production. The debtor is not bound to count out the money, if he 
has it and offers it. No conditions must be annexed to the tender, 
which the creditor can have any good reason whatever for objecting 
to; as for instance, that he siiould give a receipt in full of all 
demands. The tender should be made in money made lawful by 
the State in which it is offered. Generall}', a tender is valid and 
effectual if made at any time after the debt is due; and a deniiind 
made after the tender if for more 'than the sum tendered, will not 
avoid the tender. Certainly not, if the demand is for more than 
the real debt, although the excess was for another debt truly due. 

Tender of Chattels. — The thing tendered may not be money, but 
some specific article. If one is bound to deliver chattels at a partic- 
ular time and place, it may not be enough if he has them there; they 
may be mingled with others of a like kind which he is not to 
deliver. Or they may need some act of separation, or identifica- 
tion, or completion, before they could become the property of the 
other party. Generally, if no time or place be specified, the articles 
are to be delivered where they are at the time of the contract, 
unless collateral circumstances designate a different place. If the 
time be fixed, but not the place, then it will be presumed that the 
deliverer was to bring the articles to the receiver at that time, and 
for that purjiose he must go with the chattels to the residence of the 
receiver, unless something in their very nature or use, or some other 
circumstances of ecpiivalent force, distinctly implies that they are 
to be left at some other place. It may happen, from the cumbrous- 
nessof the chattels or other circumstances, that it is reasonable and 
just for the deliverer to ascertain from the receiver, long enough 
beforehand, where they shall be delivered; and then he would he 
held to this as a legal obligation. So, too, in such a case, the 
receiver would have a right to designate to the detiner, a reasonable 
time beforehand, a place of delivery reasonably convenient to both 
parties, and the deliverer would be bound bv such directions. If 
no place be indicated, and the deliverer is not in fault in this, he 
may deliver the chattels to the receiver, in person, at any place 
which is reasonably convenient. And if the receiver refuses or 
neglects to appoint any place, or purposely avoids receiving notice 
of a place, the deliverer may appoint any place, with a reasonable 



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regard to the convenience of the other party, and tlicre deliver the 
articles. 

If the promise be to pay at a certain time, or deliver certain 
chattels, it is a promise in the alternative; and the alternative 
belongs to the promisor; he may do either the one or the other, at 
his election; nor need he make his election until the time when the 
promise is to be performed; but after that day has passed without 
election on his part, tlie promisee has an absolute right to the 
money, and may bring his action for it. A contract to deliver a 
certain quantity of merchandise at a certain time means, of course, 
to deliver the whole then. If by the terms of the contract certain 
specific articles are to be delivered at a certain time and place in pay- 
ment of an existing debt, this contract is fully discharged and the 
debt is paid, by a complete and legal tender of the articles at the 
time and place, although the promisee was not there to receive 
them; and no action can thereafter be maintained on the contract. 
But the property in the goods has passed to the creditor, and he 
may retain them as his own. 

DRUNKENNESS 
Is the condition of a person who is under the immediate influence 
of intoxicating liquors. This condition presents various degrees of 
intensity, ranging from a simple exhilaration to a state of utter 
unconsciousness and insensibility. 

The common law shows but little disposition to afford relief, 
either in civil or criminal cases, from the immediate effects of 
drunkenness. It has never considered drunkenness alone as a surti- 
cient reason for invalidating any act. 

When carried so far as to deprive the party of all consciousness- 
strong presumption of fraud is raised; and on that ground courts 
may interfere. 

Courts of equity decline to interfere in favor of jiarties ])leading 
intoxication in the performance of a civil act. 

The law does, however, recognize two kinds of inculpable dmink- 
enness, viz.: that which is produced by the " uiiskillfulncss of his 
physician," and that which is ])roduced by the "contrivance of 
enemies." To this may be added cases where a party drinks no 
more liquor than he has habitually used without being intoxicated, 
and which exerts an unusually potent effect on the brain in con- 
sequence of certain pathological conditions. 



222 DIOtST OF STATE LAWS. 

9IABRIAGE COMRACT. 

Marriage is a contract, made in due form of law, by which a man 
and woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their 
joint lives, and to discharge towards each other the duties imposed 
by law on the relation of husband and wife. The marriage contract 
is in law a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties is 
essential. The marriage relation can only be entered into, main- 
tained, and abrogated as pronded by law. It is dissolved by death 
or divorce. A marriage which is valid by the law of the country 
in which it is contracted, is valid in this State. To make a valid 
marriage, the parties must be willing to contract, ahle to contract, 
and have actually contracted. All persons are able to contract 
marriage unless they are under the legal age, or nnless there be 
other disability; the age of consent at common law is fourteen in 
males and twelve in females. When a person under this age mar- 
ries, such person can, when he or she arrives at the age above speci- 
fied, avoid the marriage, or such person or both may, if the other is 
of legal age, confirm it; if either of the parties is under seven, the 
marriage is void. If either of the party is non compos mentis or 
insane, or has a husband or wife living, the marriage is void. 

The parties must each be willing to marry the other. If eitner 
party acts under compulsion, or is under duress, the marriage is 
voidable. 

The husband is bound to receive his wife at home, and should fur- 
nish her with all the necessaries and conveniencies which his for- 
tune enables him to do, and which her situation requires, but this 
does not include such luxuries as, according to her fancy, she deems 
necessaries. He is bound to love his wife and bear with her faults, 
and, if possible, by mild means, to correct them; and he is required 
to fulfill towards her his marital promise of fidelity. 

Being the head of the family, the husband has a right to estab- 
lish himself wherever he may please, and in this he cannot be con- 
trolled by his wife; he may manage his afiairs in his own way, buy 
and sell all kinds of personal property, without her control, and lie 
may buy any real estate he may deem proper; but as the wife 
acquires a right in tlie latter, he cannot sell it without her consent. 

A wife is under obligations to love, honor and obey her husband, 
and is bound to follow him wherever in the country he may go and 
establish himself, provided it is not for other causes unreasonable. 



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She is under obligation to be faithful in chastity to her marriage 
vow. A wife has the right to the love and protecting care of her 
husband; she has the right to share his bed and board; she can call 
upon her husband to provide her with the necessary food and 
clothing, according to her position in life, and if he neglects or re- 
fuses to do so, she can procure them on his account. 

JIAEEIED WOMEN 

May bargain, sell, and convey their real and personal property, and 
enter into contracts with reference to the same. The wife may be 
the agent of the husband, and transact for him business, making, 
accepting or endorsing bills or notes, purchasing goods, rendering 
bills, collecting money and receipting for the same, and in general, 
entering into any contract so as to bind him, if she has his authority 
to do so. And while they continue to live together, the law con- 
siders the wife as clothed with authority by the husband to buy for 
lAm and his family all things necessary, in kind and quantity, for 
the proper support of his family; and for such purchases made by 
her he is liable. The husband is responsible for necessaries sup- 
plied to his wife, if he does not snpply them himself, and he 
continues so liable if he turns her out of his house or otherwise 
separates himself from her, without good cause. But he is not so 
liable if she deserts him, (without extreme provocation) or if he 
turns her away for good cause. If she leaves him because he treats 
her so ill that she has good right to go from him and his house, 
this is the same tiling as tnrning her away; and she carries with her 
is credit for all necessaries supplied to her. But what the mis- 
conduct must be to give this right, is uncertain. But the law un- 
doubtedly is, that the wife is not obliged to stay and endure cruelty 
or indecency. It is also held, that if a man lives with a woman as 
his wife, and represents her to be so, he is liable for necessaries sup- 
plied to her, and her contracts, in the same way as if she were his wife' 
The statutes intend to secure to a married woman all her rights. 
But many women about to marry — or their friends for them^ — ■ 
often wish to secure to them certain powers and rights, and to limit 
these in certain ways or to make sure that their property is in safe 
and skillful hands. This can only be done by conveying and trans- 
ferring the property to trustees; that is, to certain persons to hold 
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224 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

A married woman may sue and be sued. At the death of the 
liusbaiid, in addition to the widow's award, a married woman lias a 
dower interest [one-third] in all real estate owned by her linsband 
after their marriage, and which has not been released by her, and 
the hnsband has the same interest in the real estate of the wife, 
after her death. 

SCHOOL MONTH. 

NUMBER OF DATS IX A SCIIOOIj MONTU TEACHEEs' HOLIDAYS. 

The law of this State says that a school month shall comprise 
twenty-two school days, actually taught. It also ])rovides that 
teachers shall not be required to teach on legal holidays, thanks- 
giving or fast-days, appointed by State or N'ational authority. 

SCHOOL children's studies. 

The rulings of courts are that the trustees of a school district 
may prescribe what studies siiall be pursued, and may regulate the 
classitication of the pupils; but that a parent may select, from the 
branches pursued, those which the child shall study, so long as the 
exercise of such selection does not interfere with the system pre- 
scribed for the school ; that the child cannot be excluded from one 
study simply because he is deficient in another; the rule requiring 
his exclusion is unreasonable, and cannot be enforced. 

IXFA>T8 

Can make a binding contrat-t for necessaries onl}-. An infant can 
never bind himself even for necessaries when ho has a parent or 
guardian who supplies his wants. What are considered necessaries 
depend upon the raidc and circumstances of the infant in the par- 
ticular case. All his other contracts are considered voidable and 
void. An infant's contract on a bill or note is voidable. His 
liability may be established by ratification after full age. 

The confirmation or ratification must be distinct, and with a knowl- 
edge that he is not liable on the contract. A mere acknowledgment 
of a debt, or a payment of a part of it, will not support an action 
an such a contract. When an infant indorses negotiable notes or 
bills he does not pass any interest in them as against himself; his 
act is voidable, but neither the acceptor nor subsequent indorser 
can oblige his infancy to evade their liability; nor can the drawer 
of a bill set up the infancy of a payee and indorser as a defense to 



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an action thereon against liiniself. An infant may sue on a hill, 
but lie sues by liis guardian or next friend, and payment should 
accordingly be made to him. 

Parties contracting with an infant assume all the inconveniences 
incident to the protection which the law allows him. In law 
infancv extends to the age of twenty-one years. 

ADOPTION OF CHILDREN. 

Children may be adopted by any resident of this State by filing 
a petition in tiie Circuit or County Court of the county in which 
lie resides, asking leave to do so; and, if desired, may ask that the 
name of the child be changed. Such petition, if made by a person 
having a husband or wife, will not be granted unless the husband 
and wife joins therein, as the adoption must be by them jointly. 
The petition shall state name, sex, and age of child, and the new 
name, if it is desired to change the name; also, tiie name and resi- 
dence of the parents of the child, if known, and of the guardian, 
if any, and whether the parents or guardian consent to the 
adoption. 

The Court must find, before granting decree, that the parents of 
the child, or the survivors of them, have deserted his or her family, 
or such child, for one year next preceding the application; or, if 
neither is living, that the guardian (if no guardian, the next of 
kin in this State capable of giving consent) has had notice of the 
presentation of the petition, and consents to such adoption. If 
the child is at the age of fourteen or upwards, the adoption cannot 
be made without its consent. 

CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS 

May be legally made by electing or appointing, according to the 
usages or customs of the body of which it is a part, at any meeting 
lield for that purpose, two or more of its members or trustees, war- 
dens or vestrymen, and may adopt a corporate name. Tiie Chair- 
man or Secretary of such meeting shall, as soon as possible, make 
and tile in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county an 
affidavit substantially in the following form: 

State of Illinois, '( 

County. f 

I, , do solemnly swear [or affirm, as the case may be] 

that at a meeting of the members of the [here insert the name of 



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the cliurcli, society, or congregation, as known before organization] 

held at [liere insert tlie place of meeting], in the County of , 

and State of Illinois, on tiie day of , A. D. 18 — , for 

tliat jiiirpose, the following persons were elected [or appointed; 
here insert tiie names] trustees, wardens, vestrymen [or officers by 
whatever name they may choose to adojit, with power similar to 
trustees], according to the rules and nsages of snch [church, 

society, or congregation], and said adopted as its corporate 

name [here insert name], and at said meeting this affiant acted as 
[Chairman or Secretary, as the case may be]. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , 

A. D. 18 — . [Name of affiant]' . 

Which affidavit must be recorded by the Recorder, and shall be, 
or a certified cojiy made by the Recorder, received as evidence of 
such corporation. 

JMo certificate of election after the first need be filed for record. 

The term of office of the trustees, and the general government of 
the society can be determined b}- the rules and by-laws adopted. 
Failure to elect trustees at the time provided does not work a dis- 
solution, but the old trustees hold over. A trustee or trustees may 
be removed, in the same manner, by the society, as elections are 
held by a meeting called for that purpose. The property of the 
society rests in the corporation. The corporation may hold, or 
acquire by purchase or otherwise, land not exceeding ten acres, for 
the purpose of the society. The trustees have the care, custody 
and control of the property of tlie corporation, and can, vj/ien 
directed bj' the society, erect liouses or improvements, and repair 
and alter the same, and may also when so directed by the society, 
mortgage, encumber, sell and conve}' any real or personal estate 
belonging to the corporation, and make all proper contracts in the 
name of such corporation. But they are prohibited b^' law from 
encuinbering or interfering with any property so as to destroy the 
efi^ect of any gift, grant, devise or bequest to the corporation; but 
such gifts, grants, devises or bequests must in all cases be used so 
as to carr\-out the object intended by the persons making the same. 
Existing churches may organize in the manner herein set forth, and 
have all the advantages thereof 

GAME 

Consists of birds and beasts of a wild nature, obtained by fowling 
and liunting. The last few years have shown a general interest by 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 227 

the people in having wise and just laws passed for the protection of 
fish and game. It is apparent to all that, unless these laws are 
vigorously enforced, the time will soon come when fish and game 
will be so scarce as to be within the reach of only the wealthy. 
Under proper regulations our streams of pure running water would 
all be filled with fish, as in other years, and our ])rairies, fields and 
forests alive with their great variety of game. It is a question that 
interests all, and the game laws should be enforced. 

The following are sections 1 and 6 of the Game Law of 1873, of 
this State, as amended by the act approved May 14th, 1877: 

Sec. 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to 
hunt or pursue, kill or trap, net or ensnare, destroy, or attempt to 
kill, trap, net, ensnare, or otherwise destroy any prairie hen or 
chicken, or any woodcock, between the loth day of January and the 
1st day of September in each and every year; or any deer, fawn, 
wild turkey, rufled grouse (commonly called partridge), or pheas- 
ant, between the 1st day of February and the 1st day of October 
in each and every j'ear; or any quail between the Ist day of Feb- 
ruary and the 1st day of November in each and every year; or any 
wild goose, duck, snipe, brant, or other waterfowl between the 1st 
day of May and the 15th day of August in each and every year: 
Provided, That it shall be unlawful for any pevson or persons to 
net any quail at any time after this act shall take cfi'ect and be in 
force: and lyrovided further, That it shall be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons who is or are non-residents of this State to kill, 
ensnare, net or trap any deer, fawn, wild turkey, jjrairie hen or 
chicken, rulfed grouse, quail, woodcock, wild goose, wild duck or 
brant, or anj^ snipe, in any county of this State, at any time, for 
the purpose of selling or marketing or removing the same outside 
of this State. Every person who violates any of the provisions of 
this section shall, for each and every offense, be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than five dol- 
lars (.$5) nor more than twent^'-five dollars (S25) and costs of suit for 
each and every separate bird or animal of tlie above enumerated 
list, so unlawfully hunted or pursued, killed, trapped, netted, 
ensnared, or destroyed or attempted to be killed, trapped, netted, 
ensnared, or otherwise destroyed, and shall stand committed to the 
county jail until such fine and costs are paid, but such imprison- 
ment shall not exceed ten days. 



ZZO DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

Sec. 6. No person or persons shall sell or expose for sale, or 
have in his or their possession for the purjjose of selling or expos- 
ing for sale, any of the animals, wild fowls or birds mentioned in 
section 1 of this act, after the expiration of five days next succeed- 
ing the first day of the period in which it shall be unlawful to 
kill, trap, net, or ensnare such animals, wild fowls or birds. And 
any person so oflending shall, on conviction, be fined and dealt with 
as specified in Section 1 of this^act: Provided, Tliat the provisions 
of this act shall not apply to the killing of birds by or for the use 
of taxidermists for preservation either in public or jjrivate collec- 
tions, if so preserved. 

The fifteenth of January, it will be observed, is the date when the 
prohibition begins to work as to prairie chickens and woodcock; 
the first of February is the date for most other sorts of game, 
except waterfowl. And five days after the prohibition against kill- 
ing goes into force, it becomes unlawful to sell or expose for sale 
the prohibited game. 

I'RESEKVATION OF OTHER BIRDS. 

It may be appropriate to mention here that Sections 3 and 4 of 
the act of 1873, which are not changed or afiected by the act of 
1877, are as follows: 

Sec. 3. No person shall at any time, within this State, kill or 
attempt to trap, net, ensnare, destroy or kill any robin, bluebird, 
swallow, martin, mosquito hawk, whippoorwill, cuckoo, woodpecker, 
catbird, brown-thrasher, red-bird, hanging-bird, buzzard, sparrow, 
wren, humming-bird, dove, gold-finch, mocking bird, blue-jay, finch, 
thrush, lark, cherry-bird, yellow-bird, oriole, or bobolink, nor rob or 
destroy the nests of such birds, or either or any of them. And 
any person so offending shall on conviction be fined the sum of five 
dollars for each and every bird so killed, and for each and every nest 
robbed or destroyed: Provided, that nothing in this section shall 
be construed to prevent the owner or occupant of lands from 
destroying any of the birds herein named on the same, when deemed 
necessary for the protection of fruits or property. 

Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for ain- person or persons to destro\- 
or remove from the nests of any prairie chicken, grouse or (juail, 
wild turkey, goose or brant, any cg^ or eggs of such fowl or bird, 
or for any person to bu}', sell, have in possession or traffic in such 



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eggs, or willfully destroy the nest of such birds or fowls, or any or 
either of thein. And aliy person so offending shall on conviction 
be lined and dealt with as specified in Section 3 of this act. 

MILLERS. 

The owner or occupant of every public grist-mill in this State 
shall grind all grain brought to his mill, in its turn. The toll for 
both steam and water mills, is, for grinding and bolting wheat, i-ye, 
or other grain, one-eighth part ; for grinding Indian corn, oats, barlej', 
and buckwheat not required to be bolted, one-seventli part; for grind- 
ing malt, and chopping all kinds of grain, one-eighth part. It is 
the duty of every miller, when his mill is in repair, to aid and assist 
in loading and unloading all grain brought to his mill to be ground; 
and he is also required to keep an accurate half- byshel measure, and 
an accurate set of toll dishes or scales for weighing the grain. The 
penalty for neglect or refusal to comply with the law is $5, to the 
use of any person suing for the same, to be recovered before any 
Justice of the Peace of the county where the penalty is incurred. 
Millers are accountable (excej^t it results from unavoidable acci 
dents) for the safe-keeping of all grain left in their mill for the pur- 
pose of being ground, with bags or casks containing same, provided 
that such bags or casks are distinctly marked with the initial letters 
of the owner's name. 

PAUPERS. 

Every poor person who shall be unable to earn a livelihood in con- 
sequence of any bodily infirmity, idiocy, lunacy or unavoidable 
cause, shall be supported by the father, grandfathers, mother, grand- 
mothers, children, grandchildren, brothers or sisters, of such poor 
person, if they or either of them be of sufficient ability; but if any 
of such dependent class shall have become so from intemperance, or 
other bad conduct, they shall not be entitled to support from any 
relation except parent or child. The children shall first be called on 
to support their parents, if they are able; but if not, the parents of 
such poor person shall then bevcalled on, if of sufficient ability; and 
it there be no parents or children able, then the brothers and sisters 
of such dependent person shall be called upon; and if there be no 
brothers or sisters of sufiicient ability, the grandchildren of such per- 
son shall next be called on; and if they are not able, then the grand- 
parents. Married females, while their husbands live, shall not be 



230 niClKST OF STATE LAWS. 

liable to contrihute for the support of their poor I'elatioiis except 
out of tlieir separate property. It is the duty of the State's attorney 
to make complaint to the County Courtof his county against all the 
relatives of such paupers in this State liable to sup])ort, and prose- 
cute the same. In case the State's attorney neglects or refuses to 
complain in such cases, then it is the duty of the overseer of the poor 
to do so. The person called upon to contribute shall have at least 
ten days' notice of such application, by summons. The court has 
the power to determine the kind of support, depending upon the 
circumstances of the parties, and may also order two or more of the 
different degrees to maintain such poor person, and prescribe the 
proportion of each, according to his or her ability. The court may 
specify the time for which the relatives shall contribute; in fact it 
has control over the entire subject matter, with power to enforce its 
order. 

Every county is required to relieve and support all poor and in- 
digent })ersons lawfully resident therein.' " Residence " means the 
actual residence of the party, or the place where he was employed; 
or in case he was in no employment, then it shall be the place where 
he made his home. When any person becomes chargeable as a 
pauper who did not reside in the county at the commencement of 
six months immediately preceding his becoming so, but did at the 
time reside elsewhere in this State, then the county becomes liable 
for the expense of taking care of such person until removed; and it 
is the duty of the overseer to notify the proper authorities of the 
fact. If any person sliall bring and leave any pauper in any county 
in this State where such pauper had no legal residence, knowing him 
to be such, he is liable to a fine of $100. In counties under town- 
ship organization, the supervisors in each town are ex-officio over- 
seers of the poor. The overseers of the poor act under the directions 
of the County Board in taking care of the poor and granting tein- 
porarj' relief; also, in providing for non-resident persons not j)au- 
pers who may be taken sick and not able to pay their way, and, in 
case of death, causing such persons to be decently buried. 

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONVEYANCES. 

Wlien practicable from the nature of the ground, persons travel 
in" in anv kind of reliicle must turn to the right of the center of 
the road, so as to permit eacli carriage to pass without interfering 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 231 

with the other. The penalty for a viohitiou of this provision is .^5 
for every offense, to he recovered by the party injured; but to re- 
cover, there must have occurred some injury to person oi- jn-operty 
resulting from the violation. 

Tlie owners of any carriage traveling upon any road in this State 
for the conveyance of passengers, who shall employ or continue in 
their employment as driver any person who is addicted to drunken- 
ness, or the excessive use of spirituous liquors, after ho has had 
notice of the same, shall pa}' a forfeit at the rate of S5 per day ; and 
if any driver, while actually engaged in driving any such carriage, 
shall be guilty of intoxication to such a degree as to endanger the 
safety of passengers, it shall be the duty of the owner, on receiving 
written notice of the fact, signed by one of the passengers, and cei'- 
tified by him on oath, forthwith to discharge such driver. If sucli 
owner shall have such driver in his employ within three months 
after such notice, he is liable for $5 per day for the time he shall 
keep such driver in his employment after receiving such notice. 

Persons driving any carriage on any public highway are prohib- 
ited from running their horses upon any occasion, under a penalty 
of a fine not exceeding $10, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty 
days, at the discretion of the court. Horses attached to any car- 
riage used to convey passengers for hire must be properly hitched, 
or the lines placed in the liands of some other person, before the 
driver leaves them for any purpose. For violation of this provision 
each driver shall forfeit twenty dollars, to be recovered by action 
commenced within six months. 

It is understood by the term "carriage" herein to mean any car- 
riage or veiiicle used for the transportation of passengers, or goods, 
or either of them. 

WAGERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. 

Wagers upon the result of an election have always been consid- 
ered as void, as being contrary to sound policy, and tending to im- 
pair the purity of elections. Wagers as to the "mode of playing, or 
as to the result of any illegal game, as boxing, wrestling, cock- 
fighting, etc., are void at common law. 

Stakeholders must deliver the thing holden by them to the person 
entitled to it, on demand. It is fre(|uently questionable who is en- 
titled to it. In case of an unlawful wager, although he may be jus- 



232 DIUKST OF STATE LAWS. 

tified for delivering the thing to the winner, by the express or im- 
plied consent of tlie loser, yet if before tlie event has happened he 
has been required by either party to give up the thing deposited 
wifh liini by such party, he is bound to deliver it; or if, after the 
event has happened, the losing party gives notice to the stakchohler 
not to pa}' the winner, a payment made to hina afterwards will be 
made to him in his own wrong, and the party who deposited the 
money or thing may recover it from the stakeholder. 

SUNDAY. 

Labor of whatever kind, other tliau the household offices of daily 
necessity, or other work of charity and necessity, on the first day of 
the week, commonly called Sunday, is in general under penalty pro- 
hibited; but all persons do not come under prohibition. If a con- 
tract is commenced on Sunday, but not completed until a subsequent 
day, or if it merely grew out of a transaction whicli took place on 
Sunday, it is nut for this reason void. Thus, if a note is signed on 
Sunday, its validity is not impaired if it be not delivered on that day. 

DEFLMTIOX OF C'O-IIMERCI.VL TERMS. 

$ means dollars, being a contraction of U.S., which was for- 
merly placed before any denomination of money, and meant, as it 
means now. United States currency. £ means pounds, Englisii 
money. @ stands for a< or ^t»/ ft) iov pound; bbl. for barrel; and 
^ for per or hy the. Thus, butter sells at 20 @ 30c. "^ lb, and 
flour at $6t<il0 ^ bbl. \„ stands for ^w/* cent., and jf for number. 

In the example "May 1 — wheat sells at $1.05@1.10, seller 
June," seller June means that the person who sells the wheat has 
the privilege of delivering it at any time during the month of 
June. " Selling short"' is contracting to deliver a certain amount 
of grain or stock at a fixed price within a certain length of time, 
when the seller has not the stock on hand. It is for the interest of 
the person selling " sliort" to depress the market as much as possi- 
ble, in order that he may buy and fill his contract at a profit. 
Hence the "shorts" are termed "bears." 

LEGAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 

Whenever any of the following articles shall be contracted for, 
or sold or delivered, and no special contract or agreement shall be 



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made to the contrary, the weight per bushel shall be as follows, 
to- wit: 

lt)S. 8)8. 

Apples, dried 34 Hemp seed 44 

Barley 48 Hair (plastering) 8 

Beans, white 60 Lime, unslackeu 80 

Beans, castor 46 Onions 57 

Buckwheat 52 Oats 32 

Bran 20 Potatoes, Irish 60 

Blue-glass seed 14 Peaches, dried 33 

Broom-corn seed 46 Potatoes, sweet 55 

Coal, stove 80 Rye 56 

Corn, in the ear 70 Salt, fine 55 

Corn, shelled 56 Salt, coarse 50 

Corn meal 48 Turnips 55 

Clover seed 60 Timothy seed 45 

Flax seed 56 Wheat 60 

BEES. 

Bees, while unreclaimed, are by nature wild animals. Those 
which take up their abode in a tree belong to the owner of the soil 
in which the tree grows, if unreclaimed; but if reclaimed and identi- 
tied they belong to their former owner. If a swarm has flown from 
the hive of A, they are his so long as they are in sight, and may 
easily be taken; otherwise, they become the property of the first 
occupant. Merely finding on the land of another person a tree 
containing a swarm of bees, and marking it, does not vest the 
property of the bees in the finder. They do not become property 
until actually hived. 

DOGS. 

Dogs are animals of a domestic nature. The owner of a dog has 
such property in him that he may maintain an action for an injury 
to him, or to recover him when unlawfully taken away and kept by 
another. 

When, in consequence of his vicious propensities, a dog becomes 
a common nuisance the owner may be indicted, and where one 
commits an injury, if the owner had knowledge of his mischievous 
propensities, he is liable for the injury. A man has a right to 
keep a dog to guard his premises, but not to put him at the 
entrance of his house, because a person coming there on lawful 
business may be injured by him, though there may be another 
entrance to the house. But if a dog is chained, and a visitor 
incautiously goes so near him that he is bitten, he has no right of 
action against the owner. 



234 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 

Whoever shall willfully overdrive, overload, overwork, torture, 
torment, beat, deprive of necessary and proper food, drink, or 
shelter, or cruelly kill any such animal, or work au old, maimed, 
sick, or disabled animal, or keep any animal in an unnecessarily 
cruel manner, for each and every offense shall be liable to a line of 
not less than $3 or more than $200, to be recovered on complaint 
before any Justice of the Peace, or by indictment. The word 
"animal" used shall be taken to mean any living creature. 

NAMES. 

Any person desirous of changing his name, and to assume another 
name, may tile a petition in the Circuit Court of the county where 
he resides, praying for such change. Such petition shall set forth 
the name then held, and also the name sought to be assumed; 
together with his residence, and the length of time he shall have 
resided in this State, and his nativity. In case of minors, parents 
or guardians must sign this petition; and said petition shall be 
verified by the affidavit of some credible person. A previous notice 
shall be given of such intended application by publisliing a notice 
thereof in a county newspaper for three consecutive weeks, the first 
insertion to be at least six weeks prior to tbe first day of the term 
of the court in which the said petition is to be filed. 

UNITED STATES MAILS. 

The following suggestions and rulings of the Post f)flice Depart- 
ment in regard to the sending of matter through the United States 
mails will be found valual)le. By giving careful attention to and 
closely following them, almost perfect security from all delays and 
losses, and the many little vexatious inquiries generally made by 
the public will be avoided. 

Make the address legible and complete, giving the name of the 
postoflice, county and state; the name of the street, and the num- 
ber of the house, also, should always be given on letters addressed 
to cities where letter-carriers are employed. Letters intended for 
places in foreign countries should have the name of the country "s 
well as the postoflice given in full. 

See that every letter, newspaper or other packet sent by mail is 
securely folded and fastened. Avoid using, as much as possible. 



UIUEST OF STATK LAWS. 235 

cheap envelopes made of thin paper, especially when containing 
more than one sheet of paper. 

Never send money or any other article of value through the 
mail, except by means of a money order or in a registered letter. 
Every letter sent should contain the full name and address of the 
writer, with the county and State, in order to secure its return if 
the person to whom it is directed cannot be found. Persons who 
have large correspondence find it most coiivenient to use "special 
request " envelopes, but those who only mail an occasional letter 
can avoid the trouble by writing a request to " return if not 
delivered," etc., on the envelope. 

Postage stamps should be placed upon the upper right hand 
corner of the addressed side of all mail matter. 

Written matter in unsealed envelopes prepaid with only a one- 
cent postage stamp will be held for postage. 

Diplomas, commissions, certificates, etc., having written signa- 
tures attached, circulars having anything written thereon, are sub- 
ject to postage at the rate of three cents for each half ounce or 
fraction thereof. 

Stamps cut from stamped envelopes, mutilated postage stampsi 
and internal revenue stamps, will not be accepted in payment for 
postage. Letters deposited in a postoflice having such matter 
aflixed are held for postage. 

To use, or attempt to use, in payment of postage a postage 
stamp, or stamped envelope, or any stamp cut from such stamped 
envelopes, which has been before used in payment of postage, is 
pnnishable with a tine of fifty dollars. 

In using postal cards, be careful not to write or have anything 
printed on the side to be used for the address, except the address; 
also be careful not to attach anything to them. Thej' are unmail- 
able as postal cards when these suggestions are disregarded. 

No cards are " postal cards " except such as are issued by the 
Post Ofiice Department. In no one case will unclaimed cards be 
returned to the writer or sent to the Dead Letter Office. If not 
delivered within sixty daj's from time of receipt they will be burned 
by the postmaster. 

To insure a letter being forwarded in the mails it must have not 
less than three cents in postage stamps affixed. 

After a letter has passed from the mailing office the delivering 



236 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

of it cannot be delayed or prevented by the writer; but, if the 
writer request the return of the letter, which has not left in the 
mail, the post-master may deliver it, if he is satisfied that the party 
applying is the writer. 

A subscriber to a newspaper or periodical who changes his resi- 
dence and postofBce should at once notify the publishers of the 
cliange. 

Printed mattei-, merchandise ;tnd other third-class matter cannot 
be forwarded from the office to which it is addressed imless postage 
is furnished for such purposes. A request to return indorsed on 
such matter will not be regarded unless postage is furnished for the 
purpose. A request to return written on such matter subjects the 
package to letter postage. 

All packages mailed at less than letter postage should be wrapped 
so that their contents can be readily ascertained withont destroj'ing 
tlie wrapper. 

Matter contained in sealed envelopes, notched at the ends, is sub- 
ject to letter postage. 

The sender of any article of the third-class may write his or her 
name or address therein, or on the outside tliereof, with the word 
'' from " above or preceding tlie same, or may write or print on any 
package the number and name of articles inclosed. 

All losses sliould be ])roinptly I'eported. 

Packages of any description of mail matter may weigh not exceed- 
ing fonr pounds. 

RATES OF POSTAGE. 

On letters, sealed packages, mail matter, wholly or partly in 
writing, except book manuscript and corrected proofs passing 
between authors and publishers, and except local or drop letters, or 
postal cards; all printed matter so marked as to convey any other 
or further information than is conveyed by the original print, except 
the correction of mere typographical errors; all matter otherwise 
chargeable with letter postage, but which is so wrapped or secured 
that it cannot be conveniently examined by the post-masters witli. 
out destroying the wrapper or envelope; all packages containing 
matter not in itself chargeable with letter postage, but in whicli is 
enclosed or concealed any letter, memorandum, or other thing 
chargi able with letter postage, or upon which is any writing or 
memorandum; all matter to which no specific rate of postage is 



DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 237 

assigued; and manuscript for publication in newspapers, magazines 
or periodicals, three cents fob each half ounce or fraction 

THEREOF. 

Oil local or drop letters, at offices where free delivery by carriers 
is established, two cents for each half ounce or fraction 

THICKEOF. 

On local or drop letters, at offices where free delivery by carriers 
is not established, one cent for each half ounce or fraction 

THEREOF. 

RATES OF POSTAGE ON THIRD-CLASS MATTER. 

By act of July 12, 1876, third-class matter is divided as follows: 

One eent for tivo ounces. — Almanacs, books (printed), calendars, 
catalogues, corrected proofs, hand-bills, magazines, when not sent 
to regular subscribers, maps (lithographed or engraved), music 
(printed sheet), newspapers, when not sent to regular subscribers 
occasional publications, pamphlets,, posters, proof-sheets, prospec- 
tuses, and regular publications designed primarily for advertising 
purposes, or for free circulatien, or for circulation at nominal rates. 

One cent for each ounce. — Blank books, blank cards, book manu- 
script, card boards and other flexible materials, chromo-lithographs 
circulars, engravings, envelopes, flexible patterns, letter envelopes, 
letter paper, lithographs, merchandise, models, ornamented paper, 
postal cards, when sent in bulk and not addressed, photographic 
views, photographic paper, printed blanks, printed cards, sample 
cards, samples of ores, metals, minerals, and merchandise, seeds 
cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions, and stereoscopic views. 

Any article of mail matter, subject to postage at the rate of one 
cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, which may be enclosed in 
the same package with items subject to the rate of one cent for each 
two ounces or fraction thereof, will subject the entire package to 
the highest rate, viz.; one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof. 

The following articles are unmailable: 

Packages containing liquids, poisons, glass, explosive chemicals, 
live animals, sharp pointed instruments, flonr, sugar, or any other 
■natter liable to deface or destroy the contents of the mail, or injure 
the person of any one connected with the service. All lettei-s upon 
the envelope of which, or postal card upon which indecent, lewd 
obscene, or lascivious delineations, epithets, terms or language 
may be written or printed, or disloyal devices printed or engraved. 



238 DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. 

and letters or circulars concerning illegal lotteries, so called gift 
concerts or other similar enterprises ofiering prizes, or concerning 
schemes devised and intended to deceive and defraud the public- 
Also, all obscene, lewd or lascivions books, pamphlets, pictures, 
papers, prints or other publications of an indecent character. 
REGISTERED MATTER. 

The fee for registering a letter going an^'where in the United 
States is fixed at ten cents in addition to the regular postage. Post- 
masters are required to register all letters properly presented for 
that purpose, but no letters are to be registered on Sunday. 

Kegistered letters will never be delivered to any person but the 
one to whom they are addressed, or to one whom the post-master 
knows to be authorized to receive them. 

MONEY ORDERS. 

The money-order system is intended to promote public conven- 
ience and to secure safety in the transfer through the mails of small 
sums of money. The principal means employed to attain safety 
consists in leaving out of the order the name of the payee or per- 
son for whom the money is intended. In this respect a money- 
order differs from an ordinary bank draft or check. An advice 
or notification containing full particulars of the order is transmitted 
without delay by the issuing post-master to the post-master at the 
office of payment. The latter is thus furnished, before the order 
itself is presented, with information which will enable him to pre- 
vent its payment to any person not entitled thereto, provided the 
7'emitter comj>lies with the regulation of the Department, which 
prohibits him from sending the same information in a letter inclosed 
with his order. 

Under no circumstances can payment of an order be demanded 

on the day of its issue. The fees or charges for money-orders will 

be as follows: 

On orders not exceeding $15 10 cents 

On orders over $15 and not exceeding $30 15 cents 

On orders over $:iO and not exceeding $40 20 cents 

On orders over .$40 and not exceeding $50 25 cents 

When a larger sum than %bO is required, additional orders to 

make it up must be obtained. But post-masters are instructed to 

refuse to issue in one day, to tlie same remitter and in favor of the 

same payee, more than three money-orders payable at the same 

postoffice. 



I 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



CHAPTER T. 

[From the State Geologist's Reports.] 

Boundaries — Geological — Carboniferous — St. Louis Sandstone — Kin- 
DERHOOK Group — Economical Geology — Bituminous Coal — Lime- 
stone FOE Lime — Clay and Sand foe Brick — Soil and Timber. 

boundaries. 



This county lies upon the western border of the State and is bounded 
on tlie north by Hancock county, on the east by Brown and Pike counties, 
on the south by Pike, and on the west by the Mississippi river. It 
embraces an area of about twent3'-three townships, or, eight liundred and 
thirty square miles. It is well watered, having in addition to the great 
river which forms its western boundary several smaller streams which atFord 
a thorough surface drainage to all parts of the county. Bear creek di-ains 
the northern portion of the county, McGee's the eastern and central, and 
McDonald's creek, Hadley's creek and Mill creek intersect the southern 
south-western portion. These streams furnish a small amount of water 
power for mills and machinery, as well as an abundant supply of water 
for the stock grower. Fine springs of fresh water are abundant in 
some portions of the county, and more especially in the southern and west- 
ern part, where tiie Burlington or Quincy limestone is the prevailing rock. 
This limestone is somewhat cavernous and admits the free passage of sub- 
terranean waters through it until they finally find an outlet at the surface 
in limpid streams of cold limestone water. 

The uplands in this county are nearly equal!}' divided into timber and 
prairie, the timber portions being mainly restricted to the broken lands in 
the vicinity of the streams. Tiie 'prairies are generally quite rolling, 
except in the north-eastern portion of the county where they are compara- 
tively level. The general elevation of tiie prairie region, above the level 

j of the Mississippi, at low water, is from two hundred to two hundred and 
eighty feet. 

Along the western border of the county there is a belt of alluvial bot- 
tom land from one to five miles in width, extending the whole length of the 
county from north to south, except for about two miles in the vicinity of 

( Quincy, where the blufl's approach near to the river bank. A portion of these 

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240 lllSTOKY OF ADAMS (OUNTY. 

alluvial lands is (juite dry, being only overflowed by the highest floods in the 
river, and possesses a ver}' rich and prodtictive sf>il and is partly prairie, es- 
pecially the higher portions adjacent to the river blurts. The low bottoms are 
in part covered with a heavy growth of timber embracing many varieties not 
found on the uplands. The bottom lands north of Quincy toward the 
Hancock county line are intersected with numerous bayous and in the 
north-west corner of the county one of these widens into a lake four or five 
miles in length by about two in width, known as Lima lake. Tiie bottom 
lands in this part of the count}' are mostly to(^ wet for cultivation, but 
below Quincy they are rather higher'and afford some fine farming lands, 
especially along the foot of tlie bluffs where a considerable area is above the 
high water level of the river. 

GEOLOGICAL. 

The geological formations exposed in this county comprise the lower 
carboniferous limestone series about three hundred feet in thickness, about 
one hundred feet of the lower part of the coal measures and the Quater- 
nary and Post Tertiary deposits of more recent age wiiicli unconformably 
overlie all the others. The following section will show the thickness and 
relative positions of the formations exposed in this county: 

QUATERNAKY. 

FT. 

Alluvium and loess 80 to 40 

Drift clay with gravel and boulders 80 to 90 

Post Tertiary soil • 2 to 6 

Brown clay 6 

Tough blue clay 20 

COAl. MEA8DKE8. 

Beds of sandstone, sandy and argillaceous shale with bands of limestone, bitumin- 
ous shale and fire clay, with two or three seams of coal 100 

LOWER CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONES. 

St. Louis group 40 to 50 

Keokuk group 80 to 100 

Burlington limestone 100 

Kinilerhook group partly exposed .TO 

The Quaternary system properly includes all the deposits, both strat- 
ified and unstratified, that are of more recent origin than the Pliocene 
Tertiary. In this county we find a series of beds comprising an aggregate 
thickness of about one hundred and sixty feet, which properly belongs to 
this 83'stem. They include the surface soil and subsoil on the uplands, 
and the alluvial deposits of the river valleys, the Loess whicli is largely 
developed along the bluffs of the Mississippi, the Drift proper, including 
all the thick beds of unstratified clay and gravel, enclosing boulders of 
large size, and, lastly, an ancient Post Tertiar}' soil and subordinate clays, 
usually distinctly stratified, and without botilders which rest immediately 
upon the stratified rocks. 

Tiie soil at dift'erent localities rests upon, and is in part derived from, 
each of these subdivisions of the Quaternary system, and consequently 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 241 

varies considerably in its general appearance and prodnctive qnalities in 
accordance with the character of the beds on whicli it rests and from which 
it has been mainly formed. 

The alluvial deposits of the Mississippi valley consist of partially 
stratified sands, alternating with dark blnish-gray, or chocolate-brown clavs, 
deposited by the annual floods of the river. In the vicinity of the bluffs 
these deposits are annually increased, by the wash from the adjacent hills 
and the sediments that are carried down by the small streams during their 
overflows. 

The valley of the Mississippi has been excavated in solid limestone 
strata to the depth of from one hundred and fifty to three hundred feet, or 
more, and from five to ten miles in width; and as we frequentlj' find some 
portions of this valley still occupied by the beds of unaltered drift material, 
exactl}' like that which covers the adjacent highlands, we have undoubted 
evidence that it was not formed by the river, which now, in part, occupies 
it; but is due to some other and more potent agency, dating back to a 
period long anterior to the formation of the existing water courses. It is 
very evident that the surface of the stratified rocks in this portion of tlie 
State have been subjected to the action of powerful denuding forces, ante- 
rior to the accumulation of the superficial materials which now occupy 
the surface, by whicli these rocks were greatly eroded, and in many places 
cut into deep valleys, some of which now form our river courses, while 
others are wholly or partially filled with Drift and Post Tertiary beds; and 
it is highly' probable that if we could see a complete section of the beds 
which now occupy these ancient valleys, we should find beneath the alluvial 
beds, already described, even older than any whicli now cover the adjacent 
highlands. Along the banks of the water courses we find only from ten to 
twenty feet of the alluvial beds exposed by natural causes, and the charac- 
ter of the underlying strata can only be determined by artificial excavations. 

The next older division of this system is the Loess, a deposit of marly 
sand and clay, which ranges in thickness from ten to forty feet, and attains 
its greatest development where it caps the river bluffs, thinning out rapidly 
towards the adjacent highlands, which form the summit level of the inte- 
rior portion of the count}'. It is usually of a light buff-brown, or ashen- 
gray color, frequently showing distinct lines of stratification, and always 
overlies the drift clays, when both are present in the same section. It is 
usually quite sandy where it caps the river bluffs, but becomes more agil- 
laceous at other points, where the beds are thinner, and, locally, it becomes 
quite calcareous. The Loess is well exposed in the bluft's at Quincy, where 
it is about forty feet in thickness and overlies some beds of plastic clay 
and sand, which are probably of Post Tertiary age, and older than the true 
drift. Immediately above the limestone here we find a few feet in thick- 
ness of what might be called "local drift," consisting of angular fragments 
of chert, embedded in a brown clay, which have probably been derived from 



'242 HISTORY OF adams county. 

the subordinate limestones. This is overlaid by a few feet of blue plastic 
clay and stratified sands, on which the Loess is deposited. At one point, 
near the base of the bhitfs, in the northern part of the city, we observed 
underlying the Loess what seemed to be a chocolate-colored soil, about a 
foot in thickness, which may represent the Post Tertiary soil, penetrated in 
the shaft at Coatsburi^, underlying the Drift deposits. Here the true Drift 
is wanting, and the Loess directly overlies these older Post Tertiary beds. 
Notwithstanding the unsoliditied character of this deposit, it is sutHciently 
coherent to present a vertical cliff where it is intersected b}' artificial cuts, 
and often remains for years in nearly perpendicular walls where it has been 
cut through by running streams or in grading the streets of the cities that 
have been built upon it. It is everywhere a fine sedimentary accumulation, 
and usually contains numerous terrestrial and fresh-water shells, which, not- 
withstanding their fragile structure, are found entirely perfect, showing that 
they have not been subjected to any violent movements before they were 
buried in the marl}- sand of this formation. 

The remains of the Mammoth, Mastedon, Megalonyx, Casteroids, and 
other extinct animals, occur in the Loess, indicating that it is a deposit 
formed in a fresh-water lake into which the bones of land animals and the 
shells of terrestrial molluscs were swept b}' the streams running into it from 
the adjacent land. The term "Loess" was originally applied to a similar 
formation which caps the bluffs of the River Rhine, in Germany, and has 
been generally adopted by the American geologists to designate beds that 
are similar in their character and origin to those on the Rhine, and that 
appear to have been formed about the same time. 

Drift. — This formation is composed of yellowish-brown or bluish clays, 
with sand, gravel, and large boulders of water-worn rock, the whole mass 
usualh^ showing little or no trace of stratification, and ranging in thickness 
from thirty to eighty feet, or more. It is a heterogeneous mass of the water- 
worn fragments of all the stratified rocks that are known to occur for sev- 
eral hundred miles to the northward embedded in brown or blue clays, and 
most of the large boulders which it contains are derived from the meta- 
phoric sandstones, granites, sienites, porphj'ries and other metaphoric and 
igneous strata that occurs on the borders of the great lakes. Associated 
with these there are also rounded boulders, usually of smaller size, derived 
from the stratified rocks of this and the adjacent States. Fragments of 
native copper, galena, coal and iron are often intermingled with the general 
mass, but are not indicative of mines of those minerals in the immediate 
vicinity where such fragments are found; for the\- have been transported 
from other localities by the same powerful agencies to which the drift for- 
mation owes its origin. The coal shaft at Coatsburg penetrated the thickest 
bed of drift that has, perhaps, been found in this county; and I am indebted 
to Mr. Joseph Edwards for the following section of the beds jiassed through 
in sinking this shaft: 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 2-i3 

FT. 

Soil and yellowish clay 6 

Bluish-colored clay and gravel 45 

Clay with large boulders 40 

Black soil 2i>^ 

Clay stratified 6 

Very tough blue clay 20 

We have in this section eighty-five feet of what may be considered true 
Drift, consisting of unstratified clays containing gravel and boulders. The 
upper six feet of che section probably represents the age of the Loess more 
properly than any other division of the Quarternary system; and its for- 
mation is explained by Prof. Lesquereux in his chapter on the formation 
of the prairies. 

The ancient Post Tertiary soil, which was reached at a depth of ninety- 
one feet from the surface, and the stratified clays which underlie it, are of no 
older date than the Drift proper, and were no doubt formed under very differ- 
ent conditions. So far as we are aware, this was the first point in the State 
where a bed resembling the surface soil was observed below the Drift, as 
this shaft was sunk in 1859, but no public notice was made of it at that 
time, as it was then supposed to be merely a local phenomenon that might 
not be verified elsewhere. Fragments of wood and also of bones were also 
reported to have been found in it here, but we were not able to obtain 
specimens of them, and cannot vouch for the truth of the report. Sulise- 
quent discoveries at other points, however, show that wood, in an excellent 
state of preservation, is often found in this ancient soil, as well as in the 
underlying stratified clays; and in the shaft at Bloomington, at the depth 
of one hundred and eighty feet, a considerable quantity of wood, some of 
which was perfectly sound, was taken from a similar deposit. These strati- 
fied clays and the sands frequently associated with them appear to have been 
entirely of fresh-water origin, the fossil shells which they aft'orded being 
all of lacustrine or fluviatile species. 

At Camp Point, a few miles east of Coatsburg, the Quaternary beds 
were all penetrated in sinking a tank well at the railroad station. They 
were here only sixty feet in thickness, but no note was made of the char- 
acter of the different beds passed through. Probably the lower beds of 
stratified clays and the ancient soil above them, were not found here, and 
the beds passed through were only the surface soil and siib-soil and the true 
Drift deposits. From the soft and yielding character of the beds, a satis- 
factory natural section of them is rarely met with, and it is only when they 
have been penetrated in sinking coal shafts, wells, and other artificial exca- 
vations, that a correct section of the whole series can be seen. Along the 
breaks of the streams the drift clays and subordinate beds of superficial 
material are generally eroded into sloping liillsides, covered with soil and 
vegetation down to the fundamental rock on which the}' rest, and only very 
meager exposures of the beds are to be found on the water courses. 

Fossils are but seldom found in the Drift accumulations, and they con- 



244 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

sist entirely of the remains of Mommalid; no shells, either marine or fresh- 
water, have 3'et been found in them in this State. 

CAUnONlKEROUS SYSTEM. 

All the Paleozoic rocks that appear above the surface in this country 
belong to this system and com])rise the lower portion of the Coal Measures 
and the whole series of the lower Carboniferous limestones except the 
Chester series and the lower part of the Kinderhook group. 

Coal Measures. — This term is applied to that portion of the Carbon- 
iferous system that contains the workable seams of oal and comprises 
shales, sandstones, bituminous slates and their bands of limestone, with 
seams of coal and the fire clay that underlie them. The whole thickness of 
these strata in this country', probably nowhere exceed about one hundred 
and twenty feet, and they include the three lower coal seams and the strata 
associated with them. The greatest development of this formation is in the 
northeast part of the county, on Little Missouri creek, where there is an 
exposure of some fifty or sixty feet of shales with two thin beds of limestone 
above No. 2 coal, which is worked at different points in the valley of the 
creek. 

The following section will show the general arrangement and thickness 
of the coal strata as they are developed in this county: 

FT. 

Hard, giay, Nodular limestone 3 to 6 

Saiidv shale and sandstone 25 30 

Black shale 2 4 

Coal No 3 sometimes wanting l?j 

Fire clay 2 3 

Clay shale 2.5 30 

Coal No. 3 2 3 

Fire clay and clay shale 4 10 

Gray, Nodular limestone 4 5 

Shaie 10 15 

Bituminous slate 1 8 

Coal No. 1 11^ 2 

Shale and sandstone 20 30 

The middle coal seam in the above section (No. 2) is the most regular 
in its develo])ment and furnishes altogether the best coal in the county. 
It out-crops on the south fork of Bear creek, and is worked by Mr. Fer- 
guson, on the northeast quarter of section 17. township 1, nortli, range 6 
west. The coal at this point ranges from two to three feet in thickness, 
and is of good quality, being generally quite free from the bi-sulphnret of 
iron. The roof is a bluish clay shale of which about fifteen feet in thick- 
ness is exposed at the mine, above which there is a thin seam of bituminous 
shale and soft coal, indicating the horizon of another coal scam which has 
been opened on another branch of the cut about a half a niile southeast of 
Ferguson's mine. 

The coal on this upper seam which we refer to, No. 3, is only from 
liighteen to twenty inches in tliickness and is full of iron pyrites at the only 
point where it has been oi)ened in this vicinity. It is overlaid with about 
two feet of black slate, and by eighteen or twenty feet of sandstone. 



HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 245 

A mile and a half southwest of Ferguson's, on section 19, coal has been 
mined for several years by stripping the seam along the valley of a small 
creek, a tributary of Bear creek, but the mines are now abandoned. 

On Little Missouri creek, six miles northeast of Clayton, coal is 
dug in the same manner, by stripping the seam in the Creek valle}'. The 
seam is here is about twenty-eight inches thick and the coal is of good 
quality. This is on section 12, township 1 nortli, range 5 west, on the 
southeast quarter of section 12, township 2 north, range 5 west; this seam 
has been worked on Cedar creek. The coal here is about thirty inches 
thick and is underlaid by white tire clay and overlaid by fifteen or twenty 
feet of clay shale. 

On the southwest quarter of section 34, township 1 north, range 5 west, 
about a mile southwest of Clayton, a thin seam of coal was opened in the 
early settlement of this part of the county where the coal outcrops on a 
small branch of McGee's creek. The coal was found to be only from four- 
teen to sixteen inches thick and was overlaid by four feet of black shale 
which contained a few fossil shells, among which were Discina nitida and 
an Avicitlopecten. This is perhaps coal No. 3 of the above section. On 
the nortiieast quarter of section 36, township 2 north, range 8 west, coal 
was dug at an early day on Mr. Higby's land. The coal was found here in 
the bed of a small creek with no exposure of the bed associated with it, 
and was mined by stripping the seam of the overlying soil and clay. It 
was said to be from two to three feet in thickness with six inches of blue 
shale and about a foot of black shale above it. The coal was rather poor in 
quality, and was probably an outlier of No. 1. The coal was underlaid by 
sandstone which was exposed near by and half a mile ^southwest of this 
point, the concretionary limestone of the St. Louis group was found in situ. 

South of Clayton the country becomes quite rolling and hilly, but 
the ravines seldom expose the bed rock, and no coal is found outcrojiping 
though it probably underlies most of the surface north of McGee's creek. 
After crossing the creek at Hughes' Ford, coal is found in tlie bluft'on the 
south side, section 28, township 2 south, range 5 west; while below it are 
outcrops of the St. Louis and Keokuk limestones, the latter forming the 
bed rock in the creek valley. The coal seam has been opened by Mr. Luke 
Snow at two points; one in the face of the bluff, where a tunnel has been 
commenced, and the other on a small stream still further south, wiiere the 
seam has been worked in an open trench on the outcrop. The coal is here 
from eighteen to twenty inches thick, and is overlaid by about two feet of 
bituminous shale, above which about six feet of cla}' shale was seen. The 
beds immediately below the coal were not exposed, but we are inclined to 
regard this as an outcrop of the lower seam. No. 1. On the northeast 
quarter of section 31, township 2 south, range 5 west, there is an outcrop 
of coal that was known as Bassett's coal bank, and was worked at the time 
of our first visit to this jiart of the county, in 1853. The coal is here from 



246 HIRTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

sixteen to eighteen inclies tliiek, and is overlaid by al)ont two feet of lilack 
shale, containing nuinerons fossils, ainotig which were a large Discina, per- 
haps only a variety of Dlscltia nitlda Aoiculopecten Coxana, A. pel- 
lucidus, Productits inurlcatus, Orthisina crassa, Orthoceras RuKhensls and 
Pleurophorus soleniforinis. On the sonthwest qnarter of section 7, town- 
ship 3 sonth, range G west, there is a similar outcrop of coal and hituniin- 
ous shale, the latter containing the same fossils as Bassett's. Sonth ot Lib- 
erty and west of Kingston, coal outcrops at various localities on the head 
waters of McDonald's creek; and before the construction of the C, B. & 
Q. liailroad the beds were worked quite extensively, and the coal hauled 
on wagons to supply the Quincy market. Since the construction of the 
railroatl, however, coal can be more cheaply obtained from the mines in 
McDonongh county, and tliose formerly' worked in this part of the county 
have been generally abandoned. There is, however, a little coal still dug 
in this vicinity to supply the demands of the immediate neighborhood. An 
analysis of Bassett's coal, reported in Dr. Norwood's "Analysis of Illinois 
Coals," made by Henry Pratten, gave the following results: 

Specific 1.2684 

Loss in coking 42.53 

Total weight of coke 57.4» 

100 

Analysit: Moisture 9.20 

Volatile matters 33.33 

Carbon in coke 51.48 

Aslies, pale red 6.00 

100 

Carbon in coal .55.91 

The coal measures in the south part of this county, as in Pike, are 
quite irregular in their development, and seem to assume the character ot 
outliers from the main coal field. North of Columbus the three lower 
seams are found in their regular order, although not all equally constant in 
their development. Coal No. 2, or the Colchester seam, is by far the most 
constant, and will probably be found underlying nearly all the townships 1 
and '1 north, in ranges 5 and 6 west, in this county; and maj' be reached 
by shafts, at a depth varying from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty 
feet, according to the thickness of the Quaternary beds at the difi'erent 
points. 

At Camp Point, No. 2 was found at the depth of ninety feet, and at 
Coatsburg at one hundred and twenty-nine feet. Its general thickness is 
from two to two and a half feet, being the same here as in McDonough 
county. The quality of the coal is good, but the seam seldom has a good 
roof, and consequently requires considerable ex]ienditure for cribbing where 
the mines are to he worked permanently. South of Columbus there is no 
development of coal in the county that would justify the expectation of its 
ever becoming a valuable mining region, though considerable coal may be 
found in the vicinity of Liberty and Kingston, extending south to the 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 247 

Pike county line, perhaps sufficient for tlie local supjjly of that ])art of the 
county for some years to coine. Mill creek, on the western borders of this 
region, and McGee's on the east, sliow continuous exposures througiiout 
their whole course, of tlie lower carboniferous limestones that lie entirely be- 
low the coal measures, and clearly defined horizon, below which no workable 
coal seam has ever been found. These limestones may be reached anywhere 
over tiie coal field in this county at a depth of one bo two hundred feet, and 
when reached a further search for coal, by going deeper, will only result in 
failure. In the northern part of the county the coal measures rest upon 
the St. Louis limestone, and hence the outcrop of this rock is a valuable 
guide in determining the Ijoundary of the coal area; but in the southeast- 
ern part of the county this limestone is not found, and the coal measures 
rest upon a lower division of the lower carboniferous series, as they also 
do in Pike county; this has resulted from the erosion of the limestone 
strata before the coal epoch, by which the upper beds liave been wholly or 
partially removed, allowing the coal measures to rest unconformably upon 
the lower divisions of the series. But whenever any division of this lime- 
stone series is reached in searching for coal it is entirely useless to extend 
the search below that horizon. 

St. Louis Limestone. — This division of the lower carboniferous series, 
as has already been remarked, usuall}- forms the sub-stratum on which the 
coal measures rest, and will be found outcropping immediately below the 
sandstone which forms the base of the coal measures, in the northwestern 
as well as the southwestern portion of the county. The upper division of 
this formation of this division is usually a light-gray concretionary or 
brecciated limestone, from live to twenty feet in thickness, below which 
there is usually bedded brown or brownish-gray magnesian limestone from 
ten to twenty feet thick, which locally becomes shaly and passes into a 
calcareous or argillaceous shale. The concretionary limestone sometimes 
contains irregular seams of green shale, or marly clay, disseminated 
through it, and at some points, as at Butt's mill on McGee's creek, is 
entirely replaced by green shales. At this point there is about thirty feet 
in thickness of this group exposed, consisting of regularly bedded lime- 
stones at the base, passing upward into green and bluish colored shales 
which are overlaid by ferruginous sandstone, the latter representing the 
base of the coal measures on Waters' Branch. A half mile south of this 
mill there is a fine exposure of the regularly bedded limestone of this 
group, about ten feet thick, forming a perpendicular wall along the banks 
of the creek. There is a bed of earthy gray limestone about four feet 
thick intercolated in it at this point that appears like a hydraulic rock. 
The concretionary member of this group outcrops on the upper corner of 
McGee's creek, three miles southeast of Columbus, and with the regularly 
bedded limestones below continues along the bluffs of this creek through 
its whole course in this county. In the vicinity of Hughes' Ford, on sec- 



248 HISTOKV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

tion 27, township 2 south, range 5 west, the brown niagnesian limestone of 
this series is well exposed, the bed ranging from ten to fifteen feet in 
thickness. It is about thirty feet above the bed of the creek and overlies 
the geodiferous shales of the Keokuk group, which extend below the creek 
level. lu the Coatsburg coal shaft this limestone was reached at a depth 
of about one hundred and forty-seven feet, and the shaft was carried 
on through it and into the geodiferous shales of the Keokuk group, where 
it terminated at a depth of about two hundred feet. On the Walnut P^ork 
of Mill creek, about four miles, a little south of west from Columbus, this 
limestone is exposed on the southeast quarter of section 21, township 1 
south, range 7 west, and as it is only about seven miles to its otitcrop on 
McGee's creek, east of that town, it is probable that it constitutes the 
bedrock entirely across the divide between these points, and separates the 
coal south of Columbus from that in the north part of the county. In the 
vicinity of Mendon this limestone was met with at several points, and is 
overlaid with the coarse quartzose sandstone of the coal measures; here 
the upper part of it is a light-gray, more or less concretionary rock, from 
ten to twelve feet in thickness, below which we find the brown magnesian 
limestone and the shaly beds which form the lower division of the group. 
This limestone is also found well exposed on the tributaries of Bear creek, 
in township 2 north, range 8 west, and on the main creek, on its upper 
course for some distance further east, where it passes beneath the coal 
measures, and the latter becomes the bedrock over all the northeastern 
portion of the county. 

This limestone may be readily distinguished from any of the lower 
divisions of the lower carboniferous series, either by its lithological cliar- 
acter, or the fossils which it contains. The light gray concretionary lime- 
stone is characterized by two species of fossil corals, one or both of which 
may be found at nearly every locality where the rock is exposed, and are 
often met with in tine specimens weathered out of the limestone, and lying 
in detached masses in the debris along the streams. They are generally 
silicious, and where they have not been rolled and water-worn after being 
detached from the rock, they retain perfectly their original form, and are 
frequently of a reddish-pink color from the silicious matter which has 
replaced the carbonate of lime in the original coral. These corals belong 
to the genus LitJwstrotion, and are known as the L. canadense and L. 
■proliferum, and the former species, which usually occur in massive forms, 
is popularly known as "petrified honey comb," from the polygonal form of 
the numerous calyces of which it is composed. In the magnesian and 
shaly bed of this group, fossils are usually quite abundant, and among 
the most striking forms we may mention the screw shaped fossil known as 
the Archimedes, the axis of a peculiar form of Bryozoa. The largest form 
of this interesting genus, the A. Worthetii of Hall, is found abundantly 
through the shaly beds of this group, and some of the largest specimens 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 249 

attain to a foot or more in length. Various other forms of Bryozoa also 
abound in this rock, and at some localities the raagnesian beds of this 
group appear to be in good part composed of the delicate reticulated 
remains of this class of organic ibrms. Marine shells are also abundant in 
tlie same beds, among which are: Sjnrife?' lateralis, S. suh-aequalis, 
lihynchonella mutata, R. suhcuneata, lietzia Yerneuiliana, Orthis dubia, 
Terebratula hastata, Platyreras aiictirostris and Producttis Altonensis. 
A knowledge of these species will enable the observer to identify this 
formation wherever it may appear, as some of them have a wide geograph- 
ical range, especially the Lithostrotion canadense, which is known to 
range from Illinois to Alabama, and on a recent visit to Utah, we found it 
imbedded in the liighly metaphoric limestones of the Wahsatcli moun- 
tains, within twenty miles of Salt Lake City. Hence, we may understand 
the great value of fossils to the geological observer, as they enable him to 
establish the identity' of strata at widely separated points, where the litho- 
logical character of the beds are completely changed, and where it would 
be impossible to trace the continuity of the strata. 

Keokuk Group. — This group immediately underlies the limestone 
just described, and usuall}' appears in two well-marked divisions. 

The upper one consists of bluish-gray or grayish-brown calcareo-argil- 
laceous shales, and shaly limestones, enclosing silicious geodes of various 
sizes, some of them a foot or more in diameter, a part of which are solid 
spheres of crystalline quartz, covered e.\ternally with a thin coating of 
chalcedony, while others are hollow and have their inner surfaces covered 
with beautiful crystals of quartz, calcite, or dolomite, or with the mammil- 
lory form of chalcedony. Crystals of arragonite, iron pyrites and zinc 
blende are also occasionally found in these silicious geodes, and the finest 
cabinet specimens of the crj'stalized minerals above mentioned, to be found 
in this State, are obtained from this bed. The shales and shaly limestones 
in which the geodes, where originally imbedded, yield readily to the influ- 
ence of frost and moisture, and the silicious geodes, are readily weathered 
out, and may be found in great numbers in the beds of the small streams 
by which this formation is intersected. The Coatsburg coal shaft termin- 
ated in this bed, at a depth of about two hundred feet below the surface, 
and we obtained several finely-crystalized geodes here in i860, from the 
material that had been thrown out of this shaft. This division of the 
group is about forty feet in thickness, and is well exposed on McCee's 
creek and some of its tributaries, and also on Bear creek, and some of the 
smaller streams in the western part of the county. Locally, this portion 
of the group becomes quite calcareous, and the beds are then tilled with the 
same species of fossil-shells and corals that characterize the lower division. 
Another species of Archimedes, much smaller than that found in the St. 
Louis group, called the A. Owenana occurs both in the upper and lower 



250 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

divisions of this group, and is the oldest known form of this intersecting 
genus of fossil Bryozoa. 

The lower division of the Keokuk group consists mainly of bluish- 
gra}' limestones, in quite regular beds, varying from six inches to two feet 
ill thickness, separated by intercalations of buft' or blue shale, or marly 
clay. Toward the base, it is very thin-bedded and cherty, the flinty 
material predominating over the calcareous. These beds are well exposed 
in the upper part of the quarries at Quincy, especially in the northern part 
of the city, where extensive quarries have been opened in these cherty 
beds, and also on the small creek at Whipple's Mill, where they gradually 
pass upward into the more regularlV bedded limestone above. At Col. 
Jamison's place, two miles northeast of Quincy, the regularly bedded 
limestone of .this group, the equivalents of the beds quarried at Nauvoo 
and Keokuk are exposed, and higher up on the creek above mentioned 
and a mile and a half further east, the quarries were opened in this lime- 
stone to furnish the foundation limestone for Gov. Wood's mansion. 
These quarries lurnish an evenly bedded bluish-gray semi-cr3'stalline lime- 
stone, in beds from six to twenty inches thick, and furnished large slabs of 
dimension stone from the facilit}- from which the rocks could be split in 
the desired form. The quarry rock at this point is directly overlaid by the 
brown shales of the geode bed. 

From Quincy to the north line of the county this limestone outcrops 
at various points along the bluffs, and is well exposed on Bear creek, near 
the Lima and Quincy road, where it forms a mural cliff from forty to 
fifty feet in height. It is also found on all the small streams in the west- 
ern part of the county, as tar south as Mill creek, and on both forks of 
that stream, though not on the main creek. The regularly bedded lime- 
stones of this group are mainly composed of organic matter, and are 
formed from the calcareous portions of the molluscs, crinoids, and corals, 
which existed in such countless numbers in the carboniferous ocean during 
this period of the earth's history, as to furnish the greater part of the 
material required to form entire groups of limestone strata. All these 
animals secrete the carbonate of lime to form the habitations in which they 
live and the solid integuments of their various parts, and these calcareous 
fragments, cemented together by the chemical precipitation of the mineral 
matters held in solution by the waters of the ocean, now constitute many 
of the limestones and marbles out of which our cities are built, and which 
enter so largely, in various forms, into the economic use of human life. 
The alternations of limestone with seams of clay or shale indicate the 
changing conditions that prevailed in the ocean at this time, as these clay 
seams were formed by the muddy sediments that at various times were 
introduced by the currents, or other causes, into the ocean, which, settling 
to the bottom, formed the shaly, sedimentary strata by which the lime- 
stones were separated. The characteristic fossils of this group occur 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 251 

almost everywhere that the rock is exposed. In the debris of the old (quar- 
ries, northeast of Quincj', we found Archimedes, Oioenana, Agaricocrinus 
Americanus, Actinocrinus pernodosus, A. hiturhinatus, Sjpirifer Keo- 
kuk, Product us punctatus, and Zaphrentis dalii. In tlie quarries at 
Quincy are obtained Aviculopecten amjiJus, Splrifer striatus and Pro- 
diictus semireticulat'us from the cherty beds at the base of the group. 

Burlinqton Limestone. — This formation differs but little in its litho- 
lo2;ical characters from the lower portion of the Keokuk limestone, but is 
usually of a lighter gray color; and contains intercalated beds of buff or 
brown limestone, while the bands of the argillaceous shale, which separate 
the beds in the Keokuk group, are not seen in this. There is, however, 
one band of green clay, or clay shale, from one to six inches in thickness, 
intercalated in the beds at Quincy, about midway from the bottom to the 
top, at the exposure at the lower end of the city, where the beds are well 
exposed. At the quarries, in the upper layer of the limestone, opposite 
the steamboat landing, the cherty beds belonging to the Keokuk group are 
quarried, but in the lower part of the city the underlying limestones are 
well exposed, and are extensively quarried to supply the demand for build- 
ing stone and for burning into lime. The rock is tolerably even bedded, 
and affords some layers two feet or more in thickness, which, when free 
from chert, may be cut with facility, and forms an excellent building 
stone. The following is a section of the rocks exposed in the bluffs, in the 
lower part of the citj' of Quincy: 

PT. 

Loess, capping the bluS 62 

Thin bedded cherty limestone (Keoliuli) 13 

Light gray limestone (Burlington) 12 

Band of green shaly clay (Burlington) \ 

Buff and light gray limestones (Burlington) 36 

The lower forty-eight feet of this section belongs to the Burlington 
limestone, and furnishes most of the building stone and limestone for the 
manufacture of quick-lime, to supply the city and adjacent country. The 
light gray limestones are nearly pure carbonate of lime in their composi- 
tion, and often contain pockets lined with beautiful cr^'stals of calcite. The 
buff and brown layers contain carbonate of magnesia and iron in small 
quantities, and some of the lower beds of this formation are highly magne- 
sian, and approach a true dolomite in their composition. On Mill creek, 
at the old mill, six miles southeast of Quincy, there is about forty feet of 
this limestone exposed, the lower part of which consists of alternating beds 
of light gray and brown limestone, all of which are probably more or less 
magnesian in their composition, and afford an excellent building stone, 
comparatively free from chert and sufficiently massive to furnish dimension 
stone of any desired size. From this point to the south line of the county, 
this limestone forms continuous outcrops along the river bluffs, the expos- 
ures ranging from twenty-five to fifty feet, or more, in thickness. This 
limestone outcrops only over a limited area in the southwest part of the 



252 IlISTOKY OF APAMS COrNTY. 

county, and a line drawn from tlie city of Quincy to the southeast corner 
of townsliip 3 south, range 7 west, would represent, very nearly, its eastern 
boundary, while its western would be determined by the river bluffs. 

The quarries at Quincy have afforded a good many fine examples of 
the fossils peculiar to this group, among which the following are the most 
common species: 

Spiriferplenns, S. Grhnesi, Athyrls lamellosa, A. incrassatus, Chon- 
etes Illinoiseniils, P roductus semireticidatiis. P. punctatus, Metoptoma 
umhellii, Platyceras Quinct/en-iis, P. biserialis, Actinocrinus Vemeu- 
iliamus. A. ohlatus, A. Hageri, A. Christiji, A. pynformia, Graruit- 
ocrimis Norwoodi and G. inelo. 

From the lower beds of this limestone, exposed in the river bluffs, 
between Mill creek and the south line of the county, we obtained Antino- 
crinus carica, a very rare species not yet found in any other locality of the 
State, A. tinicornus, A. clarus, A. dlscoidem, A. vemicosus, Stroto- 
crintts umhi'osus, Codoiumter stellifortnis, and Pentremites eloiigatus, with 
three species of Platycrinits not yet determined. At Quinc}' we obtained 
a number of specimens of the remains of cartilaginous fishes, consisting of 
teeth and spines, and noticed one layer of limestone in the upper part of 
the quarries, that was well filled with these fragmentary remains. The 
"first bed" of this division ot Lower Carboniferous series was first noticed 
at Quincy, and a fine series of teeth and spines were obtained from it as 
early as 1854. The fossil shells and crinoids above named were nearly all 
of them peculiar to this rock, and an acquaintance with them will enable 
the observer to distinguish this limestone from the Keokuk group, to which 
it is ch)sely allied in its lithological characters, being largely composed, 
like that of the calcareous, of the marine animals that swarmed in count- 
less numbers in the old carboniferous ocean, in which these limestones were 
formed. 

Nearly all of the purely calcareous strata of this formation are made 
up of tlie remains of marine animals, in which the Crinoidea or Encri- 
nites, largely predominate, and hence it has been called the Crinoidal or 
Encrinital limestone by some of the earlj' observers. It contains a good 
deal of chert or flint, disseminated through it in seams and nodules, some- 
times forming irregular layers between the limestone strata, but more fre- 
quently in detached nodular or ovoid masses, in the limestones. These 
chert bands and nodules furnished the flints so much used by the Indians 
in the manufacture of spears, arrow-heads and other rude instruments, and 
it was probably the most useful and valuable mineral known to them, ante- 
rior to their acquaintance with the white man. 

Kinderhook Group. — Immediately beneath the Burlington Limestone, 
we find a series of sedimentary strata, consisting of sandy and argillaceous 
shales, and thin beds of impnre limestone, only a portion of which appear 
above the surface in this county, to which the name Kinderhook Group has 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 253 

been applied, from their tine ex})Osnre near the village of Kinderhook, in 
Pike countv. The first considerable exposure met with in this county was 
at Fall creek, twelve miles below Quincy, where there is about thirty feet 
of this orroup to be seen in the creek bluffs, beneath the Burlington lime- 
stone. The section here is as follows: 

FT. 

Burlington limestone 20 

Sandy shale and sandstone 20 

Thinbedded silicious limestone 10 

Shale to the creek level 6 

This formation is altogether about a hundred feet in thickness, and fre- 
quently has a bed of black or chocolate-colored shale intercalated in the 
lower portion, which has lead many to believe that coal might be found in it. 

This black shale was reached in the boring, made just below the city 
01 Quincy, in search of coal, at a depth of about one hundred and fifty 
feet, but does not come to the surface anywhere in this county. As it lies 
nearly four hundred feet below any coal seam known in this county, all the 
time and money spent in the search of coal in this formation, can only 
result in pecuniary loss and disappointment. 

This group is exceedingly variable in its lithological characters, and at 
some localities it becomes quite calcareous, and consists mainly of calcar- 
eous shales and magnesian limestones. 

The bed silicious, near the base of the above section, may represent tlie 
light blue or dove-colored limestone, called, in the Missouri Report, "Lith- 
ographic Limestone," but at this locality it appears more like a stratified 
flint than anything else. Fossils are quite abundant in the silicious grit 
stones at Kinderhook and several points in Pike county, but none were 
found at the exposures on Fall creek. » The outcrop of this formation, in 
Adams county, is restricted to the vicinity of the river bluffs, from this 
creek to the south line of the county. 

ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY. 

Bituminous Co«?.— About one-half of the entire area of Adams countv 
is underlaid with coal measures, embracing the central and eastern portions 

i of the count}', and the strata developed here include the three lower coal 
seams, and the beds usually associated with them, but the coal seams, except 
the middle one, are very irregular in their development, and therefore 
become of little value for the production of coal. The middle seam, or 
No. 2, the equivalent of the Colchester coal in McDonough county, is gen- 
erally quite regular in its development, and will be found underlying most 
of the region north and east of Columbus. Its average thickness is a little 
over two feet, though it frequently attains to thirty inches, and sometimes 
to three feet. The coal it affords is of fair quality, and in some respects 

1 above the average of our western coals. The analysis of Basset's coal will 



254 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

serve to indicate the quality of the coal obtained from the southern part ot 
the county, and may be compared with the following analysis of Higby's, 
two miles north of Mendon, which I believe to be an outlier of Coal No. 1. 
This analysis was made b\- the late Henry Pratten, and is given in "Nor- 
wood's Analysis of Illinois Coals:" 

Specific gravity 1.3354 

LosH ill coking 48.4 

Total weight of coke 51.6 

100 

Analytit: Moisture 10.0 

Volatile matters 88.4 

Carbon in coke '. 41.2 

Ashes (j'ellow) 10.4 

100 

Carbon in coal 48.0 

This is heavier than that from No. 2, and contains about seven per 
cent, less of fixed carbon, according to the anal3'sis here given. 

The coals from Nos. 1 and 3 are usually inferior in quality than that 
obtained from No. 2, and the two former are not likely to be found stiffi- 
cently persistent in their development in this county to be of an}' great 
economical value for the production of fossil fuel. Over all the northeast- 
ern portion of the county No. 2 has been found wherever the measures have 
been penetrated to the ])roper depth, or where the right horizon has been 
exposed by natural causes. 

The principal drawback to the successful mining of this seam is the 
shaly character of the roof, which is usually a blue clay shale, though it has 
been seen at a few localities where it was overlaid by a bituminous shale, which 
forms a good roof. This coal seam will afford, according to the usual min- 
ing estimates, about two million tons of coal to each square mile of surface 
which it underlies, and although $t the present time there is but little 
demand for coal except along the railroad lines, yet the time is not very 
remote when a good coal two feet or more in thickness will be considered 
of sufficient value and importance to be opened wherever it can be reached 
at a depth not exceeding one liundred to one hundred and tift}' feet below 
the surface. 

Building Stone. — All the principal limestone groups of this county 
furnish more or less building stone of good qualit}', and there are but few 
points in the western part of the county where some of them are not easily 
accessible in the bluffs or valleys of the streams. The Burlington lime- 
stone, which is extensively quarried at Quincj', is one of the most import- 
ant and valuable deposits of building stone, in the county, and as its aggre- 
gate thickness is about one liundred teet, nearly all of which may be used 
as building stone, the supply from this formation stone might be fairl}' 
considered as inexhaustable. It is for the most part a light gray or nearly 
white semi-crystalline limestone, which cuts easily when free from chert, 
and is an excellent stone for dry walls as well as for caps and sills, and all 
the ordinary purposes for wliich cut stone is required. The buff' and brown 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 255 

layers contain a small per cent, of iron and magnesia, and the surface 
becomes more or less stained by long exposure, but the light gray beds are 
nearl}' pure carbonate of lime in their composition, and generally retain 
their original color. The brown magnesian limestone of the St. Louis 
group is an evenly stratified rock admirably adapted to common use in 
foundation walls and especially for bridge abutments and culverts, where 
a rock is required to withstand the combined actions ot frost and moisture. 

This rock may be found in the bluffs of McGee's creek, through nearly 
its whole course in this county, and also on Bear creek and its tributaries 
in the northwest part of the county. The bed is variable in thickness, rang- 
ing from five to twenty feet, and it often affords massive strata from two to 
three feet thick. In the vicinity of Ferguson's coal bank, four miles north- 
west of Camp Point, there is an outcrop of brown sandstone overl^'ing Coal 
No. 3, which seems to stand exposure* well, as it forms a mural cliff nearly 
twenty feet high along the creek for some distance, and would probably 
make a durable building stone. There are but few counties in this State 
where good building stone is so abundant and easily accessible to all parts 
of the country as here. "^ 

Limestone for Lime. — Most of the limestone used in the manufacture 
of quick-lime is obtained from the Burlington limestone in the vicinity of 
' Quincy, and a large amount of this is produced annually for the supply of 
the city and the adjacent country. The light gray beds of the Burlington, 
and bluish-gray strata of the Keokuk group, are each of them sufiiciently 
free from silicious or other foreign material, when carefully selected, to 
produce a quick-lime of excellent quality. The upper, or concretionary 
bed, of the St. Louis group is also, in many localities, a very pure car- 
bonate of lime, and may be found useful for this purpose; in the eastern 
portion of the county where the underl^'ing formations are not accessible, 
its outcrop is mainly around the borders of the coal formation, immedi- 
ately below the sandstone conglomerate which usu^'Uy forms the base of the 
coal series. 

Fire and Potter' a Clays. — The under clays of coal seams Nos. 1 and 
2 are usually of good quality, and where the strata are of sufficient thick- 
ness they become valuable deposits of fire clay, and may be successfully 
woi'ked in connection with the coal seams. At some points there is a bed 
of fine light blue clay shale intervening between these two coal seams, 
which, on exposure, weathers to fine plastic clay, and forms an excellent 
])otter'8 clay. This is the bed from which the clay used in the potteries at 
Ripley, in Brown county, have been obtained. This bed of clay shale is 
exposed at various points in this county, and will furnish an abundant sup- 
ply of potter's clay, while the under clay of No. 2 may be used for the 
manufacture of fire brick. 

Clay and Sand for Brick. — The subsoil clays intermingled with the 
fine sand of the Loess form an excellent material for the manufacture of 
common brick, and may be obtained almost anywhere in the western part 



356 HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

of the county, and there are but few points in the State that have produced 
as good an article of common brick as have been manufactured for many 
years in the vicinity of Qiiincy. In the eastern part of the county wliere 
the Loess is wanting the sand for this purpose may be readily obtained 
in the alluvial valleys of the small streams. These materials are so uni 
versally abundant that almost every fanner in the county may find them at 
hand upon his own premises for the manufacture of all brick required for 
building purposes. 

Soil and Timher. — As an agricultural region this county is not sur- 
passed by any portion of the State, of the same geograi)hical area. The 
western portion of the county, including a belt ot country from five to ten 
miles in width adjacent to the river blufts, and extending through its 
entire length from north to south, is underlaid by marly sands and clays of 
Loess, and possesses a soil of remarkable fertility, with an undulating sur- 
face which furnishes a free drainage, so that with a rather porous subsoil 
it is less subject to the deleterious influences of remarkably dry or wet 
seasons than the other upland soils of the county. The growth of timber 
on this variety of soil consists principally of red, white, and black oak, 
pignut and shell-bark hickory, elm, black and white walnut, sugar maple, 
linden, wild cherry and honey locust. These lands are admirably adapted 
to the growth of fruit, and this portion of Adams county has been long ' 
and favorably known as one of the finest fruit regions in this portion of the 
State. 

On the breaks of McGee's creek and its tributaries the surface is con- 
siderably broken, and the soil, which is mainly derived from the drift 
clays, is a stiff clay loam, better adapted to t!ie growth of wheat and grass 
than almost any other crop usually grown in this latitude. The growtli of 
timber on this kind of soil consists mainly of two or three varieties of oak 
and hickory, which is the characteristic growtli of the '• oak ridges," that 
are so frequently met with in the small streams in this and other portions 
of the State. In the northeastern portion of the county there is a con- 
siderable area of com]iaratively level prairie, covered with a deep black 
soil, highly charged with vegetable matter derived from the annual growth 
and decay of the shrul)s and grasses which clothe its surface. This black 
prairie soil is predicated upon a tine silicious brown clay subsoil, which 
does not permit the surface water to pass freely through it, and hence these 
lands suffer greatly from a surplus of water during a wet season. They 
are very productive, however, when the season is favorable, and produce 
abundant crops of all the cereals usually grown in this latitude. A judici- 
ous system of drainage would add greatly to the productive capacities of 
this soil. The alluvial bottom lands bordering the Mississippi are gener- 
ally similar in their character to those in Pike county, and are heavily tim- 
bered with the same varieties. Where these bottom lands are elevated 
above the annual overflow of the river they are exceedingly productive, 
and rank among the most valuable farming lands in the county. 



HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 257 



CHAPTEE II. 



French Missionaries — Discovery of the Mississippi — History Prior to 
State Organization — First White Settlement of County — Organ- 
ization of the County — -Origin of Names of County and County 
Seat — First Electon — Court Seals — Entry of County Seat Land 
— QuiNCY Platted — First Sale of Town Lots — First Marriage. 

FRENCH missionaries. 

In the year 1632, seven years after Quebec was founded by the 
French, the missionaries had penetrated as far as West Lake Huron. 
The Wyandots and Iroquois Indians were at that time engaged in a 
war of extermination, and the priests, following their converts through 
good and evil fortunes, and tenaciously adhering to the altars which they 
had reared by perilous exertion in the wilderness, siiared all the privations 
and dangers which usually attend these savage feuds. 

DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 

In their intercourse with the Indians on the shores of the north- 
ern lakes, the French became informed of the existence of a i-iver 
flowing to the south, and desired to ascertain its character. Father 
Marquette, a priest, and Joliet, an inhabitant of Quebec, were em- 
ployed to prosecute this work of discovery; and having ascended 
the Fox river crossed the portage, and descending the Ouisconsin (now 
A\^isconsin), entered the Mississippi on the 17th of June, 167-3. They pur- 
sued the course of that mighty stream to its confluence with the Arkansas, 
and on their return ascended the Illinois and re-entered Lake Michigan at 
Chicago. Meeting with some of the natives, LaSalle remarks: " We asked 
them what nation they were of; they answered they were Islinois, of a can- 
ton called Cascaiquia.-' This account settles the question as to the origin 
of the name of this country, which some have supposed to be of French 
origin, and to be derived from the words Isle aux nois,h\it which undoubt- 
edly is aboriginal, although the orthography ma}' be Gallic. The tribe 
alluded to were the Illini. 

HISTORY PRIOR TO STATE ORGANIZATION. 

In 1712 Louis XIY., by letters patent, granted to Anthony Crozat, 
counsellor of state, etc., and his heirs in perpetuity, all the mines 
within the tract of country then called Louisiana, and described in 
these words: "Bounded by New Mexico on the west, and by the lands 



258 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

of the English of Carolina on the east, including all the ports, havens, 
rivers, and principally the port and iiaven of the isles of Dauphin, 
heretofore called Massacre; the river of St. Louis, heretofore called Mis- 
sissippi, from the edge of the sea as far as the Illinois, together with the 
river St. Philip, heretofore called Ouabache [now Ohio], with all the coun- 
tries, territories, lakes within land, and rivers which fall directly or indi- 
rectly into that ])art of the river of St. Louis." 

This included all the territory now comprised in Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Alabama, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansa.s. 

Louis granted Crozat the exclusive privilege for commercial purposes 
for the term of fifteen years. 

In 1717, M. Crozat relinquished his grant, and in the same year letters 
patent were granted to an association of individuals at Paris under the style 
of the " Company of the "West," by which they were invested with the 
same rights and privileges which luid been given to Crozat, together with 
others far more extensive. The territory was granted to them in allodium, 
in lordship and in justice, the crown reserving no other rights than those of 
fealty and homage. 

In 1718, the Company of the West formed an establishment in Illi- 
nois, at Fort Chartres, and this part of the country being reported as 
remarkably fertile, received a great accession of population. 

In 1719, by an edict of the king, the Company of the West was 
united to the East India and Chinese Company, under the title of "La 
Compagnie Royale des Indes." Finally, in 17.''1, the whole territory was 
reconveyed to the crown of France, the object of the company having 
totally failed. 

In 1762, France, by a secret treaty, ceded Louisiana to Spain, to pre- 
vent its falling into the hands of the English. The next year the treaty of 
Paris, signed at Fontainbleau, gave the country in (juestion to England. 
In 1779 it was captured from the English by Col. Geo. ilugers Clark, and 
finally, four years later, by the treaty of peace between the United States 
and England, that part of the country which embraced Illinois was 
acknowledged to be a portion of the United States, and in 1784 Virginia 
ceded the northwest territory to the general government, to be cut into 
states. In tiie j^ear 1809--Fel). 3d — Illinois was erected as a territory, 
with the capital at Kaskaskia, near the mouth of Kahokia creek. Thus it 
will be seen tliat about two hundred and six years ago, Marquette, the first 
white explorer of the upper ^Mississippi, floated down tiie father of waters, 
passing along the borders of Adams county, and, it may have been, that he 
made a brief halt at, or near, where the beautiful city of Quinc^' now 
stands. To strengthen that belief, he has mentioned in his journal of that 
voyage tne bluffs upon the eastern bank of tlie river, and also made a 
rude sketch of the same. 

From that time until 1811, the history of the country which now com- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 25'J 

poses Adams county was completely hidden from the civilized world, 
neither legend or record throwing any light upon the subject. It is said 
that one Bauvct, a French trader, located on the bluffs of Quincy, but was 
soon afterwards killed b}' the Indians. A legend comes down from the 
same shadowy source that there was an Indian village located on the bluffs 
of Quincy, but from the most authentic sources of information to be 
obtained such was not the case; but, however, there was an Indian village 
near Bear creek, in the northwest part of the county, as evidences still 
remain of a permanent occupation by the noble red man of the Sauk tribe. 

In 1813, Gen. Howard, with two regiments of mounted rangers from 
Illinois and Missouri, on an expedition to the north part of the territory, 
passed this point, and found the remnants of some rough stone chimneys 
and a few wigwam poles along the shore near the bluffs. 

The legendary stories of the existence of this savage village of the 
Sauk tribe, which flourished here in the olden time, relate that its uncivil- 
ized inhabitants on hearing of the approach of Gen. Howard and his two 
regiments of mounted rangers, fled fi-om their homes, and left the village to 
the tender care and mercies of the pale faces. Gen. Howard's rangers, upon 
their arrival at the place, burned the village and passed on. 

For a period of about six years the future county of Adams appears 
to have retired from the public gaze, as neither legend, romance or record 
reveals to us anything which may have taken place. 

FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENT OF COUNTY. 

Williard Keyes, one of the pioneers of Adams county, says, in his 
lecture before the New England Society: '■ We floated past the model city 
(Quincy) on the 10th of May, 1819, unconscious of our future destiny in its 
eventful history." 

In the summer of 1820 Asa Tyrer, searching for his land, (which 
he afterwards settled upon, just southeast of the city, being at the 
river side when the " Western Engineer," the first steamboat that ever 
stopped at Quincy, came in sight, took passage for some point down the 
river. In February, 1821, John Wood came, at the solicitation of a man 
named Flynn, to find his land, and was successful, it having been located 
on the very spot where Gov. Wood's orchard is now growing. Flynn was 
dissatisfied with the location, while, on the contrary, Wood was enraptured 
with the locality, and upon his return to his home in the East, so impressed 
Keyes, who was his partner, with the beauties of the section that Keyes came 
to Quincy, and encamped near the foot of Vermont street, spending some 
time tracing lines and exploring the country. 

There were several other persons who had moved into this section 
since 1820. Of these, Justus I. Perigo was here in 1820, and it may safely 
be said that he was the first actual settler in Adams county. He resided 
on vrhat is now the eastern portion of Fall Creek township. Daniel Lisle 



260 HISTORY OF AUAMS COUNTV. 

came liere about the same time, and located not far from the present town 
of Libert}'. 

In December, 1822, John Wood, in company witii a man by the name ot 
Longley, erected tlie first cabin in Quincy. It stood (m the east side of Front 
street, soutli of Delaware. It was a queer mansion, compared with the pal- 
atial one which he afterwards erected at the corner of State and 12th streets, 
in Quincy. Tiie dimensions were 18x20, and it was decidedly an economical 
affair. jS'ot a nail was used in its construction, it being fastened together 
by wooden pegs. 

In the spring of 1823 Jeremiah Rose moved from Pike county with 
his wife and child, and took up his abode with Wood, he being a joint 
o%vner in the mansion heretofore described, Mrs. Rose being the first white 
woman wiio settled in Adams county, and her daughter, afterwards Mrs. 
Geo. W. Brown, the first white child residelit. 

The immigration to the county in the next few years following was 
not very rapid, most of those who came settling in the Bear creek and 
Rock creek sections, and some few in and near Quincy. The Beebes, 
Holcombs and Thomases on Fall creek, Campbells, Grosony and Worleys 
about Rock creek, during the year IS23. Asa Tyrer came to Quincy with 
his family in 1824. and erected the blacksmith shop. More than one-half 
the land comprising the military tract was land granted to the soldiers of 
1812, and was not subject to entry, and as none could be purchased except 
what was known as the bounty lands, the settlement was much retarded on 
tliat account. 

In the year of 1824 Williard Keyes returned to Qnincy and erected 
his cabin near what is now Vermont and Front streets. Jno. Dronllard 
came about the same time and erected his cabin near the corner of 7th and 
Hampshire streets, in Quincy. 

As part of the Xorthwest Territory, in 1790 all of Illinois south ot 
wliat is now Peoria was made the county of St. Clair, with Cahokia as the 
county seat. In 1812 the northern portion of St. Clair county, above St. 
Louis, was created Madison county, with Edwardsville as the connty seat, 
the county extending to the Wisconsin line. Illinois was admitted into 
the Union as a State, April 18, 1S18. On the 31st of Jannary, 1821, all of 
Madison county between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers was detached 
and made Pike county, with Coles Grove, now Giliad, in Calhoun conntyi 
as the county seat. 

COUNTY ORGANIZATION. 

On the 14th day of September, 1824, John Wood inserted the follow- 
ing notice in the Edwardsville Spectator: 

A petition will he presented to the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at its next 
session, praying for the estahlis-liment ol a new county, to he formed from the county of 
Pike and th"e parts attached, the southern boundarj- of "which shall he between towns three 
and four, south of the base line. [Signed] 

August 17. (I2t) JoHX Wood. 



HISTORY OF ADAilS COUNTY. 261 

The notice having been published twelve times, as required by the law 
then in force relating to the formation of new counties, the General Assem- 
bly was not slow in considering the matter presented in the petition of Mr. 
Wood, and at the following session passed a bill which was approved on the 
18th day of January, 1825, of which the following is a copy. 

The connty of Adams was formed out of the counties of Pike and 
Fulton and the attached parts, by an act of the Legislature, approved Jan- 
nary 13th, 1825. Act: 

Be it enacted, ihsLt all that tract of country within the following boundaries, to-wit: 
beginnihg at the place where the township line between townships three south and tour 
south touches the Mississippi river, thence east on said line to the range line between ranges 
four and five west, thence north on said range line to the northeast corner of township two 
north, range five west, thence west on said township line to the Mississippi river, and 
thence down said river to the place of beginning, shall constitute a county, to be called the 
county of Adams. 

The same act appoints Seyinore Kellogg of Morgan county, Joel 
"Wright of Montgomery county, and David Dutton of Pike county, 
to select a permanent seat of justice for the new county, and directs 
them to meet at the house of Ebenezer Harkness, in said county, 
on the first Monday of the next April, or within seven days there- 
after, and after taking the oath before a justice of the peace, to locate 
the seat of justice for the future accommodation and convenience of the 
people, shall proceed to fix the seat of justice, and when fixed it shall be 
the permanent seat of justice of said county; and the commissioners shall 
forthwith make out a copy of their proceedings and file them in the ofiice 
of the recorder of Pike county; and the said commissioners shall receive 
the sum of two dollars per day for each day spent by them in the discharge 
of their duties, and for each day spent in going to or returning from the 
same; to be paid out of the first money paid into the treasury of said 
county of Adams after its organization. 

On the 30th of April, 1825, Messrs. Kellogg and Dutton, two of the 
commissioners, came to the town site, as Quincy was then called, prepared 
to locate the county seat. They were determined to place it at the geograph- 
ical center of the county, and procured Williard Keyes as a guide, who was 
known as a skillful land hunter. He however, from some cause not fully 
explained but which may be attributed to a little self-interest, led them 
into the bogs and quagmires of Mill creek, where they floundered around 
for a whole day, and were at night-fall compelled to return to the town site 
for shelter. The next morning the commissioners had changed their minds, 
and forming a procession composed of three-fourths of the male population 
of the place, the}- proceeded to the spot now known as Washington Square, 
and halting near the east park gate, drove their stake into the ground and 
otiicially announced that the northwest quarter of section 2, town 2, south 
range 9, west of 4th principal meridian, was the county seat of Adams 
county, and placing their hands upon the stake named the place Quincy. 



262 HISTOKT OF ADAlfS COCSTT. 

OKIGIX OF NAMES OF COUNTT ASD CX^CVIT SEAT. 

The name of the countr and connty seat was suggested b_v the follow- 
ing incident: In November, 1S24, on the dav appointed to choose electors of 
President and Vice-President, the settlers living iu and around that portion of 
the kingdom of Pike, now called Adams conntj, being of an enterprising 
turn determined to hold an election, and organizing an election precinct, 
appointing their judges and clerks, using an antiijuated tea-pot for a Italiot- 
box, thev proceeded to oj>en the polls. It was found upon counting the 
ballots that about twentv-tive votes had been cast for the Jno. Quincy 
Adams' elector. There were some Missourians present, and tliey were bv 
general consent permitted to vote. Thus it will be seen that ballot-box 
stuffing was of early origin even on the frontiers. The votes were received 
without protestor "electoral commission," and "William Harrison, the 
Adams* elector, was cboseu. It was thereupon suggested to the legislature 
that the name of the county be Adams. At the time the commissioners 
established the county seat, the late election was one of the principal topics 
of conversation, and Kellogg, one of the commissioners from Morgan 
county, was a strong Adams' man; he informed the persons present that 
the Morgan county ^^eople had calletl their county seat Jacksonville in honor 
of the defeated candidate. Some one in the crowd suggested " let us take 
another slice from the President's name and call our county seat Quiucy. 
and in the struggle for position among the counties of the state, we will see 
who takes the lead Adams or Jackson." 

Time has shown, and we leave it for the reader to decide which of the 
counties has gaineil the foremost rank in the march of progress. 

At the time of the establishment of the connty seat, there were pres- 
ent of the j^eople composing Qnincy, Williard Keves, Jeremiah Rose, and 
John DrouUard; John Wood, the other one-fourth of the ivnnilation, being 
absent on a business trip to St. Louis. 

FUKT ELECTION. 

On the 2d of July. 1S25, in pursuance of an order of the Judge of the 
Circuit Court, the first election for county officers was held at the cabin of 
Williard Keyes; about forty votes were cast, and Levi Wells, Peter Journey, 
and Williard Keyes were elected county commissioners. 

Peter Journey, a Jerseyraau by birth, resided at the lower end of the 
blnff some ten miles s<inth of Quincy, in what is now Fall Creek township, 
Williard Keyes of Quincy living at what is now the foot of Vermont 
St., and Levi Wells residing near what is now the village of Payson. 

The connty had at this time an estimated {x>pulation of abont seventy; 
the pv^>pnlation now — 1S79 — being estimated at 70,<XX>. What a striking 
illustration of the progress made by our country, and results not even 
dreamevl of by those sturdy pioneers who waited at its birth. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COrXTT. 363 

COCKT SEALS. 

C.>n Mondav. July 4. 1S25. the tirst conn tv conrt of Adams conn ty was dulv 
oi^fsmioed in the cabin of Williard Keves at Qnincv. Messrs. Jonruey. Keyes 
and Wells. Commissioners, all being present. Earl Pierce was appointed a 
special constable for the conrt. and Henry H. Snow was appointed clerk, enter- 
ing into a bond for the faithfnl performance of the dnties thereof, having Earl 
Pierce and Levi Hndley as sureties npon his bond. Ira Pierce was deputed 
to take the census of the county. At the same time Joshua Streeter, John 
L. Sonle. Lewis C. K. Hamilton and Amos Bancroft were recommended to 
the Governor and received their appointment as Justices of the Peace. The 
clerk was authorized to procure seals for the county and circuit courts, the 
seals to contain these words, viz: •• Seal County Commissioners Conrt, 
Adams Co.. EL, ISeo." " Seal Circuit Court, Adams Co., 111., ISSo." He 
was also authorized to procure the necessary stationery for use of the Court. 
using his own discretion as to quality and quantity. It is self-evident that 
those early people had faith in their public servants more than is now shown 
to the unfortunate wight who thirsts tor political honor in the way of a 
county office. However, H. H. Snow is descril>e<i as a remarkable man in 
bis way. and was one of nature's noblemen. He had arrived in the connty 
but a short time previous to the convening of the conrt. and having good 
clerical ability, was the man for the hour. He afterward held some four 
or five of the connty offices at one and the same time. 

The Pierces lived some five miles so nth of Quincy near what is now 
called the Alexander &rm. 

ENTET OF COrSTT SEAT. 

The quarter section designated by the commissioners appointed by the 
Legislature as the county seat, not being subject to entry, the clerk was 
instructed at this term of the court to apply to the land office at Edwards- 
ville for its pre-emption according to an act of Congress, granting to coun- 
ties the right of pre-emption to one quarter section of public lands for a 
county seat. In that day as in this, it was no trouble to make the order, 
but it was decidedly more difficult to raise the money. It apptears, as the 
following will show, that the connty officials had personal credit. At least, 
the monev was borrowed from one Russell Faruham. a river trader who 
agreed to loan the commissioners #:iOC>, taking the personal note of the 
commissioners for the payment of the same. The following is a true copy 
of the note: 

State of minots. < 
Ad«ms CoontT. C^ 

For v»Iue"recer««d of RnsseU Faniham. we. the ondersigned. coonnr commisaooers oc 
sud coantT. pioaiise in tlie name ol' the aforesaid county, lo^paj him or his oider the sum 



264 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

of two hundred dollars on or before tlie fifteenth day of Maj' next, with interest at the rate 
of ten percent, per annum, from the seventeenth day of August last till paid. 
Dated at Quincy, this sixth of September, 1825. 

WiLi.i.MiD Keyes] t^.,,„,„ 
Witness: 1 LEvr Wells, n^".^- 

Jeremiah Rose, Dep. Cl'k )- Petek Jouuney, J "-"""nisioners. 

For H(^nry H. Snow, Cl'k. J 

The following are the endorsements on the note: 

Paid Hussell Farnham, two hundred and five dollars as per his receipt of April 10th, 
1829. (1305). TiLLSON & Holmes. 

Paid Mr. Farnham, seventy-four dollars and fifty-nine cents, being balance of interest 
due on this note, which amount is in full for principal and interest due him on the within 
note (without date). Rouert Tillson. 

Tlie note was, however, taken up' on the 1st of May, 1830. 

It appears from the above note that the money was obtained August 
17, 1825, and the note given for it September 6th following; it has been 
said that Gov. Wood made the arrangement for the money in the first 
place, thereb}' securing the land, and a conveyance was made by the United 
States to the county of Adams and its successors on the 13th of February, 
1832. 

QCINCY PLATTKI). 

In November, 1825, the Countv Commissioners' Court ordered that 
the land jnirchased from the government be laid off and platted as the 
tuwn of Quincy. Henry H. Snow was appointed to perform the work and 
to receive as compensation one dollar per da}' while so engaged, and he was 
authorized to employ assistants at the rate of seventy-five cents per day. 
The commissioners set apart block 12 for a public square, and the west 
half of block 11 was appropriated for the public buildings. 

On Mondaj', September 5, 1825, the Commissioners' Court ordered 
that the persons then living in township three, south range eight, west of 
the fourth princi])al meridian, be organized into a school district, to be 
called District No. 1. Thus, at that early date, do we see the people 
moving in the commendable work of education, and to-day, from that 
feeble little band of struggling, heroic pioneers, has grown into existence 
some of the finest schools of which this or any other county can boast. 

On the 13th of December, 1825, fifty-one lots, which had been adver- 
tised for sale in the Edwardsville and St. Louis papers, were sold at public 
auction by the county commissioners, the most of them being purchased 
by the commissioners, sheriff and other citizens of the county, very i'ew 
being sold to outside speculators. P^eeling that it would be of interest to 
the readers of this work to see a list of the lots sold, with the prices the 
lots brought, we insert it. Many now who are familiar with the lots and 
the present value to which they have grown, will in looking over the list 
recall opportunities, without number, when a trilling investment, with the 
advantages of the past progress of the county, would have placed them in 
a position to which we all struggle to attain and few succeed — easy and 





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IIISTUKY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 



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affluent circumstances. It is related that one of the old citizens of the 
county recently, in coinineiiting upon the opportunities presented in 
Quincy to acquire wealth by real estate investments, made the remark, "I 
remember when I could liave purchased the whole of the lot on which 
the Quincy House now stands for a pair of boots." "Why," said the 
person whom he addressed, ''did you not make the purchase? " " For a 
very good reason,'' he answered; "it was a cash offer, and I hadn't the 
boots." 



FIRST SALE OK TOWN LOTS IN QUINCY. 



Lot 6, Blk. 15, Peter Journey f I! 

" Hiram R. Hawley 12, 

" Dr. McMillen 12 

" " " 19 

6 Peter Journey 18. 

19 

" Williard Keyes 20 

" 30 

5 " " 38 

•• 25 

" Ed war J White 20 

" Jeremiah Rose 21 

" 6, 

15 Samuel Seward.... 

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16 " " 15. 

19 John Wood 13 

" 16, 

" Rufus Brown 19. 

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18, 

" Ira Pierce 14, 

" " " 11 

17 John L. Soule 5, 



18 Hiram R. Hawley. 



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John Wood $ 400 

H. H. Snow 6.00 

" 12.25 

Levi Wells 5.50 

Levi Hadley 7.00 

6.00 

9.50 

11.00 

18.00 

Samuel Seward 20.00 

Levi Hadley 9.00 

Peter Journey 16.25 

8.00 

Jeremiah Rose 14.00 

" 16.00 

Rufus Brown 14.00 

H. H. Snow 18.00 

Asa Tyrer 14.50 

Dr. McMellen 14.25 

Levi Hadley 12.50 

14.50 

John L. Soule 10.00 

" 10.00 

Daniel Moore 5.50 

Rufus Brown 5.00 



FIRST MARKIAGE. 



The first marriage ceremony that ever took place in the town of 
Qnincy occurred during this year, being the marriage in June of Amos 
Bancroft to Miss Ames. 



266 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



CHAPTER III. 

First Court House— County Commissioners' Court— Town Rates— Rules 
OF County Commissioners' Court — Lead Mines Excitement — 
Suckers — School and Temperance — First Stock of Goods — First 
Ferry Rates — Main Street ' Opened in Quincy — Fiscal — First 
County Jail — First Preaching — Brick Made — Deep Snow. 

first court house. 

The coiiTity had been organized, the County Commissioners' Court and 
other county functionaries had entered upon the discharge of their official 
duties. Courts had already been held in the county, at such places as 
could be best procured for such purposes, but no building had been erected 
for these purposes, and the heads of the county had no permanent place of 
abode, ofBcially speaking, and one must needs be built for the future use 
and convenience of the county government. Proceedings for this purpose 
were commenced in the year 1825. 

On Friday, December 16, 1825, the County Court instructed the sheriff 
of Adams county to offer to the lowest bidder the building of the body of 
a court-house of the following dimensions, to-wit: To be twenty-two feet 
long and eighteen feet wide in the clear ; to be built of hewn logs, seven 
inches thick; to face not less than ten inches; to be laid as close together as 
they are in Mr. Rose's house, with stone to be placed under the corners, 
and the middle of each sill not less than eight inches high, and to be two 
stories high, the lower story to be eight feet high and the upper storj' five 
feet, with nine joists and eight sleepers; the building to be covered with oak 
clapboards, to be four feet long, and laid close together, and three boards 
thick, to be completed by the 15th of March, 1826. At the same time, the 
sheriff was instructed to let to the lowest bidder the following work, to be 
done on said court house: Four twelve-light windows, two in the front and 
two in the rear, in lower story, and four six-light windows in the upper 
story, to be placed in the same manner, made to slide sideways, and onp 
door in the front of the lower story, tlu-ce feet wide, six and one-half feet 
high, with the necessary door and window casings, to be com]>leted by the 
15th of May, 1826; two floors of planks, one and one-quarter inches thick, 
or hewn puncheons. The center of the upper story to be made of sawed 
planks, boards, or clapboards, and two flight of steps, to be made in a plain, 
substantial manner. The upper floor, if made of puncheons, to be hewed 
on both sides; a good, stone chimney, with a fire-place in the upper story, 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 267 

the back of which to be two and one-half feet wide, and one in the lower 
story to be three and one-half feet wide at back, and hearth to each lire- 
place of brick or stone, the whole to be done in a workman-like manner. 
The work of placing the logs was let to John Soule, for seventy-nine 
dollars. The other contractors were: Williard Keyes, windows and doors, 
twenty-five dollars; John Soule, stairways, thirty-two dollars; Levi Hadley, 
chimneys, etc., forty-nine dollars and fifty cents. This building stood as 
one of the land-marks of Quincy, and was the scene of many a victory and 
defeat for our worthy legal gentlemen, many of whom have become famous 
as lawyers, orators and statesmen, the length and breadth of our great country. 
The building was convenient in those days for public uses, and of very 
general utility, being used for church, school-house, exhibition, lecture and 
political purposes. The upper story was used as a clerk's office, lawyer's 
oflice, Mr. Browning having had his office there for a time, and finally for a 
carpenter shop, and we presume that while cases were being tried down 
stairs, casings were being made up stairs. It finally closed its history, 
being destroyed by tire about the year 1836, when the brick court-house on 
Fifth street, between Main and Hampshire streets, was commenced. It 
was in the year 1S26 that the first law-office was opened, when Judge 
Logan came to Quincy to practice, and, in vulgar parlance, " hung out his 
shingle." In the same year, the first hotel opened in Quincy was started 
b}' Rufus Brown, on the lot where the Quincy House now stands. 

, The County Commissioners' Court had full power to grant licenses, 

I etc., and during the year of 1826, Rufus Brown applied for and received a 
license to keep a hotel, the license being placed at the exorbitant sum of 

I one dollar and clerk's fees. The Court also at the March terra, 1826, estab- 
lished the following rates by wliicii tavern-keepers were to be governed in 

I making their charges:: 

I For each meal of victuals $ 25 

Lodging for night 12)^ 

' A % pint of whisky 12}| 

] " " " " brandy 37i| 

" " " " rum." %% 

" " " " wine 371^ 

Wine per bottle 1.00 

1 Gin per bottle 18^ 

I Horse feed per night, fodder and grain 25 

I Single horse feed 18^ 

RULES OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT. 

' One of the first rules of the County Commissioners' Court which 

I appears of record, ado))ted Sept. ith, 1826, is as follows: 

j " Ordered that the following be adopted as a rule of this court: That 

1 tliis court always give their opinion in'writing on any case of controversy, 

1 and that there shall be no argument after the decision of the court is given. 

( The court shall on all such cases of controversy consult together privately 



268 HISTORY OF ADAMS COTNTY. 

or othenoise, &» h Tiiajority of tlieni shall think proper; and further, that 
either mmibcr of the court shall have the privilege of entering his protest 
as a matter of record to any opinion given by a majority of this court." 

In 1823 Col. James Johnson, a brother of liichard M., who killed 
Tecumseh, leased from the United States government the lead mines in 
and around (lalena, and, having been very successful, the movement at- 
tracted the attention of every enterprising man in Western Illinois and of 
course Adams county shared in the general excitement, and quite a num- 
ber of the citizens started for the scene full of the ho])e that their fortunes 
would soon be made. The excitement was, however, but temporary, and 
soon it was discovered that there was considerable humbug about the 
chances for making fortunes, but for several years numbers of persons 
would go up to the mines in the spring — work during the summer season, 
and upon the approach of autnmn return to their homes, and on this 
account they were, and probably all Illinoisans weie first called " Suckers." 
During the year of 1829 Levi Hadley, the first sheriflT appointed for Adams 
county, while on his way to Galena, fell from a steamboat and was 
drowned. 

SCHOOL AND TICMPEEANCE. 

As early as 1827 the people commenced to evince an interest in educa- 
tional matters, and Jabez Porter opened a school in Quincy, using the old 
log court-house as his school-room. It is also a matter of record that in 
the same j'ear the first grocery was established in Quincy — a business 
which, although changed in name still flourishes, but is being vigorously 
assailed at present by its opponents of the red and blue ribbon brotherhood, 
who had the example set them of banding together to fight in the cause 
of subduing alcoholic appetite as early as the year 1830, wiien the first 
temperance organization was effected in the county at Quincy with twelve 
members; but the writer, from the best information he is able to obtain, 
believes that the president of the organization became intoxicated, and the 
interest of the members in the cause somewhat abated. 

STOCK OF GOODS. 

During the same year, Asher Anderson arrived from Maryland with a 
stock of goods, took out a license and opened the first store for the sale of 
dry goods, &c., in the county of Adams. Williard Keyes was recom- 
mended to the Governor as a suitable person for the ofiice of Justice of the 
Peace, and on June 5th, of the same year, Lewis C. K. Hamilton, in the 
open court, entered as a matter of record tiie emancipation of a certain 
negro boy named "Buck," and gave bonds as required by law for the main- 
tenance of tlie said boy. 



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HISTORY OV ADAMS COUNTY. 269 

FERRY RATES. 

Tlie Court also granted Ira Pierce a right to keep a ferr}' across the 
Mississippi river at Quiiicj, and established tl>e following rates offerryage: 

Each loaded wagon drawn by 2 horses or oxen |1 .50 

" 4 " •' " 2.00 

" imloaded " " " 2 " " " 1 00 

"4 " " " 1.50 

" pleasure wagon or carriage drawn by 2 horses or oxen 1.00 

" " " " " " " 1 horse " ox 75 

" man and horse 50 

" foot passenger 25 

" single horse or neat cattle over one year old 18?^ 

" sheep, hog or goat 6}^ 

" horse cart drawn by one horse 50 

MAIN STREET OPENED. 

On Tuesday, June 5th, 1827, the County Commissionei-s' Court apjiro- 
priated $20 to open Main street from the river to the public square, and 
Rufus Brown was appointed to superintend the work. 

FISCAL. 

Below will be found an abstract from an official report of Adains 
county fiscal concerns, of date, December 1st, 1827: 

Amount of notes vs. individuals for town lots sold, now in Treasury, $1,040.53 

Amount of revenue received from State of Illinois for current year, in 

Auditor's warrants, 52 per cent, on $275 171.87}^ 

$1,312,391^ 

Amount of outstanding orders $153.63 

Note vs. County to Russell Parnham, now due at 10 per cent 200.00 

Interest due 1 46.66 400.29 

$812.10^ 
FIRST COUNTY JAIL. 

On Monday, March 7th, 1827, the County Commissioners' Court gave 
notice that they would let, to the lowest bidder, a contract for building a 
county jail of the following dimensions, viz: The logs to be sixteen feet long 
each way, to face fourteen inches square, to be let down well at the corners, 
and close upon one another, with a good dovetail notch at the corners, and to 
be floored with timber of the same size both above and below, and to be 
seven and one-half feet between the floors in the lower story, and the halls 
of the upper story to be four and one-half feet high, and to be covered with 
good shingles well nailed on; the said shingles to be eighteen inches long, 
the gable ends to be well studded and boarded up, and to have a door in 
one end six feet high and three feet wide, to be made of two-inch plank, 
to be hung with good iron hinges, and furnished with a substantial, strong 
lock for the size of the door; with one window in the lower hall, one foot 
square, secured by iron grates of inch diameter, well let into the timber at 
each end, and to be two inches apart from center to center; with a flight of 



270 HISTORY OF ADAMS CODNTY. 

steps to lead to the outside door, and a trap door to communicate witli lower 
story, to be three feet by two feet, and made of oak plank two inciies thick 
and composed of two thicknesses, well fastened together with iron si)ike8, 
and the logs where the door is made to be well dowelled together with 
two-inch pins. The work to be done in a good, substantial manner, as a 
jail siiould be. The timber to be all of oak. Said jail to be located on lot 
6, block 11, immediately adjoining the "stray pen," and fronting on Main 
street, near 5th street, where now is Kelly & Rogers block. Ephraim 
Green, being the lowest bidder, obtained the contract to build the jail, he 
having bid the sum of $150.50. 

FIRST PUKACHING. 

The people of the county do not seem to have taken much interest in 
religious matters until, in the year 1828, we tlnd that the Rev. J. Porter, a 
Methodist minister, delivered a sermon in the town of Quinc}', which will 
be pro]>erly referred to in a subsequent cliapter of this work. During this 
year Messrs. Tillson & Holmes opened the second store in Adams county, 
in a building on the northwest corner of Hampshire and 5th streets, which 
they occupied until the following year, when they moved into the first 
frame building erected in Quincy, and long known as the "Old Post Office 
Corner," on the corner of 4rth and Main streets. It was during this year, 
also, that the manufacturing of brick was first inaugurated, and the first 
bricks made may now be seen in the south side of the building, on the 
corner of 4th and Main streets, known as the Tillson block. In 1830, 
Asher Anderson erected the first brick house in the county, in Quincy, 
near the corner of 3d and Main streets. 

DEEP SNOW. 

This year, 1830, is memorable and famous in the annals of the county 
as being the year of the " Deep Snow," and is an event which is impressed 
so vividly upon the minds of all the old settlers as never to be forgotten, 
and, in fact, many of them appear to date everything of public importance 
that has transpired during their lives from that time; and it is thus they 
say, " before the big snow," or, " after tlie big snow." It commenced 
snowing about the last of December and snowed for several days and nights 
witliout interruption, reaching an average depth of four feet, and in many 
places drifting to the depth of eighteen and twenty feet. It caused the 
people to undergo many privations, and great suflfering was e.\i)erienced by 
the settlers. The settlers relied for their daily food upon the Indian corn 
which they were enabled to raise, together with wild game, which was 
abundant at that time. Plenty of the former was raised to supply the 
wants until the ne,xt season's crop, but when the snow fell very little had 
been gathered, and those without at the time were compelled to rely on 
their neighbors who had been more fortunate, for help, which, in those 



IIIST0J4Y OF ADAMS COUNTY. 271 

days of ])ioiieer8, was readily given, and ratlier regarded as a neighborly 
obligation tlian a dnty. Game could not be had. The great depth of snow 
was a barrier to all travel, and it may be well imagined that the sufferino-g 
of the people were very great indeed. It is related that Mr. Lockey, who 
lived, at that time, two miles above Naples, on the Illinois river, went a 
mile and a half from home on the morning the snow began to fall, to haul 
in some corn; but when he reached the farm on which the corn was to be 
obtained it began to snow, and stormed so hard it was almost im])ossible 
for any one to see or get about, lie remained there until night for the 
storm to abate, but it continued with increased fury, and by night was over 
eighteen inches deep, and still falling. Mr. L. brought his o.xen with him 
to draw in the corn, and, thinking he must go home to his wife and their 
two little children, he concluded the best mode of travel was to climb on 
the back of his most gentle ox and ride him home; but here he met with 
a new difficulty; the o.x's back was covered with snow and slippery, and 
despite every plan and the most determined efforts he could not succeed; 
as a final desperate resort he decided to wind the tail of the gentle ox 
firmly around his hand, and endeavor to follow them home, trnstino- to 
their instincts to guide the way. He started, but before they went many 
rods he found it impossible to keep his feet and travel after them, so he 
held his grip and allowed them to drag him the entire distance home. 
When he arrived his clothes were filled with snow, but he was warm, and 
by changing his clothing experienced no serious damage from being dragged 
a mile and a half through two feet of snow. 

The snow lay on tlie ground until about the first of April, and we have 
little doubt but that many a weary one during that long winter sighed for 
the comforts of the "old home." Still, notwithstanding its great dreari- 
ness and the great sufferings of the people, none became disheartened, for 
we find the sturdy settlers of Adams, in the spring of 1831, as determined 
as ever to carve out for themselves a home and fortune in this truly beau- 
tiful country. 



272 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



CHAPTER IV. 
FiKST Flouring Mill — Land Office — Investigation — Tavern Rates Rk- 

ESTABLISHED WeATHER IN '32 — BlACK HaWK WaR AnECDOTKS — 

Causes of Slow Growth — Chole»a — Population — Prices of Pro- 
duce — Wild-Cat Schemes — Agricultural — Mails — Prices in Quin- 
CT — The Jail — Election Precincts — Incorporation — County Seat 
Contest — Columbus — Highland County. 

first mill. 

In those days the people lived many miles distant from mills and from 
any point where provisions or supplies of any kind could be obtained. The 
residents of the county were compelled to do without many of the articles 
which are considered now-a-days the " necessaries of life." Coffee was made 
from the seed of Okro, an herb which at that time was cultivated for that 
purpose, and wild honey, which was found in abundance, was used as 
sweetenino;. It was forty miles to the nearest blacksmith shop, at Atlas, 
Pike county, and farmers were com])elled to carry their plows that distance 
on horse-back to have them sharpened. 

In the year 1831, an enterprise, much needed in those days of meager 
facilities for procuring tlie necessaries and conveniences of daily life, was 
put into operation, by the erection in Quincy of the first steam flouring- 
mill, thus saving the earlv settlers many miles of travel. 

land office. 

In the same year — 1831 — the United States land office was established 
at Quincy, with Samuel Alexander as register, and Thomas Corlin as receiver. 
The first entry of land was made in December of that year, and during the 
following year but seventeen additional entries had been made. It was 
during this year, 1831, that the first addition to the town of Quincy was 
laid out by John Wood, and John E. Jefiries bnilt the Land Office Hotel on 
the north side of tiie public square. This for many years was a place of 
verv general public resort, and headquarters for the mutual interchange 
of local news and gossip. Many are the associations of this historical 
house. It has long since been numbered with tiie institutioas of tlie past. 

investigation. 

The first investigation of a public official in the county of Adams, was 
in the year of 1831. Abe Prickett, Gen. Hite, and John E. Jeffries accused 
n. H. Snow, clerk of the courts, with malconduct, and on March 26, 



UISTOKY OF ADAMS CODKTV. 273 

1831, the court having duly investigated the cliarges, found him not guilty. 
Archy Williams defended Mr. Snow, and made a splendid speech in his 
behalf, which went a long ways toward shaping the verdict. Considerable 
feeling was evinced by the public, and when the court announced their ver- 
dict it is said that John Wood, who was present, whispered loud enough to 
be heard all through the court room, "Virtue rewarded!" Tom King, 
feeling that Snow had been outraged, upon the adjournment of the court 
attacked Hite and gave him a severe beating, and then turned his attention 
to Prickett whom he served in a like !nanner, and had Jeffries not made liis 
escape by fleeing from the scene he would undoubtedly have been served in 
the same manner. 

TAVERN EATES RE-ESTABLISHED. 

As is known by all, in those days each person taking out a tareni 
license was regulated by a special act of the Commissioners' Court. The 
moving object in taking out a license was that the keeper of the tavern 
migiit legally sell liquors. Certain it is that occasionally a traveler would 
come along wlio would prefer sleeping under the shelter of a roof, but this 
we believe was only the exception, for in most cases they would camp out. 
Tiie tavern-keeper did not expect to make his money by keeping an inn 
proper, but the chief source of income was the sale of liquors, or from 
what in later daj-s is denominated a saloon. 

On Tuesday, March S, 1831, tavern rates were re-established as follows, 
which appears to have l>een required by the inno\'ation or use of mixed 
drinks: 

For keeping horse per night, with fodder and gi-ain o.") 

Each meal of victuals 05 

Lodgings per night 12'4 

Single horse feed 13M 

Whiskey or peach brandy J^ pt 12i^ 

French brandy, Holland Gin, and good .Jamaica Spirits, ^' pt 25 

Maderia Wine 371.; 

" " small glass 12i| 

Other Wine " " O6I4 

" pr. ij' pt \S% 

Punch pr. glass, with 1^ gill good liquor 131.^ 

Single drink of any kind of spirits without sugar OG"^ 

" " " " " " with loaf or lump sugar I2i.i^ 

WEATHER I.Nf '32. 

Those of the early settlers of this county who have survived the 
winter and spring of the year 1832 will not fail to remembsr that they are 
memorable for numerous instances of sudden changes in the weather from 
extreme warmth to extreme cold. It is related that on tiie sixteenth dav 
of March, 1832, David Clark and William Carter, of McDonough county, 
were returning from Frederick to Macomb, eacli with a wagon-load of 
goods. On the morning of this day they left the residence of a friend 
living near Doddsville and proceeded a few miles when it became so 



274 IIISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

cold they could go no fiirtlior. Uiiliitcliing their oxen from the wagons 
they started for tlie nearest house, a few miles distant, hareh' reaching it 
alive. On this same day two men left Blandinsville for Fort Madison, 
the weather at starting heing comparatively pleasant. Tiiey had gone but 
a short distance when the weather suddenly changed, and they discovered 
that they were freezing. One of them hurried off for help, which was ob- 
tained, and on going back the other man was found but a short distance 
from where he was left, frozen to death. Such were some of the experiences 
of our pioneer settlers, as we have them from the lips of the survivers. 

BLACK ulWK WAR. 

The troops for the Black Hawk war were called out in 1831 by Gov. 
John lleynolds, upon the petitions of the settlers on Rock river and 
vicinity. The first petition, which was sent to hira in April, 1831, stated 
that "last fall the Black Hawk band of Indians almost destroyed all of 
our crops and made several attacks on the owners when they attempted to 
prevent their depredations, and vvounded one man by actually stabbing him 
in several places. This spring they act in a much more outrageous and 
menacing manner." This petition represented that there were si.K or seven 
hundred Indians among them. It was signed by thirty-five or forty 
persons. 

Another petition sets forth that " the Indians pasture their horses in 
our wheat fields, shoot our cows and cattle, and threaten to burn our houses 
over onr heads if we do not leave." Other statements placed the number 
of the Indians at no more than three hundred. Therefore the call was 
made May 26, 1831, on the militia for seven hundred mounted men. 
Beardstown was the designated place of rendezvous and snch was the sym- 
pathy and courage of the settlers that the number ort'ering themselves was 
almost three times the number called out. They left the encampment 
near Rushville for Rock Island June 15, 1831, and on the 30th of June, in 
a council held for the purpose. Black Hawk and twenty-seven chiefs and 
warriors on one part, and Gen. Edmund P. Gaines, of the U. S. Army, 
and John Reynolds, governor of Illinois, on the other part, signed a treaty 
of peace and friendship. This capitulation bound the Indians to go and 
remain west of the Mississippi river. In April, 1832, this treacherous 
chief, with some five hundred followers, appeared again upon the scene of 
action, and fear and excitement spread through the length and breadth of 
the State. Gov. Reynolds, hearing of the threatening movement after a 
while, in his home at Belleville, made a call on the ICth of April, 1832, for 
militia to meet at Beardstown on the 22d of April. There were two com- 
panies from Adams county; of one Wm. G. Flood was captain, E. L. 
Pierson lieutenant; Capt. Earle Pierce, the sheriff, raised the other, which 
was afterwards Capt. Martin's and Capt. Coon's command. There are but 
few remaining now among the many that hurried off to help their fellow- 



HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTV. 1275 

citizens in the nortli, but among the number is Gov. Wood, now in his 
eighty-first j'ear, who went and took with him two hired men. Abler 
hands will at some future day, we presume, prepare the memoirs of his 
eventful life, and rescue from forgetfulness many thrilling scenes to 
brighten the page of history. Mr. Robert Tillson, still living in Quincy, 
which at that time was the only postoffice for many miles, was post- 
master and store-keeper, and could not go, but furnished an outfit con- 
sisting of gun, tin cup, blanket and provisions for Mr. John M. Holmes 
and another young man, who were his clerks. 

At this time the population of Quincy was less than one thousand, 
and the mail was brought once a week, by a man on horseback, from Carroll- 
ton, Apple Creek and Atlas. 

Such was the feeling toward the faithless band of British Indians that 
hardly half a dozen men remained behind, and much fear fell upon the 
defenceless ones that were left at home. On the 15th of September, 1S32, 
a treaty was made that ended all alarm upon the borders and permitted the 
arts of peace once more to flourish among the pioneers. President Jack- 
son, in a message to Congress, spoke in flattering terms of the brave and 
eflicient action of the Illinois volunteers. 

ANECDOTES. 

John Tliomas, a jovial, kind-hearted man, and a regular Yankee, had a 
peculiar pronunciation, saying, Keum eout. 

Mike Dodd, another odd character, when he came to Quinc}-, as a matter 
of course, would imbibe freely and would then give vent to his feelings in 
boasting that he was "Mike Dodd in a minute and was built up from the 
ground like a muskrat house, and didn't bu}' 'taters of a nigger." Mike 
had a very large horse, which he usuall}' rode, and whom he called Boleawa}'. 

Another character in the county, when in town, would alwa^'s make his 
little speech, which was: "That he lived behind Jonathan Crow's plantation 
and drank branch water." 

A blacksmith, who was one of the earliest settlers of Quincy, had a 
favorite dog whom he called "Nigger Boy," and he would say that Isigger 
Boy was not " bough table." 

A hatter used to take his periodical spree, usually- in company with 
Ed Pierson. Upon one occasion he and Pierson procured an old candle box, 
with a candle stick and some small piecesof candles, and paraded the streets, 
bareheaded, arm-in-arm, crying out: " We are the light of the world." 

There was also a queer character by the name of Young, who settled in 
I Quincy in the year of 1S2S or '29. He had been President of the Owl 
' Creek bank, a bogus concern in Ohio or Indiana, and came west to escape 
the rage of an indignant and swindled community. He was a very enthu- 
siastic member of the Masonic fraternity', and also practiced law. Upon 
• one occasion, in a trial of the right of property, before Wesley Williams, 



:i7() HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Young was employed on one side and was opposed b}' Arcbey Williams and 
Judge Logan. Young became very much incensed because Williams and 
Logan used legal terms which he did not understand, saying: " I do not 
understand your teatide, phrases." Young was a " jack-of-ail-trades," and 
u])on one occasion he was employed b}' the Captain of a steamboat to make a 
figure head for his boat, which he did. and the Captain refused to pay Young 
his price for it, wliicli made Young angry, and he swore he would build a 
boat to the figure liead, and at once proceedad to put his threat into execu- 
tion. After lie had laid tlie keel, some one, during his absence, wrote upon 
the keel, " Y'oung's folly," wliicli so disgusted him that he suspended oper- 
ations. Afterwards, Young was dubbed " old fi(jure head,'''' which name he 
bore as long as he remained in (Juincy. He died some years afterwards 
near Peoria, in a rail pen. 

Anotlier of the odd cliaracters who settled for a time in Adams county 
was a little man by the name of Louis Masquerier, from Kentucky. He 
resided in Quinc_y, on the bluff", on what is now Main street, and kept what 
was then termed a grocery (a ten gallon keg of whiskey'). He finally gave 
up that business and went to Vandalia, to be examined for a license to 
practice law. He knew but little (if any) law, and tiie Judges, Wilson, 
Smith and Lockwood, feeling that the people would soon find it out, gave 
him his license, they knowing that he could do no harm, being so totally 
unfit for the profession. He made some pretentions as a poet, and the 
early papers teemed with his eff'nsions. He finally drifted to New York, 
and was lost sight of. 

Uncle Johnny Kirkpatrick, one of the ministers in the county, was an 
oddity in his way. He was not very learned, but had a way of drawing his 
illustrations, which, to say the least, was jjeculiar. In one of his sermons, 
he was combating the idea that the Christian religion could be over- 
thi'own, saying: " You might as well try to turn over Laurel Hill with 
a corn-stalk; it can't be done." At another time, whilst attem])ting to show 
that the Christians were going through the world by the help of divine 
inspiration, lie said, " Christians are not going through tlie world blindfolded 
or groping their way in the dark. They know they are on the right road. 
to heaven." His simile was that if they (his hearers) were going to Atlas, 
Pike county: " You would not takeout into the prairie and around the 
corner of Kej'cs' fence, but would, on the contrary, go down the river, and 
you would find three notches on the trees, which would assure you that you 
were on the State road. And so it is with the Christians; they see the 
notches all along their route." 

To a former resident of Qiiincy belongs the idea of originating paper 
collars, as tiie following incident will show: One of the early residents of 
Quincy, who had come from the east and had been accustomed to wearing 
linen, or to use the popular phrase, " biled shirts," was in quite a qnan- 
darj', not being able to get any washing done. In his distress, he ap- 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 277 

plied to one of the inhabitants who was blessed with a wife. The citizen 
said he could get his wife to wash his shirts, which she did, using a 
home-made starch, which was manufactured by pounding corn into the 
proper consistency. When his shirts were returned, the bosoms were 
completely scaled with the hulls of corn. He had chalked the collars so 
long, that chalk would not remain on the surface any longer, and being of 
an inventive turn, he cut out of strong letter paper some collars and pinned 
them over the old ones, thus making the first paper collars on record. 

CAUSES OF SLOW GROWTH. 

For the first ten years, dating from 1824, the growth and settlement of 
Adams county was very slow, being retarded by various causes. Tlie lauds 
uot being in the market, immigration was retarded; trading facilities were 
proportionately curtailed; money was exceedingly scarce; coon skins, 
maple sugar, deer hides, feathers, wild honey, beeswax and deer tallow were 
the current circulating medium of the people. However, the wants of the 
people being simple and few, and raising most everything they needed, 
they were doubtless as happy in their primitive condition as now, when 
surrounded by every luxury the heart can desire. Being also considered 
an unhealthy location, having but little intercourse with the outside world 
in the way of trade, and not being supplied with any buglers, in the shape 
of real estate agents, to sound its beauties and advantages, the county 
drifted along upon the tide, biding its time, which was sure to come. 
Finally, in 1834, the re-action took place and it commenced a rapid increase 
which it has steadily kept up until the present time, and now shows the 
most beautiful city in the State, being second in size, with a population 
unsurpassed for intelligence, industry and enterprise. 

Up to this time, most of the bacon and flour used by the people of 
this section had been imported, but with a steam flouring-raill in operation, 
and with the stock raised in the county, the business began to be reversed 
and exporting soon followed. 



On the 4th day of July, 1833, cholera broke out in the county, and the 
citizens of Quincy took active steps towards preventing the spi-ead of the 
disease and also for the care of those unfortunate ones who had been at- 
tacked with it. 

This was the first time in the history of the county that it was visited 
by an epidemic, and for some little time the people were at a loss how to 
proceed, some of the physicians, as do those of the present day, asserting 
that the disease which was spreading was not the cholera, but finally their 
eyes were opened to the stern reality, and active steps were at once taken to 
prevent its further ravages. The disease made its first appearance about 
the 4th day of July, and on the 0th a meeting of the citizens was called 



278 HIsrOKV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

to be held at the court-house, to take stops for tliat puri)ose. William (t. 
Flood was appointed chairman, and the Hon. O. II. Browning appointed™' 
secretary. The town was divided into three districts, with a vigilance coin-W 
mittee for each district. J. F. Holmes, O. H. Browning and R. S. Green, 
chairman of the respective vigilance committees, were appointed a hoard 
of health, and from the rej)orts seemed to have been invested with almost 
absolute authority. They were instructed to meet daily, or oftener. if 
necessary, procure attendance and nourishment for the sick, and also to 
superintend the burial of the dead. The disease spread with great rapi- 
dity, and it was all the more noticeable in a small and thinly settled county. 
On the 7th of July there were forty-three cases of sickness, however, not all 
being cholera. There is no record left of the actual number of deaths from 
cholera alone, but from the best authority' to be obtained, somewhere l>e- 
tween thirty and forty died in Quincy alone, which at that time contained a 
population of about four hundred, in that day the people were not so well 
prepared, either with means or remedies, to battle with an epidemic, and 
had no contingent fund, national, State, or county, as is now the case when 
such plagues overtake the country. Neither had they the means of com- 
munication which we now possess. The expense was borne by public sub- 
scription, and the report of Levi B. Allen, treasurer of the relief committee 
for July 10th, shows that he had received twenty-six dollars and ninety-five 
cents, and he had disbursed the sum of four dollars. What a sum of money 
to battle an epidemic with. Yet how heroically did those gallant pioneers 
tight their battles. Faithfully and well did they stand one by the other 
resolving to live and die together. While there is no doubt that there are 
many of the old citizens living to-da^' who were participants of those 
scenes, the only one whose name was then mentioned as a leader, now liv- 
ing, is the Hon. O. H. Browning. 

POPULATION. 

At this period, or the year 1834 following, the population of , the entire 
county had reached the number of 7,U42 souls, and of this number there 
were 1,319 subject to military duty; as to sex, the records showthat there were 
1,452 male children, and 1,317 female children under ten yea>s of age. The 
population of Quincy at this period was 753 inhabitants, and of this 
number 270 were subject to military duty, the majority single men. 

PKICES OF PRODUCE. 

As a matter of interest we have taken the pains to give a table of 
prices of farm produce for a jieriod of fifty-three j'ears, commencing with 
the year of the organization of Adams county, and the figures we believe 
are very accurate for the average prices in New York City for the month 
of January in each year: 



\ 




^ CLAYTON TOWNStflP 




HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



279 



Year. Corn, ba. 

1825 $ 42 

1826 74 

1827 70 

1828 57 

1829 59 

1830 54 

1831 581^ 

1832 75 

1833 81i< 

1834 59>| 

1835 74 

1836 951^ 

1837 .- 106 

1838 86 

1839 92 

1840 59K 

1841 52 " 

1842 67 

184:3 50K 

1844 43 " 

1843 511^ 

i846 74 

1847 80 

1848 77 

1849 641^ 

1850 64 

1851 64ii 

1852 701^ 

1853 68i| 

1854 821^ 

1855 1 01 " 

1856 93 

185' 731^ 

1858 61 

1859 801/^ 

1860 9lW 

1861 73 " 

1862 67 

1863 75 

1864 136 

1865 1 94 

1866 95W 

1867 116i.< 

1868 1 20 " 

1869 90 

1870 112 

1871 80 

1873 78 

187;! 66 

1874 84 

1875 97 

1876 71 

1877 59 



Wheat, bo. 


Oats, bii. 


Pork, Mees, bbl. 


Wool, lb. 


$101 


f 27M 


$13 37 


33J^ 


90 


451^ 


1175 


34 


93 


56 


118-1^ 


35 


1 15 


34 


14 131^ 


35 


153 


30 J^ 


12 25 


23% 


104 


32 


11 50 


31M 


135 


31^ 


13 87 


25 


136}^ 


50 


13 60 


27>^ 


1 19 


49.;^ 


13 25 


32,^ 


lOG 


44 


14 50 


321-/ 


105 


49 


13 75 


371^ 


178 


56K 


18 35 


32,^ 


1 77 


57 


23 50 


45 


1091^ 


401^ 


2150 


80 


134% 


55 


23 25 


38^ 


106 


33K 


14 25 


32,1^ 


103 


53 


13 35 


37J<f 


125 


49 


9 62)4 


20 


88K 


33V 


8 87}^ 


19 


100 


43 


10 121^ 


26H 


102K 


51^ 


8 30 


39 


131 


49.1^ 


13 56 


37 


102K 


491.^ 


10 25 


23 


125 


50}^ 


1100 


29 


1 22}4 


21 


14 18 


36 


125 


ia% 


1181 


31 


3 20 


48 J^ 


12 18 


311^ 


106 


471^ 


14 68 


31 


132 


51H 


19 62 


39 


2 04 


49Jtr 


13 43 


39 


2 57 


55^ 


12 63 


251^ 


2 14 


46}i 


17 37 


32 


1 76 


47 


10 67 


35 


1 37 


i^V, 


15 75 


39^ 


140 


50H 


17 57 


38 


145 


4QU 


■16 18 


39 


1 14 


88 


16 13 


33 


138 


40}.^ 


12 25 


47 


153 


701^ 


14 43 


■ (53?^ 


180K 


89}^ 


19 87 


383^ 


185 " 


103 


35 25 


.)3 


1571^ 


1 20 


39 12 


70 


3 00 


80 


19 13 


60 


3 45 


86 


2100 


48 


170 


75 


28 00 


57 


130 


78 


39 75 


61 


142 


75 


19 75 


43 


150 


54 


14 50 


70 


167 


68 


13 25 


70 


165 


77 


16 50 


.1.-) 


125 


65 


20 50 


56 


130 


59 


20 75 


49 


1 47 


55 


17 50 


• 48 



It will be seen''that the prices of leading farm products have not been 
controlled so much by war at home or abroad as by the supply. For 
instance the price of wheat during the first two years of the civil war was 
less than January, 1877. And again, during the prevalence of the Franco- 
German war prices were lower than for 1878. The maximum price, $3.00 
per bushel for wheat, was reached two years after the^ close ot our civil war. 
A foreign demand may make an active market, but unless there is a short 
crop at home it seldom carries the price up very high. 



280 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

\SILD CAT SCHEMES. 

A bank was incorporated by the Legislature of Illinois, on the 22d of 
March, 1S1!>, by the style of the " President. Directors and Company of 
the State Bank of Illinois," to continue for twenty-live years, with a capi- 
tal not exceeding four millions of dollars, one-half of which was to be 
subscribed by individuals and the other half by the State, when the " Leg- 
islature should deem proper."' Books were to be opened in divers towns, 
and if stock was ever subscribed, not one dollar was ever paid. Such was 
some of the extravagant legislation of that period. The next General 
Assembly, of 1820-21, repealed this nianiinoth charter. A way had been 
discovered to create money without capital. Another bank was chartered, 
in which specie had no concern, with a capital of $500,000 on State credit; 
the stock to be raised and managed by State Directors, under the super- 
vision of the Legislature. Three hundred thousand dollars in paper cur- 
rency were to be emitted, loaned on real estate at two-thirds the appraised 
value, or on personal security not exceeding one hundred dollars to indi- 
viduals. No individual coiild obtain over one thousand dollars on landed 
security. Interest at six per cent. The bills drew a credit of two per cent, 
per annum, and the institution was to run ten years; and if its projectors 
were to be credited in their fancies,, it would produce an increase in that 
period sufficient to redeem all the bills issued, pay all contingent expenses, 
and give the State a profit of one hundred thousand dollars by the time 
the charter svould expire. But it all turned out to be a fraud, delusion and 
snare. The bills went tumbling down to thirty-three cents on the dollar; 
the real estate of borrowers, previously inflated by a spurious currency, 
went down in a greater degree; lands that had sold for ten dollars per acre, 
fell to two and three dollars: town lots in villages sunk near one thousand 
per cent., and fancy towns, on paper, became wholly valueless. And at the 
expiration of the charter, in 1831. wiien the bills had to be redeemed, there 
was no alternative, to save the State credit, but to contract a cash loan to 
redeem the outstanding bills of one hundred thousand dollars. This was 
the commencement of the debt of the State, and has been designated as 
the " Wiggins Loan," from the gentleman who negotiated the stock. 

AGRICULTURAI.. 

In the beginning of the year 1S3S the people of Adams county began to 
take interest in the matter of associating themselves together for the pur- 
pose of furthering the agricultural interests and growth of the county, and 
in January of that year a meeting was held in the town of Columbus, over 
which Judge lialston presided. The meeting adopted by-laws and a con- 
stitution, and from this meeting have sprung the large and influential 
societies of the county, which have accomplished so much in the county 
for its agricultural development, and of which further mention will be 
made under the appropriate head. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COl'XTT. 2S1 

MAILS. 

In order to show what trouble the people of the "Western conntrv had 
in communicating with the outside world, in the earlier days of the settle- 
ment of the county, it will only be necessary to introduce the rates of 
postage, as established by the government in 1S35. The rates were as 
follows: 

Ou a single letter, composed of one piece ot paper, for any distance not exceeding 30 

miles 6c. 

Over 30 miles, and not exceedins: SO miles. lOe. 

Over 80 " " •' " 150 " 121-^0. 

OverliO " " ' 400 " 18*4C. 

Over 400 " 2)C. 

Thus it will be noticed that in order to send a letter to St. Louis, in 
those days, required a stamp of at least twelve and one-half cents, and to 
Chicago would have required at least twenty cents; while on every one to 
New York or Philadelphia, a stamp of twenty-Uve cents would be re- 
quired. What nice little stamp accounts some of our large Adams cotinty 
firms would have had to paid had they lived in those days and done the 
business they now do. Beyond a question or doubt there are firms in 
Adams county to-day, who, had they been doing the same business in 
1S35 that they now do, would have had to pay the government at least tea 
thousand dollars per year postage. Then again, witli the high rates of 
postage which they were compelled to pay, they were obliged to wait the ' 
uncertain arrivals of the mail boy, or the more uncertain arrival of the 
stage coach. Such postal facilities nowadays would most certainly inter- 
fere with the heavy mercantile transactions which are now carried on by the 
people of this county. And while we are at present enjoying every facility 
that human intellect can invent to annihilate space, in order that the world 
may have quicker and safe rcommunication. from continent to continent, 
there are some to be found who croak and fret at delay, and grumble about 
not getting their mails. 

PKICES IN" QUINCY. 

It may, as an item of interest, be of some importance to the people ot 
the county to know how the markets ruled away back in our grandfathers' 
days, and we give the prices current of tiie Quincy market, corrected by 
Whitney & Co.. and published in tiie Illinois Bounty Land Register, of 
date April 17th, 1835: 

Bacon, hams, hog. rotmd, per lt>..$ .05 Hides, areen, per tt. ?: M'^i 

Beef, on foot, per cwt 3.00 Iron, bar, '• 08" 

•• fresh in market, per !ti 04 '■ hoop, •• 'i~)4 

Beeswax, per fi> 15 Lard. " 05 

Butter, fresh, per 8> scarce .\6^^ Lead, pig, '• none 

kegSs •' none •• hai, " 12J.^ 

Candles, sperm, per % 40 Leather, sole. " #0 28 to .33 " 

mould. " 20 '■ upper, " 50 

" dipped. " 16i»4 Xails. cut, assorted, per tt> 10 

Coal, per bu 20 " wrought, " 2'> 



282 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Coffee, per ») $.20 Pork, mess, per bbl $11.00 

Deer skins, per Iti 10 •' prime, " 9.0O 

Furs, muskrat skins 16J| " cargo, " none 7.00 

" raccoon " 12'^ Potatoes, Irish, per bu 7.00 

" otter " ^ll.'iO to 4.r)0 " '■ sweet, " none 

Flour, superfine, per bbl 4..')0 Sugar, loaf, per Hi 20 

'' fine. " i.aO '• Havanna white, per tt) 10''.^ 

Wheat, per bu 50 " brown, " 12i.j 

Rye, " 37 Salt, Liv Blown, perbu 1.50 " 

Oats, " 25 " alum ground, ' 1.00 

Corn, in sacks, per bu 30 " Kanawlia, " 1.00 

" " ear, " 25 " " retailed iu bbl.. per Ifc .75 

Grass seeds, clover, per bu. .scarce 8.00 Shot, per tt 12^^ 

" timothy, " 3.00 Tallow, •' 10 

" blue grass, per bu 2.00 Whiskey, country, per sal 30 

Hides, dried, per tti 09 /Wool, per It, ~: 50 

December ISth of the same year, the market liad advanced as follows: 
Wheat, $1.00 per bu.; flour $7.r.O per bbl.; pork, S3.50 per cwt.; beef, 
$3.50 to $4.00 per cwt.; corn, in ear, 37ic. ; corn meal, delivered in town, 
75c.; butter, 25c.; fire wood, $2.00 per cord. 

What changes have taken ))lace since those were the ruling prices. 
What fortunes have been made and lost, what vast changes in the mercan- 
tile world. From 2,500 bushels of wheat ground in the mills of Quincy 
in 1835 could our readers comprehend for a moment, the number of bush- 
els which were ground yearly simply by the mills of Quincy alone, to say 
uothing of the many others scattered over the county who are doing equally 
as large a business. 

THE .TAIL. 

In the proceedings of the County Commissioners' Court of Thursday, 
June 6tli, 1839, the order was made to build the jail which stood on Fifth 
street, Quincy, in the rear of the court-house which was burned in 1873, 
The following are a part of the records: " Whereas, There is i^o 
no jail or place of confinement lor criminals in the county of Adams, it is 
therefore thought expedient and necessary that a jail should be built in the 
said county of Adams for the confinement and safe keeping of criminals. 
It is therefore ordered that a jail be built in the town of Quincy, on the 
east part of the lot on which the court-house now stands; said jail is to be 
built with the front facing to the south and to range with the south side 
of the court-house. Said jail is to be built after and agreeable to a draft 
as now on file in the clerk's office. 

Ordered, that the sura of one tliousand dollars be, and the same is 
hereby approjiriated to Joseph T. Holmes and J. O. Woodruff", or bearer, 
for the purpose of commencing and carrying on the building of a jail in 
Quincy. The above amount to be issued in orders of not less than fifty 
dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars each, the orders to draw twelve 
per cent, per annum interest from the time they are taken out of the ofiice 
until redeemed. Said orders to be redeemed in twelve months after their 
date. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 283 



ELECTION PEECINCT8. 



In June, 1839, proceedings in the County Commissioners' Court were 
hail relative to the fixing the boundaries and the creation of election pre- 
cincts throughout the county. Below is a record of the proceedings of 
the commissioners as taken from official sources: 

Ordered, That township 2 north, and range 5 west, constitute one 
election precinct, to be called Northeast Precinct, and ordered that Elliott 
Combs, Zacheus Dean, and Jonathan Browning be appointed judges of all 
elections to be held in said precinct, and ordered that all elections in said 
precinct be held at the house of Zacheus Dean. 

Ordered, That township 1 north, and range 5 west, and township 1 
south, 5 west, constitute Clayton, and ordered that Cyrus Cupen, George 
McMurray and Shannon Wallace be appointed judges of all elections to be 
held in said precinct, and ordered that all elections be held at the house of 
David M. Campbell. 

Ordered, That township 2 south, and range 5 west, 3 south, range 5 
west, 3 south, range 6 west, and 3 south, 6 west, constitute an election pre- 
cinct, to be called Kingston Precinct, and ordered that George W. Williams, 
Azariah Majfield and Richard Buffington, be appointed judges of all elec- 
tions to be held in Kingston Precinct, and that all elections be held at the 
house of William Hendricks. 

Ordered, That township 2 south, and range 6 west, constitute an 
election precinct, to be called Liberty Precinct, and ordered that John 
Wigle, William Hart and Jacob Hunsaker be appointed judges of all 
elections to be held in said precinct, and that all elections to be held in 
said precinct be held at the house of D. P. Meacham. 

Ordered, That an election precinct, to be called Payson Precinct, be 
bounded as follows, to- wit: beginning at the river on the county line, 
thence east along said line to the range line dividing 6 and 7 west, thence 
north with said line to the section corner between 24 and 25, 2 south, 
and range 7 west; thence west with said line to the river, and ordered 
that Thomas Crocker, Alexander Furst and David Collins be, and they are 
hereby appointed judges of all elections to be held in said precinct, and it 
is ordered that all elections in said precinct be held at the store of J. C. 
Bernard. 

Ordered, That Quincy Precinct he bounded as follows, to-wit. : begin- 
ning at the river and running east on the section line dividing sections 24 
and 25, township 2 south, and range 9 west, continuing to the section corner 
between sections 21 and 22, township 2 south, and range S west, thence 
north to the section corner between sections 21 and 28, township 1 south, 
and range S west, thence west along said line to the river. The old judges 
to serve. This record makes no mention of the place of holding the 
election. 



284 Ul^•roKV OF ADAM^ l_<iUNTY. 

Ordered, That the bounds of Burton Precinct be as follows, to-wit. : 
beginning at the section corner between sections 24 and 25, on the range 
line between 6 and 7 west, thence north on said line to the section corner 
between sections 25 and 36, township 1 south, and range 7 west of the 4tli 
principal meridian, tlience west to the range line between ranges 7 and 8 
west, thence north one ii:ile. thence three miles west, thence south six 
miles, thence east to the place of beginning, and ordered that E. M. King, 
John Doty and John G. Humphrey be and they are hereby appointed 
judges of all the elections in said precinct, and that all the elections in said 
precinct be held at the house of M. H. Daniels. 

Ordered, That Columhiis Preciiwt be bounded as follows, to-wit.: 
beginning at the northeast corner of township 1, south, 6 west, thence south 
six miles, thence west six miles, thence south one mile, thence west six 
miles, thence north seven miles, thence west six miles, thence south two 
miles, thence east six miles, to the place of beginning, and ordered that M. 
D. McCann, John Thomas and George Smith be and the}' are hereby 
appointed judges of all elections to be held in said precinct, and that all 
the elections be held at the school-house in the village of Columlms. 

Ordered, That Houston Precinct is bounded on the north by tlie county 
line, on the east by the range line between townships 5 and 6 west, on the 
south by the base line, on the west by the range line between townships 6 
and 7 west. Ordered, That David Strickler, John W. McFarland and 
Kichard Seaton be and thej' are hereby appointed judges of all elections in 
said precinct, and that all elections be held at the house of H. A. Cyrus. 

Ordered, that the bounds of Woodvillc Precinct be as follows, to-wit: 
Commencing at the northeast of township number 2 north, and range 
7 west, thence south on the range line, between sections 6 and 7 west, 
ten miles, thence west six miles, thence north ten miles to the county line, 
thence east with the county line to the place of beginning, and ordered 
that Benjamin Robertson. Martin Shurry and Simeon Curtis be and they 
are hereby ajipointed judges of all the elections to be held in said precinct, 
and that all elections be held at Woodvillc. 

INCORPORATION. 

The following entries are the record of the County Commissioners' Court 

relative to the incorporation of the towns Columbus zwA Pay son, in the year 

1S39: 

We do certify that, at an election held at the school-house in Columbus, on Saturday 
evening, March 2, 1839, ten days' notice having been prcvously given in three public place;-, 
for the purpose of voting for or asrainst incorporation of said town, and .1. G. Driskell hav- 
ing been chosen President and aV. D. McCann Clerk, and they having been duly sworn by 
William Oglesby proceeded to open a poll, which resulted as follows : For incorporating, 
forty-eisht votes ; against incorporalins. three votes. J. E. Driskell, President, 

W. D. McC.vNX, Clerk. 

At an election held at the office of William Shinn, in Payson, Adams 
county, Illinois, on the 23d of May, 1839, for the purpose of determining 



HISTORY OF ADAHS COUNTY. 'JbO 

whether the town should become incorporated or not, the following num- 
ber of votes were given, to-wit. : In favor of incorporation, forty-one votes ; 
against becoming incorporated, nine. 

We hereby certify that the above is a true statement of the polls at said election. 

A. W. Shhts. President, 
Alex. S. Aberxethy, Clerk. 

COmfTY SEAT COXTEST COLUilBrS. 

The principal argument used in this bitter contest was the geographi- 
cal idea, which the Columbus friends showed up in all its phases. It was 
only eighteen or twenty miles from the remotest portion of Adams county 
to Columbus, while, it was nearly double the distance to Quincy from the 
bordering precincts. 

There was a paper printed in Columbus during this time to which all 
contributed who were interested in the decision against Quincy. It was 
understood that A. Jonas was the moving spirit, and he was well supported 
by the eastern Adamsites, without regard to politics. This paper, after sur- 
viving the rude shocks of internecine war, and seeing the advent of quietness, 
under a united Adams county, was destined to witness still farther strug- 
gles and perish for its opinions on the classic shores of 2^auvoo. 

The Columbus Advocate was bought by the company who started tht; 
" Naitvoo Expositor,''' principal among whom was Frank Higbee. The tirst 
appearance of the sheet called down the indignation of Joe Smith & Com- 
pany, who having met in council and declared it a nuisance, proceeded " to 
abate it." The fragments of this press and its appendages became like " the 
blood of the martyrs, the seed of the church," though not the Mormon 
Church. Other portions of our history refer to this occasion so that no more 
mention need here be made. 

Mr. Wesley McCann retained his commission as Justice of the Peace 
for Adams county, as also did James A. Bell, who lived a few miles east of 
Columbus, L. McFarland, of Houston, and Esquire McClintock, of Liberty. 
These justices considered themselves acting under their original commis- 
sions for four years, or until their successors were duly elected and com- 
missioned. 

The election in the contest for the change in the location of the county 
seat from Quincy to Columbus, was held on Monday, the second day of 
August, ISil, and the certificate of the abstract of the poll books is in the 
following words as spread upon the record of the County Commissioners' 
Court. 

Abstract of the poll books of an election held in the Covmty of Adams and State of lUi- 
nois, on Monday, the second day of August, in the year of our tord one thousand eight hun- 
dred and fortyi)ne. Columbus had sixteen hundred and thirty-six votes for county seat. 
Quincy bad fifteen hundred and forty-five votes for cotmty seat. 

(Signed.) Hexry AsBrRv, .J. P. [Seal.] 

W. D. McCa>-x, J. P. [Seal.] 

Upon the oflicial announcement of the result of the election, the friends 
\ of Quincy, by their counsel, Abraham Wheat, Esq., and Andrew Johnston, 



280 UISTOEY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Esq., presented a petition to the County Commissioners' Court, which was 
filed on the 7th day of September, 1841, against the removal of the county 
seat from Quincy to Columbus, the reasons they gave being embraced in 
the subjoined copy of the petition as taken from official i-ecords. 

To THE Honorable Wm. Riciiauds, GEonoE Smith, and Eli Seehorn, County Com- 
missionem nf Adams County: 

The undersigQcd citizens of Adams county beg leave respecttully to represent that the 
returns of llie late etection held for the removal of the county seat of said county from 
Quincy to Columbus, have been made, as your petitioners have been informed, and believe, 
in favor of said removal, by a majority of ninety-one votes; that as your petitioners are 
informed and believe, a number of illegal votes have been found upon said poll books in 
favor of Columbus, exceeding the number o^ one hundred, and thus your petitioners con- 
sider it doubtful whether a majority of legal votes were cast at said election for Quincy or 
Columbus; that your petitioners are further informed that at several of the precincts in said 
county, the said election was not held and conducted conformably to law, nor the returns 
thereof made in accordance to the provisions of the law; that your petitioners are desirous 
upon the foregoing and other grounds, to contest the validity and correctness of said elec- 
tion and the returns thereof; that the law providing for said election does not point out 
specially any method for contesting the same; that the said law provides that the returns of 
said election shall be certified to your honorable body, and does not provide for the revision 
thereof by anv other authority. That your petitioners have given notice by publication in 
the Quincy Whiij of their intention to contest the said election before three justices of the 
peace, in the manner provided in case of contested elections of justices of the peace; that 
your petitioners entertain some doubts whether the said election ought to be contested before 
the said justices or before this honorable court, and that your petitioners desire to know in 
what manner this honorable court will permit the said election to be contested. Therefore 
they pray this honorable court that upon a hearing of this petition it will be pleased to 
order as follows, to-wit: 

1st. That all proceedings for the removal of the county seat be suspended, and post- 
poned until the termination of this contest. 

2d. That this court will permit the said election to be contested before them, and will 
appoint a time and place for the hearing thereof; and, 

3d. That, in case this court shall decline to make the order above prayed for, it will be 
pleased to order all proceedings for the removal of the county seat to be staj'ed and sus- 
pended until the decision of said contest before said three justices under the notice afore- 
said, and your jietilioners will ever pray, etc. 

Signed, Joel Rice, 

J. H. Luce, 
John Wood, 
J. T. Holmes. 

Committee on behalf of the legal voters of Adams county, in favor of the seat of justice 
being retained at Quincj'. 

Quincy, Adams county, Illinois, ) 

Monday, 6th of September, 1841. ) 

The opinion of two members of the court upon the above petition, 
involving a question of local interests, which was mi.xed with not a little per- 
sonal feeling engendered by the contest, we believe, in justice to an impar- 
tial account, should be given. The questions presented in the petition were 
treated in an opinion of some length by William Richards and Eli See- 
horn, two of the commissioners. The opinion as filed by them was in the 
following words, which we have taken from official records of their proceed- 
ings in the matter: 

Opinion op Wn.i.iAM Richards and Eli Seeiiorn: 

After hearing the matter discussed by the attorneys and counsel on each side of the 
question, we, William Richards and Eli Sechorn, two of the county commissioners, have 
made and delivered the following opinion, to-wit. : In the matter of the question of Joel 
Rice and others, praying for a contest of the validity of the late election for the removal of 
the seat of justice of this county presented to this Court on yesterday. 




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HISTOET OF ADAMS COUNTY. 287 

The petitioners represent, among other things, that at the election held on the second 
day of August last, for the removal of the seat of justice of this county from Quiucy to 
Columbus, there were more than one hundred illegal votes polled in favor of the removal to 
Columbus, as they are informed and believe, and further, that at several of the precincts the 
said election was not held and conducted conformably to the law, nor the returns thereof 
made according lo the provisions of the law, and that they pray that this court will permit 
the said election to be contested before them, a,nd will appoint a time and place for the hear- 
ing thereof, and that all proceedings for the removal of Die county seat be suspended and 
postponed until the termination of such contest. It is contended by counsel for petitioners 
in their arguments, that this court has the power of hearing the contest of the validity of 
said election ; that such power is inherent in the law authorizing the election and incident 
lo the duties imposed on this court in the event of Columbus receiving a majority of the 
legal votes. On the other side it is contended by counsel that there is no law authorizing 
the contest prayed for, and that the legislature never intended that said election should be 
contested, else it would have given the power and pointed out in the law itself the mode of 
conducting such contest. 

The question presented is to this Court a new one, and unaided by the lights of legal 
learning, the Court has felt that it is a difUcult one to decide. It is to be regretted that the 
Legislature did not itself especially provide for coutasting its validity. Such a provision 
would have had a great tendency to prevent frauds from being committed. This, however, 
it has not done, and the question to be determined is whether this Court has the power of 
hearing the contest. If it has, it cannot be desired that it has also the power to prescribe 
the time, place and mode of conducting said contest, for this would be incident to the other. 
It appears from the certificate of Mr. Wren, our clerk, certifying the election returns to us 
that there were ninety-one majority votes polled in favor of the removal. The represen- 
tation of the petitioners, if true, show that there were more than that number of illegal 
votes polled in favor of the removal to Columbus. The Court are very well satisfied that 
they have the power of going behind the clerk's certificate for the purpose of ascertaining 
correctly facts on which any of its orders or actions are to be based, when doubts arise, else 
in many cases, irreparable injuries might be done without adequate remedy. Neither the 
certificate of said clerk nor those of the judges of the election can in their opinion be 
OD\y prinut facia evidence of the existence of the facts to which they certify. This being 
the case, the Court are of the opinion that it has the power of hearing a contest of the 
validity of the said election, and the Court is further strengthened in this opinion from the 
provisions of the case itself, authorizing the election. The Court is well satisfied that the 
Legislature never intended that persons not qualified to vote at said election for county 
officers, should vote either for or against the removal of the seat of justice. Indeed it would 
be absurd to entertain the contrary opinion. The first section' of the law authorizing 
the election— The Laws of Illinois, 1841, page 94— says: At which election, the clerk 
thereof shall open two columns, the one for Quincy, the other for Columbus, and shall 
take and record the vote for each qualified voter for one of the aforesaid places as 
the seat of justice for said county. And in the same section it says that the said election 
shall be conducted and the returns thereof made in the same manner as is provided 
inordinary cases of the election of justices of the peace, and the second section of the same 
law provides that if at such election, Columbus shall receive the greatest number of votes 
for said seat of justice, then it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners' Court of said 
count)', without delay, to cause to be erected, purchased or rented, suitable buildings in the 
town of Columbus, for a court-house, etc. If then, at said election, there were illegal votes 
polled, or it was not conducted or the returns thereof made in the manner provided in 
ordinary cases of the election of justices of the peace, more has been done than was even 
intended by the Legislature. In short, the Court are of the opinion that the Legislature 
intended simply that there should be a fair expression of the opinion of the legal voters of 
this county as to whether the seat of justice should be removed or not. This intention may 
have been defeated by fraudulent voles or by the election being conducted in an illegal 
manner or in both ways, and if the representations of the petitioners are true, there" is 
grounds to believe that such is the case, and the Court believe it is their duty to so construe the 
law as to carry out the intentions of the Legislature. They therefore decide that they will 
hear the contest of said election and suspend any further action in reference to the removal 
of said seat of justice until after said contest. 

[Signed] WnxiAM Richards. 

Er.i Seehorn. 

To this decision of William Richards and Eli Seehorn, a inaiority of 
the Commissioners' Court, a "dissenting opinion " or protest was filed by 
George Stnith, the other member of the court, which, from the official 
records, appears in the following language: 



288 HISTORY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 

Qdincy, Sept. 8tli, 1841. 
The undersigned, one of the county commissioners of the connty of Adams, presents the 
following protest against a decision of a majority of tlie commissioners of said county, as 
made on the 7th inst., relative to contesting an election held in August last, removing the 
Beat of justice of said county from (Juincy to Columbus. The undersigned protests because 
said decision was not warranted by law, the Court having no jurisdiction in cases of con- 
tested elections, it being a court of limited jurisdiction, where duties are prescribed by the 
statute of the State, and it is believed by the undersigned that any act of said court, not 
granted them by law limiting the duties and powers would be a direct viol.it ion of their oath ot 
oflice and an act of unwarrantable usurpation. I protest, because said decision is calculaled 
to op|)ress the ta.v-paycrs with a burtlu-nsomc tax of several thousand dollars. To investi- 
gate a matter, whether true or false, must finally be decided by the tribunals of the land to 
be without law or precedence, and alisolutely null and void. I protest, because, from the 
showing of the petitioners themselves, the}' have doubts whether the remedy tor the sup- 
posed grievances is in this Court or in some other, and they also admit there is no law 
clearly giving this Court the right to hcaj said petition, and ask the Court to decide so 
important a matter as the rights of three thousand people, upon at least a very doubtful 
questiou, without showing to the Court that it is their last resort, and imlcss they prevent an 
investigation, injustice will follow. I protest because the petition (setting aside the question 
of jurisdiction) does not show sufiicient grounds upon which the Court could come to the 
conclusion that either fraud, illegality or informality was committed in said election, all 
the evidence before said Court being rumor and belief formed thereon, without stating facts. 
No names are given of illegal voters; no precinct specified at which the judges and clerks 
were not sworn according to law, nor any particular informality in the returns thereof, all 
of which I believe was absolutely requisite to enable the Court to decide understandingly. 
Finally, the undersigned protests, because he believes that if fraud has been committee! or 
informality made in the returns of said election, and the party aggrieved has a ri^ht to con- 
test at all" either the authority of the Circuit Court or the magistrates as provided in the 
case of contesting county officers is less doubtful than this Court to grant the prayer of the 
petitioners, and that this Court cannot lake cognizence of the matter without arrogating 
to itself legislative powers by violating the laws of their State, and entailing upon tlie county 
all the evils that must inevitably fall on acts of injustice and oppression. Therefore, the 
undersigned would ask leave to enter the foregoing protest upon the records of said cotmty. 
[Signed] George Smith. 

From the decision of William Ricliards aiid Eli Seehorn, the majority 
of the commissioners, Wiiliard Graves and others, by Nehemiah Bushnell, 
their counsel, prayed an appeal, which was granted on condition that they 
give a good bond, in the sntn of one hundred dollars, to be paid provided 
the decision of the majority of the Court should be confirmed. 

After the decision of the County Commissioners' Court, the friends of 
Quincy carried the contest to the Legislature at Springfield, and succeeded 
in getting a special law through that body, dividing the county and cre- 
ating a new county, which was called Marquette, a very complete account 
of which may be obtained from a perusal of the act, which, for the purpose 
of an unbiased and more full account of this affair, is inserted in our record 
of this local contest: 
Aj^^ Act to Cre.vte TitE County of Marquette, asu for other purposes therein 

MENTIONED. 

Section 1. Jif it enacted by the People of the Stute of Illinois represented in the Oen- 
ernl Assembly: That all jiart of the now county of Adams lyin,^ east of range 7, west of the 
fourth principal Meridian, and also sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36, of township 1, south of 
the base line in the aforesaid range 7, be, and the same is, hereby created into a new county, 
to be called the county of Marquette. 

Sec. 2. There shall be an election on the first Monday of April next at the different 
places of voting for justices of the [leace and const.ibles in the limits of said county of Mar- 
quette; said election shall be conducted by the present judges ot election in said county 
who have been appointed by the county of" Adams according to the election laws of this 
State, at which election the legal voters of the' said county of Marquette shall elect all 
county officers forsiid county, excepting school commissioner and one county commissioner 
and coroner, who shall be qualified jind commissioned as similar officers are in other coun- 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 289 

ties of this State. Said officers so elected and qualified sliall liold their offices until the ue.xt 
ensuing general election for such offices now provided by law, and until tlieir successors arc 
legallj' qualified, and shall have the same jurisdiction, and discharge all the duties -within 
the limits of the said county of Marquette, that are or may be required by law of similaT" 
officers in other counties of this State ; Prooidcd, howecer, that the person receiving the high- 
est number of votes at said election for county commissioner shall hold his office until the^ 
first Monday of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty -live, 
and until his successor shall be "elected and qualified, anything in this section contained to 
the contrary notwithstanding. 

Sec. 3. Within five days after said election the judges of the election at their diflerent 
places of holding the same shall return the poll-books thereof to the town of Columbus, in 
said county of Marquette, directed to Wesley D. McCann, an acting justice of the peace 
within the limits of said county, who, together with anj- two other acting justices of the 
peace of said county, shall meet in said town ot Columbus within seven days after said 
election and proceed to open said election returns, and do and perform such other duties in 
relation to said returns as are now required of clerks of County Commissioners' Courts by 
law in relation to similar returns. 

Sec. 4. As soon as the county officers shall have been elected and qualified the said 
county of Marquette shall be considered organized, and the clerk of the County Commis- 
sioners' Court shall give notice there of to the judge of the FifthJudicial Circuit, who shall 
thereupon appoint a clerk for the Circuit Court of said county, and shall hold court in the 
said county at the town of Columbus until the county seat of said county shall be located 
as hereinafter provided. Said county of Marquette shall constitute and form a part of the 
FifthJudicial Circuit until otherwise provided bylaw; and it shall be the duty of the 
judge of said circuit to hold two terms of said court in said county annually at such times-" 
as he may order and appoint, or at such time as may be provided by law. 

Sec. 5. All suits and prosecutions that have been commenced, or that may hereafter 
be commenced in the Circuit Court of Adams county before the organizati'^n of the said 
county of Marquette, shall not be aflected by this act, but all suits and prosecutions so 
commenced as aforesaid shall be prosecuted to final termination in the Circuit Court of the 
said count}' of Adams, and the officers of the said county of Adams are hereby authorized 
and required to issue and execute all writs that may be necessary to the prosecution of all 
such suits and prosecutions to final termination anywhere within the limits of said county 
of Marquette. 

Sec. 6. All justices of the peace and constables elected within the county of Adams, 
and who reside in the limits of the countj' of Marquette, shall hold their offices and have 
jurisdiction in the said county of Marquette as though they had been originally elected in 
said county. 

Sec. 7. Daniel Harrison, school commissioner ; George Smith, one of the county com- 
missioners, and .lonas Grubb, the coroner of the present count}' of Adams, and whoreside 
within the limits of the said county of JIarquette, shall, after the organization of the said 
county of Marquette, hold their respective offices within and for the same until their pres- 
ent terms of ofiice expire, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the County Commissioners' 
Court of the said county of Maniuctte, as soon as the same shall be organized, to notify the 
clerk of the County Commissioners' Court of the said county of Adains thereof, when each 
of said offices within said county of Adams shall be deemed and considered vacant, which 
said vacancies in said Adams county shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies occa- 
sioned by other causes. 

Sec. 8. The school funds belonging to the several townships in the county of Adams, 
and all moneys, notes, and mortgages appertaining to the same shall be paid and delivered 
over to the school commissioner of said county of Adams by the school commissioner of the 
said county of Marquette as soon as the school commissioner of the county of Adams shall 
be duly elected and qualified; and also all moneys and interest arising from the school col- 
lege, and seminary fund which may belong to said county of Adams. 

Sec. 9. At the next general election and until a new apportionment of representa- 
tion shall be made among the several counties of this State, the county of Adams shall elect 
three representatives, and the county of Marquette to the general assembly of this State, and 
in case a vacancj' shall happen in the oliices of senator from the county of Adams, the said' 
county of Adams and county of Marquette shall vote together to fill such vacancy, and the 
said counties shall continue so to do until a new apportionment shall be made, and in case 
of election for senator it shall be the duty of the clerk of the County Commissioners' Court 
of the county of Marquette within four days after the returns of such election lias been 
made to him, to meet the clerk of the County Commissioners' Court of the county of Adams, 
at his office in the city of Quincy, and the two clerks together shall compare the polls and 
deliver a certificate to the person elected, and also a transcript of the votes for senator to the 
secretary of State. 

Sec. 10. For the purpose of fixing the permanent seat of justice for the said county of 
Marquette, it shall be the duties of the judges of election at the time and place of voting for 
county officers as provided for in this act, to cause as many columns as there may be voted 



290 IIIISIORV OF ADAMS COUNTY 

for to bo ruled on the poll-books of said election. At the head oi each column a separate 
place shall be entered as candidates for the county seat of said county of Marquette ; at said 
election all the legal voters of said county shall vote for one of the places designated, the 
places to be agreed upon by the voters of saiil county in any number they may see proper, 
and the place receiving a majority of all the votes given shall be the permanent seat of jus- 
tice for said county; but if no jjlace shall receive a majority of all the votes given then it 
shall be l;iu fill for tlie said legal voters to meta at the several places of holding elections on 
the tirst Monday of August next, and then anil there select and vote for one of the two places 
only liaving the highest number of voles at the former electiim, and the place having a 
majority of all the legal votes given shall be the permanent seat of justice of the said county 
of Marquette. 

Sec. 11. Tliat the County Commissioners' Court of said county of Marquette be and 
the same is hcreliy autliori/.ed and empowered at any regular term lliereolu In never it shall 
be deemed expedient by an order to be entered on its records to appoint some competent 
person as a commissioner for the purpo.se hereinafter expressed, who shall lake and sub- 
scribe an oath faithfully and carefully to perform suih duties a.s shall l)e reijuired of him 
by this act; which oath may be administered and certified to the clerk of the aforesaid 
court by any justice of the peace of said connt^-. 

Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the t.'ounty Commissioners' Court of said county when it 
makes such a|)pointmenl, or as soon tliereafter as may be convenient, to provide a sufficient 
number of blank-books for the purpose contemplated by this act, substantially bound and 
suitable for recording deeds in, whicli hooks, when provided, shall be delivered to the afore- 
said commissioner, who shall recei])! to the clerk for the siiine. 

Sec. 13. As soon as such book or books shall be delivered to said commissioner, he shall 
record in each book a copy of the order of his appointiuent, and of his oath of office, and 
proceed in due time to the office of the recorder of the county of Adams, and shall from 
the books in said office make out and record in a fair and legible manner in the book or 
hooks furnished him, all deeds and title papers, together with the acknowledgments and cer- 
tificates appertaining llierelo of lands lying in the aforesaid county of Marquette, which 
have been recorded in the oHk-e of the recorder of said countv of Adams, and when the 
said commissioner shall have finished transcribing the aforesaid records contemplated by 
the recorder of the said county of Adams, shall estimate the number of bonds and other 
tith' papers which said commissioner shall have transcribed into such book or books, and 
certify the same to the County Commissioners' Court of stiiil county of Adams, which shall 
thereupon make an order in tavor of said commissioner for the sum of twenty-five cents for 
each deed bv him transcribed as aforesaid, to be paid as other county orders are. 

Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the recorder of the county of Aciams to jiermit said 
commissioner to make transcripts ot all and every such deed and title paper, and for that 
purpose to use the books in which such instruments may be recorded. 

Sec. 15. The said County Commissioners' Court, of said Marquette county, shall have 
power to fill all vacancies in the said otlice of commissioner. 

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the aforesaid commissioner after transcribing the afore- 
said deeds and title papers into the books so to be furnished him as aforesaid, to return the 
said books to the recorder of the saij county of Marquette, and it shall be the duty of said 
recorder to make a certificate to that etfect at the end of each book. 

Sec. 17. The said commissioner on transcribing the deeds and title papers aforesaid 
into the books so provided as aforesaid, shall immediately after transcribing each deed, title 
paper, acknowledgment and certificate, note in the said book at what time, in what office, 
book and page, the same was originally recorded, and when such transcribed record books 
shall be delivered to the recorder of the saiil county of Marquette, they shall to all intents 
and purposes be considered and taken as books of record of title papers and deeds for the 
said county of Marquette, and co])ies of such transcrilied records, certified by the recorder 
of said county, shall be evidence in all courts and places in the same manner that copies of 
deeds and title papers regularly le.ordeil in the rec<irder's otlice ot said county, are evidence 
and with the same ett'ect. 

Sec is. The debt now outstanding against the said county of Adams shall be paid by 
said county, and the said county of Marquette shall forever be released from the same; and 
it shall be tiie duty of the governor of this State, on or before the first day of Ai)ril next, to 
appoint three suitable and disinterested persons not residents of either aforesaid counties, as 
commissioners, who shall, before entering upon the duties of their aforesaid oliice, make 
and subscribe their respective oaths or affirmations well and truly to discharge the duties 
required of them under the provisions of this act, impartially and to the best of their judg- 
ments and abilities, before some justice of the peace of the said county of Adams, who shall 
certify the same to the clerk of the County Commissioners' Court of said count)', and which 
shall be filed by him in his office. 

Seo. IS). It shall be the duties of the aforesaid commissioners, within one month after 
their said appointment, on some day to be agreed up(m by them, to repair to the seat of 
justice of the county of Adams, and then and there, alter making the aforesaid oath or 
affirmation, ascertain from the records of said county ; first, the value of taxable property 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 291 

lying and being within the limits of the now county of Adams, from the book or books of 
the assessor of said county for the year of eighteen hundred and forty-two, according to the 
value of said property as set down "in said book or books; secondly, the said commissioners 
shall in like manner,"and from the same source, ascertain the value of taxable property lying 
and being within the limits of the said county of Marquette; thirdly, the said commission- 
ers shall ascertain the amount of the debt outstanding against the county of Adams at the 
time of the passage of this act; fourthly, the said commissioners shall appraise and value 
the court house and jail of said county of Adams, and all other property, either real or per- 
sonal, and all moneys, notes, bonds, etc., of every description, owned and belonging to the 
said count}- of Adams at the time of said appraisement, provided, hotoever, that the public 
squ.'ire in the city of Quincy shall be excepted from the provisions of this section, unless 
said public square should at any time hereafter be sold and converted into private property, 
in which event the county of JIarquctte shall be entitled to one-half of the proceeds of such 
sale, and excepting also from the provisions of this section the cemetery and market house 
and lot in said cit_y of Quincy ; fifthly, the said commissioners shall deduct from the value 
of said court house and jail the amount of the aforesaid outstanding debt against the said 
county of Adams, and then make out a duplicate award under their hands aijd seal, setting 
forth the result of the investigations hereinbefore required of them, and in which thej' shall 
award, to be paid by the said county of Adams to the said county of Marquette, such pro- 
portion of the balance of the appraised value of said court house and jail, after deducting 
the amount of the aforesaid outstanding debt against the said county of Adams, as the value 
of said taxable property lying and being witlnn the limits of the said county of Marquette, 
loans to the value of the taxable property lying and being within the limits of the now 
county of Adams, and when the said award shall be so made out as provided in this section, 
one copy thereof shall be delivered by said commissioners to the clerk of the County Com- 
missioners' Court of the county ot Adams, antl the other to the clerk of the County Commis- 
sioners' Court of the said county of Marquette, and the same shall be tiled by the said clerks 
in their respective offices. 

Sec. 20. At the first regular term of the County Commissioners' Court of the county of 
Adams, after the said award thall be filed as aforesaid, the said court shall make an order in 
favor of the said county of JIan incite Ibr the amount so awarded, to be paid to it by the 
said county of Adams, as in the la.'-t preceding section provided, and the said amount shall 
then l)e considered due from the saitl county of Adams to the said county of Marquette, and 
shall be paid in the the same manner as other debts against said county. 

Sec. 21. The said eomiuissioners, for the purpose of discharging the duties required 
of them by this act, shall have free access to the records of said Adams county, but shall 
not be permitted to remove from their respective offices any books or papers belonging 
thereto, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the County Commissioners' Court of said 
county, and of all other officers of said county whom the said commissioners may deem it 
necessary to call upon, to aid them in the investigation aforesaid, for which said services, 
so to be rendered as aforesaid, the said clerk and other officials shall make no charge 
against the said county of Adams. 

Sec. 22. The said commissioners may adjourn their meetings from time to time, to 
suit their convenience, but shall use all reasonable dispatch in the discharge, as herein- 
before required of them, and the concurrence of any two of them in any act or duty herein- 
before required of them shall be valid and binding to all intents and purposes; and they 
shall be paid by the county of Adams in the same manner as other charges against said 
county, three dollars each per day during the time actually employed in the discharge of 
their aforesaid duties, and for every day's necessary travel in going to and from the said 
seat of justice of the said county of Adams. 

Sec. 33. As soon as the said county of Marquette shall be organized, and the clerk of 
the County Commissioners' Court of said county of Adams notified thereof, the treasurer 
of said county of Adams shall pay and deliver over to the treasurer of the county of Mar- 
quette, lor the use of said county, such proportion of the funds now in the treasury of the 
said county of Adams, for the use of said county, and in the kind of funds in which the 
same was collected, as the value of the taxable property lying and being within the said 
county of iliiniuctte bears to the value of the taxable property lying and being within the 
now cmuity of Adams, as appears upon the book or books of the assessor of said Adams 
county, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, and the taxes assessed on the property 
lying and being within the limits of said county of Marquette, for the year eighteen hun- 
dred and forty-two, shall be collected by the collecting officer of the county of Adams, the 
same as if said county had not been divided, and the amount collected for the use of the 
county paid into the county treasury of the said county of Adams, the same as now required 
bylaw; and the treasurer of the county of Adams shall immCi. lately thereafter pay and 
deliver over to the treasurer of the county of Marquette, for the use of the said county, 
such proportion of the aforesaid amount as the value of said taxable property lying and 
being within the limits of said county of >rarqu(tt<- bears to the value of said taxable 
property lying and being within the limits of the now county of Adams, as appears upon 
the aforesaid book or books of the aforesaid assessor; and it shall be the duty of the afore- 



292 III.STOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

sail! treasurer of said county of Adams to take duplicate receipts for the money so to be 
paid t)y him as aforesaid, from the treasurer of the said county of JFarquette, one of wliich 
he shall cause to be filed in the office of tlie County Commissioners' Court of said county 
of Adams. 

This act shall take etfect and be in foree from and after the i)assage thereof. 
Approved February 11th, 1843. 

The question as to whetlier Marquette was legally created, was 
deterniined in the Supreme Court of the State, at the December term, 
1843, in the case of the People ex relatione, Andrew Redman vs. Nicholas 
Wren, county clerk of Adams count}-. Redman had been elected a justice 
of the peace for Columbus precinct, in Marquette county, and he brought 
the suit in the shape of an application for a writ of mandamus to compel 
Nicholas Wren, as clerk of Adams coilnty, to issue his certificate of elec- 
tion. In the opinion in this case the Court say, "That the county of Mar- 
quette was absolutely created by the first section of the act entitled 'An 
act to create the county of Marquette,'^etc., and it was not left optional with 
the inhabitants to organize or not; but whether organized or not it was abso- 
lutely separated, for election i>urposes, from Adams county. The jurisdic- 
tion of Adams county, for the purpose of count}' government, did not 
extend over tlie county of Marquette on the 7th day of August, 1843." 
The principal argument urged on behalf of Redman, the relator in this 
case, was tliat to give Marquette the essential constituents of a county it 
must be organized, and that until organized the people were deprived of 
the right of exercising the elective franchise unless they were ]>ermitted to 
vote with Adams county; and it was asked whether the Legislature could 
possibly intend to do an act that could be productive of such injustice ! 
The Court go on to say: "The whole of this argument is founded on 
fallacy. First, the inhabitants of Marquette have all the rights, powers 
and capacities possessed by citizens of any other county in this State, and 
the consequences complained of spring from a neglect to exercise these 
capacities. Secondly, it was their duty to elect officers at the time and in 
the manner prescribed by law. They had the capacity to do this, and failed 
to exercise that capacity, so that, instead of being deprived of rigiits thej' 
have neglected the performance of specific duties. Men who neglect to 
vote for county officers at a general election, might as well complain of 
being deprived of tiie elective franchise. It must be recollected that there 
are other rights than those of the inhabitants of Marquette concerned in 
this question. Tiie inhabitants of Adams have their rights also. They 
have organized in conformity to law,' and constitute a separate community, 
with separate interests, subject to the control and management of a dis- 
tinct corporation, and for the citizens of Manjuette to interfere in the 
municipal government of Adams county would be an invasion of corporate 
rights of citizens. In a case like tlie present, the duty of the Court is 
plain and obvious; our duty is not to declare what the Legislature ought 
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declnro what the hiw is. If a hiw operates oppressively it is the province 
of the Le^^islatiire to afford redress; but while it continues a law, it is the 
duty of the citizens to obey it, and of courts of justice to declare and 
enforce it." The application of the writ was refused, and the relator 
ordered to pay the costs. 

Although elections took place at stated times and places, no officers 
ever qualified, and Marquette county paid no taxes for the term of five years, 
to State or county. There was no prince or potentate to rule this people; 
as sheep without a shepherd, they browsed around as they pleased — yet we 
are told that there was no lawlessness, vice, or violence among the people, 
but prosperity prevailed on every hand. At last there was an election for 
the Legislature, after the county had changed its name to Highland, and 
Edward H. Buckley and Willis H. Chapman were sent to Springfield. Their 
certificate was given them by Wesley I). McCann, J. P. for Adams county. 
He received, in those I'ays, all the returns of elections and was de facto 
county clerk. There is no doubt but the old es([uire bore his extra honors 
with becoming dignity. 

When Higliland was fully organized, the seeds of dissension sown in 
the county seat contest, years before, began to spring up on the question of 
geographical cditre. Columbus had made a weapon of this argument, and 
now the residents of'' Bush Prairie" figured themselves out to be nearer 
the centre of Highland county than Columbus was. They made use of the 
proverbial expression, which was new in those days, tliat " what was sauce 
for tlie goose was sauce for the gander." They nevertheless failed to secure 
the honor of the county seat, and Columbus kept it until the Legislature 
reunited the divided county. 

HIGHLAND COUNTY. 

The contest was continued at home and in the Legislature and Supreme 
Court at Springfield, by the various interests involved, until 1846, in 
December. Speeches were made throughout the county, at every school- 
house, church or other available place of holding meeting, by the oratorical 
friends of the difterent localities. It was the topic of discussion on every 
occasion, in the field, the shop, the family, the store, or wherever inen might 
chance to meet. Hon. E. H. Buckley, who was a lawyer, practicing at that 
time in Columbus, and one of the ablest and most influential friends of 
Columbus, was elected to the Legislature from Marquette county, and at 
the session of the Legislature which met in December, 1846, Mr. Buckley 
prepared, and through his ability and persevering efibrts overcame a strong 
opposition and procured the passage of a law, changing tlie name of Mar- 
quette county, and creating the county of Highland, by adding a small 
portion of Gilmer township. This may be regarded as the final legislation 
in the contest, as it is an act by which the long and bitter contest was ter- 
minated. For that and its historical interest, it is inserted in full: 



294 HISTORY OF adams county. 

An Act to change tlie name of the county of Marquette, to orgmiize the same and to attach a 
portion of the count;/ of Adamn thereto, to provide for the collection of reeenue therein, 
and for other purposes therein mentioned. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of tlie State of Illinois, represented in 
Qeneriil Assembly, that the county heretofore known by the nanie of Martjuette county, 
shall hereafter be known ami called by the name of Highland county. 

Sec. 2. All that part of the now county of Adams, Ij'ing east of the line commencing 
at the northwest corner of section two (2), in town.ship two (2), north of the base line and 
range seven (7), west of the principal-meridian, running thence due south on said sectional 
line, eighteen miles, to the township line, running between townships one (1) and two (2), 
south, thence east on said township line, two miles, to range line, between si.\ and seven 
west, as aforesaid be, and the same is hereby attached to and made a part of the county 
of Highland aforesaid. 

Seo. :i. There shall be an election held in the said county of Highland, on the first 
Mondaj' of April next, in all the precincts of said county, as laid o(f by the county of 
Adams, for use of county otlicers of the ci>unty ot Highland, including two justices of the 
peace and two constables for each of said precincts, which said election shall be held and 
conducted in all rcsjiects as re<|uired by the general election laws of this Stale, as is now 
provided by law ; J'rorided, hoteevir. the County Commissioners' Couit of Highland shall, at 
their first session, in and for said county of Highland, determine by lot, as is now provided 
by law, their respective terms of otlice, so that the one shall expire on the first Jlonday of 
August next, and one on the first Monday of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, "and 
one on the first Monday of August, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and in case of the con- 
test of any of the offlcors named, it shall be determined according to the laws concerning 
contested elections. 

Sec. 4. Within five days after said election is held, the judges of said election shall 
make returns of the jioll. books thereof to Wesley D. McCann, at his office, in the town of 
Columbus, in said county of Highland, or in case of his death or absence, to James A. Bell, 
at his oflice, in said town of Columbus, who, together with two justices of the peace of 
said connly, shall meet within eight d.iys from tlie said day of election, at the ofiice of the 
said Wesley D. McCann or James A. Bell, (as the case may be) and then and there open and 
compare said poll-books and returns, as aforesaid, and do and perform all such acts as are 
required by the laws ot this State. Open returns are made to the County Commissiimers' 
Court and the said Wesley D. McCann or .lames A. Bell, (as the case may be) are hereby 
required to perform all such duties, in relation to said returns, as the clerks of the County 
Commissioners' Court are required to do and perform, under the election laws of this State. 
Sec. .5. Sections 1, 4, fi, 9, U, 12, 13, 14, l.">, 16 and 17, of "An Act to create the county 
of -Marquette and for other purposes therein mentioned," approved February 11th, 184;i, be, 
and the same are hereby declared a part of this act, exce]>t the name Marquette; wherever 
it occurs in said sections, it shall be so changed as to read Highland, and except the 
boundaries of Marquette county, as fully as if the same were set out in full and incorpor- 
ated into this act, and sections 2, 3, 7,8, IS, 1!). 20, 21, 22 and 2:i of said act are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 6. The county commissioners of said county shall hold their first court in the 
said town of Columbus, in said county of Highland," and the courts of justice for -said 
county shall be holden in said town of Columbus, as aforesaid, until provision by law shall 
be made to hold them elsewhere. 

Sec. 7. As soon as the said county of Highland is organized, the school commission- 
ers of the county of Adams shall deliver and pay over to the school commissioners of the 
county of Highland all the school funds belonging to the several townships in the county 
of Highlaiul, and all moiuys, notes, and nuuigages a]>pirtaining to the same, and also all 
moneys and iiileresl arising fnini the school, coliege and seniinarv fund which may belong 
to the county of Highland ; anil llu> auditor of the Stale is hereby authorized to pay over 
to the school commissioners of the county of Highland all moneys which heretofore have 
been and may hereatter be due and set apart to the county of Marquette as a portion of the 
school fund tine said county. 

Sec. 8. All letters ot administratiim which have been or may hereafter (before 
tlie organization of the county of Highland) be granted by the probatejustice of the peace 
of the county of Adams upon estates being or lying within the county of Marquette or 
Highland are hereby declared as legal as if letters, as aforesaid, had been granted in the 
county of Marquette, and the same shall be settled in the county of Adams as fully as if in 
said county of .Mar((uetle; and the liabililies of executors, administrators, and their securi- 
ties, are hereby declared tlie same as if letlers had been granted by the probate justice of 
the peace in and for said county of Marf|uelte, and all deeds, mortgages and other instru- 
ments in writing entitled to be reconled liy the laws of this State which have heretofore 
been recorded in the recorder's otlice of Adams county atVecting or relating to real or per- 
sonal projierty lying and being in tlie county of Marquette, or which shall hereafter be 
recorded in saiil" recorder's ofiice aflecting property in the county of Highland, before the 
organization of saiil county be and the same is hereby declared as valid as if thej- were re- 




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corded in the county of Marquette or Highlaud ; and all acknowledgments of deeds and 
other instruments in writing which have heretofore been acknowledged by justices of the 
peace of the county of Marquette, and all official acts of said justices of the peace shall be 
as valid as if said justices had been duly elected and qualified as justices of the peace of 
the county of Marquette. 

Sfx. 9. The assessor of taxes in and for the county of Highland for the year eighteen 
hundred and forty-seven shall at the same time he makes the assessment for the year eigh- 
teen hundred and forty-seven also make an assessment for the year eighteen hundred and 
forty-six; and the collector of the county of Highland shall collect the amount of the State 
tax "for the said year of eighteen hundretl and forty-six, at the same time and in the same 
manner as for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven : 

Provided, Saiii assessor in making said assessment for said year eighteen hundred and 
forty-six and the collector in collecting !,aid tax shall only make and collect the same upon 
property which was in and owned in said county of Slanniette in the year eighteen hun- 
dred and forty-six, and for the purpo.-r ni asrrrtainiiig the amount of personal property so 
owned as aforesaid, the assessor is Itrcbv (•iiiiiow<Ted to administer an oath to each person 
liable to be taxed as aforesaid and require him or her to answer on oath what amount of 
property he or she respectively held subject to taxation for the year eighteen hundred and 
forty-six; and upon refusal to'answer under oath, as aforesaid, the assessor shall be governed 
as is now provided bv law, as in case of refusal. 

Sec. 10. That the said county of Highland shall be and remain attached to the county 
of Adams for all judicial purpose's up to the time fixed for the organization of the said 
county of Highland and until the time for the officers to qualify as herein provided and not 
thereafter. 

Sec. 11. In case the said county of Highland shall organize within the time allowed 
in this act for the said county of Highland to organize, the tract of land attached by this 
bill to the said county of Highland from the county of Adams aforesaid by the second sec- 
tion of this act shall be and remain a part of the county of Adams. 

Sec. 12. In case the said county of Highlaud shall not organize within four months 
from the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the governor of this State to appoint 
some suitable person or persons to assess and' collect all the arrearages of taxes due the 
State of Illinois and now accruing in the said county of Highland; said assessors and col- 
lectors giving bond and security as the law now requires to be given by assessors and col- 
lectors of the revenue of the State and having the same rights and powers, discharging the 
same duties, and being in like manner liable as assessors and collectors now are by the 
laws of the State of Illinois. 

Sec. 1.3. The election for county officers as provided in the third section of this act 
shall be held on the third Monday in April ne.xt as is provided in said section, said election 
to be held and conducted in the same manner as therein provided, and it is hereby made 
the duty of the person to whom the returns of such an election are made to meet the county 
commissioner's clerk of the county of Adams at his office in Quincy within four days after 
the returns .are made to him, for the purpose of comparing the vote and ascertaining who 
has received a majority of votes for joint members from the counties of Adams and High- 
land to the convention of this State, and deliver a certificate to the person elected and trans- 
mit of said votes to the secretary of the State; and the said person to whom the returns of 
the election of Highland county is made shall make out and deliver to the person elected 
to the convention of this State from said county a certificate of election as aforesaid. 

Sec. 14. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. 
Approved Feb. 37, 1847. 

Col. C. A. Warren, in an address delivered at one of the " old settlers 
reunions," speaking of the contest to divide the county, facetiously re- 
marks, " There was a protracted session of the court and the legislature to 
decide which end of the county had been cut off when it had been divided 
in the middle; they finally decided that what God had put together no 
man should put asunder." 



296 UISTOEY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



CHAPTER Y 



THE MORMONS. 



Tiiis body of men and women came to Illinois after their expnision 
from Missouri, in which State their leaders h*d incurred the ill-will of the 
authorities, and had been subjected to trial before a court martial, and had 
been sentenced to be shot for treason, but their lives were saved by General 
Doniphan, who denounced the military proceedings and gave them the 
benefit of judicial trial. The whole body of Mormons came to Illinois in 
1830 and 18-40, and were at first received as an abused and persecuted, but 
innocent party. The}' selected Nauvoo, in Hancock county, as their head- 
quarters, and there they essayed to build up a city and a temple. As 
Hancock county joins Adams on the north, all of these ])roceedings were 
of interest to the Adorns county people. 

In May, 1844, discussions began among the Mormons in jS'auvoo. 
Some citizens procured a press and began the publication of a paper not 
opposing Mormonism per se, but against the arrogance of Joseph Smitli, 
the prophet. Messrs. Blakesly and Iligbee addressed a large meeting at 
Quincy against the prophet. They were the persons proposing to estab- 
lish the new anti-Smith paper. In the week following, Mr. John P. Green, 
a Mormon, made a counter-speech. 

A prospectus of the new paper announced that its publication would 
begin June 7th, 1844, and its name would be The Nauvoo Expositor. The 
publishers were to be, Messrs. William Law, Wilson Law, Charles Ivins, 
Francis M. Iligbee, Robert D. Foster and Charles A. Foster. The paper 
proposed "to advocate the unconditional repeal of the Kauvoo City Charter," 
'•to advocate unmitigated disobedience to political revelations," " to advocate 
the freedom of speech in Nauvoo." 

This enterprise was destined to be short-lived, for, after the appear- 
ance of the first number on June 8th, Joe Smith called a meeting of the 
city council and issued an ordinance declaring the pa])er a nuisance. 

The Warsaw Signal Extra contains a communication from one of 
the publishers, Charles A. Foster, dated June 11th, 1S44. He says: "A 
comj)an3' consisting of some two hundred men, armed and equipped with 
muskets, swords, pistols, bowie-knives, sledge hammers, etc., assisted bj' a 
crowd of several hundred minions, who volunteered their services on the 
occasion, marched to the building, and breaking open the doors with a 
sledge hammer, commenced the work of destruction. They tumbled the 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 297 

press and materials into the street, set them on fire, demolished the machin- 
ery with a sledge hammer, and injured the building very materially." 

The ringleaders, though arrested, were brought before the municipal 
court on a writ of habeas corjnis, and " honorably discharged." Indig- 
nation meetings were held in Warsaw, and Carthage and Walter Bagby 
and O. C. Skinner were appointed to see the governor and represent the 
state of things. 

A public meeting of the citizens of Quincy was held, and a committee 
of twelve appointed to go to the scene of disturbance. Joseph Smith had 
declared martial law, and was making preparations to defend the city with 
a force of from three to four thousand men. The killing of Joe Smith and 
his brother Hiram, and William Kichards, took place June 28th, and was 
the cause of great excitement all through the country. According to one 
account, Joe Smith's body fell from the jail window pierced with six balls. 
His brother Hiram received five balls. Governor Ford was in Nauvoo at 
the time with some troops, but moved out before the news reached there. 
The governor having reached Quincy immediately issued an order, which, 
as far as we know, is the first proclamation and the only one that ever was 
dated from Quincy by a governor of Illinois: 

Headquakteks, Quincy, June 29, 1844. 

It, is ordered that the commandants of regiments in the counties of Adams, Marquette, 
Pilcc, Brown, Schuj-ler, Morgan, Scott, Cass, Fulton and McDonough, and the regiments 
comprising General Static's brigade, will call their respective regmients and • battalions 
together immediately upon the receipt of this order, and proceed by voluntary enlistment 
to enrol as many men as can be armed in their respective regiments. 

They will make arrangements for a campaign of twelve days, and will provide them- 
selves with arms, ammunitions and provisions accordingly, and hold themselves in readi- 
ness immediately to march upon the receipt of further orders. 

The independent companies of ritlemen, infantry, cavalry aud artillery, in the above- 
named counties, and in the county of Sangamon, will hold themselves in readiness in like 
manner. Thomas Ford, 

Governor and Commander-in-Chief. 

Previous to this, however, on account of the news before received, 
between two and three hundred men, under command of Major Flood, had 
departed by steamer for Nauvoo. They returned unscathed in a few days 
after. 

Governor Ford seemed very much alarmed at the condition of things, 
and acknowledged that he stood in dread of assassination by the belliger- 
ants. He remained some time in Quincy, as he considered it particularly 
eligible from a strategic point, and was here visited by deputations from 
the seat of disturbance. 

The excitement continued without abatement; and Quincy, Adams 
county, and adjoining counties were kept at fever heat by the i-eports con- 
tinually reaching the people, of lawless acts and threats. 

Governor Ford, in his history, narrates the many occurrences of those 
eventful times, but we have sought our information from various other 
sources, and produce some material not contained in his book. 



298 msTOKY OF adams county. 

Tlie following is the Mormon account of the death of the Smiths, and 
is taken from the Nauvoo NeUjhhor: 

AwKCi- Assassination! '''hk Pledged Faith ok the State of Illinois Stained with 
IxNdCKXT Blood hy a MohI 

On Jloiulay, the 24th inst. [June], after Gov Ford had sent word that those eighteen 
persons demanded on a warrant, among whom were Joseph Smith and Iliram Smith, 
should be protected by tlie militia of the State, tlicy. in eompauy with ten or twelve others, 
started for Carthage. Four miles from that place they were met by Captain Dunn, with a 
company of cavalry, who had an order from the Governor for the "JState Aniiii."Gen. Smith 
endorsed his acceptance of the same, and both parties returned to Xauvoo to obtain said 
arms. After tlie arms were obtained, both parties took up the line of march for Carthage, 
where they arrived about live minutes before twelve o'clock at night, Capt. Dunn nobly 
acquilting"us, landing us safely at Hamilton's Hotel. 

In the morning we saw the Governor, and he pledged the fuith of the State that we 
should be protected. General Smith and his brother, Hiram, were arrested on a warrant 
founded on the oath of H. O. Norton and Augustine Spencer, for tredn-n. Knowing the 
threats from several persons that the two Smiths sfiould never leave Cartilage iilive, we all 
began to be alarmeii for their personal safety. The (Governor and General Deming con- 
ducteil them before the .McDonough troops, and introduced them as General Joseph Smith 
and (rriienil Iliniui Smilh. This maneuver came near raising a mutiny among the 
"Carthage Greys," but the Governor quelled it. 

In tlie afternoon, after exertions on the part of our counsel, we dispensed with an inves- 
tigation and voluntarily gave bail for our appearance at the Circuit Couit, to answer in the 
case of abating the " N'liicon fi-rponlor," as a nuisance. 

At evening the justice made out a mittimus, without an investigation, and committed 
the two (Jens. Smith to prison, n/ifil disi-hanifd hi/ the due enurse of line, and they were safely 
guarded to jail. In the morning the Governor went to the jail and had an interview with 
tliese men, and to eveiy appearance, all things were explained on both sides. The consta- 
ble then went to take these men from the jail, before the justice for examination, but the 
jailer refused to let them go, as they were under his jurisdiction " (iW dischitryed by due 
course of line," but the Governor's troops, to the amount of one or two hundred, took them 
to the court house, when the hearing was continued until Saturday, the 2!tth, and they were 
remanded to jail. It now began to lie rumored by several men, whose names will be forth- 
coming in lime, that there teas iwthing against these men — the laic could not reach them — 
poieder and hall rmild. 

The tJovernor was made acquainted with these facts, but on the morning of the 27th 
he disbanded the McDonough troops and sent them home; took Captain Dunn's company 
of cavalry and proceeded to Nauvoo. leaving these two men, and three or four friends, to be 
guarded by eight tiieu at the jail, and a com|)any in town of sixty, eighty or one hundred 
rods from the jail, as a corps in reserve. About six o'clock in the afternoon the guard was 
surprised by an armed mob of from one hundred and fifty to two himdred and fifty, i)ainted 
red, black and yellow, which surrounded the jail, forced in, poured a shower of bullets into 
the room where these unfortunate men were held "in durance vile," to answer to the laws 
of Illinois, under the soleiiiii pledge of the faith of the State, by Governor Ford, that they 
s!u>uld be prote'-tetl.' but tlie mob ruled! ! They fell as martyrs, amid the tornado of lead, 
each receiviug four bullets. John Taylor was wounded by four bullets in his limbs, but 
not seriously. Thus perishes the hope of the law ; thus vanishes the plighted faith of the 
State; thus the blood of innocence stains the constituted authority of the United States, 
and thus have two among the most noble martyrs since the slaughter of Abel sealed the 
truth of their divine mission, by being shot by a mob fur their religion! 

Messengers were dispatched to Xauvoo, but did not arrive there till morning. The 
following was one of the letters: 

" 12 o'clock at night, 27tli June, Cautiiage, Hamilton's Tavern. 
"To Mrs. Emma Smith and Maj. General Dunham: 

" The Governor has just arrived, and says all things shall be inquired into and all right 
measures taken. I say to all the citizens ot Nauvoo; Jlj^ brethren, be still and know that 
God reigns. Don't rush out of the citj'. Don't rush to Carthage ; stay at home and prepare 
for an attack from Missouri mobbers. The Governor will render every assistance possible; 
has sent out orders for troojis. Joseph and Hiram are dead, but not by the Carthage people; 
the guanis were there, as I believe. We will prepare to move the bodies as soon as possible. 
The p4'ople of the county are greatly excited, and fear the Mormons will come and take 
vengeance. I have pledged my word the Mormons will stay at home, as soon as they can 
be informed, and no violence will be done on their part, and say to my brethren in Nauvoo, 
in the name of the Lonl, be still— be patient — only let such friends as choose, come here to 
see the bodies. Mr. Taylor's wounds are dressed, and are not serious. I am sound. 

" WiLLiARD Richards. 

"John Taylor. 

" Sajotel H. Smith." 



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' Defend yourselves until jirotectiou can be furnished necessary. • 

" June 37, 1844, Thomas Ford, 
" Governor and Commander in Cliief " 

Mr. Orson Spencer, 

''Dear Sir: — Please deliberate on this matter; Prudence may obivate material 
destruction. I was at my residence when the horrible crime was committed. It will be 
condemned by three-fourths of the citizens of the county. Be quiet, or you will be attacked 
from Missouri. M. R. Demino." 

The Governor, as well as the citizens of Carthage, were thunderstruck and tied. The 
Legion in Nauvoo was called out at 10 A. M., and addressed by Judge Phelps, Col. Buck- 
master, of Alton, tlie Governor's aid and others, and all excitement and fury allayed, and 
preparations were made to receive the bodies of the noble martyrs. About 3 o'clock, they 
were met bj' a great assemblage of people, east of tlie temple, on Mulholland street, under 
the direction of the city marshal, followed by Samuel H, Smith, brother of the deceased, 
Dr. Richards and Mr. Hamilton, of Carthage. The wagons were guarded by eight men. 
The procession that followed in Nauvoo, was the City Council, the Lieut. General's Statf, 
the Brigadier and Staff, commanders and officers of the Legion and the citizens generally, 
which numbered several thousands, amid the most solemn lamentations and wailings that ever 
ascended into the ears of the Lord of Hosts, to be avenged of our enemies. AVlien the pro- 
cession arrived, the bodies were both taken into the " Nauvoo Mansion." The scene at the 
" Mansion " cannot be described. The audience was addressed bj' Dr. Richards, Judge 
Phelps, Woods and Reed Eayrs, of Iowa, and Col. Markham. It was a vast assemblage of 
some eight or ten thousand persons, and with one united voice, resolved to trust the law for 
a remedy of such a liigh-handed assassination, and when that failed, to call upon God to 
avenge us of our wrongs. Oh! widows and orphans! Oh! Americans! weep, for the glory 
of freedom has departed. 

This, it will be reiiieinbered, is an einanation from Mormon headquar- 
ters. On the other side, an extract from a hand-bill circulated through 
Quincy, and Adams county, by the AVarsaw people, asserts that "They, the 
Mormons, must leave or we must leave; and there are now but two ques- 
tions to solve: Which party shall leave, and in what manner." 

In the Quincy Whig, Julj' 24th, there are nearly six columns, under 
different heads, devoted to discussion of the question. Mr. John Wood and 
£. Congers, and A. Jonas, of Quincy, had been to the scene of action, also 
Mr. Chambers, of the Missouri Republican. 

July 25th, 1844, Gov. Ford issued a proclamation to the " People of 
Warsaw, Hancock county," exhorting them to refrain from their intended 
expulsory measures towards the Mormons. 

In September, 1844, orders were received from Gov. Ford, directing 
the military commanders at Quinc}' to rendezvous at some point in Hancock 
county. The Quincy Whig says: 

The reasons for this strange and unexpected movement on the part of the Governor, have 
not yet been made public, but from some inquiry we have made, we learn that the people 
of Hancock were about assembling in strong force, with a view to a fall wolf hunt. As 
there is yet considerable ill-feeling existing between tlie Mormons and anti-Mormons, the 
Governor's fears were aroused that this wolf hunt meant something more than met the eye 
— that an attack was contemplated on the Mormons, and hence the necessity for troops on 
the ground, to preserve the integrity of the laws — a meeting was called at the court-house, 
of those capable of bearing arms, on Saturday, and on Sunday, the Quincy Riflemen and 
German Guards left for Hancock county. 

On the 30th of September, Messrs. Thomas C. Sharp and Col. Levi 
Williams, of that county, in charge of soldiers, were brought before Judge 
Thomas, who was holding Circuit Court, at Quincy, to be examined for the 
killing of Joseph and Hiram Smith. Their attorneys were O. H. Browning 



iKKI IlISTdKY OF ADAMS roCNrY. 

and E.' D. Baker, and tlie State was re|)reseiited by A. T. Bledsoe and 
Thoinjison Cainpl>ell. 

The following is the article of agreement entered into between the 
counsel for the State and the defendants, for their appearance at the Han- 
cock Court: 

The undersigned, counsel, respectively for the People of the State of Illinois, and Levi 
Williams and Thomas C. Sharp, admit and agree that in appearing and entering into 
rt'Cof^iiizance to appear to answer to any charge preferred by them, they do not make or 
intend lo make any admission of iirobable cause to bind them over; but that it is done to 
save lime and delay, in conscfpience ot the absence of witnesses, and for tliis reason only; 
and the said Williams and Sharp, in entering into aaid reeogni/.ence, do so under a protes- 
tation of their entire innocence of the offences with which they are charged, and they also 
allege that they are now ready and willing to go into an investigation of the charge, before 
a court of enquiry, under the stipulations entered, into with them at the time of their sur- 
render, and have no desire to shun or evade it, but enter into said recognizance for no pur- 
pose whatever, than that above expressed. 

A. T. Bi.F.nsoE, 

TlKIMrSON CAMPBELL, 

Attorneys for the People. 

O. II. Bkowxing, 
K. 1). Bakkk, 
QuiNCY, III., 3nd Oct., 1844. For Dcfendante. 

Governor Ford was in Quincy at this time, as a])pears from a paragraph 

in the Whl</: 

The Springtield Cadets, after being escorted to the outskirts of the city, by our volunteer 
com|ianies, started for their liomes on Wednesday last, as alsodid the Commander in Chief, 
his K.xcellency, Thomas Ford. 

There were trials at Carthage but no convictions, and in the legislature 
of June, 1845, the Mormon charters were totally repealed, and in 1846 the 
great pro])ortion of Mormons left the State, and Adams county had no 
more part to perform in this share of her state's history. 

For further information we have had shown to us, bj' Gen. J. D. Mor- 
gan, the company books of the Quincy Riflemen, and these very carefully 
written records substantiate in dates many of the statements that have been 
in obscurity. 

THE QUINCY RIFLKMEN. 

This company was organized in 1843, and their preliminary meetings 
were held at the court house in Quinc}', March 1st and 6th, with Edward 
Charles, Esq., in the chair and I. V. W. Dutchess as secretary. Officers 
were not immediately elected, but a drill-master was chosen and James D. 
Morgan was the man. From that time onward until the close of the Mex- 
ican war, his name occurs on every page in some capacity. 

At the first election held in the court house on the ninth day of May, 
1S43, the following named persons were chosen, as follows: James D. Morgan 
received sixty votes for captain; Beiij. M. Prentiss received sixtj' votes for 
first lieutenant; William Y. Henry received sixty votes for second lieu- 
tenant; Clias. Everett, Jr., received thirty-six votes for third lieutenant; 
James C. Sprague received twelve votes for third lieutenant. 



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301 



The following is a list of meiiiliers' names attached to the constitution, 
as signed by themselves in the order in which they subscribed their names: 



William M. Hest, 
S. M. Kvcirtl, 
I. V. W. Diitrlifss, 
Jaiiifs I). Morgan, 
Abraliam Vaiitlcet, 
S. W. AValkiT, 
George Folhod, 
Jolin Potter, 
David Karnes, 
S. E, Siger, 

B. F. Kwing, 
Thos. W. Goodwyn, 
N. F. English, 
David Miller, 
John 11. Pottit, 
Oliver Kimball, 
Wm. Chicl<ering, 
Francis Bowen, 
George Evans, 

A. V. Humphrey, 
I. I. Whitney, 
Silas Houghton, 
John Cleveland, Jr., 
Jeremiah Sullivan, 
Milton E. Worrell, 
J. C. Sprague, 
Geo. W. Dell, 
Nallian Pinkham, 
W. W. Sherman, 

C. T. Briggs, 
Edward Everett, 
Charles A. Nourse, 

F. G. Johnson, 

G. W. Deel, 
J. S. Spear, 
Wm. H. Dunness, 
James Evans, 
Thomas S Kmery, 
Edwanl Chiirlcs, 
Samuel (). Ilutton, 
John Williams, 
William F. Flanders, 
J. P. Naylor, 

H. Gage, 
George IJond, 
Benj. M. Prentiss, 
William G. Henry, 
George H. Morgan, 
George W. Rust, 
John Delamatyr, 
Charles Everett, Jr., 
Wm. H. Howland, 
Nathan Grant, 
Isaac Burns, 
Geo. W. Worrell, 
J. H. Luce, 
John Bundy, 
Robt. I r. F. Morgan, 
C. M. Pomroy, 
C. Gage, 
8. I. Bowens, 
J. A. Liebman, 



R. W. Cloud, 

T. G. F. Hunt, 

John A. Reynolds, 

Wm. E. Wilson, 

Tluunas [. Fassett, 

A. Joliuson, 

John Archer, 

Wm. R. Morgan, 

Orville Cottle, 

C. Graham, 

Warren Cook, 

G. A. Brawner, 

John Elmer, 

Isaac Dunton, 

Loren Brown, 

Arthur Carroll, 

A. C. Odell, 

Barkman Rogers, 

Edward Bond, 

J. Vanardall, 

Seth Decrow, 

I. L. Baker, 

Israel Burrows, 

Henderson Collins, 

J. W. Dills, 

John W. Vandenburgh, 

Henry Graham, 

Wm. H. Davis, 

Wm. White, 

Wm. Torum, 

Wm. A. Blair, 

W. P. Cronln, 

G. W. McLain, 

Robert Craig, 

Wm. M. Best, 

J. H. Sheed, 

0. S. Thomas, 
Wm. Kurtz, 
Warner Lauks, 
Richard Thorn, 
Joseph Armor, , 

A. J. Blodgett, 
Andrew Nord, 
G. W. Burns, 
S. W. Walker, 

1. N. Conyers, 

B. Wainscott, 
J. Reynolds, 
A. Johnson, 
John T. C!onyers, 
Ab. Odell, 
Christian Durhont, 
James Mills, 
John A. Grillith, 
Henry Hoover, 
William Sherry, 
Wesley Watkins, 
William F. Flanders, 
J. Abney, 
William P. Burns, 
Abel Fax, 

T. R. O'Daniel, 



W. Abiier, 
H.St. J. Hampton, 
J. Dalbey, 
J. G. A. Bernard, 
Edwin P. Collin, 
John Telford, 
John McDade, 
Henry Caswell, 
Wm. A. Harris, 
Wm. A. Miller, 
J. H. Kerr, 
J. W. Palmer, 
John L. Moore, 
L. Carlin, 
T. R. O'Daniel, 
J. E. B. Morgan, 
T. F. Correll, 
J. H. Calkins, 
Abram Brown, 
Henry H. Deel, 
J. T. Conyers, 
John Delameter, 
Joshua Armond, 
S. M. Archer, 
John McDade, 
Nath'l Grant, 
Wm. I. Burns, 
Henry T. Preese, 
J. S. Peck, 
Joseph Welsh, 
Charles A. Nourse, 
George R Phelps, 
Solomon Exon, 
John Emler, 
S. Conyers, 
Samuel Wreath, 
John Carlin, 
J. Hedger, 
J. W. Burns, 
O. P. Hewitt, 
E. B. Wood, 
M. 8. Buckley, 
H. C. Bush, 
Nicholas Ma.st, 
James Shepherd, 
Thos. J. Wood, 
Edward Billings, 
Henry McLeese, 
H. C. Vanschoonover, 
J. L. Powers, 
W. W. Sherman, 
John W. Palmer, 
Samuel Tibbetts, 
L. W. Davis, 
II. Jordan, 
Seth Hathaway, 
G. II. Arvise, 
Daniel Hoover, 
James M. Preston, 
Joel S. Price, 
P. Warren, 
John Glass. 



The st3'le of uniform adopted was " for privates, gold lace upon the 
collar and cuffs, and twenty-four l)uttons, after the style of a coat exiiibited 



302 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

and worn by Ser^t. Cliickeritii?; pants, dark, witli yellow stripe an inch 
wide down outside seam of leg." 

A called meeting was held June 26th, at 8 o'clock, a. m., on account of 
a request from Brig. Gen. Denny to assist in the search of the city of 
Nauvoo. The invitation was declined, but on the 28th of June, having 
heard of the killing of the Smiths and the supposed peril of Governor 
Ford, the company placed themselves under the command of Colonel Flood, 
as did also the Gorman Guards, the Irish company and a company of vol- 
unteers under the command ot Captain A. Johnston. The whole force was 
called the Quincy Battalion, and they embarked for Warsaw on the steamer 
Boreas; there were seventy-seven riflemen. 

Once afterwards the Governor called out the company, and September 
27th they again started for Warsaw by steamboat. On the 3d of October, 
1845, Major Warren mustered them out of service at Carthage. In less 
than a week they were under orders again, this time as a mounted company 
for Warsaw, and, under the general command of Major Warren, seemed to 
be engaged in keeping the peace and preventing lawlessness through the 
county of Hancock. 

The monotoTiy of camj) life was varied by occasional parades, dinners, 
parties and trips to Quincy on furlough. 

We notice, as a symptom of the general good feeling, the following inci- 
dent taken from company records: 

TiiUKSDAY, Feb. Iflth, 1846. 
Sergeant Chickering having sent from Qviincy fifty pipes and lifty papers ot tobacco as 
a present to the Quincy Riflemen, the company appeared at the morning parade each man 
having a pipe in liis mouth, and upon motion three clieers were given for Sergeant Chicker- 
ing, the pipes, tobacco, etc. A violent snow-storm continued throughout the day. 

Tills campaign lasted until tlie first of May, 1846, and the riflemen 
had hardly got home and received their welcome ere they were invited by 
Major Warren to join in the brigade of Gen. Hardin for the Mexican war. 
We next see the company with its old otflcers and ninety-two strong ready 
to depart for Mexico. 

THE MEXICAN WAR. 

The Quincy Riflemen left on Wednesday morning, June 14th, on the 
Di Vernon, for Alton. Previous to their leaving, swords were presented 
to Capt. J. D. Morgan and Lieut. B. M. Prentiss, by the citizens of Quincy. 
The swords were received by these oflicers in well cliosen speeches, in 
which they ])ledged themselves and the company to do honor to the gifts, 
and to the county and city which sent them forth. The company marched 
to the boat, where thousands were assembled who greeted them with cheer 
after cheer, bidding them good-bye, and wishing them God-speed in the 
defense of their country, and a safe return. They were all in as good cheer 
as men could be who were taking leave of dear friends, many of them for 




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COUNTY CLERK 



HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



303 



the last time probably, and the boat put out amidst music, cheers, etc., etc. 
Below are the names of the companj' and its oflBcers: 

Capt, J. D. Morgan, 1st Lieut.. B. M. Prentiss, 2d Lieut., W. Y. Henry. 



John Archer, 
James Evans, 
E. B. Wood, 
W. A. Miller, 
E. Everett, 
C. Everett, 
J. W. Burns, 
H. McCluse, 
T. Hill, 
A. Arnold, 

A. J. Renck, 
J. Fritz, 

B. Cooper, 

J. J. Roberts, 
J. Parsons, 
J. Cramber, 
P. Honacle, 
J. Peak, 
J. Roswell, 

h: stott, 

E. W. Conyers, 
.1. Lawrence, 
G. W. Wade, 
T. L. R. Hoak, 
M. Jourdan, 
T. AVren, 
W. Jourdan, 
W. J. Jourdan, 
W. Cooper, 
.J. B. Jourdan, 
Ninety-three in all. 



PRIVATES. 

O. Shepherd, 

J. Pointer, 

J. Ramsey, 

A. Inman, 

J. W. Hoyt, 

J. Hott'man, 

H. Jourdan, 

J. Jcnks, 

O. H. Cunningham, 

L. Borr. 

W. N. Crow, 

J. Beck, 

J. Willimon, 

W. H. White, 

F. Wolfe, 

L. Collette, 

M. Rupright, 

L. W. Sweat, 

S. W. Henderson, 

M. Stouses, 

D. B. Bust, 
W. R. Sellon, 
J. F. Owen, 
S. Johnson, 
J. S. Brooks, 

E. Mills, 
S. Pound, 
W. S. Taylor, 
C. S. Ewing, 
T. Lewis, 



J. Vandeburgh, 
J. B. Webb, 
G. W. Rust, 
J. McCoy, 

C. R. Knapp, 
A. Hoig, 

W. Finney, 
L. J. Cloddish, 
J. Pound, 
M. G. Smith, 

D. Carpenter, 
P. Richter, 
a. Evans, 

A. P. Littlefield, 
W. F. Veghte, 
M. Spear, 
J. Worrell, 
H. Shepherd, 
J. Downer, 
W. Cassidy, 
J. T. Conyers, 
J. P. Short, 
A. Tuttle, 

A. R. Piper, 

B. A. Pound, 

J. S. McKewson, 
D. E McNeal, 

C. W. Humphrey, 
J. Sauks, 

G. Grinun. 



The Quincy Riflemen were attached, on their arrival at Alton, to Col- 
Hardin's regiment, to whom afterwards they became greatly attached. 
They were the seventh company received in service, and were denominated 
Company "G." The following is from the Alton Telegraph, of that period: 

TuE FrRST Regiment.— The First iRegiment was organized on Tuesday, the 26th of 
July, 1846, and John J. Hardin elected colonel thereof, with but two dissenting voices in 
the whole regiment. Col. Shields, G, T. M. Davis and Wm. Martin, Esqs., were appointed 
by the Governor judges of the election, and on the result of the election being announced. 
Col. Hardin appeared on the ground, escorted by Col. Shields, and made one of the most 
appropriate speeches it has ever been our fortune to listen to. He riveted the attention of 
the vast concourse present, who, at the close of the speech, testified their respect for him, 
and their approbation of his remarks, by three tremendous cheers. 

It was very evident that not only his regiment, but the entire population present, had 
the most unlimited confidence in his integrity as a citizen, and his valor and qualifications 
as a soldier, and the pledge he gave that he was determined " The First Regiment of IlUnoit 
Vtilunteers should not be inferior in discipline or bravery to anj' regiment on the field of 
battle," we entertain no doubt will be fulfilled. As a military officer he stands confessedly 
without an equal in the State ; and as such very appropriately commands the First Regi- 
ment of volunteers that go from Illinois. 

********** ** 

The only two dissenting votes against Colonel Hardin's election were in the company 
from Green county. ******* xhe rifle company from Quincy, under the 
command of Captain Morgan, is confessedly the best drilled company on the ground. The 
strife among the residue of the volunteers seems to be whose company can "come nearest 
being like them in soldierly-like bearing and drill. Captain Mowers, of Chicago, is a splen- 
did disciplinarian, and his company are rapidly approaching that state of perfection 



304 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

already reached by the Quincy company. ****** Colonel John J. II;irdin, of 
the Fimt ICef/iment nf Illinois Volunleers, has appointed Lieutenant B. M. Prentiss, of the 
Quincy KiHemen, his adjutant. Lieutenant Prentiss is a fine oHicer, did himself jtreat 
credit while attached to the Quincy Kiflemen, and without doubt will prove himself e(|ually 
ellicient in the new office to which he has been elevated by Colonel Hardin. 

In the Quincy Whig of July 8tli, we see letters from •' Cam)) Xe- 
cessity, near Alton, June 25th, '46," from Captain Morgan's company, and 
stating their assignment to Colonel Hardin's regiment. 

Another paper has the names of some officers engaged in getting up a 
ball for July 4th, and among the names is Captain J. D. Morgan. Mean- 
while we note in passing through newspaper tiles, that wheat was on the 
market for thirty-five and forty cents per bushel in July, 1846. 

On the 14th of July, 1846, a letfer was written by "B. M. P." from 
Alton. He says that Colonel Hardin's regiment is destined for Antonio, 
Tex. "The riflemen received their pay for twelve months' clothing yester- 
day, and are at present ffus/i, and are resolved to give a dinner at the Alton 
House to-morrow at three o'clock, and regret exceedingly that we cannot 
have the presence of some of our old citizens of Quincy." 

About this time the river steamers refused to carry mails, pay being 
inadequate, and great complaints were made because the four-horse coach 
line was changed to a two-horse hack from Naples. 

From this time the history of the " Quincy Riflemen " is obtained 
from a record in possession of its captain, J. D. Morgan, and we make 
ample quotations with his permission. The clerical accuracy displayed in 
the record is evidence in itself of a careful and thorough compilation. 

On the 10th of July the company was mustered and inspected — every 
man passed inspection. Colonel Churchill being inspector-general, G. T. 
M. Davis elected third lieutenant on the 1.5th. On the IStli the company 
left Alton on the steamer " Missouri," under orders for New Orleans. On ' 
the 24th the company landed on the battle ground below New Orleans. 
At this point we find the first case of nailitary discipline recorded, '' six 
privates under arrest for passing the guard and being absent without 
leave." On the 25th they took the brig " Albertina" for Texas. 

On the 3d of August they landed in Matagorda bay, and marched out 
twelve miles and encamped with the rest of the regiment at Camp Irwin. 
Rain and mud now made their marching disagreeable, but they kept on 
and reached San Antonia after fifty-one hours marching, a distance of one 
hundred and seventy miles. On the 24th marched into town and saluted 
General Wool at his headquarters, and in a day or two after gave an exhi- 
bition drill on the square. 

On the 11th of September Sergeant Everett, while attempting to arrest 
a disorderly person, a Texan, was shot in the leg. The "riflemen" brought 
the rowdy to camp. The sheriff got him out of military prison, but he was 
retaken through mistake, and again liberated. He goes down to history 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COCNTY. 305 

under the name of William Hardy, but probably kept at safe distance from 
Illinois volunteers thereafter. 

On the 14th of September, 1st Lieutenant E. M. Prentiss was elected 
captain of Company I, in place of Captain Dickey, resigned. He was 
succeeded by 2d Lieutenant Henry, Henry by Sergeant Evans, Evans by 
Corporal Burns, and he by Private John T. Conyers. On the 10th of 
October, 1846, they first put foot on Mexican soil. 

On the 8th of J^ovember they were paid oft' from period of eidistuu-nt 
to 31st August by Major Butler, at the city of Monclova, where the " ritle-- 
men" were stationed to keep peace in the town. Here Companies I and 
A were formed into a battalion under Captain Morgan by general orders. 

On the 23d of January, 1847, Companies A and L Captains Morgaa 
and Prentiss, under Major Warren commanding battalion, entered Saltillo 
and passed through. On tiie 2Sth they took up position at a pass in the 
mountains one mile south of Camp San Juan Buena Vista. On the 4ths 
of February the same companies marched in and garrisoned Saltillo. 

On the 22d of February Gen. Taylor engaged in battle with Santa 
Anna at a pass seven miles south of Saltillo. The battalion remained iu 
Saltillo because it was thought Santa Anna would attack the place to get 
into Taylor's rear. However, by order of Gen. Wool, the battalion was 
brought up and maintained a position upon the field at the foot of the 
mountains to sustain the artillery. The first death occurred here, being 
that of William S. Taylor in the hospital on the 26th of February, 1847. 
March 2d, put on patrol duty in the city. The next deaths were on March 
12th and 16th — Privates Fletcher Owens and Jordan Danard. 

After the battle of Buena Yista the name of Col. Weatherford appears 
as commander of the regiment. On the 2d of April the company was 
paid oft' again up to Feb. 28. April 18th is recorded the death of Private 
Charles R. Knapp. For a month, or nearly, the troops remained inactive 
waiting for news from Gen. Scott and Vera Cruz. 

On the 26th of May news was received that Gen. Shields died of 
wounds received at Cerro Gordo, so that it is evident that false rumors 
can be carried without aid of press or telegraph, and all were glad to receive 
some time later a contradiction of the report. 

At this time, much climatic sickness occurred, dysentery prevailing 
extensively, and the feeling in favor of a re-enlistment " for the war " wa^ 
weak. 

On Friday, May 28, our record says: "All is now preparation for the 
march homeward. The body of Col. John J. Hardin (killed in the famous 
charge at Buena Vista) was disinterred yesterday and enclosed in a lead 
cofiin preparatory to taking it home with his regiment. The bodies of 
Capt. Zabriskie and Lieut. Houghten will also be taken home." 

On May 31st the First and Second Regiments passed through town 
on their way home, but the Old Battalion was not able to join them for 



806 HISTdRY OF AltAMS COUNTY. 

lack of tniiisi>ortiitioii, but on tlio 1st of June the Qiiiiicy KiHeinoii 
marclicd out of Ssiltillo witli liappv licarts on tlicir homeward journey. 
On Monday, Jan. 12, the company turned over their rifles. There was 
only one missinj;; rifle, belonging to C. J. Sellon, who, after a somewhat 
eventful career as an editor and soldier in the late war, is now dead. A 
cartridge box was lost, belonging to J. W. A''andenburg. On Thursday, 
June 17, 1847, the company was mustered out, paid oft", supplied with fif- 
teen days' rations, and took the steamer Del Norte on the Rio Grande for 
the States next day. 

The Picket Guard was a little paper printed in Saltillo by members of 
the battalion, and they allude to a meeting held by the citizens to protest 
airainst Col. Warren and Capts. Morgan and Prentiss being sent away. 
Thev use the higlicst words of eulogy in regard to the discipline of the 
men. Ueii. Wool also congratulated these companies for being exception- 
ally well governed and reliable men. 

In addition to Capt. Morgan'.-* company, another company was raised 
ill Quincy by Timothy Kelly's exertitnis, but family ties and influences 
were brought to bear so strongly that there were only twelve who departed 
for the field. Without flags or swords Kelly's fragment of a company em- 
barked for Alton. Hero they were consolidated with Capt. Deutch's com- 
pany from Oswego, Ivendall county, and from Madison count}', and jilaced in 
the Second Illinois llegiment. The names of these men from Adams were: 

James O'Coiuut, \Villi;im Konni'ily, Thomns O'Ooiiuer, 

Pi'tcr Lolt, .loliu DwvtT, .John Diividson, 

Timothy Kelly, Patrick Creese, Chirk Hriiikerl, 

Williiim Kelly, Michiiel Keilly, .lames Kyaii. 

After arrival in Texas an election was held at San Antonio, Texas, to 
fill vacancies, and Peter Lott, of Quincy, was chosen captain, and Timothy- 
Kelly second lieutenant. They continued their march across Texas and 
crossed the llio Grande at Presidio. The Second Illinois Regiment bore 
an honorable ])art in the battle of Bueiia Vista, and Capt. Lett's company 
took their share in the engagement. Lieut. Timothy Kelly was killed in 
front of his company, and Private Thomas O'Coiniers, who was once a 
schoolteacher in Adams, met a like fate. James Ryan was among the 
missing. IMr. James O'Coniier, now living in Quincy, lielped to bear 
awav the body of his friend, Lieut. Kelly. Life was extinct when lie was 
brought to ciimp. Vandenburg Miller and Capt. Lott assisted. He fell 
near Thomas O'Conner, in the head of a ravine where the conflict had 
raged with great fury. 

On the 19th of June, 1846, the company was mustered out at 
Camargo and started for home. Capt. Morgan furnished conveyance for 
Lieut. Kelly's remains to the steamboat on the Rio Grande, and in due 
time they arrived in Quincy in charge of James O'Conner and other coni- 
i>any friends. lie was buried from the Catholic Church, with appropriate 
services, and a military escort furnished by Capt. Morgan and his company. 



HISTOKY OF AUAM8 COUNTY. 



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CHAPTER VI. 



Tjik Calii'oknia Excitk-mknt. — TiiK Asiatic (Jholkka, Etc. 

Ill the winter and fall of 1848-9 tlic California excitement prevailed, 
and many left for the Pacific. 

The first party left on tlie 1st of February, via New Orleans, (Jhagres, 
etc., and consisted of the following named persons: 



.John Wood, 
Damn] Wood, 
John Wood, .Jr., 
Demas Guntery, 
I. il. Miller, 
D. M. .Jordan, 



Afiron Na.sli, 
W. \i. .Matlock, 
David Wood, 
8. W. Hoffcrs, 
Geo. Kogurs, 
John McClintock, 



Jolin Mikerell, Jr., 
Geo. Burns, 
J. Dorman, 
J.J. Kendrick, 
C. G. Ammon, 
Chas. Brown. 



The California excitement continued without abatement during the 
winter, and a large number left in the sjjring. 

On the first week in April there departed from the city of Quincy, 
with teams, to cross the plains, the following persons. They were to go to 
Lagrange, by ferry boat, and then steer away for St. Joseph. 

The list of names we copy from paper of Ajjril 10th: 



John Demaree, 
John H. Demaree, 
M. Jjeach, 
Edw. Felt, 

Dobbins, 

Job Herring, 
Win, Italph, 
Mark Foote, 

.Meredith, 

Wilson, 

Jas. T. Day and wile, 
Jus. Hcadley, 
Noah Ball, 
J. Swilzer, 
Stephen Kernwood, 
Ether Page, 



Woods, 

P. J>ane, 
O. l\ Miller, 
Robert .M( Giniiis, 
John Jubliee, 

Ireland, 

Itichard Ball, 

Jasper II. Lawrence, 

Oliver ICimball, 

Wm. H. Benneson, 

II. B, Gibbs, 

(;ieo. Case, 

John L. Cochran, 

John A. Flack, 

John Kopers, 

Dr. Wmi. H.Taylor, 



Ethan Allen, 
Jas. A. Parker, 
AVin. Burrcll, 
Wm. Vaughn, 
Geo. Adams, 

Arrowsmith, 

Ja«. Poiie, 
Benj. Jiikercll, 
M. ifCennard, 
Jas. (Jnmth, 
Dr. M. Walker, 

Word and son, 

.Joseph IsJiarn, 

Houghton, 

E. Merton, 

S. K. Lawrence. 



At or about the same time, the following from ilil 
borhood went off: 



Creek and neigh- 



J. D. Robinson, 
Jesse Thomas, 
Andrew Inraan, 
Wesley Tibbs, 
Elisha Heehorn, 
Ileuben Seehorn, 

Brown, 

Golder Fields, 
John Inman, 



Jas. Connelly, 
Rolterl Ware, 
Jackson AmmoD, 
Abel Herrel, 
Stephen Thomas, 
I'eler Journey, 
D.avid Inman, 
Eli Seehorn, 
Alpha Seehorn, 



Alpha Seehorn, Jr., 
.Jolin JiVons, 
Itoyal Crandall, 
Wm. Blaekwell, 
Win. I5iirkelow, 
John Hayes, 
Matthew Wyatt, 
l{<jyal Uerrell, 



3(t8 IirSTOIIY OF ADAMS COHN-n". 

There wer§ tlirec and four ]>ersons to a waj»on. Several of the wagons 
were drawn by four nnilcs, tlioiigli the majority of tlieui were drawn by 
three or four yoke of oxen. All of them were fitted out in a substantial 
manner, with every necessary required for the trip. 

We hear of Gov. Wood's party being at Chagres about this time, and 
waiting, with two thousand others, for trans|)ortation to San Francisco. 
Dr. S. W. Rogers wrote from there that tiiere was general good health in 
the company. 

On July 23d, 1849. there ajijiours a notice of the Sangamon & Morgan 
Railway as being on that day opened for business from Naples to Spring- 
field, G. L. Huntington being secretary. This would, with the stage line, 
bring Quincy into closer eastern mail commnnications. 

On August 7th, 1849, the first news was published " From John Wood 
& Co.'s Cai.ifoknia Company." The3' arrived in good health, and were 
thirty miles from San Fninciscu, on the 19th of May, 1849, on their way 
to tlie mountains. 

''News from the Plains'' arrived in September, 1849, being in a letter 
from Mr. (ieorge Adams to his brother James, dated at Crreen River Junc- 
tion, Jul)' 28th, seventy miles from the South Pass. He mentions Mr. 
Ireland and lady, himself and wife, Mrs. Pope and two children, Mr. 
Ildugbton, T. Arrowsmith, James Cox, and Mr. Wooisey. Mr. Joseph 
Pope died from cholera, about eighty miles from Fort Laramie. Mr. A. 
says that they saw nothing to discourage them until they reached the 
Black Hills, where they were never out of sight of a dead ox, and could 
sometimes count a dozen in view at one time. 

On the 20th of February, 1850, Mr. John Wood, bis two sons, David 
Woods and Uenj. Mikerell returned. They only spent about four months 
in the mines. They seemed somewhat reticent regarding their own suc- 
cess, but gave no discouragement to others. 

The excitement continued throughout the year, and many emigrated 
during that period, and we give below a list of as many names as we have 
been able to obtain, who went prior to Ma}' 1st, 1850. There are neigh- 
borhoods in the county from which we have been unable to obtain informa- 
tion,'and the list is necessarily incomplete. 

KIUIM QriJ<cv. 

D. >I. Jourdiui aiul liuly, Win. Hogpi-s, Jolin Ammon, 

.lolin Mikerell i>iul sou, \Vm. llomiin, H. II. Ilorton, 

Uoborl Ih-ice, A. S Drake, Win. Ilezlip, 

(Jilbort Murray, .John Shuey Meuilon, David Woods. 

Tlie folKiwiug wont by the land route: 

Thos. FarifU, Alfred Younsr. John B. Hicks, 

D. G. Anderson, Chris. Steinngle, Thomas Emery, 

.1. S. Steiipertield, .Tacoli Keis, ' Benj. Worrell, 

F. W. CJnoihvin and son, A. M. Doake. John Wrench, 



IIISTOKV OF ADAMM COUNTY. 



309 



"Walter i;merj', 
Henry Hurnll, 
A, Godilpostiirc, 
I). I.. (1. Siinlam, 
Will. Mc(i()wan, 
.1. ill 11 Miller, 
<'. (). Diekliut, 
.John (inula, 
llusli Moiiane, 
Starke, 



('has .1. Kemp, 
.1. Cadogan, 
Will. Nowles, 
S. (,'liase, 
T. (i. Wilson, 
.lames l>oQg, 
.Idlin ller, 
.Ja.s. Dunlap, 
Eli Conner, 



Dr. I'.ryaiit, 

l'(!llitt, 

C. W. Muiison, 
.las. Delemaler, 
H. I)ou;;iierty, 
Wm. Masters, 
.loel ICmerj', 
II. (!()ocl])i)slurc. 
Dr. M. Walker, 

FROM ELLINGTON TOWNSHIP. 

P. Aslicr, 

.lohn Cadogan, 

I. A. Unit, 

A. Gobble, 

Coleman Talbot and son, 

.J as. Davis, 

A. Vanvoris, 

Geo. Huchanan, 

.J. Hatliii; 



Z. Mansau, 

.1. Strickland, 

I'. Van l')st and son. 

Alibis Guy, 

(!. Houii; 

(Jlias. Steinagle, 
.John Merkcr, 
W. Foot, 
Plumbtree. 



.lobn Me.ssick, 
Philip Deny, 
.1. Kidney, 
C. ller, 
K. Frost, .Jr., 
.las. D. Colvin, 
'Plios. ('aiui)bell, 
.1. ('. Newton, 
Chas. Turner. 



FUOM THE BEAU CHEEK NBIOiriiOUllOOl). 

Randolph Owen M. lleaton, .1. Keoriek, 

.Jame.s l{i<ldle, ileaton, .lolin C^ousins, 

(!astle, Thos. Me.Giiinis, W. Kobbins, 

E. O. Mllard, C. S. Slahl, U. \V. Stall, 

.John Wren, A. Kobinson, Wm. Hastings, 

Oeorgc Kinkaid, S. Grimes, .Joseph Taylor, 

M. Crawford, C. Atterburn, A. i^ocliman. 



H. Nicholson, 
Geo. Ilightowcr, 
J. Francis, 
L. Sowell, 



FROM UI18A NKIfllUiOltllOOD. 

G. H. Whips, 

TitiiH, 

D. Esliorn, 



Sam. Byland, 

W. T. II<:nderson, 

S. Hock well. 



FUOM PAYSON AND NKIOIIIIOUIIOOD. 



A. Schorborough, .Jr., 
George Ames, 



Thos. Hood, 

A. H. Osborn, 

.John Ilendrickson, 

H. Marsh, 

.1. Gant. 

H. Kobinsiiii, 

A. Freeman, 

H. Smith, 



.John Abbdtt, .1. I. Whiliiey. 

FUOM COLUMliUH AND NEIClIlnOUHOOD. 

.James Hendrickson, 
.Jus. Hnller, 
A. Skeggs, 
F. Jtobinson, 
.J. Elliott, 

Chalhain, 

Henry Davis, 
S. (ireenleal'. 



Mr. Forcey and a family of five men, llire(' women and four 
John J)avis, Dan. I'ounds, 

iS. Jlood, Geo. Gale, 

<ieo. McC'idlough, A. Choote, 

T. Habinglon, 



McCain, 

Henry Fc'rguson, 
Calvin Francis, 
Wm. Sharp, 

l{artlett, 

Ellis, 

Wm. Cain, 
.John I'Y'rguson, 
eliildrcn,' 
Robt. FergUHim, 
Absalom Francis, 
Adam Met/,. 



FUOM .MMJ,VII,I,F. AND THE VICINITY. 

.las. Carr, Featlieringill, H. CJraig, 

Jacob (Jrowoson, Hiram Morris, I{amsay, 

John Dean, D. Coffman, C. Starr, 

H. Hranidom, John Kossen, H. I). Koberts, 

Hturks, ,1. Rhodes, Uetliel, 

Wm Ulackwell, Isaac Woolen, M. Roberts, 

J. Steward, Alex. Thomps(m, C Hansaker, 



310 



IIISTUKV UF ADAMS ((JUNTV. 



Wm. Morris, 
C. Chiittiiu, 
0. Ciirr, 
K. Cniig, 
Atterburn , 



J. Nelson, 
Win. Cubbage, 
Jos. Cecil, 
H. Hartman, 
Wm. Harding, 
Benj. RobJM.-ion, 
Geo. Uoberls, 



O. IJoxley, 
,]v?.sv IJowlcs, 
II. Morris, 
P. Morris, 
S. M. Tilu8, 

FROM WOODVri,I-K AND VICINITY. 

Cliiw. Uichanlson, 
K. Greeley, 
Samuel (faldwell, 
Geo. Nelson, 
Waller Cecil. 
Wm. Cecil, 



W. Kaforce, 
A. Young, 

Bryan, 

Peyton, 



.1. Hartman, 
.losepli ('ox, 
(Jeo. Hays, 
Francis McLean, 
W. A. Bobinson, 
W. Robinson. 



THE A.'ilATIO CIIOI.KUA OF lS49-'50. 



This devastating^ scourge left tlie sliores of Adams county unscathed 
until the bcf^inning of the warm weather, in '49, and did not obtain a foot- 
hold in Quincy until brought by immigrants or passengers from the river. 

One of the first important names in the roll of mortality was that of 
Capt. C. L. AVight, of (Galena, who died on the steamer War Eagle, while 
passing down to St. Louis, between Quincy and Louisiana. lie was on his 
way to California. This was on the 20th of April. Previons to this, how- 
ever, there had been some cases at Leonard's Hill. On the 17th of March, 
three deaths occurred in the city, viz.: Daniel Casey, Timothy Hurley and 

Smith, all natives of Ireland. It was stated in the paper, that Casey, 

while in St. Louis, occupied a room in which a ])«rson had recently died ot 
the disease. Dr. Ralston and some other physicians, at that time, denied 
their belief in the infectious or contagious nature of the disease. 

While other remedies were being suggested for Cholera, we find the 
following, copied into a paper, as a method adopted by the " Latter Day 
Saints," in the case of two young ladies, attacked with the disease: 

"The process consisted in anointing with oil, prayer, brandy, psahn- 
singing, flannels, exhortation and hot water. The prescription was carried 
into effect with great vigor and jierseverance, throughout an entire night, 
and in the morning the patients were quiet and without pain, both i)eing 
dead." 

But the disease soon became too serious a matter for joking, and we 
find the fears of the people taking hold upon them. By the 22nd of May, 
we notice a mortality report, furnished by Mr. Adam Schmidt, of ten 
deaths in the previous week, among the German emigrants and their 
relations. Among the number, Mrs. Gertrude (xost and child; Mrs. Adam 
Elder, Philip Zink, Adam Elder and Mrs. Cook. 

A paragraph states, concerning the death of one of the above, that she 
enveloped herself in the blankets in which her husband had died, and died 
also from tiie disease, a suicide. 

In June, the disease appearing again, the pajiers recommended the 
"sulj)hur remedy," and a j)ublic meeting was held at the court-house. At 




COUNTY TREASUfiEfi 
QUINCV 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 311 

this time, in St. Louis, deatlis occurred at tlie rate of forty to sixty per day. 

On the 30th of July, it is stated that on the previous Saturday after- 
noon and night, there were iive deaths from cholera. Much uneasiness was 
manifested, and many talked of leaving the city. A gloom was upon the 
countenances of all, and it was a trying time in the history of the place. 
Travel upon the river and country trade were suspended, to a great extent. 
In the succeeding week, there were, up to July 15, forty-five interments, of 
which thirty-five were from cholera. This number inchided the wife of 
Capt. B. M. Prentiss. The next week there were fifty-five deaths, and, 
among the number, Enoch Conyeks, the Mayor. He was interred by the 
Masonic fraternity, with the usual honors of that body, and generally hon- 
ored by the citizens. Charles Gilman, Esq., an attorney, also fell a victim. 
He was the author of Oilman's Supreme Court Reports, and editor of the 
Western Legal Observer. 

We copy the following from the Quincy WJiig, of July 31st, 1849: 

Whole number of deaths, the past week, sixty-three ; the greatest number buried any 
one day was fifteen, on Sunday, the 29th. 

Notice. — Friday, the 3d of August, being recommended by the President as a day ot 
general pra3'er and supplication, our offices will therefore be closed on that day. 
[Signed] 

Samuel Holmes, Register, Land Office. 
Hiram Rogers, Receiver. 
A. Jonas, Postmaster. 

The proclamation was signed by President Z. Taylor, July 3d, and 
recommended due religions observance, on account of the pestilence pre- 
vailing the country over. 

The next week's deaths decreased to 27, but the pestilence still lingered. 
On August 13, we notice the death of Artemus Ward, an old and honored 
citizen. 

The sum total of deaths from the epidemic, up to the fourth week of 
August, wore as follows: In March, six; April, none; May, fifteen; June, 
twelve; July, 139; August, 114. Total, 286. From other causes during the 
meantime, 120 deaths. 



312 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



CHAPTER VII. 

Township Organization— Origin — Report of Commissioners — Division 
OF County Into Townships — First Meeting of Board — Names of 
Members — Election Precincts — Aid to Soldiers' Families — Diffi- 
culties in Paying Taxes — Bounty^ Act — County Line. 

township organization. 

The county of Adams was one of the first to adopt the system of 
township organization. The board of this county from its earliest adopt- 
ion, has been composed of the best representative men of the different 
townsliips, and we doubt if an}' count}' in the State has had its affairs wiser 
or more prudently managed than Adams. So pojjular has the manage- 
ment of the county government been under this S3'stera that we suppose it 
would be impossible under any considerations in this county to return to 
the old plan, by tiie voice of the people. Of tlie origin of this system of 
township government in this county Mr. Ilaynes says: 



" The system of township organization, as at present existing in the 
northern and eastern states, originated in New England, and is an evidence 
of the confidence which the early patriots of those colonies entertained in 
the ability of the people to govern and legislate for themselves. 

" Township organization is of modern date, and no scheme having 
much similarity to it can be found in ancient history. The municipal 
divisions of Athens and the other ancient republics were rather into castes 
or social ranks than territorial; although the 'denies' of ancient Athens, 
the Roman and Grecian colonies, and, at a later day, the free cities of 
mediaeval Europe, possessed more or less of the privileges of a municipal 
corporation, such as choice of voters, election of officers, possession of a seal, 
management of funds, and the like. These cases, however, are exceptions; 
isolated instances of the universal instinct for self-government which is 
born with all men, Intt repressed under non-elective and irresponsible gov- 
ernments. 

" We now come to consider the first rise of the town organization in 
America. This appears, so far as the records show, to have been substan- 
tially a result of the experience of practical inconveniences, which the 
Puritans took such means to remedy as were suggested to them by their 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 313 

home recollections, but with whatever modifications their remarkably direct 
ami practical common sense suggested. 

''The New England colonies were at first governed by a ' General 
Court,' or legislature, composed of a governor and a small council, which 
court consisted of the most influential inhabitants, and possessed and exer- 
cised both legislative and judicial powers, which were limited only by the 
wisdom of the holders. They made laws, ordered their execution by offi- 
cers, tried and decided civil and criminal causes, enacted all manner of 
municipal regulations, and in fact did all the public business of the colony. 

"The first legal enactment to establish towns, that of the General 
Court of Massachusetts, of March, 1035, so far as it indicates any motive 
implies convenience only as the reason of the law. It provides that whereas 
'■ particular towns have many things which concern only themselves, and 
the ordering of their own aftairs, and disposing of business in their own 
town,' therefore ' the freemen of every town, or the major part of them, 
shall only have power to dispose of their own lands and woods, with all the 
appurtenances of said towns; to grant lots, and make such orders as may 
concern the well ord(jring of their own towns, not repugnant to the laws 
and orders established by the General Court.' They might also impose 
fines if not more than twenty shillings, and 'choose their own particular 
officers, as constables, surveyors for the highwaj-s, and the like.' Evidently 
this enactment relieved the General Conrt of a mass of municipal details, 
without any danger to the powers of that body in controlling general 
measures or public policy. Probably also a demand from the freemen of 
the towns was felt, for the control of their own home concerns. 

"Similar provisions for the incorporation of towns were made in the 
first constitution of Connecticut, adopted in 1639; and the plan of town- 
ship organization, as experience proved its remarkable economy, efficacy, 
and adaptation to the requirements of a free and intelligent people, became 
universal throughout New England, and went westward with the emigrants 
from New England into New York, Ohio and other western states, includ- 
ing the northern parts of Illinois. 

"But a different policy determined the character of tiie municipal 
institutions of the southern part of our State. This was the 'county sys- 
tem.' This plan originated with Virginia, whose early settlers soon 
became large landed proprietors, aristocratic in feeling, living apart in 
almost baronial magnificence on their own estates, and owning the labor- 
ing part of tiie population. Thus the materials for a town were not at 
hand, the voters being thinly distributed over a great area. The county 
oi-ganization, where a few influential men managed the whole business of 
the community, retaining their places almost at their pleasure, scarcely 
responsible at ail except in 7ianie, and permitted to conduct the county 
concerns as their own ideas or wishes might direct, was moreover conson- 
ant with their recollections or traditions of the judicial and social dignities 



314 IIISTOKY OF ADAMS COUHTY. 

of the landed aristocracy of England, in descent from whom the Virginia 
gentlemen felt so much pride. In 163-t, eight connties were organized in 
Virginia; and the system extending tiirough the State, has spread into all 
the sonthern states, and some of the northern states, nnless we except the 
nearly similar division into ' districts' in Sonth Carolina, and that into 
'parishes,' retained hy Louisiana from the French laws. 

" Illinois, which, with avast additional territory, became a county of 
A''irginia on its conquest by Gen. George Rogers Clark, retained the county 
organization, which was formally extended over the State by the constitu- 
tion of 1818, and continued in exclusive use until the constitution of 1848. 
Under this system, as in other States adopting it, most local business was 
transacted by three commissioners in each county, who constituted a county 
court, with quarterly ses8i(jns. During the period ending with the consti- 
tutional convention of 1847, a large portion of tlie State had become filled 
up svith a population of New England birth or character, daily growing 
more and more compact and dissatisfied with the comparatively arbitrary 
and inefficient county system. Under the influence of this feeling the con- 
stitutional provision of 1848, and subsequent law of 1849 were enacted, 
permitting counties to adt)pt township organization; according to which 
all the counties north of the Illinois river, and a large number south of it, 
liave so organized. 

"The main argument for ti>wnship organization is, perhaps, its ex- 
treme value as a school of political action. It is not claimed, of course, 
that each township should exercise so unbounded an authority as belonged 
to the ancient republics; but only that they should use it in reference to 
local matters, which interest the\n only, and which no others can under- 
stand or direct so well. In the immense territories which form the States 
of the Union, or in the Union itself for federal concerns, it is impossible for 
all the voters to meet and transact the business of government. Hence 
that modification of a 'pure democracy,' which has given us our represen- 
tative system of government. If such a universal meeting were conveni- 
ently practicable, it would be practiced; in that case, no voter would dele- 
gate by authority; but it is not. In town business, however, it is practi- 
cable. The people of a township can readily meet for conference, and dis- 
cuss and decide all the multitude of local interests which concern their 
township, with a far better understanding of them than any agent or repre- 
sentative could exercise. 

" The great extent of the territory of the State of New York, from 
which the township system, as adopted in this State, is chiefly derived, 
rendered it impossible, or at least imjiracticabie, to send a representative 
from each town to the popular branch of the State legislature, as was done 
in the New England States. Under these circunjstanccs an intermediate 
board was created in each county, called a board of supervisors, and com- 
posed of one delegate from each town. This board formed a deliberative 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 315 

or kind of legislative body, taking a large portion of the powers delegated 
in the New England States to the State legislatures. It has been made an 
objection to this plan of organization, that it increases the expenses of tran- 
sacting the business of the county. But the answer is believed conclusive; 
that the only additional expense, if any, arises from the excess of compen- 
sation paid to the additional members of the county board; while the fact 
is that the business of the county is much reduced under the town organi- 
zation, and not one-fourth of the time is required to transact tlie business. 
Besides, a cheap government is not necessarily the best. Cheapness is not 
the primary object in choosing a government, but excellence. If cheap 
governments were the only thing required we should abolish the legislative 
brancii of our State government, and leave our laws to be made by the 
executive or the Supreme Court. Or, which would be be still cheaper, 
perhaps, we could let out the making of our laws by contract and compe- 
tition to the lowest bidder, or to whomsoever would ]my the State most for 
the privilege. There would be no want of proposals." 

REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS. 

On Tuesday, December 6th, 1849, an order was made by the County 
Commissioners' Court appointing Thomas Enlow, Augustus E. Bowles and 
William Berry, commissioners, to divide the county into towns or town- 
ships, as provided by an act of the Legislature, providing for the township 
organization of any county, after having so determined by a majority vote 
being cast in its favor, at any general election. The report of the commis- 
sioners, as the writer has it from official sources, was filed in the County 
Court, on the 8tli day of March, 1860, and was as follows: 

State op Iii-rNOis, ) 

Adams County. ) ' 
To THE Honorable County Coukt for said County of Ad.\ms: 

The undersigned, commissioners, appointed by your Honorable Covirt, in pursuance ot 
an act entitled " An act to jirovide for township and county organization, under which any 
county may organize, whenever a majority of the voters of such county, at any general 
election, shall so determine," in force April Kith, 1849, to divide said county of Adam 
into towns, according to the provisions of said act, respectfully report that they have divided 
the said county into twenty towns, and laid the same off by metes and bounds, and adopting 
a name for each, in accordance with the expressed wish of the inhabitants of said towns, 
respectively, and when said inhabitants have been unable to agree on such name, the under- 
signed have selected a name. 

Division into Townships. — The names and boundaries of each town so laid ofl" are as 
follows, that is to say : 

Clrii/trm.— The whole of Congressional township 1 north, 5 west. 

North East. — The whole of Congressional township 2 north, 5 west. 

Cninp Point. — The whole of Congressional township 1 north, 6 west. 

Houston. — The whole of Congressional township 3 north, (i west. 

Honey Creek. — The whole of Congressional township 1 north, 7 west. 

Keene. — The whole of Congressional township 2 north, 7 west. 

Ursa.— The whole of Congressional township 1 north, 8 west, and of fractional town- 
ship 1 north, 9 west, and all that portion of country in townships 3 north, 8 west and 3 north, 
9 west, which lies south of Bear creek. 

Lafayette. — All that iiortion of country in townships 2 north, 8 west, 3 north, 9 west, and 
fractional township 3 north, 10 west, which lies south of said Bear creek. 

.Jackson. — The whole of Congiicssional township 1 south, 5 west, and the north half oi 
^Congressional township 2 south, Ti west. 



316 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Beverly. — The whole of Concrrcssional towushi]) 3 south, 5 wtst, and the south half of 
Congressional township 2 south, 5 west. 

('oluiiilnm.— The whole of Congressional township 1 south. (! west. 

Liberty. — The whole of Congressional township 2 south, west. 

liichliiial. — The whole of Conirressional lownshij) :{ south, (i west. 

Dover. — The wli<ile of Conaressiona] t(nviislii|i 1 south, 7 west. 

Burton. — Tlie wliole <>t Concrrcssional townsliip 2 south, 7 west. 

Pa!/.ion. — The whole of Conirressional township :J south, 7 west. 

Ellinglon. — Tlie whole of Congressional townsliip 1 south, 8 west, and fractional town- 
ship 1 south, west, e.xcept that portion of said fractional township included in the 
corporate limits of the city of Quiney. 

Melrose. — Tlie whole of Congressional township 2 south, 8 west, and fractional township 

2 south, west, except tliat iiortion of said fractional towushiji included within the corporate 
limits of the city of (.iuincy- 

Benton. — The whole of Congressional township 3 south, 8 west, and fractional township 

3 south, 9 west. 

Qiiinry. — The whole of the corporate limits of the (tity of Quincy. 

Being twenty towns named and founded, as aforesaid, of said county of Adams. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. ' 

William Berry, 
Thomas Enlow, 
A. E. Bowles, 

Commuiioners. 

FIUST MKETINO OF BOARD. 

As tlic official records relate, "Through the call of the Coiintj Clerk, 
hy the approval of many of the Board of Supervisors," the first meeting of 
the Board of Supervisors, as provided by the law of township organization 
for this count}', convened on the 3d day of June, 1850, in the court-room, 
in the old court-house, which was destroyed hy fire, in 1S75, and which 
stood on 5tli street, between Maine and Hampshire, in Quincy, and the 
following members took part in the proceedings of that session of the 
Board : 

NAMES OF MEMBERS. 

John P. Robbins, John M. Ruddle, Grason Orr, Babtist Hardy, Jabez 
Lovejoy, John T. Battell, Jose]>h Kern, Alexander M. Smith, David Wolf, 
Williston Stephens, Solomon Cusick, Thomas Bailey, William H. Tandy, 
Robert G. Kay, Thomas Crocker, Stephen F. Satford. and Edward Sharp. 
The first business was the election of W. H. Tandy, chairman of the board 
for that session. Thomas Bailey, who was a member of that board, the 
first held in the county, is the chairman of the present [March, 1879] 
board of supervisors. The first business transacted by the first board ot 
supervisors, after their organization by the election of Mr. Tandy, chair- 
man, was the renaming the following towns, notice having been filed with 
the county clerk, by the auditor of the State, that their names should be 
changed, viz: Lafayette to be called Lima, Benton to be called Fall 
Creek, Dover to be called Gilmer, Richland to be called Richfield, Jackson 
to be called Concord. Among the subjects of business disposed of at that 
term of the board was the delinquent taxes of 1849, the allowance for the 
keeping of the paupers of the county, the sheriff^'s bill for services rendered 
in tlie County Commissioners' Court, claims allowed b}- the board to per- 
sons who had previously rendered the county services, rendering the opin- 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 31T 

ion of the board that tlie}' had no jurisdiction to render judgments un the 
delinquent hinds, fixing the salary of P. A. Goodman, county judge, iixing 
compensation of county jailor, county clerk's hill for tax list, en-oi's in 
certificates of sales, fixing manner in wliich road taxes shall be paid, com- 
pensation of county clerk for services rendered, directions to county treas- 
urer relative to collections made by him, resolution that the board would 
grant no license to any one to sell ardent spirits in the county, the election 
of the following luuned persons to serve as grand jurors for the following 
October term of the Circuit Court: James Wood, John Ryler, "Wilson 
Lierle, Sliannon Wallace, Jacob M. Nichols, Asaph Francis, Lafayette 
Frazer, James Shiim, Stephen Guthrie, Robert P. Coats, Lewis McFarland, 
Alexander Walker, T. B. Warren, Samuel G. Blenin, Samuel Woods, 
James Carpenter, G. B. Dimock, Robert Tillson, Hiram Rogers, llenr}^ 
Kent, James Richardson, Orrin Kendall, and William H. McClyinent; 
and the following named persons as the petit jurors for the same term of 
the Circuit Court: Edward Ogle, Richard Cleaver, Henry Whitford. John 
P. GroveSjWilliam Gilliland, L. J. Siiripson, Samuel Wilks, Mitchell Alex- 
ander, James A. Young, Joseph Young, John G. Brown, George Starr, 
John P. Ansmus, A. L. Weed, Abner Percy, Josiah Reed, James Nelson, 
E. W. Chapman, Noah Lane, C. L. Demuree, Adolph Keltz, J. H. Cuffey, 
James Fisher, and George Hogan. The ofiicial report of J. J. Fielding, 
treasurer, which was as follows, is here presented as showing something 
relating to the finances of the county at that time: 

1850. 

March 37. To cash on hand last roport $ 3.40 

" 28. " borrowed of R. Dimock 2,000.00 

April " county orders of J. B. Young on note. . . . $180.43 

of . J. B. Young, June 20 180 62 

of .T, M. Pitman, taxes 20.30 

May 20. " of collector, for A. Green, for bridge 530.00 

" " county orders of E. M. King, for fines. .. . 8.03 

" " " " Hartman, " 3.00 

$2,744.41 

CK. 

1850. 
March 28. By casli paid G. B. Dimock on jail orders owned by R. Dim- 
ock, rec'd on file $1,500.00 

" treasurer, int. on .|1,500 30.00 

May 20. " " Amos Green, on bridge 1,000.00 

June 5. By county orders and jury certiticates paid to board of 

supervisors, and destroyed 314.00 

$3,744.06 

Balance $0.35 

The treasurer, in addition to the above report, filed the following 
receipt and order, viz: 

R. Dimock's receipt, dated March 28, 1850, for $1,500.00 

Henry Newtown, superintendent Bear creek bridge, order in favor Amos Green. 1,000.00 

$2,500.00 



318 IIISTOKY OF ADAMS L'OUNTV. 

The treasurer of tlic t'oniity was ordered to Ijorrow the sum of fifteen 
hundred liollars, to meet expenses of the county for one .year, on interest, 
not to exceed ten jier cent. John P. Roblnns was appointed a committee 
of one, to report to the hoard at its next meeting, rules of order for the 
government of tiie board at its I'uture meetings. Tliis meeting of the 
board convened on the third, and adjourned on the 5tli day of June, 1S50. 

ICI.KCTl'oN I'EKCINCTS. 

Tlie c >nnty liaving tlius adojited, so to speak, a new form of govern- 
ment, which in its miture jihiced tiie management of tlie afiairs of the 
county more compeletely in the people, it became necessary to create elec- 
tion precincts, conformably to the "^lew dispensation," or rather, to carry 
out completely the new form of government just begun. 

The next meeting of the board of supervisors was a special session, 
called for the purpose of dividing the county into election precincts and 
appointing judges of elections to be held. This meeting of the board con- 
vened on Friday, the 1st day of November, 1850. The complete history 
of the adoption of townshi]> organization in this county we think would 
be incomplete without the pr(>eeedings of this meeting, and for that reason 
it is subjoined in full from the record of the board proceedings, so far as it 
relates to the subject in hand. 

It was, on motion, resolved that the fDllowiiig towns be and they arc hereby declared 
precincts in and for snid county of Adams, viz; 

QHini-y. — The town, or city, of Quincy be one precinct, with two places of voting, 
known jis the lii-st and second polls, and that the courtrhouse, in Quiuc}', be the place of 
volin.!;. 

iHlinr/ton. — The town of Ellington to be one precinct, and the stone house, known as 
the " Old .Jacobs place," to be the place of voting. 

Ufnii. — The town of Ursa to be one precinct, and the school house, in Ursa, to be the 
place of voting. 

Lima. — The town of Lima to be one precinct, and the place of voting to be at the 
" Beebe House," in the village of Lima. 

Jfunfi/ Creek. — The town of Honey Creek to be one precinct, and the place of voting to 
be at the school house, on section sixteen. 

Keene. — The town of Kcene to be one precinct, and the place of voting to be the school 
house, on section sixteen 

IIouMon. — The town of Houston to be one precinct, and the brick school house, on sec- 
tion sixteen, to be the place of voting. 

North EnKt.—The town of North Ea.st to be one precinct, and the Franklin school 
house to be the place of voting. 

Vamp Point. — The town of Camp Point to constitute one precinct, and the McFarland 
school liou.se to be the place of voting. 

Cliii/ton. — The town of Clayton to become one precinct, and the postofflcc, in the vil- 
lage of Clayton, to be the place of votins;. 

CiDiror'il. — The town of Concord to" constitute one precinct, and the house of Elish 
Turner to be tlie place of voting. 

C()tuml>iia. — Tlie town of Columbus to constitute one precinct, and the red school 
house in the village of Columbus to be the place of voting. 

Gilmer. — The" town of Gilmer to constitute one preciiict, and the McNeil school house 
to be the place of voting. 

Liberty. — The town of Liberty to constitute one precinct, and the place of voting to be 
at the school house in the village of Liberty. 

Beverly. — The town of Beverly to constitute one precinct and the place of voting to be 
at the house of Solomon Perkins. 

Richfiehl. — The town of Richfield to constitute one precinct, and the place of voting to 
be at the center school house. 






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Billion. — TUe town of Burton to constitute one precinct, and the place of voting to be 
the wajron shop of Mr. Enloxv in the village of Burton. 

Pitynoii. — The town of Payson to constitute one precinct, and the place of voting to be 
at the house of Benjamin Hoar, in the village ot Payson. 

Fall ('reek. — The town of Fall Creek to constitute one precinct, and the jilace of voting 
to be at the center school house. 

Melnise. — The town of Melrose to constitute one precinct, and the place of voting to be 
at the school house near Amos Bancroft's. 

It IS now ordered by the Board of Sujiervisors that the following named persons be 
appointed judges of elections in the following named precincts, to serve as such judges at 
the election to be held in the county of Adams on Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem- 
ber, 1850, being- the fifth day of said month, and until their successors shall be appointed, 
towit. : 

In the town of Ellington, Samuel Jameson, A. E. Howies and William C. Powell. 

In the town of L'rsa, William Laughlin, Gabriel Keath and Joel Frazier. 

In the town of Lima, E. P. Wade, Henry Xulton and Thos. Hillurn. 

In the town of Honey Creek, John A. White, John Johnson and L. A. Weed. 

In the town of Keene, Wm. H. Robertson, II. L. Thurman and James Shannon. 

In Houston, David Strickler, Samuel Woods and John Kern. 

In the town of North East, Elliott Combs, E. B. Hoyl and William Robins. 

In the town of Camp Point, John Robertson, Lewis McFarland and William Thompson. 

In the town of Concord, John Ansemuse, David Hobbs and Eli.-^ha Turner. 

In the town of Columbus, Francis Turner, James Thomas and (jeurge Johnson. 

In the town of Gilmer, Theron D. Warren, John Lutnmis and John I. Gilmer, Jr. 

In the town of Liberty, Ira Pierce, Ebenezer Chaplin and Lewis J. Thompson. 

In the town of Beverly, Isaac Perkins, James Sykes, Jr., and George W. Williams. 

In the town of Clayton, Hiram Boyle, Thomas Curry and James C. Carpenter. 

In the town of Richfield, James Woods, Henry Farmer and Isaac Cleveland. 

In the town of Burton, Samuel G. Blivens, AVilliam Richards and Joseph Leverette. 

In the town of Payson, Thomas J. Shepherd, William Sbinn and John O. Bernard. 

In the town of Fall Creek, Silas Beebee, John ]5i'an and Joseph Journey. 

In the town of Melrose, Noah Swain, John Wood and Amos Bancroft. 

In the town of Quincy, First Poll, Adam Schmitt. Lorenzo Bull and William B. Powers. 

In the town of Quincy, Second Poll, J. D. Morgan, Christopher Dickhute and Robert 
S. Benueson. 

At this session of the board tliere was no business before it except the 
matter referred to, which it transacted and adjourned on the same day of 
its convening. 

AID TO soldiers' FAMILIES. 

In May, 1861, the board of supervisors for the county then in session 
took action under the law which had been passed by the Illinois Legislature, 
authorizing the different counties in the State to render aid in the prosecu- 
tion of the war. The war had been commenced; hundreds of men from 
the county, at the first call of duty, had left liome, friends and family, and 
in many instances, in consequence of the suddenness of the call, the latter 
without sufKcient means for their support. The county board, recogniz- 
ing the fact, and sensible of the patriotic duties that the public owed to 
the families of those who had sacrificed home, family and their comforts in 
defense of country on the field of strife, took prompt action to render aid 
to needy tamilies. The first resolution introduced was by Supervisor J. J. 
Graham, authorizing the appropriation of one thousand dollars for such 
purposes. To this resolution an amendment was offered by Supervisor 
Perry Alexander, of Melrose township, and adopted by the board, author- 
izing the supervisors of the different townships to render aid to families, 
and report frotn time to time to the board such money as they had 
expended under the resolution. 



320 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

The following is the text of ilr. Alexander's resolution: "Whereas, 
by an act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois at the last special ses- 
sion, counties are authorized to make apjiropriations to aid in the support 
of the families of such volunteers of the United States service from the 
State of Illinois as may be in need, and whereas this board deems it proper 
that the county of Adams should give such aid as the country demands, 

" Therefore^ resolved that the supervisors be authorized to furnish all 
necessary aid to destitute families of volunteer soldiers in their respective 
towns at the expense of the county, and report at every meeting of the 
board, and that the supervisors shall have no pay for such service." Under 
the resolution, hundreds of dollars were distributed over the county, and 
many a worthy family of the patriotic soldier received substantial aid and 
the practical sympathy of our people. 

DIFFICULTY IN PAYING TAXES. 

In 1S62 the difficulty of paying taxes in specie, which the State laws 
required, produced a memorial from the board of sui^ervisors, which we 
copy from record. 

January 0, 1863. 

WiiEKEAS, The laws of Congress inakiiiu: treasury notes a legal tender for the payment 
of debts, and other ettects of the jjresent desolating war, have driven the constitutional cur- 
rency of the country, gold and silver coin, into tjie cotlers of the money-changers and the 
pockets of peculators and contractors, and whereas the law of the State rci[uiring the taxes 
of the State to be collected in gold and silver coin is oppressive to the tax-payers, while 
the exigencies of the war shall render the payment in specie impracticable and ruinous; 
therefore be it unanimously 

Rmolxed, That the Board of Supervisors of Adams county, on behalf of said county, 
respectfully but earnestly request our representatives, both in the Senate and House in Gen- 
eral A.s.sembly convened, to mitigate the evil of exacting specie tor taxes while the evils of 
the present war exist, by making treasury notes receivable for the payment of the taxes 
due to the State and county; 

Henolced, That the clerk of the Board of Supervisors furnish our senators and repre- 
sentatives with copies of the foregoing proceedings, and that the same be also published in 
the newspapers of the county. 

In September, 1SG2, at a regular meeting of the board, a resolution, 
whicli was not finallj^ disposed of in August, came up and was adopted by 
a unanimous vote. Yeas, 18; nays, none. This resolution pledged sup- 
port and aid to families of all volunteers or drafted men in the United 
States service. 

BOUNTY ACT. 

Proceedings of considerable interest occupied the board at their Sep- 
tember term, 1S64, mainly relating to the levy of taxes to furnish recruits 
for the army, and avoid the conscription. 

This meeting called for a special meeting, which convened October 3, 
1364, and passed a bounty act that was to be submitted to the vote of the 
county. Subsequent to this we find a resolution offered in a meeting on 
the 14th September, 1865, and adopted, to this etiect: a tax of thirty cents 
on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property, to pay the indebt- 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 321 

ediiess already incurred for the relief of the families of Illinois volunteers 
and drafted men. 

At the special term, October, 1SG7, the following preamble and reso- 
lutions were adopted: 

COUNTY LINE. 

WiiKUKAS, There is a dispute in regard to the county lines between Adams and Bnmu 
counties, llierei'ore, 

Jlt'.iiilml, That B. F. Chattcn be appointed in conjunction with the countj surveyor of 
HrowM county, to survey and establish permanently said line, and report to this board. 

Upon the same A&y we also find the following: 

lienolted, That in the opinion of this board the proper location of the court-house is in 
the center of Washington square. 

The next important labors of the board were the location and carrying 
.on the building and completion of the present magnificent court-house, 
which is treated of in the next chai)ter. 



322 IIISTOKY OF AI1AMS COUNTY. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

BuRNINli OK THE CoUKT-HoUSE — CoUNTY SkAT ELECTION — TllE New CoURT- 
IIOUSE — PUOCEEDINGS OF THE BoARD OF SUPERVISORS IN RELATION TO 
THE BuiLDINO — DESCRIl-riON OF THE BuiLDINO AS COMPLETED — OC- 
CUPANCY. ' 

lU'HNINO OF THE COURT-HOUSE. 

On the 9th day of Jiumary, A.D. 1875, the court-liouse was discovered 
to be on fire. Chief Engineer Ayersand the whole force of the lire depart- 
ment were soon on liand, but failed to save the building. The books, rec- 
ords, etc., were removed to adjoining buildings for safety, and nothing was 
lost to the county e.\cepting the building itself. The fire is supposed to 
have originated from a defective flue, and the rapidity with which the 
devouring clement accomplished its work was astounding. Some persons 
who were boarding with the sheriff" in the rear of the court-house were 
escorted to a more secure and (][uiet place of residence at the police station. 
The iail itself escaped. The loss was thought to be some ^5,000 or $7,000. 

As soon after the partial destruction of the old court-house by fire, as 
tlie board of supervisors could be otficially called together, they met to 
take into consideration the subject of ]iroviding a place for holding the 
couVts of the county, and repairing the offices ot the circuit and county 
clerks. This meeting convened on the ISth day of January, 1S75, the fire 
having occurred just nine days before. It was decided to at once repair 
the old offices in the partially demolished building, to be occupied by the 
sheriff", county and circuit clerks, until anew coui-t-house and otHces should 
be provided. Accordingly a committee consisting of Thos. Redmond. 
William Winkleman, L. G. Carr and Tiiomas Bailey, were aj)pointcd for 
that purpose. During the interim between the fire and the rejiairing of 
the old offices, the circuit clerk, (icorge Brophy, and county clerk, "Willis 
Ilasehvood, moved, and had their records and offices on Maine street, 
between Si.\th and Seventh streets, in what was known as the Dill's block, 
and which before tliat had been occupied as the jxist-office. This building 
was so occupied for county purposes until the old offices were in a condition 
to receive them back to their old home, a period of about three weeks. 
The committee named above was at the same meeting of the board 
instructed to secure a suitable place for holding the courts of the count}' 
until a new county building should be erected. The committee conferred 
with several of the property owners in Quincy who had buildings to rent, 



HISTORY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 323 

and liad offered them for such purposes, and at the meeting of the board 
wliich convened on the 10th of the following Feljruary, reported that as a 
matter of economy it would be cheaper for the county to repair and make 
a room in the old building than to rent elsewhere in the city, which was 
accordingly done. That part of iirst floor of the old building, as far back 
as the circuit and county clerks' offices, formerly occupied by the county 
judge and other officers, was converted into a court room, and here the sev- 
eral courts of the county held their sessions, greatly to the discomfort of 
judge, juries, witnesses and lawyers, particularly in the summer months, 
until the occupancy of the present commodious and elegant quarters, in the 
year 1877. 

COUNTY SEAT ELECTION. 

This misfortune, or rather good fortune, gave a chance for reopening tlie 
old county seat question, and this time Coatsburg loomed up as a rival to 
the "Gem City." Still, in Quincy itself, there were disagreements con- 
cerning the proper place in the city for erecting the new building. 

We notice in the Quincy Herald^ February 2d, 1875, a correspondence 
Ijetween Mr. Willis Ilaselwood, the county clerk, and Judge Joseph Sibley. 
The judge, in reply to interrogatories, states that he is decidedly in favor 
of Jefferson Square as the location of the new building. 

The board of supervisors appointed a committee to confer with the 
Quincy board of education, for the purchase of Jefferson Square, and tiiey 
held a meeting, February 15, 1875, and discussed various plans and pro- 
posals. It was resolved to accept $35,000 for the Jefferson Square property, 
which was carried by a vote of 4 to 3, in the Board. Along in the Fall, the 
e.\citcraent began to manifest itself, concerning a removal of the county 
seat. to Coatsburg. A petition, according to law, was made and filed with 
the county clerk. He issued a notice of election, to be held on Tuesday, 
November 9tli. At this election, the ballots were required to be prepared, 
" For removal " or '' Against removal," The entire vote polled and 
amounted to 7,281, and the majority against removal was 4,172. Quincy 
gave 5,343 votes against removal and 4 votes in favor of removal. The 
town of Burton gave 116 votes on each side of the question. The vote of 
Honey Creek township, in which Coatsburg was located, furnished a supple- 
ment to the Quincy vote, in one way — they gave exactly four votes against 
removal, and Quincy had given only four votes in favor of removal. Pre- 
vious to this election, there was a strong exhibition of feeling, and meet- 
ings were held at Quincy, where speeches were made by leading men of 
the city. Col. Wm. A. Richardson, lion. O. II. Browning, Dr. Sturgiss, 
Dr. Bobbins and Judge Sibley all held the crowd in front of the court-house 
for hours, on the night preceding the election. Their arguments were 
strongly for Quincy and against Coatsljurg. Mr. John Ilendrickson was 
the only man that lifted his voice for Coatsburg, on this occasion, and 



324 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

honesty compels us to say ho was somcwhiit ill-treated. Meetings were 
also held throughout the dift'ereut parts of tiie county, by the friends 
of Quincy, which were addressed by the gentlemen already named, 
prominent among whom, Hon J. W. Carter, the present member of the 
Legislature from Quincy, and e.\-State Senator J. II. Richardson. The 
chief argument by the friends of Coatsburg, which they used in a thor- 
ough canvass of the county, in favor of the removal, was the central loca- 
tion of that place, and probably the saving of e.xpense in the building of 
the court-house, and the very large number of voters who had petitioned 
for the election. The contest, we believe, was conducted notably free from 
personal animosity of any sort, on th^ jiart of either side, and between the 
elements which were then antagonistic, the best of harmony and fellowship 
now exists. 

LEGISLATION. 

At the December term, 1S68, the board appointed a committee to 
attend the Legislature and secure legislation that would enable the county 
to build a court-house and jail. The committee were Perry Alexander, 
Silas Bailey, A. W. Blakesly, Benjamin Berrian and James H. Ilendrickson. 
In February, 1869, at a special term, a resolution was offered, 
apjiroving the bill which had been passed by the Legislature, but the ayes 
and na3-s were called and resulted in live affirmative and seven negative 
votes. • 

At the May special meeting, 1S75, a communication from the City 
Council was received, declaring that the City Council was ready to make a 
deed of Jefferson Square to the county, in case an agreement was made by 
said committee, and the Board to build the court-house thereon. 

Whereupon a resolution was read and ordered to be liled, setting forth 
the fact that the court-house having beeiulestroyed by tire, Jefferson Square 
was in their view the best place to locate the new building. 

An offer was also made and recorded, from John Wheeler, to sell certain 
lands owned by him, on the corner of Spring and Fourth streets, in Quincy, 
for a court-house and jail. At this meeting, also, a petition was offered in favor 
of Jefteison Square, but by a resolution, Washington S(|uare was designated, 
by a vote of seventeen to thirteen, and a committee ajipointed by ballot to 
advertise for jilans and specifications. They were, Thomas Bailey, B. F. 
Berrian, Maurice Kelly, Thomas Trip]) and J. Parkhurst. 

At the July meeting of the board, still further proceedings were held 
regarding the court-house. lion. W. A. liichardson, being a member and 
taking an active part, considerable dissension ap])eared in the Board, and 
the subject was postponed to the Se})tember meeting, and from the records 
of that date we copy as follows: 

E. 11. Turner called up the resolution of .Tuly meetiii;:, and movoil to amcml the same 
by .striking out the preamble and the words "old site," and suli>lilnlinjr therefor .leflerson 
Square, on the terms and conditions as proposed by the lily (onni il ol the City of Quincy. 

Upon 11 call of ayes and nays, theamendmenl was adopted, us follows: 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



325 



Joliii Altmix, 
W. \V. Avisc, 
Henry (,'. Craig, 
Chas. M. Graniraar, 
T\'m. HuddlesUin, 
Jas. H. Hendrickson, 



B. F. Berrian, 
Thog. Bailey, 
Joel Benton, 
L. a. Carr, 
S. G. Earl, 



AYES — 17. 

Michael Kelly, 
Maurice Kellv, 
Wm. A. Hiclmnlsi. 
.John \V. Kiuld.-ll, 
.John T. Turner, 
Chas. .7. Teiikolft, 

NAYS — 14. 

Peter G. Horn, 
M. Heiderich, 
Dr. L. Hair, 
J. Parkluirst, 
Vincent Hidgely, 



E, TI. Turner, 
Thomas Tripp, 
.J. \V. Vickers. 
AVni. AVinkleman, 
Samuel Woods. 



David Sheer, 
Louis Strickler, 
Joseph B. Weaver, 
Geo. F. Waldhaus. 



This atneiulinent having been adopted, tlie original resolution was, by 
the same vote, carried, locating the new court-house on Jefferson Square. 

A further resolution was adopted, requesting the City Council of 
Quincy to make the deeds conveying Jefferson Square and have them 
approved by the county attorney, and finally resolved that these deeds be 
deposited in the hands of a third party, and in the event of the removal of 
the county seat to Coatsburg or any other point outside of tiie city of 
Quincj', said deed shall be returned to the part^' making the same. 

In considering the plans for the building of the court-house, the com- 
mittee of the whole reported in favor of the plan submitted by John S. 
McKean, as the first choice, and George Jjunting's jjlan as second choice, and 
II. L. Gay's plan as third choice. 

A resolution was also passed, referring the plan of J. S. McKean to 
the decision of Captain Eads, and also to President Linville, of Keystone 
Bridge Co., because of some donbt expressed in regard to the strength of 
the supports, etc., etc. The answer from Captain Eads sustained the plan 
of Mr. McKean, and the final resolution upon the location of the building 
and the order for purchase of the title from the city and school board, came 
lip on the 16th of September, 1875. 

V. S. Penfield was the custodian of the papers, to be retained by him 
until November 20th, in case of a vote of the county to make Coatsburg 
the county seat. 

Not less than five thousand dollars was the price demanded for Market 
square, by the county. 

When the vote cast at the election, held November 9th, 1875, on the 
question of removal of the county seat, was canvassed, it showed that three 
thousand one hundred and nine votes were given for removal, and seven 
thousand two hundred and eighty-three votes were cast against removal to 
Coatsburg. 

The deed to the north half of Jefferson square was executed October 
1st, 1875, by Robert S. Benneson, president of the board of education, and 
Albert iJemaree, clerk, and received and entered of record ou the county 
clerk's books at the December special meeting, 1875. 



32G lIlSTukV OF ADAM.S COUNTV. 

There was cvidenth' a lack of unanimity in feeling concerning the 
location of the courthonse yet, and a resolution was offered and sup])orted 
by nine out of twenty-nine votes, to call an election on the Jefferson square 
proposition. This was at the si)ecial December meeting of the board, and 
upon a subsequent vote, at the same meeting, the votes were twent3--two to 
nine for Jefferson square, and the clerk was instructed to advertise for 
sealed proposals for building the court-house. 

Then again came the question before the board u])on the propriety of 
putting cells in the basement, for prisoners. This matter was referred to 
a committee. 

On the meeting of the board De/;ember 9th, 1S75, a resolution passed 
by fifteen votes to fourteen, to abolish the dome provided for on the new 
court-house, and substitute towers, " if thought necessary to relieve the 
general appearance." 

At a special meeting, on the 3d day of January, 1S76, the following 
report was made and accepted : 

The committee appointed at your December meeting, 1875, to prepare detailed plan, 
specifications and descrijifinn nf the proposed new court-house, also to enquire into the 
priicticiiliility and prolialilc ccist of ImiUlin^ a jail in the liasement of said court-house, beg 
leave to report the following- detailed ]daiis. specifications and description of said proposed 
court-house and jail. Said plans :iiul spceitications arc herewith submitted as part of the 
report, as prepared liy .Idliii S. ^IcKivin, architect. Your committee further report that in 
their opinion the Imildiiif; of saiil jail is iiraclicablc ; that in tlieir opinion the cost of said 
jail will be about $20,0011, which will proliably make the entire cost of court-house and 
jail .$215,000 or |230,000. Your committee therefore recoinmend the building of said 
jail in the basement of said court-house. All of whicli is respectfully submitted. 

1k.\ Tyi.kh, ] 

.T. M. RfDDKf.r., Majority 

E. H. TlRNKK, - of 

Wm. Win"kklm.\n, Committee. 
J. H. Hendhicksox. J 

Pending the consideration of the above report, the board was notified 
of the death of Wm. A. Ilichardson, a member of the board. Thus 
passed away from life, while following its liumbler paths, one who had 
proved his manhood on the battle field, in the halls of Congress and the 
Senate of the United States. 

At the February meeting, in 1S7C, a communication was received 
from the mayor of Quincy concerning the laying of the corner stone of the 
court-house, and suggesting the 4th of July, 1870, as an appropriate day 
for the ceremony; and it was at this meeting the bond and contract of 
John S. McKean, as architect and superintendent, was received. The 
bond was in tlie sum of ten thousaiul dollars, and was signed as securities 
by Edwin Cleveland, Herman Ilirsch, David G. Williams, Wm. M. Avise. 

At the September meeting, 1876, General Singleton offered a resolu- 
tion, which was adopted, authorizing the investigation of the manner of 
cotistructing the new court-house, and materials cmpKn-cd. This move 
was originated in the previous board, by Supervisor Parkhurst. Also, at 
the same time, and Iiy the same person, an order was secured for the issuing 




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qUINCY 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 327 

of two hundred thousand dollars in bonds by the county, which was to be 
submitted, to vote, at the general Fail election. The vote was taken, and 
the issue of eight per cent, bonds ordered, at a special November term, 
1876. At this November term a memorial page was ruled in mourning, 
and set apart for John W. Vickers, who was a member of the board, and 
also democratic candidate for sheriff, who departed this life Oct. 26th, 1876. 
At July meeting, 1877, on motion of Supervisor Bailey, it was ordered 
tliat $100,000 of court-house bonds be destroyed, that were printed but 
not issued, and that an equal amount of §1,000 bonds be issued, and 
made payable one-half in March, 1881, and one-half in March, 1882. At 
this session Messrs. Larkworthy and Bnrge tendered to the board the use 
of the court-house for their session, with the proviso, on part of the board, 
that this should not be construed as an acceptance of the building at their 
hands. 

We copy below part of a communication spread upon records of Feb- 
ruary, 1878: 

Richfield, 111., Feb. 2.j, 1878. 
To THE Hon. Board, <fcc., &c. : 

Oentlemen: — I regret that my health is such that I ■will not be able to meet with you 
(luring the present term, having been confined to my room nearly three weeks. * * 

* * * For the last two years your duties have been very arduous and difficult. 
Within that period you have constructed a court-liouse and jilil, which is one of the most 
substantial, beautiful and economically constructed buildings in the West, and at .so small 
a cost, for that class of a building, that scarcely a tax-payer in the county is dissatisfied. 
So low have been the bids that it is believed that no contractor has made a fair profit, while 
some have lost money. ********* 

Your most obedient servant, 

luA Tyler, 
Chairman of Board of Supervisors. 

First meeting held in the new court-house was convened on the 9th 
day of July, 1877. 

On the 12th of this month, the committee of the whole inspected the 
building, having received from the contractors a bill of $219,644.15, with 
balance due of $69,975.40. 

On the 13th, Supervisor Avise offered a resolution that the board now 
express full and entire satisfaction with the new court-house, and direct 
the building committee to accept it. This was declared the sense of the 
meeting. 

At the September term we find that the building committee, consist- 
ing of George Boughman, Ira Tyler and Thomas Bailey were still engaged 
in making reports and recommendations concerning the new court-house. 

May 8th, 187S, a resolution was adopted that the court-house should 
not be used for political meetings. July 10th, 1878, the committee 
reported the cost of the iron fence around the court-house at $6,450.00; 
the pavements inside the square, $1,227.03, and the sodding, $648.10. At 
this term a communication from the pastors of Quincy was received, alleg- 
ing an unhealthy and unwholesome condition of the county jail. This 
matter for a time attracted considerable attention from the public, and was 



32S lUSTOKV Ul' ADAMS CUINTY. 

discoursed hy the clerijy ami otliers tliroiigh the press of Quincy, with a 
mariied deijrec of wariuth and interest, which directed the attention of the 
board of supervisors to the subject matter, and led to the appointment by 
them of a committee to fnlh* investigate tlie matter, which the committee 
did, and reported that in their opinion there was no substantial reasons for 
the complaints, which opinion we believe has been confirmed by subsequent 
history of the building's sanitary advantages. 

COUKT-HOUSK BDILDINO. 

The following is a description of the new court-house from the ])lans 
furnished by the architect, J. S. MclAan: 

The building is one hundred and tive by one hundred and seventy feet; 
two stories and a basement. The basement is eleven feet high, and the 
west part of it is dulj' fitted up for the retention of those members of soci- 
ety who are found guilty of crimes. In this story is also the heating appa- 
ratus, consisting of two low-pressure steam boilers for heating the building 
and other purposes. In the center of each of the four fronts is a spacious 
double portico, the first story of which is supported by piers three feet si.\ 
inches S(juare, each alternate course of stone cross-pointed. The second 
story columns are twenty-two feet six inches high, in Corintiiian style. 
These porticos are approached by easy flights of stairs of the full width of 
the portico. There are four entrances to the first story, each door being 
eight feet wide, and a hall ten feet wide running through from north to 
south and from east to west. Upon this floor, which has a sixteen-foot ceil- 
ing, is located the circuit clerk's office, consisting of three rooms, one 
27 by 4().6 feet, with six large windows, one vault and work-room 15 feet 
by 30 with two double windows; also another vault 17. S bj' 17.S, with four 
windows; tiiis last named room or vault is detached in such a way that 
in case of fire only one corner would be exposed. The walls enclosing these 
rooms as- well as all others on this floor are hollow, with a four-inch air 
space, all the windows being provided with double corrugated sliding shut- 
ters made to slide in the hollow space of wall. The county clerks' offices are 
the same size as those described for the circuit clerk. The recorder has two 
rooms, one of which is a vault 17.8 square. Tiie county treasurer and col- 
lector have three rooms and a small vault; one, 27 by 2S feet; one, 17.6 by 
27; one, 17.S square, and the vault is 6.10 by 9.8. The sherifl"'s room is 
15.6 by 31, with a vault 9.S by 14.S. The county surve^'or's room is 15.6 
by 31, with a vault 6.10 by 9.8. The county court-room is 38 feet by 47, 
with the proper appointments of a jury and judge's room. It is warmed 
and ventilated after the same manner as the circuit court-room. 

From the hall a spacious stairway conducts to the dome, which is, in its 
entire height, 90 feet above the roof The style of architecture adopted is 
an adaptation of the Corinthian order, or what may be termed the Ii<:?i- 



HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 329 

naissance. The building is of brick faced with cut stone, lias four towers 
at the extreme angles, and four small turrets or ventilating shafts. 

The roof is slate, with a deck on top covered with tin; the dome is 
covered with iron and plaster; the first story of the dome is 33 feet in 
diameter, atid the lantern at the shaft of the dome five feet six inches 
in diameter. 

The halls and clerks' offices, also recorder's rooms, arc floored with tile 
on brick arches. On the second story are the law courts. The circuit court 
room is 04 by 67 feet square, with 30 feet ceiling; the seats are arranged 
in circular form. There are two jury rooms 17.8 square, with all modern 
conveniences. Back of the judge's stand is a screen 12 feet high; in the 
center is a door leading to the judge's retiring room, 15.6 by 1.5. Near 
the judge's retiring room is a witness room, so arranged that it may serve 
for grand jury room with which it communicates. This room has four 
large windows on the south, five on the east and four on the north; the 
heating of the room is by means of hot air flues arranged on the most 
approved ])lan. 

The first day of holding circuit court in the new building was October 
22d, 1877. At that time Mr. Brophy was on hand with books and records 
in nis new office as clerk of the court. lie says that he felt very uneasy for 
a while lest he should not be on time, but by perseverance he got himself 
into position in his office. 

Mr. S. G. Earl was the first occupant of the treasurer's office, and 
hardly got it in running order before he turned it over ia Mr. Anton Brink- 
ert, his successor, on 2d December, 1877. 

Mr. Ilaselwood, the county clerk, has no record of business done in 
the new building previous to November 10th, 1S77, in his part of the 
county work. 

The splendid structure that now contains the records, the laws and even 
the criminals of the county, is a worthy object of regard to every citizen of 
Adams county. Its proportions charm the eye, its solidity attracts the com- 
mon mind, and its cost was such as to satisfy the most economical. 

The children of those who built it and their descendants will pace its 
corridors or gambol in its porticos for another century and never blame the 
men who voted money for its erection. The city and the county may well 
feel proud of their temple of justice. 



330 HISTORY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 



CHAPTER IX. 

The Civil Wak — Caiko Exi-edition Col. E. M. Pkkntiss takks Com- 
mand — Tex Regiments of Infantry and Cavalry — Cavalry — Inde- 
pendent Recuments — New Call — General Call — Recruiting again 
Stopped — Reckuitino for Old Regiments — Excitement in May — 
Last Calls — Appointments and Promotions. 

THE civil war. 

In 1795, Congress provided tliat whenever tlie laws of the United 
States sliould be opposed by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by 
the ordinary conrse of judicial proceedings, &c., &c., that the President 
should call forth the militia of such State, or any other State or States, to 
suppress such combinations, and cause the laws to be executed. It was 
further provided that the militia should be subjected to the same rules and 
articles of war as the troops of the United States, and that no officer or pri- 
vate should be compelled to serve more than three months after his araival 
at the place of rendezvous, in any one year, nor more than his due rotation 
with every other able bodied man of the same rank, in the battalion to 
which he belongs. 

On the evening of April 15, 1861, the following dispatch was received 

at Springiield, Illinois: 

Washington, April !•">, 18G1 
His lixcELLKNCY, Richard Yates : 

Call made on you by to-night's mail, for six regiments of militia, for immctliatc 
service. " Simon C'AMEnoN. 

Secretary of Il'ac. 

On the same day, President Lincoln issued his proclamation and called 
for seventy-five thousand militia, which made the (piota of Illinois to be 
4.6S3, being 225 officers and 4,458 men, to be " detached from the militia." 
This pre-supposed the existence of an organized militia, effectual for imme- 
diate service. Such, however, was not the condition in lUiiiois. The 
Adjutant General, Allen C. Fuller, from whose reports we have made 
extracts and compilations, says that the papers of his office showed only 
twenty-five bonds for return of arms, issued to militia companies in 1857, 
'58, '59 and '60, and, during the same time, but thirly-seveu certificates of 
the election of company officers. 

"It will further appear," he says, " from the report of the Quarter- 
master General, who, until about the 1st of April, 1862, had charge of the 
Ordnance Department, there were but three hundred and sixty-two United 






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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 331 

States altered muskets, one hundred and five Hai-per's Feny and Diniger's 
rifles; but one hundred and thirty-three musketoons and two hundred and 
ninety-seven liorse-pistols in the arsenel. 

"A few hundred unserviceable arms and accoutrements were scattered 
tliroughout the State, principally in the possession of these militia companies. 
In fact, there were no available, efficient armed and organized militia com- 
panies the State, and it is doubted whether there were thirty companies with 
any regular organizations. It is true there were in our principal cities and 
towns, several independent militia companies, composed principally of active 
and enterprising young men, whose occasional meetings for drill were held 
more for exercise and amusement than from any sense of duty to the State. 
Many of these companies formed the nucleus of splendid companies, which 
came promptly forward and have rendered excellent service to their State 
and country." 

On the loth of April, ISGl, also. Governor Yates issued a proclamation, 
convening the Legislature on tlie 23d, to make some provision for organ- 
izing and equipping the militia of the State, and kindred objects. A gen- 
eral order from the Adjutant General was also issued at that time, to all 
commandants of divisions, brigades, regiments and companies, to hold 
themselves ready for service, and General Order Xo. 2, for the immediate 
organization of six regiments. 

The reception of the proclamation and orders above alluded to occa- 
sioned intense excitement in all the communities of the State, accessible 
by telegraph and daily mails. 

The entire population of the State, by the census of 1860, and the 
total number of able-bodied men, between the ages of eighteen and forty- 
five, the number then in service and those liable to military duty, as 
enrolled in 1S62, was as follows: 

COUNTIES. TOTAL ENROLLMENT. '^""t^'' ™ LIABLK TO 

BKRVICE. SERVICE. 

Population in 18(30. 

Adams 41,144 9201 329.3 . 6958 

Alexander 4652 935 201 734 

Bond 9767 3279 8G1 1418 

Boone 11,670 3460 737 172.3 

Brown 9919 2153 686 1466 

Bureau 30,415 6123 1994 4129 

Calhoun 5143 1364 331 1033 

Carroll 11,718 3968 645 2.323 

Cass 11,313 2459 690 1769 

Champaign 14,.581 .3901 1533 2368 

Christian 10,475 2795 643 2153 

Clarli 14,948 .3006 916 3090 

Clay 9309 2031 793 1338 

Clinton 10,729 3709 665 3044 

Coles 14,174 3146 171 3975 

Cook 143,947 3.3,214 3677 29,.537 

Crawford 11,529 2614 644 1970 

Cumberland 8309 1.530 713 807 

DeKall) 19,079 4823 1.588 32.35 

DeWiU 10,814 2815 1334 1481 

Douglas 7109 3079 836 1343 

DuPage 1-1,696 3874 870 3004 



332 IIISTOKY OK ADAMS COUNXy. 

Edgar 1G,888 40!)7 1330 3367 

Edwards 537!) 1217 524 693 

Effingham 7805 1479 498 981 

Fayette 11, U6 271G 857 ia5!) 

Ford 1979 513 144 368 

Franklin 9367 1978 921 1057 

Fulton 33.289 6460 2329 4131 

Gallatin 7029 1714 773 941 

Greene 16,067 3547 1123 2424 

Grundy 10,373 2583 826 1757 

Hamilton 9849 1897 917 990 

Hancock 29,041 5857 1845 4012 

Hardin 3704 791 332 459 

Ilendersim 9499 1991 536 1455 

Henry 20,(;58 7178 2130 .504» 

Iroquois li,285 3339 1198 2141 

Jackson 9560 2281 996 1285 

Jasper 8350 1640 018 1022 

Jefterson 12,9;?1 2527 808 1719 

Jersey 11,943 2722 738 1984 

Joe Daviess 27,147 4816 1279 3537 

Johnson 9306 1983 8&5 1118 

Kane 30,024 6090 1987 4103 

Kankakee 15,393 ;W20 1069 2351 

Kendall 13,073 2846 1025 1821 

Knox 28,513 7704 2719 4985 

Lake 18,248 3542 1004 2538 

LaSalle 48,272 12,304 2177 10,127 

Lawrence 8976 1935 624 1311 

Lee 17,643 4214 1476 2738 

Livingston 11,632 3089 1010 2079 

Logan 14,247 3554 1218 2326 

Macon 13,655 4013 1716 2297 

Macoupin 24,504 5973 1761 4212 

Madison 30,689 7105 1164 5941 

Marion 12,730 3056 1118 1938 

Marshall 13,437 2947 786 2161 

Mason 10,929 2816 1133 1683 

Massac 6101 1245 505 740 

McDonough 20,061 4880 1260 3620 

McHcnry 22,085 4605 1570 3035 

McLean 28,580 6779 1370 5409 

Menard 9577 2187 584 l(i03 

Mercer 15,037 3453 1516 1936 

Monroe 12,815 3787 441 3346 

Montgomery 13,881 3135 953 2182 

Morgan 21,937 5603 1882 3721 

Moultrie 6384 1374 470 904 

Ogle 22,863 5656 1972 3684 

Peoria 36,475 7633 1958 5675 

Perry 9508 2148 839 1309 

Piatt 6124 1599 699 900 

Pike 27,182 5571 2168 3403 

Pope 6546 1735 651 1084 

Pulaski 3904 1070 401 675 

Putnam 5579 1236 331 905 

Randolph 16,766 3674 923 2752 

Richland 9709 2120 858 1263 

Rock Island 20,981 4007 1863 2744 

Saline 9161 1911 750 1161 

Sansamon 31,963 7707 2186 5521 

Scliuyler 14.670 2939 1065 1874 

Scott 9047 2076 764 1312 

Shelby 14,590 3750 1123 2628 

Stark 9003 2080 856 1224 

St. Clair 37,169 83.56 1371 6985 

Stephenson 2.5,112 53.59 1397 3963 

Tazewell 21,427 4600 1423 3177 

Union 11,145 2080 908 1172 



HISTORt OF ADAMS CODNTY. 333 

Vermilliou 10,779 4865 1813 3053 

Waliash 7233 1334 423 <J11 

Warreu 18,293 4024 1432 2«03 

Washiustou 13,725 3013 749 2203 

Wavne.': 13,223 3413 1048 1364 

WbUe 13,274 2650 1194 1456 

WhiU'side 18,729 5063 1408 3654 

Will 29,264 5848 1773 4076 

Williamson 12,087 2238 1031 1207 

Winnebago 24,457 5343 1630 3713 

Woodford 13,281 3510 1184 2326 

Total 1,704,333 391,319 115,123 276,196 

Note. — Enrollment lists of the counties of Saline and Warren not received. The figures 
given opposite each are m the proportion returned from other counties of same population. 

Ill ten days from tlie first call over ten thousand bad tendered their 
services, and in addition to a part of the force sent to Cairo, more than our 
full quota was in camp at Springfield. 

There being no serviceable arms in the arsenal at Springfield, an 
unsuccessful application was made to Brigadier General Harnej, at the 
arsenal at St. Louis. Application was also made, on the 19th, at the arsenal 
in New York, and a messenger dispatched to Washington to obtain them. 
As these troops were to be mustered into the service of the United States 
on the 19th, more than our full quota having been tendered, application 
was also made for a mustering ofiicer, and, on the 22d, Captain Pope arrived 
to perforin that service. There were volunteers enough and a surplus on 
that eventful 19th of April, 1S61, but the want of arms had become painful 
and alarming. 

CAIRO EXPEDITION. 

On the same day the following dispatch was received from the Secre- 
tary of War: 

WASHI^•GTON, April 19th, 1861. 
CtOverxor Yates: 

As soon as enough of your troops is mustered into service, send a Brigadier General with 
four regiments, at or near Grand Cairo. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. 

Tiie importance of taking possession of this point was felt by all, and 
that, too, without waiting the arrival and organization of a brigade. 
Accordingly, the following dispatch was sent to Brigadier General Swift, at 
Chicago: 

Springfield, April 19, 1861. 
Gener-\l Swift: 

As quick as possible have as strong a force as you can raise, armed and equipped with 
ammunition and accoutrements, and a company of artillery, ready to march at a moment's 
warning. A messenger will start to Chicago to-night. 

KiCHAKD Yates, Commander-in-Chief. 

At eleven (11) o'clock on the 21st, only forty-eight hours after 
this dispatch was delivered, Gen. Swift left Chicago with a force of 595 
men and four six-pounder pieces of artillery. Capt. Iloughtaling's bat- 
tery, of Ottaway; Capt. Hawley's, of Lockjtort; Capt. McAllister's, of 
Plainfield, and Capt. Carr's, of Sandwich, did not arrive in Chicago in 



334 iiiSTOKy OF adams county. 

time to join tlie expedition, but followed it the next day. The expedition 
consisted of the following forces: 

Brig. Gen. Swift ami Statl" 14 

Chicago Light Artillery, Capt. Smith 150 

Ottawa " " Capt. Iloughtaling 86 

Locki)ort " " Capt. Hawloy 53 

PlaiiilicUl " " Capt. McAllister 72 

Co. A, Chicago Zouaves, Capt. Hayden 89 

Co. B, " " Capt. Clyborne 83 

Capt. Harding's company 80 

Turner Union Cadets, Capt. Kowald 97 

Lincoln Rifles, Capt. Mihalotzy 66 

Sandwich company, Capt. Carr 102 

Drum corps 17 

Total , 908 

Capt. Campbell's Ottawa Independent Artillery, witii about twenty 
men and two six-pounder cannon, joined the forae about April 2Sth. 

This expedition, indifierentl^' armed witli rifles, shot-guns, muskets 
and carbines, hastily gathered from stores and shops in Chicago, arrived at 
Big ^fudd}' bridge, on the Illinois Central Railroad, at five o'clock, a. m., 
April •2-2d, and detaching Capt. Harding's company at that point, arrived 
at Cairo at eight o'clock the following morning. The batteries were 
unprovided with shell or canister, but slugs hurriedly prepared — and some 
of which were subsequ'eutly used at a critical time, and with terrible effect, 
by one of these batteries at Fort Donelson — answered the purpose of all. 

COL. 15. M. I'RENTISS TAKES COMMAND. 

This command was reinforced, on the 24th, by seven companies 
from Springfield, under the command of Col. Prentiss, who relieved 
Gen. Swift, except as to that portion — who did not desire to muster into 
the United States service — commanded by Cajjtains Harding, Hayden and 
Clyborne, who returned to Springfleld on the second of May, to join a 
regiment organizing here. These last companies, however, arrived too late, 
and were mustered out of the State service, with allowance of one month's 
pay, under an act of the Legislature then in session. 

The importance of an early occupation, by our forces, of Cairo, was 
not over-estimated. Situated at the confluence of the Ohio and Missis- 
sippi rivers, and commanding the navigation of these waters, its possession 
in a strategical point of view, was absolutely necessary to our safety. The 
State governments of Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky, were controlled 
by disloyal men. Gov. Magoflin had, on the 16th of April, said to the 
president, in reply to his call on that State for troops: "Your dispatch is 
received. In answer, I say emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no troops 
for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern states." Gov. 
Harris, of Tennessee, on the ISth, in reply to the call upon his State, said, 
" Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion ;" and on the same 



HISTORY OF ADAJrS COUNTY. 335 

day Gov. Jackson, of Missouri, said, " Ilequisition is illegal, unconstitu- 
tional, revolutionary, inhuman, diabolical, and cannot be complied with." 

By taking possession of this point, at so early a date, our forces were 
enabled to prevent a traiBc witli the rebellious States in contraband prop- 
erty. This traffic was being actively carried on between Galena and St. 
Louis, with towns on the Mississippi below Cairo. The execution of the 
following telegraphic order was the first arrest made to this traffic: 

Springfield, April 34, 1861. 
Col. B. M. Puextiss, Cairn : 

The steamers C. E. Hillman and .Jolin D. Perry are about to leave St. Louis, witli 
arms and munitions. Stop said boats, and seize all the arms and munitions. 

RiCHAKD Yates, Commander-in-Chief. 

On the evening of the 24tli and morning of the 25th, as these boats, 
bound for southern ports, neared Cairo, Col. Prentiss directed Capt. Smith, 
of the Chicago Light Artillery, and Capt. Scott, of the Chicago Zouaves, 
to board them and bring them to the wharf. His orders were executed, 
and large quantities of arms and munitions of war were seized and con- 
fiscated. Though this seizure was not expressly authorized by the War 
Department, the act of seizure and subsequent confiscation was approved. 
Further shipments were all forbidden, soon after, as appears from the fol- 
lowing dispatch: 

Washington, May 7, 1861. 
Governor Yates: 

Circular has been sent to collectors forbidding shipments intended for ports under 
insurrectionary control. Stop such shipments from Cairo. 

S. P. CnASE. 

The Legislature having met on the 23d of April, proceeded at once to 
provide for the organization of these six regiments, and, on the 25th, an 
"act to organize six regiments of volunteers from the State of Illinois and 
provide for the election of regimental officers and of a brigadier general," 
was approved and became a law. Under the old militia laws of the State 
a company of infantry consisted of one captain, one first, one second, and 
one third lieutenant, four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, one fifer, 
and not less than forty-six nor more than one hundred and sixteen rank and 
file. A regiment consisted of one colonel, one, two or three majors (as the 
case might be) the senior to be lieutenant colonel, with a regimental staff, 
to be appointed by the colonel, to consist of one adjutant, who should act as 
regimental judge advocate, one quartermaster, one paymaster, to rank as 
captains, respectively; one surgeon and surgeon's mate, one sergeant major, 
one quartermaster sergeant, one drum major and one fife major. 

The regulations of the Secretary of War for organizing these regiments 
required each regiment to consist of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one 
major, one adjutant, (a lieutenant,) one regimental quartermaster, (a lieu- 
tenant,) one surgeon, one surgeon's mate, one sergeant major; one drum 
major, one fife major, ten captains, ten lieutenants, ten ensigns, forty ser- 



o'3lj IIISTOKY OF AIiAMS t'orNTV. 

geants, forty corporal?, ten clrnmmcrs, ten liters and six liiuulrcil and forty 
privates. 

Tlie law provided that "in token of respect to the Illinois regiments 
in Mexico," these regiments shonld be numbered seven, eight, nine, ten, 
eleven and twelve; and that when organized they shonld be known as the 
" First Brigade Illinois Volunteers." Under the jirovisions of this law 
they were organized and mnstered into service and ordered to duty as 
follows: 

The Seventh, Colonel Cook, was mustered at Springfield, April 25th, 
and ordered to Alton the 27th. 

The Eighth, Colonel Oglesby, was mustered the same date, and ordered 
to Cairo the 27th. 

The Ninth, Colonel Paine, was mustered at the same place, April 
2f)th, and ordered to Cairo May 1st. 

The Tenth, Colonel Prentiss, was, with a part of his command, ordered 
to Cairo, April 22d, and was, on the 2i)th, mustered at Cairo. 

The Eleventh, Colonel Wallace, was mustered at Springfield, April 
30th, and ordered to Villa Ridge, May 5th. 

The Twefth, Colonel ^IcArthur, was mustered at Springfield, May 2d, 
and ordered to Cairo, ^lay 10th. 

On the completion of the organization of these regiments several hun- 
dred volunteers were left unprovided for. Most of the companies arrived 
in camp with over one hundred men. Seven hundred and eighty, raidcand 
file, was the maximum allowed by the War Department, and, among the 
most touching and painful incidents, indicating the patriotic fervor of our 
people at tliat time, noticed in the preparation of these troops for the field, 
was the rejecting from their companies these surplus volunteers. Strong 
men, who had left their homes at an hours notice to enter the service of 
their country, wept at the disappointment of being refused admission to 
their companies on muster day. Provision was made of one month's pay 
for them, and they filed their rolls and were mustered out of service of the 
State. 

TEX KKGIMENTS OF INFANTRY AND ONE OF CAVALKY. 

In anticipation of a call for more troops by the General Government, 
and in addition to liberal appropriation bills to enable the State to be 
placed on a war footing, the Legislature, s^t the same session, authorized 
the acceptance, for State service, ten regiments of infantry, one regiment 
of cavalry-, and one battalion of light artillery. 

The third section of that law provided that one of such regiments 
might be raised out of volunteer companies then in Springfield, and one 
regiment from each of the nine Congrcssii)nal districts theretofore estab- 
lished in this State. The fourth section provided that all persons volunta- 
ril)' enlisting in said regiments or battalion, before being tendered or 



IIISTURY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 337 

accepted as a company, or in reyiinents, should severally pledge them- 
selves, if called upon, to tender their services to the General Government. 

The fifth section provided that, as soon as arms could be provided, 
they should be put into encampments, by regiments, at their regimental 
headquarters, within the Congressional district in which they were raised, 
and should he held in camp for thirty davs, for the purpose of instruction 
and discii)line, unless sooner demanded by the United States for actual 
duty. 

The tenth section provided that, as soon as ten companies should be 
formed into a regiment, an election should be ordered for regimental 
officers. 

This act took effect J\Iay 2d, and on the ne.\t day the jiresident issued 
his proclamation, calling for 42,032 volunteers, to serve for three years, 
unless sooner dischargeil. 

Over two hundred companies immediately tendered their services. 
The messenger who had left Washington with an order for arms in the St. 
Louis arsenal had arrived, and, notwithstanding the arsenal was closely 
watched by secessionists in St. Louis, a j^foTi was secretly adopted and 
executed, and on the morning of the 26th of A]iril a steamboat from St. 
Louis arrived at Alton, with about twenty-one thousand stand of arms on 
board, which were forwarded to Springfield the same day. 

May 6th controversies about tenders were settled and regiments 
ordered into camp. The regiment from the first Congressional district was 
ordered to rendezvous at Freeport, May 11; the regiment from second at 
Dixon, May 9; the regiment from third at Joliet, May 11; the regiment 
from fourth at Peoria, May 13; the regiment from fifth at Quincy, May 9; 
the regiment from sixth at Jacksonville, May 11; the regiment from 
seventh at Mattoon, May 9; the regiment from eighth at Belleville, May 
11; and the regiment from the ninth at Anna, May 10. The regiment 
from the State at large, composed in part of companies in Springfield, 
were, on the 11th of June, ordered into camp at Chicago on the 13th of 
June. 

These ten regiments of infantiy, and one of cavalry, and a battalion 

of artillery, were immediately tendered to the General Government, but 

on the 3d of May the following reply was received, refusing to accept 

cavalry: 

Wasiiinoton, May :',, ISGl. 
GovERNOii Yates : 

In reply to yours of the 2d, I am again obliged, at tlie solicitation of Gen. Scott, to 
decline acceptance of cavalry. Adjutant General Thomas is clear in his opinion that they 
cannot be of service adequate to the expense incurred by accepting them. 

Simon Cameuon, 

Secretary of War. 

No decisive reply was received in relation to infantry until the 15th, 
when the following dispatch was received: 



3ob lIIJToKV OV AUAM? C<ilNrV. 

Washington, May 15, 1861. 
GovERNOn Yates: 

The quota of troops from your State, for three years or during the war, under the 
second call of the president, is six regiments. The plan of organization contained in 
Order Xo. l.i, has already been forwarded you liy mail. As soon as the regiments are 
ready the mustering otlicer sent to your State will muster them into service, who has 
already been instructed to do so. >Simon C.vmeuon, 

Secretai-y of War. 

In a letter, dated the next day, the Secretary of "War said: 

It is important to reduce rather than increase this number, and in no event to exceed 
it. I>et me earnestly recommend to you, therefore, to call for no more than twelve regi- 
ments, of which six" only are to ser\'"e for three years or during the war, and if more are 
already called for, to reduce the number by discharge. 

A messenger was immediately dispatched to "Washington to urge npon 
the Secretary of AVar the importance of accepting the other four regiments 
— as they were all raised and the most of them actually in camp — and also 
to conclude an arrangement which had previously been suggested by the 
Secretary of War, of re-organizing the six three months' regiments for 
three years' service. The result was that the other four regiments were 
accepted, and on the 28th of May an arrangement was made that the 
three months' regiments might be mustered into service for three years, 
immediately, provided four-iifths of them were willing, and if the remain- 
ing fifth declined they were to be immediately mustered out of service. 
This proposition was declined at that time by the three months' regiments. 
A change of climate, bad water and poor clothing had sent many to the 
hospital, and the result was that out of 4,680 who enlisted in the 7th, Sth, 
9th, 10th, 11th and 12th regiments, but about 2,000 subsequently re- 
enlisted at the expiration of their term of service in July following. 

The 13th regiment was mustered at Dixon, July 2ith, under Col. 
"Wyman; the lith at Jacksonville on the 25th, under Col. Palmer; the 
15th at Freeport, May 24:th, under Col. Turner; the 16th at Quincy, May 
24th, under Col. Smith; the 17th at Peoria, May 24th, under Col. Eoss; 
the ISth at Anna, May 28th, under Col. Lawler; the 19th at Chicago, 
June 17th, under Col. Turchin; the 20th at Joliet, June 13th, under Col. 
Marsh; the 21st at Mattoon, June 15th, under Col. Grant; and the 22d at 
Belleville, June 25th, under Col. Dougherty. 

The refusal on the part of the Secretary of War to authorize the gov- 
ernor to accept more troops caused several thousand of our best and impa- 
tient volunteers to leave their State in May, June and July, and enlist 
elsewhere. Denied the privilege of serving their country in regiments 
from their own State, they sought other fields of usefulness. Man\' whole 
companies entered Missouri regiments. It is estimated by those whose 
opinion is entitled to credit that more than ten thousand Illinoisans left 
their own State and enlisted in regiments of other States. 

In several cases application was made to the governor to have regi- 
ments, a large majority of which consisted of Illinoisans, recognized as 
Illinois regiments. To provide for these cases the "War Department on the 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 339 

21st of February decided that '• whenever a regiment is composed of com- 
panies from different States it will be considered as belonging to the State 
from which the greatest number of companies was furnished for tliat 
regiment." Under this order the 59th regiment, formerly 9th Missouri, 
and the 66th, formerly known as "Birge's sharp-shooters," were reclaimed, 
and there are other similar instances. 

The ''Plan of Organization," referred to in the dispatch of the 15th, 
was promulgated in General Order No. 15 of the "War Department, May 
15, 1861, and provided for raising thirty-nine additional regiments of 
infantry and one regiment of cavalry, making a minimum aggregate of 
34,506 officers and enlisted men, and a ma.xiraum aggregate of 42,034 
officers and enlisted men, as heretofore stated. Each regiment of infantry 
was to consist of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one 
adjutant, one quartermaster, one surgeon, one assistant surgeon, one ser- 
geant major, one quartermaster sergeant, one commissary sergeant, one 
hospital steward, two principal musicians and twent^'-four musicians for 
band. Each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one 
second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two 
musicians, one wagoner, and not less than sixty four nor more than eighty- 
two privates — a minimum company being eighty-three, and maximum one 
hundred and one. 



The cavalry regiment authorized by the law of the special session, 
May 3, 1S61, was formed by the acce])tance of companies as provided by 
the law. 

The companies reported at Camp Vates previous to the passage of the 
law and known as the " Chicago Dragoons" and "Washington Light Cav- 
alry," commanded respectively by Capts. Charles W. Barker and Freder- 
ick Schambeck, were immediately organized and mustered into the State 
service; and subsequently, on the 10th day of May, three companies were 
accepted from that portion of the State lying south of the Ohio & Missis- 
sippi Railroad, viz: Capt. Orlando Burrell, "White County Cavalry;" 
Capt. James Foster's "Gallatin County Cavalry;" and the " Centralia 
Cavalry," commanded by Capt. R. D. Noleman. 

In view of the great expense of this arm of the service and the 
further fact that the State did not need more than five companies for its 
own defense, the governor declined organizing the full regiment until the 
services of the same should be required by the Government. 

The five additional companies were, however, designated in compli- 
ance with law, and mentioned in special order of May 16, 1861, raised at 
points named, by the following officers: Ca])t. John McXulta, Blooming- 
ton; Capt. A. C. Harding, Monmouth; Capt. John Burnap, Springfield; 
Capt. J. B. Smith, Knoxville; Capt. Paul Walters, Ilillsboro. 



340 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Oil tlie 21st day of June, 1S61, the president accepted the services of 
ten companies of cavalry for three years' service, unless sooner discharged, 
and the companies previously accepted b^' the governor were assigned to 
form the " First Ilegiuient of Illinois Volunteer Cavalry," and under direc- 
tion of the War I)c]Kirtnient were e(jiii])jicd and mustered into the United 
States service. 

The Chicago Dragoons, Cajit. Barker, were first ordered to Cairo, and 
thence, by order of Gen. MeClellaii, transferred to his command in West- 
ern Yirgiiua, but, upon declining to enter the three years' service, were 
ordered back to Chicago and mustered out of service in the month of Sep- 
tember, 1861. 

Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, and (J, commanded by Cajits. McNulta, 
Foster, Mitchell, Smith, Walters. Burnap and Palmer, were with the 23d, 
Col. Mulligan, engaged at the siege of Lexington, Missouri, and with other 
United States forces taken prisoners of war on the 20tli of September, 
1861. 

Bv order of Major General John C. Fremont, then commanding the 
Department of the West, the enlisted men of these seven companies were 
mustered out of service on the Sth day of October, 1861, but by order of 
the president were reinstated and declared as continuously in service, and 
by order of the War Department, dated December 21, 1861, the regiment 
was reorganized at Benton barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, during the month 
of December, 1861, but only continued in service a short time because of 
difficulties arising in relation to large numbers of its members not having 
been properly exchanged. 

Capt. Oscar Huntley's cavalry company, raised in Winnebago county, 
under authority of General Fremont, was assigned to this regiment at the 
time of its re-organization at Benton Barracks, but not mustered out of 
service, as it was not involved in the affair at Lexington. 

The battalion of artillery, authorized by the law of May 2d, was not 
organized as such. Company " A," Ciiicago Artillery, Capt. Smith, (after- 
wards Capt. Williards,) Capt. Houghtaling's Artillery, and Capt. McAl- 
lister's Plainfield Artillery', formed a part of General's Swift's expedition 
tt) Cairo, in April. Capt. Hopkins' Springfield Artillery was also ordered 
to Cairo, in April, and all remained in the service. They were first mus- 
tered into the three months' service, and afterwards into the three years' 
service. Capt. Houghtaling's battery was first mustered into the three 
months' service, as Company "F," 10th regimcTit; Capt. McAllister's, as 
Conii)any '"K," same regiment, three months' service, and Capt. Ilojikins', 
as Company "I," in same regiment. Company "B," Capt. Taylor, 
Chicago Artillery; Capt. L^avidson, Peoria Artillery; Capt. Madison's 
battery, and Conr])any "A," Chicago Artillery, re-organized under Capt. 
Willard, were accepted under this law as batteries. These seven batteries 
and Capt. Campbell's Ottawa battery, were mustered into service, and their 



UISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 341 

organization protected by an acceptance from the War Dejtartnient of an 
additional battalion of artillery, in July. 

INDEPENDENT EEGIMENTS. 

These regiments of infantry, to-wit: Nos. 7 to 22, inclusive, which the 
Governor had been authorized to raise, were, in June, either full or nearly so. 
In May, June and July, the following regiments of infantry were authorized 
by tlie Secretary of War: 23d, Col. Mulligan ; 2ith, Col. Hecker; 25th, 
Col. Coler; 33d, Col. Hovey; 34th, Col. Kirk; 35th, Col. Smith; 36th, Col. 
Greusel; 37th, Col. White; 39th, Col. Light; 40th, Col. Hicks; 41st, Col. 
Pugh; 42d, Col. Webb; 44th, Col. Knobelsdorf; 45th, Col. Smith; 47th, 
Col. Bryner; 52d, Col. Wilson; 55th, Col. Stuart; 4th cavalry, Col. Dickey; 
8th cavalry. Col. Farnsvvorth; 9th cavalry. Col. Brackett, and the 11th 
cavalry, Col. Ingersoll, by General Fremont. 

All these regiments were speedily tilled, and on the 2d of July, the 
governor was authorized to organize tlie Second Cavahy, Col. Noble. 

In answer to frequent applications to accept more troops from this 
State, the Secretary of War, on the 16th of July, returned the following 
answer: 

War Depaktment, .July IG, 18G1. 
Sir: — No more troops will be accepted by tliis Diiiartinciit till authorized by Congress. 
Your offer will be filed, and receive attention at the proper time. 

Yours, respectfully, 

Simon Cameron, 
Secretary of War. 
Hon. Richard Yates, Hpringfield. 

NEW CALL. 

On the 21st of July, the memorable battle of Bull Run was fought 
and lost, and on the ne.xt day Congress authorized the President to call 
into service five hundred thousand troops. 

On the 23d, the following correspondence took ])lace: 

Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. 

Sir: — Being advised that you are receiving tenders of additional troops, I desire to 
tender you, for Illinois, thirteen additional regiments of infantry, most of them now ready 
to rendezvous; three additional regiments of cavalry, and one additional battalion of light 
artillery. Illinois demands the right to do her full share in the work of presen-ing our 
glorious Union from the assaults of high handed rebellion, and I insist that you respond 
favorably to the tender I have made. KicnARD Yates. 

W.A.K Departjient, July 25, 18G2. 

Governor : 

1 have telegraphed to-day, accepting your patriotic offer of thirteen additional regi- 
meats of infantry, three additional regiments of cavalry, and one additional batteiy of 
artillery, advising you that, if you so desire, j'ou can provide for and equip them, if you 
can do so with advantage, as respects economy and dispatch. 

It is absolutely necessary that the officers should be capable and reliable men; and to 
this end the department wishes it distinctly understood that it will revoke the commi-ssions 
of all officers who may be found incompetent for command. 

You will ]ilease telegraph immediately to the .\djutant General, at Washington, where 
and when these troo])s will be ready to be mustered into the service, in order that an officer 
may be detaileil for that duty, without delay. 



342 IIISTOKY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 

I Mpprcciiitt' the patriotic spirit of your people, ns evinced in j'our noble offer, and 
doiilit not that they will prove eciuiil to every demand that may be made upon them in 
behalf of the preservation of our glorious Union. 

1 am. Governor, with high respect. 

Your obedient servant, 

Simon C.vmeuox, 
Secretary of War. 

ITink'f this atitlioritv the 2titli, Col. Looinis; 27th, Col. Buford; 2Sth, 
Col. Johnson; 2atli, Col. Kcardon; 30th, Col. Fouke; 31st, Col. John 
Logan; 32, Col. John A. Logan; 3Sth, Col. Carlin; 43d, Col. Raith; 46th, 
Col. Davis; 4Sth, Col. Ilaynie; 49th, Col. Morrison; 50th, Col. Bane, 
were raised. Also, the 3d cavalry, Col. Carr; 7th cavalry, Col. Kellogg, 
and the 6th cavalry. Col. Cavanaugh. 

GENEKAI, CALL. 

August I'd, IStil, another application was made to the Secretarj- of 
War, to accept more troops, and, on the 14th, tdl restriction was removed, 
and all infantry regiments were authorized to be accepted, who were will- 
ing to enter the service. 

On the 27th of the same month, atithorit}' was given to accept the 5th 
cavalry. Col. Updegrafl', ;md, on the otii of September, to accept the 10th, 
Col. Barrett. 

On the 28th of September, the Governor was also authorized to accept 
the 12th, Col. Voss, and on the 27th of November, the 13th, Col. Bell. 
The last two regiments of cavalry were, however, limited to two battalions, 
of four companies each; and. in tlie latter case, a battalion, tiuthorized 
some months before by the War Department, and raised by Lieut. Col. 
Hartman, was to constitute a part. 

In iiddition to the thirteen regiments of cavalry, authorized in 1801, 
Capt. Marx recruited a company, under the auspices of Gen. Smith, for 
Thielmait's battalion, and Major Thielman was commissioned as Major, 
with rank from November 1, 1861. Ilis command consisted of his com- 
paii}', nominally attached to the 1st cavalry, and now commanded by Capt. 
Marshner, and Capt. Mar.x's company. 

Capt. Warren Stewart also raised a company, under authority of Gen. 
Fremont, pf August 3, 1S61. Four companies were also raised in connec- 
tion with the 27th, 29th, 30th, and 31st regiments (Gen. McClernand's 
brigaile), commanded b}' Capts. Iltitchens, Carmikel, O'Uarnett, and 
Dollins. These four companies, and Capt. Stewart's, were subsequently 
organized as a battalion, and Capt. Stewart commissioned Major, with rank 
from February 1, 1862. 

Another company was raised by Capt. Naughton, under authority 
from Gen. Fremont, to be attached to the 23d regiment, in September, 
1861; but, after the battle of Lexington, was transferred, by the Governor 
of Missouri, and attached to a Missouri regin)ent, known as the "Curtis 
Horse," commaiuled by Col. Lowe. 



IlISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 343 

A company, known as the Kane County Cavalry, Capt. Dodson, was 
also raised. This company was raised for the 2d cavalry, but was never 
assigned to it. It was subsequently assigned to the 15tli cavalry. 

The company known as " Chicago Ligiit Dragoons," conunanded by 
Capt. Barker, was re-organized under the command of Capt. Shearer, and 
another company recruited, and have since been known as the '■ McClellan 
Dragoons." They were temporarily attached to a regiment of regulars. 
These companies were subsei|uently assigned to the 12th cavalry. Col, 
Voss. 

Under the general permission of Secretary of War, of August 1-ith 
18C1, the following regiments of infantry were authorized: the 56th, Col. 
Kirkham; the 61st, Col. Fry; the 6rl:th, Lieut. Col. Williams, being a bat- 
talion of six companies, known as "Yates' Sharp Shooters;" the 65th, 
Col. Cameron, verbally in November, and confirmed by War Department 
in December; 51st, Col. Cummings, September 20th; the 53d, Col. Cush- 
man, including squadron ot cavalry and battery of artillery, September 
16th; the 5Sth, Col. Lynch, September 25th; the 57th, Col. Baldwin, 
August Uth; the 54:th, Col. Harris; the 60th, Col. Toler; G2d, Col. True, 
and the 63d, Col. Moro, known as the " Kentucky Brigade," were autho- 
rized by the War Department, subject to the governor's approval, October 
3, 186L 

In the summer of 1861, an informal periuis.sion had been given to 
raise an additional regiment of artillery. The most of the companies had 
been raised, and the authority was formally recognized and approved by the 
Secretary of War, January 2, 1862. 

KECKDITING AGAIN STOPPED. 

On the third of December all recruiting, except for regiments then 
organizing and for old regiments, was suspended by General Order No. 105, 
of War Department. Parts L and IL of that order are as follows: 

IIe.vijcjuaktkrs ok the AiiMY, Adjutant General's Office, 
Washinoton, December 3, 1801. 
General Orders, ) 
No. 10.j. J 

The following orders have been received from the Secretary of War: 

I. No more regiments, batteries, or independent companies will be raised by the gov- 
ernors of states, except upon the special requisition of the War Department. 

Those now forming in the various slates wil] lie completed, under direction of the 
respective governors thereof, unless it be deemed more advantageous to the service to assign 
the men already raised to regiments, batteries, or independent companies now in the field, 
in order to fill up their organizations to the maximum standard prescrilied by law. 

II. The recruiting service in the various states for the volunteer forces already in serv- 
ice, and for those that may hereafter be received, is i)laced under charge of general superin- 
tendents for those states, respectively, with general depots for the collection and instruction 
of recruits. 

At that time, beside the six reginieiits of three months' men, tiie State 
had sent to the field over forty-three thousand men, and had then in camps 
of instruction in the State over seventeen thousand. 

During the month of December, 4,160 more recruits were enlisted; all 



344 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

squads and parts of regiments were consolidated, and the 4oth, 46tli, 49th 
and 57tli were ort^anized and mustered into service. Tiie only inconii)lete 
regiments of infantry in the State, December 31st, were the Slst, Col. 
Cummings, at Camj) Douglas; the 53J, Col. Cushman, at Ottawa; tlie 58th, 
Col. Lynch, at Camp Douglas; the 23d, Col. Mulligan, at Camp Douglas, 
reorganizing, and four regiments at Jonesboro', 54th, (iOth, 62d and 03d. 

On the Hrst of January, 1802, it seemed probable that Illinois, having 
at that time furnished about iifteen thousand more than her proportion of 
troops in the field, would not be called upon or permitted to raise more, 
except to fill up the regiments last named, and such as might enlist in old 
regiments. The exciting scenes of the year just closed had taught a sad 
experience, and showed how unfoundea were first expectations. The State, 
instead of being able to rest with the satisfaction of having done her whole 
duty to the country, was soon called upon to redouble her energies for new 
and exciting and more eventful realities. 

In January, the 32d regiment. Col. John Logan ; the 45th regiment. 
Col. John E. Smith, and the 04th regiment, Lieut. Col. D. D. Williams, 
infantry, and the 10th cavalry reii^iment, Col. J. A. Barrett, were ordered 
to the field. Li February, the 46t]i, Col. John A. Davis ; 49th, Col. Wm. 
R. Morrison; 57th, Col. Silas D. Baldwin; 58th. Col. Wm. F. Lynch, and 
61st, Col. Jacob Fry, infantry; and 5th cavalry. Col. Wilson; 9th cavalry. 
Col. Brackett, and 13tli cavalry, Col. Bell; and seven splendid batteries of 
light artillery followed, commanded by Captains Sparstrom, Steinbeck, 
Keith, Rogers, Waterhonse, Silversparre and Bouton. The most of these 
troops reached the field in time to join the old regiments, and with them to 
participate in the battle of Fort Donelson, on the 15tii and lOtli of Feb- 
ruary. 

Immediately after, the battle of Fort Donelson, over ten thousand 
prisoners of war were sent to Camp Douglas and Camp Butler, and the 
State was called upon to guard them with such troops as were then at these 
camps. The 23d and 65th regiments of infantry, and the r2th cavalry reg- 
iment, and two or three artillery companies, were at Camp Douglas; tiie 
63d infantry at Ottawa, and two companies of artillery at Camp Butler. 
Neither of these regiments were full. The 12th cavalry was ordered to 
Camp Butler, and the 53d infantry to Camp Douglas. 

In March, the 53J, 56th and OOth regiments of infantry and three 
more batteries of artillery, commanded l)y Caj)tains Bulton, Cheeney and 
Ooggswell; and in April, the 62d and 03d infantry took the fiehl, leaving in 
the State only the 65th (fully organized); the 23d (fully re-organized); Phil- 
lip's battery, and 12th cavalry; all doing guard duty at these camps. 

EECKirriNU you old KIClil.MKNrS. 

On the 3d of April, the War Department directed a discontinuance of 
the recruiting service, as established December 3d. Tiie officers detached 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 345 

on tliat service were ordered to rejoin tlieir regiments, and superintendents 
directed to disband their recruiting parties and close their offices. The 
State having been directed, in December, to suspend recruiting, except t5 
Complete corps then commenced, and such corps having been filled, the 
entire recruiting in the State may be said to have closed on the 3d of 
April, 1SG2. 

The system of recruiting for old regiments, under the State Superin- 
tendent, apjjointed by the "War Department, was in operation during 
January, February and March; and with a large detail of recruiting officers, 
but three hundred and rifty-one recruits were enlisted. At first it was sup- 
posed tliat want of success was on account of recruits not being allowed to 
enlist for ])articular regiments; but this objection was removed on the 11th 
of Januar}-, and yet these officers met with but little success. 

On the 1st of May, the following order of the War Department was 

promulgated: 

"VVar Department, Adjutant General's Office. 
Washington, May 1, 1862. 
General Orders, } 
No. 49. \ 

Upon requisitioiis made by commanders of armies .in tlie field, authority will be given 
by the War Department to the governors of the respective states, to recruit regiments now 
in service. 

. By order of the Secretary of War, L. Thomas, 

Adjutant General. 

On tlie next day the following requisition was made for recruits to fill 
u]i old regiments: 

Headquarters Dep't of the Miss., 
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., May 2, 1863. 
His Excellency, Uich'd Yates, 

Ooeernor of Illinois, Springfield. 
Governor ; 

I am authorized to call upon you for recruits to fill up the volunteer regiments from 
your State in this army. 

Many of them have been reduced, by disease and recent battles, very far below the min- 
imum standard. A'detail from such regiments will soon be sent to you for recruiting serv- 
ice, and it is hoped that you will give the matter your immediate attention. 
Very respectfullj' your ob'dt serv't, 

H. W. IIalleck, 
Hfiijor General Oommanding. 

On the Cth of June, however, the \A'a\\ of December 3d was reinstated 
by tlie AVar Department, and invalid or disabled officers, necessarily absent 
from their regiments, were directed to lie detailed for that duty whenever 
they were able to perform it. 

A communication from Colonel Morrison, sujierintendent for this 
State, shows, that from the 5th of July to the 22d ultimo, two hnndred 
and four ofliicers had reported to him, and during that time 2,753 recruits 
bad been enlisted and forwarded to their regiments, making an aggregate, 
from January 1st to December 22d, 18G2, of 3,121. More than sixty per 
cent, of these recruits were enlisted during the excitement in August and 
September. 



346 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

KXCITKMKNT IN MAY. 

On the 2i>tli of May, 18G2, the following dispatch was received from 
the Secretiiry of AVar: 

■\Vasiiin(;ton, May 2.j, 1802. 
GovERNou Yates: 

Intelligence from varimis sources leaves no doubt that the enemy, in great force, are 
advancing on Washington. You will please organize and forward immediately all the 
volunteer and militia force in your State. 

Kdwin M. Stakton, Secretary of M'ur. 

In two weeks the 67th, Col. Hough, the 68th, Col. Stuart, the 60th, 
Col. Tucker, the Tutli, Col. Iteeves, the 71st, Col. Gilbert — infantry, for 
three months service, were in cai]ip. The 23d, Col. Mulligan, and 
Eourke's battery, left for Annapolis, June 12th; the 65th, Col. Cameron, 
June 21st; the 12th cavalry, June 27th; the 6Sth, July 6th; Piiillips' 
battery, July 12th, and the 71st, for Columbus, July 27th. The 67th, Col. 
Hough, and the 69th, Col. Tucker, were assigned to duty at Camp Doug- 
las, and the 70th, Col. Reeves, at Camp Butler. 

LAST CALLS. 

On the ITtli of May a regiment was called for, for particular service, 
and on the 30th the Secretary of War informed the governor he would 
accept all three j'ears' men who wished to enlist, and all volunteers and 
militia for three months who had before then offered their services, and 
who had so far perfected their organization as to be able to report for orders 
at certain places named, by the 10th of June. 

On the 6th of July another call of three hundred thousand was made 
by the President. It was at first intended to credit on this call those States 
for any surplus which they had furnished. It was not known at the time 
what our surplus was. On the next day the Secretary of War called upon 
Illinois for nine more regiments, " being a part of your [our] quota under 
the call of the President." Before these regiments were filled, however, 
and on the 17th of July, Congress enacted that whenever the President 
should "call forth the militia of the States, to be em])loyed in the service 
of the United States," he should specify in his call the period for wliicli 
said service should be recjuired, not exceeditig nine months, and the militia 
so called should be mustered in and continue to serve during the period so 
specified. The fourth section of the act authorized the president, for the 
purpose of filling up old regiments, to accept the services of one hundred 
thousand volunteers, for a period not exceeditig one year. 

Three hundred thousand milifia, to serve for a ])eriod of nine months, 
unless sooner disciiarged, were called for August 5th. The order of the 
Secretary of War, making the call upon this State, assumed that a draft 
woulil be necessary; and, in anticipation that the States would not be able 
to contribute their quotas of the call in July for three years' service, 
announced that if anv State should not bv the ISth of August furiiit^h its 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 347 

quota of the three years' volunteers, the deficiency would be made up hy 
a special draft from the militia. Two days after this order, to-wit., August 
7th, notice was given that unless the enrollment of the militia had been 
commenced, to have it done immediately, at the expense of the general 
government. 

These vigorous measures gave hope of a speedy termination of this 
terrible war. The people of the State received the announcement with 
the wildest excitement and most unbounded satisfaction. Messengers and 
committees from every portion of the State hastened to the Capital, 
demanding that, as they were ready to perform their share of the work of 
saving the government, that they should not be drafted so long as they 
were willing to volunteer. This condition of things was promptly com- 
municated to the War Department, and the assignment of our quota, under 
both calls, urgently requested. The next day it was announced that our 
quota, under each call, would be 26,148, but as Illinois had furnished 
16,978 in excess of her quota of those in the field, the total quotas under 
both calls was 35,320. Application was made hourly from the different 
counties in the State, to ascertain what their quota was, and immediately 
on ascertaining from the War Department what it was, the announcement 
was made through the public press. Still, in the minds of some, there 
appeared a question as to whether volunteers for three years would be 
accepted in lieu of militia. This was quickly settled, however, by a tele- 
gram on the 8th, from the War Department, that all volunteers would be 
accepted until the 15th of August, for new regiments, and all after that 
time for filling up old regiments, and that all volunteers enlisted before the 
draft (August ISth), would be credited on those calls. 

On the 9th of August, from returns made to the adjutant general of 
Illinois, he informed the public that there would be no draft. This was 
upon the strength of the dispatch from Washington that our quota was 
35,320. The records now on file show that the announcement thus made 
was not premature, and that the information thus communicated was cor- 
rect. On the evening of that day, however, the Assistant Adjutant Gen, 
U. S. A. telegraphed that it had been decided, in fixing the quota of volun- 
teers, not to regard those in the field before the call, leaving our quota, 
under both calls, at 52,296, notwithstanding our previous excess of 16,978. 

To raise either 52,296, or 35,320 volunteers (with perhaps the excep-' 
tion of one thousand who had enlisted between July 7 and August 5), itd 
thirteen days were allowed. The floating population of the State who 
would cidist had already done so. These new volunteers must come, if 
come at all, from the fiirmers and mechanics of the State. Farmers were 
in the midst of their harvests, and it is no exaggei'ation to say, that inspired 
by a holy zeal, animated by a common purpose, and firmly resolved on res- 
cuing this government from the very briiik of ruin, and restoring it to the 
condition our fathers left it, over fifty thousand of them left their harvests 



348 iriSTol;V OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

ungatlicred — their tools on their henclies — the ploiiglis in tlie furrows, and 
turned their backs upon home and loved ones, and before eleven days 
ExriKED the demands of the (,'ountky were met, and both quotas were 
filled! ! Proud indeed was tlie day to all Illinosians when this extraordi- 
nary announcement was made that the enlistment rolls were full. And 
when the historian writes the record of these eventful days of August, 
1S62, no prouder record can be erected to the honor and memory of a free 
people than a plain, full narrative of actual realities. 

It is not our province to bestow fulsome praise, or write glowing 
eulogies, but when wc remember what we all witnessed in those days — 
when we remember the unselfish and patriotic impulse which animated 
every soul — and the universal liberaUty of those who were either too young 
or too old to enlist, to aid those who were eager to join their brethren in 
the field — when we remember the holy ardor which aged mothers and fair 
daughters infused into husbands, sons and brothers — we say when we 
remember these things we cannot but feel justified in departing from the 
dull routine of statistics, and bestow upon the subject this passing notice. 

On the 14th of August the time was extended for filling up new regi- 
ments from the ISHi to the 22d, and for old regiments to the first of Sep- 
tember. The extension for this State was not necessary, for the muster- 
rolls show that before the 19th of August our quotas, as last established, 
were filled. Yet on this same day, August 14th, the "War Department, by 
General Order No. 105, announced that unless old regiments should be tilled 
by the 1st of September, a special draft would be ordered on that day, and 
the governor informed that it required 34,719 to fill up those regiments. 
In view of this state of things it was determined that if the War Depart- 
ment should insist that Illinois should be required to raise this additional 
force of 34,719 to fill up old regiments, it would be useless to attempt to 
raise them by volunteer enlistments. On the 21st of August, therefore, 
General Militia Order IS'o. 1 was issued, directing an enrollment ot the 
entire militia of the State. This was deemed necessary to meet any con- 
tingencies that might arise, and be jjrepared for a draft in case one should 
be still demanded. 

Immediately after the call for nine regiments in July, nine camps 
were established, one in each of the old Congressional districts of the State, 
for the temporary rendezvous of those regiments, but with the intention ot 
removing them, as soon as they should be full, into tlie principal camps of 
instruction at Chicago and Springfield for permanent organization and 
instruction. 

There was, however, in the State, barely enough camp and garrison 
equipage for these regiments, and consequently an additional embarrass- 
raent presented itself to provide for those called August oth. The State was 
soon full of volunteers. All had left their business and some of them were 
without homes. The general government was unable to supply tents, and 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 3'49 

there was not time to erect barracks to accommodate Iialf of tlieiii. Such, 
tlierefore, as were not supplied were directed to remain at home or seek 
temporary quarters as best they could, and await orders. 

And still another difficulty grew out of the want of clotliiiig, and 
especially blankets. All the resources of the government were taxed to 
supply the immense army organizing througliout the country, and, con- 
sidering the immense amount of supplies required, and the suddenness ot the 
emergency which had called out these volunteers, tlieir wants were met with 
very commendable promptness. In most of the counties of the State there 
were fair grounds at the county seats. In many counties the sheds on these 
county fair grounds were repaired and occupied by comj^anies and regi- 
ments until quarters could be prepared for them at the general camps of 
instruction. Several regiments, however, who were unable to obtain 
quarters at the principal camps, moved from these neighborhood rendez- 
vous directly to the field. 

Six of these new regiments were organized, mustered, armed and 
clothed, and sent into the field in August; twenty-two and Board of Trade 
battery, Capt. Stokes, and Miller's battery, in September; thirteen in 
October; fifteen, beside the Springfield light artillery, Capt. Vaughn, and 
Mercantile battery, Capt. Cooley, in November, and three in December, 
making an aggregate of fifty-nine regiments of infantry and four batteries, 
consisting of 53,819 officers and enlisted men. Beside this, 2,753 were, 
during about the same time, enlisted and sent to old regiments under the 
direction of Col. Morrison, U. S. A. State Superintendent. Add to tliese 
1,083, 14th cavalry; 386, Camp Butler; 15G, Elgin battery, Capt. Eenwick; 
135, Henshaw's battery, and 83, Capt. Adams, cavalry company of tlie 15tli 
regiment, makes the grand total under the last calls, 58,416, or 6,119 more 
than our quotas under the last calls. The excess furnished b3' this State, as 
reported by the Secretary of War, August 8th, was 16,978, which, added to 
the surplus under the last calls of 6,119, makes the total excess, as officially 
ascertained, 23,097. 

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. 

The lOtli section of the law of April 25, 1861, provides for the organ- 
ization of the first six regiments, declares that at all elections for company 
and regimental officers, every enrolled man of the company or regiment 
should be entitled to vote, and none others; and that at the election for 
brigadier general for said brigade, all commissioned officers should be enti- 
tled to vote, and none others; and that all elections should be by written 
or printed ballots. 

The 11th section declared that the provision of tiiat act should only 
apply to the six regiments therein provided for. 

These six regiments were organized and officers elected and commis- 
sioned, as therein provided. It was organized by the State and accepted by 



35(1 HlSniKY UK ADAMS COUNTY. 

the njcneral government as an Illinois brigade. Col. Benjamin Jf. Prentiss 
was clectcil hrigndier general, commissioned by Governor Yates, and mns- 
tered into tlie United States service May IS, IStil, with rank from May 
8, 1861. 

Tiic next ten regiments, which were acce])ted in pnrsnance of the act 
of the Legislature of Jlay 2d, were organized as therein directed. The 
IStli section of the act provided that as soon as ten companies should be 
formed in a regiment, the adjutant general should order an election for 
regimental officers for the said regiments. These regiments^were mustered 
into the service of the State for thirty days, as contemplated by that law; 
but before the expiration of that tyne thej- were called upon to enter the 
service of the United States, and were mustered into its service in the 
latter part of May and early in June. 

The second section provided that the companies should be " officered 
in manner as should be provided by the general militia law of the State." 

The law of May 3d, authorizing tlie acceptance of a regiment of 
cavalry, did not declare how the officers werie to be selected. The line 
officers were elected and the field and staff" officers were appointed. 

With the exception of the first sixteen regiments of infantry, one of 
cavalry and one battalion of artillerv, authorized to be raised and organized 
by the several laws of this State, the volunteer forces of this State were 
raised either under authorit}' directly from the "War Department to indi- 
viduals, or under authority given by the Secretary of War to the governor. 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECORD. 



C II A ITER X. 



AlSBKKVIArlONS. 



Adjt Adjatant 

Art Artillery 

Bat Battalion 

Capt Captain 

captd captured 

cav cavalry 

CO company 

Col Colonel 

com commlsBloned 

Comey '. ».ommUsary 

corpl corporal 

deertd deserted 

dieab disabled 

died discharged 

e enlisted 

excd exchanged 

Gen General 



hOD. diBCd honorably discharged 

inf Infai.try 

kid killed 

Lieut , Lieutenant 

MaJ Major 

mo mustered out 

pro promoted 

prisr prisoner 

rec recruit 

Kegt Hcgiment 

re-e re enlisted 

res resigned 

Hergt sergeant 

sub substitute 

trans transferred 

Tet ,. veteran 

wd... , wounded 



lOth Infantry (:t MonthN). 

lOth Regiment lilinuiii V.)iuoteer9, 3 months ser- 
vice, was organized at Cairo. III., April -29. 1861. 
Companies A and E departed for the field (rom 
Quincy, April 27, 1861. 

VolontiL 
Benj. M. Prentiss, com. May », 1881. pro. Brig. 
Gen., Hay 17. 1861. 

Lieutenant (JfAonel. 
Jas. D. Morgan, pro. Col. May 30. 1861. 

Major. 
Cbas. n. Adams, pro. Lieut. Col. 

AjSHiittant Surf/eon. 
Daiiial »tahl, com. May 18.1861. 

Compaay A. 

Ca/jtutM). 
Jno. Tillson. com. April 23, 1861, pro. 
Jno. Wood, Jr . com. June II, 18*11, pro. from 2nd 
Lieut, to Capt. 

Lieutenantji . 
First Lieut. Jos. G. Rowland, com. April 22, 1862. 
Second Lieut. Geoige A. Dills, com. June 11, 1861. 

Serf/€a7il4. 
George A, Dills, 1st. e April 21. '61. m o July 2.'). '61. 
Jas. U. Carmody. e April 21, 1861. m o July 25. 1881. 
Stephen E. Fuller, e April 21, 1861, m o July 25, IStil. 

VofitoraU . 
Fred. M. Uickbut. e April 21. 1861, m i, July 25, 1861. 
Wm. U. Haywoo.1. e April21, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Albert B. SIcKoy. e April 21. 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
HagoHallam. e April 21. 18<J1, m o July25, 1861. 
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I. L. Bowers, e April 21, 1861. m o July 25, 1861. 
Has. Tip. Prentiss, e April 21, 1861, m o July 25, I86I . 

PrivatfH. 

Alien Jas. H. e April 21. 1861, mo July 25. 1861. 
Asbury Henry, e April 21. 1861. m o July 2.5, 1861. 
Aleiaudcr Jno. P. e April 21, 1861. m o July 25. 1881. 
Atwood Cbas. e .^prii 21. 18(il. m o July 25, 1-61. 
Boiler Guston. e April 21. 1861. m o July 25, 1861. 
Birrow Jno. M. e April il. 1861, m oJiily25, ls«i 
Bradley S. H. e April 21, 1861, m o July 2.5. 1861. 
Brown Homer, e April 21. 1861, m o July 2.5, 1861. 
Bittleston llec. c A <ril 21. 18'il, m o July 25, 1861 
Boyle Jno. T. e April 21, 1861, m o July 25. 1861 
Burlingame Geo. A. e April 21. 1861. m o July 25' '61 
Cadwell JoH. N. e April 21. 1861. m o July 2j. 1861 ' 
Callahan Jas. H. e April 21, 1861, m o July25, 1861 
Uariiii Lorenz') D. e Auril 21. 1861, m o July 2.5, 1861 
Cook Ri;ynard, e April 21, 1861. m o July 25, 1861. 
Dckreiger Peter .M. e April 21.1861, m o July 25 1861 
Dekreiger Jno. C. e April 21. 1861. m o July25. 1861, 
DiodpilssJacobe April 21, 1861, m o July 25 1881 
Uusiin David, e Apr 11. 21, \m\. m o July 25. 1861 
Kults Eli, e April 21. 1861. m o July 25. 1861. 
GroBi Louie, e April 21. 1861. ra o July 25. 1861. 
Harris Corde A. e April 21. 1861. m o July 25, 1861 
Haye^ Hiram, c April 21, 1861. m o July 25. 1861 
Hawks Jas. B. ■; April 21, 1861, m o July 25. 1»6I. 
Haneuweokle llcn.e April 21. 1861. m o July 25, 1861 
Hover Dau, c April 21, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Hover Sol. e April 21. 1861. m o Julv 25, 1861 
Howland Nat. e April 21, 1861. m oJuly 25. 1861 
Howard Gary, e April 21. 18'il, m o July 25, 1861. 
Huntley Rich. P. e April 21. I8i,l, m o July 25, 1881 
.Jackson Gbas. U. e April 21. 1861. m o July 25, 1861 
Koetzie Jno. G. e April 21. 1861, m o July 25, 1861 
Kinewan Alb. e April 2L I8>il. m o July 25, 1861 * 
Mebler Auii. e April 21. 1>-61, m o July 25, 1861 ' 
McCurty Fr.iuk, e April 21, 1861, mo July 25, 1861. 
McNulty Wm. e April 21, 1861, m o July 26 1861 



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ADAMS OOUNTT WAR EKCORD. 



MorrU Bufiird S. f April 21. IKiil. m n .Inly 45. 1861. 
ilullenf Thus .1. e .\iirll i\. IHRl m " .liily « 1«61. 
Miller JaB. C. « April ai, IbUl, mo July i'j. IbUI. 
Naier Geo. •.: April 21. 1H(.1. m o Jnly 2.>, 1861. 
Newcmnh .^narcw,.!. e Aprir.21,'61 m o July 25, (il. 
Pool f.eo. W. e April 21. IHHI. m o July 25. 1881. 
ProiBcr Abijah. l- April 21. 18«1. m o Julv i\ 1861. 
Pearsoii Kubt. 8. e npril21, 18b,, m o Julj25, 1861. 
RauKoii Aug. >l. L- April 21, ISiil, ni o July 25, 1861. 
Roiidly Wm U. e April 21. 1861, mo July 25, 1861. 
Kider Miclmel, c Ap 11 21, IKBl, m o J uly 25, 18iil. 
Hock.ntleld Elia-. eVpril 21. Wil, m o July 25, 1861. 
Roccump IK'U. e April 21. IJUI, m o July 25. 1861. 
K..hluiiil Ueo. L t April 21 1801, m o Jnly25. 1861. 
Ryan Jo». M. c April 21, 186i. m ..July 85, 1801. 
Sbaub Frt-d. e April 21, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Shipley Wiu.e ApiilCl, 18111, m u July 25, 1861. 
Shucrutt Juo. e April 21, 1861, m o July 2.5, 1861. 
Slack Alo B. v April 21. 1861, m o July 2.5, 1861. 
Smith W m. e April 21. 1861. mu July 25. 1861. 
Shaller F ed. e April 21. 1861, m o July 2,5,1861. 
Tallmau Philander, e Apr. i 21,m o July IHt.l. 25, 1861. 
Wclrrick Saui. E. c April 21, 1861, m o July 25, 186J. 
Wyckiin Newton, e April ,11, 1861, in o July 25, 1861. 
Wcldenhummer Ceo. e April 21, ^^mo July 25, '61. 
Wilmann Phil, e April 21, 1861, m o July 25. 1861. 
Wayne Abe. M. e April. 21, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Wnest E. e April 21, 1861, m o July 25, 1861, 

Company E. 

Captain. 
Benj. W. Prentiss, coin. April 22, 1S61, pro. 

Lieiitenatifs. 
First Lieut. Wm. II. Menter, com. April 22. 1861. 
C'has Sheeley, com. April 22,'6I,pro.Capt. May 15, '61. 
JomeK Short, com. May 15, 1861, res, 
H. C. Rutherford, com. May 18, 1861. 

Thoe U, Brookcr, Ist, e April 22, '61, m o -lulySS, "61. 
Andrew Wood, e April 22, 1861, m o July 2,5, 1861. 
Jos. S. Battell, o April 22. 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
George A. Race, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 

Oorpora/e. 
Sam Nicholas, e April 22, 1881, m o Jnly 25, 1861. 
8am' H. DavlB, e April 22. 1861, m o July 2,5, 1861. 
Sam' J. Day, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
George B. Johnson, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 61, 

Mustciaiiti. 
Jno W. Sample, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Clarence Poling, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861 
Prlvatfu. 
L-'Aurbcrack Sol. c April 22, 1861, m o Jnly 25, 1861, 
Asherman Jno. c April 22, 1861, mo July 25, 1861. 
Bart Geo O. S. e April 32, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Bnrham Fred, e April 2-2. 1861. m o July 25. 1861. 
Burd Ch.18 e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Brown Chas. e April 22 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Blickar Wm. e April 22. 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Ballard Thos, e April -22, 1861, m o July 2.5, 1861, 
Burke Chas. II. e April 22 1861. mo July 25, 1861. 
Bt-own Wm. J. Jr. e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Bucklv Goo. 11. e April 22, 1861, m o July 25. 1861 
BauKh'mau Sam. K e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, '61 . 
Carr Wm C e .\pril 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861 
Cranston Jas. e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861 
Cottrell Amos, ■■ April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Cress imvid. e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
DIckhnt Wm. C. e April 22. 1861, m o Julv 2.->. 1861. 
Fick Adam, e April 22, 1861, mo July 45, 1861. 
Godfrey lien . e April 22. 1861, m o July 25, 1861 
Huirhes Perry C o April 22, 1861, m o July 45, 1861. 
HondoM Thos. e April 22. 1861, m o July 25. 1861. 
Herbit Jas. W. e Aprl 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1661. 
llobblewailh Wm. e April 22, 1861, in o July 25, 1861. 
lleismHu Ja-i. April e 22, 1»61, m o July 25. 1861. 
Hamilioii Jno. W. e April 24, 1861, m o JiUy 25, 'bl. 
llolsher Jno. e April ■-'4. 1861, m o Jnly 25, 1861. 
Holromb (ieo. e April 22. 1801, in o July 25, 1861. 
Janseii Mat. e Apr.l 22, 1S61, m o J uly 25, 1861. 
JansenTheo e April 22. 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Johusou Jno. e April 22. 1861. mo July 2o, 1861. 
Kram Cha». e April 42, 1861, m o July 25, 1861 
Kley Andrew, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861, 



Kley Adam. •■ April 24, 1861, m o July 25, 1881, 
Knicli' - iiiii'l, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
liemper Henry, e April 22, 1861. m o Jnly 2,5, 1881. 
Llndsey Thos. W. e April 22. 1861. m o Ju y 25. "61. 
Lindsey L ewellvn. e April 22, 1801, m o July 25, '61 .• 
McLauKhlin Jno. e April -.2, 1861, m o July 25, '61. 
McCleniant Ale-t. e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, '61. 
McGibhou Geo. e April 22, 1801. m o July 25 1861. 
McCoy .luo. D. e April 22. 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Meyer Chris, e April 22, 1861, m July 2S, 1861, 
.Meiser Jno. A. e April 22. 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
.Mann Gusiav. e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Nell Arthur O. e April 22, 1861, m o July 25 1861. 
Nelse Jno. P. e April 22. 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Orviiigs Thos. e April 22. 1861, m o July 25, 1861 
Phillip- Ed, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1801. 
Potter Cal. M e April 22. 1861. m o July 25, 1861. 
Porter Rob'i, e April 22. 1861. mo Jnly 2\ 1861. 
Rickmeyer Wm. e April ii. 1801, m o July 25, 1S61 
Kicker Jno. B. e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Roubohl Henry, e April 22, 1861. m o July 25, 1861. 
Soniiners Wm. B. e April 22. 1861, m o July 25, '61, 
Rotherford U. C. e April 2!, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Schinidd W. A. e April 22, 1801. m o July 25, 1861, 
Sease (ieo. H. e April 22, 1801, m o July 25, 1861. 
Spercer Wm. e April 22. 1S6I, m o July 25, 1861. 
Sadler Wm. e April 22, 1801, m o July 25. 1861. 
Stephens Douglas, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25. "61. 
Sllckieiiack Wm. e April 22, 1801, m o Jnly 25, 1861. 
Sepple Jno. e April 24, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Thompson Mark, e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Voeth Paul, e April 42, 1861, m o July 25, 1861. 
Wait Chas. R. B., e April 22, 1861, m o July 25, "61 . 
Wellenger Jas. e April 22. 1801, m ojuly 25, 1861. 
\Vilco.x Chas O. e April 22, 1861, m o Jnly 2.5, 1861. 



Hth Infantry. 

Company D. 

Drafted and SubHtUuled Recruila. 
Newhell Sam'l A. e Sept. 19. 1864, m o Sept. 18, '65. 
O'Brien Jas. S. e Oct. 19. 1864, m o Sept. 18, 1865. 
Traver Hiram S. W. e Sept. '20, '64, m o Sep, 19, '65, 

Company K. 

Drafled and Subslitiiled Jlerruits. 
Goodman Jno. e Sept. 27, 186 1, m o Sept. '26, 1865. 
Mccormick Michael, e Sept. 29,'64, m o Sept. 28, '65. 
Scott Geo. e Oct. 7, '64, d. New Orleans, Apr. 12. "65. 

Una»sirined ItfcniU. 
Piatt Jos, c Sept. 4.1, 1804. 



»tli Infantry. 

Company K. 



9th Infantry (consolulated). 

Company <«. 



lOth Infantry. 

The 10th Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organ- 
ised and mustered "into the United States service at 
Cairo, Illinois, April 49th, 1801, by Capt. Pope; B. 
M. Prentiss. Colonel; James D. Moraan Lieutenant- 
Colonel, and Charles II. Adams Major. It was com- 
posed of seven companies of infantry and three of 
artillery. These companies had been at Cairo since 
the 20ni. earrisoning the place. 

The ret'lment remained at Cairo during the three 
months' service duringwhich limeexpedltlons were 
made to the rear of Coliimbus. in June, and to Beu- 
ton. Mo., lu July. 



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353 



The regiment was mustered into tlie United States 
service for three years, July 29. 1861, by Capt. T. G. 
Pitcher, and remained at Cair.) and Bird's Point dar- 
ing the winter, taking part in January, 1862, in the 
movement made by Gen. Grant to the rear of 
Columbus. 

March 1st, in connection with the 7th Cavalry it 
scattered Jet}'. Thompson's guerrilla.-* at Sykeetown, 
Mo., taking several prisoners and t^o guns. Dur- 
ing the month it was sent to Gen. Pope's army at 
New Madrid 

On the night of the 12th it advanced on New Mad- 
rid, driving iti \hc enemy's pickets, at right 
shoulder shift arms, and without returning a shot. 
Before morning earth-works w^re thrown up, and 
fv.ur guns plauted uuderthe firj of five gun-ooats, 
and Forts Thompson and Pillow. Their lose was 
one ciptain and two men killed. New Madrid was 
evacuated that night. 

On the night "f April 7th, the regiment croesed 
the river below New Madrid, and intercepted the 
retreating forces from Islnhd No. 10. causing the 
surrender at TiptonviUe, of G,;n. Mackall and 2.600 
men, and securing a large amount of artillery and 
small arms. The movement resulted m th- capture 
of over 6,0(.K) prisoners. ISthof Apri to Fort Pillow; 
IK^h returntd. and passing up the Tennessee river, 
landed a: Hamburg, April 24th. Took part in all 
the contests of Gen. Pope's army In moving on 
Corinth, and on the 3d of May. was under tire of 
the w.irks of Corinth. After struggling through the 
Four Mi e Swamp on the 3d. they hid a i risk skirm- 
ish, capturing 15 and killing 30 of the enemy. The 
regiment's loss was one killed and five wounded. 

The regiment was in the advanc.^ in an the move- 
ments resulting in the capture of Coriuth,'^and pur- 
suit of the enemy to Boonville. 

Col. Smi li 'oiik command of the brigade. 

The regiment lay at Big Springs, daring the 
months of ,Ia 'e and July, and on the 21st of July, 
marched to Tuscumbia. Thence, under Gen. Palmer, 
as Division Commander, marchej lift Florence, 
Athens and Columbia to Nashville. Lust by guer- 
Jillas. five men killed. Reaching Nashville on the 
12t^ of Septeml). r. remaining during the blockide. 
Particii^ated in the repulse of the enemy. Novem. 
ber 5th. lost, 2 killed. 

Were assigned to Mitchell's Division, Thomas 
Corns. Army of the Cninherland, and remained in 
Nashville until July, 1863, and were then placed in 
Smith's Brigade, MorgaL's Division, Granger's 
Reserve Corps. 

Marcheu July '^Oth to New Fosterviile, and on the 
•ilih of -\ugn.-t. to Bridgeport. Al ihama. ri/i Shelby- 
ville, Columbia. Athens. Huntsville and Stephen- 
s'tn, October 1st to Sequatchie 'Valley, and in con- 
nection with McCook's Calvary D. vision, drove 
Wt\eeler's Cavalry from the valley. 

From thence, on the 24th of Ociober, in Morgan's 
Brigade, Davis' Division, Palmer's 14th Army Corps, 
to Igos Ferry, on the Tennessee, thence to Cald- 
wells. 

November 24th, crossed on pontoons, supporting 
Gen. Sherman's attack on the left of ,Mi-<sion Ridge. 
Pursued, on the 26th, Hardee's retreating colnmn, 
who were br,jught to bay at Caickamauga Station; 
captured 20 of their rear guard. Followed the 
retreating enemy as far as Ringgold; thence moved 
rift Cleveland, Charleston, Loudon, and Morgantown, 
to within 15 miles of Knoxville ; thence to Colum- 
bus, on the Hiawassie river. Returning to Chatta- 
nooga, went into winter quarters in the rear of 
RosBVille, Georgia. 

On the 1st of January, 1B64, the regiment re-en- 
listed as veterans. 394 men started for home Jan- 
uary nth, 18M. 

The regiment left Illinois for the field again in 
February, 186-1, commanded by Col. John Tiilson. 

(No history of the 10th for 1864, is on file in the 
Adju^tant General's Office). 

1865 the 10th regiment lay at Be .ufort, S. C. from 
January 9th to .the ISth, when it moved with the 
division (.Vower's First Divisnn) to Pocotallgo, on 
the Charleston and Savannah It. R. Remained there 
until the 30lh, attempting, on lhe'20lhand 26th to 
cross the Salkahatchie. but fail'ng on account of 
high water. On the 30th It moved up on the right 
bank of the river, and effected a crossing at River's 
bridge on the 3d, with a loss of 40 men. The Third 



Bri^rade to which the 10th was attached, being in 
the advance, and losing about 125 men. The cross- 
ing was difileult and obstlnantly contested, the 
swamps, a mile wide, and with many streams to 
cross, the water ice-cold, and from one to five feet 
deen. The regiment was in it from 7 A. M., till 
dark. Gtn. Howard, who was present pronounced 
it "the btst thing of the war." The regiment 
marched to Midway, on the Augusta and Charleston 
R. R., croBsin» South Edisto at Binicker's bridge, 
throwing a pontoon over the river in the face of the 
enemy, and wading after dark, over one-third of a 
mile through the " 'ake," took the position of the 
euemy in the flank, drove them from their entrench- 
ments and captured several prisoners and one cais- 
son. 

Passing with the army through Orangeburg to 
Columbia, Winnsboro and Cheraw, skirmishing 
and destroying railroads etc., marched thence to 
Fayetteville, on March 11th, there the regiment was 
detached to lay a ponloim biidgo over Cape Fear 
River, which was done and lodgi'ment tffccted for a 
brigade on the opposite bank. The enemy's cavalry 
was driven back with a loss to them of one Lieu- 
tenant and five men killed. Thence, with renewed 
skirmishing, the regiment pusheJ towards Golds- 
boro. and when the 14th Corps was attacked atBen- 
tonville. the regiment joined it by a forced night 
march and took part in the battle of the 20th and 
21st On the latter day our division, with the 64th 
Illinois Sharpshooters on the fkirmish line, got in on 
Johnson's rear and captured pa't of his headquar- 
ters' material. The divi-'ion 1 1 which the 10th Ills, 
belonged successfully resisted the attack of Har- 
dee's whole corps. The loss of the regiment on 
this occasion was about 61, and of the origade over 
100. being one-fourth of th- loss of the whole Army 
ol Tennessee. The enemy evacuating during the 
night, the next day the regiment moved to Golds- 
horo, thence to Paleigh. Af er Johnson's surren- 
der, to Richmond, Fredericksburg and Washington, 
where the regiment participated in the grand re- 
view. 

They proceeded on the 4th of June to Louisville, 
Ky., and were mustered out of the U. S. service July 
4th, 1865, receiving their final discharge and pay on 
JulylUh, 1865, at Chicago, Illinois. 

During this campaign the regiment was com- 
manded by Lieut. Colonel David Gillespie. Third 
Brigade by Brevet Brigadier Gen. Tiilson. First 
Division Major General J. A. Mower, until Golds- 
ooro, and afterwards by Brevet Major Gen M. F. 
Force. 17th Army Corps, Major Gen. Frank P. 
Blair, commanding Army of tiie Tennessee, Major 
Gen.O. O. Howard, commanding. 

James D. Morgan, pro. Brig. Gen. July 17, 1862. 
John Tiilson, com. Jane 13, 1862. 
Lieut. Coloiii'lx. 



s. Jan. 



Mfijnrs. 
John Tiilson, com. May '27, 1861, pro. 
Francis A. Dallam, com. Oct. '24, 1861, 

1862, for pro. 
Joseph G. Rowland, com. Feb 11, 1862, res. Jun 

-», 1862. 
Charles S. Cowan, com. JnDe*23, 1862. 

Adjutants. 



Quartermaster. 
Oliver I. Pyatt, com. Sept. 20, IBBl. 

Suj-geoiis. 
Henry R. Payne, com. Nov. 4. 1861. 
Daniel ^tahl, 1st Asst. com. May 18, 1861, res. Aug. 

31, 1862. 
Isaac H. Reeder, Ist Asst. com Oct. 10, 186'.!. 
John W. Craig, 2d Asst, com. Aug. 21, 1862. 

Chaplains. 
Wiiram II. Collins, com. July 25.'61,re8. June21.'62. 
William B. Livell, com. Dec. 16, 1862. 



354 



ADAMS roUN'n' WAR RECORD. 



Peter P. Eetorby, e. Aiig. 17. 18fil, tranri. lo Co. C. m 

o AiiK. .11. 1861. 
John W. Juhusoi). 

Priraff. 
DuBtin David, e J«u. 1, 18a». m o Borgt. Co. C. 

Coinpiiiiy A. 

PriraU: 
Weaver Samuel, c Jan. H. ll>64, m o July 4, 186&. 

Company 1{. 

Prirafi: 
Floar John. c. Sept. S3. 1804, asaiKncd Nov. 7. 1864. 
never reported. 

CoinpHiiy C. 

George A Race, let, e Aug. 18«1. pro. Capl. I'o. F. 
John W. ITamllton, o Keh. 17, 1H81, re-e ai) vet. 
Solomon Auerbach, e Aug. 17. 1851, m o Auk. 3),'fi4. 
Sara'l Hau^binan. e Aug. 17, 1801, pro. 2d ser;;!. 

CorponiU. 
lUvieB Brertnctt, e Aug. 17, 1861, m o Aug. 31, ISM. 
Wm. Slekelbach. e Aug. 17. 1801, re e an vet 
George W. Pool, e Aug. 17, "01. desrld Sept. 18, '64. 
Jamea H. Skool, o .Aug. I", 1861. 
Joeiab T. Brown, e Aii«. 17. 1861. in o Aug. 31, 1864. 
John T. Bovle, e Aug. 17. 1861, pro. lut Lieut 
Charles t>. Dogau, e Aug. 17, 18iil. 

Prhalfg. 
Apploton Charles U. c Aug. 17. 18(11, reo ae vet 
Adams Wm. F. e Ang. 17. 1S6I. died May in, ISfiS. 
Bagbv James U. e Auj;. 17. 1861, trauM. to With III. 
Barion Ot » B. e Am. 17. 18BI, ree as vet. 
llrerocr Barney or .John, e Aug 17. 1861, ree as vut. 
Baker J<ihn or Barney, e Aug. 17,1861, disd. Nov. 

36, 18«S. dieab. 
Babb Joseph F. e Aug. 17, 1861, re-e as vet. 
Hallaban Andrew J. e Aug. 17. 1861, re-e as vet. 
Carr Wm. U. c Aug. 17, 1861. 
Cormark Jasper M. e An*.'. 17. 1S61, disd. dlsab. 
Carr James, e .-Vus. 17. istil, rt-e as vet. 
Chenea Jackson, e Aujj. 17. 1861. re-e as vet. 
conyers Knoch G. e Aug. 17. 1861. re e as vel. 
Cleveland James J. e Aug. 17, 1861, ree as vel. 
Creek Jeremiah, c Ang. 17, US6I. desrtd. Jan. '.>«, '6i!. 
Dekrele- r Peter W. e .\ug. 17, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

July 2,1. 1865. 
Duran .Mariin, e Ang. 17. 1861, died Oct. J7, 1861. 
Dusiin David, e Aug. 17, 1861, re e as vet. 
Desicr Joseph, e Aug. 17. 1861. re-e as vel. 
Ksterly I'eter p. e Aug. 17. 1861, lu o Aug. SI, 1864. 
Frost Edward, e Aug. 17. 1861. died Jau. 2S, 18b8. 
Farnswcrtb Jackon, e Awa. 17. '61, m o Aug. 31, '61. 
Friday David, e. Aui. 17. 1861. ree as vet. 
(iili James, e Aug. 17. 1861. dIsd. ;iud e in I'. S A. 
Gallup BenJ. C. e Auir. 17. 1861. m o Aug. 31, 1864. 
tiardner Harrison, e Aug. 17, '61, trans, to inv. Corp. 
Hayes John C. u Aug. 17, 1801, ree as vet. 
Irvln John, e Ang. 17, 1861. ree as vet 
Johnson Uenry, e Aug. 17. 1861, died July 11, 1862. 
Johnes \V. G. e Aug. 17, 1861, ro-e as vet. 
Krioger. or Kroar Uenry. e Aug. 17, '61, re-e as vet. 
Lee George, e Aug. 17, 1861, re-e as vet. 
Lowry Beoj. F. e Aug. 17, 1861. ree as vet. 
McManness Dan'l. e .'V.ng. 17. '61. desrtd. Sept. 127, '63. 
McNulty Fielding, e Aug. 17, 1861, disd, disab. Dec. 

aO, 1861. 
Nelch John P. e Aug. 17. 1861. re-e as \et. 
Nowby Edward, e Aug. 17, '61, re-e as vet. sick at m o 
Nichols Sumner, e Ang. 17. i861. ro e as vet. 
Olson Alexander, e Aug. 17. 1861. re-e as vet. 
Porter Robert, e Aug. 17, 1861. m o Aug. 15, 1804. 
Poilon Andrew G e Aug 17. 18«1, died Oct. 27, '61. 
Rider Michael, e Aug. IT, 1861. re-c as v.t. 
Kudenshoii Thurston, e Aug. 17, 1861, rue as vet. 

died May 4. 1865. 
Strickier John H. e Aug. 17. 1861. died Oct. 27, 1862. 
Simmons James P. e .\ug. 17, 1861, re-c as vet. 
Smith Frank, e Ang. 17, 1H61, died Nov. 10. 1861. 
Schroder Henry, o Ang. 17, 1861, re-e as vet. 



Stone James U. c Aug. 17. 1861, died Jau. 10, 186'1. 
Sherew James, e Aug 17. 1861. trans, to Inv. Corp. 
Ward Liwls. e Aug. 17. 1861. re e as vet. 
Warthiek John F. e Ang. 17. 1861. m o Ang. 15, '64. 
Womansdorll John (J. L. e Aug. 17, 1861. re-e as vet. 
\ouMg Henry E. e Ang.l7, 1861, disd. for enlirtment 
in marine Corp. 

"This ends the roll of Company C, bat there is 
added lo this a notice of some changes in the com- 
pany. All of the above named »Tio re enlisted. 
Jan. Isl, 1864, were muster.d out July 4, 1865. 

/[•■rniils. 
Adams John O. e Feb. 20, IKW. m o July 4, 1865. 
Aggert Wm. e Jan. 27. lHi)4. died Fell. 18, 1865. 
Baughmau Henry J. e Feb. 26. 1864. mo July 4. 1865. 
Brown Jacob. e.Iau. 22. IKnl. m o June 16. 1865. 
Brenger Henry. Jan. 31. 1S6.5. m o July 3. 1865. 
De \\ olf lieorge W. u Feb 6. 1861, ra o Julv 4, 186.^. 
Engle Edmund, e Jau. •,'«. 1S64. m o Julv 4, i865. 
Ellerbrock Henry, e Jan. 31, 1865. m oJuly 4. 1865. 
Folium Martin, e Feb. 6. 1S64. m o July 4. 1865. 
Folium Philander, e Aug. 10. ISO-I, m o July 4. 1865. 
Greene Harrv. e Feb. 20. 1S6I. m o .July 20. 1865. 
Geerhard John, e Feb. 24. 1864. died of wounds In 

liatlle, June 24. 1864. 
Unffendike Henry, e Jan. 31. 18«5. m o July, 1865. 
Hildermau John W. e Jan. 31. 1865, m o Jaly4, 1865. 
Landwier Gottlieb, e Jan. 25. 1865. m o July 4, 1S65. 
Landier Herman W. e Jan. 31. 1865. mo July4, 1865. 
Machlin Wm. e F«b. 2-3. 1864. m o Julv 4. 1885. 
Mitchell John, e Jan. 26. 1861. ra o Juiv 4. 1865 
Rosecamp .\dolph. e Jan. 31. 1865, m d July 4. 1865. 
Smith ".Vlliiam. e Jan 29. 1861. m o July 4, 1865. 
Smiih Obailiah. e Feb. 2,5. l.%4. m o July 4. 1865. 
Simmons Daniel II. e Jan. 31.1865. m oJuly 4, 186.S. 
Schafer Peter, e Jar. 31, 1865. m o July 4, 1865. 
Schurlleld Peter, e Jan. 31. 186">, m o July 4. 186!>. 
Schultz or Sihuller F. e Jan. .31, 186,). mo July 4. 65. 
Teaman Henry, e Jan. 26, 1865. m o July 4, 18i>5. 
Welliiii; John B. e Feb. 8. 1861. m o July 4, 1865. 
Wheyers Joseph K. e Feb. 24, 1861, m o July 4. 1865. 
Wenhorer John W. u Jan. 31. 1865, m o July 4, 1885. 

Sulisli/iif^g and J)rqf/,'(l M,n. 

Barnes Isaac, e Sept. 20. 1864, m o June 16. 1865. 

Bassey John J. e Oct. .3, 1864. as sub. m o July 4, "65. 

Clark Simon S. e Oct. 1.1864, as sub. mo June 4. "65. 

Conner William, e Oct. 13. 18(>1. as sub. never re- 
ported. 

Cleveland Ezra or Edwd. e Sept. 21, 18iH, deserted 
April 18. 186.5. 

Delaughey Henry, sub. e Sept. 21. 64, m o Jane 4, '65 

Elicks Williams, sub. e Oct. 10. '64, m o Aug. 11. '65. 

Enlow Thomas e Sept. 'JO. 1864. mo June 4. 1865. 

Koetyle J. G. e Sept. -JO. 1864. m o June 4. 1865. 

Meun Henry, e Oct. 5, 1864. sub. m o July 4. 1865. 

Prentiss Guy I, . A. e Sept. '29. 1864. sub. m o June 
•a, 1865. 

Keakard Lorenzo e Oct. 7. sub. m o July 4. 1865. 

Sclirad.r Jacori, m o July 7. 1S65. 

Tuiimau Silas, e Sept. '2.3. 1864, m o June 4, 1865. 

Weiberry Benjamin, o Sept. 'iS, 1861. m o June 4. '8.5. 

Zimmerman Johj. e Sept. '23. 1864. m o June iM. '6.5. 

Reynolds Jasper, under cook, e Sept. 1, 1863. m o 
July 4, 1865. 

Taylor Rice, under cook, e July 1, '6;), m o Jaly4,'65. 

<'oni|>nny K. 

Prlratts. 
Frazell Jacob U. e Feb. '25. 1864. m o July 4. 1665. 
. Godfrey Perry, e Feb. '24. 1864, m o July 4, 1888. 

Company F. 

Rtcniit. 
Rea Patrick W. e Feb. 14. 1864. m o July 4, 1865. 

Couipuny U. 

Privates. 
Johnson .lohn W. promoted to principal musician. 
Waters Ttiomas B. e Feb. '24. 1861, m o July 4, 1865. 

Company K, 

Prirate. 
Hendricks William, e Jan. '27. 1864, m o July 4, 1885. 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECOKD. 



366 



Draftfii and SubftUiite RecniUs. 

Buck Martin, e Sf|jt. 23. l»il, never reported. 

Baird William W, u Sept. a*. lK(i», m o June 4, 1865. 

nrinKiT I'eter, a Sept. iS. 18tH. m o .lune 4. 1865. 

Jira^c^le Henry, e Sept. :iO, 1K61, sub. killed at Riv- 
er's Bridge, S. ('. 

Carter William, e Oct. 12, 1864, sub. never reported. 

Chat"ick Willlum, e Sept. ■ii. ISM. m o.June 4. 1865. 

DumaB Thomas, e Oct, 4. 18';4, sub. m o May :M, 1865. 

EUermeier, Ernest, e Sept. -..'2, IHIM, ni o June 4. 1865. 

llolrtcn William K, e Oet, 11, ■ii4. sub. m o. Inly 4, '65. 

Harford Oeorge, e Sept, 27, 186t never reported. 

lloklen Daniel. e.Hept, 27, IWil. m o June 4, 1K65. 

Krickhauser Wm, e Oct. a, 18i;4. ^ub, m o .Inly 4, '65. 

Kellernieier Herman, o Ort. I, ISIil. sub. killed near 
r.entonville, N.t!., Miir li 21, 1863. 

McWllllaTiis James, c Oct. 6, '61, sub, m o July 4, '65. 

Hosenbauer Fdk. e Oct, 1, 18i;4, mh. m o June 4,' 65. 

Schwartz Joset>b, e Sept, 111. 1H61. never reported. 

Sickmau Uenry, e Sept, 2i. 1864, m o June 4, 1865, 

Williamson James 1'. eOct.4, 1861, abnenl without 
leave since Not 16,1864. 

U'laHHlgne'i /iemiifs. 

Kidd Robert M. e Jan. 25, 1804, 

OhmcrG, W, o Keb. 25, 1864, died at Camp Butler, 

March l'.', 1864. 
W.)od A K, e li'eb. 25, 1864. rejected, dlsd. 
YoniiL' J. E. Y. Feb. 25, 1861, rejected dlsd. 



1 Itli Infantry. 

<!uiu|)iiiiy A. 
Hine lieor^e, m o Juiy 14, 18B1. 

Comimny K. 

iriiaxKir/n.r/l /trrnii/. 
Warner Jos. c March 1, 1865. 

nmfted ItcrritU. 
Maiou io*. e Oct 6, 1864, sub, 

i:!ith Infantry, 

Company II. 

Driiflfd ItccrnilK. 
Hrown (ico. W. e Hept, 27, 1864, m o Jiin; 1. 1865. 
Renan David, e Oct. 3, 18B1, m o July 10, 1865. 



14tli Infantry. 



Com puny J>, 

//•■iruil,. 

Kennedy M. c March :il. 1861, vet. died June 25. '61. 

l'<fllipmiy <;, 

V.'Ifidii. 
Klelt (i,e Jan. 4, '61, trans, vet. bat. moMaySO, '63. 

n.rruiL 
Spengler Alex, e Jane 26. 1861. 

IStli Infantry. 

Coinpilliy H. 

Davis Sara, I", c Jan. 1, 1864, trans, co, C. vet. bat. 

14tli Infantry (re-or;;anize«l). 

Company G. 

Sergt'<tnt.». 
Sanders Jno. D. c Feb. 15. 18B5, m o Sep. 16, 1865. 
Spori; August, e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Sep. 16, 1865, 

Oorpnral. 
.VIolIatt A, e Fob. 16, '65, m o Sept. 18, '65, private. 



Afnuiciam. 
Duff Edwin F, e Feb. '25. 1866, m o Sept. 16, 1868. 
Burke Henry C. e Feb. 28, 1865, desrtd. June 25, '66. 

Wftf/oiH'n^. 
Ranson Thus, e Fob, 27, 1865, desrld. Fob. 28, 1865. 
AllKioli Jno, e Feb. 1.5. 1865, m o July 1'2, 1h65, 
Brobme Edward, o Feb 15, 1865, m o Sept, 16, 1865. 
Bukel Jno. A. e Feb. 15, 1865, desrtd, June '25, 1866, 
Brown Silas, e Feb, 15, 1865 m o Sept. 16, 1866. 
Buss Henry 11. e Feb. if, 186.5, m o Sept. 16, 1865. 
Bei-kman Ludwit;, <^ Feb, 28. 1865, m o Sept. 16, 1865. 
Calhoun Ale.v, e Fob. 15. 1865, m oSept. 16, 1865. 
Humphries Henry, i' Feb. 15. 186.5, m o July Ifl. 1865. 
1 Oman Levi J. o Feb. 15, 1865, m o Sept, 16, 1865. 
Howard Klijah W. e Feb. 15, 1865, m o July 19, 1K65. 
Koar Wm. e Feb, 15, 1865, m o Sept. 16, lf66. 
Kin),' Sam, T, e Feb, 1.5, 1805, m o Sept. 16, 1865. 
l.inobuek Chenv M. e Feb, 16. 186.5, Sept. 16, 1865. 
Manni Jacob W. o Feb. 15, 1865, m o Sept. 16, 1865. 
Sanders J. K. e Feb. 15, .65. ". Sept. Ill, '65, corpl . 
Sword" Jno. W. e Feb. IIJ, 1H65, m o Sept, 16, 1865. 
Sell Isaac M, o Feb. 15, 186^, deerd. July 21, 1866. 
SteiubttUirh Jacob, e Feb. 15, '65, nesrt i. June !i5,'65. 
Wayn Isaac L. c Fob. 15, 1KK.5, absent, sick at mo. 
Wayn Sam. C, e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Sept. 16, 1865. 

Kith Infantry. 

The I6tti Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organ- 
ized and mustered into United States service at 
iJuincy, lll.,under the '■ lOtn UcKiment Act," on 24th 
May, 1861. It was mustered in, by caiit. T. (i. 
Pitcher, U.S. A., June 12,1861, moved to Grand 
liiver as railroad guard : after which it was scattered 
along the road as a guide. July 10, was attacked at 
Monroe Station by 1,600 rebels: the regiment held 
Its position until reinforced, when the enemy (led. 
On the 16th, lost two men killtjfl, and two wounded 
at Caldwi'll's station. Aug. 20th. moved under Oen. 
Hnrlhui to Kirkwiil, and in pursuitol (Jen, Greene 
arriverl ut llornywell. Sept. Ist, 

Sept, II), nrdert-il lo St. Joe, Mo. On the 14th, 
together with the 'MX Iowa Infantry, had a skirmish 
at Platte City. On the 11th returned to St. Joe. 

Jan. 27, ordered to Budd's Point, Mo. March :id. 
ordered to Now .Madrid ; were attached to the Army 
of the Mississippi, Second brigade, (.'ol, Jas, D, 
.Morgan: First DivlBioi, lirlg. Oen. E. A. Paine. 

On the evening of the 12ih of March, the 10th and 
^16th Illinois Volunteers were thrown forward and 
erect-^d a line of breastworks, mounting lour heavy 
guns within one-half a mile of the enemy's works. 

.March i:i, tno battle of New Madrid was fouglit, 
the 16ih supporting the siege guns. 

April 7 wer*i loaded on opposite side of the 
Mississiitpi river with the lOtn Illinois, and followed 
tue retreating enemy to Tiptonville, Tonn,, where 
5,000 prisoners were captured, besides artillery, 
small arms and ammunition, April 9, returned to 
New Madrid: llith, embarked to Osceola, Ark, ; 17lh, 
embarked for Hamburg, Tenn,. and arrived on 22d. 
Participut' d in the siege of Corintli. After evacu. 
atlon pursued the enemy to Iiooi:cvllle; June 12, re- 
turned to camp at Big '-prings. 

July 20, moved lo Tuseumbia; i^Oth. crossed the 
river at Florence oept. 15th. arrived at Nashville; 
seventeen days march with continued guerilla tight- 
ing; garrisoned Bdgefleld, guarding railroad bridge, 
Nov, 5th, was attacked by rebel <ien. Morgan, who 
was re|iu B' d, leavitiL' many dead iiiJon the Held; 
the Ilith, loss, one killeil and dve wounded, Includ- 
ing Cant. Kowe ; mustered out, July 8, 1K6.5, at Loiiis- 
ville, Ky. ; arriv.-d at Camp Butler, July 10, 1865, for 
flual payment, and discharge. 

ColoiuU, 

Robert P. Smith, com. May 13, 1861. 

LifuUnant (,'oIoiu'Ih, 

Samuel Wilson, com. May 13, 1861. res, .Sept. 3, 1862 
James B. CablU, com. Sept. 3, 1862. 



Samuel M. Hayes, com, Mav 13. '61, died Aug. 6, '62- 
Charles Petrlo, com. Aug. 6, 1862. 



356 



ADAMS COtJNTT WAR RECORD. 



Adjulanl. 
Charles D. Kerr, com. Sept. 21, 1861. 

Q'lartermatttfrs, 
Thomas J. CViuUer, com. July *1, 1861, trane. to 

Brig. Qiiartermusler. 
LuciDS L. Kinir, com. May 3, 1862. 

Surgeont. 
Louie Watson, com. June 21, 1881. 
A. L. Kltclu-y, let Aset. com. May 18, 1862. 

Chaplain. 
Kicbard Haney, com. May !M, 1861, reo. June 18, '62. 

Iteaimental Hand. 
Beadle Wm. H. e May 34. 1861, m o May 8. 18li2. 
I'ennett A. r. e May 24, ISBl, m o May S, 1862. 
Bryan Rice P. e May 2-1, Wil. ni o May 8, 1862. 
Kidwell David D. o May 2», 18iil. m o .May 8 1862 
I-ane James M. e .Mav 21. 1n;i. ilied. Feb. 26 1862 
McCoy JoBlah B. c May 21. m;\. m o May 8, 18H2. 
Moore Newton, e May 24, 1861. m o May 8, 1802 ' 

L'*J[''f,^?,'■'■I>'' ^- "• « ''*'"*' -•'' l*il. ni <> May 8, 1862. 
bcholl \V. P. e Sla.v 34, ISM, m oMay 8, 18i;2. 

Coinpauy A. 



Brownell Abram, e June I, I,S61, disd. Nov. 27, 1861. 
Dislur BenJ. e Mav 24, 1861, re-e as vet 
Fitznerald Michael, e May 24, 1661, re-e as vet. 
Mcrrlcl< John L. e Mav 24,01, trans. Ist Kansas Inf. 
Palmer (ieo. a. disd 1861. 
Kalston Jas. H. e May 24, 1861,tran8. to 60th 111. Inf. 

Jtfcrtiitu . 
(irifflth Eccles, c Feb. 16. 1864. 
Smith Joseph, e Jar. 18, 1864, missing, 
Thompson Chas. e Jan. 28, 1864, mlseing. 

Company B. 

Mnsiciflng. 
Isaac W. Strickler. e May 24, 1861 .trans. .5ilth 111 Inf 
Ament Elza, c May 24, 1861. mo Julv8 1SH5 
Anher James, e Mav 24, 1861. m o Jniv 8 m>' 
Itates Edward, e Maj 24. 1861, died. March ii 1862 
Butler AWah e May 24, 1801, trans, ta 6(lth 111, Inf. 
Beadle \V m. 11. e May 24, '61, fans, to regular band, 

PrivaffK. 
Catlett J. K, May 24, 1861. re-e as vet 
Curry Henry K. e May 24, 1801, trans, to Oiuh Ill.lnf. 
Dodd John, e May 24, 1801, disd. March 29 1862 
Harwell AI)i-eIos, e May 24, '61, trans, to 66th lli.Inf. 
McFarjand, Duncan, e May 24, 1802 
Pierce U.nry 1{. e May 24, 1862, difd. Oct. 1. 1801 
I arr Sam'l, e May 24, 1861, trans, to OOth 111. Inf ' 
Robertson AlonzoJ.e May24,61, trans. 60th Ill.lnf 
htewart E. T. e May 24. 1861, di«d. Oct 1, 1801 
Strickler, Rob't P. e Mav 24, 18iil. re-e as vet ' 
Swartwout, Theo. U. c May 24. 1861, rc-e as vet. m o 

Joly 8, 1865, 
Walker B. K. e May 24, 1861, trane. to 60th 111. Inf. 

Jieeruiti. 
Fowler Francis, e Feb. 1, 1862, disd, April 19 1862 
Saddle Buf.ird, e Feb, 1, 1862. m o Feb. 5. 1865 
Killon, A. J. e Feb. 1, 186i. 

Company C. 

Corporal. 
Geo. W. Bates, e May S4, 1861, trans, to 60th Ill.lnf. 

Drummer. 
Lewis T.Vincent, e May 24,'61,disd, by court martial. 

Privateg. 
Aldrlch John, c May ai, 1861, trans, to (iOlh III Inf 
Bcchtel John, e May 24, 1801, trans, to band 
Burns, W. U. e May 24, I8til. trans, to i.Oth III Inf 
Burns, Simon, e May 24. 1861. trans to 00th 111 Inf 
Crewdson, Lycurgas, e May 24, 1861 
Colopy Patrick, c May 24. 1861. trans, to 60th Ill.lnf 
Craid Jesses, May 24, 1801, trans, to 60th 111 In ' 



Collins Matthew c May 24, 1861, died Dec, 27. 18*1. 
<.ushingMm,eMay24, 1861, trans, to OOth III Inf 
Caen Patrick, e May 24, 1861. 

Crwln Gcort'e. e Mav 24, 1861, disd, Aue 15 isfil 
I usick Wm. ll e Mav 2t, 1861. died May 5 18R> 
coan P Me May24,IK01. trans, to Glover-'s cavalry 
Dawson, Alcvandcr, e May 21. 1801 ' 

Darnall H.nry H, e May 24, IKOl, trans, 60th III, Inf 
UeesorJohn eMay24. Ih61, trans, to 60th 111. Inf 
(iernon Stephen, e May 24 If'OI 
Goodapple tico. J, e Mav 24. 1861, trace. 60th Ill.lnf 
Garrett El, T. e May 21. IHOl. disd. by conrt martiS'; 
Hayi'S John, e May 24. 1^61. trans, to 60th 111. Inf 
"«n_yeherry.^M»rk,e May 24, 1881, re-e as vet. m o 

Kendall Edwi'nW.e May 34, 1S61, disd, Oct. 3, 1863. 
Kinney Michael, e May 24.1861, sentenced by court 

martial. 
King Joseph, e May 24, 1861, sentenced by court 

martial. ^ 

Lynch Michael, e May 24, 1861. disd. Feb, 2K, 1S62 
McGinnis Michael, e May •?4, 01. trans. 6i,th 111. Inf 
' Mf,f''',y ■?,?""''■ ?,*'»>' ^•'8'' <""!• by court uiartiai: 
Mitchr^Thos. e May 24. 1861. disd. by court maitial . 
Miller Thomas, e May 21.1801. 

v!;*ril"R°'"j i ^' .^ "'"^ '^- ■•*' ■ "■ " «" ^"-'t- died wds, 
Wears Bent, F. e May 24, '61. re-e as vet. m o July, 65. 
Merriman John, e May 24, 1801, ree as vet. pro 1st 

Lieut. *^ ' 

Hyan Kihoda, e May21. 1861, trans, to 60 III, Inf 
Kegan Patrick, e May 24, 861. trans, to 60 111. Inf 
Rugg A. e May 24, isoi. trans, to Co. D. 16 III. Inf. 
Spencer \\ illl»m. e May 24, 1861. 

ShI'II'"' '{."•'■''^if *'''y ■■"• J""!- "•ans- 'o 60th 111. Inf. 
Stickler \\ m. H. e. May 21,1801, re-e as vet. died 

Oct. 31. 18G4. ' 

stickler Reuben S. e May 24, '61. trans 60th 111 , Inf. 
Tucker J. P. e May 24, 1861. trans, to60ih 111. Ini 
Uudcrwood 1, C. e May 24. '01. trans to 00th 111. Inl. 
\Vittle James, e May 24, 1861, disd, by court martial. 
Woodrufl P. e May 24, 1861, disd. by court martial. 
Wood Andrew J. e May 24, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

Julys, 1805. 
Watt tleorge, e May •«, 1801. trans, to 60 III. Inf. 
''°^\9^"^S^' « ^^'■y **- '*"• re-e »» vet. m o July 

Peen/its. 
Boll John M. e Aug. 20, 1861, disd Sept. 20 1801 
Campbell (ieo 8. e Jan. :iu. 186-2, disd, Jan. ,10, 1864 
lilasscock E, C, e Feb. 1.8, 1864, mo Julys, 1865. 
Kemp Charles J. e Jan, 3, 1864, died June 14 1864. 
Leeds tl.jah P. e Jan. 21. 1864. m o May 16, 1865. 
McDaniel W m. E. e Jan. 13. 1861. 
Mitchell JeiTerson, e Dec. 28, '0.3, desrid. Feb. 14, '64. 
Miles Jacob, e Aug 31, rc-e. vet, 
McLane Bdwin L. e Feb. 18,1864, m oJuly 18, 1885. 
Smith Wm. I . e Ausr. IK, 1861. re-e vet, 
Thomer Davis, e Jan. 26. 1884. m o July, 1865. 
Tucker Thane M, e Jan. 21, 1864, m o July 8. 1865. 
Taylor Sam'l, e April 15, 18R!, m o July 8, 1865. 
Volk Henry B e Feb, 3, 1864, ni o July 8, 1865, 
Webster Frank M. e Dec, 31, '03, desrtd, Nov 22 '64 
■icntcr John, e Feb. '2, 1865, m o July 8, 1865. 



Company D. 

PriratM. 
Brown Alexander, e May -24, 1861, re e as vet. disd 

June ii. 1865. 
Sheehe John, e May 24, 1801. disd. April '22. 1862 
Spicer James A. e May 24. 1801, disd. July 5, 1861. 
Sullivan Larry, e May 24, 1801. 
Sullivan Jerry, e May '24. 1861. trans, to 60 III. Inf. 
Vancil William, e .May 24. 1861, re-e as vet. died. 

Sept. 11, 1864. 

Jifcruifg. 
Austin Milton, c July 24, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

.Inly 18. 1865. 
Griffith Edward, c Feb. 15, 1864, m o June 28, 1865 
luililer John, e Feb. 18, 1864. mo July 8, 1865 
Murphy Anms E, e Feb. 18. 1801, m o Julv 8, 1865. 
Phipps David K. cFeb, 2, 1805, m o July'8, 1865, 
Rugg Austin T. e .May 24, 1861. frans. from Co. C. 
Sherman Edward. •• Jan. 20, 1861, ree as vet. July, 

111 o J.ily 18, 1865, 
Sun..nertmli Levi e Sept, 28, 1862, m o July 13. 1665. 
Vancil William, e May 10, 1865, m o July 8, 1665, 



ADAMS COUNTY WAE EECOED. 



367 



Company E. 

Privates . 
DowUng Theo. e May 24. 1861, deertd. Oct. aO.'Ol. 
Evans John, e May --'4, 1861. 

Haley Harrisou, c Mav 84. 'til. Iran', to «0 III. luf. 
Kenny K. e May 34. 1861. died Dec. 15, 1861. 
Peter Geo. Vf. e May 34. 1861, tnins. to 60 III. Inf. 
Reed Isaac, e May 24, 1861. 

Jiecniits. 
Kennedy Patrick, e Jnne 1, 1861, re-e ap vet. m o 

July, 1865. 
Ro«8 William, e Jan. 4. 18(i4, mo July 8. 1865. 
Smith (ico e Feb. 23, 1864, m o absent, sickness. 
Toolson Edward, e June 1, 1861, re e as vet. disd. by 

expiration. 

Company F. 

Pnvates. 

Caliill Thomas, e May 24. 1861, trans, to 60 111. Inf. 
Crow James L e May 84. 1861, disd. Dec. 4, 1K62. 
Leonard Wm. e May 34, 1861, died Sept. 6. 1865. 
Kood D. e May 34. 1S61. re e as vet. m o July 8, 1865. 
Kowe James, e Mav 34, 1861. disd. Feb. 15, 1862. 
Sutlierlaud J. P. e May 84, 1861, ree as vet. m o July 
8, 1865. 



Compauy G. 

Privates, 
Collins Jolin.eMav24. '61, ree as vet. m o July 8. "65. 
Demkin Uavid, e May 84, 1861, died June 15, 1862 
Ellis William A. e Mav 24, 1861. 
GarlctI Tar-.ius L. e May24, 1861, trans, to 60 111 Inf. 
Mitchell Edward, e May 24, 1861, ree as vet. missing. 
MarshiL. G. e May 34, '61, rc-e as vet. m o July 8, 65. 
Palmer Jesse, e May 34, 1861, disd. July 8, 1862. 
Robinson John W. e May 34. 1861 . 
Schofleld George e May 34, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 

8, 1865. 
Young Waterman, e May 24. 18G1, disd. April 23, '62. 

Rerruita. 
Hankie Jno. A. e May 24, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 

8, 1865. 
Mllllgan John, e May 24, 1861. 
McLean John H. e July 19, 1863, kid. at Dallas, Ga.. 

May 29, 1864. 
Omer John J. e Feb. 28, 1864, m o July 8, 1865. 
Rohrig Rich. F. e Jan. 26, 1864, m o July 18, 1365. 
Roland Wm. P. e Feb. 3, 1864, m o July 18, 1865. 

Company H. 

Sercjeurits. 
Jacob Koetzle, Ist e May 24, 1861, disd. April 4, 1862. 
Clemeni Ridder. e May 24, 1861, pro 1st, Lieut. 
Kasper Koch, e May 34, '61 ree as vet.m o July 8, '65 
Costeen Tieniken, e May 24 1861, pro. to 3d Lieut. 

Corporals. 
Thomas H. Smith, e May -U. 1861, pro. to 2d Lient. 
John Sanftlebi'n, e May 34, 1861, trans, to 60 111. Inf. 
Gustav Orldloff, e May 24, 1861, disd. April 12, 1862. 
Janus W. Gilmer, e May 34, 1861, kid. June 24, 1861, 

Macon City, Mo. 
John Lorenz, e May 24, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 18, 

Thomas J. Callahan, e May 24, 1861. 
Christian Weuger, e May 24, 1861. 

Mnsiriaiis. 
Gustav Umgetter, e May 34, 1861. 
George Doerle, e May 34, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 
8, 1865. 



Brown John.'c .Mav 34, 1861, 'rans. to 60 111. Inf. 
Chapman L. R. e May 34, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 

8, 18(i5. sergt. 
Davis Benj. R. e May 34, '61. re-e as vet. pro. 3d Lieut. 
Kllerbrock Herman, e Mav 34. '61, disd. Oct. -ti. 1862. 
Farber Jacob, c M»y 34. 1M61. trans, to 60 111. Inf. 
Fuhrmann John, e May 34, 18iil, trans, totiu 111. luf. 



;-e as vet. ra o 



ns. to 60 III. 



ch I, 1862. 



Frey Christopher, e May 24, 1861, re-e as vet. pro. 1st 

Lieut. 
Goetren Herman, e May 34, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

8, 1865. 
HenzOtto, e May ■24. I86I. ree as vet. mo Julys 

18(i5, corpl. ' 

Hcimbuch Charles, e May34, 18B1. trans, to 60 Ill.Inf 
Ileimbuch Gustav, e May 34, 1861. 
Haber Gustav, e May 34, '61, re-e as vet.m o July 8, '66. 
Hoester Bernhard, e May 24, 1861, trans. to 60 lu'lnf 
J eager Jacob, e May 34, 1861. 

Jetner Christian, e May 34, 1861, trans, to 60 III. Inf 
Johnson John F. e May 24.1861. tlisd. Nov. SO, 1861. 
Klempp Adam, e May 34. 1861, died Dec. 8, 1861. 
Klein John Adam, e May 24, IHijI . 
Kupfer Geo. e May 34. '61, re-e as vet. m o July 8, '66. 
Linz George, e Mav 34, 1861, trans, to 60111. Inf. 
Meyer Daniel, e May 24. 1861. 
Moenken Herman, e May ".M, 1861, i 

July 8, 1865. 
Oberjohann Fred. W. e May 24, 1861. 
Panter Antone, e .May 2«h, 1861, Ire 

Inf. Jan. 1, 1864. 
Riehter Albert, e Mav 24. 1861 . 
Kisto Herman, e May 24. 1861, disd. Ma 
Roberts Frederick, e May 24, 1861. 
Roe John H. e May 34. '61, re-e as vet. m o.luly 8, '65. 
Schienberg Henry, o May 34, 1861, trans, to 60 Ills. 

Jan. 1. 1864. 
Scheffersman Gottlieb, e May24, trans, to 60 111. luf. 
Schmitte Edward, e May 24, 1861, disd. Feb. 26, 186*. 
Schmitt George, e May 24, 1861, d:sd. April 18, 1862. 
Schmidt Wm. e May 34, 1861. 

Schmidt George P. e May 34, 1861, died. April 4 1862 
Schwab Fred, e May 24, 1861. 
Schwinaler Bernard, e May 24, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

July 8, 1865, corpl. 
Scddelmeyer Antone, e May 24, 1865, re-e as vet. m o 

July 8, 1865. 
Seddelmeyer Felix, e May 24, 1861, re-e as yet. m o 

July 8, 1865. 
Stock Job. e May 24, 1861, trans, to 60 111. Inf. 
Strank Peter, e May 24, 1861. 

Strattmann Wm. e May '44, 1861, trans, to 60 111. Inf. 
stuke Wm. e May 24, 1865, disd. Oct. B, 1862. 
Surlage Frank, e May '24, 1861, trans, to 60 111. Inf. 

Jan. 1, 1864. 
Telherning Wm. e May 24,1861, re-e as vet. m o 

July 19, 1865. 
Westermann F. C. e May 24, 1861, trans, to 60 111. 

Inf. Jan. 1.1864. 
Wilhelme G.X)rge, e May 24, 1861, re-e as vet. prisr. 

pro. corpl. 
Zink John, e May 21, 1861, re-e as vet. mo July 8, '65. 
Zink Philip, e May 2;, 1881, died July 11, 1864. 

Ueeruits. 

Beckman Wm. e May 34. 1861. 
Dick Henry, e Feb. 37, 1864, m o July 8, 1865. 
Eesig Fred, e Feb. 11, 1864, m o July 8, 1865. 
Enhaus John, e Feb. 2. 1.864, m o July 8, 1865. 
Gasche Martin, e Dec. 17, 1863, m o July 8, 1805. 
Heintz Peter, e June 5, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 8, 

1865. as corpl. 
Jacoby John, e Dec. 28, 1863, m o July 8, 1865. 
Koerner Edward, e March '34, 1861. 
Koetzle Abraham, e Aug. 8, 1862, m o June 12, 1865. 
Long Joseph, e Feb. 2, IHM, m o July 8. 1865. 
Long Frank M. e Aug. 3, 1862, trans, from 129 111. 

Inf. m o July 8, 1865. 
Miller Daniel N. e June 5, 1861, disd. June 6, 1865. 
Miller Thomas, e Feb. 18 1864. m i. July 8, 1865. 
Oberliug George, e Aug. 13, 1863, m o June 12, 1865. 
Risto H. e Dec. 26, 1863, vet. recruit, m o July 8, '65. 
Kidder Albert, Feb. 18, 1864, vet. ree. in o July 8, 

1865, Ist sergt. 
Schulte .\ngU8t, e Sept. 6, 1888, m o June 12, 1865. 
Staff George, e Aug. :-0, 186'2. 

Stooke Wm. e Feb. 18. 1864. vet. ree. m o July 8, '65. 
Talken Albert, e Feb. 1, '61, mo July 8, 18115, as corpl. 
Wick Johi'. e June 1, 1861. 

Wiseman Henry, July 27, 1864, m o June 12. 1865. 
Zeh Herman, c Feb. 8, 1864, m o July 8, 1885. 

Company I. 

Privates. 
Eaton Isaac, e May 24, 1861. 
Harvey Thos. e May 24, 1861, rc-e vet. m o Julys, '65. 



358 



ADA.M8 OOONTT WAR RECORn. 



HuKhex Adam, e M.iy iM. 1S61, traiiB. to 60 111. Inf. 

Jan. 1, 18ii4. 
Miller Sohasllan. e May IM. 1S61. (Had. Dec. 10, 18«2. 
Morgan P. e May 4. 1S61, ro-c vet. m o Jaly 8, 18«6. 
Plymati- Jiiiiies. e May J4, I80I. 
Pollard Wm. o May 34.11861, dlsd. June 86, 1862. 
Wade Wm. e May 24, '61, re-c aa vet. died Aug. 20, 64 



Coffey Thfi". J. e Feb. 19, 1!*4, kid. Dallas, Ga., May 

2S, 1864. 
Qageby J. e June 1, '61, re-e as vet. lu o July 8. 1S65. 
Uarvuy Ovo. II. p Feb. 8, 1804, m o.Iune JO, 1805. 
Ricker John B. i- Nov. 5, 1864, m o June 5, 18U5. 
Swan Wm. u. Feb. 1<J. '01, vet. rec. m o July 8. 180.V 
Sullivan llerroM, e Feb. 13. 1861, m o July 8, 1865. 
Tyuer Wm e Feb 8, 1864, ni o July 8, 1865. 

Company K. 

Beenier Peter, e May a. 1B61, re-e as vet m o July, 

8. 1865, as scrgt. 
Kdsou Nathan, e Slay '^4. 1861. 

Howard llartlont P. e .May'it, 1861, dbd. Oct. 17. '61. 
Kendall (,'has. A. e May 84. 1861, dlsd. Sept. 12, ISU'i. 
Leslie Geo. e May 24, "61. ree as vet. m o July 8. '65. 
MaybHrrj George W. e May 24, 1861, trans, to 60X11. 

Inf. Jan. 1, 1864. 
Olerson Calvin F. e May 24, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

July 8. 1865. 
Qaincy Wm. U. e May 24, 1865, re-e as vet. m o July 

8, 1868. 
Sheppard Thomas. Jr. e May '^4, 1861, ree as vet. 

m o July 8, 18(B. 
Thompson Joe. W. e May iU. 1861, died. April 'JO, 'ifi. 
Wolf Geo. W. eMay 34, 1861, trans, to liOIU. Inf. 

Jan. 1, 1864. 

Kecruile. 
Allen Chae. W. e Feb. 18. 1864, m o July 8. 1865. 
Lockwood Cornelius Be Feb. 12. '64, ra o June -H.'SS. 
Simmons Choa. M. o Jan. 4, 1864, m o July 8, 1865. 

Ufiasithjiiftt liecniifg. 
Allen John, e Jan. -27. 1864. 
Butler George W. e Feb. 18, 1864. 
Chlsler Kobert, e Jan, 'JO, 1864. 
Duffleld Emanuel, e Aue. 9. 1862. 
Jones Daniel, e March 7. 1861. 
Miller Wm. e Jan. 19. 1864. 
Pell Johu.e J;in. 30, 1864 
Stevens Kile. H. e Feb, 11. 1864. 
Stewart Alexander, e Feb. 2S, 1804. 
WIdner, Wm, e Dec. 9, 1864. 



Lewis Wm. T. c March 7, 186S, m o June 11, 1865. 
Lee YouuR A e .March '2. 1865. m o Sept 4. nw>. 
Mcintosh Nat. e March 4, 1865, died LKtle Kock, 

May 21, 1865. 
Mcltay Miles, e March S. 1865, m o Dec. IR. 1865. 
Smith John L e March 3, 1865, m o Dec. 16, 1,'<85. , 
Trip Jno. e March H. 1805. m o Dec. 16. 1865. 
Trip H. B. e Mch.8.'«5.dled Little Rock. Aug. 13, '86. 
I'rlplet Alex, e March 1. 1865, m o Dec. 16. 1865. 
Triplet Jno. e March 6. 1865, m o Dec, 16, 1865. 

('oinpany K, 

Priail,-^. 

Baird Rob't. e .March 8. 1865. m o May 11, 1865. 
Bacon Hay, G, e .Marih 8. 1865, m o Sept. 8, 18ii5. 
Gnen Goo. H. e March 8, 1865, m o Dec. 16. 1865. 
Keeter A lex. e .March 8, 1865, m o May -JS. 1865. 
Klrkpatrlck MiU.ni G. e March 7. '65, m n Dec, 16.'65. 
Keith Kichard H, e M.nrch 7, "65 dcsrtd. July 15. "65, 
Lightioot Henry .\. e March 6. 1865. m o May •-•«. '65. 
Llghtfoot S>lvaun«. e .Marcn 6, 1S05 m o Mav'iy, '63. 
Miller BenJ. e March 8. 18G5. m o May •». 1865. 
Miller Henry, e March 6.6o. dlsd. Nov.l.'i,'65. disab. 
Newton Orin L. e March 6. 1865, m o Dec. 16. 18i!5, 
Stairs Wm. J. e March 8. 1865. m o July 11, 1865 
Sheaz Henry I. e March 9, 1865, desrtd. Sept. 13, '65 

Coinpauy O. 

PriiMlet. 

Adams R. B. e March 2, 1865. died Pine BlaSs, Ark., 

Nov. )8», 186\ 
Goode D. B. e March 2, 1865, m o Jane 18, 1865. 

Company 1. 

Prii'iitfs, 

Becker Bernard, e Feb, 21, 1865, m o June 3, 1865, 
Sholts Pnillip, e March 15, 1865, mo Dec, 13, 1865, 



Itfth Infantry. 

Company K. 

Prirates. 



Lemnor A. S. e July 14, '61, dlsd. Sept, 13, '61, dlsab. 
Tucker Al, R. e Jaly 17, '61, dlsd. Oct. 4, '68, dlaab. 

Company F, 

Piitale. 
Life Jaa. e June '25, 1861, desrtd. Sep, 18, 1861. 



IMth Regiment. 

Company K, 

PrirttI,: 
O'Brien Michael, e Nov. 1'2, 1863, m o Dec, 10, 1865. 

18tli Kcjcinient ^re-organ izetl). 

Company U. 

Blias 0. Roskenfield, e March 6, '65, pro. Sergt-Maj. 

Pririilts. 
Campbell Jno. B. e March 6, 1865, m o Aug. 16, '65, 
CraRon A. P. e March 6, 1865. absent, sick at m o. 
Claoper Jacob, e March 3, 1865, died Little Rock, 

Sept. 3, 186.'). 
Calef Al .V e March 3. 1863, ra o Dec, 16, 1865, 
Corhing Wm e March 7. 1865. m o Dec, 16. 1865, 
Donhano Dan. e Marcn l.'63.m o Dec.l6,'65,as Corpl. 
Donahue Jno, e March 1, 1865. m o May II, 1865. 
Bavues Jno. II e .March 3. 1865, m o Dec. 16,1805. 
He'raldson Jno. W. e March 2. 1865, desrtd March 

'25. 1865. (See Co. K, -JSlh Ills,) 
Ilonseholder .Ino li.e March '2.'65, absent, sick at m o. 
Uaynes Alvis L, e March 3, 1865, m o Dec. 16, 1863. 
Levanard Wm e March 1, 1863, m o Dec 16, 1865. 



aoth Infantry. 

Company D. 

Di(\nea ami SubslituM Uecruit. 
Kramer Jos, e Jan, 7, 1865, sub. 

Company 11. 

Drtfjlfii uhd SubstiliiUtI n^.-niils. 

Cahll Jeremiah, e Jan. 7, 1865, never reported, 
Delany Pat. c Jan. 7, 1865, never reported. 
Fennan Pat. e Jan. 7, 1865, never reported. 
Fogarty Michael, e Jan. 11. 1865, never reported. 
Hopkins Jno. e Jan. 11, 1865, never reported. 

Slut Infantry. 

Company F. 

i;,.-niil. 
Ricks Jas A. e July 11, 1861, disd. July 11, 1S<H. 

Company K. 



Orgau Jas. e 
Kiiey John, 



UnOitsifjnt'it Rf 
3ec. :, 1864. 
. Dec. 7, 1864. 



ADAMS ColINI'V WAIt l£K(;()KI). 



359 



a^d Infantry. 

i'oiiipniiy F. 

/l,rn,i>x. 
Buckley Wm. faiU'ii to report at re-orgaiiizalion. 
(illbert Jno. Cuiled to report at re-orpanizaiion. 
McLaneiilln.Iiio. kicl. at Lexington, Sept. 21, T,!. 
Snittli TlioH. failed to report at rc-orKani/,ution. 



Edward O. Bowman, com. Sept. 11, 1861. 
Henry C. Barrel), 1st AB8t. com. Aug. 26, 18B1 

r/iap/ahi. 
8. Yonng McMatiters, com. Sept. 4, ISBl. 



^4th Infantry. 

C'onipaiiy <>. 

/■rha/,'. 
.Mueller llejiry A. dind. April 15, IHI.3, clinab. 

>Hith Infantry. 

<'uinpally D. 

JlmuilH. 
Lemon David 11. e Sept. 7, 1861, re-e an vet. m o 

■J«, IKH5, dicab. 
Hcrriclj lienj. e Keb. 19, 1K64, m o July 20, 1865. 

('onipan,v H. 



Company I. 

J'rirafeH. 
Deetpr Benj. T. e Nov. 27, 1H61, d:ed at Corinth, May 

21, 1H<«. 
Wells J. M. e Nov. 27, '61. re-c as vet. m o July 20, '65. 



/i7th Infantry. 

It was organized at Cnnip Butler, with only seven 
companies, Aug. in, 1M61. and ordered to Jack8<m- 
ville as a part of Brig. (ien. .John A. McClernund's 
Brigade. Sept. 1st, ordered to Cairo, where the 
remaining companies joined. It was engaged in 
the battle of liclmont, Nov. 7, 1K61, where it took 
quiti' a promiiH-nt imrt and loKt severelv. March 
M. lMti2. formed a part of the - Mississippi Flotilla; " 
started down the river and remained durirn' the 
siege of Island No. 10. The 27th was the llrst to 
laud on the islanri. Was engaged in the siege of 
Corinth snd battle of I'armingtou, May 9, ixiu- 
pursued the enemy to Booneville. 

July, IHfii, ordered to laka: guarded the Memphis 
and Ch rleston railroad. Remained in Nashville 
during the lime it was cut oil' from communications 
with tne north. Distinguished itself in the advance 
from Nashville, and in the haitl;of Stone River. 
Engaged lu the battles of Shelbyville. Tullahoma, 
Chickamauga, Mission Kidge, Uocky Face Ridge. 
Ueeaca. AdalrsvlUe, near Dallas, near Pino Top 
Mountain. Mud Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach 
Tree (reek. 

The regiment was ordered to Springlield, Aug. 2.'), 

Napoleon H. Buford, com. Aug. 10, 1861. pro. Brig. 

Ocn. April 15, 18«2. 
Facillo A. Harrington, com. April 3ii, 1862. 

Lhiiffnii/i/ Coliiiirl. 
Facillo A. Harrington, com. Aug. 10, 1861, pro. 

MajUfK. 
John A. Miles, com. Uec. 18, 1861, pro. Lieut. Col 

April 16, 1882. 
Hall Wilson, com. Aug. 10,'61. pro. Col. 5th Cavalry. 
Wm. A. Sehmitt, com. April 15. 1862. 

A'O'if'i'ifx- 
Henry A. Kust. com. April 12, 1861, pio. (apt. Co. K. 



Simeon Hheldon, com. Nov. 1, l«62. 

(/n„rl,rnmHhr. 
David B. Sears, com. Aug. 10, 1861. 



Wm. A, Sehmitt, com. Aug. 21, 1861, pro. 
.Matthew Jansen, com. Aug. 16, 1882. 

Lifirl.'fUfTlts. 
Win. Shipley, let, com. Aug. 21, 1861, died, 
.los. Voellinger, 2d, com. Aug. 21, '6'., pro. Ist Lieut. 
John .\. Sehmitt, 2d, com. April 16,.1862. 

Matthew Jansen, Ist. e Auir. 20. 1861, pro. 2d Lieut. 
Christian Fink, e Aug. 20, 1861. pro. 1st Lieut. 
Wm. Beckmeycr, e Aug 20, 1861, pro. <i. M. sergt. 
J. Schucraft, e Aug. 20. '61. m o Sept. 2U.'64, private. 
Fred. Schaller, e Aug. 20, 1861, m o Sept. 20, 1864. 

(UtrporalH. 
Adam Fick, e Aug. 20, 'HI, m o Sept. 20,'64. Ist sergt. 
A. Borcndes, e Aug. 2ii, '81, disd. Feb. 9. '62, private. 
T. H. .Jonson. e Aug. 20. '61. m o Sept 20, '64, scrgt. 
(jusiav Boder, e Aug. 20, '61. m o Sept. 20. 'M. sergt. 
Fred. Schwab, e Aug. 20. 1861, died July 16, 1864. 
L. Weiland, e Aug. 20, '61. detached service on m o. 
John A. Micsa. e Aug. 20, 1861, trans, to V. ft. C. 

April 6. 1864. 
John Steirlin, e Aug 80, '61. m o Sept. 20, '64, sergt. 

MilHicidn. 
Charles Mest»r, e Aug. 20, 1861, died In prls. Kieh 
mond, Nov. 21, 18B8. 

PHvatm. 
Ashman John, e Aug. 20, 1861, m o Sept. -20, 1K64. 
Ashofl' A. e Aug. 20, 'bi, died at (^airo, Sept. 25, 1861. 
Balzer Valentine, e Aug. 21. 1861, m o Sept. 20, 1864. 
Bal/.er George, c Aug. -iO, 1861, m n Sept. 20, 1864. 
Berkinbrink John H. e Aug. 20, 1861, died at Rionza, 

Miss.. June 11. 1862. 
Brondis Henry, e Aug. 20, '61, disd. Feb. 9, '62, disab. 
Breker John, e Aug. 20, 1861, died Nashville, Tcnn. 

Nov. 4, 1862. 
ISuehta August, e Aug. 20. 1861. died. Jan. 5, 1862. 
Buchrer Fred, e Aug. 20, 1861, prier. Jan. 18. 1864, 
liuehshulte August, e Aug 20, 1861, m o Sept. 20,'64. 
Buehshulte Henry, e Aug. 20. 1861. m o Sept. 20, '61. 
Coustelner V. e Aug. 20. 61. died Feb 23. "64, of wds. 
r'ordlHlmim C. e Aug. 20. '61. disd. May 28,'BJ. dIsab. 
Fi-her Henry, e Auu. 20, 1861, m o Sept. SO. 1864. 
Grossu E. c Aug, 20, '61, tr ins. to V. K. C. May 15,'64. 
Qaus Arnold, e Aug. 20, 1861. m o Sept. 20, 1864. 
HartUDg Gotlieb, e Aui!. 20, 1861. m o Sept. 80, 1861. 
Herbat Wm. e Aug. 20, HI, disd. Feb. 27, '63, disab. 
Heilwagen Wm. e Aug. 20. 1861. trans. V. R. C. 
Kerksick H. e Aug. 20, '61, disd. Oct. 24. '63. disab. 
Klkert Chas. e Aug. 20. 1861. disd. July:i0.'62. disab. 
Kousa Ileury, e Aug. 20. 1861, m o Sept. 20. 1864. 
Lohr Berhard, e Aug. 20. 1861, m o Sept. 20. 1864. 
Lichterherry A. e Aug. 20,'6I, di'd. July22,'iH, disab. 
I.upker Wm. e Aug. 20. 1861. disd. July 25, '62. disab. 
Lupker Henry, e Aug. 30, 1861, m o Sept. 20, 186-1. 
.Mohrmen J. e Aug. S). 1861. m o Sept. 20"64, as corpl. 
Mihaus Fred, e Aug. 20, 1861, m o Sept. 5, 186-1. 
I'furmann Valentine, e Aug. 20, '61, m o July 19. '6.'). 
I'illman Casper, e Aug. 20, 1861, died at Nashville, 

.Ian. 18, I8i;i, of wds. 
Prante Henry, e .\ug. 20. 1861. m o Sept. 20. 1864. 
Uunoa August, e .\ug. 20. 1861. m o Sept. 20. 1864. 
RIcksick .Vuirust, e Aug. 20, 1861, died at Nashville, 

Jan. 2!l. 1863. 
Retmeii*('has. e .\ug. 20. '61, m o Sept. 20, '61, corpl. 
Shane Henry, e ,\ng. 20. '61, m o Sept. 20, 'M. corpl. 
Stan' Peter, e Aug. 80. 1861. m o Sept. '20, 1'64. 
Schweppe Fred, e Aug. 20. 1861. m o .Sept. 20. 1864. 
Stakhui Christian, e Auu. 20. 1861, m o Sept. 26, 1864. 
Siek Wm. e AuE. M, 1861. m o Sept. 20, 1864 
Schild Henry, e Aug. 20. 18til. m o Sept. 20, 1864. 
Sellis Christian, e Aug. 20. 1861, died at Camp Schaf- 

fer, June 18, 1K|,3. 
Suhra Chas e Aug. 20. '61, disd. Nov. 24, '62, disab. 
Schaflfcr Henry, e Aug. 20, '61, m o Sept. 20, '64, corpl . 



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Schomacber Fred, e Ang. W, 'M, m o Sept. -jn, 18i>4. 

corpl. 
Wlesmann Fred, e Ang. 20, '61, kid. at Stone River, 

Dec. 31, IWia. 
Wohrman Henry, e Ang. 20, 1861, died at Nashville, 

.Inly 24. IBfiJ. 
Winkler [gnas, e Aug. •20, "61, diedat NashWUe, Oct 

24. 1862. 
Wary Frank, e Ang. 20, 1861, m o Sept. ao, 1864. 
Wuli .Jacob, e Ang, -JO, 1861, kid. at Kennesaw Mt.. 

Jane 47, 1864. 
Werner .Adolpli, e Ang. 20, •61,di»d.Feb.26, •U2,dlpab. 
Zipf Matthias, e .\n». 20. '61, died In prison, Macon. 

Ga., Sept. 26, 186'i 

lierniit^. 
Dedeck Paal, e Ang. 18, 'HI. disd. May, 18, '6.3, disab. 
Kvatt Granville M. e.Ian. 9, 1862, detached service 

at m o Regt. 
Flacho Peter, e Aug. 18. 1861, trans, from :id Mo. R. 

C m Sept '20, 1864. 
Geieser Sam. e Ang. 18, 1861, trans, from :id Mo. R.' 

C, mo Sept. 'JO. 1864. 
Gemer, (JeorKc. e Aug. IS. 1861, trans, from :id Mo. 

R. C.. kid. Dec. :i, 1862. 
Humel John, e Sept. 6, '61, dt»d. July 15. '62, di«ah. 
Hummel Martin, e Aug. 18, 1861, trans, from :id Mo. 

R. C , m o Sept. '20 1864. 
Klinge John H . e Sept 6, '61, disd. June 5, '62. disab. 
Petrum Chas. e Sept. 6, 1861, kid. at Stone River, 

Dec. 31, 1862. 
Rohnurock Henry, e Sept. 6, '61, disd. June 2,11862. 
Snpker Hi nry. 

Voeth Paul, e Sept. 6, '61, disd. Feb. 15, '62, disab. 
Vonden'ooora Henry, e Sent. 6, '61, m o Sept. 20, '64. 
Weibrock Henry, e Sept. 24, '61, trans. V. R. 0. 

'iHtU Infantry (Consolidated). 

<'oiiiI>any K. 

Ellsworth Isaac, e March 6, '65, desrtd. July 20, '65. 
Harleon Jno. W. e March 2. '65, desrtd. July 20, '65. 
Boyd R. M. e Feb. 23, 1865, m o May 23, 1865. 

Kelley Jno.cFeb. 4, 1864. 
Tales Jas. e Oct. 7, 1864. 



89th Infantry. 



C'otnpany D. 

TiraftffJ (mil Substiitiifil Jitrruiffi. 
Brown Frances M. e Sept. '27. '64, m o Ang. It. 1865. 
Staffora Isaac A. e Sept 27, '64, m o Aug. 14, 18(i5. 
Snyder Phillip, e Sept. 27. 1864, mo Ang. 14. 1K65. 
Scolt Wiseman, e Sept. 27, 1864, m o Ang. 14. 1865. 
Vance And ew. e Sept. *27. 186.1, m o June 22, 1865. 
Walker Andrew J. e Sept. '28, '64, desrtd. April -V), '65, 

Coinpany K. 



Drtf/tfifl and /^uhKtUutf.d Rccruittt, 
Clark Aaron 11. e Oct. 3, 1864, m o July 17, 1865. 
Campbell Thoa. e Oct. 3, 1S61, m o May -Zi. 1865. 
Hancock, Sam. R. e Oct. 3. IHin, m o .iniv 17, 1865. 
Miller Andrew J. e Oct. 3, ixi'4. m o Jalv'l7, 1865. 
Worcester Matthew, e Oct. 3, 18iH, m o June 9, 18tt>, 

i'ompany 1, 

Jifiemit. 
Arvin Wm. .1. e March '25, 1862, desrtd. April 25, '62. 

3lMt Infantry. 



nrnft.d and : 



•ilill.d Re 



•;/». 



Boots Jos. e Oct. 18. 1861. sub. m o Jnly 19, 1865. 
Campbell Benj. e Dic 11. 18i'>4. sub. never reported 
Campbell Jas. e Oct. 21. 1864, snb," m o July 19, 1865. 
Wright Jno. e Oct. 21, 1,S64. m o July 19, 1865. 

Company D. 

nriifua iind fliiMitiilfd Rfcniilt. 

Allen Garrett, e Oct. 13. ISM, snb, m o Jnne 21, 1865, 
Docket Fred, e Oct. 3, 1861, disd. Jan. 21, 1865, 

Company K. 

Sergetitd. 
Jno. B. Ricker, e Ang. 10, 1861. kid 



:tSd Infantry. 



rompany F. 

Jirrruil)'. 
Barley Fred, e June 27, 1864, died at Columbia, S. C 

Feb. 17, 1865, 
Svenson, Jas. e Jane 26, 1864, deerted. Jnly 21, 1865 

Company K. 

rnmtKiijiyid Rcrniit, 
Tamon Michael, e Aug. 17, 1864. 

.t4tli Infantry. 

Coiikpany K, 

nfrnii/f (Trnngftrrrdfrom 7SI/i III). 
Ellington Wm. Z e Feb. 28. 1865, m o July 12, 1865. 
Hickerson John, e Feb. 28, 1865, never reported. 
Jolly Jos. e March 8, 18li5, m o Jnly 12, ls«5. 
Jolly Henry H. e March 1, 1865, m o Jnly 1'2, 1865. 
Newson Jno. R. e Feb. 28, 1865, m o Jnly 12, 1865. 



Bostick Chaa. H. e March 6, 1865, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 

Drafted and Substituted liecruitA. 
Allen Syve?ter, e Sept. -27, 1864, mo Ang. 4, 1865, 
Austen Wm, A. e Sept. '27, 1864, m o Ang. 4. 1865. 
Brewer Stephen, e Sept. '27. 1864, m o Aug. 4. 1865. 
Field Jas. A, e Sept. -27, 1864, m o Aug. 4. 1865. 
Frost Worth, e Sept. 27. 1864, m o July 26, 18ii5. 
Foster Geo. W. e Sept. 27, ISCi-l, m o Aug. 4, IK6.-1 
Birds Jas. e Sept. '27. I8IH, m o Aug, 4, 1865. 
Knight, Moses, e Sept. -27. 1864, m o Aug. 4. 1865. 
Lewi" Wm. e Sept. 27. 1864, m o Ang. 4, 18fK5. 
Powell Jno. e Sept. -27, 1861, m o Ang, 4, 1865. 
Talcoti, Asa W. e Sept. -27, 1867, m o Ang. 4, 186,"). 

aoth Infantry. 

Company A. 

Berruit. 
Wilson Hngh, e Sept. -24, 1861, 

Drafted and Substilnlrd Recruit. 
Barns George, e Sept, 26, 1864, m o Jane 4, 1865. 



.37th Infantry. 

CompaDj K. 

Unasnigned liecrnit. 
Black Wm. G. e Dec. 19. 1864. 

43d Infantry. 

Company D. 

Rerruitf. 
Kimbler, Chris, e March 11, 1865, m o Dec. 16, 1865. 
MahoneyJno. eMar. 11, 1865, died Lavaca, Tex, Aug. 
2, 1865. 

Company F. 

Drafted and Substituted Recruitt. 
Barnes Wm. e Sept. 27, 1861, kid. Spring Hill, Tenn., 

Nov. 29, 1864. 
Harmon .Marcus, e Sept. 30, 18f'>4, m o May 18, 1865, 
Bard Noman, e Sept. 30, 1864, m o June 10. 1865. 



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361 



43d Infantry. 

Company F. 

Wm. Schelvebal, e Sept. -i, ISiil, pro. 2d Lieat. 

Corjwnil. 
Adam Wiedner, e Sept. 3, 'til, vet. trans. Co. C. cons. 

Company O, 

Bentel Casper A. e Sept. 1, 18G1, m o Dec. 16, 18B4. 
Cordes Louis, e Oct. 14, ISiil, m o Dec. IB. 1864. 
Gibbard Burckhard, desertd. Uct. l.i, 1861. 

Company H. 

1 Year Organization^ Consolidated. 
Sergeants. 
Wm. Bachshtttte. 1st, e Feb. U, lStl5, m o Nov. 30, '65. 
Wm. Gille. e Feb. 8, 1SI>5, m o Nov. 30, ISBS. 
Henry Schaller, e Nov. 10. 1865, m o Nov. 30. 1865. 
John Stickler, e Feb. 10, 18B5, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
John Clemme, e Feb. 10, 1835, m o Nov 30, 1865. 

Corporals. 
Wm. Meller, e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Adolph Spelkes, e Feb. 9, 1S65, m o Jane 16, 1865. 
Herman Knuffman, e Feb . 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Jno. Heldbrider, e Feb. 10. I860, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Jno. H. Horner, e Feb. 8, 181)5, died Little Rock, 18B5. 
Henry Bornnam, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Henry Korte. e Feb. 7, 18i)5, m o Nov. 30. 18B5. 
Reuben, Doty, e Feb. 14, 1SU5, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 

Musician. 
Henry C. Greeve, e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Nov. 30, '65. 

Wagoner. 
Wm. Aschenphol, e Feb. 7, 1865. m o Nov. 30, 1865. 

Privates. 
Altheide Herman, e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Nov. 30. 1865. 
Beckman Henry, e Feb. 7, 1S65, m o Nov, 30, 1865, 
Beckman Wm. e Feb. 10, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Benlhop Henry, e Feb. S, 1865. m o Nov. 30. 1865. 
BrocksmidtCaas. e Feb. 8. 186.5, m Nov. 30 1865. 
Bachehulte Chus. e Feb. 8, )865, m o Nov. 30, 1805. 
Brinks Henry, e Feb. 15, '65, died Little Rock, Ark. 

Aug. "27. 1865. 
Bnnte Henry, e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Bresser Jno. e Feb. 15. 1865. m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Cashman Jas. e Feb. 14, 1865, m Jane 10, 1865. 
Dicker Henry, e Feb. 14, 186.5, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Ellerorock Wm. e Feb. 14. 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Echterncamp Herman, e Feb. 14, '65, m o Nov. 30, '65, 
Eggert P. H. e Feb. 15, 18B5, mo Nov. 30, 1865. 
Fisher Herman e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Fleer Peter, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. ' 
Guelker Wm. e Feb. 10, 1865, m o Nov 3M8B5. 
Guelker Henry, e Feb. n, 1S65, m o Nov. 30. 1865. 
Graber Chris, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30. 1865. 
Griggs Wm. D. e Feb 14. 1865, m Nov. 3U. 1865. 
Gelse Bernard, e Feb. 16, 186.5. m o Nov 30, 1865. 
Glass Jacob, e Feb. 17, 1865. m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Hnncker Louis, e Feb. 10. 1865, m o Sept. 6, 1865. 
Hufeudick H. H. e Feb. 11, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Uoltman Jos. e Feb. 13. 1865, m oNov. 30, 186p. 
Hoerner Jos e Feb. 14, 1865. m o Nov. 30. 1865. 
Huichtemann C. V. e Feb 14, 1865, m o M«y 28, 1865. 
Hnber Fritz, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Hinbrock Chas. e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Henbrock H. e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Hagemanu Gotl. e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Isking Wm. e Feb. 10, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Ktnse H. W. e Feb. 7, 186'>, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
KnuUmann Barnes, e Feb. 13, 1865, m o Jane 16, '65. 
Koch E. G. e Feb. 14, 1865. m o Nov. 30. 1865. 
Kallmann H e Keb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Lepper Fred, e Feb. 7, 1865, m Sept. 1, 1865. 
Lep.ier Lorenz. e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Lampe H. e Feb 13, 186:, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Lange H. e Feb. 1.5, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Leibring Barney, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Lock Jno. e Feb. 10. 1865. m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Meier Fred, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. :W, 1885. 
Meier Rudolph, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Miller Jno e Feb. 14, 1885, m o Nov. 30, 1885. 



Nilcamp Jno. e Feb. 16, 1865, m o Nov. 30 1865 
Ode John, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o M«y a 1865 
Renter Dave, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. 
Roeeukntter Aug. e Feb. 11. 1865, m o Nov 30, 1865 
Rostnkutter H. e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30 1865 
Ruhmann H. e Feb. 12, 1,865, m o Nov 30 1865 
Richter Herman, e Feb. 16, 18B5, m o Nov 3o 1885 
Stackelback Fritz, e Feb 7, 1865 m o Nov 30 1865 
Speckman Gotlieb, e Feb. 10, 1865, m o Nov 30' I865" 
Steppen Louis, e Feb. u, 1865 m o Nov 30 1865 
Schachtsick Wm. e Feb. 11, 1865, m Nov' 30 1865 
Schluepmann Fred, e Feb. 11, 1865, m o Nov. 30 '65. 
Ste-khicke Herman, e Feb. 18, '65, m o Nov 3o' '65 
Sohn Anton, e. Feb. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30 1865 ' 
Schalmburg H. e Feb. 14. 1865, m o Nov 30 1865 
Shridde H. e Feb. 15. 1865, m o May 28 1865 
Steinmeier Fred, e Feb. 15. 1865, m o' Nov 30 1865 
Schneid-r Jos. s Feb. 15, 1865, m o Nov. 30 186'5 
Stronshorner Wm. e Feb. 1.8, 1865, m o Nov 30 1865 
Tiemanc H. e Feb. 11, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865. ' 
Talken H. e Feb. 13. 1865, m o Nov. 30 1865 
UhlenbrockH. e Feb. 18. 1865, m o Nov 30 1865 
Vondam Wm. e Feb. 11, 1865. m o Nov. 30, 1865 ' 
Vondam Casper, e Feb, 15. 1865. m o Nov 30 1885 
Wermker Wm. e Feb. 10. 1865, m o Nov 30 1865 
Wells Wm. e Feb. 17, 1865, desrtd. Sept. 20, 1865 
Wielage H . e Feb. 16. 1865, m n Nov. 30 1865 
Waier H. e Oct. 14, 1865, m o Nov. 30, 1865 



44th Infantry. 

C mpany G. 

Drafted and .Siibntituled Itnriiit. 
.Mahoney Joeiah. e .Sept. 23. 1864, m o June 15, '65 

I'ompaily K- 

Utt-ru,!. 
.Johnson Jno. corpl. died Dec. 31, 1862, of wds 

46th Infantry. 

Company C 

llei-niit. 
Vny .1. e .fan 1, 1862. died at Vicksburg. July 5, ISfiv 

<'jmpan.v F. 

Primte. 



Comp iiy I. 

Prirate. 



47th Infantry. 

Company G. 

Privates, 
i. 1861, 

.lenkens Ed. e Aug. 16. IS61, m o Aug. 22, 1864. 

Company H . 

j/(«;(v««.«. 

Grove Jno. e Sept. 1. 1861. m o Oct. 11, 18(U. 
Painter Louis, e Sept. 1, 1861, m o Oct. 11, 1864. 
Wllmot A. e Sept. 1, 1861, trans. Co. G. Nov. 1, '61. 

Company I. 

Sergeants. 
C. H. Robineon, 1st, e Sept. 4, ISfil, pro. Ist Lieut. 
J. Q. A. Arlen, e Sept. 4. 1861, disd. Oct. 12, '63, dlsab 
Jno. .\nderson, e Sept. 4, 1861, re e as vet. 
E. M. Davidson, e Sept 4, 1861, r«-e as vet. 



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Hnitable W. A. diid. .Tnn« i. IWv!. diesb. 

47Ui Infantry (consolidate*!). 

Company B 

Privates. 

SpS?g1e H « Kov. 11. 1864, drafud. sick. ab.eDt. sup- 

SUffoTd Wm'". Nov. 11. M. drafted, n. o May -►.•, ■'-. 

Company E. 

>mith Pat. e|Fcb. -N, lS(i.-,, desrld. March U. 18h.,. 

48th Infantry. 

Company A. 

Pnriitf. 
ingerson Aug. e Nov. 14. 1W;4. died Feb. 3. 18.r,. 

4»th Infantry. 

Company K. 

/^, ■,«,/. 
Crow W . F. e .Ian. 4, 'M. died Quincy. Sept. l .. ■'». 



was ri-pulKed. The reRiment lost eighty-eeven 
killed, wounded and misBinR. Lient. Col. Hanna 
and Ae»l Sur-toii A. G. Pickett Avere wounded. 
October 18th Lieut Col. Uurlbat. commanding bri- 
gade, and Capt. Horn, ccnimanding regiment, 
moved oat on Cave Spring read and met the enemy 
six miles ont with two pieces of artillery. It drove 
them four miles and returned to Home. Ua. Nov. 
10 18B4, moved toward Atlanta, 15th left Atlanta, 
and on the STth entered Savannah. Jan. 'i'. 18ii5, 
moved up the Savannah rivir, crossing at Sisters 
Ferry ou Kehruary 4ih. On the ajth and aist fought 
the enemv at Bentonville, and ou the 24th marched 
throoeh (ioldeboro. April 10th Col. Hanna. coro- 
mandine brigade, moved to Kaleigh, 16lh moved to 
Morri?ville, and on surrender of Johnson returned 
to Kaleigh. Returned to the East, and on May 2 1th 
naiticlpated in the grand review at Washington, p. 
C June 3d went to Louisville, Ky.. arriving on the 
8th July :)d. In the prize drill between the B3d Illi- 
nois, 7th Iowa Infantry, and 50th IllinoiM. the regi- 
ment won the prize banner July ISth were mus- 
■ tered out of the Unittd States service by Capt. Vi. 
B Guthrie. 8l8t Ohio Volunteers, A. C. .M. Arrived 
at Camp Butler, III., July 14, 18B5, for llnal payment 
and discharge 

M. M. Bane. com. Aag. 21, 1861. 

Lieiiltniiiil Colonel. 
Wm. Swarthout, com. Sept. 12, 1861. 

Mii'iora. 
Geo. W. Randall, com. Sept. 12. '61, res. April 28, :6-2. 
Samuel R.Qlenn.com. Apnl 2«. 't.2, dlsd. Oct. 9, t.-. 



5«th Infantry. 

^%1 S^M^Bane, and ^.u.-ed into I n.ted 
Slates service Sept. M, WU, oy t-apv. i 

'oa^berOth moved to Hannibal, M..., f^" '5«f« 
to Chmrcothe and on November 'JTth reported to 
(°olKP Smith commanding port at St. Joseph. 

"?;„ ■>! 18b' the regiment was ordered to Cairo, 

h rd brlgad" of the second division and moved 
Lga'ns^ Fort Donelson, and took an aetwe part m 

MUs and returned to Corinth, October 12th. De- 
™K.?^Sih weiit on a scout to Lexington, Tenn., 

«'^"7'=1d'°„iLr'•?4^s\°d^s;m.g\^vatcrL'o■rth: 

7tl!LlX?d".;fe''Lnd^*r.inf.n £.helOth l-u^asu 
??tiH;rrtrLrwL^'n,tn\eS"b'y''ordrorMaT 

Hrt» Gen Wm Vandever took command of the 



Thos. W. Gaines, com. Oct. 9, 18*2. 

Ailjuluiil*. 
Thos. I. Brown, com. Sept. 12. '61. res. April 28,1862. 
Theodore W. Letton, com. .\pril 28, IHba. 

quurlennaslrr. 
Wm. Keal. com. Sept. 12, 1861. 
Siirgton. 
Henry W. Kendall, com. Sept. 1'2. 1861. 
G H. Bane, Ist .\s6t. com. Sept.l2,'61,rei.Nov.22, 62. 

Si'i-gfiiiit Mnjoii. 
\. M. Hughes, e Ang. 20, 1881. tld.Shiloh,.\pr^6.'6« 
liies Henry, e .\ug 20, 1861. re-e vet. Co. B, prom. 

Capt. U. S. C. T. Sept. 19, 1862. 
I has. F. Unbert, e Jan. 1, '61, prom. Adjt.Jnly 2, 65. 

q,„irtrniii>-l>-r Serg^iint. 
S E. Hews, e Oct. SO, '61, reduced, assigned Co. K. 

t 'nuiiiiifftiry Si rf/eintfii. 
,Iohn W. Fisher, e Aug. 20, 1861, disd. for dlsabiUtv. 
Geo. Walker, e Aag. 20, 1861, re-e vet. > 0. < . m o 
July 13, 186.5. 

llonpilal Slewardf. 
George Morris, e Ang. 30. 18<il, disd. June 16. l*"."^- 
Charles c. Spragne, « Sept. 12. '61. m o Sept. 27. M. 
Wm. W. Pond, ?Jau. 1, 1864, m o July M, 181.... 

I'riiiriiiiil ilw'idanx. 
Clarence D. Paling, e Aug. 20. 1861, re-e vet. to. H, 

m o July 13, 1865. 

David HWarm.n. e Aug. 20. 1801. re-e vet. > o. U. 
m o July 13. 1865. 

<'ompany A. 

Captuiii- 
Edsar Pickett, e Sept. 12, 1861, res. Feb 5, 1862. 

IJfiileiiantf. 
Henry P. W. Cramer, let Lieut, e Sept. 12. 1861, pro. 
Sergc"&'oody.e se"pt 12, '61. prom. 1st Lieat. Feb. 5. 

Honry'c. Biseell, e Feb. 5, 1862. 
Sergeant*. 
Beiij. F. Moody, Ist s.rgt. . Aug. •*. 1861. m o Sept- 
23, 1864, as private. 



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363 



John S. Worman. e Aug. -JO, istil, re-e as vet. pro. 

'2d Lieut. 
Henry C. Bissell. e .\ng. 20, 1861, pro. to 2d Lieut. 
Jno. McLaashlin, e Aug. 30, 1861, died at Palmyra, 

Mo.. Jan. --'V. IsiH. 

Corporah. 
Robert Q. Dailey, e Aug. 30. IHijl. reduced to rank?, 

died at Quincy, 111., by poison. May 13, l«(i4. 
Wm. G. Moore, e Aug. 30. 18S1, died. Sept. 37, lHii4, 

ap let script. 
Temple H. Davis, e Aug. 30, ISHl, re-e as vet. m o 

.July 1:5. ist;.^, as musician. 
Andrew Kobertson, e Aug. 30, '81, died at Chillicothe, 

Nov. 30, imii. 
Levi Wright, e Aug. 30. 1861, re-e as vet. |pro. to 

let Lieut. 



Clarence I). Poling, e Aug. 30, 1861, pro. to principal 

D. H. Worman, e .Vug. 30, '61, pro. toprin. musician. 

Wagoner. 
Johu C. Lewis, e Aug. 30, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 
13, ae corpl. 

Prira/is. 
Allison Amos J. e Aug. 30, 1861. died Sept. 23, 18M. 
.\llison Orlando M. e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

July 13, 1865. 
Burke Chas. e Aug. 30, 1861,'ldied at St. Joe, Mo. 

Dec. 4, 18i;i. 
Ballard Silas, e Aug. 30, 1861. 

Brook B. e Aug. 30, '61. re-e as vet. m o May33, '65. 
Billings E. e Sept. 17, '61, disd. June 3?, 1863, disub. 
Bowman Jacob, e Aug. 30, '61, disd. Oct. 2, '63, disab. 
Cecil Henry C. e .\ng. 20, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 

' 13, 1865, as corpL 
Cecil Jolin W. e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e as vet.'mo'July 

13, 1865, as sergt. 
Clark J . e Aug. 30, 1861, re- ae vet. m o July 13, 1865, 

as corpl. 
Cecil J. H. e Aug. 20, 'fil, re-e aR vet. m o July 13, '65, 

as corpl. 
Cheny Jasper, e Aug. 20, '61, disd. .Vug. 3, 'M, to en- 
list as hospital steward in U. S. army, 
congar WUson, e Aug. 30, '61, wounded, absent at 

m o Kegt. 
Cauder V. e .\ug. 20, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 13. '65. 
Coffee L. e .Vug. 20, '61, died at Quincy, Dec. 12, 1861. 
Cheny J. e .\ug. 20, '61, desrtd. Dec. 33, 1861. 
<'lark Franklin e Oct. 14, 1861, disd. Oct. 20, 1864. 
Daily H. J. e .\ug. 30, '61, kid. at Corinth, Oct. 3, '62. 
Donahan Francis, e -Vug. 30, '61, died at Savannah. 

.\|iril 29, l.sii2, of wounds. 
Fonsell Christian, e .\ug. 30, 1861, died at St. Louis, 

Oct. 13, 1863. of wounds. 
Felgar >Vm. U. e Oct. 14, 1S61, desrtd. Nov. 15, 1861. 
Graham Wm. e .\ug. 30, '61, re-e as vet. disd. by order 

of war dept. 
Gibbory Michael, e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

July 13, lS6.i, as sergt. 
Haistoii Peter J. e Aug. 30, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

15. 1865. 
Harding .M. e Aug. 30, 1861, desrtd. Jan. 32. 1863. 
llensley J. e .\ug. 30, 18til, disd. May 1.5, '63. disab. 
Hughes Carter V. e Aug. 30, 1861, died at Meudon, 

111., May 7. 1863. 
Haywarth Geo. W. e .\ug. 20, 18til. 
Haistoii L. G. e .\ug. 20, '61, disd. Sept. », '62, disab. 
Haiston J. e .\ug. 20, 61, re-e as vet. m o July 15, '65. 
Hess Sam. e ,\ug. 30, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 15, '65, 

as corpl. 
Hess Jno. e .\ug. 30, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 15, '65. 
■lacks Benj. F. e Ang. 20. 1861, disd. Sept. 23, 18W. 
Jordan Wm. e .\ug. 20, 1861, re-e as vet. died at Chat- 
tanooga in 1864. 
Jordan L. e .\ug. 30, 61, re-e as vet. m o July 13. '65, 

as corpl. 
Jordan J. c. c Aug. 30, 1861. disd. Jane 18, '63, disab. 
Jordan Jas. .M. e Aug. 30, '61, re-e as vet. mo Jaly 

13, 1865. 
Joy Rufus K. e Aug. 20. 1861, disd. Sept. 27. 1864. 
Kno.^ Chas. H. e Aug. 20. 1861, m o Sept. 28, 18in. 
Krumry \. e Aug. 20. 1861,re-eas vet. moJuly 13, '6B. 



Lindsey Sam. c. Aug. 30, 18iii. disd. Sept. 37, 18i'>4 
Leggatt Wm. e Oct. 14, 1861 disd. Oct. 23. 1864. 
Lunn Jas. H. e Oct. 14, 1861?re-e as vet. disd. to tale 

Lieut, in U. S. Cavalry troops. 
McGrew .And. e .Vug. 30, 1861. desrtd. April 3, 1862. 
Memor A. C. e jiug. 30, '61, disd. June 37, '63, disab. 
McDonald J. M. e Aug. 20, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

13, 1865. ' 

Owings E. W. e .Vug. 30, 1861. died at Quincy, 111., 

Jfay 13, 1.S62. ^ 

Owen E. P. e .Vug. 30, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 13, 

1865, as sergt. 
O'Donnelly B. e .\ng. 30, 1801, died at Shiloh, April 

13, 1863. 
O Dell Wm. A. e Aug. 30, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 13, 

1865, as sergt. 
Penick Wm. e .Vug. 30, 1861. disd. June 10. 1862. 
PolnigGeo. W. e .\ug. 20. 1861, disd. Sept. 27. 1861. 
Puckett Wm. e Aug. 20, 1H«, m o Sept. 8. 1864. 
Purcell C. H. e Ang. 30, '61, died at St. Louis .May 

31, 1862. 
Roberts ceo. W. e JVug. 30, 1861, desrtd. Aug. 15, '62. 
Roberts P. e Aug. 30, 1861, disd. .\pril 30, '62, disab. 
Rand'olph J. P. e Aug. 30, '61, m o July IS, 1865, re-e 

as vet. 1st sergt. 
Richardson J. e .Vug. 20, 1861, kid. at Shiloh, April 

6. 1863. 
Tout A., e Aug. 30, 1861. re.e as vet. kid. at Benton- 

ville. N. C. March 31, 1,865. 
Wrenn Hugh W. e .Vug. 2U. 1861, m o Jan. 6, 1865. 
Wood Wm. H. e .\ug. 20, 1861, disd. Sept. 37, 18M. 
Wilcox J. e Aug. 30, 61, died at Quincy, 111., April 

34, 1862. 
Wills Andrew, e Aug. 20, 1861, disd. .'Vug. 5, 1862. 
Wills Sam'l e Ang. 20, '61, dishon. disd. by sentence. 

Hecruifs. 
Adair .\Iex. e Feb. 5, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Battell Edward S. e Feb. 5, 18(>4, m o July 13, 1865. 
Burbridge Wm. H. e Feb. 6, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Bell Jno . A. e Feb. 5, 18tM, m o July IS, 1865. 
Beaver. Jno. A. e Feb. 3:1, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Brook Robt. H. e Feb. 35, 1864, disd. lor disab. 
Crank Jno. W. e Feb. ."i, 1864, m o Jaly 13, 1865. 
Doyle Jno. e Feb. 24, 1,864, m o July 13, 186.5. 
Edwards Jesse M. e Jan. 37, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Glasby Emanual, e Feb. 3. 18IV4, m o July 13, 1865. 
Haworth Geo. W. e Feb. 34, 186J, m o July 13, 1865, 

vet. rec. 
Batten Jas. B. e Feb. 24, 18i'i4, m o July 13, 1865. 
Hamilton T. W. e Jan. :«), 'i^4, m o July 13, '65. 
Hedges Merrett J. e Feb .3, 1864, m o Juiy IS. 1865. 
Hopson Wm. W. e Feb. 31, 186.5, m o July 13, 1865. 
Harris Jonathan B.e Nov. 5, 18tEj,kld..\llatoona, ua., 

Oct. 5, 1864. 
Hawarth J. e Feb. 34, '64, died at Lynnville, Tenn.,'fi4. 
Johnaou Geo. D. e Feb. 37. 1864, m o Juiy 13, 186.5. 
Kendall Ezkiel, e Nov. !l, 1863, m o July 13, 1865. 
Lichbee Chas. e Feb, i'!, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Lichbee Wh. or Robl. e FeD. Si, W, m o July 13, '65. 
Leach .Vu8tin,e Feb. 34, 'W, died alCnattanooga, '64. 
Menton John H. U. e Jan. is, 1864, m o July 13, '65. 
McCelland John, e Jan. 38 IKIK, m o June '23, 1865. 
.Mupgrave Thos. e Jan. 3'.i, isin, m o July 13, 1865. 
Poling George, e .Vug. 18, l,8iii. 
Parker Louis A. e Feb. 3, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Pickett Granville D. eVIune 18, ma. m o July 13, '65. 
Simmons Wm. C. e Nov. 3. 1861, died at St. Joe, Mo., 

Jan 5, 1863. 
Sbaul Gideon W. e Feb. .5, 18(i4. m o July 13, 1865. 
Tout Wm. 8. e Keb. !), 1864. m o July 13, 1865. 
Tout Th»s.e Feb.5, '64, kid. Ailatoona, Ga., Oct. 5, '64. 
Tuxford Geo. e Feb. 24, '64, died at Ailatoona, Qa., 

Oct. 5, 1864. 
Van Dyke Jno. e Feb. 11, 1864, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 
Weam Hugh W. e Aug. 18, 1861. 
White Jas. R. P. e Feb. 24, 1864. m o July IS, '65. 
Wills Andrew J. e Feb. 5, 18M, m o July 13. 1865. 
Wright Smith, e Feb. 34, 1864, kid. Ailatoona, (ia,, 

Oct. 5, 18W, 

Company B. 

Captain. 
Jno. W. .Smith,eSept. 12, 1861, res. June 1,1863. 

Lieutenants . 
Henry E. Horn, 1st, e Sept. I, '61, pro. capt. June 
1,1863 



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ADAMS COUNTY WAR KKdORD. 



Wm H Hnlbieon, e Sept. li, IHiil, pro. Ist Lieat. 

June 1, IStiJ. 
Ja8. W. Anderson, e Jane 1, 1862. 

Sfrgt'ants. 
Ja». W. Anderson, Ut, e Aug. '20, 'ill, pro. 2d Llent. 
.)B9. P. Wells, e Ang. 20, '61, disd. .1 nne 22, '62. dlt-ab. 
John Dunlap.o .Vug. 20, 'tjl. re-c aevel.pro.lat Lieut. 
Erastus I'. .lulian, e Aug. 20, '61, died. May 21, '62, 

disab. 
.Iiimes Henry, e Ang. 20, IHtil, pro. Sergt. Maj. 

Corporals . 
George D. Melby. e Ang. 20, 1861, died at Clayton, 

Ill.,.Inne5, 1862. 
,lohn U Kuddell, e Ang. 20, '61, re-e as vet. pro. let 

Lieut. 
.Vlexander .1. Scott, e Ang. -20, '61, kid. at Sbiloh, 

April 6, 1862. 
Kdmond O, Ycldell, e .\ng. 20, 1H61, re-e as vet., m 9 

.Inly 13. 1865, eergt. 
Leopo.d Purpn^, e Aug. 20, 1861, died at Corinth, 

May :il, 1862. 
Wm. II. B. Hinson, e -Vu;;. 22, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

.luly l:), l.siM, let sergt. 
Wm. T. Boyles, e .Vur. 20, '61, disd. .July 22, '62, dl»ab- 
Jacob F. Carter, c Aug. 20, 1861, disd. Sept. 6, 1862- 

wounds. 

.Vitsiciami. 
George Thomas, eAng. 21, '61, trans. 56, 111. Inf. '62. 
Blias Orton, e .\ng. 20, 1881, m o Sept. 2T, l»M. 

Wagoner. 
.Archibald S. eAng. 20, '61, disd. May**, '62, disab. 

Prii-att'g. 
.\nderson Comelins 8. e Aue. 20, '61, Sept.J27, 1864. 
Bagley Silas H. e -Vug. 20, 1861. 
HowermaHter Jno. e Aug, 20, '61, re-e as vet.m o July 

l:i, 1865. 
Hottaram, Jas. W. e Ang. "20, "61, disd. -Vug. 26, '62, 

disaD. 
Burke J. C. e Aug. 29, '61, re-e as vet. m o Julyl:), '65. 
B.ihugs Wm. H. e Aug. 20, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

13, 1865. 
Casseil G. e .\ug. '20, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 13, '6.5. 
/Cassell .\. e .Vug. 20, 61, re-e as vet. m o .July 13, 'ii."i, 

corpl. 
Clark .Jno. L. e Aug. 20, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 13, 

'6.5, on furlough. 
(Gannon M. W. e .\ug. 20, '63, re-e as vet. m o July 

13. 18t«. 
Cain Jos. e Aug. 20, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 13, '65. 
DunlapT. H. e Aug. 20, '61,rc-ea8 vet. mo July 13. 

isii.'i, as corpl. 
Davis H. e Aug. 20, 1861, died at Hamburg. Tcun. 
Davis .Vbraham, e .Vug. 20. '61, m o Sept. 27, 18i'4. 
Dean Wm. e .Vua 20, "61. disd. June 13, "65, di-ab. 
Durbin .las. o .Vus. 20, '61. re-e vet. m o Juiy 13, "65 
Uavis W. .1 . e Aug. '20, '61. re e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
Drew VV. C. e Aug 20, 61, di«d. Aug. •2iJ, '62, dieab. 
Ewioe Rob. M. e Aug. 20, '61, re-e vet. m o ,luly 13, 

]S6."i, corpl. 
Kry Isaac S e -Vug. 20, '61. died Feb. 18, '62, wound". 
b'owKr J. H. e Ang. 20, '61, re-e vet. m o July 13, 'i;j, 

furldu-h. 
Gill Fred, e Vug. 20. '61. re-e vet m o July 13. ISIil. 
Gloss J D. e Vug. 20, '61, ra-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
OoddiB Norman W. e Aug. -20, 1861, died at Corinth, 

July 2.5, 1862. 
Hicks L. J. e Aug. 20, '61. m o July 13, '65, corpl. 
HuddlestonW.e Aug.20, '61, disd. June 16, '63. disab. 
Uudaleson Peter, e .\ug.20, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

13, 1865. 
Julian R. B. e Aug. aO,'61, died Corinth, Dec. 10. '62. 
Johnson David M. u Aug. -29, 1861, m o Sept. -27, 1864. 
Kemp J. e .Vug. 20, '61, died Clayton. III. .May 18, '62. 
Kemp D. e .Vug. 20,'61, re-e vet. m o July 13, '65, corpl. 
iietely L. e -Vug. -20, '61, re-e vet. m o July 13, 1865. 
Kindhart Conrad, e .Vug. '20, 1861, disd. Jan. 4, 1864, 

re-e let Mo. .Vrt. 
Laughlin D. c Aug. 20. '61, re-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
Laturup Pr)!ston. e ,Vug. *20, 1861, re-c as vet. m o 

July 13, 1865, as sergt. 
McMiirray Thos. C. e Ang. 20, 1861, m o Sept. -27, 'W. 
Martin Wm. e. Aug. 20, 18til. 

Orton W. eVVug.*20,'61, re-e vet. m o J uly 13,'65,Bergt. 
Kemley Wm. e Ang. '20, 1861, m o Sept. -27, 1864. 



Smith L. D. e Aug. 20, 1861, died HcEee, 111, 1864. 

Smith Isaac N. H. e Aug. '20, 1,861, re-e as yet. m o 
Juiy 13 1865, as corpl. 

Smith J. M. e -Vug. 20, '61, ro-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 

Thompson D. H. L. e .\ug. 20, 1861, re-e as vet. ab- 
sent sick at m o Rcgt. 

TIneey Wm. e Aug. 20, 1861, m o Sept. '27, 18W. 

Walker Virgil A. e Aug. 20, 1861, m o July 13. 1865. 

Walker M. D. e .Vng. 20. 1861, disd. July 8, '62, disab. 

Waedweli John B. e Aug. '20, 1861, re-e as vet. mo 
July 13. 1865, as corpl. 

Yeedell John M . e Aug. 20, 1861, disd. May 4, 1862, 

JlecruUe, 

Bagley Alex. M. B. e Nov. 16. 1881, m o Dec. 6, 1864. 

Balfour Wm. H. H. e Feb. 8, 1864. m o July 13. 1865. 

Bennett Wm. J. e Feb. 5, 186.(. m» July 13, 1865. 

Burke Andrew B. e Feb. 28. 1S65, m o July 13. 1865. 

Bennett Sam. H. e Oct. 1. Iffif, m o July 13, 1865. 

Cheney J. e Nov. l,'6l, died yuincy. III. Dec. 16, '61. 

Crura A. e Nov. 16. '61. re e as vet. m o July 13, .'88. 

Cassc Anderson M. c Feb. 5. WA. m o July 13, 1S66. 

Curry Simpson O. e .March 1, lsi>l. m o July 13, 1865. 

Darsctt David W. e July 31, 1862, disd. May 26. 1865. 

Degront John B. e Feb. 21. ISii-l, m o July 2, 1865. 

Dnod Chas. B. e March 7, 18(i5, m o Julv 13. 1865. 

Dood John H. e Jan. 1. 18(S1. m o July 13, 186.5. 

Gunnings Chas. c Nov. 27, 1861, died Pittsburg, 
Tenn. May 1, 1862. 

Goge Hiram, e .Vug. 20, 1861 . 

GilDretn Cicero, eVuIyiW. 1862. 

Hanna John D. e July :W. 1862. 

Hirbe Jas. S. e Aug. 10, 1862. died at Corinth, Miss. 

Hackiday Sati. E. e .Vug. iSO. 1862. 

Hackney J . M. e Feb. 2.1, 18M, m o July 13, 1865. 

Hamilton Wm. c Oct il. 18W. m o Juiy 13. 1865. 

Huahes Wm. J. e Feb. -28, 1865, m o June 19, 1865. 

Knight Wm. e Nov. -27. '61, re-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 

Nooks A. IS. e Feb. '24, 1864. mo July 15. 1865. prisr. 

Norton Wm. H. e Feb. .5. \XM, m o July 13. 1865. 

Orton Clark, e March 7, 1865. m o Julv 13, 1865. 

Prutzmann J. 11. e Feb. 5. 'M, disd. May 17. 'HS.wds. 

Rice Jacob H. c Jan. 20. '62. m o expiration of term. 

Robbins Jas. L. e July :», 1862, died Jefferson Bar- 
racks. Mo. 

Kobbins .\braham, e July 30. 1862, disd. May. 25,'65. 

Reaugh John T. e Feb. 5. 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 

Robmns John B. e Feb. 21. '61. died Ga. Nov. 24,'61. 

Scoit Francis, e July 3tl, 1.S62, disd. May 26, 1865. 

Sweed Edward, e Feb. 12, 1864. m u Jan. -.M, '65, prisr. 

Walker .Marcus D. e Feb. 21, ISIH, m o Juiy 13, 1865. 

Yeedell Kobt. C. e Feb. *», 1864, moJuly 13, 1865. 



Coiupaoy €'. 



Captain. 
Wm. H. Gooding, com, Sept. 11, '61, res. July 10, '62. 

Lit'uUna/itJi. 
Theodore N. Litton, 1st, com. Sept. 12, '61, pro. Adjt. 
George R. Naylor, Ist, com. July 10, 1862. 
Horace N. Burnham, •2d, com. Sept. 12, 1861, pro. 

Capt. July 10, 1862. 
Sam. W. Starrett, •2d, com. July 10, 1862. 

^ergfoitfii, 
Geo. R. Naylor, Ist, c. Aug. -21), 1861, pro. 1st Lieut. 
Samuel W. Starrett, e Aug. 20, 1861, pro. •2d Lieat. 
('has. M. Farr, e .Vug. 20, 1861, pro. 2d Lieut. 
Geo. Bcrfleld. e .\ug. •20,'61, disd. Sept. 1'2,'62, dUab. 
George B. S. Johnson, e .Vug. 20, 1861, died. April 5, 
1862, disab. 

Corporals. 
W. U. Roberts, e Aug. 20. '61, died. .VpriI5,'62, disab. 
L. Scarborough, e .\ug ^O,^!, disd. Sept. •2-2, '64, ser^. 
J. H. Stanllcld, o -Vug. •20.'61, kid. Sniloh, .\pril 6,'ttS!. 
H. W. Stewart, e Aug. •20.'61, disd. Oct. •22,'6l. disab. 
Robert U. Price, e .Vug. '20, 1861, m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Edwin Tyler, c Aug. ^28, '61, m o Sept. 27, '64, sergt. 
Frank West, e .Vug. 24, 1861. 

Edwin .V. Uurd. e Sept. 14, 1861, died at Quincy. lU, 
J nne '20, imi. 

Jfusidans. 
Chas. W. Fee, e .\ng. 20, 1861, trans. Regt. band, 

Nov. 1, 1861. 
Fred. Sherwood, e Aug. '20, 1861, re-e as vet. 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECORn. 



365 



Prirafes. 
Adams Wm. W. e Aug. 30, IRfil. died. .June IH. ISfi-J, 

disab. 
Burnbam Wm. W. e Aug. 20, ISM, re-e as vet. m o 

July 13, 1866, trans, as Lieut, of U. S. C. T. 
Hirdflell Guy W. E. e Aug. iO. 1861, m o Sept. 27, '64. 
BartellB Geo. C. e Aug. 20, 1861, m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Brougham, H. e Aug. 21, '61, dlsd. Oct. 25, '62, dieab. 
Beard Chae. e Aug. 20, '61, kid. Shiloh, April 6, '62. 
Byrou W.S e Aag?27, '61, trans, regt. band Nov 1, '61. 
Brown Thos. J. e Aug. '20, 1861, pro. Ajdt, on organ- 
ization of regt. 
Carter Wm. e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
CartiT Geo. e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
Carrigan Reece, e Aug. 20, re-e vet. disd. Feb. '27. 

1865, disab. 
Cleveland Ezra, e Aug. 20. '61, disd. Oct. 25, '6'2, wds. 
Carter Eli D. e Aug. -20. 1861, m o Sept. -27. 1864. 
Delapp Ruseell. e A\x%. 20. 1861. m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Deer I. e Aug, '20, 1,S61, re-e vet. m o July 1'3, '65. 
Fisht*r -Ino. W. e -Aug 20. 1861. prom. com. Sergt. 
Frame Enos W. e Aug. 20. 1861, disd. June 16, 186-J, 

disnb. 
Gnnn Reuben, e Aug.20, '61, m o Sept. '27, '64, sergt. 
Gabriel Francis M. e Aug. '20, '61, re-e vet. m o July 

13, 1865, corpl. 
Gayhart Leo, e Aug. 20. 1861, m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Hughes Horatio J. e Aug. '20, '61. m o Sept. '27, '64. 
Hiiickley Thad. W. e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e vet. disd. 

and prom. U. S. C. T.' 
Hartshorn Oscar O. e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 

13, 1.865. 
Hughes Adam M. e Aug. '20, 1861, prom, sergt Maj. 

Jan. 1, 186'2. 
Jonas Ewd. e Aug. 20, '61, pro. ijd Lieut. Co. K. 
Genner Jno. e Aug. 20, '61, re-e vet. died Oct. 5, 1864, 

wounds. 
Kelley Jas. e Aug. '20. '61. re-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
Knight Geo. e Aug. '20, 1861, m o Sept. -37, 1864. 
Kiser Martin, e Aug. 20, '61. re-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
Lester Geo. W. e Aug. 20, 1861, m o Sept. 27. 1864. 
Lewis Slater, e Aug. 20. '61, re-e vet. m o Jnly 13, '65, 

sergt. 
Leach Matthew, e Sept. 9. 1861, re-e vet. m o July 13, 

1861, absent sick. 
Manual Jno.L e Sept.9, '61, re-e vet. m o Jnly 13,' 61. 
Mannifee Wm. A. e Aug. -20, '61, disd. June 18, "6'2, 

disab. 
Morton Henry, e Sept. 2, '61, re-e vet. mo July 13, '65. 
McC irthy F. e Oct. 13, '61. re-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
Nichols J uo. P. e Auii.'JO, '61, disd. June 18, '6'2, disab. 
Nichols Moses, e Sept. 1'2, '61. died Quincy.IU. Nov. 

1. 1862. 
Vicholson Smith, e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 

13, 18t;5, Corp. 
Older Geo. W. e Aug. 20, '61, trans. Co. P. 1862. 
Pool Eraslus P. e Aug. 20, 1862. m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Roe Edwd. D. e Aug. 20, 1861, m o Sept. -27, 1864. 
Keed Wm. G. e Sept. 9, '61, re-e vet. m o July 13, '65, 

sergt. 
Smith Jos. C. e Aug. 20, '61, re-e vet. m o July 13, '65. 
Starretl Jas. P. e Aug. '20. '65, disd. May 5. '63, disab. 
Spi/.er Jas. e. Aug. 21), 1861, re-e vet. kid. Allatoona, 

Ga. Oct. 5. 1861. 
Smith Enoch, e Aug.20, 1861, re-e vet.^disd. July 1.3, 

I86i. on furlough. 
Short Alex. J. e Aug.20, '61, disd. May 18, '62, disab. 
Sbeller Geo. e Aug. 20. 1861, disd. July 11, 1862. 
Sieter Jacob, e Aug. 20, 'bl, re-e vet. m o July 13. '65, 

sergt. 
Walker Geo. e Aug. 20, '61, pro. com. sergt. 
Woodcock .las. H. e Aug. 20, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 

13, 1865, on furlough. 
Winchester Jas. e Aug.30, '61 re-e vet.m o July 13, '65. 
Young Arris, e Aug. 34, '61, disd. Aug. 6, 'i;3, disab. 

Recruits. 
Budsall Chas. T e Jan. 2!l, '04. m o July 13, '65 fur 
Browning Jer. e Oct. 2. '63, m o Julyl3. 1865. 
Bucklin, Geo. A. e March 1. '65, m o July 13, 1865. 
Burnham Hiram e Feb. -25, ls64. disd. to accept Lieut. 

in 44 U. .8. c. T. 
Chapman Jno. D. e Jan. '28. 1864, m o July 13, 1865 
Collins Souther, e Feb. 2.5, 1864, m o Jnly 13, 1865 
Covert Riibt. W. e Jan. 2, 1865, m o July 13, 1865 
Ellsworth Elijah, e Nov. 1, 1861, m o Nov. 1, 18li4 
Emery Perry, e Jan. 1, 1,862, desrtd. Jan. 25, 1862. 
Ellsworth Paschall J. e Jan. 23, 1862. 



Eaton Edwd. T. e March 3, 1865, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 
Hewes Sam. E. e Oct. 30, '61, pro. Q. M, sergt. 
Hickerson Absalom, e Jan. 23, 1862. 
Hartshorn Wm. e Peb. 9, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Hinckley Theo. e Peb. 8, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Hadley Gideon, e Jan. '27, 1864, died wds. Oct. 5, '64. 
Lile Jos.W.e Dec. 21, '61. died Louisville, Apr. 6, '62. 
Lewis Ansel E. e Feb. 27, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Little John, m o July 13. 1865. 

Looney Wm. e April 18. 1864. desrtd. April 29, 1864. 
Mitze Harvey J.e Dec. 16, '61, re-e vet. m o Jnly 13, '65. 
Martin Raymond, e Jan. 23. 1862, m o May 30, 1865. 
Moore Enoch O. e March 3. 1865, m o July 13, 1.865. 
Proctor Terril B. e Jan. -28, 1864, kid. Allatoona, Ga. 

Oct. 5. 1864. 
Riley Edwd. e Oct. 18. '61. trans from Co. F. re-e vet. 
Rollins Enoch, e Jan. i'S, '62, disd June 17, 'ti2. 
Roe Martin Luther, e Peb. '2. 1864, disd. Aug. 8. '64. 
Roe Louis F. e Feb. 10, 1.864. m o July 13, 1865. corpl. 
Robbins David P. e Jan. 28. '64 kld..\llatoona,Ga.Ocl. 

5. 1864. 
Sprigg Chas. C. e Sept 12. '61. pro. hospital steward. 
Shaffer. Carlton, e Dec. 7, '61, disd. June 9. '62, disab. 
Smith Robt. e Jan. -20. 1862, died Chillicothe, Mo. 

March 2. 1862. 
Seiter Michael, e Oct. 11, 186-2, m o May 20. 1865. 
Short ,\lex. J. e Feb. 26, 1864, m o Julv 13. 1865. 
Smith Jno. Palmer. ePeb. 4, 1864. m o July 13, 1865. 
Starrett, Jas. P. e Peb. 26, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Stewart, Prance M. Feb. '26, m o July 13. 1865. 
Sprague Warren B. e Feb. 9, 1865, m o July 13, 1865. 
Scarborough S. R. e March 1, '65, m o July 13, '65. 
Taylor Jno. A. e Peb. 25, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Taylor Wm. F. e Oct. '27, '61, kid. Shiloh Apr. 6, '62. 
Vorth Geo. F. e Jan. 6, 1865, m o July 13, 1865. 
Welle Wm. A. e Feb. 3, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Wells Wm. e Feb. '2, 1864, died. 
Whitcomb Joel, e Jan. 19, 1864. m o July 13, 1865. 
Wimmer Jefferson, e Peb. 4, 1864, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 
Ward Francis C. e Oct. 1, 1863, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 

Company D. 

Captain. 
Thos. W. Gaines, com. Sept. 12, 1861, prom. Maj. 

First Lieutenants, 
Henry Cuseick, com. Sept. 12, 1861, res. April 1, '62. 
Wm. K. Hazelwood, com. April 1, 1862, prom. (apt. 

Oct. 9, 186-2, res. Nov. 14, 1862. 
Jno. W. Rickart, com. Oct. 9, 186'2. 

Seeond Lieutenants. 
Wm. K. Hazelwood, com. Sept. 12, 1871, prom. 
Jesse C. Rodgers, com. Apr. 1, 1862, res. Oct. '22, '62. 
Chas. H. Floyd, com. Oct. 23, 1862. 

Sergeants. 
Jesse C. Rogers, 1st, e Aug. 19, '61, prom. 2d Lieut. 
David Whitcomb, e .\ng. 19, 1861, reduced, trans. 

Co. K, 186-2. 
Jas S. Grayer, e .\ng. 19. '61, re e vet. com. 3d Lieut. 
Levi Shinn, e Aug. 19, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 13, 

1865, 1st sergt. 
Jas. Corbin, e Aug. 19, 1861, trans. Co. K. 1862. 

Corporals. 

Chas. H. Floyd, e Aug. 19, 1861, prom. 2d Lieut. 

Augustus Traver, e -^ug. 19, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 
13, 1865. 

Jos. W. Evans, e Aug. 19, 1861, died. Dbc. 1 . 18l!3. 

Wm. A. Pond, e Aug. 19, 1861, re-e vet. prom. Hos- 
pital Steward. 

John W. Rickart, e Aug 19,1861, prom. Ist Lient. 

Wm. F. Bacon, e Aug. 19, 1861, disd. June 20, 1862. 

L. Mason Hibbard, e .\ng. 10, 1861. 

,\. <'. Cooper, e Aug. 19, '61, re-e vet.m o July 13, 'e."*. 

Masicians. 
Barton Ruby, e Aug. 19. 1861, m o Sept. 27, 1854. 
Geo. W. Fahe, e Aug. 19,'61, re-e vet.m o Jnly 13.'fi.>. 

Wagoner. 
Jas. M. CoUine, e Ang. 19, 1861, re e vet. m o July 
13, 1865, corpl. 

Privates. 
Alexander Hansom, e Aug. 19, 1861, re-e vet. m o 
Jnly 13, 1865. 



366 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECORD. 



Allen Isaac, c Aua. 19, '61, m o Sept. 27, '64, corpl. 
Allen Nathan W. e Aug. 19, 1861, re^e vet. m o .luly 

13, ISIiS. 
liuck.IaB. M. e Aug. 19. 1801, re-e vet. kid. Alia- 

toona, iin. Oct. 5, 18IH. 
Hlanaer Alex, o .\ug. 19,U1. re-e vet. m o.Iuly 13,'ti5. 
BradBhaw. .Ino. H. e .\u;i. 19, 1861, re e vet. m o.Iuly 

13, 181)5, scrgt. 
Brennan Geo. e Aug. 19. "61, re-e vet. m o .Inly 13.'65. 
BUBkirk I'crry. e Aue. 19, 1861, died, .luue -JO, 18fM. 
Blevins Ben]. B. e Aug. 19. IS-il, died. April 89, 1864. 
Hehynier Francis M. e Aug. 19, 1861, re-e vet. m 

.luly 13, 186.5. 
Butler (leo. H. e Aug. 19, 1861, prom. Lieut, let 

.Vlabfima Inf. 
(olwell.Ino. e.\ag. 19, 1861, mo Sept. 27, 1864. 
rulp .lagper, e Aug. 19, 1861, died St. .loe. Mo. .I»n. 

I«. 186^'. „ 

Cole .Ino. A. e Aug. 19, 186-2, died St. .Toe, Mo. Dec. 

Si. 1861. 
Culp Heo. W. e Aug. 19, 1861. trane. Co. K. 
iQlp CranciB .M. e .\ug. 19, 1861, m o Sept. 27, 186T. 
Colwell Rob't, e .Vug. 19, '61, died Apr. 14,'62, wds. 
I'orbin, Wash, e Aug. 19, 1861, disd. .luly II. 186-J. 
ihiWers .Ino. .1 . e Aug. 19, '61, trans. Co. K. Keb. 

10, 1K62. 
Cnlwell, Wm. e Aug.19,'63, re-e vet. m o .Inly l.t,'6.5. 
Chapman Wm. H. e Aug. 19, 18in, died. Nov. '28,'62. 
Connor Henry, e Aug. 19, 1861, di»d, A.ug. 26, 1862. 
culp Chestey \V. e Oct. '23, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 

13, 1865. corpl. 
l''o9ter Lewis, e Aug 19, isiil, disd. Aug. 26, 1862. 
Frey Riubtn, e Aug. 19, 1861, re-e vet.m o .luly 13, 

m\i, corpl. 
Foster Lorenzo S. e Aug. 19, 1861, re-e vet. m oJuly 

13, 1««5. 
(iardy .Ino. c .Vug. 19, 18(il, m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Calhher.lDO. H. e Oct. -23. 18H1, m o Oct. 22, 1864. 
Iliirdisty Rich.e Sept. 24.'61, re-e vet.m o .Inly 13, '65. 
Uubirt Chas. T. e Sept. '25, '61, re-e yet. prom, eergt. 

Ilayden Geo. W. e Sept. 28, '61, trans. Co. K. Feb. 

10, 1862. 
House Thus, e Sept. 17, '61, died St. .Joe, .Mo. Feb. 

10, 1862. 
Howlem Nicholas, e Aug. 19, 1861. 
Hall Taylor T. e .Vug. 19, 1861, disd. .lune 2i). 1862. 
Hardisty .Ino. e Aug. 19. 1861, disd. April 29. 1862. 
Hess .Ino. H. e Aug. 19, 'HI, re-e vet. m o .luly 13. '65. 
Harris .las. W. e -Vug. 19, 1861, re-e vet. m o .Inly 

13, 1865. corpl. 
.lamison .las. e Aug. 19, 'bl. re-e vet. .luly 13.1865. 
Larritnore Wm. eAug. 1».'61, died .Vpril 14,'82,wd». 
Lyon .los. II. e Aug. 19,1861, re-e vet.Im o .luly 13, 

186.5, corp . 
Lynthieuni,rylvester, e Aug. 19.'61,di8d. .lune 22,'62. 
Landon Marquis A. e Aug. 19, '61, disd. .lune 22, '62. 
Leaton .lohn, e Aug. 19, 1861. died, .luly 8, 1862. 
McLaughlin .Ino. W. e .Vug. 19, 1861, re-e as vet. m o 

.luly 13, 18li5. sergt. 
Morns Richard, e .Vug. 19, 1861, disd. Oct. 15, 1862. 
McClennard L. W. e Aug. 19,1861, m o Sept. 27, 'ii4. 
Mitts W. .1. e .Vug. 19, '61, re-e vet. m o .luly 13, "65. 
Mitts .1 A. e Aug. 19, '61, re-e vet. m o .lulv 13, '65. 
Manifold .Ino. H. e .\ag. 19, '61, died at Clarksville, 

Tenn. 1862. 
McManigle VV. R. e Aug. 19, 1861, m o Sept. 27, 1864, 

fergt. 
Mercer liobt. W. e Aug. 19, 1861, re-e as vet. kid. at 

Vllatoona, Oct. 5, 1861. 
Northrop Wm. .\. e .Vug. 19, 1861. m o July I'i, 186.5. 
Nelson M. .1. e .\ne. 19, '61, died Corinth, May 21,'62. 
Ogle I. .1. e Aug. 19, 1861, re e vet. m o .Tuly 13, 1865, 

sergt. 
Robinson Geo. L. e .Vue. 19. '61, disd. .lune 18. 1862. 
Rutier .los. e .\ug. 19, 1^61, desrtd. May -28, 1862. 
Reed .las. M . e. Aug. 19. 1861, m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Robb .1 M e .\ng. 19. '61, re-e vet m o July 13, '65. 
Renicker N. c .Vug. 19, '61, ree vet. m o .luly 13,'65. 
Shinn M. R. e Aug. 19, 1861, died April 17.186-2. 
Shinn Oliver, e Aug. 19, 1S61. disd. Oct. '2, 1862. 
Sparks Wm. L. e Aog. 19, 1861, disd. April 29. 186-2. 
Summers A. e Aug. 19, '61, re-e vet. m o.Iuly 13, '65. 
Stvnold .1 . e Aug. 19, '61, disd. Aug. 9, '6-2, old age. 
Staufler G W. e Aug. 19, 1861, re-e as vet. m o .luly 

13, 1865. corpl. 
Summers ,1. e .\ae. 19, 1861, kid. Corinth, Oct. 4, 62. 
Travir G"o. T. e Oct. '23. 18i;i, died. April 29, 1862. 
Thomas J. e Aug. 19, '61, re-e vet. m o .luly 18, 1865. 



Warner Chas. c Aug. 19, 1861, rc-e as vet. m o .luly 

13. 1865, corpl. 
Wheeler H. c. e Sept. 2, 1861, re-e as vet. m o .July 

13. 186,5, on furlough. 

/ti-rnii/f. 

Vdams .1. 1). (■ Nov. 1, '61, re-e vet. m o .luly 13, 'Im. 

f-ergt. 
Hnrch .1. c Feb. 10, 1864, dlBd. Sept. 30, 1864, dieab. 
Main Geo. H. c No . -27, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 13. 

1865, corpl. 
Blauser D. <;. e Nov. -27, 1861, m oNov. 5, 1861. 
Behymcr .1. M. (■ Feb. -2li. IHIH. m o Julv 13, 1865. 
Beckman .Vdolph e Feb. -24, 1864. m o .luly 13, 186.">. 
Belts thas. e Feb. 10, 1861. m o July 13. 186.5. 
Bower Wm. e March 29, 1865, m o July 13, 186.5. 
Beebe Jerome B. e March -29, 1865, m o July 13, 1865. 
Chandler J. e Nov. -27, 1861. ro-c vet. m oJuly IS, '65, 
Campbell .1. W. e Nov. 1, 1861, left sick at Corlnlh, 

Nov. -is, 1863. 
Crook J. v. e Jan. 13. 18iH. died Nov. 1, 1864. wds. 
Deal Jno. e Nov. -27, 1861, died May -25,186-2. 
D.lghton Richard, e Dec. 13, 1861. m o Dec. 1-2, 1864. | 
Davis Wm. S. o Feb. -25, 18W. m o July 13, 1865. 
Piilton Jno e Jan. -24. 1S6-2, disd. June 18. 186-2. 
Frame fcter, e Feb. 3, 1861, m o July 13, 1865. 
Grigsby Reuben, e Nov. -29, 1861, kid. at Shiloh. 

April 6, 1862. 
Gallagher Gaines M. e Feb. 11, 186-2, died at Paducah. 
Ky. .Vpril 6, 1862. 

llugglus Robt. L. e Nov. -27, 1861, re-e vet. m o July 
13, 1965. 

Ham Wm. T. e Jan. -24, 1862, died. 

Hall Thos. T. e Feb. 11. 1864, m o July 13. 186.5. 

Ham Jno. c. Jan. 28, 1864. m o July 13, 186.5. wd. 

Hawcrton W. E. e Jan. -2.S, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 

Hulse A. e March 6, 186.5, m o July 13, 18ii.«. 

Hughe .las e March -29, 186.5, m o July 13, 1S(..5. 

Kendall Chas. A. e Feb. -27,1864, m o July 13, IW'.'., 

Lightle Jae. e Oct. 1, 1863. disd. March 29, '65, disab. 
Love Geo. W. e Jan. 29. 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Lykes Wm. e Feb. 3, 1864, m o Jnly 13. 186.5. 
Lyghtle Jno. e Nov. 16. ivi. m o July 13, '65, on far. 
Long Jos. W. e March 16, 1865, m o July I'l. 1865. 
Long Jas. H. e Nov. 16, '63, disd. Feb. -ri, 6.5, disab. 
Mewmaw Jas. A. e Feb. 11, 1862, re-e vet. m o July 

13, 1865. 
Mitts Chas. W. e Jan. 19. 1864. mo Jnly 13, 1865. 
Ogle Geo. W. e i'eb. '25. 1861. died at Rome, Ga. Sept. 

5, 1864. 
Parker Jos. e Jan. -20. 1864. m o July 13, 1865. 
Porter Albert B. e Feb. 2.5. 18m. m o July 13, 1865. 
Robb Ge >. W. e Jan. -20, WA. m o J uly 13. 18''5. 
Staufler Wm. F. v Feb. 26, 1864, m o .luly 13. 1865. 
Shinn .Montraville, e Feb. '26, 1864. m o .luly 13. 1865. 
Stratton Sciplo. Keb. '25. 1861, ji o July 1'3. 1865. 
Sturtevent Ch,8 W. e Feb. '28, 186.5, m o July 18, 6.5. 
Thompson .las. W. e .Ian. -26, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Thomas Scth, e Feb. 3, 1H64, m o .luly 13, 1865. 
Vest Beni. F. e Jan. -26. 1864. m o June M. 1865. 
Watkins Stephen N. e Feb. 3. 1864. m o June 22. '6,5. 
Warner Fred D. e Feb. 27. 1864, died at Nsshville. 

Tenn. Dec. 1, 1864. , , 

Walter -Vlex. e Dec. 14, 1861, kid. Shiloh, April b. 62. 

Wm. Hanna, e Sept. 12, 1861. 

Lleiitindlilf. 

Albert Pickett, iBt, e Sept. 12. '61, res, March 15, '52. 

Jno. M Cyrus, eOct. 12.1862. 

Wm. W. Burchard, e Sept. 12, 1861, pro. Ist Lieut. 

March 15, 18(i2. 
Wm. C. Ross, eOct. 1-2,1862. 

Srrgeaiitg. 
Jno. M . Cyrus, let, e Aug. -22, 1861, pro. •2d Lieut^. 
Wm. c. Ross, e Aog. '2-2. 1861, pro. 1st sergt., then 

2d Lieut, 
Wm. R. Keyte, e Aug. "22, 1881, pro. 1st sergt. re-e ag 
vet, pro. Ist Lieut. 

Ctiiimrul'. 
Pembroke Butts, e Aug. 'A 1861. disd. May '26. 1862, 
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Whitney fasile, e Aug. ii, ISfil, died at Evaiis\illc-, 

Ind., March ati, ISiB. 
Jqo. Kasum, e Ang. ii, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 

i:{. lS(i5. sergt. 
AlluTt Sirauh, e Ang. 34, 18(il, re-e as vet. m o July 

13. ma. 8-rgl. 
Wni. S. Cral'lon,e Ang. 22, 'Gl,kld. at Corinth, May 

2S, ISIii. 
MiUi H. Riley, e Ang. 22, '01, re-e vet. m o July 13, 

isti'j, eergt. 

.UiiKhiiins. 
Jo«. lirorae, eSept. 12. 'ill. m o Sept. 2", ISM. 
lieo. A. Kobinson, e .Vu;;. 2J, 'lil, disd. Nov. S, '02, 
dieiib. 

W,„,,„i,r. 
Wm. McCormack, e Aug. 22, lUiU, re-e as vet. m o 
July 13, ISin. 



Acklam G. e Aug. "22, '111, re-e as vet. m o July 13, 'li.^. 
Beer .\rmiod, e Aug. 2-2, 'Ul, re-e as vet. m o July 13, 

18C,;-,. 

liooth .Marquis L. e Aug. 22. 'ill, re-e as vet., died 

at Atheus, .Via., March 11, IKiU. 
Browning Jacob, e Aug. 22. ISijl, re-e as vet., died at 

Knme, Ga., Oct. 2!!, IWil. 
Burns Salomon J. e Sept. S, 'ill, died at Quincy, III., 

June 3. isii2. 
Carson H. W. e Ang. 22, '151, disd. June 30, '62,i|isab. 
Crawford .\. e Oct. 2, 'Bl, re-e as vet. m o .laly 13, "65. 
Castle Wm. H. e Aug. 22, '61, disd. Oct. 22, '63, disab. 
cutter 11. T. e Aug. 22, 'lil, kid. at Shiloh April 6, '62. 
Carry Jas. T. e Aug. 22, 'ill, died at Camp Point, July 

2(1, 1HIJ2. 
Denny Jno. w, e Aug. 24, '61, m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Uensmore Mathew, e Sept. 12, '61, disd. Oct. '22, 1862, 

(lisab. 
Hanscomh C. e Aug. '23, '61,'di8(i. May 31, '62, disab. 
Johnson Henry C. e Oct. 1, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

13. 1S65, 1st sergt. 
Kerwin Pat, e Sept. 12, '61, m o Sept. 27, 1861. 
Kimball Geo. e Sept. 15, '61, died at Paducah, Ky., 

April 4, 1862. 
Lane A. e .-Vug. -23, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 1.3, 186.5. 
Lavelle Thos. eOct. 1, "61, re-e as vet. ra o July 13, '65. 
Livingston R. e Aug. 22, '61. re-e as vet. m o July 13, 

is.-.'i. 
Lane Ueo. N. e Aug. 32. 1S61. 
Moore Jno. W. e Oct. 1, 1861. 

Moore T.W.e Oct. 31, ■61, re-e as vet. m o July 13. '65. 
Morgan Jas. e Aug. 22, '61, disd. June 14. (13, disab. 
Nichols Geo. N. e Oct. 7, re-e as vet. mo July 13, '65, 

corpl. 
Nick Juo. e Sept. 11, 1861, deserted. 
Owings Sam. e Sept. 11, HI, desrtd. Nov. 15, 1861. 
Pierce Barker, e Aug. 33, 1861, m o Sept. 27, 1864. 
Spillers J. e Aug. 22, '61, died at Qnincy, III., Sept. 

3, 18112. 
Sheppard, W. H. H. e Oct. il, '61, died Oct. 7, '62. wds. 
Tnomas Lnte, e Aug. 22. 'ill. kid. by fall Dec. 4, 1861. 
Warner Jom. e Aug. 22, '61, disd. Aug. 3, 1862. 
Wells E. G. e Sept. IT, '61, disd. May 31, '113, disab. 
Willis Nathan P. e Sept. 21, 1.861, re-e as vet. trans. 

Signal corpl. Jane 10, 186-1. 

Hecriiits. 
Acklam B. e Jan. 25, '62, re-e as vet. m o July 24, '65. 
Adams Calvin J. e Jan. 36, '64, mo July 13. 1865. 
Brown I. W. e Nov. 17, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 13, 

186.-,. 

Bryant L. F. e Jan. '26, '64, m o Jnlv 13, 1864, on fur. 
Baggs ('has. H. e Jan. 19, 'W, m o .(uly 13, 1865. 
Bradshaw Wm. e March 6, 1865, m o July 8, 1865. 
Burns liecj. e Jan. 30. 1865, m o July 13. 1865. 
Covert I alvin, e Feb. 4, 1861, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 
Canailay Jno R. e Jan. '26, !8ii.t, m o Julv 13, '65, fur. 
Carr Dan. e Jan. 30, 1864, m o July 13, 1SI15. 
Child" Jno. H. e Oct. 33. 1863. m o July 13, 1865. 
CnrllM chas. W. e Feb. ■2.5, 18r4, m o Jane 21, 1865. 
Karl Jas. .1. e Feb. 17, 1864, m o Jnly 13, ISilS. 
Earl Isaac W. e Feb. 4 '64, died at Rome, Ga., June 

16. 18M. 
FishiTWm. B. e Feb. .5, '113, ree as vet. pro. 1st Lient. 
Flowers Andrew J. e Feb -M. 18(U, m " -luly 13. 1865. 
French ('has. M. e Keb. ■::, ixi;.",, ni o Jnly 1:5. isi.,-). 
Groom Wm. H. e Feb. -25, isill. m o July 13. lsil.-i. 
Goodnight Wm. E e Keb. 10, 18W, m o July 13, 1865. 
Huflum Juo. e Jan. 28, lKi'4, m o July 13, 1865. 



■ Ii-rtVev .\'iam R. e Jan. 24, '62. re-e as vet. m o Julv 

1:;, 18io, curpl. 
J(ih"Sou Joel, e Feb. "20, 'W, died at Pulaski, Tenu., 

March 28, 1864. 
Johnson Jeremiah, e Feb. 20, 1864, died at Pulaski, 

Tenn.. March -M, Isri4. 
Kirkpatrick Juo. il. e Jan. 36, 18W, ra o July 13, '65. 
Lasley Jos. e Feb. 5, 1864. m o July 13, 1865. 
Lake Jno. e Jan. ■26. Isii4, m o July 13, 1865. 
Lewis Ebenezer, e Feb. 26, isitl. July 13, 1865. 
L"tt Peter, e Jan. 30. '64. died at Louisville, .luly, '65. 
Lake Ruben, e March 6. 1865, m o July 13, 1866. 
Long Wm. e April 11. 1,865, m o July 13, 1865. 
Mutz .\ntoa, e Nov. IT, 1861, re-e as vet. m o July 13, 

181)5, absent sick. 
Moore Edward, e Jan. 23, 1862, desrtd. Feb. 16, 1862. 
McDowell Sam. e Feb. 5, 1864, m o July 13, 1866. 
jMorrison Jas. P. e Feb. -Jii, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
McGrow Albert, e .April 10. 1S65, m o July 13, 1S65. 
Nichols Henry C. e Feb. 28, lsii4, m o July 13, 1865. 
Parker Jediah L. e Feb. -26, 1864, died at Pulaski, 

Tenn. March 31, 1864. 
Randall Geo. W . pro Maj . at organization of Regt. 
Riley Mordecai T. e Jan. 39, 1864, m o July 13, 1865. 
Savin Geo. W. e Jan. -ii, 186-2, desrtd. Feb. 16, 1863. 
Sanders Hedcn. e Feb. 27, l.SiiJ, m o July 13, 18G5. 
Simmons Jas. W. e Jan. -29. Isiil, m o July 13, 1865. 
Thomas John W, e Jan. 29, 1.86-1, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 
Trogdon Chas. W. e Jan. 26, 1811-1, m o July 13, 1805. 
White Richard U. e Feb. 16. 1862, m o March '25, 1865. 
Warner Jso. e Jan. 19. 1864. m p July 13, 1865. 
Wallace Richard A. e Feb. '26, 1864, m o July 13, '65 

I/mfteil and SiilsWitted Seeniits. 
Couch Freeman, e Nov. 11, 1864, never reported, m 

o Julv 19, 1865. 
Denny John W. e Nov. -24, 1861, sub. m o July 13,'65. 

Company F. 

Prii-atts. 
(lark Thaddens T. e Oct. 1, 1861, disd. April 31, 1863. 
Hughes Wm. T. e Aug. 18, 1861. disd. May 5, 1862. 
OTicll Allison G. e Ang. 18, 1861, m o Sept. 37, 18(M. 
Parks David, e Oct. 1, 1861, m o Oct. 1, 1864. 
While John R. e. Aug. 18, 1861, desrtd. 

liecruUs. 
Cromelin Chapman, c March 2(i,'62, mo March ■29,'C5. 
Deball J. M. pro. Commissary sergt. 
Kley .\ndrew, e .\ng. 1, '62, m o Jane 22. '65, corpl. 
Olden Geo. W. e Aug. -20, 1861, tians. from Co. C. m 
o Sept. 37, 1864. 

Company G. 

Pritate. 
Cose Jas. e Sept. 15. 1861, m o Oct. 19, 18(M. 
Heci'aUs. 



Company H. 

Sarijfaitt. 
Walter S. Wait, c Sept. 30, 1861, pro. Capt. 

rrii'iite. 
Hawks Jas. B. e Sept. 30, 1861. re-e as vet. kid. Ben- 
tonville, N. C. March 21, 1865. 

liccrinta. 
I'lark Jeremiah, e Aug. 3, 1862, m o July 13, 1865, 

absent sick. 
Cnip Benj. F. e March 38, 1864, m o July 13. 1865. 
Gay John W. e Jan. 30, 1861, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 
nurd Riley, e Feb. 27, 1864. m o July 13. 1865, corpl. 
Hobbs Campbell, e March 2S, 1864. m o July 13, 1865. 
Spencer Edwin, e Aug. 1, 1862, m o July 13, 1865, 

Sebastian Wm. L. e Ang. 1, 1862, m o Jane '2, 1865. 
Company I. 



Claybaugh Matthew S. e Feb. -25, 'r4, m o Jnly 13,'65. 
Uaughey R. e Feb. •25,'ii-l, died Rome, Ga. .\ug.ll,'64. 
Hoffman A. e Feb. 24, 18M, disd. May 17, 1865, disab. 
Wilson Thos. G. e Feb. 25, 18IH, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 



368 



ADAMS CDUM'Y WAK lilCCDlilJ. 



CUnglngamlth Arth«r e Jan. ',11. 'i>l. m o July i:i,'ta. 
Chlldurx John J, e Aug. Ill, IKt^l, died Puyeon, 111. 

July 111, ISIW. 
C'oiblii Jtt». e. AuR. lli,'()l. re-e ns vet. pin. Ist I.leut. 
I'ulp lieo. W. e Aug. Ill, ISill, m o Sept. ^'7, l.'OM. 
lorbln Wa»h. W. c Jan. •-'H, IHIH, mo July i:i, lS(i5. 
Ootiituge 'la*, e -Ian. 1, 18IW, re-e as vet. 
Graham Wm. U. e Jau. 1, ISU'J, re-e aa vet. m o July 

i:t, 1S115, 06 pergt. 
Greer Carlos b'. e July 4. '(H, m o ,Iuly I:i,'ii5. 
Haydeu (Jeo. W. e Sept. «, isill. disd. June W, l.'<ii-.'. 
Hughes .Michael, e .March 1, 1S(«. m o .March ■,•!. 'ii5. 
Uendrlck- G. B. e Jan. -1i, 'lit. m o July l:i.'iir>, lorpl. 
HuAmau Newton, e Jan •."•,'. IS(i4, m o July i:i, lsi)5. 
Hews Sam. E. e Oct. ail. lf<iil, m o Oct. ■«, IHiM. 
Jlannlng I'at. e March 1, isia, mo March -a. inii.5. 
Montgomery Geo. e Feb. ^'7, IKiM, m o July i:i, ISGS, 

as musician. 
Ross Albert, e Feb. 25, IVM, died at Nashville.Tcn^. 

Dec. :10, ISiH. 
Stlllions Andrew, e Jan. 'ill, ICtH, m o July l:i. IsilS, 

Furlougb. 
Walker Wm. O. e Dec. 1, IWil. 
Whitcomb David, e Aug. 19, '01, trans. Co D, ra o 

Sept. 27. 18t>l. 
Wateon Uoratio N . e Feb. 1, «■!, dieil Nashville, 

Teun. Aug. 4, 1864. 

Unag:tlfiNf(t lit'crtii/H. 
Beck David J. e Jan. SB, 1H«4. 
I'ooksun Andrew, e Jan. i6, 1864. 
I'roselv Dan e Jan. 5. 1(*(15. 
Cochrane Chas. e Oct. 12, 18(54. 
Chalmers Jus. II. m o July ti, 1805. 
l''ahr J no. W. e Feb. W. 1S04. 
llulse .louathau, e March (i, 1865. 
Haynes Sam A. e Feb. li. l.sf>4. 
Liddala Wm. e March 22, ISfil. 
Leaton Geo. e iUrch 211, isi;5, ni o July 12, 186,''). 
Martin Jno. J. e Jan. 2S, ISir-l. 
Miller .lae.o Feb. 8, isihl. 
McNeal Jas. e Feb. 28, 1864. 
McKi-nzie Thos. A. e Feb. 9, 18W. 
Surk W. U. S. e Feb. 17, 180-1. 

5»A Intaiiti-}-. 

Coiiipniiy G. 



Wells Jno. T. e Feb. 12, 18Ki, m o .Inly G, ISU.'. 
Wells Stephen U. re-e vet. m o July 6, 18U5. 



53(1 Infantry. 

Company B. 

Drafleil ami Suhstiluled Eecrulls. 

Leonard Pat, e Dec. 6, 1S6-1, sub. m o July 22, 1865. 

Company H. 

Drafted and Sulisliluled Jieeruits. 
MaGee Chas. e Dec. 80, 1804, sub. never Joined Co. 
Phillips Louie, mo Jnly 22, 1805. 
(Juinn Jno. e Dec. 3, 1804, sub. never joined Co. 
bwit2er Francis, e Dec. 3, '04, sub. never joined Co. 

Companj K. 

riiiiisigned and l>r(\ft(d Recruits. 
lirowner Wm. e Nov. 10, 1801. 
I'ryslal Jno. c March 28, ISK, m o Slay 8, 1865. 
Clark Geo. R. e April 11, ISiiS. sub. m o .May 8, 1865. 
I'ongers Major D. e Mcli. 29. '65. sub. m o May 8, '05. 
Carney (ieo. e .-Vpril 7, 1865, sub. m o May 8, 1865. 
Hodges Dan, e .March 31, I.-^im, sub. m o May 8. l.SiiS. 
Ilollman Wm. e Feb 'JS. 1805, bud. m o May 8, 1865. 
Kelley Thos. c April 11. 1860. snb. m o May 8. 1805. 
Lewis lor Linesi G e April 6,'I15, sub. m o Slay 8,'65. 
Miller 1. I. eSept. 20,1861. 
McGregor Jaa. e April 11, 1865, sub. m o May 8, "05 



Potter.Klijah. e March 'JS. 18ia. m o May 8. '05. 
Shultz Jos. W. e April 11, IH(i5, sub. m o May 8, '65. 
Thomas Chas. e April 11. 1X0.5, suh. m o May 8. "65. 
Whitney Jno. \\. e March 28. 1805, m o May 8, 1805. 
Wendall Jae. e April 11, 1805, sub. m o .May 8, 1805. 

5Mth Infantry. 

Company F. 
I'riraleii. 
Guthbrod L. cNov.S8,'»l, trans. Jan.2,'W,lst Mo.Art. 
llaugb Jno. e Nov. -26, 1801, desrtd. Nov. '27, 18(12. 

58tli Infantry (consolidated). 

Company G. 

Sergeanft. 
Sam'l J. Brown, e March -20, 1865, m o March 19, '(.)' 
Jno. Ross, e March -23, 1865, desrtd. April 7, 1865. 

Prhalts. 
Bronshan Rob't e March 2fl. 18ti5, m o March 30, '66. 
Durfee Cyrns R. e .March 17. 1805. m o May 2». 1865. 
Hempstead Henry, e -Mch. 4. '05, desrtd. .Mch. 28, '65. 
Uerndon Edward, e March. 17. '05, mo March 10, '66. 
UedrlckSol. C. e .March 1.5. 1805. m o Feb. 7, 1866. 
Hill Richard, o March -i), 1805, desrtd. April 7, 1865. 
Weissenberger Valentine,e Mch.9,'05, m o Mch.8,'60. 
Williams Newell, e March 9, 18(*5, m o March 8, '00. 

50tli Infantry. 

Coiiipaii.v A - 

Piiiale. 
Davis Fr.ank, e July 17, 1801, desrtd. Oct. 18, 1861. 



Coapland F .M. e Feb. '2.!. 1801, m o Dec. 8, 18f>5. 
Long Andrew, e Feb. 22. 180-1, m o Dec. 8, 1805. 
Vandyke Kich. e Feb. 2-2, 180», m o Dec. 8, 1865. 

Hrni'led and Jiyuba/ituled Jlecruile. 
Ilisfaop Geo. W. e Sept. 22, 1864, m o Jan. 14. 1865. 
r.ruce Thos. L. e Sept. 22, 18(M, m o July 8, 1865. 
Herman Montllien, m o July 20. 1805. 
J'.railly H. F. c Oct. 4. 'lA. sub. disd. Aug. 4, '0.5,dl«ab. 
lirooks Jno. e Oct. 13. I-^O-l, m i> Oct. 10, lsi,5. 
Barnes Hyder. left F^b. '20, 1805, with leave. 
Itall Allen, e Jan. 2, 1805. sab. desrtd. Feb. 1, 1805. 
lirown Wm. desrtd. Feb. 1, 18ii5. 
Cook Riley, e Oct. 5, 1804, t>nb. m o Oct. 16, 1865. 

Company C. 

7»Wi-<//..i. 
Stilson N'icodemus. c Joly 10, 1801, rc-e vet. trans 

1st U. S engineers, Ang. 21. 18(H. 
Sullivan Joshua H. e July 10, ISOI, re-e vet. m o Dec. 

8, 1805, corpl. 
Twehause Henry, e July 10, 1801, re-e vet. died at 

Franklin, Tenn. Dec. 10, 1864, of wds. 
Murphy Ja«. e July 10, 1801, died March 18, '02, wds. 

lira/ltd and Subtlituted Recruils. 
Garrett Henry, e Sept. '21. 48M, m o June 14, 1865. 
Gardner John, desrtd. June 19, 1805. 



ftOth Infantry. 

(oinpnny 1). 

I'ritatei. 
Keith Fred, e Nov. '20, 1801. as vet. died. Jan. '24, '65. 
Senteny Francis, M. e Nov. '20, 1861, re-e vet. Jnly 
31, 1805, 1st. eergl. 

Veteran. 

Boyd Jno. T. e'Feb. 18,11804, died of wds. received 
July 16, 1864. 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECORD. 



369 



«4th Infantry. 

Company A. 

Recruits. 
Fnrgnson Wm. E. e Feb. 17. 18M, m o July 11, 18H5. 
Fnrguson Wm. e Feb. 17, 1864. 

Company E. 

Tittfran. 
Smith .iuo. F. e .Ian. 1, 18(11, died at RnfT'B Mill, Ga. 
.July 4, 18(>1, of wds. 

liecruils. 

Bueeie .\ntonio, e Feb. 7. 'H^, died. .laly 0, '(>C, disab. 
Stoehler .Inc. e Feb. 7, 1862. 

Company D. 

Primle. 
Unger .Ino. e -Ian. IT, IStj-i. re-e vet. m o -Jan. 17, 65. 

Aehcr Than, e Feb. 17, 1S63. m o March 1865. 
Wnod Henry I', dlsd. June. 3.3. 186^, disab. 
Zimmerman G. e Feb. I, 1862, deertd. May 14, 1862. 

Company E. 

Bccruits. 
Knox Georse. e Feb. 14, "62, died Oct. 18, '62, diaab. 
Roscman Peter, e Feb. 1, 1862. 
Schultz ChaB. desrtd. 
Thayer David W. e Feb. 1, 18fi3, died at Andereon- 

ville. .Ian. 12, 1865, No. of grave 12,437. 
Voerge J no. e Feb. 1, 1862. 
Witte H. e Feb. 1, 1862. 

Company F. 

Rivruil. 
Seaman J. e Jan. 12, 1862, died. Oct. 12, 1862, dieab. 

65th Infantry (consolidated). 

Serrj I'll III Major 1. 
E. P. Durlts e April 8, 1865, pro-2d Lieut. Co. D. 
Cyrua B. Bristol m o July 13, 1865. 

Uoitintai Sffiward. 
Frank H. Boetock m o July 13, 1865. 

Company A. 

C.iptahi. 

Jno. Wood, com March IV, 1862. pro. Maj. 



Lii 



II fg. 



.lae. Duguid, iPt. com. March 17. "62, pro. Capt."62. 
Geooge Klandine, 2d. com. March 17, 1862, pro. let. 

Lieut. May 1. 1862. 
Jae. Miller, 2d, com. May 1, 1862. pro. Co. H. 
Jas. L. Kee,2d, com. Aug. 1. 1862, 

Serr/efinf.s. 

Wm. N. Holt, c April 8. 1865, m o July 1.1, 1865. 
Chris. Werly.e April .\ 1865, m o July 18, 18!i5. 



Co 



ra/g. 



Wm. Molter, e March 31. '65. m o July 13, '6.';, sergt. 
Amos K, Cab. on, e March 31, 186.), m o July 13, 1H65. 
Jno. II . O Dor, e March 31, 1865, sick, absent at m o. 
Geo. W. Burch, e March 31, 1865, m o July 13, 1865. 
Jno. Weleh, e March 4, 1865, ra o July 18, 1865, priv. 

Musician. 
Benj.F.TripIet*, e March 81, 1865, m o July 13, 1865. 

rriral'S. 
Allison Ilane. e March 31, lS(i.->, m o July 1.3, 1865. 
Allison Jno. e March 31, 1M65. m o May 23. 1K65. 
Allison Kirh. e May 31. 1S65, m o July 13, 1K6.5. 
An<ler!.()n H. e April 6. 1865. m o July 13, 1W5. 
Baker Jae. II. or W. e March 31, '65 m o July 18, 1865. 
Berry Jae. e March 31. 1M65. m o July 13. 1K65. 
Bilnger Fred. U. e March 31, 1K65, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 



Bredinetien Wm. e March 31, 1.S65. m o July 13. 1865. 
Burgees Wm. T. e March 31, 1865, m o July 13, 1865. 
Church Jno. H. e March 31. 1865, m o July 13, 1865. 
Conger 'Wm. G. e April 7, 1865. m o July 13, 1865. 
Craig Jos. P. e .March 31. 1R61. m o July 13. 1865. 
Faulkner R. S. e March 31; 1S6.5, m o Jnly 1.3, 1865. 
Freeman Wm. e .March 31. 1H65, m o July 13, 18B5. 
Hotien Nich. e April i;, IH65. m o July 13, 1865. 
Ja-kson Benj. e April 4, 1H65, m o July 13. 1865. 
Jones Paul W. e April 6, 1865, m o Aug. 13. 1865. 
Ling Sim. P. e April 3. 1K65, m o July 13, 1865. 
Loudermilk Stwd. e March 31, '65, m o July 13, 1865. 
Menke Hvrman, c .March 31, 1865, m o Jnly 1.3, 1865. 
Miller Louis, e March 31, 1865, m o July 13, 1865. 
Neal Jas. e .March 31, 1865, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 
Hash F. W. e March 31, '65, m o July 13, '65, ae corpl. 
Rash Wm. E. e MarchSI. 1H6.-,. m o Julv 13, 1865. 
Schniard Fred, e March 31. MiS, m o July i: . 1865. 
Sisk Jno. W. e April 6. Isis, m o July 1.3, 1865. 
Slight Chas. e April .'>. Isc;:,, m o Jnly 13, 1865. 
Wheeler Adam «'. e April 4, 1K65, m o July 13, 18«5. 
White Frank, e April «, 1S65, m o July 13, 1865. 

04>tli Infantry. 

Company F. 

Privaf.p. 
Cannell Wm. T. e Feb. 12, )SM, ra o July 7, 1865. 

7Sd Infantry. 

<'ompany K. 

(Ji^agtiidni'd Recruit. 
Brooks Wm. e Sept. 23. 1864, ra o May 23, 1865. 

78d Infantry. 

Nirritilnt Mtijor. 
Henry A. Castle, died. April 18, 1863, disab. 

Company H. 

Sergeant. 
Jno. W. Sherick, e July 25, 1862, pro. to 2d Lieut. 

Coriinral. 
Jno. Prather, e Aug. 0, 1862, mo Jnne 12, 1865. 

MiiHidaii. 
Willie G. Jaqueg, e .\ug. 1, 1H62, m o June 12, 1865. 

Privates. 
Bennett Geo. E. e Aug. 6, 1862, trans, to V. R. C, '64. 
Bishop Louie, e Aug. 6, 1862, died. Jan. 33, 1863, to 

enlist in .Miss. Brigade. 
Culler Geo. e Aug. 6, 1M62, m o June 13, 1865. 
Culler Michael, e Aug. 6, 1862, died at Nashville, 

D'-'C. 2«. 1H64, of wounds. 
I'uller Martin, e Aug. 6, '62, m o June 12, "65, as sergt. 
Culler S. e Aug. 6, lK6a, disd. Oct. 6. '63, of wounds. 
Kierstone Joe. e Aug. 6. '62. m o May 34, 1865. 
Hobson Jno. e .\ng. 6, '62, died. Jan. 1, '63, to enlist 

in Mise. Brigade. 
Lancaster Jae. e Aug. 6, 1862, trans, to V. R. C. April 

IS, 1H64. 
Lancaster D. e Aug. 6, 1862, kid. at Stone River, 

Dec. 31, 1862. 
Harden Geo. e Aug. 6, 18{;2, kid. at Stone River, 

Dec. 31. 1862. 
McKniBht Jae. e Aug. 6, '62, disd. May 13, '63, of wds. 
Robbina E. A. e Aug. 6. '62, m o July 23, '65, prison. 
Thayer A. c July 35, '62. trane. to U. S. Bng. July 

39, 1K64. 
Thayer E. e July 35, '62, trans, to U. S. Eng. July 
29, 1X64. 

Rerriiil. 
Anderson Oliver H. m June 13. 1865. 
Company 1. 
Corporal. 
Ed. G. Turner, e July 20, 1862, m o June 12, 1865. 

Privates. 
Bartell L. S. e Aug. 11. '62, died. Jan. 15, '63, dieab. 
Castle C H. e Aug. 8, '63, trane. to V. R. C. Jan. '64 



370 



ADAMS CdCNTV WAE KECORn. 



Dunran P. N. c Ane. 11. iW. di«d. Dec. 11. li,'. wndx. 
Keminetoi. J«k B. e Au.-. Jl. :•««. m o . aDel-.\ .k.. 
Rca AU'X. f. e AUK. -.'1. l-^'.-'. m o Jiiue I-. i^>> 
WinJet W. C. <■ ■Inly I'.l. V.;. .lis.l. ,l»n. '^l. la di»ab. 
Wlnget Calvin U. e .Inly in. '.'•"■-'. pro. to M Liuul. 



7HtU liifantrv- 



Wm, L Broddud, com Sept. 15. 1«IB. 

,l.(/../i/»/. 
Cicorye Green,' coin .ISipt. 1, l***!*. 
i^uarli rmanlfr. 
Ahner V. numphrey, com. Aug. fi, IWfii. 



The Seventy Bighth Infantry lllinoie VolunleBrs 
was ornanl/.Bd In Shawneelown. 111., on the -Jiith of 
\ULMixt, 1S<W. and «a» mustered into the service of 
the United SlateB at the siinie place, on the --Jrt or 
Sept ISi.-'. VVhile'Ktalioned at Shawneetown the 
TSth made a number of scouts into Kentucky, which 
Slate was then infeftod hv guerrilla bands, and 
\daro .lohnsou's rebel cavalry. Keb. •-'. !/<£!. the 
KeKiment moved to Memphis, Teun.. arnvins on 
the Ith. and went immediately into camp three miles 
southeast of the city, where the re,'imeut performed 
picket duty. April HA. moved out with au expedi- 
tion 10 Hernando. Miss., returninj; the -.Mth. Whil^ 
stationed at Memphis the Regiment was enguped in 
several scouts. May lOtli. embarked on board trans- 
ports for Vicksburg. Miss., and reached \ounK'8 
Point on the llth. On the -'Ist crossed the river at 
Warrenlon. Miss., arrivini; in the rear of \ icksburj; 
on the morninj; of the e.'d. occupying ithat day and 
the next)a position on the left ol our line. On the 
•ilth. part of the Uesiimeiit was ordered back xo\\ ar- 
rentown, which post was guarded by them until the 
•ilthof .lune. when the Kegimeut was assij;ut« to 
the ad Utigade. 4th Division, rith Army lorps. Ke 
mained in the rear of Vickeburi; uniil after the sur- 
render On the Sih of .luly marched toward .lack 
son. Miss., and was cnsiaged in the siege and opera_ 
tlons around that city until its surrender, and 
returned to Vicksburg. arriving .luly i). l^"-! Aug. 
inth. proceeded to Natchez. Mi.ss. arriving on the 
l-'th Vug. i:iih. marched towards hig Hlack Kiver, 
camped near Kingston. Keturued to Natchez, eiii- 
barked for New Orleans, and debarked at i arroU- 
ton La. and remained nntil the i:!th of Sept., 
during which time was reviewed by Geu. liraiit. 
Sept. 13th. crossed river to Algiers, and moved to 
Braehear Citv. on Uerwict Bay. where it remained 
until it moved to Opelousas. on iid of Oct. i oun- 
ter marched and returned to New Iberia. I.a.. on 1st 
of Nov., where it halted, having been detached Irom 
the lirigade. Was mounted by order of Gen. lianke 
andpliced under command of Gen. A. L. Lee, com- 
manding the cavalry of the Gulf, tm the .^th, 
marched to Vermillion Itayoa, and was hero as- 
signed for duty in ihe :id cavalry Brig. Department 
of the Gulf. On the If.th returned to New Iberia, 
where the Uesiment remained until .Ian. -J, ISIM. 
when it fell back to Franklin. La., where it went 
into winter quarters. Took part in the Red River 
expedition April Tth, was engaged in the battle of 
Wilson's Plantation; April sth, the battle of Mans- 
lleld. on Sabine Cross Roads. Returned to Grand 
Ecore La . on the lilth. Was engaged in the battles 
of Cane River. Chaneyville. Alexandria. MarksviUe. 
Yellow Bayou, and the Blockade of Red River. 
Arrived at Simmsport .May H'. Marched to the 
Mississippi river. Remained during the bummer, 
doing picket duty. Sept. :i. lf*i'-l. part of the Regi- 
ment went to mouth of White river, .\rkansas. the 
remnant being left for want of trans^)0^tallon. On 
the pith, thirty three of those remaining at Mor- 
ganzia were killed or missing, while on a seoul ntar 
Williamsport, La., after a gallant resistance to 
superior force of enemy. On the Tth ol Nov. the 
remnant loined the Regiment. In .lanuary. 1n,j 
embarked for Helena. Ark., where it remained umil 
Feb 7th. when, with three days' rations. It started 
on n march of three hundred miles, to .lacksonport. 
\tk . thence north and east to Madison, on St. hran- 
cifl river, thence down that slr.-am and Mississippi. 
to camp, at Helena. Remained at Helena until Inth 
.lune In;5. when mustered out ol service, by (apt. 
Newcomb. Arrived at Cairo .lune r.d. thence to 
Springlield, when the men were paid oil and dis- 
charged J uly :1. l^^K). 

Colonel. 
W. n. Benneson. com. Sept. 1, 18(H. 
f.ietiliiiani [Colonel. 
Carter Van Vleck, com. Sept. 1, 18<K. 



Siirfleon/i. 
Thomas M. Joidan, com. Sept. 1. lHt'>:i 
Klijah S. Mclntyre. Ist Asst. com. Sep'. 1. IW-'. 
Sam. C. Moss. "Jd .\aet. com. Nov. ^, lHfi2. 

C/itipltiiit. 
Robert V. Taylor, com. Sept. 1, IStH. 

Serijeitiit Miijora. 
'.los. R. Strickler, e Aug. !i. WW. m o .Inne 7. 1W5. 
I'. V. chandler, c Ang. II. 'IW, pro. -Jd Llent. Co. I. 
Harmon Veaich. e .\ug. 15. 'I'rt. pro. -Jd Lieut. Co. \. 
_Wm. S. llendricke, died. Jan. 17, WIS, wounds. 

(Jimrltniiatler Sirr/eoiil. 
Kdward P. Burns, e Aug. 15, ISiW, m .June 7, ll«5. 

Ciimmifari/ .•<rigeiiitl. 
Seth W. Grammar, e Ang. !l, 18r«i, m o.Jane 7. ISiS. 

Hospital Sleiranl. 
Durham i^reel, e Aug. Wtfi, m o .lone 7, ISfiS. , 

Coiiipuiiy B. 

Capliihi. 
.John C. .Vnderson.com. Sept. 1, 18<1J. 

Lit tttenoittK. 
Wm. D. Rnddell. 1st, com. Sept. 1, IWi-.'. 
David W. Taylor, Jd, com. Sept. 1, l«tH. 

Sirgeiiofs. 
Freeman Woodruff, let. e Aug. 4, 18tH. pro. ii Lieut 
Wm. E Miller, e Aug. .'i.'ii-.'. m o .lune T.'llS.Ist eergt. 
Adam Walters, e Aug. 5. W.-'. died Ang. S. isii-l. 
.los. W Nichols, e Aug. 'i, lHi«. m o .lune 7. lSc;5. 
.lohn D. Anderson, e -Xug. '.•, ISti-, pro. ia Lieut. 

\dair Wm. T. e --tng. 9,'IH, absent sick at m o Keiit. 
Adair Richard, e Aug. fl.'Se. absent alck at m o Regt. 
Aritrburu Sam e .\ug. !>. ISiiJ. m o Ian. 7. V^a. 
Realty Wm. e Aug. 1-', I'^ii, kid. .Jonesborougb, Ga. 

Sept. 1. ISli-l. 
Baldwin Michael, c Aug. '.K't'fl. m o .lune T.'ikj, corpl. 
Bryant David, e .Vug. ii.'i^'J. trans. V.R.C. Feb. 11, '(M. 
Bryant Geo. W. e Aug. !•. IHiW. desrtd. -Ian. ISi:). 
I'.reugman Sam. M. e Aug. '.i. ISi.J. desrtd. Dec. 1862. 
liurke .lohn A. e Aug. '^. WW. died Nov. J. WW-. 
Brenneman Wm. II. e Aug. !I. ISiK. m o .Ian. i. INIS. 
Breunemaii .lohn W. e Aug. '.I, IShi. ni o .Ian !■, tij. 
Baldwin W. S. e Ang. «. Wi'.'. m o .lune 7, INlo. 
Burke Leander, e -Vag. ". I'*"'-, m o -lune 7. ISfo. 
liessel Levi 1'. e -Vug. fl. IS...:, disd. .Inlv K. lf«; 
Cecil Reason Van e Aug. V.'. IsiH.died Sept. 15. 1SI>1. 
I ondilV .lonn B. c Aug. I'J, WW. m o lune 7. l«ia. 
Conditr .Jesse E. e Aug. 9. '82, kid. Annlsboro, t.a. 
March 111. 18H5. , , 

CorinackS. B. e Aug. «. '02. m o .June 1. V), corpl. 
Cawley .las. G. e Aug. 9. 'B-J.dled. Feb. SI, 'tH, disab. 
CarUr Wm E. e Aug. ». wa. trans. V. R. C. 
Cawley Wm. e Aug. 11. 18fi2. deslrd. Dec. 18bi!. 
Colvln .loshua, e Aug. 5. 18ta. absent, sick at mo. 
crawlord Orville B. e Aug. M.ISM. m o .lane ., 1865. 

Dickson Wm. c. e Aug. 9. IStii. died Aug. W- wds. 

Dobhs Ellas M. e Aug. 9. W.J. des'td. .Ian. W)!. 

Dillon Thos. I., e Aug. 9, IM'.i. m o .lune .. W*^. 

Duncan .las W. e Ang. 9. 'tiJ, disd. Oct. •il. 1)3. disah 

Elston Wm. L.e Aug. 9.1S1H. d.sd. Nov.lT '«».dis8b. 

Kdmondsou .luo A.e Aug.l5.'6-'.died .luly i4. W.*ds. 

Krazier Theopholus L. e Aug. '.I. 'ni. m o .Inne .. 1.5. 

(irimes .1 no. S. e Aug. 7. I'.i. ni o .1 une , . 05 serpi. 

t;ue«sman Wm. A. e Aug.l5,'ti-i.m o Nov. 3. t..S.disab. 

Groves Dan. e Aug. 9. 19i«. died .Ian. 18. 1SH5. 

Heath .Ino. 11. e Aug. 9. 18«i. m o .lune 7. 18(0 

Hed-es ThaddeUB S.e Ang.9.'tii.mo.lune 7. 65.corpl. 

Hearn .lasper A. e Aug. 9. 1862, m o .Inne <• W'S- 

.lohnson Wm. e Aug. 9, 18<i'\m o .lune ., 181.5 

Jordon Cartes W. e Aug. 9, 18(3, m o June ., ISM. 



AI1AMS t'lil'NTV WAR RKniKD. 



371 



.lenkins Wm. A. Aug. '.), ISiiS, m o .Iun«7. ISti''. 
.lordon Jas T. e Aug. 9, m<i, mo.) line IB, IStiS. 
KiDkade Thus, e Aug. 5. 18'i2. m o June 7. 18fl5. 
Kiukade David, e Au;;. a. ISbJ. m d June 7. 1.S65. 
Lee Chas. II. e Aug. ;!i 1802. mo June". I8(i5. 
Lapp Wm. U. e Aug. 12. Jmi. dei-rtd. Jan. lH(,:i. 
Learlinian Jno. K. e Aug. 9. lSii2. ra o June 7, ISiB. 
.Mnylieid .Ia«. W. e Aug. 11, 18B2, diKd. Oct.'B:),di8ab. 
Miller Uriah K. c Aue. », 18Bi died. Jan. 13, 'la.wds. 
Miller Jan. A. e Aug. Vi. ISKj, in o June 7, 'lio. cori>l. 
MilliT Jno. L. c Aag. 9, Wa. died Oct. 26, '13, wds. 
Ma.vHeld Henry C. e Ang «. 18112, m o .lane 7, 18115. 
Mangle clirlBt. e Aug. 9, 1862, m n June 7, 1865. 
McNamare FrauciB M. e Aug. .5. Oi. m o June 7, '65 
McKtnsie W.A. e .\ng. 22, 112, m o June 7.'ii,'i,raaBic, 
McMuIlen Jno, e Aug, 22, 18(12. m o June 7. 186.i. 
Newcomi-r Dan. c .Vng. 9. '62, disd.May 3, 'BS.riiBab, 
Parson Lafayette, i- Aug. 12. '62, abs-nt, eick at m o. 
Par^ousJae, 1). e Aug. 12, 1862, moJuly22, 1S63. 
Parsous Jno. H. « Aue, 14. isiij, ni o Jan. 7. IKBj. 
Patterson Wm. T, e Aug.Il.'62,disd.Keb.25,-6:i.wdB, 
Patterson Clifton, e \ug, 9, 1862. m o Jane 7, 1865. 
Painter .las. e Aug. 9, 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
Pitt Chus. W. e Aug, 9. 18;.2. absent, sick at m o. 
Ralph Jas. e Aug, 11, 1862, m o June 7. 1865, 
Kuddell (jeo, II, e Aug. 9, 1862, m o June r,'65,8ergt. 
Rice .1. e Au;;. 9, "62, kid, Kunnesaw Mt Juue 27, '61. 
Stnckler Ja.f, K, e Aug. 9, 1862, prom, sergt, Mai, 
Simons Ki-nj. e Aug. .5, 18«>, uio June7, 1865. 
Stickney Jas. P. e Aug, 9, isii-i. died Jan. 3'). 1861. 
Spizer Unas, It. e Aug. 9, ls62. died June 5, 18'i.'), 
Spizcr Jas. A. e Ang, 9. 1862, m o Aug, 19. 18f3. 
Sowell Wm. C. e Aug. 12. lKii2, mo June 7. ]8(i.7. 
St. Clair David, e Aug. 12, 1862, m o J uue 7 1S65. 
Thomp»ou .Ino. e Aug. 11, 1S62, m o June 1. 1S65. 
Tnoinpson L. e Aug. 9, 1862. absent, sick at mcwds, 
Talley Alex,S. e Aug, 11, '62, kid, lientonville, N, C, 

March 19, 1865. 
Tnttle Enos B, e Aug, 22, 1862, m o June 7, 186,5. 
Taylor Jno. T. e .\ug, 22, IRi,2, desrtd. Jane, 1863. 
Thornton Louis L. e Aug. 22.'62.ab8ent, sick at ra o. 
Thriptiim Hnnry, e .\ng, 9. 1862, m o June 7, 18B5. 
Weister J, W, e Aug, 9, 1862, m o June 7, 1865, 
Wilson Wm. H. e Aug, 9, 1862, m o .June 7, 1865. 
Wade Jas. A. e Ang. 11, 1862, died. Oct. 'M, dieab. 
Wood Jno. n. e Aug. 9, 1862. died April 26, '65, wds. 

RecruiU. 
Adair Din W, e April 8, '64, trans. Co. G. ailh 111. Inf. 
Austin Tim W. e Jan 5, 1804. 

Harnett Commodore, e Aug. 9, 1802, died June, 1803. 
Gerard Bcnj. K, e Aug. 9, 1862. 
McWilliamB Wm. e Aug. 9. 1862, m o June 7, 1865 
McWilliams Jos, e Aug. 9. 1862. mo June 7. 1865. 
Mc\ViHiamsE.eAug.22,'B2,kld,Kene8awMt.Jant3,'61. 

Company D, 

Prlraten. 
Allison David, e Aug, 11, 1862, died at Atlanta, tia, 

Sept. 8, 18IH. 
Ciibbage Jno. H. e July 26, 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
Craig David B. e August 1, 1862, m o June 7, 1865, 
Cecil Wm. e Ang. I. 18fl2, m o June 7, 1865. 
Cabbage Wilford, e .\ng, 1. 18*12, pro, Ist. Lieut. 
Craig Jas. e Aug. I, 1S62. m o June 7, 1863. 
CrotU Geo. W. e Aug. 4, 1862, kid. at Jonesboro, 

Ga. Sept. 1864. 
Cunningham Thos. e Jnlv 26. 1862, kid. at Bentou- 

vllle. N. C. March 19. 1865. 
Cram Tlieo. P. e July -26. 1862. trans. 1. C. 18ti». 
Drum Jas. P. e Aug. 14. 1862. 8frgl,diBd April. 12,(a, 
Fry Jai. M. e Ang. 14, 18(i2. ra o Juue7, 1H65. 
Lempen Ed. F. e Aug. 14, 1882. m o June 7. 1865. 
Laney Peter, e Aug, 14, 1862, de"rtd, Feb, 1, 1863, 
l.aney Chiis. n Aug. 14, 1862, desrtd, Feb. 1, 18(3. 
Lairley Jacob, e Aug. 14, 1862. died Oct, 2, '62. wds. 
Manlove Wm. e July 19, 1862, kid. at Kenesaw Mt, 

June 27, isin. 
Manlove w. w. e An./, 1 18ii;. in o M 'v 18, 18>15. 
Orinsbee E. e Ang. 14, 1>'6>. m o June V, 18(,3. 
Stuart A. H. e Aug. 14, 1.H62, desrtd. Nov. 1. 1862. 
Thompson Wm. H. e Ang. 11,181/2, died. March II, 
1865, wds. 

IltrcruitH. 

Crura Sara, e July 26. 1862. m o March II. 1865. 
Cecil T. J. e Feb. 15, 1864, trans, Co, E, »lth 111. Inf. 
Fry J. J, e Aug, 26, 1862, m o Jnly 5, 1865. 



Slump Ed, T,e Feb. 15, 1864. 
Thompson Jno. M, e Feb, 15, 1861. 

Company K, 

C'aplain. 
George Pollock, com, Sept. 1, 1862. 

Lieiiti'iianlH. 
Henry Mathew, Ist, com. Sept, 1, 1882, 
Jno, J, Mercer, 2d, com. Sept. 1, 1862, 



Allen David, e Ang. 9, 1862, disd. Sept. 14, 1863. 
Akers Chas, P. e Ang, 9, 18(i2, m o June 7. 1865. 
Askew Wm. P, e Aug, 9, 1862, m o June 9, 1865. 
Askew Geo W. e Aug. 9, 1S(!2, died Nashville, Tenn 

June 3, 1863. 
Allen Wilson, e Aug. 11, isii2, disd. Junes. 1863. 
Bartlett Jas. e Aug. 7, 1862, m o June 7. 1.865, sergt. 
Benfleltl Sam. e Aug. 7, 1H62, m o June 7, 18(i5. 
Bliven W, U, e Aug. 11, 18(>2, kid. at Chickamanga, 

Sept. -20, 1863, 
Bufflngton Peter B. e Aug. 9, 1862, disd. June 13, "63, 
Barnard F. M. e Ang. 11. Ihiw, m o June 7, 'B5. corpl. 
Beard David, e .Vug. 11, m\-i. m o June 7, 186.5. 
Bcrgett A. G. e Aug. 11, lmi2, m o June 7. '65, corpl. 
Birdssll Isaac, e Aug. 21, 1862, trans, to Eng Corp. 

Julv 29, 18tvJ, 
Covert Wm. e Ang, 8, 1862, died. May 7, 1K63. 
Chandler Jno. W. e Aug. 8. 186-2, m o June 7, 1865. 
Cambbcll Geo. W. e Aug. 9, '62, corpl. Chickamanga, 

Sept. 1863. 
Casterline Jno. P. e .Vug. 9, 1862, m o June 7, 1865: 
CasterlineG. W. e Aug. 9, '62. trans, I. C. Feb. 15. '64. 
Cumingham .lesse, e Aug. 9, 1862. died Chattanooga, 

Nov. *). 1S(>1. 
Corbin Parker e Ang. 9. 1.862, died. Ocr. 29, 1863, 
Craig Milton, e .\ng, 11. 1862, m o Jan. 7, 1865. 
Chandler Wm. K. e Aug. 11, 1862, trans, to I. C.April 

10. 1864. 
Cole C. W. e Aug. II. 1862, m o Jane 7, 1865, corpl. 
Deal Henry, e .\ng. h. iS62, m o Jane 7, 1865, 
Deiser S. e Aug. 9, 1862, died Franklin, Tenn. May 

17, 1863, 
Deiser Alex, e Aug. 9, 1X62, m o June 7, 1865. 
Dughlor Sam. e Aug. II, \vta. m o Julv 14,1»*65. 
Fry L;vi, e Aug. 7, 1S62, died at Nashville, Tenn. 

March 2:5, 1S63. 
Flora Jno. e Au?. 7. 1S62, died. Sept, 14, 18(3, 
Fulmer Bernard, e Aug. s, 1S62, m o June 7. |8(i5. 
Fulmer Valentine, e'Ang. 8, 1862, kid. Chickamanga. 

Sept. 23, 18(8. 
Fordyce Thos. W. e Aug. 9. 18t;2, disd. May 27, 1S(>1. 
Friz''41 Asar'ae, e Ang. 9, 1862. died Louisville, Ky, 

Marrh 4, 1H(3, 
Fry T. K, e Aug. 11, 1862, disd. March 14, 1863. 
Feseenrien Cnae. B. e Aug. 11. 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
(Jrubb B. e Aug. 7, "62. died Chattanooga, July i, '61. 
Gott Thos. e Aug. 7, 1862. m o June 7, 1865. 
ilates Wm. H. e Aug. 7, 1862. m o June 7, 1865. 
Gardner Rob*, e Ang. 7, 1862, died at Loniaville, Ky. 

April 22. 18(3. 
GallaherRa-sel, e Aug. 8. 186-2, m o June 7, WS, 
Grubb P. D. <• Aug. -21, '6-2. m o June 7, '65, prlsr. 
Grammar Seth W, e Aag, 9, 1862, pro. Co u, sergt, 
Uennricks Israel, c Aug, 7, 1S62, kid. t.'hichimauga, 

Sept. 2(1, 18(3, 
Hoffmaster Peter, e Aug, 11, 1862, ra o June 7, 18(j5. 
Hendricks navid C, e Aug, 11, (,-2. disd, July 26, '13, 
Hastings John.e .\ug, 21, 1862, kid, at Chickamanga, 

sept, 2U, 1863, 
llarelsen S, e Aug, 21, 1862, kid. at Bentonville, N, C. 

March 19, 18(a, 
Hoffman Ju ius.e Aug. 7i 1862, m o June 22, 1865, 
llcudrioks .Ino, W, e. Aug, 9, 186-2, m o June 7, 1865. 
lleraldsnn Jacob V. e Aug. 5. 186-2, ro o June 7, '05. 
Hill Philip, e Aug, 9. '6-2, desrtd. Oct,-*, 184i2. 
Uedrick Geo. VV". e Aug. -21, 18B2, died at Franklin, 

Tenr. , April 7, lnl3. 
Ilendrirk Wm, F, e Ang, '21, '62, m o June 7, 1865. 
Huff Aaron, e Ang. 9. iwa. m o June 7. 18()5. 
Keely Jno. S. e .\ug. 9, 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
Knntz Chas. e Aug, 11, '62, missing at Chickamanga, 
Kunlz Jno, e Aug. II, lKii2, m o June 7. 186,5, 
Kuntz Henry, e Aug, 11, ls<i2, m o June 7, 186,5, 
Lansing Wm, e Aug. 9. 1,2, in o Jun.- 7, .65. Ist s"rgt 
Slathewe Jos, e Aug, 9, 1862, died at Chattanooga, 
Oct. 17, 1863. 



372 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RKCORD. 



McRae Jas. e Aug.ll, "la, died at Liberty, 111., April 

■jr, 18*H. sergt. 
Mercer Phil. U. e Aug. 11, ISiiJ. pro. Ud Lieat. 
McKae Wiu. V. e Ang. 11. iK. abt'ent. nick at m o. 
McLane Sam. c Aug. S. 'i;j, m o .Tunc 7. IWo. 
NaylorSam. e .\ug. V, ta.diBd. May S, l«ii5. 
Nauons .Ino. e Aug. 7, 18<a, kid at t'liickamaoga. 

Sept 2U. IWa. 
NatioDB .1110. B. e Ang 7. 1»«. di?d. March «, 1»GI. 
Pate Noah, e Aug. S, im-i. died. Feb. 3, ISfH. 
Pottoif.lno. A. e Aug. !l. 'W, m o lune 7, 'i>5. corpl. 
Pierce Win. e Aujr. 1 1, "ta, l8t Beigt. kid. at Kenesaw 

Ml. .lune JT. lf<M. 
Priichard Wm. U. e Aug. 11, ISIB, m o June 7, IKliS 
Pettit .Ian. 11. e Aug- s, 'i3, m o June 7, lWi.5, coipl. 
Koes A. U. e Aug. 11, "IW. I'ergt. absent, sick at ni o. 
Kobertson N. e Aug. 11, VJ, died. June 10, 114. sergt. 
Slack lien. !•'. e Aug. 7. iS. m o June 7, isiw. 
Steele Jno. U. e .Vuir. '.K l>^iJ. m o June 7. IWi."). 
Shehawny Louin C. e Aug. K, 'lij. sergt. died at Sav- 
annah, June 17. IsiiS. 
StautTer Jacob, c Aug. V. ISiK. m o June 7. 1'^'i- ' 

Starks Andrew, e .\ug n. "tiS, absent, sick at m o. 
Simpson Kobt. li. e Aug. 11, 'liJ, m oJune 7, iw. 
Smith Keilding K. e Aug. 11. iwa, m o June 7, 'li.'i. 
Slipper Jas. T. e Aug. 21, 'la, trans. Eng. Corp. July 

-tl, lSii4. 
Starnes J. e Aug. i\. '6i, kid. at Chickamauga, Sept. 

■JO. lfiC.3. 
Thomas Wm. e Aug. 7. 18IV2, m o June 7, IHCo. 
Thomlin Wm. e .Vug. S. 'la. m o June ■-'■J. 'ii5. »i-ri;t. 

Vancib Tichnor, e Aug. 7, 'la, m o June 7, ik'!. corpl. 

Wyatl T. e Aug. 11, la, trans. V. K. C. June 15. Im. 

Wnittaker NicB. e Aue. !i. IHia, m o Juue 7, lsi;."i. 

Williams Ed. e Aug. 11. 'la. m o June 7. IpD. corpl. 

Winner Jos. N. e Aug. 11. IKiiJ. m o June 7. IHi;.'). 

Winner Ephraini. e Aug. 11, ISia.m o June 7, l!«i5. 

Youngbeiu.lulius, e Aug. 11, isia. m o Junei'.:, 1WJ5. 

Rexniil'i. 
Blake C. H. e Ang. 9, (iS, kid at Kenesaw Mt.. June 

■Xi, lSti4. 
Gay Jas.H.e Aug.lO, IWa, kid at Bentonvillc. March 

IH, 1S(S. 
Glenn Wm. e Aug. 9, 'fa, sergt. died a Chattanooga, 

Oct. IC. 18(13. 
Gallaher Jas. e Ang. 'J, ''H. absent, sick m o. 
Gallaber Sam. e Aug. n, iwa. disd. May 17, IHIB. 
Scott Q. e Aug. 10, '113, died at Nashville, June 14, '63. 

Company F. 

Heury E. Hawkins, com. Sept. 1, 186-2. 

Clinton B. Cannon, Isl, com. Sept. 1, 186-'. 

Selden G. Earel, com. Sept. 1, isa, res. Dec. 4, iwa. 

Prixdifi. 
Akers Jno. W. e July », 186->, m o June 7, l^. 
h rterburn Brannen. e Aug. \i. '63. m o .lune 7. 18t't.'i. 
Akeie fbas. W. e July 31, ISia. died at Kichmond, 

Feb. 17. isi>4. prisr. 
\ker9 ClarksoD. e Aug. 9, 18112. ccrpl. died at Ander- 

sonville, Ang. 16, 1864, No. or grave 5876. 
Akers Stiphens, e Aug. 11, '62, claimed Sept. 9, 1863, 

by 3il m o cav. as deserter. 
Asker Hardin, e Aug. 11. '63, m o June 17. "6.-., prlsr. 
Bird (1. N. e Aug. U, "63. trans. Eng.corp. July 29, '64. 
Burry Tbos. e Ang. 11, '63, ni o .lune 7. 186.V 
Buckner Jno. W. e Aug. 13. '63. desrtd. Aug. 1H63. 
Burns Win. e Aug. 39. "IK. desrld. Feb. 1. 1863. 
Beaird Wm. J. e'Aug. 3, '63, died at Nashville, Mey 

30, 1863. 
But/. L. e Aug. 11, '6-:, died at Nashville. Feb. ■-'3. '63. 
Beat Jno. e Aug. 11. '63, died at Andersonville, June 

13. 181*4, pner.. No. of srave 1870. 
Caniery Peter, e Ang. 11. 18ta. tran". to I'o. G. 
Chandler Theo. e Aug, 1 1, "63. ni o July 14. "iin. wd. 
Chandler Cbas. e Aug. 13. 18<a. m o June 7. I8<B. 
Cnmniings Ihas. e Aug. 11, 18(a, died at Kicbmord, 

Feb. 16. 1864. prisr. 
Cnmmings Jas. W. e Aug. 11, "63, dlsd. April 31, "la, 

disab. 
Coovert David, e Aug. 11. '63. died at Andersonvllle, 

July 5, 1864. No. of grave 2«:W. 
Carson A. e A"g. "Js. "63. disd. Ang. 27. '63. dIsab. 
Carson Jas. e Aug. 1'3, 18B3, deerto. May 1, 1863. 



Demoss Benj. F. e Ang. 9, 63, died at Andereonville, 

\ng. 39, 186). No. of grave 7150. 
Davis Jas S. e July 36, 1863, corpl. died at Atlanta, 

Sept. 7, l«i'>l. 
Ebi-en Hy. or Uen. c Aug. 3, '63, deertd. Feb. 14, '68. 
Eyman Gco.e.\ug. 11, '6a, died Franklin, Tenn. May 

17. 1813. ,. , 

Felt P. F. e July 31, 'iB.disd. March -ii. •|'>."!.corp. disab. 
French Jas. e .\ug. 11. l>«a. m o Juue 7. INS. 
Frost Jno. c Aug. 11. l^ia. m o June 7. 1x65, prlsr. 
Glenn Wm. e Aul' l". 18i'a. trans. Co. E. 
Gardou Scott, c Aug 10. isia. trans. Co. E. 
Guyman Jno. A.e Ang. 15, 1862, died Andersonville, 

Sept. 15, 18iH, No. grave 11,449. 
Gilkey Edwin, e Aug. 11, 18ia, m o June 7, 18(6. 
Gav Jus. e Aug. 1", iwa. trans. Co. E. 
(;allaber Jas. e Aug. 9. 18(a, trans. Co. E. 
Gallaher Sam. e Ang. 9. Isia. trans. Co. E. 
lleiidncks J:is. e Au2. 1.^. '63. dlsd. Apr. "31, '63. disab. 
Ilogan Juo. e Aug. 9, 'la, died Savannah, Ga. Oct, 1, 
1864, prisr. . 

Uendereon Benj. C. e Ang. 11, 1863, Corp. deaerted 

Jan. -tl. 18(H. 
Henderson Wm. e Ang. 13, 1863, m o Jnne 7, 1865, 1st 

sergt. prisr.. 
Howell Jas. W.e Ang. 1".'. 18<a. died Andersonville, 

JnlyVi. 18(4. No. grave 3.311. 
Howell Anthony W. e Ang. 1"3, 'la, m o June 7, 1865, 

sergt. prisr. 
Hayes .Ino. A. e Aug. 15. "eS.disd.March 11, 63, disab. 
He Geo. W. e Aug. 11. ixia. trans. Co. G. 
Irwin Leander, e July 26. 1863. pro. 3d IJent. 
Jacobs Sam. e July 36. l^a. m o June 7. 'ti5. prlsr. 
Jamison Those .Inly 3. isia. trans. V. R. C. Apr.'iS. 
Jones Ellis U Aug. 13. "63, disd. Feb. 26, '1*3. disab. 
Johnson Milton, e Ang. -3, 18(a. m o June 7. 1865. 

corpl. prisr. 
King David G. e Aug. 9, 18(a. trans. Co. G. 
Kitchen Jno. e July 31, 'la, dlsd. Feb. », 1864, disab. 
Kishner Jno. e Ang. 1'3, 1862. deserted Oct. 1. 1862. 
Kinsald Pat. e Aug. 9. 18(3, disd. July 6. •(■>1. disab. 
Kelly Jno. S. e Aug. 11. 18(3. m o July 26. '65, prisr. 
Uei-ter Emerson, e Ang. 3. 1862, trans. Co. G. 
Long Wm. c Aug. 11, 186-2, trans. Co. G. 
Lawier Thos. e Ang. 12. ista, m o June 1, 65, prisr. 
Lonker Geo. e Ang. 9, 1862. trans. Co. O. 
Miller .las. S. c Aug. 14, 186-2, trans. Co. G. 
Maniiard Wm. G. e Aug. 11, 18(3, m July 14, 1865, 

Corp. pri^r. 
McCaffrey Ed. B. e Ang. 11. 1862. m o June 7. 1865. 
Moor Wm. e Aug 11. 1862, deeirtd. Feb 1. 1863. 
Moor Jas. P. e .Vug. 2. O'J. disd. Apr. 18. '64. disab. 
Morse Sam. S. e Aug. 2, 186-2, trans. Eng, Corp. July 

Myers Wm! e .\ue. S, 1863, absent sick at m o. 
McNeal Jno, A. o Aug. 11, '6-2, m o June 7, -6.1. prisr 
McUughlin E. e Aug.1'2, 186-2, m o June 7, 1865.corp 

Moo're "lis. T. e .Vug. 13, 18«2, died at Chattanooga, 

O'Dfiir Tb'os. e' Aug. 15, 1862, died .\ndetsonville. 

Juue 14. 1861. No. grave 19-21. 
O'Dear Jno. e Aug. 15. 18(i2. m o June 7, '65, prisr. 
Plowman Cbas. e. Aug. 6. '62, m o Jnne. 7, "65, prisr 
KeedSam. e Aug. 11,1S62. 

Richardson Jno. A.e Aug. 11, '62, desertd Jan 2, 61 
Kohliison J. e Ang. .5. "62. m o June 7,'(>5. corp. prisr 
Smith Wm. L. e Aug. 6. 1^63. m o. June 7. 1865. 
Smith Geo. e Aug. 3, 186-2. ro o June 7. 1865. 
Saiunious Htnry. e Ang. 11, 18()-2, died Florence, b. C. 
Oct. 18, 1861, prlsr, „,.,■.. 

Sweet Win. e Aug, 11. 1862. disd. May -29, la. disab. 
Smith Andrew e Aug.ll. "6-2, sergt ah^e«t si.k m ". 
SkirvlnWm.c Ana. 13. '63. trans hug < irr«B Jiil.-29. 61. 
Tatman Ezra, e Ang. 11, 1862, died Frauklin. 1 ei.n. 

Mav 25, 18(13, , ,, , 

Taylor JM". e. .\ug. 12.1862, died Riihmond,\a. Jan. 
9. 1864. prisr. „ „ 

Trout David, e Ang. 15, 18(a, died Florence, S. C. 

Oct, -28. 1864, prisr. ,, . 

Th.imasJas.n.e Ausr.lO.'di.disd. Ans.'.27, •63.dleab. 
Trout Sam. J . e July -28. '6-2. m o Jan . 17. '65. prIsr. 
Viar-" Thos, J, e Aug 13. 18C2. de«ertd Jan. 26, 1863. 
White Hugh I,, c Ang. 11, 1862, died Rossville, Ga. 
March 7. 1864. , ,. ,. „ , .„., 

White Tniis C, e Aug, 11. 1862. dlsd. March 32. \>M 
Wllllanu Steph. A. Ang. 11. '6-*, drsertd, Jan.-26.'fW. 
WilburnUoht e Aug. 9, 186'2, kid. Jonesboro, Ga. 
Sept. 1, WA. 



ADAMS COUNTY WAK RECORD. 



373 



Jiecruits. 
Barnett Henry T. e Ang.S. '63. trans.Co.G. 34 III. inf. 
Brewer Henry, e Aug. 22. lSfi.i, died Andersonville, 

.•\ng. 22, 18(!4. No. of grave 6,421. 
Cam|>bell .luo. e Aug. 22. 1863, absent elck at m o. 
Feleman Henry, e Aiig.20. *62, m o.June 17. '6'>, prisr. 
Garrig.lno. e .\ag.23, '62, died .VnderBonville .\ag.'64. 
Malone Francis, e Aug. 15, '62, deserted May -24, '64. 
Pierce Cornelue, e Aug. 20, 1862, died Nashville, 

Ang. 10, 1863. 
Viara Chas. e Aug. 11 ,62, died Nashville, .July 11, '63. 

Undercooks. 

Oordon Green, e July 20. '63, desertd. Dec. 1". '64. 
PLilip Berry, e Aug. 10, '63, trans. Co. G. 34 111. inf. 



CaijUiln. 
Jacob F. .loseph, com. Sept. 1, 1802. 
Lienti'naiits, 

Thus. L. Howden, Ist, com. Sept. 1, 1862. 
Pleasant N. Herndon, 'id, com. Sept. 1, 1862. 

Strytuiits. 
C. Thompson, e Ist sergt. Ang. 2, 1SU2, pro. 2(1 Lieut. 
Harlow E. Selby e .iui;. 1, ISBJ, m o Jane 7, 1S65. 
Dan W. Long, e -Aug. .'J, isii2. pro. 1st Lieut, 
Jas. H. Seaton. e Aug. 7, 18i)2, disd. as a private. 
W'm. ilccket.e Au2. 15, 18ii2, private, trans, to V. R. 
C. April 16, 1864. 

Corpomh. 

M. L. Stewart, e Aug. 6, '62, m o June 7, '65, sergt. 
Jas. T. Dellaven, e Aug. 4. 18(j3, pro. Ist Lieut. 
TnoB. Dicliinson, e Aug. 9, '62, trans, to V. R. C. 

Jan. 27, 1864. 
Jesse Haley, e Aug. 4, 1862, sergt. abst. sick at m o. 
J. C. Maetkner, e Aug. 9, '62, m o June 7, '65, sergt. 
Geo. W. Thorn Dson, e Aug. 5, '62, trans, to V. R. C. 

April 30, 181^. 
Presly Kiley, e Aug. 5, '62, m o June 7, '65, as private. 

Musicians. 
David Prettnan, e Aug. 9, '62, disd. May 1, '63, disab. 
Sebastian A. E. e Aug. 9, '6'2, dIsd. Feb. 22, '63, disab. 

Privates. • 

-M'lert J. W. e Aug. 11, '62, trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 

In, 1814. 

' 1! L. C. e Aug, 11, 1862. disd. Ang. 1, '6.3, disab. 

. T Jas. e Aug. 15, '62. disd. April 27. '63, wounds. 
. okerS. J.e Aug. 11. 6-.>, disd. April 18, 'tB, disab. 
b;irry »Vm. B. Y. e Aug, 11. '62, disd. Feb. 12, '63, 

disab. 
Butler Tobias E. e Aug. 11. 1862. pro. Ist Lieut. 
Becket Jas. A e Au?. 15, '62, m o June 7. '65, corpl. 
Becket J. M. e Aug. 15, '62, died at Goldsboso, Mar. 

27. 1865, of wounds , 
Bottorf T. F. e Aug. 15, 'i'.2, m o June 7, '63. as corpl. 
Becket J. S. e Aug. 15, '62, kid. at Jonesboro, Ga., 

Sept. 1, ISW, 
Battorf I. A e Aug. 15, '02, trans, to V. R. C. March 

15, 1865, 
Blickson Geo. e Aug. 11. 1862, deartd. Feb. 5. 1863. 
Becket Wm. T. e Aug. 11, 1862, m o June 7, 1.865. 
Castle H. e Ang. 11. "62. m o June 7. "65. as corpl. 
Curl J. B. e An^. 11, '62, died at Shelbyville, Tenn., 

Aug. 21, mn. 
Cannon Wm. E. e Aug. 8, '62, absent, sick at m o. 
Dilley V, e Aug, 13, "62, kid. at ChickamauM, .Sept. 

■20, 1863. 
DeMose John e Aug, 5, 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
DewiltDelany M. e .\ug. 11, ls62, m o June 7, 1865. 
Downing Wm. N. Aui;. 11, 18iw, m o June 7. 18r,5, 
Ensmirgar Frank e .K\\%. 4, 18i>2, mo June 7. 1865. 
Edward AssaT. e Aug. 11, 1>I62, m o June 7. 186.5. 
Farlow Jno. M. e .-Vug. 11, 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
Fargeaon Henry, e Aug. 4, 18Ji2. m o June 7, 1865. 
Fry J. e .\ug. 11. '62, trans, to V, R. C. Mar. 15, 18M. 
Flack K e Aug. 11. 1862. m o June 7, 18(i5. 
Flack Sam. i; Aug. 11, '62, trans, to V, R, C, 1865. 
Gibbon- .las. e Aug. 11, '62, trans, to V. R. C. '64, 

Jan. 15. 
Henley Madison, e Aug. 5, 1862. m o June 7, 1805. 
Haley Wm, c Ang, 7, lS3-2, mo June 7, 1865. 



Hamrick Wm, W. e Aug, 11, '62, disd. May 16, '63, 

disab, 
Hedreck Jas. e Aug. 4, '62, trans, to Co. A. 34 HI. Inf. 
Hampshir D. e Aug. 5, 1862, m o June 13. 1865, 
HandT, 0, c Ang. 15. '62. trans, to V. B.C. Nov.13,'63. 
Methinsihani Wm. e Aug. 7. 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
Metingham Juo.e Aug, 6, '62, disd. Mar. 26, '6.3, disab. 
Miller Dan. S, e Aug. 12, '62. disd. Nov. 14, '63, disab. 
McGill C. W. u Aug. 11, 1862. m o June 7. 1865. 
Miller Franklin, e Aus;. 5, "62. disd. Oct. 18, '62. disab. 
Miller .las. e Aug. 6, 1862. mo June7,'65, Ist sergt. 
AIcFarland H. M. e Ang. 5, '62, m o June 7, 65, corpl. 
Majors Arch. C. e Aug 14, 1862. 
McClenhand H. M. e Aug. 30, '62, disd. March S'2, '65, 

disab. 
Newland D. R. e Ang. 11, '62, absent, sick at m o. 
Oldson J. e Aug. 11, ""62. absent, sick at ra o. 
Onrey Abner, e Aug. 6, 18ii2. desrtd. JIarch 17. 1863. 
O'Dell Readem, e Aug. 11, 1865, m o June 7, 1865. 
O'Dell r. G. e Aug. 5, '62, disd. Jan. 23, 1865, corpl. 

wds. 
Peckler Jos. D. eAng. 13. 1.862. mo .Tune 7. 1865. 
Pollock .\1. e Aug. », 18(;2, disd. May 1,8, lsii5. 
Payne Bennet \. e Aug. 2, 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
Pilcher Wra. e Ang. 10, "62, trans, to V. R. C. April 

6, 1864. 
Kied R. C. e Aug. 4, '62, kid. at Chlckamauga, Sept. 

20, 1863. 
Koe B. F.e Aug. 1, '62, died at Shelbyville, Tenn., 

Sept. 3. 1863. 
RoseB, F, e Aug, 5, 62.diedat Quincy,Ill.,0ct'2a, 62. 
Rosenlierry L. B. e .4ug. 11, 18i;2, m o June 7, 1865. 
Simons Alex, e Aug. 9, '62, disd. April 7, '66, wde. 
Smith Wm. M. e Aug. 15. 1862, mo June 7, 1865. 
Sanborn Alonzo, e Ang. 6. 1862, m o July 31, 1865. 
Taylor Chris, e Ang. 11, 186-2, m o June 7, 1865. 
Tavlor T.S.e Aug. 5, '62, trans.to U.S,Eng,July'27, '64. 
Taylor David P. e .\ug. 11. 1862. mo July •2-2. 1865. 
Whi'o Wm. J. e July 4. '62. m o June 7, '65, as corpl. 
WisehartJ. 11. e Aug. 11, 18ia, mo June 7, 1865. 
Wisehart Ja-. R. e Aug. 11, '62, died at Chattanooga, 

Oct. .8, 1163. of wds. 
Wilson C. e July 31, '62, trans, to 1st U. S. Eng. July 

21, 1864. 
Wisehart G. e Aug. 5, 186'2. m o Jnne 7, 1865. corpl. 
Wisehart Phil C. e Aug. 11,'6'2. m o June 7,'65,corpl. 
Welch Geo. W. e Ang. 7, 1862, detached at m o. 
Whitford Jas. T. e Ang. 15, 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 

Mecruits. 
Camery P. S. e Aug. 11, 1861, corpl. died Atlanta, 

Aug. 12. lS(i4. wounds. 
Heldreth lienj. O. e Jan. •26,'64,disd.Mch.l7.'65,wds. 
Her Geo, W, e Aug. 11. 1862. m o June 7. 1865, corpl. 
King David J. e Aug. 9. 1862, m o Jnne 7, 186.5. 
Lester Emerson, e .Aug. 3. 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
Longcor Geo. e .Vug. 9. 1862. m o June 22. 1865. 
Long Wm. e Ang. 11, 1862. m o June 7. 1865. 
Long Harvey, e Jan. 26, '64. trans. Co. K. 34th 111. Inf. 
Marsh Elijah W. e Aug. 6. 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 
Miller Jas S. e Aug. 14, 1862. disd. May 30, '63. disab. 
Keed bam G. e Aug. 11, 1862, m o June 7, 1866. 

Company H. 

Sergeants. 
Edward .McKinn, e Ang. 9, 1862, kid. Bentonville, 

N. C. March 19, 1865. 
Etten Isaac, e Aug. 11, 1862, m o June 7, 1865. 



Be. 



its. 



Company K. 

Captain. 
Morris R. Vernon, com. Sept. 1,1862. 

Lieutenants. 
Jesse Parsons, 1st, com. Sept. 1, 1862. 
Wm. B. Akine, '^d, com. Sept. 1, 1803. 

Sercjeanfs. 
Wm. E. SommeriJ, 1st. e Aug. 15,'62.prom. Ist Lieut. 
Nat. Holland, u Aug. 13, '6'2. disd. May 30.'63,disab. 
Jon. Butler, e Aug. 11, disd.Feb.lO,'65,l8t.sergt.wda. 
John Reed, e Aug. 9, 1862, m o June 25, '65, private. 



374 



APAMS OOUNTT WAR RECOKn. 



Adklii»Th»». S. e Au«. 15,'tW. in o Junw 7, '«S, ferut. 
Adkiiie iKiuic W. e Aug. 15, ISM, k!d. Kfuvsaw Ml. 

.hi no 47, 1S(U. 
Ahi^Tluo. I'\ B AUK. l.'i, 'ta. m o .Imu! 7. 1S(15. 
Ilnllcy Al. K. i) Aug. 11. luiVJ. prom. Sd l.lriit. 
BariiBrOhiiKllRii, « Aug, 11. WiS, m o June 7, ISB.'). 
Ilarrtm II. U. e AuK.l.'>.'ia,dlcd Nnchvlllo, .Mny 4,'tW. 
HulliT Norman U. e Aui;. is!, isis. m o Juns .. lH<w'>. 
Ilncklvw .iMo. f Aug. 14. ISi.O. m o May 13. 'iirv, ^urg. 
Iturni" K.l*. e .\iig ir).'t»*.prom. tiuarturmaoler fergi. 
Hrown I! II. f Ang. l.'i, 'IW, dlud New llavi'n, Ky. 

Nov. 7. is«i. 
IJcorKHno. I', e Aug. 15, lS<V«,dli'd Feb. 24.'Cm, wdn. 
Huxkirk .Ino. I*, e Aug. 22. mo June 7, IsliS. 
Uuhkirk Oeo. W. c Aug 22. mv!. m ,. July 5. ISd.".. 
Cray wiu. « Aug 11, ISii2. ni ii Juiu- ■.'■.'. isi;:.. 
Cookson Andrew J. e Aug. 1:1. 1 *>''■.:. in .» .luiic T. ■<;.'>. 
('ouU«ri>au M. o Aug 1!, 1>''.'. HI o .Miiv v:. lMi.'> 
CurtiK A, o Aug. 13, 'la. disd .Manli 2s, i, 1, for pro 

r. S. C. T. 
rhinui Caleb A. e -Vug. l.l.'ia. disd. Dec.O.'BS.dlsab. » 
Chodell lieo. C e Aug. l.">, 'i>2, m o June 17, 'W. l>rl«. 
Drnry Jas. K. e July 29, 18(12, kid. Hentonvllle, N. C. 

March 1«, ISia. 
Dono>'5n Thos. o Aug. 4, ISia. ni o June 22, lS(i5. 
DnolJno. He Aug. S lS<i2, absent, sick at m o 
Davis \Vm. e Aug, 11, isia, irans. 1. O, 
l)yer.Iacob B. c Aug. 15, tf^ii. dlsd, Veh 12. lH(i3. 
t'rcuoh S. A. e .\ng. 15, IStiS, died hew Uaven, Ky. 

l>uc, 26, INia 
Kelt r«Ter L, e Aug. 15. ISiW, died Chattanooga, Oct. 

'.». isi',3, wounds. 
Kry l-'ranccs, e Aug. 15, 1S02, died Chattauooga, July 

12. ISiil, wounits. 
Kry .Andrew, e Aug, 15, ISOiS, in o June 7, ls(r>, tergt. 
Uunu (Jlias. e July 25, 1S02, m o June 7, lsi\5. corpl. 
(iard J.tiAng, 11, 1S«2, mo June 7, 1S05, corpl. 
t;unn 11.11. u Aug. 13. '62, died Uulncy, Sept. -.'5, Ma. 
Ilalns 'I'lios. H, e July 211. '02, m o June 17, «5, prle. 
lluhhell M, II, e Aug, 11, (B!, m o J une 7, 05, corpl, 
lliikerson I'aschal, e Aug, 15, lSii«, m o June 7, ISia. 
Ilyman Jno .\, « Aug. l,i, 1S(i2. prom, Ist I. lent. 
Jolly Thos, I. e Aug, It, 1S(>2, m o June 7, lsii5. 
Jolly Dan T. e Aug. 15, isi..', m o Juno 7, 1SI15, 
Johnson ileo. It. e Aug. 15, IS«2, in o Jnne 7. ISiwv 
Kiukad^ Jas, e Aug, 15, isti2, died Chattanooga, t>ct, 

22, IsiBl, wounds. 
Li'sure I'e July 2'.t. ISiiS, kid. Joncsboro,tia,Sept,'64. 
l.auberTriah, e Aug. 15, ISia, m o June 7,'B5, corpl. 
l-audon Isaac We Aug. 15.'«2,ra o June 7, '115, corpl. 
Lambert Jesse, e Aug. 30,'ii2, m o June 7, "(15. music. 
Moore Frances M. e July 2S, lS(i2, kid. I'hlckainauga, 

Sept. 'JO, ISia. 
Moore A.U.e Ang,ll.'f>2,tran«.Fion,Corp»,July 29."61, 
Moore f, M e Aug, 11 'fi2. disd. May 2. '(.3. disab. 
Mewinaw J,\V,eAug,15,'i.2.kld,Kenesaw.June27,"tM. 
Nichols I'hos. II. e Aug. 15, isii2, m o June 7, im>5. 
I'hlpps Kavid E, a Aug. 11, isii2, fllsd. Ilec, 15. lSi'.2. 
I'hipps Jos.M.e .\ng. 11, isii2, kid. Olilckamauga, 

Si-pt,'*, l!*'i3. 
Phipps K, o Aug, I'i, l!<<'rf. m o June 7. ISilIS, scrgt. 
Preshnor Chas. e Aug. 15, ISia, absent at m o ."ick. 
Uohbins J. B. e July '.ti, l.-<(i2, ni o Juno 7, isii5. 
Keed Jno, e Asg, 15, lS(i2, died al Kranklin, Tenn. 

Keh, 21, lt«3, 
Uiley Jno, 11, e Aug. 15. 1!<<;2. disd. Feb. S, 'iir>, wds. 
Roberta «' C Aug. 15, lSr.2, in o Jnne 7, IWIS, Isl. • 

sergt, 
Roherison Jno, W. c Aug. 11,1S112, died at Nashville, 

Dec, II). ISia, of was. 
Shannon \Vm, W. e Aug. 11. 18r>'2, in o June 7, lSi'v5, 
Stahl Wm, B, e Aug. il, IdW, kid. at Kencsaw Mt. 

Jane 27, isi'i4. 
Shannoi Jos, B, o Ang. 1'2, 18iM, m o Jnuo 7, lSi'.5, 
Swan lieo. \V. e Aug. 15, lS«'rt. died at Naahvllle, 

March 2l>. l^itW. 
Smith (has. A. o Aug. 14, 18(1'2, died at Nashville, 

March Sii. 18(18, eergt. 
Smith (ieo, W. e Aug, 14, W>% dlsd. Nov. 4, 18(>2, 

corpl, dIsab. 
Shirls 11 e Aug. 15, lS(i2. died Nashville, Jnly 15. W, 
Tatman lllrani, e .lulv 28, 18«2, in o Jnne 7, 18(i5, 
Tramlll Thos. J, e Aug. II, 1H«'.', m o June V, 18ii:.. 
Tlllou David A. e Aug, 15, 18<12. in o J une 7, 18<m, 
Thompson Wm. U, e Aug. 15. 18(12, m o Junc'.M, 18<i5. 
' Underwood Wm. O, e Aug, 12. 1,8(12, ni o May 13, 18(15. 
Weldon 8, M. e .\ug. 15, I8ii2, lu o June 7, 18(15, 



W«o<l I, I' AUL'. 15 18(12, d'edat Rolling' I'ork Bridge, 

■ .lau, 27, 18113, 

WiiiileM Tnos, tl, e Aug. 15, 18(12, died at AtlanU, 

Sept. 17, INH, wde. 
Zenmas Jno, u Aug. 15, 18(12, m o Jane 7, 18(I,S. 

Jtrinil/». 
Ellington W. T. e Fob. 28. 'IB, trans. Oo.K.IM III. Inf. 
Ilnrkiiess Oscar h. e Ang. '20, I8il'.>, m o June 7, IH(I&. 
Hlckersnu J. P. c Feb. 'JS.Nl,'!, trans. Co. E,:U 111. Inf. 
Jolly n, U,e Feb.-J8, I8(ir.. tans, Co. E, :t4 111, Inf, 
Jo.ly Jos, e March 3. 18(15. trans. Co. K 31 111 luf, 
New-on J . R. e Feb, 28. "Wi, Irane. Co, E, 311 ,1 1 iif. 
Porter Josh. D. o Oct, •«, 18(1:1, died at Chaitaiiooga, 
April -a, \BM. 

rmitiilgiifil liecriiils. 
Brady Robt, R, e March 311. 18(15. 
ll< luiilcks Wm. 8, pro, Sergt. Hsj, 



KOtli I II Hi II 4 ry. 

<'uiii|»iny .\. 

Sfnjfaitls. 
Harvey I'lendcnen, Ist, e July28, '112, pro, '-'d Lieut, 
Joa. D. Mansker. e Jnly -28, 18(12, reduced to rank al 

New Albany. 
Ellis Thurslnn, c July -28. 1862, reduced to rank, m o 

Jnne 111, 1HC6, wd, 
Jno. Criley, e July -JS, l,8(a, m o June 10, 18(15, wd. 

Citrimriil. 
Jas. McKlnna, e Jnly '28, 18(12, died Mnrfrseeboro, 
Tenu. AprH «, 18C«. 

I'rinil.s. 
Eaton Dan. c July '28, 18(12, died at Murfreesboro, 

Tenn. Feb. 1(1, 18(1.3. 
Paites Vincent, e July 28, 18(;2, m o Jnne 10, I8il5. 



H4th Infantry. 

The 81ih Infautrv, Illinois Volunteers, was orga- 
ni/.ed al l^iilnrv. Ill , in August, 18(12. by Col. Limls 
11, Waters, an'd mustered Into the Initecl States 
service Sept, I* 18(12, with !'51 men and oIlKers. 
Orderid «> Louisville, Ky , Sept, '-M. 18ii2, and wa» 
assii;iieil \'< the HMli Brigade, Col, Grove command- 
ing, Founh IMvlsiou, Brig, Hen, Wm. Savy Smith, 
commanili' g. iiiul marched lu pursuit of Briigg. 
The 8lih Illinois infantry was engaged in the fol- 
lowing battles; Stoi.e Uiver. Dec, 31. 18(12. and Jan. 
12ih and 13th. 18(13, lost 22S men ; Woodbury : Jan, 17, 
18('.8; chickamauga. Sept Uith and '^Oth. isitl, loss, 
172 men; Lookout Mountain, Missionary Kldge. 
and Ringgold. Nov , 'Jlth, '.'Sth, and 2i.Ih, 18(12; Dal 
ton, Feb, -J-J, 18IH 

In the Allauin campaign at Buzzard's Roost, May 
10, 18(H ; lieseca. May Mill, Burnt Hickory, May 2tiih 
to 31st, and June 1st, 2d, and 3d; Kenesaw Moun- 
tain, Smyrna, Atlanta, Jouesboro and l.ovejoy Sta- 
tion, Franklin and Nashville. Mustered out al 
Nashville, Tenn, June 8. ISfiS. 

r<l/()H<r/. 

Louis n Waters, com. Sept. 1, 18(12. 
J.iiiiteiKint Colonel. 
Thos, namer, com, Sept. 1, 1862. 

Miijor. 
Chas n Morton, com. Sept. 1, 18t>'2. 

Aithidiiii. 
Chas. E, Waters, ctmi. Sept, 1, 1862. 

Ifiiarlennasler. 
Sam. L. Hoc, con^. Aug. 9, 18(W, res. Nov. 18, 1862. 
Jas. A. Rnsaell, com. Nov. 19, 18«2. 



Jas, B, Kyle, com. Sept. 1, 1862. 

David Mcliiil. ls[ Aasl com. Sept. », 1862. 

Eiij ih L. Marshall, !»d Asst, com. Sept 1'.', 1862 




/ 




r^^^^r?^ 



QUINCY 



K^c^^^-^-^ 



ADAMS COUNfY WAK KECORl). 



375 



Chajiliiiii. 
Ralph Harris, com. Sept. 3, I86',>. 

Sergtu/U Jfa/or. 
.Juo. R. Friereon, wd. Sept. 19, 18U3. rednoed niul i 
turned to Co. P. Nov. SO, lil8. 

Andrew I. McDowell, pro. ^'d Lieat. Co. I 

(Jominiitsaij Serfjfitnt. 
.Monroe Kdwiirdn, reduced, re-trans, to Co. I. 
Company \. 
Cajilaii). 
■Ino 1". Higgius, com. Sept. 1, 18B-'. 

Lieutenixtits. 
Tbos.^J. Wisdom, Ist, com. Sept. 1, 186-.i. 



P. Stearns, M com. Sept. 1, iStia 
Pr'tvaU'A 



Bartlett H. F. e Aug. 11, 186a, desrtd. Sept. -a, \mi. 
Prentlee H. •• Tip." e Aug. 20, 186',> trans. Bri!;. baud. 

May 19, 1863. 
Ransom A. e Aug. 20, 1862, trans, to Brig, band, Mav 

19. 1863. 6 . . 

Cumpauy <'. 

Primln. 
Fee ('has. VV. e Aug. II, 1862, m o .lane 8, 1865. 
Hnrlbut Thos. W. e Aug. 8, 1862, wd. captd. ami kid. 

at Andersonville. May 1.5. 18(H, No. ijrave l,13ii 
Whiting Wm. W. e Aug. i., 1862, kid. ('hickamauga. 

Sept. 19, 1863. 

Company D. 



Bowers I. L. e Aug. 11, 1862, trans, to Brigade band. 

May 19, 1863. 
Gamble Dav. M. e Aug. 5, 1862, missing at chicka. 

manaa, Sept. 20, 1K63, supposed kid. 
Miller J. T. e July 14, 1S62, in o .lune 8, 18U5. 
Roach Stephen, e Aug. 12, 1K62, died at Clayton, 111.. 

Jan. 17, 1864. 
Salisbury J. e Aug. 12, '62, disd. Dec. 17. 62, disab. 
West Joe. e Aug. 12, lKii2, died. Feb. 13, ls«3. disab. 

Company K. 

Myron (;. Tousley, com. Sept. 1, 1862. 

hlentei^antM . 
Hiram P. Roberts, Ist, com. Sept. 1, 1862. 
Henry V. Lewie, 2d, com. Sept. 1, 1862. 

Sei-iiriinU. 
Seymoni S. Slater, e July 2.'), '62, died Jan. 21, '63, wd. 
P. Uinehart, e Aug. 7, '62, m o June 8, '63, Ist sergt 
i.'rayton Slate, e Aug. .'>, 1K62, m o June 8, 1K63. 
Jos. M. Well, e Aug. 13, '62, disd. April 25. '63. wd. 
Kobt. S. Roeschlaub, e Aug. 1, 186'2, pro. Jd Lieut. 

CorporaU. 
(;eo. W. Kimbley, e Aug. 9, 1862, died at Bowling 

Green, Ky., Feb. 10, 1863. 
J. Malone, e July 28, '62, died Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 

24, 1862. 
Oscar M. Ray, e Aur. 7. "62, m o June 8, '85, private. 
David Morns, e .Aug. 7, '62, disd. .une, '63. disab. 
Lyuiau D. Hancock, e Aug. 7, 186'2, died at Murlreee- 

boro, Tenn., April 18, 186;i. 
Wm. ,M Powers, e Aug. 1, '63, disd. 186:3, disab. 
Benj. Lightle, e Aug. 9, '62, m o June 8. '65, private 

Muiiciaii. 
Jas. E. Qioat, e Aug. 29, '62, m o June 8, '65, private. 

Privateit. 
Abbott Thos. M. e July 31, 62, m o June 8, '65, serpt. 



agby 
alizei 



Tbo 



M. 



„ . J Aug. 5, 1862, m o Juue 8, 1865. 

Bahzer F. e Aug. 8, '61!, died. Nov. '27. '6.i, disab. 
BakeiThos. W e Aug 8, '62. died at Glasgow, Ky 
'^"-. 9. 186a. 



MiivensSam. J. eAug. 4, '6ii, died at Louisville, Kv 

Oct. 9, 1802. •' 

I'.rowning Asa M. e Aug. !i, 1862, m o June 8, 1865 
Biideall Abe. H. e July 25, 186-2, m o June 8, 1865 
liiivens G. A. e July26, '62, disd. March 3, '6'3, disab 
Bartholomew Jas. T. e Aug. 11, 1863, trans. Miss 

.Marine Brig. March 7. 186.'' 
•ter Jno. J. e .■ 

Nov. 5. 1862. 

Crawford .•>. M. Aug. 7, '62, trans. V. R. C. Jan. 1, '64 
Chownicg Jno. P. e Aug. 7, 1863, wd. Chickamangs 

m o June 8, 1865, corpl. ' 

Cormeny Alb. e Aug. 8, 1862, deserted Nov. 10, 1862 
('hesshir J. W. c Aug. 1, '62, died Nov. 4, '63, disab 
Conawny J.e Ang.ll, '62, trans. V.R.c. -March 18 '64 
Davis D.A. e Aug. 14. '62, died at Murfrcesboro, Jan 

2, 1863. 
Davis Hiram, e July .io, 1K62, m o June 8, 1K65. 
Decker Wm. e Aug. !i. I»ti2, m o June 8, 1865. 
Dort Levi M. e July 25. Isia, m o June 8, 1865, corpl 
Ells S.e July 2.'j,'62,(lied at Chaitanooga,Oct.3,'63,wd. 
Fox David, e Aug. 27. '62, missing at Chickamauga 
GetE Sam. e Aug, 6, 1862. m o June 8, 1865. 
Hedges Robt. V\'. e Aug, 13. 1S62, m o June 8, 1H65. 
Hoffman W.H. e Aug. 4. '62, disd. April 39, '63, disab 
Henderson Chas. a July 39, 1«62, died at Nashville 

Nov. 28, 1862. 
Hoffman D.V. e Aug. 11. '62, disd. April 16, '63,diHab 
Hofl'mun D.S. e July SO. 18G2, died Oct. 30, 1864, wds 
Hunttr Jno. e Aug, 14. '63, disd. Feb. 15. '63, disab 
Hutchins. E. e July 31, '62. m o June 8, 1865 wd 
Hughes Jas. P. Aug. 9. '62. disd. 1S62. 
Hughes W.L.Ang, 9, '6-2. died at Nashville,Dec.-27, '62 
Karr Jas. C. e Aug 9. '62, disd, -May 4, '63, dieab 
Keller Phil, e July 25, 1K62. m ci June 8. 1865. 
Kimbley B. P. e Aug. 9, '62, m o June 8, '65, sergt. 
Lewton Hen. R. e Aug. 4, '62, desitd. May 26, 1864. 
Lewton Dan. e Aug. 8. 1^62. 

Leightle B. e Aug. 1, '62. trans. V. R. C. Aug. 23, '63 
Long J.E.e Aug.9, '63, died atNashville. April 27 '63 
Lock H. A. e Ang. H. 1863. disd, March 4, 1863, disab' 
Lock Hewlon B, e Aug, 11, isti3. ni o June 8, 1865 
Lyons Chris, e Aug. 1. '62, m o June 8, '65, as corpl. 
Lewis W. Loren, e July 25, 1862. m o June 8, 1869. 
McKay Martin V. B. e July 29, 186'2. m o June 8, '68 
Merritt Martin, e Aug. 6, 1862, m o June 8, 1865. 
McDermoit T.A. eAug. 11, '63,m o June 8,'65,corpl, 
Miller D. C. e Aug. 7, '63, in o June 8, 1865, as corpl 
.Monde Fred, e Aug. 15, '62, m o June 8, 1865. 
Norton B. e July 37, "62, m o trans eng. corps. July 

29, 18ft». f, y 3 

Oricn L,H,e Aug, 9, '62, died at Nashville, Jan.22 '64 
Penny Gadec or Gadoc, e Julv 26. '6'2, m o June 8 ' 65 
Porter A. B, e Aug. 1, '62, died. March '22, '63, disab 
Pond Jos. S. Aug. 9, '62, m o June 8, 1865, wd. 
-Poeton \V. B. ,M. e Aug. 1, '62, m o June 8, '6.5. corpl. 
Plowman James, e Aug. 5, '62, fn o June 8, '65, wd. 
Plowman Joshua, m o June 8. 1865. 
Kobb Newton J, e Aug. 4, 1662, desrtd. Dec. 2S, '64. 
Stabler <ieo. N. e Aug, 5, '6-2, m o May 15, '65. 
Stabler Jarrelt W. e Aug. 1). 1862, m o June 13. '65. 
Sparks Henry H. e July 28, 'b'2, m o June 8, 186.5. 
Scheder or Schecter L. e July 28, '6'2, June 8, '65,wd 
Shepherd John A. eAug. K, 1K6-2, died Nashville, 

Dec, 19. 1862. 
Shepherd Warren N , e Aug. 8, 18ii3, m o June 8, 1865 
Simpson Geo. W. e Aug. 11. 1862, m o June 8, 1865. 
Smith John H. e Ang. 11, 186'3, m o Juue 8, 1865, wd. 
Spitler E, e Aug. 5, '62, died Nashville, Jan. 25, '63. 
Stone Philander O. e Aug. 18, 1862, m o June 8.186S. 
Sherman Alfred, e Aug. 14, 1862, died at Murfrees- 

boro, Jan. 8, 1863, wounds. 
Taylor Benj, T, e Aug. 14, 1863, m o Jan. 8, '65, corpl. 
Tilsnn Wm. H. e Aug. 12, 186'2, disd. April 26,'64, wd. 
Thompson G. W. e Aug.,5,'62, disd. Feb.**, '63, disab. 
Wogy Phil, e Aug. 11, '62, disd, April 8, 186:). disab. 
Wells Wm. H. e July 3.5, 1862, missing at Chicka- 

manga, Sept. ■UK 1X63, 
Wilson G. W. e Aug, 5, 1862, died Quincy, Oct. 8, '62, 
Wirth Jacob, e Aug. 17, 1863, died at Murfreesboro, 

Jan. 17, 186.3, wounds. 
Whltcomb Martin f>. e Aug. 15,1862, trans, eng.coros, 

July -36, 1864. 
Young. Robt. C. e Aug. 4, 1863, m o Jane 8, 1885. 

Xecruit. 



376 



ADAMS OOUNTY WAR RKCORI). 



Company F. 

rriiiit,. 
FrIer«on .1 R e Aug. JO. 'Hi. i<uppo»ed trans V R ('. 

CompaDy G. 

UopklD80D Alb. e -I aly 20.1Hti-J. died at Murft-eesboro. 

.180. 10. Isfkl. wouDde. 
Keys ti. W. e .luly Is. iwa. m o .Inne 8. IWS. 
.McPholters .I.E. or H. e Aug.l-.(a.di8d.March 10,'ii;! 
Raiifom H e AQg.Il,'i«, tmne.Hrig. band. .May JU.-iil 
Wycufl' Perry, u .luly in, 1»«, died. .Ian ii. IWH, wd 

Coiupaiiy I. 

( 'ttjitfiiii. 
Albert .1 . Urifflth, com. Sept. a, 18W. 

LifUlftKtIttli. 

Wm. Scott, 1st, com. Sept. 1, :8B2. 

Thos. F. Kendrick, 2d. com. Sept. 1, 1802. 

Sergeaiitit. 
M. P. Edwards, let, 6 .Tuly SJ, l»a, died. Dec. 211, 

private, disab. 
.I.W.Whiteyide, e Aug. 5.'*i2, m o -Jane 8.'ii5, private, 
.lohn Dougherty, e .\ug. ,'), IHta, m o .lune 8, 18(15. 
Wm. -Mills, e Aug. 5, 18112, died Nashville, Dec. .i.'ia. 

.1. C. Logue, e Aug. 5, 18(12, pro. 2d Lieut. 

D. A. Alexander, e Aug. 5, 18(12, died at Nashville, 

.Ian. 20, 18(i:<, wd. 
.1. B. .Morris, e Aug. 5, 1SI>2. disd. Nov. 15, '(4, disab. 
•las. B. Maulove, e -Vug. 5, '(12. m o June 8. '(!.">. acrgt. 
Sam. (-'ain, e Aug. 5, '(>2. m o .June S. IHfi.'), ist sergt. 
•las. Stephens, e .\uB. 5, 18(12, m o .lune 8, 18(15. 
Henry t'romwell, e Aug. 5. '(i2, m o .lone 8. '(15, sergt. 
Ed. Davis, e Aug. 5, 18«2, m o .June 8, 18ij5. 

Prirateit. 
Alexander D. e Aug. 5, 18(i2, pro. 2d Lieut. 
Alexander A. I., e Aug. 5, lS<i2, m o .lune 8. '(15, corpl. 
Backman .\. ('. e .\ug. I,'(i2. died (iuincy, Oct.22,'(H. 
Bates F 11 e Aug. 5, iwi'. disd. .I.n. 14, IS(i:t, disab. 
Brown .1. M. e Aug. 5. 18(12. m o .lune 8, 18(15. 
Brady Hm;h. e July '.id. trans. V.R.c. Oct. •Jli.'tH, wd. 
Brothers Wilson, e July :iO. 18(12, drowned May 5, '(a. 
Brothers yam. e .luly :J0, l.s(12, died at Liberty. 111. 

.March 27, 18(14. 
Brown Thos. M. e Aug. il, 18(12. m o June H.'(15, corpl. 
Barnart (.'.e Aug. 8, '(12, died .Murfrecsboro, March. '(l.'l. 
Bntler \V. J. e Aug. :i. 18(12. m o June 8. 18(15. 
Cain N. e .AUg. 5. '(12. died Nashville. Feb. 7, "(13, wd. 
Cain Laben, e Aug. 4, 18(12. ra o June 8. le(15. 
t'rawtord W. D. e Aug. :!, 18(i2. died at Murfrcejboro, 

Jan. 10, 18(i:i, wounds, 
tarter .lohn 1). e Aug. 1 1. 18(12, m o .lune 8.'(i5,co'pl. 
(lark A. e Aug. 5. 18(12, kid. Sione Kiver. I>ec. SI. '02. 
Daugherty Thos. e Aug, 5. 1SB2. m o June 8. 18(15. 
Doyle Sam. e .luiy 15,'fl5. dropped as desrtr.Oct.l,'(14. 
Uroves Sam. W. e Aug. 3, 18(12, m o June 8. 18(15. 
Oalloway TXi. or J. e Ang.il,18(12, kid. at Stone River, 

Dec. :il, 18(12. 
Henlon W.B. e Aug. 8. '(12, trans. inv. corps, Aug. :11, '(13. 
Henry Wm. .^ e Aug. :i. 18(S. disd. Dec.'24,'il2,disab. 
Hall Atlak, e Aug. D, 18(12, m o June 8, 18(15, 
Harney A S. e Aug. .5, I8«)2, died at Muilreesboro. 

Jan. '24. .86:1. wounds. 
Heigley H. e Aug. "22, 1S62, died at Nashville, Jan. '29, 

18(3. wounds, 
Haudley, Wm, H, II i- Ane 3. 1S(12. m o .lune 8, "(15. 
Hinmaii Aaron, e Aug, 8. lHt>2. m o June 8. 18(i5. 
I.aughlln A, T, e Aug, (1. 18(12. m o June 8, 18(15. 
I^ng R. 1), e Aug. 5, 1S112. died, March 17. 'H4, dUab. 
La'hrop J,W. e Aui;,8.'(W. died Nashville, Dec.'28,'62. 
.Miller D. e Aug. 5. '62. kid. Slone River, Dec. 31, '(i2. 
Marshall Elijah, c Aug. 5, 1862. m o June 8. 1865. 
.Manlove David R. e Aug. 8, \>»2, died at Nashville. 

March -M. IsdS, wounds. 
Martin D.N. e Aug. 5. '(12. died Nashville, Dec, 14, '(12, 
Martin Thos. e Aug. n. 1862, m o June 8. 1865. 
Mason Peter, e Aug. 6. 1862. disd. Dec. 18ii'2, wd. 
McCnrdy Dan. e July 13, 1862, m o June 8, 18(15, 
McDowell A, S. e July 9, 1862, pro. Q. M. sergt. 
McCowan J. D. e July (I, 1862, m o June 8. 1865, wd. 
Pevehonse W. W. e Aug K.'BJ, m o June 8,'65, sergt 
Fevehouae J , B. e July 5, 18(1'2, m o .lune 8, 18(15. 



Stevens G. N. e Aug. 5, "62, died at NashTille, Tenn., 

Feb. 16, 1863, vfds. 
Shehonv Wm. W. e Ang. 8, 1862. died at Louisville, 

Dec. !(. 1862. 
Scott C. c Aug.3, "62. kid. at Stone River, Dec. 31, "02. 
Sievens R. e Aus. 12, I8iia, m o June 8, 1865. wd. 
Slayle D. N. e Aug. 5. 18(12, m o .lune 8, '6,'i, as corpl. 
Shehons D. e Aug 5, 18(12, died at Murfreesboro, 

April Si. 1868 
Slayle .Ino. T. e Aug. 3. 18(1'2. m o J una 8, 1H65. 
Talmam Cbas. L e Aug. 8, 18(12. m o June 8. 1865. 
Taylor Itbamar 8. e Aug .5, (12, trans, to Brig, band. 

May 20, 1863. 
Worley E.e Aug. 5, '(12, died at Louisville.Jaly 18, '63. 
Wear Dave C. e Ang. 11, "(12, m o.lune 8, '(15. as corpl. 
Webb Wm. H. Aug. 11, '62, disd. Jan. 6, '64, wd». 



Iter. 



'itx. 



Thomas C'.E.e Marcb 6, '65. trans, to C'o.F. 21 111. Inf. 
Turner Abe, e died at Stone River, Dec. »1, '62, wds. 
Whitlock I.e Aug.15, '6'2, trans, to V.R.C.Sept. 30,'63. 



89tii Infantry. 

Coinimny A 

Corimna. 
Vi W. Price, e Aug. 13, '(1'2, m o June 10. (HI. sergt. 

Priratrt. 
Aldrich Jasp, D. e Aug. 13, 1862, disd. April 4, '63, to 

enlist m EUett's Marine Brig. 
Hudson T. .1 c Aug. 11, (i-i, m o .lune 10.'65, 1st sergt. 
Roblcband F A. e Aug. 7, (12, disd. Jnue 30, '63, to 

enlist in Kllett's .Marine Brig. 
Sabers R. e Aug. 12, (12. corpl. kid at Cbickamanga, 

Sept. 19, 1863. 
Wilkinson O. e Aug.12, '62, disd. April 19,' 65, disab. 

Rrrndlt. 
Alf Henry, e Nov.'il, 1863, died at Andersonville, Oct. 

12. 1»('4, No. grave, 10,762. 
Sampson David, e Nov. il, "63, trans, to 59 111. Inf. 

Company V. 

CiiriKimU. 
J. Browning, e Aug, 10, '62, died at Nashville, March 

16, Vm. 
T. W. Dyas, e Aug. 10, 1862, m o June 16, 1865. 

Priritt(». 
Anderson C.G. e Aug. 10, '62, m o June 10, '65,rorpl 
Brown K. e Aug. 10, '(«, disd. April 1. '63. disab. 
Browning Thos. e Aug. 10, 1862, mo June 10, 1865. 
(ruin H. H. e Aug. 10. '62. di-il June 12, 1864. wds. 
Crawford Geo. B. e Aug. 10. (A. desrtd. Nov. 1-2, '62. 
Miller J. N. e Aug. 10, '62, died at New Albany, 

Ind., Nov. 21, 186-2. 
Porter D. e. Aug. 6, frj, trans, to V. H. c. Sept.16,'63, 
Sadler W.c Aug.7, '6'2, trans.to Bng.corpe, July 30.'6I 
Sadler S. e Aug. 7, 186'2, m o June 10, 1865. 

RecriiH. 
Colten S. e Dec, 16, 1863. trans, to 59 111. Inf 



9}>th Infantry 

<'oiupany F. 

Primltf. 
Cooper W. H. e Ang. 6, 1862, trans, to Co. A. cons. 
Miller J. K. e Aug. 6, '62, kid. at Vicksborg, .May 

22. 1863. 
Henderson W. H. e .Vug. 6, '62, trans, to Co. A. codi*. 
Ogle S.e July '26, '6'2. died at Houston, Mo.,Jau.-28,'63. 
Hubert A, e July '26, '62, died at New Orleans, Sept. 

10. I«i3. 
Stevens 11 e July 26, '6'2, trans, to Co. A. cons 
uiUiHmsJno. J. e Aug. 13, 1862, died at Memphis, 

Sept. 3, 1863. 

Company K, 

/•,;,,//, , 
Marks Thos e Aug, 12, 18C'2, iraus. lu Co. E. cons. 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECORP. 



377 



118th infantry. 

This regiment came into the service under the call 
ot July -J, ISlia. and wns organized in Aug.. 1863. 
Companies U. F, and K were organized in Adams 
county. 

Rendezvoued at Camp Butler from the l^t to the 
■■^th of Sept., ISrt-i, and was placed at once guarding 
the prisoners of war. Was mustered into the U. S. 
service Nov. 7, 1.S63. by Capt. Washington. Em- 
barked for Memphis, Tenn., where it arrived on the 
llth of Dec. 1S62. Onthe'Mth left with Sherman for 
Vickf*barg, Miss.: participated in the engagement 
at Chickasaw Bluffs from the'JOth to the 30th of Dec. 
Re-embarked and arrived at .Vrkansas l*ort -Ian. 9, 
1863, and engaged in the capture of the b'ort on the 
10th and llth. Engaged in the following battles: 
Thompson's Hills i Port Gibson) May 1st, 18B:3: Siege 
of Vicksburg until after the assaults on ths 19th and 
*id of May, 18b:3; Jackson, from the 10th to the 17th 
of .Inly. 

By the order of Gen. Grant the regiment was 
mounted June IDth, isii3. On the 1th of August w is 
transferred as part of the Kith Army Corps to the 
Department of the Gulf. The horses ot the regiment 
were turned over to the Q. M. Aug, 8. On the 4th of 
Oct. was ordered to Algiers. La., to report to Brig. 
Gen. A. L. Lee. Chief of Cavalry Department of the 
Gulf. Drew horses and re-mounted Oct. 10th. 
Participated in the engagement near Washington, 
La.. Oc . ~4. Was in a severe engagement Nov. 3. 
known as the battle of Grand Coteau. Vermilion- 
ville. and Nov. 11 Vermilion Bayou. Remained at 
New Iberia, La . participating in the daily scouts 
and skirmishes until Dec. IS, when it embarked for 
Port Hudson, where It arrived Jan. 7, 18(i4. March 
.30 a portion of ihe regiment was in a severe tight at 
Bayon Grosse-Tete. La., in which a determined sabre 
charge and hand-to hand fight against superior num- 
bers saved them from defeat and capture. Moved to 
Baton Rouge. La.. Jnly;i, and remained until Sept. 4; 
participating in Gen. I.ee's raids and in engagements 
at Redwood. Comite Bridge and Clinton, Aug. ~.5. 
Marched to Hermitage Plantation, opposite Donald- 
sonville. La , and 'rom this point went with Gen. Lee 
on his raid to Liberty and Brookhaven, Miss. During 
ihe months of -lanuary. February, March, .Vpril and 
to the 23d of May. 1805. the regiment was engaged in 
scouting, picketing. &c. May iid. the horses were 
turned over to the Q. M., and from that time the regi- 
ment was doing provost duty in the city of Baton 
Rouge up to Oct. 1, 18:;,5, when it was mustered out 
of service. 

rnf,,,,,/. 
Jno, J. Fonda, com. Nov. 29, 18G2. 

Ueiitenaiit Colonel. 
Jno. J Fonda, com. Nov. 22. 1S6S, pro 

Major. 
RoblM. McClaughry, com. Nov. s, isu;. 

Ad],iliinl. 
Jno. li. Barnes, com. Oct. 17, 1862. 
<iiiarlirmost,r. 
W. K. Davidson, com. Oct. 13, 186-2. 



.Madison Reese, com. Dec. 15 l.si)2. 

Jno. K. Bonds, Ist Asst. com. .Sov. 27. ixit3. 

Elner Nichols, 2d .\s8t. com. Dec. 19, ls62, 

ChopUlin. 
Thos. M. Walker, com. Dec. 19, 18ii2. 



Edgington Jesse, e Aug. 15, 18ti2, trans. 



Simpson Jno. C. e Feb. 25, |ki,5, m o Oct. 1. ISfiu- 
Schrim Granville, e Feb. •iS<. ls«5. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 



Caiitmn. 
Jno. H, Ilutton. com. Nov. 7, 18K. 

Lhtllfiutnl^. 

Wm. J Urown. Jr. 1st. com. Nov. 29, \i>*\i. 
W. J. Sturr, 2d, com. Nov. 7, 18(i2. 

Spr(jftnifs. 
Thos. \V Lindsey, Ist, e .\ug. 15, 'liS, m o Oct. 11, '65 

private. 
Louis W. Menu, e Aug. 15, 1862, pro. 1st Lieut. 
J. W. Clark,e Aug.l5,'62,m o Oct.I.65.com.lst Lieut. 
Jas. Delamatar. e Aug. 15, 1.1112, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Jas. V. Mays, e Aug. 15, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 

Vnrporfils. 
Jno. Finkle, c .\ug. 15, 1862, private, trans. Invalid 

Corps, .March 15, 1861. 
Jas. Cnnningham, e Aug. 15, '62, desrtd. April 28, 'ijs. 
Benj. J. Kinkaid, e \Bg. 15, 18B'2, m o Oct. 1. 1865. 

Ist sergt, com. 2 I Lieut. 
J. Y. Young, e Aug. 15, 186'2, private died Sept.26,'tl3. 
Jas. Darnell, e Aug. 15. Iwii2. disd. Sept. 6.'U3, uisab. 
Josiah O'Neal, e Aug. l.i, 18H3, m o Sept. 21, 1865. 
Wm. .<. S-vier, e Aug. 15,'i)-3, m o Oct. 1.'65. sergt. 
Jos. Fairlield, e Aug. 15, lsii3. m o Oct. 1. 1865. 

Miisiniinx. 
Jas. Minicaire, e Aug. 15 IH63, died Feb. 10, 1863. 
Jas. Stobie. e Aug. 15,'63. disd. March 31, '63. disab. 
C. Womelsborf. e Aug. 15, '62, disd. Sept.2,'63,di8ab. 

Wufjomr. 
Martin Xephy. e Aug. 15, '62, died Cairo, Dec. 4, '64. 

Prirolis. 
Alexander Geo. N. e Aug. 15, '62, disd. Aug. 23, '65, 

corpl. disab. 
Arning Jno. A. e Aug. 15, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Apsley Wm. .-J. e Aug. 15, 'Ii3.disd. July 31 '63.di8ab. 
Brinager Amos, e Aug. 15, 186-2, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Bayles Geo. W. e Aug. 15. '62, m o May 27. 'H5, prisr. 
Beckgerd Jno. e Aug. 1.5, 186'3, m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Coyle Jno. e Au?. 15, 1862, desrtd. Nov. 27, 1862. 
Carroll Richard, e Aug. 15, 1862, trans. Co. K. 
Cunningham VanBuren.e Aug.l5."62, died Jan. 9,'63. 
thow Jno. F. e Aug. 15, 1862, trans. Co. K. 
Conley Thos. e Aug. 15, 1862, died Jan. 5, 186.3. 
Cunningham T. e Aug. 15, '62. disd. Mch.31,'63.disab. 
Coyle Jas. e Aug. 15, 1863, deartd.Nov. 27, 1863. 
Craig Wm. e Aug. 15, 1862, ra o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Dorman Wm. e Aug. 15, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Darr Wm. e Ang. 15, 1862, trans. Co. K. 
Elfus Jno. H. e Aug. 15. 1863, m o Oct. 1, '65. corpl. 
Edwards Jno. e Aug. 16, '63, disd. Sept. 22,"65,di8ab. 
Elfers Jacob, e Aug. 15, 1863, m o May 30. 1865. 
F.sher Chas. e .\U8. 15, 1862, trans. Invalid Corps. 

Jan. 15, 1865. 
Funk Jacob, Aug. 15, '62. disd. June 10, '65, disab. 
Franks Isaac, e Aug. 15, 1863. died July 33. 1863. 
Finkle Gideon G. e Aug. 15. 1863. desrtd. Aug. 3, '63. 
Goldsmith Jos. B. e Ang. 15. l^S. trans. Co. K. 
Graves Jos. e Aug. 15. 1863, died .^pril 25, 1863. 
Graham Abe, e Aug. 15, isi;3 disd. Mch. 31, '63. disab. 
Huntley Chas. W. e Aug. 15, 1^63, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Hughes Wm. T. e Ang. 15,1862,dicd.Feb.ll,M3,di8ab. 
Hutton Theo. J. Aug. 15, '62, m o Oct. 1, '65, corpl. 
Koustiener Henry, e Ang. 15, '63. died Aug. IS, 1863. 
Kinkle Phil, e Aug. 15, 1863, died May 5, 1865. 
King Thos. e Aug. 15, 1S63 desrtd. Aug. 10, 1865. 
Kealan Wiley W. e .\ng. 15. '63, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Landrum Jesse, e Aug. 15, r.3, disd. July 31,'63.disah. 
Ijock H.e Aug. 15, '63, trans. Invalid corps. Feb.15,'64. 
Lee J. J. e Aug. 16,'63,died New Orleans, Sept. 13, '64. 
Menn T. e Aug. 15,'6S. trans. Inv. Corps. .May 31, '64. 
Mayer Chas. e Aug. 15, 186'2. m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Mulican Wm. e Aug. 15. 'Oi.disd. March 31, •63,di8ab. 
Mclntyre Wm. e Aug. 15, 186-2. disd. Ang. 23, 1865. 
Norris .\ndrew J. e Ang. 1.5. 18ii3. died Aug. ia. 186:J, 
O'Neal Cyrns, e .\ag. 15. 1863, d eil Cairo Jan. 1, '63. 
O'Farrel M. e Aug. 15, 1863, trans, to Co. K. 
Poole Sam. e Aug. 15. 1863, trans, to Co. K. 
Perkins A. e Aug. 15, 1863. died Jan. 10, 1865. disab. 
Reading Dan. e Ang. 15, 186-2, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 



378 



APAMS OO0NTT WAR RKCORn. 



RoberlF .las. e Aug. 15, 18fi2, absent, sick at m o 
Sohn .Ino. e Aue. 15, 186i. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Sanders Eph. e Aug. 115. 186i, prlsr. .Tnly 9. 186:) 
Snyder II. .) e Ausr 15. l80-.>, m o Oct. 1, 18&> 
Slein Geo e Auf 15. 186;. trans, to Co. K 
Snvder .lohn. e Aug. 15. 186-2, m n Oct 1, 186S- 
Taylor Noble 1). e Ang. 15. 186:2. m o Oct. 1. iob5 
Tucker .Ino. e Aug. 15. '6i. disrt Ang. 11. 65. dinab 
Tucker Geo. D.e An?. 15. 1862, died MilUken's Bend. 

Turnbaueh .1. W. e Aug. 15. 1862. died MarchU, W. 
'Tieman Fred, e .\ug. 15. 1862, m o Oct. 1. 18to. 
Valen .Jok. A. e Aug 15. 181)0 m o Oct. 1, lw«- 
Woodcock .lov e Aug. 15, 1863. trans. Invalid Corps. 
Aug. 1. 186:!. . ., „ u •). yoRi 

Watson It. T e Aug. 15, ISG'.'. disd. March -il, 186-5. 

West Austin, e Aug. 15, 1862. m o Oct. 1, 18B5 corpl. 
Welch Michael, e Aug. 15. 186J, died New Orleans. 

Sept. 1. 186:i. , ,_^ 

Wimsms .loB. e Aug. 15, 1862, in o 0<-t. 1, 1865. 
W..mel8dori Liidwig. e An..'. 15, 1862, m o Oct. 1. 6M 
Wilcbx .1. R. e Aug. 15. 1862. m o Oct. 1, 1865, corpl. 
Wilcox E. e Aug. 15, 1862. disd. March 11, 63, disab. 
Watson J. B. e Aug. 15. 1862, trans, to Co. K. 

Jtecridls. 
Miller .Ino. A. e.lan. 30, 1864, m o Oct. 1. 18fi5_ 
Slater Geo. L. e March 1. 1865. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Wilcox Stephen T. e Oct. 26. 1.S6:), died Oct. 26, IK61. 



Company K. 

Jtecniilo. 
Hrcui Augustus Wm. m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Kimliall Horace M. cT^b. 2-'. 1865. m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Kimbiill Hiram L. e Feb. ii 1865. in o Oct. 1 186o^ 
S.mtlier .Ino. A. e Aug. 15. Y.l, rti«d. pro. Feb. 27, 65. 
IThler A. .1. e Feb. -ii, 18I.5. m .. Oct 1. 1865„corpl. 
Ualer Wm. H. e Feb. 22. 1H65, m o Oct. 1, 1866. 

Company K. 

Captain. 
Will. .1 . Evans, com. Nov. 2, 1862. 
LifutmaiilA. 
Ham Young, 1st, com. Nov. 7, 1862. 
Ira Taylor, 2d, com. Nov. 7, 1862. 

Alberto. Bliveu. 1st. e Aug. ■'•.'S'^-APf,''- '^Ih'Sli'.h 
Turner Lock, e .\ug. 14 '62. disu. Sept. 5, 64. disab. 
lienj. Hall, e Aug. 4. 1862. pro. 1" Lieut. 
Louis Wilcox, e Aug. 4, -62, di"?- Fjb. ^9..''*i,5'h »q 
Charles W. Campbell, e Aug. 4, 1862, died. Feb. -». 
1863, disab. 

Wm. Holcomb. c Aug. 14, 1862, m o Oct. 1, BS- Prj^; 

bonis Beyer e Aug. 14. 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. Ist 
sergt. com. 1st. Lieut. ,. ^ , , „ ,^„,„ 

Thos Willis e Aug. 14. 1S62, disd. -Inly 6. IMH. 

I S Uaver 4 Au" 14, 1862, in o March 31, '63. d.sab. 

Hiram U Reynofds.e Aug. 4, 1862. died. at Carrol- 
ton, La. Sept. 5. 1863. . , j. j «. u .>o •«•< 

.;eo W. Campbell, e Ang. 14. 1862, f«d- J-eb. 29 63. 
r. Tracy, e Aug. 4,1862, disd. April 11, l'*3, disab. 

Thos. T. Linthecum, e Aug. 14, 1862. disd. March 1. 

1863. dieab. ,. ^ . ., ,, .,.., j,„.k 

S. R. Hull, e Ang. 4, 1862, died. April 11, M. disab 

Wago?ier. 
.lohii lietts, e Aug. 14. 1862. disd. .Ian. 1. 1861. 



Campbell .1. E. e Auj;. 4. 1862. m o Oct. i. 'B5. screl. 
Chamberlain W. G. c Aug. 14, 1862, disd. Jan. 30, 

1863, disab. 
Chamberlain .las. e Aug 4. 1862, m o O'^t. 1. 1885. 
Cartright A. J. e Aug. 14, 1862, disd. March 13. 1863. 

disab. 
Dean Wm. c Aug. 4, 1862. disd. April II, 186;i. disab. 
Dempscy laa. e Ang. 4. 1862. m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Elliot c. R. e Aug. 4. 1K62, disd. .Ian. 3. 1864. disab. 
Flick Andreas, e Apg 4, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Fruit Theo. C. e .\ue. 4. 1862. m o Oct. 1. 1865. sergt. 
Gray Lafayette, e Aug. 14, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Gilkey Thos. F. <i Aug. i. 1862. m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Holdman Geo. W. c Aug. 14. 1862. m o Oct. 1, 1865 
iioll-^mbrook Wm. H. e Aug. 4. 1862. disd. April 11. 

186.3. disab. 
Hammond Franklin, e Aug. 4. 1862. died at Arkansas 
Post. Jan 11. 1«63. „ . 

Hinckley R. W. e Aug. 14, 1862, disd. Aug. 8, 186;i, 

di«at>. 
Halcomb John O. e Aug 4. 1862, m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Ham Frances M. e Aug 4, 1862. m o Oci. l.'6.5. sergt. 
Heine Fred, e Aug. 4. 1S62. disd. Sept. 4.1864. disab. 
Jones Sam. e Aug. 14. '62, d'sd. March 24. M. disab. 
Kirk Jas. W. e .Vug. 14.'62. died St. Louis.Feb.24.'6:i 
Likes Phil, e Aug. 4. 1862. disd. Jnne 25. 1863. rtisah 
Linthicum J D. e Aug.4.'62, di.-d. June 6.'63. disab 
Liiithicum .8am. A, e Aug. 4, 1S62. trans, fo. K. 
Likes Edward, e Aug. 4. 1862. m o Oct. 1. 18ti5. 
Layman J. e Aug. 14, '62. tras. inv. corps. June 15, ii3 
Layman J H.e Aug.l4,'6-2,tran8.inv.corps.June 15 'rti 
Manker J. 11 e Aug.4.'62, died Memphis. March ii.'63. 
McDale Anderson, e Aug. 4. 1862. trans. Co. K. 
Manker Bryon, e Aug. 14, 1862. disd. Feb. 4. 1863. 
Morgan B.'T. e Aug. 4. 1862. m o Oct. 1, 1865. corpl. 
.McClary Dan. c .\ug. 4. 1862, died on steamer "D. A 

January," July 1. 1863. 
Meed Greenville, u Ang.4.'62.disd June 25,"63.di8ab. 
Neal Phil, e Ang. 14, '62, died M raphis, l>ec. '28, '62. 
Pnlliam Harnson H. e Ang. 4. 18<i2. m o Oct. 1, 1»«5 
Parker John 1. e Aug. 4. 1862. m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Reevts C. W. e Aug. 4, '62, died Memphis, Jan.Z6. 63. 
Reed H. G. e \ug. 14. '6'3, died Memphis, Jan. 7. '63. 
Sherwood C.T e Aug. 4, 1862. disd. Jan.5.'64,di ah. 
Stevens J. W. e Aug. 14. '62. m o Oct. 1, 1865, sergt. 
SheeW Phi:, e Ang. 14, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 18<i5. 
Smiley D. T. e Aug. 4, 1862. m o Oct. 1. 1865. corpl. 
Stockton Lem W. e Aug. 4, 186'2. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Spencer Arthur W. e Aug. 4. 1862. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Stnrtevant Chas. W. e Aug. 14. 1862. trans. < o. K. 
Tyler Uriah, e Aug. 4, 1362. disd. Dec. 8. 1863. 
Thirsting Roht. T. e Aug. 4, 1862. died Yazoo River, 

Jan. 1, 1863. 
Tun.'ate Wm. H. e Aug. 4. 1862, m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Thompson Jas. e Ang. 4. 1862. died Jan 25, 1865. 
Winner Sam. e Aug. 4.186-2, disd. June ■25.'63. disah. 
Witiia Ja". e Aug. 4, 1862, died at Young's Point.La, 
Wisdom A. S. e. Ang. 14, 1862, died Jan. 12,'63. wds. 



Pri 



nteM. 



He 



lilS. 



And.rson I. 8. e Aug. V.'?-''*'''^-6P',JV'%' h-m'-fi 
itonlvar S G 'e Ang. 4. 6'2. trans. V. R.C. Feb. 19, 61. 
lielirirJoelj! e .\ug. 4. 1862. died at MiUiken's Bend. 

Bel's J.'e'' Aug. 14. 1862. died Cairo Ja"- «. •63,wds, 
«,-il8 Dan. e Aug. 14. 1862. mo Oct. 1. 1865^ 
•ord .Ino. J. e -Vug. 14. 1862. m o Oct 1. 1865, corpl. 
Cherry Ja*. e Aug. 4. 1862. died Carrolton. La. sept. 

Calvin David, e Aug. 14. 186'2, desrtd. Ang 20.1863. 
cockerel P. e Aug. 14. 186-2. disd. March 1. '64, disab. 



Anderson John, e Aug. 14. 1864, m o Jnne 3, 1865. 

Belts Wm. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 

Campbell Wm. e Feb. 28. 1865, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 

Da\1s John, e Sept. 1-2. 1864. m o Jnne -23, 1865. 

Morgan Geo. W. e Feb -22, 1865, m o Oct. 1. 1865. 

Mcriam Jas.in o Oct. 1. 186.">. 

Moore Andrew J. e March 16. 1865, m o On 1, 1865 

Nations Albert, e Feb. -25. 1865. m o Oct. 1. 1865^ 

ncry Lewis C. c March 16. 1865, m o Oct. 1. 1865. 

Willis Thos. e Feb. -25. 18<'>5. m n Oct. 1, 186."> 

Wilson Wright U. e March 15, 1865, m o Oct. 1, 1865 

Company H. 

Private. 
Martin Jas. e Aug. 15, 1863, died. Aug. a. '63, disab 

Hfcruitt. 
l-arvcr Thos L. e Feb. -22. 1885. m o Oct. 1, 1865_ 
Dickhut Chas. W e Feb. -27. 1865. m o Oct. 1, R» 
Dlckhut Wm c. e Feb. 27. 1S6.J. m o Oct I 8b.>. 
Dickhut Chris. G. e Feb. -24. isio. m o Oct 1. 1865. 
Gaits Tnos. c Feb. -H, 1865. m o Oct. 1. I8b5. 
May Phil, e Feb. -24. 1865. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Company I. 

Reeniilf. 
Bennett John R. e Feb. -28. 1865, mo Oct. 1. 1865. 
Barker Ja». S. e Feb. 28, 1865. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 



A HAMS COUNTY WAR RKCORD. 



379 



Bornipp Albert, e Feb. -38. IseT), m n Uct 1, IsiiS. 

Kish ('has. G. e Feb. -JS. 18(jS. m o Oct. 1. ISHS. 

Rnrl .las. e Feb. -JS, I8ii5, died at Baton Kouge. La. 

May S. 1S65. 
Han .lohn F. disd. June B, lSli5. 
Hendricks Wm. K. m o Oct. 1. IStio. 
.lackson Calvin R. c Fe >. i-i. 18Bo, ni o Oct. 1, 1K65. 
Harracli Jas. T. m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Wilson Robt, m o Uct. 1, ISira. 

Company K. 

Captain . 
•lohn D. Kosonbrook. com. Nov. », 18U-J. 



.John S. Spangler. let. com. Nov. -9, 18B:i. 
Edmond Higbie. ii. com. Nov. 39. 18B-,'. 

Sergeant, 
.las. W. Hewitt, 1st, e Aug. 15. ISB-J. m o uct. 1, 
1S65. com. 1st Lieut. 

Prii)ateii. 
Austin t.'. e Aug. 15. 18B'.2. disd. -Ian. ".27, 186:^., disab. 
Allison Henry, e Aug. 15. "B^, disd. March -4.'()3.disab 
Austin D. W. e Aug. 15.'H>. m o Oct. 1. '65, as corpl. 
Battell Kichard. e Aug. 15. 'B^.disd. Match B.'B:J, disab. 
Browle .lohn, e Aug. 15. IsB'i. m o Oct. 1, ISB.i. 
Brown Wm. .1. e Aug. 15. lS(y. pro. let Lieut. Co. D. 
Barclay E. H.. e Aug. 15.18B'3, corp. died at Smith's 

Plantatioo, .May 1, 18B3. 
Barclay W. e Aug. 15, 1882, trans, to signal corps, 

Nov. iT, rum. 
Buslow Wm. e Aug. 15, 'B-J. disd. July 12, '63. disab. 
Bustow T. .1 . e Aug. 15. 18B2, m o Oct 1, 1865. 
I rank T. .T. e Aug. 15, '62, died at .Milliken's Bend, 

May 4, 1S63. 
Curtiss Harkless. e .\ng. 1.5. ISB'J. m o Oct. 1, 1.S65. 
Coger E'ier B.e .A.ug. 15, '62, disd. April 25. '62, disab. 
Dunbar .1. H. e Aug. 1-5, B-J. d'sd. March 26. '6'J.disab. 
Drake Andiew B. e Aug. 15, 186-J, m o Oct. 1. 18B5. 
DuntiaM .T. W. e Aug. 15. '6-3, died at Young's Point. 

March 2, 1863. 
Ellis Benj. F. e Aug. 15. 1862, m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
Hewitt Elijah C. e Aug. 1.5, 1865, m o Oct. 1. 1865. 
HoUiday .\. e Aug. 15. "62. disd. ^larcb 14, '64, corpl. 



disab. 



■62, died at Woodville. 111., 



'64, disab. 
'63, disab. 
n's Bend. 



Holion .J. W. e Aug 

Sept. •2Z. 1863. 
Iligtiie Kdmond, e Aug. 15, 1862, pro. to 'id Lieut. 
Houghton Chas. e Aug. 15. 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Harris ('. e Aug. 15, 'B'2, disd. March -24, '63, disab 
Ketchum .Tno e Aug, 15, "62, corpl.. died at Vicks- 

borg, Dec. 10, 1863. 
MctJrew Andrew, e Aug. 15, 186'2, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Kercer Eli, e Aug. 15. 1862. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
M-tcalf M. D. e Aug. 15. '62. disd.Feb. 13. '63.disab. 
Poling Chas. E. e Aug. 15. '62, died at New Orkans, 

Oct. 10. 1863. 
Poling A. W. e Aug. 15, '62. disd. .luly 12, 
Poling G. W. e Aug. 15. '63. died April 17, 
Poling E. e Aug. 15, '6-2, died at Millike 

La.. March 26, 186'1. 
Poling .Ino. E.e .\ug. 15, '62. disd. Mar.29, 'f.5, disab. 
I'oling W. P. e sei'gt. trans, to Sig. corps. Oct. 7. '63. 
• Milg Chauncey T. e Aug. 15, 1862. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
!, -.<>nbrook Wm. E. e Aug. 15, 1862, seret. died at 

lilack River Bridge. .Miss., .Iu'y28. 1863. 
i-t Chas. e Aug. 15, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
...-se Wm. H. e Anu. 15, 186-2, mo Oct. 1,1865. 

sergt. com. 2d Lieut. 
Rice v\ . P. e Aug. 15. 1862. m o Oct. 1, 1865, as corpl. 
Ralev .1. e Aug. 15, 1862, died at Hospital boat, .June 

12, 1863. 
Raley.l. D. e Aug. 15, '62. trans, to luvalid corps, 

Dec. 16. 1863. 
Shupe D. We Ang. l,"i, 186'2. mo Oct, 1, '65,85 corpl. 
Scott Sam. e Aug. 15. '62. trans, to Invalid corps, 

Sept. 30. 1863, 
Sculler .loe, e Aug. 15. 1862. disd. Aug. 17. '65. disab. 
Shepherd .laro'i, e died at Vicksburg. Aug. 21. 1863. 
Taylor Thos. .M. e. Aug. 15, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Wiav Sam. W. e Aug. 15, 1862, wagoner, died at 

Carrolton. La., Aug. 2:J, 1863. 
Welling, Tlieo.e Aug. 15, ■6'2, disd. April 9, '64. disab. 



Edgerton .lesse. e Aug. 15, '62, died at Mound City, 

lit., .Jan. 12, 1863. 
Fessenden H,.J,e Aug. 15, '62. disd.Aug. 3. '63, disab. 
Foulch .J. L. e Aug, 15, '62, m o Oct. 1, 1865. sergt. 
Gorman Hugh, desrtd. Dec. 18, 1862. 
Goldsmith .7. B. e Aug, 15. 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Graham A, e Aug, 15, '62, disri. Mar. 31, 1863, disab. 
McDole Anderson, e Aug. 4. '62. desrtd. Nov 27, '62. 
O'Farrel Mike, c Aug, 15, 1862, disd. July 7, 1865. 
Poole Sam. e Aug. 16, 1863, desrtd. Dec. 1, 1862. 
Stein Geo. e Ang. 15, 1862, desrtd. Dec. 1, 1862. 
Sturtevant Chas. W. e Aug. 14. '62, disd. April 12, 

1863, disab. 
Watson J. R. e Ang. 15. 1862. desrtd. April 'J, 1863. 
Wright Geo. e March 30. 1865. m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Weaver Alvln, e March 30, 1865. 

Unasslgned Bei-ruits. 
Wineel Aaron, e Jan. 30. 1864. 



119th Infantry. 

The 119th Infantry was organized at (iuiucy. 111.. 
Sept. 18.186-2. by Col. Thos. J.Kinney; was mus- 
tered in Oct. 10, by Lieut. K. Knox. U. S. A., moved 
Nov. 2, to Columbus, Ky,, and thence to Jackson. 
Tenn.; on Dec. 3, moved to post of Kenton. On Dec, 
21. Companies (t and K were capmred at Ruther- 
lord's Station . On 6th of February. 1863, moved to 
Humboldt; May 30, moved to Memphis, ai d was 
assigned to Fourth Brigade. Cul D. Moore com- 
manding. Fourth Division. Brig Gen. J. C. V'each. 
commanding, 16th army corps.. Maj. Gen. S. A, 
Hurlbut commanding. On 27th of January 1864, 
moved to Vicksburg, Miss,, and was engaged m tue 
campaien under Gen, Siierman, returning to Vicks- 
burg, March 4, On 10th, embarked on Red River e.\- 
l.edltion, engaged in battles of Port De Rus8.-y, 
Pleasant Hill, Bayou Lamoore. and Yellow Bayou, 
Moved to Vicksburg, May 25, and Memphis. June -24. . 
Moved by rail to La Grange. July .5. commenced 
march through Mississippi. Engaged Faiiest's 
force at Tupelo, 14th— returned to Mempuis on 37th. 
September 5, moved to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. i)ct. 
•2, started after Cree's. and returned November 18. 
havlne marched over 700 miles. Dec. 1, arr vod at 
Nashville; was engaged in battle of Dec. loth and 
16th ; pursued the enemy to Eastport, On Peuruarv 
8, embarked for New Orleans, March 5. moved to 
Daupbine Island, On 19tU to Spanish Fort and 
Blakely, Was engaged at both points, being in 
skirmish line. Moved to Montgomery and Mobile, 
Mustered out August '26, 1865, by Capl. 



Ill Builer. Uli- 
ived linal pay- 



Re. 



'ilK. 



Carroll Richard, e Aui.'. 15, 1862, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 
Darr Wm. e Aug, 15, 186'2, m o Oct. 1, 1865. 



Howell, A, C, M,, and arrived at 
nois. September 4, 1865, where i! r 
ment and discharge. 

Colonel. 
Thos. J. Kinney, com. Oct. 7, 1862 

Lieutenant Cohin.l. 
Sam. E. Taylor, com, Sept. 12, 1862. 

Major. 
Wm. H. Watson, com. Sept. 19. 1862. 

.Uljulanl. 
Harvey S. Buck, com. Sept. 19, 1862, 

(Jnarternidxter. 
Delos Allen, com, Aug, '25, 1S6'2, 
fSunieiii":. 
Thos, Monroe. 

Reuben Woods. 1st Asst, com. O t. in. isiw 
George A. Byrne, -id, Asst. com. Nov, U, 1862. 

Cliaiilain. 
Chas. S. Callihan, com. Oct. 10, 1862. 

Coiupany A. 

Captain. 
Hugo Hollau. com. 0:t. 7, 1862. 
Lieuten'tnttt. 
Sylvester T. Worley. Ist, com. Oct. 7, 186'2. 
Harmon B, Hubbard, 2d, com, Oct. 7, 1862. 



380 



ADAMS COCN-n' WAR RECORD. 



Oen. Wcddi-nhamnier, I»t,e An?. 1, 1868. Bcrgt. wd. 
Chsrle* R. Watt. « Aug. 1, 18SJ, pro. 1st Sergt. then 

iBt Liciit. 
Jan Waru. e Aug. '.I. I86^>. pro. 2nd Lieut. 
A. .Madson, e A'ig. 14. 1H62. diad. April 15, '«), disab. 

Cfirporaiif. 
.Ino. n. Cook K Xaa. 14, '62. m o Jane 7. '65, 9eri;f. 
Ilcnry R. Wdsoa. e Aug », '6vJ, m o .\U2. ». '85, sergt. 
Daniel H. Dirby, m o JnljrS, 1885 priva e. 
Th08. WatKon. e Aug. !P, 'e,-i. died Apr 1 10, IW. wds. 
Cbas. BimpsoH e Aug. 1:1. 1?6J, m o May 18, 1881. 
Norman tiay,e .\ug.l4, 'tf '. died nMiulnc»,0.:l. 6, 8:1. 
Wm. Davis, e Aug. i:l, 186C, reduced lo ranlj, trans. 

V. R. C, Feb. 11, IHW. 
Edward Evans, e Aug. 12. 1862, m o Aug. -JB, ISia. 

Priralrs. 
Austin Moses, e Aug. II, 1862, wd. m o Aug. 26. 188.'). 
sergt. com . 2d Lieut. t 

Anderson Jno. T. c Aug. 11. 1882, ra o Aug. 28. 186.-). 
AiKiibroli I.ouls. Au? '20, 1882 dclaclied at m o. 
Ahern .Ino <> Aug. 1. 1882, absent, sick at lu o. 
Bamburg A. II. e Aug. 3. 1862, trans. V. R. C. April 

1. 1885. 
Been A. li e Aug. il, 1K62, mo .\ng. 26. 1865. sergt. 
Belts Jas. A. e Ang. 11, 186-2, mo Aug. IM, 1865 
Beneviiz Fred. A. e Aug. 4. 1R02, m o Aug. 26, 1865. 
Boat Ira. c Aug. 15, 1882, m o Aug. 28, 1865. 
Bohol Ptiil. e Aug. 4, '62. trans. V. R C. Feb. 11, "64. 
Burleigh ,Ino. q. e Aug. 9,'62. m o May 2.'), 186,5, wd. 
Burke Jusiah, e Aug. 9, 1883, m o Aug. 18, 1885, 

corpl. wd. 
Chase Ohas. e Aug. 9, 1862 m o Aug 'JB. 1885, sergt. 
Cross Henry, e Aug. 1'2, 1862. m o Aug. 26, '8.5, corpl. 
Dorman Henry I), e Aug. 2, 1862. 
Dalton Jas. e Aug. 10. 1862, m o May 111. 1885. 
Darhv Nathan N. e Aul' 7. 1862, desrld Nov. 2, '62. 
Diailrich C. e Aus. 1 '. ISiii, m o May '27. 1865, dlsab. 
Frost 1,. e .\ag. 8. 1862, m o Aug. •Hi. V^a. 
Frost O. !■ Aug. 8. 1882. m o Aug. '26. 188.5, corpl. 
Ciraham Wm. e Aug. 8, 1862, died St. I.ouis, March 

25, 1885. 
Glbbs .Ino C e Aug. 11. '62. disd. May .■». •6.!, disab. 
Orieser Chrl'. e Auir 12, 1882, m o Aug 19, 1865 
(Jeisel .1. e Au-. 8. 1882, trans. V. R. ('. April 2 1861. 
Ilnskins He Am-. 22, 188-2, died at .lackson, Tenn. 

Dec 8. 1862. 
Hi-anev Ed. e Aug 11. 1882, m o Aug. -26. 1885. 
Heini-'Fred. e Aug. 13. 1882. died. .Ian. 8 '65, dlsab. 
Ilendrickson O. e Aug 9. 188-3, m o July -29 1865, wd. 
Herons Sam. e Aug. 13. 186-2, m o Aug. 26, 1885. 
Iluhbird Ed. e Auir. 9, 1862, died at New Orleans, 

April -24, 1865, wds. 
Huston J. D e Aug. 14. 1>>62, m o Aug. 28, 1865. 
Kniu'ht Hobt e Aue. 1-2. 188-2, m o Aug. 19. 1885. 
Leslie Jno. N. e Aug. 1-2. 186-3, m o Aug. -26. 1865. 
Mast A. e Aug. -21, 1862. disd. March :». 186.3, disab. 
McOlbbons «. e Aug. 11, '6-2, disd. Dec. -22, '64,dleab. 
McCJihbons Jacob, c Aug. 9 186-2, died at Aoderson- 

villc. Oct. 2 1S6«, No. of grave. 11 62:1. 
Mclnilley Jno. W. e .\ug. 19, 186.', detschrd at m o. 
Mclntyre. Juo e Aug. 13, 1862, kid. at Pleasant Hill, 

La. April 9. 1884. 
Mitteniyer Ilenrv. e Aug. 1, 1882, m o Aug. -26, 1865. 
Mvand Phil, c -Vug. 9, 1862. m o Aug. -26. 1885. 
Mi-nnler S. R. e .Aug. 1S,'6-2. disd. -tpril 5. '»:). disab. 
Mitchell J. W. e Aug. 11, 18<i-2. m o Aug. -26, 1865. 
Mitchell Jno. e Aug. 11. 1.S82. m o Aug. -26. 1865. 
Mvar Jno. e An?. 15. 1862, kid. at Fort Blakely, Ala. 

April 9, 1885. 
McClennand R. e Aug 11. '62, mo Ang.lO 1865.sergt. 
Neal .Ino. J. e .Aug. 9. 186-2. m o Aug. 19, 1885. 
Pester 'I'hos. e -Aug. 21, 1862, m o Aug. 18, 1885. 
Poling Jno. e Aug. 14, 186i, m o Aug. 19. 1885. 
Shrobe Jno. H. e .Aug. 22. 186-2. died Jefferson Bar- 
racks. Mo. Aug. -22, 1S64, wds. 
Srranton (5eo. T. e Aug. 12. 1862, m o Aug. 10, 1865. 
ShalTer Knbt. M. e Aug. 9. 1862, m o Aul'. 10 1865, 
Shrobe Wm. e .Vug. 15. 1862, m o .Aug. -26. 1865. 
Stork Fred, e Ang. 15. 1S««. m o Aug. -26, 1865. 
Srleram Jno. e Aug. 1. 1862. 
Taylor Tbos e Ang. 9, 186-2, trans, to V. R. C. Nov. 

'28. 1863. 
Thompson D. e Aug. 11, 186-2, died at Mendon, Oct, 

-26, 1884 
Turner E. B. e Aug. 13. 1862, m o Auir. 26, -65, sergt. 
Tropp .\ntone, e Aug. 14, 186-2, m u Aug. '26, 186S. 



Watson A. e Au". 12. 1K62, m o Aug 10, 1865. 

Weed Nelson B. e Aug. 12, IWi.'., m o Ang. S6, 1865. 

Widenhammer Cbae e .\ug. 15, 1882, m o Ang. 10, 

1865, corpl. 
Widenhammer D. c Aug. 1-2, 186-2, m o Aug. 19, 1865. 
Wilson Dan. H. e Ang. 9, '62. m <> .\ug. -26, '65, corpl. 
Williamson C. e Ang. 9, 180-2, tra: s. to Co. D. 

litcruilK. 
Cochran .\lei c Jan. 13, 1864, m o .\ng. -25, "65 corpl. 
Cartman Barney, e Jau. 4, 1864, m o .\ag. -26. 1865. 
Nagle Adam W. « Dec 14, 186:!, m o June -22. 1865. 
Rockwell Chas H. e Jan. 4, 1861, died at Vicksbarg. 

Mav -28. 186*. 
Slater Isaac, i- O^t. 20, 1862. 
Winn Jno. B. e Jau. -2, 1864, m o Ang. 26, 1865. 

Compaoy G. 

Captain. 
I'ayton (.-. Smith, com. Oct. 7, 1862. 

Lifilteiiilnlit. 



Sertjcaittx. 
.Viios Ferrel, Ist. e .\og. 9, 1862, com. -2d L'eut. 

died at Cairo. Oct. 9, 1863. 
.Ino P. Smith, e Aui:. 12, 1862, let. sergt. trau«. lo 

V. R. c. May 31, ISiH. 
Leonid's V Conover. e .\ng. 15, '62, reduced to rank, 

returned to 2lBt Mo. Inf. as desrtri. 186:1. 
Wm D.-nnv, B Aug. 17, 1862. desrtd. Oct. 10, 80-2. 
Phill p En'smlngler, e .Aug, 15, 1862. pro. 1 t. ser^.;! 

l.it. Lieut, and Capt. 

Corporal). 
Wm. H. Mills, e Ang. 12, 1H6-2, desrtd. Oct. 20, I8ti2. 
N.cliolas J. Moss, e .\ng. 9, 186-2, pro. sergt. then let. 

Lieut, 
(ieo. W. Adame. e .\ag. 12, 186-2, prisr. detrtd. -Ian. 

15. 1883. 
Roht. Pinirk, e Aug. 11, 1862, died Alexandria, La. 

March -20, 1884. 
Cha". Stone, e .\ug. 13. '82, died Slmmspoit. La. May 

19. 1864, wounds. 
Jesse H. York, e Aug ll.'8-2. m o Aug.-26.-85.private. 
Bennett Bolt, e Aug 12, -62, m o May IS, ■65,prlvate. 
C. AtklDcOU, e Aug. 15, '8-2, disd. May 23, '63, dUab. 

Musiciam. ' 
Heury Weaver, e Aug. 12, 1862, m o Aug. 26, 1885, 
Thad. Conores, e Aug. 12, 1863, m o Ang. -26, 1865. 

PricalfS. 
Arnold Aaron, e Aug. 9. 1862, desrtd. Oct. 26, 186-2. 
Adams W. .A. e Ang. 1-2.82, prUr. desrtd. Jan.l.'),'6i. 
\bney L. I. e Aug. 15, '62. disd. Dec. 5 -62. disab. 
Bolt C Aug. 12 82, died Memphis. Feb. -28, -64 
Bustow Wm.W. e Aug.l2, 62.di8d.Nov.l,'64.disab. 
Hrage M. e Aug. 12, 1862, desrtd. Oct. 30. 188-2. 
Hiistow Geo I. e Aug. 1 .', '82, m o Aug. 26, '65,corp , 
Boice W. e Aug. 30. 1882. prisr. desrtd. April 2. -6:1. 
Bolce A. e Aug, -20, '62, died Memphis, July 10, 1864, 
Bryant J, e Aug -20. 1862 desnd. Sept, 10. 1861. 
Crane Jno. o Aug. 11. 1882. m o Aug. 31, 1865. 
Clark Wm. e Aug. 12, '62, sergt. du-il Lima, 111 Oct. 

-27. 1884. 
i-iark H. D. e Aug, 13,-6'2. died Lima, 111. July '24,-61. 
clapper N. e Aug. 11, 186-2, m o Ang. -2ii, 1865 
(Trame K. e Ang. 11, 1882. m o July 31, 1865, corpl 
Clapper Jas. e .\ug. 11, 186-2, m o Ani;. -28, '65, corpl. 
Dnnn Chas. e Aug. 13, 1862, desrtd. 1863. 
Dearwester Jas. e Aug. 11, 186-2, prisr. desrld. Juii 

15,1883, 
Dale Jno e Aug. 9, 1882, m o Aug. -28, 1865. 
Ehier Frank, e Aug. 11. 1862, m o Aug. -26. 1865. 
(}arr<-tt Thos. e Aug. 8, 1862. diei yuincy, Dec - 

1884, wounds. 
Hess .lacob, e Aug. 12. '8-2. trans. V. K. C. Dec. '64. 
Hopper Jas. G. e Aug. 11, -63. drowred May 19. 'es. 
lleingle Jno. G. e Aug. 12, 1883. m o Aug. -28, 1865. 
Ireland Jos. c Aug. 14. 1862. diad. Feb. 2, 'la, dlsab, 
Jackson Jno. e .Aug. 15.'B2,tians. V R. C. May 31, 64, 
Kcltb Adam, e Aue. 7, 186-2. m o Ang. -.-e, mv,. 
Mobley Tbos. e .Aug. 15, :S6-2, desrtd. Nov. 3, 1862, 



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Mccreary .Jan. e Aug. IJ, IW, died. May 21, '63, dieab. 

prisoner. * 
Polite Jno. M. e Aug. 13. 1863, dfsrtd. Oct. 36, 1803. 
Proctor J. 11. e Aug. 12. '63. died Memphiii,.Jaii.2,"64. 
PenickD.e Aug. 12, 186J, died. .Jan. 21, 1865, disab. 
Penick F.M. e Aug. 20, '&i, died Memphis. July 16,64. 
Penicli Wm. L. e Aug. l:i, died. May 10. 1863, dieab. 

priBonir. 
Rust Ueiirv, e Aug. 12, deertd. Dec. 1862. 
Siranburry Kd. e Aug. 12, '62. died. Mch. 7,'65,dipab. 
Sctineider T. J. e .*ug. 12, 1862, corpl. died hospital 

boat. April, 1864. 
Stearns J. A. e Aug. 13, '62. died. Jan. 30, '03, disab. 

prisoner. 
Stewart Abihu. e Aug. 1.3, 1862, m o Aug. 26, 1885. 
Simon Aug. e Aug 11, 18(i2, m o Aug, 21, 1865. 
Shipe Isaac, e Aug. 12, 1862, m o Aug. 26, 1865, let 

sergl. com. 2il Lieut. 
WilBon M. L. e .\ug 20, '62, m o Aug. 26. '05, corpl. 
Wright Wm. R. e Aug. 11, '62. m o Aug. 26, '65. sergt. 
Workman Jeeee, e Aug. 11, '62, m o Aug.26,'65, corpl. 
Wright Jno. e Aug. 12, 1802, m o Ang. 26, '65, sergt. 



7?f 



ulf^ . 



Brletow J. A. e March 3, 1865, m o Aug. 26, 1865. 
Brietow Valentine, e SI arch 3, '65, m o Aug. 26, "65. 
Fletcher Joel, e Keh. 3. 1865, m o Ang. 26, 1805. 
Peuick Wm. L. e Feb. 14. 1864, m o Aug. 26. 1865. 
Vance Wm. e March 10, 1803. m u Ang, '26, 1865. 

Company H. 

liecruUe. 
Morebead Wm. e Oct. 12, 1862, died. March 1, 1862. 



C(t2)tain. 
Jno. T. Mav, com Oct. 7, 1862. 



Sergeants. 
Jesse D. Wood. Ist, e Aug. 12, 1862, m o Aug. 26. 

1865, com. 2d Lieut. 
Jno. L. Hopp,.-r, e Aug. 12, '62, disd. May 26, '63, disab. 
Jas. M. Reagh, e Aug. 12, '62, trans. Invalid Corps, 

May 31, 1804. 
Zi'chariah Bennett, e Aug. 12. 1862, m o July 3. 1865. 
Jas. C. Long, e Ang. 12, 186'2, in o Aug. 26, 186ft. 

Corporals. 
John Lyle, Aug. 12, '62, disd. June 19, 1863, private, 

disab. 
McHeury Long, e Aug. 12, '62, private to I. C, Jan. 

15, 1804. 
Walter Serpent, e Ang. 12. 1862, m o June lu, 1865. 
Jno. S. Bnddleston, e Aug. 12, 1802, m o Aug. 26, 

1865, private. 

Priiates. 
Alous Libby, e Aug. 12. 1862, m o Aug, 26, 1805. 
Ansinus C. A. e Aug. 12,'(j2,aied .Memphie,Jnly 2,04. 
Ansmus Wm. H. e Aug. 12. 1802, prisr. May 18, 18M. 
Burke Jae. F. e Aug. 12, '02. m o Aug. 20, '65, corpl. 
Blower Klijah, e Aug. 12. '02, m o Aug. 21, 1865. 
Ehmen Jno. e Aug. 11. 1862, (^uincy, Nov. 12, 1801. 
Fana Jno. e Aug. 12, Ism. desrid. .\pril 12, 1863. 
Uroves Jno. e .\ug. 12, 1862, m o Aug. 21, 1865. 
Gill Wm. W. >■ Aug. 12, 1802, trans. Invalid Corps. 

Feb. 15, 1804. 
Grovee Jas. e .Vug. 12, 1802. m o Aug. 26, 1865. 
Grnham Fleming M. e Aug. 12, 1802, m o Aug. !J6,'65. 
Urlllitu Kobt. E. e Ang. 12. 1802. m o Aug. 27, 1865. 
Hopper Pirchney, e Aug. 12. 1802, m o June 22, 1865. 
Hupper G. e Aug. 12, '6'2, trans. inv.corpe, Fob.16,04. 
lluiloleetou R. S. e Aug. 12, 1862, m o Aug. !J6, '6S. 
Uuildleeton P. S. e Aug. 12. 1802, m o Aug. 26, 1865. 
Huddieston R. e Aug. 12, '62, died Cairo, Sept. 12, '64. 
Hunkey Wm. e Aug. 12, '02, absent e.nce June 23,'64. 
Jefferson Jos. e Aug. 12, 1862, corpl. sick at m o. 
JelTeiSon Jas. T. e Aug. 12, 186'2. m o Aug. 27, 1865. 
Kindred H e Ang. 12,'6'2, trans. inv. corps, July 1,'64. 
LiwlerJas. K. e Aug. 12, 1802. died at Jackson, 

Tenn. Ma.ch I«, 1861. 
Milleo Chas. e Aug. lz,1862, m o Ang. 26,186^, coipl. 
McGlbbeuB F. e Aug. 12, 18«'2, trans, to Co. A. 



Ruarch Irvin S. e Aug. 12, 1862, m o Aug. 26, 1865. 
Raynor s". e Aug. 12,'62, trans. inv. corps, Jan. 15,'64. 
Hanshaw Wm. M. e Aug. 12. 1862, trans, inv. corps, 

Feb. l.'i, 1864. 
Henshaw Milna J. e Ang. 1'2. 1862, m o Aug. 26, 1865. 
Btevens Johnson, e Aug. 12, 186'2, m o Aug. 26, 1865. 
Wilson Geo. e Aug. 1 , 1802, m o Aug. 26, 1865. 
Wallace C. I. e Aug. 12, 1862, disd. April 7, '63, disab. 
Wilson J. G. e Aug. 12,'62, absent since June '23, '64. 
Wells John B. e Aug. 12, 1862, m o Ang. -21, 1805. 
Wallace Salem, eAug.12,1862, corpl. died atclaylon. 

May 4, 1865. 
Webster Jas. e Aug. 12, 1862, m o Ang. 26. 1865. 

Recruits. 
Knefl H. AdrlBon, e Oct. '22, 1862, died at '.uincy, 

Jan. 12, 1865. 
Winscott Jas. e Oct. 31, 186'2, disd. Dec. 1, 1862. 

Conipauy K. 

Privates . 
Leslie Wm. e Ang. 20, 1862, Irans. to Co. A . 
Most John, e Aug. 20, 1862, trans, to Co. A. 
McCord Sterling, e Ang. 20, 1862, trans, to Co. G. 
Morley Hiram, e Aug. 20, 1802, trans, to Co. G. 
Kust Sam. e Aug. 20, iS62, trans, to Co, G 
Thenhans Chas. e Aug. 2(', 1862, trans. Co. A. 
Veith Chas. K. e Ang. 20, 1862, trans, to Co. K. 

Recruits. 
Allison John J. e Jan. 5, 1864, m o Aug. '26, 1865. 
Eastwood Jas. H. e Jan. 5, 1865, representative re- 
cruit, absent sick at m o. 

Unil'isifjned Recruit. 
* 'hapman Jas. M. e Jan. 13, 1864, died at Camp But- 
ler, III. Feb. 1, 1864. 



Vi'AA Infantry. 

Coiupauy G. 



Chapman A. e Ang. 14, '62, died. April 11, '63, disab. 
Elliot W. O. e Aug. 14, '62, disd. Jan. 23, '03, disab 
Swope Jas. e Aug. 14, 1862, corpl. kid. Farmingtou, 
Tenn. Oct. r, 1863. 

Cuuipaiiy H. 

Privates. 
Campbell John O. e Ang. 1, 1862, missing in action 

at Chaplain Hills, Oct. 8, 186'2. 
Kelm John, e Aug. 1, 1862, missing in action at 

Chaplain Hills, Oct. 8, 1802. 
Wiikins J. A. or E. e Aug. 1, 1802, m o Jane 25, 1865. 

lS4th Infantry. 



Downes 11. W. e Aug. I, 1862, died at Vicksburg, 
Sept. JO, 1864. 

Company I. , 

Captain. 
The 8. K. Hottch, com. Sept. 10, 1869. 

Lieutenants. 
Richard L. Howard. Ist, com. Sept. 10, 1862. 
Benj. A. Griffith 2d, com. Sept. 10, 1862. 

Sergeants. 
Jos. Lyon, Ist, e Aug. 15, 1862, trans. V. R. < '. Feb. 

11, 1804, m o June 2,5. 1865. 
Elijah Bortcin, e Aug. 12. 1802, pro. Ist Lieu'. 
Adol bus B. Kelly, e Aug. 15. 1862, reduci d ranks, 

disd. for pro. July 17, 1863. 

Corporals 
T, II, Beasley, e Aug, Vf. 1802, m o Aug. 15, "05. sergt. 
Uexler Mllloy. e Aug. 14, 1862, disd. Feb. 25, 1864, 
private, disab. 



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Prir<ite!>. 
Bnt7, Alb. G. e An';. 2-.', 18«2. died at Vicksburg. 

Jnne 29, 1863. 
Carlvie Wm. <■ *ng. 13. IMi. m u Au?. 15, 1865. 
Colwell G. Miles, e Aug. 14. 186v>, m o .Vug. 15. 18«.'.. 
Edwards Jabe/., e Ang. 14, 186i, m o June 15, 18B5. 
Furguson Hi'nry C. e .Aug. 22, kid. Champion Hills 

May 16. 1863. 
Harris Jas K. e Aug. i). IStii. m o Aug. 1.^ 1865. 
Ilagiies Isaac K. e a ug. 14. 186i. m o .July 5."65.8ergt. 
l.yi>n K. G. u Aug. •*,». 1862, died. Nov. IB. 1882. disab. 
.McMuller Pat. c Ang. 14, 186-,', desitd. Feb. 11. 18B3. 
Palrck S. I- Aug. 12, 1862, trans. V.R.C. Marcli 15,'64. 
Hiflersou Geo. H. e Aug. 14, 1863. m o Ang. 15. 1865. 
Snow Luke, e Aug. 22. 18B2. m o Ang. 15, I8ti.-| 
ThotnaB Tnompson, e Aug. a.lSG-.'. died at 8i. Louis. 

July 30, 1863, wciunds. 

RecTuits. 
Gilbert Jas. It. e Feb. 15. 1865. trans. :« 111 Inf. 
Gilbert Geo. G. e Jan. 4, 1864, trans. 33 III. Ini. 

Company K. 

Unassigned Recruit. 
Sill Andrew, c Dec. 4, 1861. 

IS5th Infantry. 

Cuiupany 1. 

Recrifil. 
TauBoy V. G. c Feb. 23, ■64. di.«d. Feb. 20, '65, dieab. 

I3H«1 Infantry (lOO day service). 

COIUPHD}- A. 

Brooker t) W. e May 9. 1864, m o Sept 24, 1864. 
Bidugham Henry, e May 21. 1864. ni o Sept. 24, 18114. 

i:<4tli lnfantry(11H>4lay Nervi<-o). 

Company K. 

Sergennts. 
I ;eo. A. Uills e May 2, 1S64, m o Oct. 25. 1864. 

137th Infantry. 

The 137th Inlantry Illinois Volunteers, was organ- 
ized at Camp Wood, liuincy. Ills., Ijy Col. Jobu 
Wood, and was mu>iered in June 5tb. 18M. (or 100 
days. On June 9. 186-1, it lef" (Juincy, aud proceeded 
to .Memphis, Tenn., wheu it was assiirned to Fourih 
Brigade, District Oi Memphis, Col. E. L lialtwick, 
.3Hth Wisconsin, commanding. On -luly 9, assigned 
to Third ISrigade, Col. John Wood commanding, 
and was stationed on the Hernando Road on picket 
duty. The K^-giment was mustered ont of U. S, ser- 
vice at Spriuglleld, III.. Sept. 4. 1864. 

1 .H7tli Infantry( IO<» day iservice). 

Colonel. 
Jno. Wood. com. Jane 5, 18M, m o bept 24, 1»(14. 

Lleulfiiaiit Colonel. 
Thos. K. Roach, com. Jnne 5, '64, m o Sept. 24. 1864. 

Major. 
Bendrick K. Paine, com. Junes, '64, m oSept. 24. '64. 

.{iXjutant. 
K. W. Baker, com Jnne 5, '64, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Hurgeoii . 
W. A Uuslou, com. Jaue 5, '64, died June 25, 1864. 



Chaplain. 
Hiram P. Kolierts. com. Jnne 5, '64, ni oSept. 24, '61. 

Serge<t]it .Miiior. 
Palmer H. Hughson, m o Sept. 24, 18tM. 
f^Ufirter/n'igfer Sergeant. 
Henry C. WilliamB, m o Sept. 21, 1861, prisr. 

I/'/xpital Ste Irani. 
Peter V. Kelt, m o June 3, 1864, prisr. 

.\f(tMc{an . 
Jas. W. Stable, m o Sept. 24. 1864. 

Caj)tatii. 
Henry .V. Castle, com. June 5, '61. m o Sept. 24, '64 . 

Lieiitenantjt. 
ileo M. Roberts, let, com. June 5, 'W, m o Sept.24,"64. 
^M.S. Krancia, 2d,com. June .5, '64, m o Sept.24. 1824. 

Compauy A. 



Sam. H. liradly, Ist, e .May 10, '64, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Edward .M. » ooters, e May 10, 61, m o Sept. 24, 64. 

Corporals. 

P.L.Schmidd, e .May 10, "64, m oSept. '61, 24,private. 
Wm. H. Johnson, e May 10, '64, m o Sept. 24, ISM. 
Dudly B. Cooke, e May 10, 1864, m o Sept. 24, '64. 
Geo. Bond. Jr. e May 10, 64, seigt. Aug. at, "64, dleil 
wds. 

Musiriaiis. 
Rankin W. Castle, e May 10, 1864. m o Sept. 2t, '61. 
Jae. W. Stobie, e May 10 '64. pro. prin. music. 

Privates 

.\dam9 Jas. B. e May 10, 1864, m o Sept. 24, ISW. 
Anderson Merata T. e May 10, '64, m o Sepi. 24, ISt^l. 
Brown Chas. N. e May 10. 1)4. m u Sept. 24, 1864. 
Biert (.'has. F. e May 10, l.sM, m o Sept. 21, 1864. 
Baker I), li ron, e May 10, '64. m o Sept. 24. 1804. 
Bancroft H L. e -May 10. 6), m o .May 21, '65, corpl. 

prisr. 
Brown Thos. J. e May 10. '64, m o Sept 24, 1864. 
Brown Ed. S. e May 10. W Sept. 24, 1864. 
Chapman M e May 10. '6-1, died at Ca-ro, sept. 12, '64. 
Kasterday C B e Mav In. '64, m o Jnne 7, 'n.5. piisr. 
Furgeson Wm. II, e May 10. 'i.l, m o Sept, 24, 1864. 
Griswold Eugene, e May 10. 186-1, m o Sept. 21. 1864. 
Hess ApoUas, e May 10, 1864. m o Sept. 24. IStH. 
Homan Wm, A, e May 10. leiil. m o Sept. 24. 1864. 
Johnson Wm. T. C. e May 10, '64. m o Sept. 24. I8<H. 
Jamison Paul H, c May 1», 1«6). m o Sipi. 24. 1864. 
Kealh Wm. T, e May lU. 1861. m o Sepi. 24. ISM, wd. 
Konantz Frank E. e -May 10. 'r^l. m o Sept, 21, 1864, 
Leacock Wm, A, e May 10. '61. m o Sept. 21. 1864. 
Miller Wm, L, e .May 10. 1861. m •■ Sepi. 21. 18H4. 
Montgomery Chaa, H, e .May 10. '64, m o Sept. 24, '64. 
Nutt Walt. J. e .May 10. 1864. m o Srpt. 24, 1864. 
Piatt Luther II. e May 10. 'W, m o Sept 21, 18li4. 
Pool Chas. W. e .May 10, 1861, m o Sept. 2-1, 1864. 
Pope Chas. .\. e .May 10. 'W. prison of war at m o. 
Ultney .\lnert L. u .May 10. '6-1, m o Sept. 24, 1.864, 
Patterson D, A, e .May 10, '64, pris. of war at m o. 
Schwabel Ed e May 10. 'M. m o May 21. '65, prisoner. 
Trowbridge Chas. H. e May HI. '64, m o Sept. 21, '64. 
Tandy '.V 11. Jr., e May 10, 1861, killed at .Memphis, 

Aug. 21. 1864. 
Tibhelts Lowell M. e May 10. 186t.m o Sept. 24. ISIH. 
VandeveerC, T. e May 10, '61, m o Sept. 24. '64, corpl. 
Whitney Chas. J. e i>iay 10, '64. m o Sept. 24, '64 
Westgate Henry, e May 10, 1864. m o Sept 24. 1864. 
Wayne Wm, J, e May 10, 64, m o Sept, 24, '64. corpl. 
Wayne Alex, V. e May lo. 1864, m o Sept. '21, 1864, 
Williams Homy c, e .May 10. '64. trans, to Co. D, 
Worman Geo, e May 10, 64. prison of war at ra o. 
Worman .-Vinos, e May 10. '61. m o Sept. 21, 1864. 
Watson Geo. D. c May 10, '64. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Watson Andrew, e May 10, '64, m o Sept. -H, 18M 

Rerniita. 
Cunningham J. H. e June 6, '64. ui o Sept 24, 8I(H. 
Oabe Henry, m o Sept. 24, 1804. 











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Crays Frank, m o S*?pt. 44. ISM. 

Cramer Wm H. m o S-^nt. -24, 1864. 

EwiDg Win K. m o Sept. i4, lSt)4. 

Hanks Jacob AI. m o Sept. -.^4. 18t>4. 

Hartley C. J. disd. Aug. 8, 18M, to enlist 111. eth cav. 

Miller Geo. m o Sept. 24, 'd4, wounded. 

Newell Jacob M. e Jane 6, 18t)4, m o Sept. 44, 1S64. 

Company B. 



J. W. Smith, C3m. June 5, ISW, m o Sept. 24, 1861. 

Lii'ufcnants. 
J. A. Thompson, Ist, com. June 5, '64, m o Sept.a4,'64. 
Jas. A. Seaton, 3d, com. June 5, .64, m Sept. '^4, '64. 

Sergeants. 
R.Seiton, Jr.lst Sergt. e Mav 3. '64, m o Sept. 24, '64. 
Franklin Wnitner, e May". 1864, m o Sept. %i. 1864. 
Jas. O. Landis, e May 7, 13W, m o Sept. SM, 1864. 
Jas. M. Thomas, e May 14. 1864, m o Sep. 34, 1864. 
B. F. Jackson, e May 3, '64, m o Sept. 24, '64, private. 

Corporals. 
Jos. B. Herron, e May 17, 1861, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Harry R. Hill, e Miy a. 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Sam. Anderion, e May 16, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Sam. Thompson, e Miy 11. 1864, mo Sept. 24, 1664. 
T. C. Smith, e May 18. 1864, m o Sept. 24. 1864, ser»t. 
Warren S. Reed, e Mav 18, 1864, m o Sept. -U. 1864. 
Thos. R. Whrag. e Ma'yM. 1864, m o Sept. 24. 1864. 
Bzra Jessup, e May 10. 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Mushiaiis. 
Alex. McNeal, e May 14, '64, m o Sept. 24, '64, private, 
E M. Smith, e May 9, '64, m o Sept. 24, '64, private. 

Prirates. 

AshiT .las. A. e May 10. 1864. m o Sept. "24, '64. corpl. 

Adair Thos. M. e May 16, '64, m o May 21, '65, pris. 

Adams Cieo. B. e May <J. 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Arouck'e Dan. e Mav 30, 1864. m o May 30, 1865. 
1 Butler Hezekiah, e Mav 10, 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Butler .Trfferson, e May 7, 1864, m o S^pt. -24, 1864. 
I Brooks N. Isaac, e May 7, 1364, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Bennett Geo. F. e -May 18, 1864, m o Sept. 24. 1864. 

Black Henry, e May 10, 1864. m o Sept. 24. 1864. 

Billings .los. C. e May 18, 1864, m o Sept. '24, 1854. 
I Bradf.jrd Wm. A. e May 14, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Bragg J. e May 18, '61, desrtd. May 20, 1864, before 
muster. 
' Cannon C.B. e May 14. '64. kid. Memphis. Aaj.21, '64. 
I Colwell J . F. e May 13. 1864, m o Sept. 24. 1864. 

Chidester A. e May 10, 1861, m o May 21, 1865, prisr. 
' Chatham Wm. J. e May 7. 1864, m o Sept. 24. 18>4. 
^'astle Wm. H. e May 30, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
' Dodd W. T. e May IX 1861, m o Mav 12, 1365, prisr. 
I Dius Casson, e M .y 30, 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
y Eliinston Wm. T. e May 16. 1.861, m o Sept. 24, 1884. 
I Engeart S. 11. e -May 16. 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
I Felt Peter F. e May 7, 1861. pro hospital steward. 

Freeman Rufu-', <• May 7, l-'64, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
; Francis Alex, e May 13. 1864. m o Sept. '24, lf64. 
I Griffen Her. T. e May 17, 61, m o May 21, '65, prisr. 
' Greenagh .Jno e May 3. 1864. m o Sept. 24. 1864. 
1 GibTOn Fred, e May 6. 18 il. m o Sept. 24. 1861. 

Gronewalt Henrv, e May 14, 1864. ra o Sept. 24. 1864. 

Hughe* Phelies. e Mav 18. 18M. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
I Harbison .John C e May 17, 18i'4, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Howser W. A. e Mav 17, 1864. m o Sept. 24. 1864. 
' Hendricks Henry A. e May 16. 1864, m o Sept. 24, '61. 
I Heaton Sam. e May 14. 1864. m o Sept. 24, 18)4. 
i Harris Jos. e May 27. 1861. ab«ent, sirk at m o. 
I Johnson H. W. e May 13, 1861, kid. at Memphis, 
I Aug. 21,1864. 

I Jolly Henry H. e Mav 17, 1864, m o Sept. 24. 13134. 
, Kellv Sam. H. e Mav 7, 1861. m o Sept. 24. 1864. 

Kenny Louis II. e Mav 9, 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1861. 
( L ttle Jas. K. P. e May 9. 1861, m o Sept. 24. 1864. 
I Lewis Jno T. e .May 18 1,361, m o Sept. 24. 1861. 
I Lane W. A. e Mav 18, 1861. m o Sept, 24. 18-U. 
. McLelland U. e May 18 1864, kid. at Memphis, Aug. 
i 21. 1864. 

I McCoy Dan C. e Mav 6, 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
' McClintock Wm. e Mav H, 1864, m o Sept 24, 1861. 
I Mi.ler Dan, e Mav 13, 1864, m o Sept. 24. 1864, 

McMurray Rich. L. c Mav 18. 1864. m o Sept. 24, '61. 
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Miller Chas. e May 30, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1364, 
Nichols Wm. N. e May 10, 1864, m o Sept 24, 1864. 
O'Riley Jos. e May 2.5, 1864, m o Sept. 24. 1354. 
Parker W. J. o May 12, 1864, m o May 12, '65, prisr. 
Pacock Lloyd A. e May 12. 1,364, m o Sept. 24, 1854. 
Payne Jno. M.e May 18, 1864. m o Mav 31, '65, prisr. 
Pigg .8ani. M. e May 17, 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Redding David, e May 13, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Scarborough Wm. e May 18, 1864, m o Sept 24, 1864. 
Stewart C. T. e May 15, 1864, died Aug. 24. '64, wds. 
Sawin Jno. M. e May 7, 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Sawyer Ephm. E. B. e May 5. 1364, m oSept. 24, '64. 
Spencer Dav. M. e May 11. 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Smart Chas. T. e May 18, '64. died Sept. 8, '64, wds. 
Stork Harmon, e May 18, 1864, m o Sept. 24. 1864. 
Shamburi; Hiram J. e Mav 14. 1864, m o Sept. 24, '61. 
ShetHeld Dan. M. e May 18, 1864, m o Sepf 24, 1864. 
Thompson Jas. e May 7, 1864, desrtd. May 30, 1864. 
Tyrrell Chas. W. e May 14, 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1364. 
Wartick Wm. E. e May 17, 1364, m o Sept. 24, 13*34. 
Ward Wm. e May 10, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Wright Robt. J. e May 7. 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1364. 
Wlttls Jno. E. e May 17, 1S64. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Whitford Chas. G. e Alay 14, 1364, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Wiessels B. J. e May 10, 1364, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Wilson Nelson B. e May 10, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Recruits. 

Comeford Geo. E. e Jane 9, 13>4, m o Sept. 24, 1364. 

Gibson Brian, m oSept. 24, 1864. 

Gulden Jno. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Herndon Ed. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Kirkpitrick Wm, B, m o Sept, 24, 1864. 

Lemon Houston F. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Lemon .\nthonv, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

McNeal Francis, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

McRoy Mills, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 

Wheeider Oliver H. m o Sept 24, 1364. 

Winget Caleb, m o Sept. 34. 1864. 

Company C. 

Private. 
Moore Jos. D. e Miy 31, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 18M. 

Company D. 

Sergeants. 
David E. Phipps, e May 4. 1364, m o Sept. 24. 1364. 
Wm. M. Owen, e May 4, 1354, m o Sept. 24, 1861. 

Coriioral. 
Wm. Chatten, e May 4, 1361, m o Sept. 24, 1854. 

Privates. 
Adair Geo. L. e May 4, 1864, m o Sept. 34. 1861, 
Bassett Rich, D. e May 1, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1361. 
Beevis Jno. W. e May 4, 1864, m o Sept. 34. 1864. 
Broughton II. B. e May 4, 1864, m o Sept. 31, 1864. 
Chatten Enoch, e May 4, 1S64, m o Sept, '^4, 1314, 
Cabbage Isaac, e Mav 4, I8t34, m o Se it, 24, 1864. 
Cnrless Sam. e May 4, l'<64, m o May 21, 1865, prisr. 
Dills Jno. R. e May 4, ISM, m o S -pt- 24, 1864. 
Fredericks Jacob, e May 4, 1864, m o Sipi. 24, 1364. 
Hunter Jesse, e May 4, 1861, in o Sept. 24, 1S64. 
Iberson Jno. W. e May 4, 1834, desrtd. May HO, 1364. 
Miller J.is. S. e May 4. 1864, m o Sept. 21, I8V4. 
Miller Dav. A. e May 4, 1861, m o Sept. 24. 1364, 
Mouaguau Alex, e May 4. 1864. m o Sept^ 24. 1364, 
Newby Henrv, e M ly 4, 18>i4, mo Sept. 24, 1861, 
Newby Jas, H, e May 4, 1361, m o Sept. 34. 1864. 
OBriau Walt, e Mav 4. 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1364. 
Petit R. e May 4, 1364. m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Redmnid Ja', G. e Vlay4. 1864, mo Sept. 21, 1834, 
Roberts Ed. P. e Miy 4. 1361, prisr. of wa'- at m o. 
Scott Wiley, e May 4. 1364. m o Sept. 34, 1864. 
Seals Wm. H. e May 4, 1864, m o Sept. 34, 1861. 
Smith Geo, W. a .May 4, 1864. m o Sept. 24, 1861. 
Spencei Cyrus, e Alay 4, 13134, in o Sept. 24, 1,364, 
Toonipson Geo, e Mav 4. 1861, m o Sept. 21, 1861, 
Tracy Jas, W. e Mav 4, 18W. m o Sept. SM 1^64. 
William* Jas. S, e May 4. 1364. prisr, of war at m o. 
Williams TaOS. F. e May 4, 1864. m o Seyt. ■34, 18 '4. 
Wish Peter, e May 4. 1364. desrt J. May 30, 1834 

Re -nuts. 
Lowary Mike, m o Sept. -24, 1864. 
Lowary Chas, m o Sept. -24, 1864. 



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ADAM? COUNTY WAR IJECOKI). 



Coiiipaoy E. 



Heerit J. e May V, IS&l, kid. MemphU. Au?. il, 1S64. 
LangdoD .Ino. e May.'S, lS6t, rt^srtd. June R, 1864. 
McCfown Jno. e May T, 1881, m o Sept. 34, 1864. 

C'oinp»ny G, 

Privates. 
Angell Jacob M. e May 10. 1864. trans, to Co. A. 
Broaans Reubeo. e May I", IKii-l, trans, to Co. C. 
Cramer W. K, e May 10, 18i^4. Irans. to Co. A. 
Cabe UOiify, c May 10. 1864, trans, to Co...\. 
Craye Frank, e Miiy 10, ln6l, trans, tj Co. .\. 
Ewing W. K. c Mav 10. imn, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Hubbard Jno. e Mn'v 10, 1«6I, trans, to Co. A. 
Hanks Jno. e Mav. 10, 1861, tnins. to Co. A. 
Hartley Chas. 1. J .\Ijy 10. isiil. trans, to Co. A. 
Loriug \V. n. e -lULe 1. ISi'.l. disd. Jor aisab. 
Lowry Dan. e May I. 1864, traus. to Co. D. 
Lowry Chas. e .May I, 1864, trans, to Co. D. 
Marshall Chas. A. c May 10, lt<64, trans, to Co. D. / 
Miller Geo. e May 10, 1864. trius. to Co. A. 
Tatman Jno. F, e June 1, 1K64, m o Sept. vM, 1864. 
Williams Geo. H. e May 10, 1864, trans to Co. A. 

Company H, 

Private. 
Wilson Peter, e May 80, 1864, m o Sept. 34, 1861. 

Company I. 



Begtof Biias W. e May 17, 1864, m o Sept. 24, 1864. 
Company K. 

Mmician. 
David Motler, e May 17, 1864, m o Sept. 21, 1864. 

Prii-nfrs. 
Gibson Bryan, e May 10, INH. trans, to Co. B. 
Golden Jno. e May io, iwn. \raos. to Co. B. 
Herndon Ed. e Mav J^. isi.l. ir .n». to Co. B. 
Kirkpalrick Wni. t. c May is 1864, trans, to Co. B. 
Lemon Houston F. e May IT. 18ii4. tran . to Co B. 
Lemon Anthony, c May 1". 1864, trans, to Co. B. 
McNeal Francis, e Mav 7. 18i)4. tr.ins. to Co. B. 
McRay Miles, e May 18, 18IH, trans, to Co. H. 
Winget Caleb, e May 35. 1864, traus. to Co. K. 

l»8th Infantry (M»0 days). 

Company C. 

Primfe. 
Watson C. e May 31, 1864, disd. Ang. 31, 1864, to ree. 

Company 1>. 

Pricale. 
CummlDgs Jas. W. e May iS. 1864, m o Oct. 14, 1864. 

139th Infantry (lOO days*). 

Company G. 

Pi-icalcs. 
Nichols Th08. J. e May 2u, 1864, m o Oct. 30, 1864. 
Wlar Solomon, e May y, iH, m o Oct. 15, '64, to re-e. 

144th Infantry (I year). 

Company K. 

Corpora!. 
Frank H. Swing, e Oct. -k, 1864, m o July 14, 1865. 

146th Infantry (1 year serrioe). 



Priaitf. 
Lewis Lemuel, e Sept. 9, 1864, dlsd. May 39, 1865. 



148th Infantry. 

This regiment was organized at Camp Bugler, m., 
Feb. 31, :S65. for the term of one year. Feb. 22, left 
for Nashville. Tenn.. where it arrived on the 35th. 
March 1, moved to Tullahnma, Tenn., where it re- 
mained unlil the isth i.f Jnne; engaged in guard 
duly until orderer) to Springfleld. 111., for final pav- 
ment and discharge. I'he regiment was mustered 
oat Sept, 5,1865, at Nashville. Tenn. Arrived at 
Springfield, III., Sept. 9, 1863, where it was paid ofi' 
and discharged. 

<'ompany B, 

.VtrrjKiiits. 
Geo. H. Knight, Ist, pro. ist Lient. 
A. J. Thompson, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 

Company B. 

Afugician. 
Cyrus Spencer, e Feb. 4, 1865, m o Sept. B, 1865. 

Privates. 
Armour Josh. W. e Feb. 7, 1865, m o July 27, 1865. 
Asher Jas. A. e Feb. 4. IWo. ni o Sept. 5, 1S65. 
Ackles John, e May 7, 186.i, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Bowers D. F. e Feb. 7, 1H6% absent, sick at m o. 
Brown Chas. M. e Jan. :<I. 1865, m o Sept. .5. 1865. 
Bartler F. C. e Jan. 31, '65. n. o Sep'. 5, 1865. 
Chism Caleb A. e Feb. 7, 1S63, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
Caldwell Jos. e Feb. 7, lKn5, in o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Divire Thos. e Feb. 7, lsi;5, m o Sept. 6, 1865. 
Fisher Phil, e Feb. 7, 1!<65, died at Dechard, Tenn. 

July 2.5, 186"). 
Frsrae Wilton, e Feb. 7, 186."). m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
McNeal France, e Feb. 4. 1>'65. m o Sept. .5. 1S65. 
Minnerly Wm. T. e Feb. 4. I^e.!, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Minnerly Al. e Feb. 4, IS)!.,, m o S -pt. 5, 1K65. 
McClcnan Sylvester, e Feb. 7. 1865. m o sept. 5, '65. 
McClenan Thos. .1 e Feb. 7, 186.5, m o Sept. .5, 1865. 
Merriman Louis T. e Fe8. T, 1865, m o Sept. .5, 1865. 
Neal Geo. C. e Jan. 31, 186.5, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Nutting Jas. B. e Feb. 6. 1M6.5, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Palmer Jno. e Feb. 7, 1865, in o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Pilcher Henry E. e Feb. 7, 1S«5, m o Julv 14, 1865. 
Page Jo". e .Ian. 31, lK6->, m •■ Sept. 5, 1865 
Tamer (.'has. W. e Feb, 7. 18i,5. m o July M, 1865. 
Turner Jas. C. e Feb, 7, ls6."). in o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Tuttle Martin .M. e Feb. 7. 1S65. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Thompson Louis H, e Feb, 7, 1S65, desrtd. Feb. 8, '65. 
Tarbox Wm. N. e Feb. 4, 1865, desrtd. Feb. 8, 1865. 
Thompson .\ndrew J. e Feb. 4, 15. pro. Scgt. Major. 
Vanlassel Allen, e Jan. 35. 1865. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Ward Wm, c Feb 7, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 

Company D. 

Captain. 
Henry A Dix, com. Feb. 13, 1805, res. May 15. 1865. 

Lieutenan'tfi. 
Carstien Tienkecn, 1st, com. Feb. 13, 1865, m o Sept. 

5, 1865, iiro. 
Jno- A. Steinbach, 1st, com. Aug. 3.1, '65, m o sergt. 

Sept. 5, 1K65. 
Valentine Briitingham, 2d. com. Feb. 13, 1865, 

dishon. disd. May 30, 1K65. 

S(rqeanli), 
C. J. Hicks, Ist, e Jan. 31, '6"), m o Sept. 5, "65, private. 
Jno. A. Steinbach, e Fet). 2, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865, 

com, 1st Lieut. 
Geo, L, Adair, e Feb. 2, 65. m o Sept. 5, "65, Ist 8crgt. 
Uenrv Goodapple. e Jan. .31, 1865. m o Sent. 5, 1865. 
John Wallett, e Jan 81, 1865, m o Sop:. 5, 1865. 

Corporals 
Louis Lambert, e Feb. 4. 1X65 m o Sept, 5, 1865. 
Alex L. Monaghan, e H'ih. 7. 1N65, desrtd. Aug. 3, "65. 
.Ino, Itrodigan, c Feb. 7, 186,">, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Wm, HUckhan, e Feb. 1, 1S6.5, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
Wm. Bnnstock. e Jan. 31, 1865, m o Sent. 5, 1865. 
C. H. Hicks, e Feb 2, 1865, m Jnne 19, '65, private. 



ADAMS COrNTY WAK KEC'iKD. 



385 



Corporiih. 
Jno. A. Layman, e ■Ian. 31, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Van Wilson, e Feb. 4, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 



Jno. Easterly, e Feb. 4. 1665, m o Sept. 5 1865. 
Jos. Gumn, e Feb. i, 18U5, m o tept. 5, 1865. 

Wdrjninr. 
Geo. Keller, e Jan. 31. I»i5, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 

Privattf. 
•Abbott Sam. e Jan. 'JS. 1865. m o Sept. 5. 1863. 
Amburn H. W. e Jao. 31, 1865, dftached at m o. 
Abram Jno. e Jan. 31. 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Andrene Chas. W. e Pub. i. 1863. m o June 19, 1865. 
Anders Ja8. E.e Feb. 3, 1865, absent eict at m o. 
Abber Wm. A. e Feb. S. 1865 m o Sept. 3, 1865. 
Beady B. S. e Feb. 1, 1865, absent ^ick at m o. 
Berker Jas, O. e Feb. 3, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Beard Wm. Feb. 7, lSi;5, m o Sept. 5. 18(i5. 
(-lark Wm. e Feb. 9, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Carmen -Ino. e Feb. 8, 1865. m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
Classer Matt, e Feb 6, 1865, m o Sept. 3. 1865. 
Clingingsmith H. e Feb. 3, 1863, m i. Sept. 5, 1865. 
Clark Pat. e Feb. 7, 18ii5, m o Sepi. 5, 1865. 
Doty Lonis, e Feb. 4, 1863. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Darnell H. H. e Feb. 7. 1865. m o Sept. 3, 1865,/-r'rp. 
Daui;hertv Jacob, e Feb. 7, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865, 
Edwards "Claybarn, e Jan. 36, 1865, absent at m o. 
Edson Geo. W. e Jai-. 31, 1863, m o Sept. 5, 18f.5. 
Ellerbnci; Casper, e Feb. 2, 1866, m o .Iiine 19, 1865. 
Evans Wm. S. e Feb. 3, turned ovtr to civil author- 
ities Miiy 14. 1865. 
Edison A. J. e Feb. 2 1863. m o May 24, 186"). 
Edisim IfBiab, e Feb. 9, 1865. died Tullaboma, Tenn. 

March 23, 1865. 
Knlow Tbo--. J. e Feb. 8. lS6i, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Flowers J. R. e Feb. 4, 1«65, May 12, 1663. 
Floweis G. W. e Feb. 4. 1865, died -Tullahoma, Tenn. 

March 18. 1863. 
Foster D. e Jan. 31, 1563, m o Sept. 5 1865. 
Goodapple, e Feb. z. 1863, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
Hoffman Jasper, e Feb. 8. 1S63, m o Sejjt. 5. 1865. 
Hosan W. P. e Jan. 30, 1863, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
I Howard Feter. e Jan. 31, 1815. m Sept. 5, 1865. 

Heitland Henry, e Feb. «. 1863. m o Sept. 3, 1865. 
I Harry or Henry Jnn.e Feh.6, '65, desertd. Feb.lO, "65. 

llanilson G. J. e Feb. 6. 1S6.3, m o Jane 13. 1865. 
I Holmes Mat. e Feb. 3. 1865. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
' Jacobfmier J. W. e Jan. 31. 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 

Johnson W L. e Jan. 31. 1S65, m o Sept. 5. 1865, 
' Jackson Ben. e Feb. 7. 1S65. m o Sept. 3, 1805. 
I Jones Wm. e Feb 8, 18 i5, deserted Feb. 8, 1863. 
Kappener Hen. e Feb 4, 1864. m o Set t. 5, 186.3. 
' Kruei'er Herman, e Feb. 4. 1863. m Sept 3. 1865. 
1 Kirk Peter W. e Feb. 3. 11^63. m o Sept 5. 1865. 
' Keller Andrew, e Feb. 4, 18<i5, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
I Kiger Isaac, e Feb. 4, W)5. m o May 16, 1865, 
i Krueger C. H. Jan. 31. 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
King Nelson, e Feb 8. 18!i5, m o Sept 5, 1865, 
I Linnebam Morris, e Feb 2, 1S63, m June 19, 1865. 
I Lock Chris, e Feb. 4. 1865, m o Sept, 5. 1865. 
I Loos .Ino. e Feb. 3, 1805, m o Sept. 5, 1863. 

Mehan Wm. e Feb. 9. 1865, deserted Aug. 3, 1865. 
1 Myers Jos. e Feb. 4, 1865, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
I Macker Geo. II. e Feb. 3, 1865, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
More y .Mitchell, e tvb. 3. 186.5, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
' Niewohner F. W e Jan. 31, 1865, m o Sept 5, 1865. 
I Permann .Manard or Pferman Barney, e Feb. 8, 1365, 

deserted Ang. 4. 1S65 
' PickingsAndrew. e J.in.31.1863. m o Sept. 5, 1665. 
I Ray Jno. H . e Jan 31. 1C63. ra o June 19, 1865. 
Redmond J. J. e Feb. 6. 1865, m o Sept. 3, 1865. 
Roberts Jno. » Feb. 2. 1S63, m o Sept 5. 1805. 
Shelven or Shelby Miihael, e Feb. 9, 1865, deserted 
I Aug, 4. 186.-. 

I Shnlte Wm- e Jan. 31. 1865. detatched at m o. 
: Spelter Hen. >■ Jan. 31. 1863, m o Sept. 5, 1865, 
I Serving Fred, e Feb. 2, 1mi5, m o Sept. 5, lfi65. 
I Schmitt Geo. e Feb 3, 1H65, m o Sept. 5, 1805. 
I Smith Tho«. e Feb. 8. 1863. m o Sept. 5. 18B5. 
I Stork Herman, e Feb 4, 1S65. m o June 19, 1865. 
I Steffln Conrad, e Feb. 6, 1865. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
I Thomas Wm. e Sep'. 8, 1865, absent sick at m o. 
' Tysor or Tyson H. e. Feb. 2, 1865, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
I Womeleriorr f'hae. e F-h 2, 1805, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
W -"nget Abe, e Feb 8, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865, 



Company £. 

Pri rates. 
Brown C, B. e Feb. 7, 1865, m o Sept, 3, 18. 
Dennis C F.e Fjb. 8, '63, died Nashville.April 16,'65. 
Neff J. J. e Feb. 8, 1863, mo Sept. 5, 1865. ^ itj 
Sergeant Webster B. e Feb. 7, 1865, m o Sept.!5,1865, 

Company F. 

Privatf. 

Fitzelmmons B. e Feb. 11, 1865, dosrtd. Feb. 12,1865. 

Company tJ. 

Captaia. 
Robert G. Welsh, com. Feb. 16, 1865, m o Sept. 5, '65. 

Lkiiteitants. 
3. E. Stanforth, Ist, com. Feb. 16,'65, m 9 Sept. 5,'65, 
John F Bush, 2d, com. Feb 16, 1865, m o Sept, 5,'65. 

Sergeants. 
Alonzo J. Robertson, e Jan. 23, 1865,moSept. 5, '65, 
Beni. H. Welsh, e Jan. 2:j, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
I. W . O'Dell, e Feb. 4, 1865. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 

Corporalt. 
Titons L. Garlette, e Feb. 2. 1865, m Sept. 5, 1865. 
A G. Hcdden, e Jan. 2, 1865, m o Sent. 5, 1865. 
G P. Nich'.lson, e Feb. 2, 1865, ni o Sept. 13, 1865. 
Harry W, Kock, e Feb 7. 1865, m o Sept. 6, 1865. 
T. J. Livingston, e Jan. 24, 1865, m o Aug. 16, 1865. 
J. c. Lee, e Feb. 11,'65, died Nashville. March 23,'65. 

^Vagonel'. 
L. B. Coder, e Feb. 7, '65, m o Sept. 5, '65, as private. 

Privates. 
Atderson W. P. e Feb. 9, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Anderson W. H. e Feb. 8. 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Babbitt G. C. e Jan. 23. 1805, m u Sept. 5, 1865. 
Burrows Israel, c Feb. 8. 1865, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
Bark E. L. e Feb. 11, 1803, m o Aug. 23, 1865, 
Barney Jno. e Feb. 8, '63, died Nashville, May 3, '65,, 
Berrian G. W. e Jan. 28. 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Bennett Rufas, e Jan. 28, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Hronaugh L. L. e Jan 25, 1865, m o Jane 9. 1865. 
Brontugh K. B. e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
C'ayton J. P. e Feb. 8, 1865. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Craig Newton, e Feb. 8. 1863, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Cook Sam. e Feb. 8, 1865, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
Christy J. C. e Feb. 10, 1863, desrtd. Feb. 11, 1865. 
Dudley Chas. e Jan. 23, 1865, ab sent sick at m o. 
Duncan Hubbard, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Gorden A. B. e Jan. 23, 1865, m o Sept. 5, '65, corpU 
Garlott J. R. e Feb. 13, 186.3. m o ept. 5, 1863. 
Hammond Sam. e Feb. 2, 1865. m o July 14, 1889. 
Hagerty John e Feb. 9, 1865, June 10, 1865. 
Hnddleston Ab. J. e Jan. 24, 1865, m cySept. 5, 1865. 
Knight J. e Feb. 2. 1865, diert Nashville, April 23,'85, 
Knight Geo. U. e Jan. 21, 1863, pro. sergt. miy. 
Lin-ay chas. G. e J;in. 26, 1865, m o Sept. 5,1865, 
McDanial J. B. e Feb. 15, 1863, m o Sept. 5. 1885. 
P-sley W. H. e Feb. 9, 1805, m o Sept. 5, 1865, 
Porter W. J. e Feb. 2, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Powers Ja'. e Feb. 9, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Pollock J. B. e Fell. 11, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Ruth Jos. e Jan. 31, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Roseberry L. T. e Feb. 9. 1865, m o'Sept. 5, 1865. 
Sevier Wm. e Jan. 3ii, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Smith J. A. e Feb.8,'6.3, died Nashville, March 24,'65. 
Steward Lucius, e Jan. 30, 1863, m o Aug. 21, 1865. 
Station Jos. e Jan. 23, 186.3, died at Camp Butler. 111. 

March 11, 1863. 
St. Clare G. H. Feb. 11, 186.3, died at Nashville, 

March 21, 1863. 
Thompson A. W. e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Tarr J. F. e Feb. 9. 1S63, m o Sept ,3, 1863, 
Watson Abraham, e Feb. '2, 1863, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Wartick W. C. e Feb. 18, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1805. 

Company H. 

Captain. 
B. W. McCoy, com Feb. 11, 1865, m Sept. 5, 1865. 

Lieutenants. 
Geo. Mccarty, Ist, com. Feb. 11, 1865, resigned for 
good of service, April 20, 1865, 



386 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR KECORD. 



O'iO.n Knigbt. l9t com July 13,"65, moSept.S.'er). 
Llbeity < oariney, Sd. cum. Fi;b. li, 18<!5, pro. Ist 
Lieui. May :«, 18«."). 

Sergfantg. 
W. D. Langhlln, e Feb 4, IStiS, m o Sept. .5. 1805. 
L. G. Smith, e Feb. 4,1S6."), m o Sept. 5, 18(i5,l8t sergt. 



Corpr 



(lis. 



Wm. niles, e Feb. 4, 18ii5, m o May 25, 1863. 

A. M. Douglas, e Feb. 4. iwn. kid. by guerrillas at 

Franklin, Ky. Feb. 28. IHi;."). 
Thos. Nolan, e Feb. 3 'li.'j. m o aept. 5, '65, private. 
Ahrah-im Weaver, e Feb. 6. '6.'). mo June 22, 'Ho, private. 
Ballard Wickhaiu, e Feb. 4, 18ii5, desrtd. Feb. 10, '65. 

Musicitiji. 
r.obt. H. B .nnett, e Feb. 6, Jt8t>5, m o June 19, 1365. 

Warjoiter. 
J. H. Wa son, e Feb. 2, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 

Privates. 
Anderson 8. II. e Feb. 1, "63, m o Sept. 5. '6'i. corpl. 
Barnett John, c Feb, 4. ls(;5, m <i June I'.i. l-(()5. 
Brady L. D e Feb. 2, isiij, m o Sept. 5, 1M65. 
Bliss N. T. e Feb. M. IsiB, absent sick at n. o. 
Cavender J. C. e Feb. 8, 186.'). m o Sept. 5, 1863. 
Cox John, e Feb. 6. 1863, m o Sept. 5. 18(i.3. 
t'lark (Je >. e Feb. i. 18ii.3, m o Sept. 6, 1865. 
Douglas J. W. e Feb. 4. 1865, m o Sept. 5. 1865. 
Dorsc'tt Sol. or Sam. It. e Feb.". '65, m o July 14, '65. 
F.llott c. R. e Feb. 8, 1865, m o Sept. .5, 186,5. 
Foray P. M. e Feb. 7. 186), m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Ilardieou J. ('. e Feb. 4. 1865, m o Sept 5, '65, sergt. 
H.ioverO. J e Feb. 1. 186.3, m o Sept 5, 1865, corpl. 
H»U G. W. e Feb. 2, 186.3. m o Sept. 5, 1865 
Uackney J B. e Feb. 6. 1865, m o Sept 5, 1865. 
lllllman Moses e Feb. 7, 'e'i5, m o Sept. 5, 1863. 
llolman Wm. e Feb. 5, 18ii5. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Jeffer.-on (has. e Feb. 4, 1865. m o Sept. 5. 18i'i5. 
L'lfferty thas. 11. e Feb. 4, 186.3, m o Jnly 11, 1865. 
Little Cha-. F. e Feb. :i, 1865, m o Sept. 5, "65, corpl. 
Leepnian Fiauk e Jan. 23, 1865, died at Tullahoma, 

Teun , May 26, 1«65. 
Leesman J. F. e Feb. 6, 186.3, lu o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Leham W. M . e Feb. 3, 1S63, m o July 5, 1865. 
Mansion Wilmont, e Feb. 7, 1863, m o June 1.3, 1865. 
Moorman T. G. e Feb. 4, 1865, m o Sept. 13, '65, corpl. 
Miller (.has. K. e Feh. 4, 'i.S, m o Sept. 15, '65, sergt. 
Malone Nashville, e Feb. 2, '65, m o May 25, 1865. 
Mab^n S. D. o Fell, i, 18ti5. m o S. pt. 5, 18fi5. 
Malton Jon. e Feb. 6, 1865, m o Sept. ,3, 1865. 
Nichols David, e Feb. 4, isiio, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Naylor J. C. e Feb. 6, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1863. 
Pailgett Jno e Feb. 7, 1X63. m o Sept. 5, 1H65. 
Padgett Jas. e Feb. 2, lsi;.3. m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
I'ryor V. M. e Feh. s, ixiifl. ni o June 19, 1863. 
Ouincy II. U. e Feb. 8, lst).3, m o Sept. 5. 1«6,3. 
hoss J. W. e Feb. 8, 1S65, m o Sept. 6, 1865. 
Simmons Green, e Feb. 4, '65, m o Sept. 5, 1865. 
Thornton OUver.e Feb. 'A m o S,pt. 6, 1865. 
Wilson W. I,, e Feb. 2. 1865, m o S.-pt. 5, 18ii5. 
Wiley l9a«c, e Feb. 4, 1865, m o Sept. 5, '65, corpl. 
Woniilsdorf J. e Feb. 2. '63, in o Sept. 5, '65, corpl 

C'ouipttiiy 1. 

Pri vdtes . 
Calwaldei' Isaar, e Feb 10, '65, absent, s'ck at m o. 
West Isaac, e Feb. 7, 1865, m o Sept. 5, 1863. 

149tli Infantry (1 year service). 

ll(i«liilal stewaril. 
Or.ver IJennett, reduced to ranks in Co. F. 
Coiiipaiiy F. 



Bennett Oliver, e Jan. '27, 1865, m o Jan. 27, 1866. 
('ooper David, e Feb. 7, '65, m o Jan. 27, 18(i6. 
Wlllard Jaa. e Feb. 6, lS(i3, in o Jan. '27, 1866. 

15l8t Infantry. 

Thi< Reglmeut wasorginizrd at Quincv, 111., and 
munered into US. serv ce, F.b. '2l, 1865. It pro- 



ceeded br rail to Springfield, 111., Feb. 2.3, 1865. The 
Regiment received its arms and accoutrements, and 
then ordered to Nasbvjlle. Thence on March 7, 
marched to .Murfreesboro, and proceeded to Chatta- 
nooga, Tenn , and reported to .Major Gen. Jas. B. 
Sieadinan, commanding, who at once ordered the 
Regiment to report to Col. Sickles, at Dalton, Ga. 
They arrived Feb. l.'J, 1X63. This Regiment saw no 
Nghilog, but guerrilla sklimiehes. It was mustered 
out at I olumbns, Oa., January^, imi6, and ordered 
to SpringOcld, 111., where it received Una! payment 
and discharge February 8. 1S06. 

151st Infantry (1 year service)- 

Quarlermasler Sergeant. 
Silas K. Bristol, pro. Ist Lieut, or R. Q. M. 

Mvsidan. 
Jas. X. Shaffer, m o Jan. 24, 1866. 

Company C. 

Prirate. 
Truas J. J s Feb. 18, '65, m o Jan. 24, 1866, sergt. 

Company B. 

.)rusieians. 
Daneal W. c Feb. 14, '63, m o Jan. 24, '66, private. 
Betz J. C. e Feb. 18, 18(i5, m o Jan. 24, 1866. 
Brown Eliher, e Feb. 18. 1hu:>, m o Jan. '24, 1866. 
Crawford Jno. e Feb. 15, 1865, m o Jaa. 24, 1866. 

Compaoy G. 

Privates, 
Brlstow Silas E. e Feb. 20,1865, representative of Ed. 

Weils, (;ulucy. 111., pro. li. M. ser^t. 
Stephenson L. e Feb. 20, '65, desrtd. Feb. 25, '05. 



Silas Battey, com. Feb. ii, '65, pro. Major. 

Thos. J. Heirs, com. Feb. 2t), '65, res. July 28, 1865. 

Thos. J. Joseph, com. Oct. 4, '65, mo Jan. 24, 1866. 

/.ieulei,a„ts. 

Thos. J. Heirs, 1st, com. Feb. Si, '6,3, pro. 
A. J. Worden. Ist, com. Feh. 26 '63, res. Aug. 16, '65. 
S. W . Young, Ist, com. Oct. 4. 65, m o Jan. 24, 1866. 
Thos. J Jos pb. 'id, com. Feb. '26, '65 pro. 
Richard Uobort, •2d, com. 0,;t. 4, '65, m o Jan. 24, "66. 

Sergr^ants. 

Thos. J. Jjsepb, Ist, e Feb. 16, '63, pro. ad Lleat. 
J.U. Ayers, e Feb. 16, '63, m o Jan. 24. 1866. 
F. J . Urick, e Feb. 13, '65, m o Jan. '24, 18»i6. 

Corporals. 

C. H. Akermiui, e Feb. 18, '65, m o Jan. 24, '66,iergt 
A B. Slack, e Feb. 14, '6.3, m o Jan -24, '66, sergt. 
Herman Teldkamp, e Feb. 17, 1865, m o Jan. 2t, '66. 

Musician. 

Abraham Wayne, e Feb. 16, '65, m o Jan. '21, 1866 

Priv ties. 

Adam Jno. e Feb. 20, '65. m o Jan. 24, 18t>6 
Bower lienj. e Feb. 16. 1865, m o .Ian 24, 1S66. 
Balzer Dan. e Feb. 16, isiii, m o Jan. 21. 1866. 
Dodd B. F. e Feb. 17, 18ii3, m o .Ian. 21, IK1I6. 
Dwyer Wm. e Feb. 13, 1H6.3, m o J in 2t, 1S(',6. 
Dunn Thos. e Feb. 16. '65, desrtd. Feb. in, isti3. 
Farrell Mike, e Feb. 16, '63, desrld. Keli. Hi, isiis. 
Oroiiian L. c Feb. 16, 'ti3, m o Jan. 24, '66. wagoner. 
Grigsby J. F. e Feb. IT, IxiB, m o Jan. '24, 1S66. 
llilginbrluk, Herman, e F^b. 16, '65, m o Jan. 21, '66. 
Heers T J. e Feb. 16. 1865, pro. 1st Lient. 
Jenkins M. e Feb. 16, '65, m o Jan 24, '6I1, musician. 
Jesse Phil. M. e Feb. 16, '65. m o Jan. 21, 1866. 
Johnson Wm. c Feb. 20, '65, desrtd. Feb. 20, 1865. 
Kauder Valentiue, e Fob. 16, '65, m o Jan. '24, 1866. 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECORD. 



387 



Klauner Chas. e Feb. 17. ■('i5. m o Jan. '^4, 181)6. 
Lemmer Peter, e F. li. IS. (ir), m o Jau. 21. 1800. 
McClintcck W. S. Fell. 1«. (iS, m o Jan. al. 1860. 
Mallick Andrew, e Feb. 10. '65. m o Jan. 24, 1800. 
Mct'ormact, Lafford. e Feb. 16, '05, m o .i""- 34, 'Oe. 
Jleyer J. II. e Feb. 17, '05, m o Jan. ■», ^8<. 
Noll W. U. e Feb 16, '65, m o Jan. 24, 1860. 
Patten Warren, e Feb. 20, 1805, m o .\iig. 35. 65. 
Pollock A. L. e Feb. 16, 1805, m o Jan. 24, 1866. 
Qaaet Fred e Feb. 10, 1865, m c Jan. 24, IS"" 
Kower Julius, e Feb. 18, 1865, died Coiumbos, Oa. 

Aug. 27, 1865. 
Straly Jos. e Feb. 10, 186i, m o Jau. 24, '06. corpl. 
Stephenson Jno. e Feb. 18, 1805, des rtd. Feb. 18, '05. 
Thomas, Jno. e Feb. 1"^, 1865, m o Jan. 24. 11-66. 
Urick Jacob, e Feb. 15. 1S65. m o Jan. 24. 1806. 
Wortz Jasper, e Feb. 20, 1805, m o Jan. 24, 1866. 

Company I. 



Short Jno. U. e Feb. 17, 1S65, died Nashville, Tcun. 
July 10, 1805. 

Company K, 

Ca/itdhi. 
Jno. Sutton, com. Feb. 24, 1865, m o Jan. 24, 1660. 

Lieiitenaiils. 

Rob't A. William. Ist.com.Fi b. 2l,'65.m o Jan.24,'66. 

Isaac R. Da>ie. 2d. com. Feb. 34, '65, res. May 16, "65. 

Zimri M. Parvin, 2d, com. July 31, 1805, m o Com. 

sergt. Jan. 24, 1866. 

Corporal. 
Jno. Scott, e Feb. 14, 1865, m o Jan. 24, 1806. 

Jfiisinan. 
Levi H. Dilla, e Feb. 8, 1865, died Quincy,Peb.24,'65. 

Prirates. 
Brnner J. K.-e Feb. 17, 1865, m o Jan. 24, 1866. 
Cander Dan e Feb. 14. 1865, m u Jan. 24. 1806. 
Edwards .Jos. e Feb. 18, 1865, m o Jan. 24, 1866. 
Hoelker Jos. e Feb. 22, 166.-), m o Jan. 24, 1866. 
Panly W. M. e Feb. 14, 1805, m o Jau. 24, 1-66. 

ISad Infantry (1 year). 

Com puny G. 

PrlVttlt ». 
Harris G. J. e Feb.s, 1805. m o Sept. 11, 1865. 
Kelm Ralph, e Feb. 14, 1805, m o sept. 11. 1805. 

154th Infantry (1 year). 

Company C. 

Cor/mrat. 
Jno. Clark, e Feb, 11, 05. disd. June 28, '05, private. 

Prh„/.s. 
Swan Alonzo, e F- b. 2.'. 1805. m o May 23, 1805. 
Smith L. W. Q. e Feb. 22. 180.'). 

133th Infantry (1 year). 

Company A. 

Prirul.s. 
Schnelle Ctiae. Feb. 22. 1865, ra o Sept. 4, 1865. 
■Vogel Aug. e Feb. 31, 1865, m u Sept. 4, 1805. 

Company F, 

S<^r(if(lni>i. 
J. C. Kine, e Jan. 18 180.5, m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
J. L. Balch, e Jan. 20.18U5,privute,ae6rtu.Mch.2,1805. 
3, 1865. 

Corporah. 
Jacob BSlrick'er.e Jen. 18. 'i 5.m o Sept.4.'65,private. 
Joshua Dean, e oan. 18, '65, oi o July 5, '65, private. 



,\dair Jacob, e Feb. 26, 1865, d.ed Tallahoma, Tenn. 

April 4, 186'i. 
.\ppelegale O. A. e Jan. 18, 1805, m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
.\rm8trong Jno. e ,Un 20, 1805, m o May 24, 1805. 
.\rm8trcDg Jas. e Jan. 18, 180.'), died at Louisville, 

April 18, 1805. 
Bowers Enoch, e Feb. 2,'i, 18( 5, m o -May '24, 1865. 
Conner J. \V. e Feb. 25, 1805, m o Sept. 4, 1805. 
Doran A. E. e Jan. IS, 1865, died at Murlreetboro, 

Aug. 14, 1805. 
Fprguson J. R. e Feb. 18. 1805. m o June 19. 1865. 
llutzler D. e Jan. '20. '05, m o Sept. 4, '05, Ist. sergt. 
Lambert J shua. e Ftb. 10. 1805. m o May 11, 1805. 
McCormack ii. P. e Feb. 10. 1S05, m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
McCnlioch S. W. e Jan. 20. 1805. desrid. .\uff. 13, '65. 
Markley Thos. e -Ian. 20, 18r,5, m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
Morgan Ed. e Jan. 18, ISliS, m o Sept. 4, 1805, cnrp'l. 
McDermot Frank, e Jan. 18, 1805, m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
Stephens Solomon, B Feb 23. 1805. m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
Smith Richard, e .Ian. 18, 1805, m o June 19, 1805. 
Strickler P. B. e Jan. 15. 180.5, m o S pt. 4, 1805. 
Thorp Elijah, e Feb. 12, 1805, m o Sept. 4, 1805. 

Company I. 

sergt aitls. 
Elijah Stafford, e Feb. 21, 1805, m o Sept. 4. 1805. 
P. A. Shultz, e Feb. 81, 1865, m o Sept. 4, 1805. 

Corporul. 

WaUh Wood, e Feb. 21, 18f5, m o Sppt. 4. 1865. 
Wm. Ambnrn, e Feb. 21, 1865. m o Sept. 4, 1805. 
HoQSiou Lamon, e Feb. 21, 1865, m o Sept. 4, 1805. 
Privates. 

Bar on W. A. e Feb. 21. 1805. m o Sept. 4, 4865. 
Chapman B. P. e Feb. 22. 1805, m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
Foster J no. e Feb. 23, 1865, m o Jnue 23, 1805. 
Ger..rd Sara, e Feb. 21, 186.5, pro. 2d Lieut. 
Hess J. remiah, e Feb. 2:1, 1865, m o June 19, 1865. 
Kalin Henry, e Feb. 23, 180.5, m o Sepi. 4, 1805. 
McClelland Irwin, e Feb. 23, 1805, m o May 24, 1865. 
Mcl'ollock G. VV. e Feb. 25. I?t5, m oSept. 4, 1865. 
McFailord Jas. e Feb. 21, 1865, m o Sept. 4, 1805. 
McCormack Jos. e Feb. 2:S, 1805, m o Sept- 4, 1805. 
O'Donal J. K. e Feb. '23, 1805, m o Sept. 4, 1805. 
Spizer R. N. e Feb. 23, 1865, m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
Walby J. B. e Feb. 21, 1805, m u June 19, 1805. 

Company K. 

Privates. 
Williams Jno. e Feb. 24, 1865, m o Sept. 4, 1865. 
Wliliamson J. W. e Feb. 24, 1805, m o May 27, 1865. 

130th Infantry (1 year service). 



rorimrnh. 
01c Richalsoii, e Feb. 28, 1805. m o Aug. 1, 1865. 
christophersou J. e Feb. 28, 1805, m o Sept. 20. 1805. 
Gull.cKson Ole, e Feb. 28. 1805, m o Sept. 30, 1865. 
Hit'hlnud Ole, e Feb. 28, 1865. m o Sept. 20, 1865. 
Highland Cyru', e Ft b. 28, 1803, m o Sept. 20, 1805. 
Hove .\ T. e Feb. -.'8. lS(r>. m o Sept 20, 1865. 
Hanson Thos. e Feb. 28, 1805, m o Sept. 20, 1865. 
Jutland Jno. e Feb 2s. 1805. m o Sipt, 20. 1805. 
Johnson Knud, e Feb. iS, 1805. m o Aug. 28, 1805. 
Knndson Crasmu", e Feb. 28. 1865, m o Sept. 20, '65. 
lUassa Ole P. c Feb. 28. 1865, m o Sept. 20, 1865. 
strangKland Sam. e Feu. 2H. 1863. m o Sept. 20, 1865. 
Valdin E. E. e Feb. 28, 1805, m o Sept. 20, 1865. 



2il Cavalry. 



Siiriifon. 
Joel G. Williams, Jr. Ist Asst. com. Jan. 31, 1865, m 
Nov. 32,1805. 

Company H. 

Pritate. 
Wallace Gamble, e Aug. 0, 1861, disd. Aug. 28, 1 



3S8 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR KKCORI). 



CompaDy I<. 

Captaint. 
S. P. Delant. com. Aug. 24. lSi;i. dixd April -17. 186d. 
Francis T. Moore, com. May i), li^U-J, term expired 
Jane 14, 1865. 

LifiilfiKiiits. 
J. L. Sawyer, 2d. com. \ae iA. ISfil, res. Oct 25,'i)l. 
Francis T. Moore, id, com. Nov. 15, 1861. pro. 
Jdo. Clayton, ii, com. Ma; i>, istid, died. March l,°ti5. 

Sagennl. 
F. C. Turner, 1st, e Ang. S.'iil, m o .\ng. 11, 'M.serHt 

J. N. Wilks. e Aug. S.'iil.dled Island 10, Sept. •.>9.'B2. 

Sfrgfantt. 
W. H. Itorke, e An;. 5, IStJl. m Aug. 11. l«6i. 
D. D. Hill, c Aiw. 5, 1»>1. » 

Jno. Clayton, e Aug. 5, 18'J1, pro. id Lieut. 

Corpoiah. 
Obadlnh Spenre. e Ang. 5. 'til. ra o Ang. 11, 'W. eergt. 
Frank Turner, e Aug. 5. ISiil, m o Aug. 11 . 'I'A. sergt. 
Jdo. Wation. e Ang. 5, IStil. m o .Vue. 11. ISGl.serat. 
J. C. Cox. e .Vug. 5, ISiil. m o Aug. 11. l!<til. eergt. 
W. G. liilulu. Aug. 5. '81. died Island 10. 9ept.-il."«2. 
Benj. n. Pbillips. e Aug. 5. ISiil. disd. Dec. SO. ISt;>. 
Warner D. Elliot, e Aug. 5. lS(il. died Ft. Holl. Ky. 
Dec. 4, l!j«l. 

BiifiUrs. 
Frances C. Weaver, e Ans. 5. IS«1. 
Chaa. Craiue, e Aug. 5, liWl. 



Maurice Bywater, e .\ug. 5. ISSl, m o Aug. 26. 1861. 

Jllai-kmiul/i. 
Jas. Kingharn, e Aug. 5, 1861, disd. Feb. 11, 1862. 

SatlilUr. 
H. B. Crandall, e Aug. 5,1861,m o Aug.ll,'64,priTate. 

M'agoitt'r. 
W. B. Hoyt. e Ang. 5, 1861, disd. Aug. U. 1S62. 

Priraffn. 
Barr Brcnn rma-, e Are. 5. ISiil. m o .Vug. 11. 1864. 
Bywater Ueo. e Ane. 5. 1S61. m o Aug. II, 1861. 
BImpson lienj. e Aug. S. 1861. m o Aug. 11. 1864. 
Browning Jeremiah, e Ang. .s. 1861. disd. Sept. 5. '62. 
Brooks Jno. F. e Aug. 5. ISOl. 

Boone S.W.e Aug.."i.(jl.died Mounl City.III.Nov.:r61. 
Bamctt Wm. e Ang. 5, "61, disd. Sept. ft. '62. disab. 
Bell W. e Aug. 5. '61, re-e trans. Co. E. consolidated. 
Berrian J . T. e Ang. 5, 1S61. m o -Vug. 11. '61. corpl. 
Childs T. D. e Aug. B, 1811. 

Chase W. J. e Aug. 5, l^il. m o Au'. 21. 1861. corpl. 
Carter Martin, e Aug. 5, 1861. ree vot. irans. Co. E, 

consolidated- 
Cranur tred. e Aug. 5. '61. m o Ang. 11. '64.buglir. 
Crawford \V. n. e Aug .■>. lil. dl»d. Feb. 21. is<i2. 
Davis I. M. c Aug. 5. 1861. d.sd Feb. '24. 18t« 
Dawson B. .-5. e Aug. \ 1861. di^d. Sept IS. 186!. 
Douglas Jno. F. e Aug 5, ISiil. m o Aug. 11, 1««4, 
Douglas Jos. F. e Auff. 5. 1861. m o .\ug. 11. 1864. 
Easum C. W. e Aug. 4. ISill. m o .^ug II. 1S64. 
Farlow Goo. e Aug. 5. 1-61. di^d. May 11. 1862. 
Floyd G. F. e Ang. 5. 1861. mo 4ng. 11, 1S<>4. 
Garrett R. S. e Aug. 5. istil. k d. Island in.oct.17,'62. 
Green Wm. e .\ug. 5. 1861. m o Aug. 11. '61, corpl. 
Gibbs J. F. e Ang. 5. 1861. disd. May 5. 1862. 
Henderson J. B. e Ang. 5. 1861. m o Aug. 11, 1364. 
Hicks F. M. e Aug. B. ISill, disd. Feb.'.'4. l.'iBl. 
Howan J. 8. e Aug. 5. 1S61. mo Aug. 11.1864. 
Harbison Rob'i. e Aug 5 1861, m o Ang. II, 1,884. 
Johnson J. P. e Aug. 5. l-«l. mo Aug 11, 1864. 
Eamp T. J. e Aug. 5, ISII, m o .\ng. 11. 1864, corpl. 
Kemp Jas. e .\ugr5. 1861. m o Aug. II. IStil. 
Kendall R. P. e Ang. 5. 1861. 
Kimball H. M. e Ang. 5. l.-<61. m o Ang. 11. 1864. 
Lindsay C. G. c Aug. 5. 1861. disd. May 2.(, 186J. 
Lindsay Llewolhn. e Aug. .\ ISrtl m o Auif. 11, 1864. 
Lewis Thos. e Aui. 5. 18«il. died .\ndersonville, 

Ang. 20. 1861. No. grave 6.238. 



Moore Frank T. e Ang. S. 1861, pro 2d Lieut. 
Mt'tbewsJ. W. e .Vug. 5. I'<61. m o Aug 11.61. corp' 
Morrow H. 0. e Aug. 5. 18<il. disd. April ll.'ni.dlsaD 
McMurray W.F.e Aug. 5. 1861. m o Aug. II. '64,8rrg( 
Pierce Juo. e .Vuii.5,1861. m o .\ug.ll.'64.. lacksmlib 
Piirls W. H. e Aug. 5. 1861. ice vet. m o Juue 24. '6.',. 

1st sergt. 
Peabody J. L. e .Vue. .5. 1861, m o .\ug 11. m. sergt. 
Patton J. D. e .Vug. 5.'61, reevct. trai.s.i o K oonsol. 
Phil.ip-< II. F. e Aug. 5. 1861. disJ. April '.'6. 1S62 
Ralph O. J e Aug. 5. '61. re-e vet. 'raDH.c'o.S.consol. 
Swase D. W. e .Vug. 5. '61. m o Aug. U. 1M(M. 
Selden Gideon, e .\ug. 5 1861. di^d Jau. 16. 1861 
Stowe n. H. e Aug. 5. 1861. disd. Sept. 5. 18i«. 
Spence Jns. e .-Vuir. 5. 1861. m o .Vug. II. 1864. 
Temple W. W. e Ang. !t. 1861, m o .\ug. 11. 1864. 
Triplet A. J. e Aug. 5. 1861. m o Aug.'ll. 1864. 
Woodrulf r. T. e Aug. .^. ni o Aug. 11, 1814 
Welch R G. e Aug. .->. 1861. m o Aug. 11. 1S64. 
Wilcox 1 :. O. e Aug. 5. 1861, m o .\ug. 11. 1864. 
Welsh B. He Aug..'>. 1861. disd. Oct. 4. isui. 
Woodman D. W. e .Vng. 5. 1861.trans.Invalid C>,rp«. 

Feb. -26. 1864. 
Wren W. W. e Aug. 5. 1861. did. Nov. 25. 186!. 
Wilcox W. A. e Aug. 5. '61. k d. Island 10 Oci.17,'62. 
Wright T. E. e Aug. 3. 1861, disd. June 30, 1S62. 

Austin Mosea, e Nov. 9 '61. trans. Co. G Ist III. Cav. 
Byi^ater Geo. e Sept. 'is 1864. sub. m o July 14. '65. 
Bywater Juo. e .Vug. 16. 1!!62. ra o June 1.1.'65.corpl. 
Bendeld tieo. e Nov. 1 1. ■6:1. veT. trans. Co. E.consol. 
Clark Luv O. e I)er. 1. 64. vet. Irans. Co. E. consol. 
Edlesiiue E. J. e Feb. 11. '62. m o Jan. 12, 1865. 
KIwood Jno. e Nov. 12. 1861. trans. Co. E. consol. 
Fraiell S. H. e Aug 7. 1*2. m o Jan. 12. 1865. 
Gibbs Jas. F. e Ja .4, 18'>4. trans. Co. E. consol. 
Gusseman T J. e Feb. 23. '61. trans. Co. E. cjnsol. 
Graff U. W. c -Vng. 14, 18«2. m o Jan. 12. 1865 
Hubbard H. R. e Nov. <1.'81, trans. Co. Gist 111. Cav. 
Howard R. e Feb. *2;l. 1864, trans. Co. E. consol. 
KniahtC. .V c Jan. 13, 186;, died Quincy, Sept. 29. 

1862, aci'idenlal won ds. 
Lee Wm. c Nov 11, 1863, t-ans. Cj. E consol. 
Miller Harvey, p Aug. 1.1, 186 J. ditd. Dec. 16. 1864. 
Nelson S. S e Doc. 1. 18ft4. m o June 2-2. 1865 
Rainwater Jacob, e Jan. 1. 1864 m o May 17. 186.5. 
Stephens Ausr. e .4ug. '21. I-i61, disd. Oct. 3, 1%1. 
Spence Mr e Julv 7, '62. oied at Baton Rouge, June 

6, 1S64. 
Spence R. U.e Jan.l.'6l. died Baton Pouge,.luly 14,''i4. 
SBank C. C. m o Jnne 1'2. 1-^5 
Sneed .). S. c Feb '-'I. I'^^l. t-ans. ti Co. E. cous. 
Thompson Jno. e Jan. 14. 1S6I. trans, to Co. E. cons. 
Thornton J. T. c m o Jane 1'2, 1865. 

Company M. 

ViiOfsigiifd Recruits. 
Carter Jas e Dec. 10. 1864, desrtd. 
Carter G. 11. e Jan. 13, 1864. desnd. 
Downey .las. e Dae. 6. l*'^. 
Glass Jno. e Oe . 10. 186^1. deertd. 
Hoobs M. L e Nov. 11, 1863, disd. Dec. 9, 1863 
Qninn Ed. e Dec. 6, 18t>4 
Randolph Kd. e Aug. IS. 1864. 
Seemly J. R. e Feb. 23. 1864. 



:id Cavalry. 

M.lior. 
T. W.McFall. com. Sept. 26. '62, resigned Oct. 15, '62. 

Company F. 

Ctiptaini. 
T. W.McFall, com. Sept. 2 . '61. resigned June 21. '62. 
W. S. Lee. com. Jnne 21. 1S61. died Aug. 31, 1863, 
Jas. W. Lay, com. Aug.31,'6;l, term expo Sept. 5, '64. 

Lituteuants . 
W. S. Lee, Ist, com. Sent. 21, 1861, pro. 
Jas. W. Liy, Ist. com. Jan. 21, 1862. pro. 
F. W. Dockhut. 1st, com. Aug. 31, '63, term expired 
Sept. 5, 1864. 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR KECORD. 



389 



Jno.Ucndriok^on, 3'1.roiD.Dec \£\ 'fi I, died J an. 17, "6^. 
F. W. Deckhiii, 2d, com. June il, 18(W, pro. 
J. W. Lay, '.id, com. Jan. 1", ISii-.;, pro. 

QiuirftTmaitt^f Sfir/eont. 
Jos. Little, e Aug. 5, 1801, m o Sept. 5, ISM. 

Serr/eanfH. 
J. W.Youiiff, 1st, e Auc. ."i.Njl, disd.Mar.J^, "tis. disab< 
J. J. Kocizle, e Aui;. 5, 'ill, disd. July 18, '62, disab' 
J. W. Lay. f Aug. .'), 1861, pro. 

Wm. Ilebblewait, e Aug. .5, '(il.prisr. m o July lO.'OS. 
Jno. McLaaghliu, e .\ug. 5, 1801, m o Sept. 5, 18ti4 

J..\. Meyer, e Aug.S, 'ill. died, Memphis, Sept. 27, "«2. 
F. W. Spezer, e Aui;. S. 'i',l, disd. Feb. 5. 18ii3, disab. 
Aug. Miese, e Aug. 5, inm. m o .Sept. 5, 18t>l. 
Andrew Smith, e Aua. 5, ISiil, deertd. 
P.Lovejoy, e Aug. 5, '111, died titMempbia. Aug.9,'02. 
Ed. TricUe*., e Aug. 5. 18i;i, m o Sept. 5, 1861, sergt. 
Jacob Denibli-e, e Aug, 5. 1861, re-e as vet. trans, to 

Co. U.,cons. 
Dudley Payn<", e Aug. .5. 1861, m o Sept. 5, '84, sergt. 

JiaglevK. 
C. B. Bennett, e Aug. 5, 1861, dishon. disd. 
C.Howard, e Aug. 5, '61, kid. at Memphis. Aug.21,'tH. 

Fiivrhr. 

Robt. Dawson, e Aug. 5, 1861, m o Sept. 5, ISiX. 
Bliu-k^iiiiih. 

Asbury Tout, e Aug. 5, 1><61, m o Sept. 5, 18IH. 
Suddhr. 

C.Mearman, e Aug. 5, '61, died at St.Lonis.HayS, '6j. 
Wagoner. 

Hiram Shoemaker, e Aug. 5, 1861, m o Sept. 5, 18M. 
PrirulcH. 

Ainsworth, Jas. e Ang. 5, 1861, m o Sept. 6, 1864. 

Adrain J. U. e Ang. 5, 1861, m o Sept. 5. 1864. 

Ahcrn Ed. e Aug. 5, 1861. m o Sept. 5, 1864. 

Abingdon H. e Aug. h. '61, disd. May 21, 1862, dlsab. 

Beckman, Jos. e Aug. h, 1861, m o Sept. 5, 1864. 

Briedle Chris, e Aug. 5. 1861, disd. May 16. '63, disab. 

Burke .Inc. e Aug. 5. 1861, disd. May 81, 186J, disab. 

Beair Jacob, e Aug. :■, 1861. disd. Dec. 5. 186'i. 

Bruning Wm. e Aug. 5, 02, died at Helena, Ark., 
-\ug. la, 1868. 

Bell Jas. e Aug. 5, 1861, desrtd.Dec. 17, 1801. 

Buckley B -nj. e Aug. .'>. 1861, disd. May 9. '62, disab. 

Cortley (Ireen, e Aug. 5, 1861, dosr.d. Dec. 17, 1801. 

Curtiss Leverett, e .\ug. 5. '61. m o Sept. .'i, '*i4, corpl. 

ConleyTbos. e Aug. 5. 1861, kid. actionatMt. Pleas- 
ant, MisB., Aug. 27. 186.i. 

Cunningham J. \V. e Aug. 5, 1861, m o Sept. 5, 1864. 

Cariock J. A. e .\ug. S, 1861. m o Sept. 5, 1864. 

Conley Pi'lix, e Aug. 5, 1861, re-e as vet. trans, to 
Co. B. cons. 

Deckricker J. C. e Aug. .5, 1801. m o Sept. b, 1864. 

ElderbrocK Hermon. e Aug. 5, '61. mo Sept. 5. 1864. 

Farrell J.e Aug.5, '61, dleO at Helena. Ark.Sept.-Jl,'62. 

Fleer G. e Aug. 5, '61, re-e as vet.trans. to Co.B.cons. 

Fletwan Prod, e Aug. 6, 1.861, m o Sept. .■), 18iM. 

Hendrickson Jno. e Aug. 5. 1861, pro. 2d Lieut. 

Hilerman J. e. Aug. 5, 1«61, kid. at Obolona. Miss., 
Feb- '22. 1861. 

Hard J. I!, e Aug. 5, 1861, ree as vet. trans, to Co. 
B. Cons, corpl. 

Herndon T. e Aug. 5, '61, died at Helena, Dec. 5, '62. 

Hamet Cbas. e Aug. :>. 1861. m o Sept. 5, 1864. 

Jackson G. W.e .\ug.5.'61, re e v--t. trans. Co B. cons. 

Kearney E. B. e Aug. 5, 1801, disd. for disab. 

Kiihu Got.ieb, e .Vug 5. 1801, disd. May 18, 1802. 

Knhn Cbas. c .\ug. t>. '61, died Helena Aug. 7, 1862. 

Kersick Hermon. e .\ug. .'j, '61, m oSept.r).'64. corpl. 

Magle or Nagle A. W. e Aug. 5, 18(il, dltd. May 18, 
1S6'2, disab. 

Marshall G. e Aug. S.'Ol, died St. Louis, Dec. 22,'6I. 

Moore John, e .\ng. 5, '61, disd. Nov. 1, 1862, disab. 

Muntag Adolph.e Aug. \ 1801, dishon. disd. 

Miley P. J. e .\ug. 5. 1861, died St. Louis, Dec. 11, '61. 

Moore .Mat. e .\ug. .5, !8iil, m o Sept. 5, 186). 

Nicholson T. M. e Aug. 5, 1861, disd. for disab. 

Neldermark Fred, e Aug. 5, 1861. m o Sept. E. 1861. 

Patterson John, e -Aug. 5, 1861, m o Sept. 5. 1864. 



Raleigh R. W. e Aug. 5. '61. died Helena, Ang.17,'62 
Richards J . P. e Aug. :>. 1861. m o Sept. 5, 1864. 
Kunyan Sam. e Aug. 5. 1801. desrld. Dec. 8, 1861. 
Roland Chris, e Aug. 5, 1861. m o S;pl. 5. ISM. 
Rankobl Hen. Aug.5, 1801. m o Sept. 5, 1804. 
Rankin Sam. e Aug. 5, 1K6I. m o Sept. 5, 18154. 
Robertson R. E. e Aug. 5,'61. disd. Dec. li!,'62 disab. 
Rankin T. G. e Aust. 6, 1861, kid. at Gcrmantown, 

Tenn. May !). 1864. 
Riley Owen, e Aug. 5. 1861. m o 8ept. 5, 1864. 
Saddler Wm. e .\ug. b. 1801, disd. Mayl8,'62, disab. 
Sampler J. W. e Aug. 5. 1801. m o Sept. 5, 1864. 
Staircliff Thos. e .\ug. .5, 1801. m o Sept. 5, 1864. 
fcott W. J. e Aug. 5, 1801. m o Sept. 5, 1864, corpl. 
Sealman Hen. e Aug. 5, 1861. m o Sept. 6, 1804. 
Thompson C. C. e Aug. S. 18iH, trans. Co. H. 
Uecke Wm. e Aug, ."i 1861, ra o Sept. 5. 1864. 
Wise Ed. e Aug. f), 1801, desrtd. June '24, 1862. 
Wise Chris, e Aug. 5, 1861, disd. July 16, '62, otsab 
Whaler Pat. e .\ng. .5, 1801, dishon. disd. 

11 Peru Us. 
Deckhut F. W. e Sept. 21, 1861, pro. 2d Lieut. 
Emery Perry, % Oct. 9, 186-', trans. Co. B. consol. 
Hersman Jos. e Sept. 21, 18B1, m o Sept. 5, 1864. 
Whltlock H. C. e March 28, 1864, trans Co. B. 



Ite 



!it«. 



Anderson J. B. e Jan. 26, '64, trans. Co C. consol. 

tusman J. P. e Jan. 26. 1864, trans. Co. C. consol. 
abb J. T. e Jan. 26, 1804, trans. Co. C. consol. 
Hatton J. c. e Jan. -ii. 1804, trans. Co. C. consol. 
Wallace Hayes, e Jan. 25, 1864, died at Memphis, 
July 26, 1864. 

Company K. 

Jlfcriiil. 
Christy Chas. e Jan. 27, 1864, trans. Co. A. conaol. 

Company M. 

JJnanaigned Recruits. 
Clark John, e March 31, 1864. 
Rohr Arnold, e Nov. 17, lr6:l, desrtd. 

4tli Cavalry. 

Company Al. 

Unauigned Recruit. 
Melville Hen. e Jan. 18, 1864. 

5tli Cavalry. 

Coiuiiany C. 

Recruit. 
Reidy J. D. e Sept. 5, 1864, trans, to 45 111. Inf. 

Company G. 

Privates. 
Archibald J. W. e Sept. 5, 1861, re-e as vet. m o Oct. 

•27, 1865, sergt. 
Fuller Euseblus, e Sept. 5, 1861, re.e as vet. died at 

Vicksburg, Aug. 8, 18IH. 
Thomas Dan. e Sept. 5. 1861, re-e as vet. died at 

Vicksburg, Jan. '2, IHOri. 
Thomas W. R. e Sept. 5, 1,801. m o March 8, 1864. 

Company K. 

Serrjmnls. 
Horace .M. Vanmeeter. e Sept. 10, '61, m • Oct,31,'64. 
C. W. Beavers, e Sept.10,'01, disd. Jnne 4,'62,.dlsab. 

Corporals. 
J. B. Gordon, e Sept. 10, '61. m o Oct. 31, '64. private. 
Thos. Williams, eSept. 10, 1861, disd. Aug. 11, 1863, 

sergt. disab. 
Sam. Davenport, e Sept. 10, 1861, m o Oct. 31, 1864. 



3i)0 



ADAMS CoUNTV WAR KEGOKU. 



Prirfifff!. 
Barnneld T. H. c Sept. 10. 18«1, pro. ad Lienf. 
Barnfleld I. J. e Sept. 10. 1S61, m o Oct. 31. 1864. 
Bryant Wm. c Sept. 10, 1861, died Sept. S5, 1S6J. 
Cashsm Ferdinand, e Sept. 10, 1861, irane. V. R. C. 

May Hi, 1801. 
C'aebam Boyd, e Sept. 10, 1801, re-e as vet. m o Oct. 

•JT. IW',^), corpl. 
C'aatell Isaac, Sept. 10, IWl, m o Oct. ;!1, 1864. 
Chllderti J. H. e Sept. 10.1861, dlBd. June '1,'6'J.dieab. 
Clendenln J.t'. e Sept.lO.'Bl, re e vet. m o OcI.-.T.'CS. 
Chllders J. R. e Oct. SI, '61. died. .lune 4, '6^, disab. 
Elliine Sam. e Oct. il."6l, re-c vet, disrld. July 15, '65, 
Flvnn I'errv, e Sept. 10, 1861. ditd. Oct. -J.'oa. dieab. 
Gllbreath Hen. e Sept. 10, '61, ree ae vet. m o Oct. 

■r, isi;.'), Q. M. Ser.'t. 
Hall A. E. e Sept. 10, 61, m o Oct. -JC, '64. as corpl. 
Hamilton .Archibald, c Sept. 10, 01, m o Oct. 31, '64. 
Hoolcer J.M. e Sept. 10, 1801, re-e as vet. m o ( )ct. -.T. 

1865, sertt- 
Joncs S. F. c Sept. 10. 01. re-e, died Sept. 21, 18*V1. 
Koebn Cbas e Sept. 10, lil, m o Oct. .Jl, "61. corpi, i 
Mann J. 1'. e Sept. 10, "61, pro. Ser^it. Maj. 
-Manflier H. (.'. e Sent. 10, 1801, died April 14,1863, 

accidental wounds. 
Mariow J.B.e Sepu 10, 01, re-e as vet. moOct.ST, '05. 
Robinson Wni. e Sept. in, '01. died April 0, IHfi'.'. 
Smith Wm. e Sept. 10. '61, aied Jan. I'.i. 18iH. 
Stolies E. D. eSept. 10, '61, mo Oct. SI, 1864. 
Tncl£er J. \V. e Sep.. 10, 'lil, died Aug. 1, 186.3. 
Tnibili W. f. e Sept. 10. '61, mo Vex. 31, 1864. sergt. 
Webb Owen, e Sept. 10, '61. d'sd. Oct. 2, Hi, dieab. 
Womacl* C. C. e Sept. 10, "01, died June I, 1863. 
Tonng R. N. e Sept. 10, '61, m oOct, 31, 1804, 

Hfcnitt. 

Bntler Seaman, e Feb. 22. 1864, m o Oct. '27, 1865. 
Barnes Harrison, m o June 5. lsti5. 
Breese Jno. e April ti, '64. died March 15, 1865. 
Gilbraith Marion, e April 10. 1864. m o Oct 27, 65. 
Hooli S. L, e Dec. -24. 18i'k!, m o Oct. i". 186.'>. 
llnbbard Francis, e Dec. '-'5. '03, m o Oct. 37, 1865. 
Ireland Wm. J, I,. Dec. '38, 1804, m o Oct. 27. I8ii5. 
-Miller B. i\ e Apr'I -ii, 1804. m oOct. -27. 1865. 
O'Kerbloni Jno. e Feb. 4. 1804, m o Oct. 27, 1805. 
Reed J. D. died Sept. 1, 1863. 
Wilson B. F. e Dec. '31, 186;), mo Oct. '27, 1865. 
Ward T. J. e Dec. '2S, 18I>3, m o Oct. -27, 1865. 



<ith Cavalry. 

Coin pan J A. 



Heartley Chas. J. e Ang. 8, 01, m o Nov. 5, 1865. 

Jones Jno. e May 1, 18'»4, m o Nov. 5, l.'^ob. 

Stafford W. e April 15, '64, died at Montgomery, Ala. 

Company M, 

Viidssigned Jiticruits. 

Poe Wm. e Feb :53. 1865. 

Qain Jae. e Jan. *2:^. 18415. 

Ream J. H. e Feb. 8, 1865. m o June 8, 1863. 

Williams Tboe. e .March 9. 1805. 

7tli Cavalry. 

LUtitfnaiit Colonel. 

Edward Pierce, com. Sept. 8, '61, pro. CoI.Jnne 1, '62, 
term expired Oct. 15, 1864. 

QtiarlcniKti'lti'. 

J. R. W. Uincbman, com. Oct. '28, "63, m o Nov. 4, '65. 

Si(rrj,aii. 

Dan Stabl, com. Sept. 9, °6'2, bon. disd. Sept. 19, '64. 

Company B. 



Frlereon J. R. e Oct. 1. '61, dlsd. July 20 'fi'2„di8ab. 
Sien Fred, e Oct. 1, °6I, re e as vet. m o Nov. 4, 1865. 



Company E. 

Jtimiit. 

Low W. e June '20, '64, kid. at Nashville, Dec. 15,'(H. 

Company H. 

J!(cniit. 

Gnlliher J. D. Sept. 16, 1861, eub. m o July31, '65. 

Company J. 

J!{cniils. 

Allen David, e Feb. 3, '65, m o Nov. 4, 1865. 
Al'en Jas. e .March 1, '(5, m o Nov. 4, 18«5, 
Collins Theo. e Feb. 3. '6."., m o Nov. 4, 1865. 
Gates Abner. e .March I. >."i. m o Nov. 4, 1865. 
Hendriclcs II. II. c Feb. 3. 1!<05. m o Nov. 4, 1865. 
Oakee li. J. e April 10. i,i, in o July 8, '65. prier. 
Tonrnear Philander, e Feb. 3, '05, m o Nov. 4, U65. 
Vanvill J, W. e March 1, '65, m o Nov. 4, 1865. 

Company M. 

Vii'iffirimd Rtcriiita. 
Carmichael Dugal, e Aas. '2, 1864. 
Malof Peter, e Dec. 3, 1864. 
Qnigel Jae. e Jan, '25. 1864. 

8lh Cavalry. 

HoipititI Sfftfiinl. 
S. R. Wellt, e Jan. 1, '64 pro. 3i Lieut. Co. K. 

Company K. 

Privnte. 
Hupp Geo. E. e Jan. 1, *64, pro. sergt. 2d Lieut. 

lOth Cavalry. 

Company A. 

Plicate. 
Cavanaugh Chas. e Sept. °21, °61, re-e as vtt trans, to 
Co. A. re-org. 

Recruits. 
Corben J. II. e Feb. 15, '62, died at Springlleld, .Mo., 
Ang. 16, 186'2. 

Company B. 

RecruHt. 
Bowling Wm. e March 7, "64, trans, to Co. B, re-org. 

Company C. 



He 



'its. 



Adams W. H. e Feb 5, 1863, vet. died at Brownvillo, 

Ark. Nov. 11, iso-l. 
Bnekirk W. J. e Feb. 5, '0-2, vet. trans. Co. A.re-org. 
Bntler P. G. e Feb. 10. Isir2. desrtd. 
Collins Mat. e Feb. 15. l'<0-2. desrtd. 
Doty I .\. e Feb. ."i. lso-2, vet. trans. Co. A. re-org, 
I>oty Lewis, e Feb. 5. is^i2, disd. dieab. 
Grigsby Reuben, e Jan. 30. isin. Iran-. Co. A. re-org. 
Hickereon W. T e Feb. lO.'o-.'.vtt trans. Co.C. re-org. 
Lewis Geo. B, e Feb. 10. 'o-J. vet trans. Co.C. re-org, 
O'Deli Francis, e Feb. 10. '02, vet. trans.Co.B. re-org. 
Scott Wm. -M. e Jan. 29. l!«i4,trane. Co. It. re-org. 

Company D. 



Flynn Moses, e Jan. 1. 1862, re-e vet. 
Kielev Wm. re-e vet. shot by Provost Guard Spring- 
field. III. Feb. 6, 1864. 
Roberts Wm. e Ja 1. 1, isrt, desrtd. March 1, 1863. 

Company K. 

Prim re. 
Rowland Wallace, c Sept. '20,'61, desrtd. June i-i, '63 . 



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t^^^i^'Z.^j^ 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECORD. 



391 



Collet Wm. e Feb. 5. lsi;e, desrtd. Jane 32, 1863. 
Colwell Richard, e Feb. 5, isttt, deeitd. June 32,1808. 
Rowland Wm. Feb. 5, 1802, desrtd. June 23, 18(i2. 



Re, 



Hits. 



Anderson Marcne, e March 5, 1862, m o March 5, '05. 
Anderson J. e March 6, '02. disd. Sept. 22, '62, oisab. 
Hartman Peter, e Feb. 31, l.%2, m o Feb. 21, 1865. 
Keller Phil, e Feb. 21, ]K(i3, m o Feb. 23, 1865, corpl. 
Pond U. F. e Feb. 35. 1802, m o Feb. 35, 1865. 
Pond W. E. e Feb. 35, 1864, m o Feb. 35, 1865. 
Rankin M. e [Feb. 17, 1864, m o Nov. 33, '65, bugler. 

Company I. 

Hfcrui/s. 
Echterkamp Fred, e Jan. !■<, 1662, m o Feb. I8,'65. 
Griggs Sam. e Feb. IS, 1862, m o Feb. 18, :865. 
Helper B. U. e Feb. 18, 1862, m o Feb. 18, 1865. 

Company K. 

.Prifa/(S. 
Harrison 11. e Oct. 28, 1861, trans, to Invalid Corps, 

Oct. 10. 1863. 
Purmell H. C. e Oct. 28, 1861, re-e as vet. drowned at 

Little Rock, Sept. 1, 1864. 

7?..V!/(Y.<. 

Foleom G, D. e Feb. 28. 1862, m o March 9, 1305. 
Hollombush T. e Jan. 31. 1862, desrtd. Feb. 10, 1865. 
Harrison Dan. e Feb. s, 1.S63. bugler, died. Feb. T,'65. 
Hamilton Alex, e Feb. 24, 1864, absent without leave 

at m o Feb. 9, 1860. 
Phillips Thos. e Dec. 33, 1803. 

Company L. 

Prim/es. 
Booth Hugh, e Jan. 3, 1804, absent, sick at m o. 
Booth Henry, e.Ian..!, 1801, desrtd. Oct 0, 1805. 
Mollatt Chae. e Jan. 3, 1K04, m o Nov. 22, 1865. 
Smith M. B. e Jan. 3, Isoi, m o Nov. 22, 1865. 
Williams Pat. W. e Jan. 3, 1804, saddler, absent, 
sick at m o. 



Brown Jno. e Jan. 1, 1863, trans. Invalid Corps, Sept. 

8, 1863. 
Booth Hugh, e -Ian. 1, 1863, re-e vet. 
Booth Henry, e Jan. 1, 1803. re-e vet. 
Cleveland Edwin, e Jan. l,180->, disd. May,'62, disab. 
Johnson Ja?. M. e Jan. 1. 1862. m o Dec. 30, 1804. 
Livingston Becj. e Sept. 0, 1804, absent, sick at m o. 
MoffattChae. e Jan. 1, 1802 

Rhodes S. C. e Jan. 1, 1802, desrtd. June 35, 1862. 
Reeves E. P. e Jan. 1, 1863, died at SpringBeld, m o 

Oct. 4, 1802. 
Smith M. H. e Jan. 1, 1862, re-e vet. 

Company M. 



Searle E. Q. e Nov. 1, 1861, died. Aug. 15,'.1863, sergt. 

Pecruits. 
Rankin Marvin, e Feb. 17. 1864. trans. *o Co. F. 
Robert G. e March 1, 1803, blacksmith, disd. M"rch 
20, 1863, disab. 

11th Cavalry. 

Company C. 

Pti-ruit. 
StubbB W. J. e Feb. 38, 1865, m o Sept. 30, 1865. 

Company H. 



Jif: 



■its. 



Nicholas Jocquet. e March .SO, 1864, m o Sept. 30,'65. 
Robertson Ed. e April 11, 1865, trans. Co. O. Slhlll. 
Cav. 



Company K. 

Recruits. 
Oakley Chas. e Jan. 29, 1864, m o Sept. 30, lir65. 

Company L. 

Primle. 
Manock Jesse, e Feb. 16, 1865, m o Sept. 30, 1865. 

Company M. 

BecruUs. 
Stevenson Jos. e Jan. 15, '64, died Vicksburg, Jan. 

31, 1865. 
Watt Jas. e Feb. 21, 1864, m oSept. 30, 1865. 

T'ltfissiefnetl. Pecruits. 
Nase H. W. e April 11, 1865. 
Scott Jno. e Feb. 27, 1865. 
Wayne C. H. e April 11, 1865. 
Watson Thos. e Feb. 27, 1865, snb. 

latli Cavalry. 

Company F, 

Pritafe. 
Blanset T. J. eOct. 7, '61,kld. Gettysbu'g.Jnly 1,'03. 

Company G. 

Pnrate. 
Thomas Jas. e Jan. 15. 1863, disd Feb. 23, 1865. 

Company M. 

Prira/es. 
Monds J. D. e Jan. 4, 1864, trans. Co. H. cor sol. 
SimmoDds Frank, e Dec. 4, 1863, trans. Co.H.conaol 
Smith Geo. e Dec. 39, 1883, desrtd. Feb. 12, 1864. 

rinisgigiied Peendls. 
Becket Hayden, e Dec. 28. 1863. 
Bennett Mat. e Nov. 14.1861. 
Yolton Frank, e Dec. 29, i863. 

14th Cavalry. 

Company D. 

Sergeant. 
C. E. Sack^tt, e Oct. 1, '62, disd. June 20, '65, disab. 

Prh-af,: 
Bennett J. T. e Nov. 1, 1862, desrtd. Feb. 7, 1863. 



16th Cavalry. 

Company £. 

Peer nils. 
Bohma F. J. e June 19, 1863, missing, in action 

June 3, 1864. 
Thompson .S. S. e -\ug. 10, 1863, died Baltimore, April 
S2, 1864. 

Company G. 

Pried tes. 
Coleman Jno. e Sept. '23, 1862, m o Aug. 19, 1865. 
Leahey Thos. e Oct. 1, 1862, m o Aug. 19, 1805. 
Meyer Herman, e Nov. 24, 1862, m o Aug. 19, 1865. 
Mnrry W. M. e Sept. 1, 1862, m o July 25, 1865, prlsr. 
Peters Jos. e Sept. 27, 1863, m o Aug. 14, 18B5, 
Perry Jas. e Sept. 27, 1863, m o .\ug. 19, 1865, sergt. 
Rankin J. S. e Dec. 19, 18.2, disd. by G. O. No. 36. 
Straub Jos. e Sept. 20, 1802, m o Aag. 19, 1865. 
SteHen Martin, e Dec. 3, 186*, m o .\ng. 19, 1865. 

Company K. 

Prieute. 
Suit Jno. e April 10, 1863, died Richmond, Feb. 17, 
1864, pritr. 



392 



ADAMS COUNTY WAR RECORn. 



Company L. 

Privaft'g. 
Beach H. A. e Feb. 5. lHti3, m o July IS, 1865, piier. 
Lowry J. F. e Mch. Vi, 18il3, m o June 16, 1863, prisr. 

Company M. 

Sergeants. 
H. C. Aberneathy, e Sept. 18. 186'. m o Jane 2, 1803. 

private, prisr. 
Bradbury R. D. e April 10, 1SG3, conlinemeLt at m 0. 

17tli Cavalry. 

Company M. 

Prira/e. 
Becket Hardin, e Dec. S8, IKe-l, trana. from latli 111. 
Cavalry, desrtd, Sept. B. 18U4. 

lat Artillery. 

Battery B. 

Adair H. L. e Sept. R, 1S61. diad. Mch. 1, 18i3, disab. 

2d Liiglit Infantry. 

Battery B. 

Priniti: 
Shileguer Jno. e March 18, 1861, m o July 16, 1865. 

Battery K. 

Prhiilr. 
Heine Frank, e Aug. 21, 1861, ree vet. trans. Battery 
A,m o Julys?, 18«i.3. 

Battery F. 

Jtecrnits. 

Baxter W. C. e Dec. 28, '63, m o July 2T, •65,artiflcer. 

Battery H. 

Si't'o/iit L/i'f/fenanU. 

Henry Gordon, com. Aug. 21, 62, prom. Sr.2d Lieut. 

Alex Uadson, com. May 25, 1863, prom. Moi. 7th 

Col. Artillery, May 4, 1864. 

f:errjfai,l. 
F. Master, Ist.e Sept. 14, "61, lee vet.m.o July 2a,'65. 

Quar/eniwstri: 
Jesse Durbin, e Sept. 14, "61, re-e vet m o".July 29,'65, 

Art(li,vr. 
J. Buhlmeyer, eSept. 14,'61, disd, .\u;,'. 28, '6i,di6ab. 

Frirafrx. 
Ackcrman I., e Oct. 15. Y.l, re-e vet. m o July 29, '63. 
Boblmeyer Sol. e Sent. 11, '61, re-e vet. disd. Oct 7, 

1864, disab. 
Blair Uob't, e Nov. 1, 1861, disd. Jan. 24, 1862, disab, 
Beisinger Isadore. e Nov. II, '61, desrtd. Feb. 3, '63. 
Barton D. 1>. e Sept. 14. '61, rc-e vet. m o July 29, '65. 
Bartholomew Sum. e. March 1, '61, disd. Sept. 2. '63. 
Carter \Vm. e Dec 7. '61, re-e vet m o July2'J, ISiib 
Chambers. J. e Sept. 14, '61, disd. Jan. 14, '65, sergt. 
Conrad G. e Sept. 14, '61, re-e as vet. ni o July29, 65. 
Deeters H. c Dec. 7, '61, ree aa vet. m o Aug. 14, '65. 
Derhart Woodford, e Dec 7. 1S61, disd. Jan. 14. 1865. 
Edwards Jos. e Dec. 7, '61, re-e as vet. Ji o July *1, 

1S65, wagoner. 
Fry F.D. e Sept. 14, '61, died on furlough, Feb.Il,'62. 
Qeer \Vm. e Dec. 1, '61, rc-e as vet. died. Feb. '27, 

l.'yio. disab. 
GIbbs T. e Sept. 14, '61. re c as vet. m o July '24, '«j. 
UolTinan -Vug. eSept. 14, '61. disd. Aug. 16, '62, disab. 
Uullz Wm.e Sept. 14, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 29. '63. 
Uult/. A.e Sept. 14, '61. disd. Feb. -24, 1863, disab. 
Uuddlestou J. W. e Sept. 14, 1801, ree as vet. mo 

July 29, 1865. 



Kire Wm. e Sept. 14, "61, died at Camp Butler, 111., 

Jan. '26. 1862. 
Lutz T. e Sept. 14, '61. re-e as vet. m o July 29, 1865. 
Lane Geo. e Sf-pt. 14. "61 re e as vet. died at Spring- 
field, 111.. -March 24. 1861, 
McKinney Uwen, e Sept. 1 1, '61. desrtd. Jan '22. '62. 
Xick.Ino. c Sept. 14. '61. re-e as vet. mo.luU'29. 65. 
Padgett Ja<. e Sept. U. l-Mil. died. Miv 17. '63, disab. 
I'anick .las e Nov.l, '61. re-e as vet. in oJulyW '65. 
Parrick Sam. e Dec. 1. 1861, desrtd. Feb. '22. 1862. 
Peterson E.e Dec. 7, '61, died on furlough, Mar.7,'62. 
Schwirtz Jos. e Sept. 14, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

29, 1865, artillcer. 
Schnick, P. K. e Sept. 14, '61, re-e as vet. m o Jaly 

29, 1863. 
SLt G. L. e Sept. 14. 1801, desrtd. Dec. 31. 1862 
Slagel U'm. e Dec. 1. '61. re-e as vet. mo July29. '63. 
Triplett Kd.e Niv. 1,1861. re-eas vet. m o Jnly'29 "65. 
Tyler Wm. e Nov. 1, 01, died at Columbus, Ky,, 

June 30, 1862. 
Valentine Jno e Sept. 14, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

29, 1863. 
Weisenberger D.o Sept.l4,'61,disd..\pril 10,*63,di8ab. 
Waggoner Jno. c Sept. 14, '61, ree as vet. m o July 

29. 1863. sergt. 
Wagsoner Wm. e Sept. 14, '61, re-e as vet. m o July 

29. 1865, corpl. 
Walter Qarmon, e Sept. 16, '61, drowned Nov 22, '62. 

Jifcruif.1. 
Burden T C . e March 4. 1864. m o July 29, 1865. 
Gladfelt Her. e Jan. 3. lA. disd. June 17, ISiH. disab. 
Lithrop SvWester, e .Mar. 21. '61, m o July 29, 186.3. 
Mc.Means Milton, c March ix. '64. m o July 29, 1865. 
.Mills Leonard F. e Dec. 28. 1863. m o Joiy '29. 1865. 
Simmons Henry, e March 2-1, 18*U, m o July '29, 1865. 
Schwab Phil, e April 5. 1861. m o July '29, 1865. 
Wagner Henry, e July 1, 1804, ni o July -29, 1865. 

Battery I. 

Il.eniii. 
Miller Jas. e Nov. 2'(, 1863, m o June 14, 1865. 



Koenig Nichola8,.e Ja 



, 1862, m July 14, 1365. 



Battery 91. 

Cnasitif/iif^'J /if'cnuts. 
Krlder Wesley, e June 7. 18i'4. 
McDonald John A. e Aug. 6. 1864. 
Ueed I'has. e Marca 24, "64, trails, to U. S. navy, 
April 13, 18»H. 

Henshaw's Battery. 

AVc/'w/'/x. 
Anderson Peter, e Sept. '27, 1864, m o July 18. 1865. 
Johnson Theo. s. e Sept. 27, ISM, m o July 18. 1865 
Johnson Peter He Sept. 27. 1864. mo July IB, 1865. 
Mosnesa Ole. e Sept. 27, 1,861, m o July 18. 1865. 
Sawyer T. M. e Sept. 27, 18IH, mo July 18, ISca.- 
Th.jrsjn Andrew, e Sept. '27, 1N64, m o July IS, 1865. 

SOth Infantry (colored). 

jr<0"r. 
T. Jeff Brown, com. July 8, 1864, res. Feb. 1865. 

Company A. 

Ca/tf(ihi. 
Robert Porter, com. May 12. 'tM, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 



W. McCoslin, lat, e Nov, .30. '63, nro. Sergt. Major. 
Jesse Hazel, e Nov. 1. '63, m o Nov. 6, 1865. private. 
G.Hathawan.e Nov . 15,°63, private, absent, sick at m o. 
J. M. Perkins, e Nov. 1. 1863, m o Nov. 6, '65, corpl. 
Sam White, e Nov. 13, 1863. died at Alexandria, Va., 
Sept. 4, 1864. 

Corporals.', 
Oliver Twiker, e Nov. 1, 1863, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
J . F, Qoldeu, e Nov. 1, '63, private, abst. sick at m o. 



ADAarS COUNTY WAR RECORD. 



393 



G.Washington, e Nov. 3), '63, m o Nov.6. '65, p-iva'e. 
Sam Scon e Nov. -J. 'M, m o Nov. 6. 1865. private. 
G. S. Williams. •• Nov. -25. 'ffi, died ^l City Point, 

Va.. Ang. 8, 1864. 
frant- Thomas, e Nov. 13, '63. m o Nov. 6, "65, private. 
Jos. Turpln, e Nov. 'ii, '63, sergt. desrtd. April 10,'65, 

Jfusklans. 

Thompson Kav, e Nov. 15, 1863, died. March 2. 1865. 
Sidney NorthruF, e Nov. i, 1863, m o Nut. 8, 1865. 

Waf/oner. 
Geo. Hawkins, e Nov. 1, 1863. m o Nov. 6, 1865. 

Prim/^s. 
Allen ('has. e Nov. 15, 1863, died at Farmsville, Va.. 

Jan. 10, 1865, prisr. 
Beltf her Jas. e Nov. 1, 1863, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Belden Phil, e Nov.-Jj. 1SB3, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Bernard Pete, e Nov. '27, '6:^. m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Brown J. e Dec. 11, '63. died at Richmond, Oct. 2, 

ISfrl, prisr. 
Corsex Peter, e Nov. 1. I8ia, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Carter Jno. e Dec. 13, 'lii, ahsent, sick at m o. 
Coach J.W. e Dec. Hi, 't;). died at Washington, D. C, 

Sept. 11, 1864. 
Campbell Martin, e DtC.-ii, '63. m o Nov.6.'65, sergt. 
Casey Jerry, e Jan. 6, 1864. died at Petersburg, \a., 

Jane 20, 18t>4. 
Clay Henry, e Feb. '24, 18<i3. mo Nov. 6 1865. 
Dudley Anthony, e Nov. 1, '63, died at Danville, Va., 

Nov. V, ISW. prisr. 
Dooler Harrison, e Dec. 10, '63, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Dyer Ed. e Jan. 3, 1864, died at Saulsbury, N. C. 

Feb. 1, 1865, prisr. 
Franklin B. e Nov. 1, '63, m o Nov. 6, '65, corpl. 
Fousley Thos. e Jan. 11, '64. m o Nov. 6, '65, corpl. 
Gilmore Jas. e Nov. 1, 1863. m o Nov. 6, '6.5, corpl. 
Griffin Levi, e Nov. 30, '63. desrid. June 10, 1864. 
Green Hanson, e Jan. 12, 1864, died at Danville, Va., 

Nov. II), 1861. prisr. 
Geter Nelson, e Jan. 1 1, '64, died. March 2. '65, disab. 
Gasbnry Chas. e Jan. 28, 'tJ4, m o Nov. 6, '6.5, corpl. 
Hayden J.W. e Dec. -28. '6). m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Herbert David, e Nov. 18, 1863, died at Alexandria, 

Va., July 2, 1865. 
Johnson T. e Dec. 11, 1863, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Johnson L.e Nov. 27, "63, absent without leave at m o. 
Jackson Andrew, e Jan. 9, '64, m o Nov. 6, '6.'>, corpl. 
Johnson Willis, e Nov. 24, .64, died at Camp Carey, 

Va., May 14, 1865. 
Jameson Geo. e Nov, 26, 1863, died at Farmersville, 

Va., Jan. 5, 1865, prist. 
Lewis Andrew, e Nov. 1, "63, died at Castle Thnnder, 

Va.,Nov. 5, 1864. prier. 
Logan Wesley, e Nov. 15, '63, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Lewi" Richard, e Dec. -ii, 1863, kid. at Petersbnrg, 

Va., July ;», 1864. 
Lancaster, Jas. e Jan. 18, 1&61, kid. at Petersburg, 

Va., JnlvSO, 1864. 
McQreeder Martin.e Nov.l, '6:!, died at Philadelphia, 

Pa., Aug. 28, 1864. 
Moss Peter, e Nov. 1, '63, died, at Philadelphia, Pa., 

March 10, 1865. 
Matkill Ferman, e Dec. 5, 1863, kid. Petersburg, Va., 

July 30, 1864. 
Miltnder W. e Feb. 5. "64, wd.dlsd. Nov.3. '65, corpl. 
Massey S. A. e Dec. 21, '63, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Morgan G. S. e Dec. 26, '63, m o Nov. 6. 1865. 
Morton .\lex. c Jan. 21, 1861, m o Nov. 6, isti5. 
Morris Jerry e Nov. 1, 1863. died at Petersburg, Va., 

June 16, 1861. 
McDowell Wm.. e Dec. 19, 186:3, died Pt. of Rocks, 

Va., Dec. 30, 18W. 
Owens Allred, e Jan. -27, 186t, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Perry Richard, e Nov. 1, 186:3, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Peekens Henry, e Nmv. 15, 1863, m o Nov. 6. 1865. 
Porter Moses, e Dec. 16, 186:J, died at City Pt., Va., 

June 14. 1S64. 
Pnnch lirooker, e Jan. -22. 1864, m o March 6. 1865. 
Richman Jas., e Jan. 1«. 18iil, m o Nov. 6. 1865. 
Smith Robt. e Dec. 16. 1863, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Sonth Wm. e Jan. T, 1864. mo Nov. 6, 1865, s<rgt. 
Scipion Jno. e Jan. 11. 1861. m o Nov. 6, '65, sergt. 
Thornton Thos. e Dec. 19. 1863, kid. at Petersburg, 

Va., July 30, 1864. 
Templeton G.e Jan.ll, '64, m oNov. 6. '6.5. Ist sergt. 
Todd H. C. e Jan. 26, 1864, disd. June 18, 1865. 
Williams Harrison, e Jan. :i0, '64. absent, sick at m o. 



Williams Gas. e Jnn. 30. 1861, m o Nov. 6, 18«5. 
Washington G. e Nov. 1, l.s>3, m o .\pril 25, '66, prisr. 
Williams Wash, e Dec. 7, 1863, m o Nov. 6, '65. 
Williams Jas. e Feb. 10, 1864, died at Alexandria, 

Va., Oct. 2;i. 1864. 
Williams Louis, e Feb. 10, 1864, died at Petersburg, 

Va.. .Vug. 10, 1864, prison. 
Williams Geo. e Dec. 11, '63, died at Richmond, Va., 

Jan. 3, 1865. 

Jlecnrit. 
Smith Richard, e Feb. I, 1865, m o Nov. 6, 1865 



Butts Geo. e Dec. 7, 1863, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Francis Fred, e Jan. 6, 18i>4, ahsent, sick at m o. 
Hawkins Milton, e Dec. 2, 1863, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 

Coiupany C. 

Corpora!. 

Marshal Hammond, e Dec. 2:3, '63, absent,sick at m o. 

Prim lee. 

Danials Jno. e April 7, 1864, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Jones Alfred, e Dec. 22, 1863, kid. at Petersburg, Va., 

July 30, 1864. 
Jameson Jas. e Jan. 7, 1S64, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 

Compauy D, 

Priiaff-s. 

Bell Jas. 6 Nov. '25, '63, disd. May 27, 1865. 

Boston Shadrach. e Nov. 27, "63, missing in action at 

Petersburg, . I uly:30, 1864. 
Brown Robt, e Dec. 11, '63. absent, aick at m o. 
(lay Henry, e Jan. 12. 18m. m o Nov. 6, I860. 
David Chas. e Nov. 15, 18i)3, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Early Richard, e Dec. 19, '63, desrtd. Aug. 8, 1864. 
Furman Geo.e Nov. 1, '6:i, died at Philadelphia, Pa., 

Sept. 14, 1864. 
Green J. or Ed. e March 8, '64, absent, sick at m o. 
Green C. e Feb. 6, '64, missing in action July :30, '64. 
Johnson Nelson, e Dec. 7, 186:3, m Nov. 6, 1.865. 
Johnson Jno. eDec. 10, 1865. 
Johnson Aaron, e Dec. 24, 1863, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Johnson Henry, e Dec. 10, 1863. 
McCann Geo. e Dec. 11, 1863, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
McDowell Thos. e Jan. 4. 1864, m o Nov. 6. 1865. 
McAtee Geo. e Jan. 9. 1861, absent, sick at m o. 
Morrison Lian. e Jan. 28. 1864, m o Nov. 6. 1865 
Mason Dennis, e March 8, 1861, m o Nov.6,'65, corpl. 
Nelson Aloses, e Jan. 29, 1864, m o Nov. 6. '65, sergt. 
Nickons Harrison, e Dec. :3, 1863, died at Camp 

Defiance, Va. Dec. 4, 1864. 
Plegett Adam, e Dec. 11, 1863, died at BrownsvllU, 

Tex. Sept. 16, 1865. 
Sidener ("has. e Dec. 26, 186:3, missing in action, July 

:30, 1864. 
Somnerfleld Jacksnn, e Dec. 5, 1863, missing In 

action at Petersburg, July :30. 1864. 
Sommers Jno. e Dec. 30. 186:5, disd. June 2, 1865. 
Williams Theo. e Dec. 21, 1863, disd. June 26, 1865. 
Washington Geo. e Jan. U. 1864, disd. June 2, 186^. 
Wilson A. J. e Jan. 11, 1864, died at New Orleans, 

July 18, 1865. 
Wilson D. G. e Jan. 11. 1864, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Wolfin Jas. e Jan. 5, 1864, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 
Williams Jos. e Jan. 15, 1864, m oNov. 6, 1865, corpl. 
Young Henry, e Jan. 6, 1864, m o Nov. 6, 1865, corpl. 

Coinpany E, 



Washington J. O. e Nov. 13, 186:3, absent, sick m c 

Recnift. 

Masters Lewis, e Feb. 1, 1865, absent, sick at m 0. 
Scott Jas. e Feb. 4. 1865, m o Nov. fi, 1865 
Thompson Libby. e Feb. '2, 1865, m o Nov. 6, 1865. 



394 



ADAMS COUNTr WAR RECORD. 



Company No. 8. 



Anderson Jae. c Feb. n. IBRS, m o Nov. C. 1R«5. 
Nann Jae. aSept. -JO. 18U4. died. Sept. 30. 1866. 
Washington Wm. e Fjb. 1, ISH'.; m o Nov (i, 1S65. 



V. S. Colored Recrnits. 

13th V. S. tolorcrt Artillery. 

Armeteail Wnnpley, i' March SS, iKfiS. 
Barnctt W. 11. c March -JS, l.siB. 
llrot.kn (has. e March 15, 18115. 
Brooks .larralt. e March 16. 1K65. 
Dnlen .Mhtrt. e .M.irch -Ji. 18U5. 
Doriey Jiio. u .\pril 1. Isi'iS. 
Gillespie Phil, e March 111, IBtlS. 
Hall Jae. e March 15, 1805. 
Harris T. J. e March 13, 18(15. 
nolmes Uenry, f March 30, 18fi5. 
Hannen Hobt. e March 2», 18(15. 
Hodge K. U. C-. e .\pril 4, 18(15. 
Jones Dallaw, e March 15. 18(15. 
McDowell (Ircen, e March 10, 1805. 
Moore Benj. e March 1(1, 18(,5. 
Owens Heury, e March 1(1, 18(56, 
Palmer Dan. e March 9, 18(15. 
Pleafant Josiah. e March 11, 18(i5. 
Smith Henry, e March 15, 18(16. 
Taylor Zechariah, e March 29, 18(15. 



9Ii8t'ellaneoa»4 Organizations. 

Prhale. 
Smith Ohae, F. e Dec. IV, 1804, ICth KanEas Cav. 

iMt Army Corps. 

Company No. 1. 

Plivute. 
Hinee Jno. e Feb. 2, 1806, m o Feb. 1,1860. 

Company No. 2. 

Priiaff. 
WalettdtCarl, e Feb. 22, 1865, m o Feb. 22, 1866. 

Company No. 4. 

rriaitt. 
Sweet Henry H. e March 1, 1805, m o March 1, 1866. 

Company No. 8. 

Prirafe. 
Chlse James E. e March 2-1, 1805, m o March SC, "60. 



Shawley .1. W, e April 11, I8ii5, m o April 11, 1866. 
Worden Wm. e April 11, 18(15, m o April 11, 1866. 
I'ennlngton J. W. e April 13, 1805, m o .\pril 13, '06 

Company No. 11. 

Pniii/e. 
Noljes R. D. c -VFrli 0, 1805. 

Itecrnits for Kegnlar Army. 

2d V. S. Infantry. 

Bergman Jno. A. e Dec. 186». 
Barney Francis, e Nov. 1864. 
Dolan Martin, e Nov. 1864. 
Geiss Simon, e Dec. 1S6I. 
Oarvey .Ino. e Dec. 1804. 
King D. A. e Nov. 18(11. 
MurphyTluis. eNov. mA. 
Keiche t Louis, e Dec. 1864. 
Smith .J as. e Dec. 1864. 
Somners J. P. e Dec. 1801. 
Sceibert .Ino. e Dec. 1804. 

13tli U. S. Infantry. 

Bonney Wm. e Sept. 1805. 
Brennan Chas. e -iag. 1805. 
(onley Jas. c Oct. 180.5. 
Davis .Ino. e .luly, 18C5. 
Henry .\ndrew, e Oct. 1804. 
Hudson Benj. e Oct. 1805. 
Hosliinson W. O. e Ang. 1865. 
Lake L. D. e Oct. 1805. 
-McDowell Sam. e Aug. 1865. 
Marlow W. S. e -Vug. 1865. 
McCarly Frank, e Aug. 1805. 
Peterman Wm. e .\ui:. 1805. 
Reynolds .IcS. e .\ng. 1805. 
Keid Robt. c Oct. 1^05. 
Sweetman J. W. e Oct 1804. 
steel J. •! e Sept. 1805. 
Taylor Zecliariah, e Sep', 1805. 
Taylor C. B. e Sent. 18(15. 
I'ry Sam. e .Inlv, 18(W. 
Winters Henry, e .1 uly, 1865. 
Welch Barclay, e Aug. 1865. 
York Beuj.e Oct, 1804. 

lOlIi U. S. Infantry. 

r.emont D. A. e Sept. 2, 1862. 
Monroe .\ug. e Sept. 2, 1862. 
Manning A. D. e Sept. 2, 1862. 
Wiesenbhorn J. C. e Oct. 1, 1S62. 

Hospital Stewards U. S. Army. 



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CHAPTER XL 

Early Settlements — By Whom and How Made — First Settlers — Old 
Settler's Society — List of Members — Early Experiences — First 
Ferry — Early Customs — Lost Children — First Mill — Their Life 
AND Work. 

EARLY settlements — BY WHOM AND HOW MADE. 

A writer for the Western Monthly Magazine in speaking of the emi- 
gration to tlie Western States, during the years from 1820 to 1835, says: 

Wherever the traveler chances to wander over the wide West, he en- 
counters the great army of immigrants moving towards tlie setting sun. 
The cry is "Still they come." Along the whole chain of the Alleghany ridge 
they may be seen crossing into our valley hy every pass which nature or 
art has rendered practicable; they are thrown in shoals upon the shores of 
the great lakes of the North; they ascend in steamboats from New Orleans, 
and the sentiment expressed by all who have arrived before them is, "Let 
them come, there is room enough for all, and they can never eat ns out of 
house and home." The universal Yankee nation might be conveniently 
settled upon the plains of Illinois, and all the free whites that can be spared 
from the South would find elbow room in Missouri. 

The delightful season in which we are writing brings these scenes forci- 
bly to our recollection ; the weather dry, the sky serene, the atmosphere 
mild, the roads dry and smooth, the corn ripe, the cattle and hogs fat, 
and the land teeming with abundance. It is the season of the year in which 
the emigrant may travel with the greatest facility and cheapness. We have 
seen them, at this time of the year, strung along the roads of Illinois in 
such numbers that there seemed to be no end to the long cavalcade. Here 
is a little train of wagons loaded with furniture and farming tools. The 
owner, a stout, sunburnt man, walks before; the wife and children are 
stowed away among the baggage; the tall girls and great, muscular boys, 
each of the latter with a ritle on his shoulder, are strolling in the rear. 
Thej' are from Tennessee. At night they halt by a spring or on the bank 
of a stream; a fire is kindled, the beds and pallets are spread u[)oii the 
ground, and after a hearty supper, the whole party repose coinfortaljlj' in 
the open air. There is another party from the same State; they are more 
wealthy; the men ride on horseback, the females are in carriages or on 
horses, and there is a train of negroes. They are going to Missouri. Here 
is a family from Kentucky. They are very much like those tiiat have just 
])assed, except they are better "fixed," they carry more household goods, 
and are a grade further advanced in their notions of comfort. All these 
that we have described are reputable fanners, who will enrich themselves 
and do credit to the State. There is a band of a different character; sev- 
eral families are together; not because misery loves company, for, wretched 



396 HISTORY OF ADAM8 COUNTY. 

as tliey seem, they are as happ\' as the others. Tliey are all on foot, except 
a decrepit matron, %vho is mounted on a lean ]Kiiiy, with a cliild in her lap, 
and a lialf naked, wicked boy behind. Tiieir "plunder'' is carried in an ox- 
cart; the men carry axes, j^uns and knives, and are a half-clad, h\ingry, 
ferocious-looking set, who, in ulder and wealthier ct)Uiitries, if not taken for 
robbers or Gypsies, would be arrested for the crime of poverty. Yet except 
tlieir poverty, and tlie indolence that produced it, there is no harm in them. 
Among them is a widow and nine children, all bare-footed and l)are-headed. 
She lost "her man" lately, and finding it hard to get along in the world, is 
going to try a new country. These are from North Oarolina. A little 
covered wagon is seen — a creaking, crazy aflair almust worn out. drawn by 
one horse whose last delit to nature seems to be nearly due. Within are 
seated a young man and woman; thqy are man and wife, and are as like 
each other as two peas. They have had the ague regularly every year, and 
are as sallow as a dried corn-stalk. They have no ])ropcrty along, nor any 
baggage except a few blankets, a pot, or skillet, a gun and an axe. and as a 
fit companion for their horse, a half-starved, long-cared hound. They meet 
a gentleman who happens to bo a lawyer in his circuit. The man hails him, 
and stops his lean pony, who straightway pokes down his head, and falls to 
cropping the tall grass: "Stranger, can you tell me of a good 'place to 
settle?" 

" O yes, it is all good here. You can't go amiss. " 
" I want to find a good ])iece of land that belongs to Copgress. " 
"Then you have come to the right place, for the Government owns 
nearly all the land that you see unim]>roved. " 

" Well, I reckon, stranger, it would be no harm to settle down a'most 
anywhere and build a cabin." 

" None in the world. Where did you come from?" 
" From North Car'liny. " 
"How long have you been coming?" 
" Three w-eeks. " 

" W^here did you intend to go when you started? " 

" Nowhere in particular. Me and my wife thought we'd hunt a place 
to settle. We've no money nor plunder — nothing but ourselves and this 
nag — and we thought we'd try our luck in a new country. " 

Sometimes a dozen or twenty families collect in the evening at the 
same camping ground. They build their separate fires, and circle around 
them. Whole acres are covered with beds, tents, wagons, and horses and 
cattle. The .men mix together, the women intcrchangin<r civilities, and the 
whole scene is one of lively and picturesque interest. While the weather is 
open there are few hardships to encounter in such a i\)urney; but occasion- 
ally it rains, the wind changes, iind cold, driving showers jjclt the defenceless 
travelers. They cannot travel in the storm. Some crawl into their car- 
riages and wagons, some make shelters by suspending sheets and coverlets 
upon poles, and some fare no better than the domestic animals, who turn 
their backs to the wind. At the rude and jirimitive taverns and houses of 
entertainment are to be met strangers of another class — gentlemen on 
horse-back, families who are not accustomed to camping out, merchants, 
lawyers, and wealthy farmers, all floating along in the great stream of emi- 
gration. They are mostly from the Southern and Middle States. But, 
where is the Yankee all tliis while ? He is on the way ; no mistake about 
him; wherever there is money to be made by hard labor, Jonathan will find 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 397 

out tlie place. But he has no notion of camping out, and traveling by land 
is expensive to those who stop at taverns. Jle counted the cost before he 
came forfh to this battle of life; he traced the various routes upon the 
jnaps, read all the books he could borrow touching the subject, and wrote to 
divers postmasters in the West with whom he could correspond without the 
expense of postage. He even strained a point, and paid the postage upon a 
few letters of inquiry, lie therefore not only knows where he is going, 
but has ascertained the cheapest route, and most eligible conveyance. He 
is floating along the lake, or patiently ineandering the Ohio. To look at 
him you would not suppose him worth a cent, nor does he care what you 
think about the matter; he knows to the contrary. He has sold out all 
he had. and put the whole concern into his purse. He is a small, active, 
grave man, and most probably has been a deacon. That decent, neat old 
lady who is traveling with him has been liis partner in the joys and sorrows 
of life for many years. She takes great interest in everything she sees, and 
makes many inquiries about fevers, Indians, alligators, etc. Poor lady I 
she will never like the West a whit better than she does now. She is too 
old to degenerate, and too good to get better. There is more hope for the 
rosy, buxom girls who come from the same section. They have come to 
the West to do good, and they will succeed — they will teach school for six 
months or a year, and then they will get married, which is better for them. 
Those slim young men, sons of Jonathan, are graduates and they are com- 
ing West to be lawyers and doctors. They are going to supply the waste 
places, and become the teachers and leaders of the sections wherein they 
may drive their stake. 

THE FIRST SETTLKMKNT. 

The first settlement of the county, as near as we can ascertain, was 
commenced by Justus I. Perrigo, an old soldier, on the land received from 
the Government for his services in the war of 1812, in 3 south 8 west, in 
Mill Creek district, in 1821. In the autumn of the same year, or the win- 
ter following, Daniel Pyle settled in 2 south, 6 west, in Wigle district; in 
March, 1823,. Jno. AVood and Maj. Rose located at Quincy, and raised the 
first cro]i without fencing; having to travel thirty miles to get a plow 
sharpened, and forty miles^to mill. During the same year, Maj. Campbell 
and Win. Worley made an improvement in town, 1 north, 8 west, in Center 
District. Settlements were commenced in Bear Creek District in 1826; 
in Clayton and North East, in 1829 or 18,30. 

THE OLD SETTLERS. 

BY SARAH EDWAlillS IIENSUAW. 

Oh ! band heroic ! none can know 

The courage anil the loil, 
With which they traclictl the wilderness 
1 And tamed the unbrol«cn soil ; 

1 ■ Each furrow bore a costly price 

Of human hopes and fears, 
Was fertilized by sweat of man, 
And wet with woman's tears. 

Yes: lovely is the prairie wide, 

As to-day it meets our gaze, 
Smiling with fields of blending grain — 

Tasselled with golden maize; 



39S IIISTUKV UK ADAMS COUNTY. 

And peacefully the Illinois 

Goes singing on its way, 
]}y many a cheerful eoltage home 

And uiany a city gay. 

" Starved Rock " still lifts its battlements 

High o'er the smiling vale, 
And, giizing, looks for dusky forms 

Kar down the Indian trail. 
But the white man's iron parallel 

Is the only track he sees. 
And the war-whoop of the iron horse 

Alone comes on the breeze. 

Where cabin and where wigwam once 

Dotted the prairie wide. 
City and town ofp\'orld renown 

Hold homes of joy and pride. 
Glad sounds of busy industry 

With each new sun awake, 
And white-winged ships of commerce skim 

The bosom of the lake. 

Then may God bless the pioneers, 
' Hero and heroine 1 

Whose firmness wrought the mighty change 

Which in our "West" is seen. 
And when you sit in peaceful home. 

Or gaze abroad with joy. 
Honor the grand old settlers then 

Of grand young Illinois. 

OLI> SETTLKKS' feoCIKTY. 

The old settlers of Adams and Brown counties effected a tetnporar}' 
organization, which was found to l)e iin])orfeet and incomplete, in tlie year 
1860. hi the following year, 1870, on the 1st day of September, a ])erma- 
nent organization was jierfected. The meeting was held at Clayton, and a 
large number of old settlers, with their families, were in attendance. Tlie 
constitution adopted was substantially as follows: 

Article 1. This organization shall be known as the Old Settlers' Association of 
Adams and Brown counties. The objects of the Association are to preserve the facts, 
occurrences and recollections in regard to the early settlement of the country; state of the 
society in the early days; to recall the hardships, and learn the lessons to be drawn there- 
from; nothing shall be put down in malice, and no old story shall bo revived that does in- 
jury to the living or dead. 

AiiTicLK 2. The officers of the association shall be a President, two or more Vice- 
Presidents, Secretary. Treasurer and Historian. An executive commiUee shall be appointed 
whose duty it shall be to carry out all the measures of the society committed to them. The 
officers and the executive committee shall serve for one year. 

Artioi.k ;i. The manner of conducting the meetings of the associition .shall be in ac- 
cordance with the custcimary jiroceedings of iKiilianuntary bodies. The Historian of the 
society shall be the cuslodiaii of all the historical papers and relics of the association. 

ARTtci.E 4. Annual iiicitings shall be held at such a time and place as the association, 
at any of its meetings, shall direct. At any meeting a majority vote may require each mem- 
ber to pay such sum of money, not to exceed one dollar, as may be found necessary to i)ay 
for the printing and other absolute expenses of the society. Twenty members shall consti- 
tute a quorum at any regular meeting. 

Article .">. Tlie constitution can be amended and by-laws attached at any regular 
meeting, by a majority vote of the members present. 

The following are the lirst oflicers of the association: 

President, .John McCoy, Clayton; Vice-Pre»ident», WW^on Lane, (Juincy; Nicholas 
Hobbs, Brown county; Henry Asbury, Quincy ; Robert Curry, Brown county; William 




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Laughlin, Mendou; Joshua Keller, Mention. Secretary. S.J. Jlorey, Claj'ton. Treasurer, 
Thomas Lackey, Clayton. Historian — Thomas Bailey, Camp Point. 

Executive Committee, J. 3. Wulthy, CUylon; Henry Asbury, Quincy ; Granville Bond, 
Brown couut\'. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. 



The followino- is a list of those who signed tlio association register. 



KAMKS. DATE OF ARKIVAL. 

Ira Tsler 1840 

E. T. "Stewart 1840 

Jared Blonsett W6S 

Lemuel Burke 1832 

Peter A. Sickal 1848 

T.J. Bates 18ii2 

J. H. Ilolton ISSo 

J. A. Waddell 1834 

S. E. Siger 1836 

John AiTOwsmith 1841 

Lucien Kingman 1834 

D. H. St. Clair 1835 

Henry Wood ..18.32 

Nat. t-easc 1834 

Joseph .Vrtus 1837 

John Wolfe 1831 

Ira Kimmon 1834 

Thomas Bailey, Maryland 1840 

Elisha Turner, Indiana 1833 

James Hunter 1847 

Paul Korantz 1838 

Wm. Shull 183.5 ' 

James Campbell 1831 ^ 

I James Svkes 1834 

N. B. Beahertsar 1835 

W. A. Slrickler 1839 

John Carbaugh 1837 

I Nancy Briscoe 1827 

1 G. B. Dimock 18.38 

J. W. Goodwyn 1837 

I Farrow Hamrick 1831 

, Eaton Littlefield 1838 

, L. M. Littlefield 1839 

Chas. Maertz 1836 

I W. B. Powers 1838 

I Porter Smith 1826 

I G. A. Miller 1836 

AVm. Campbell 1829- 

, J. T. Harding 1838 

i Henrj- Lyie 1822 

I A. M. Petrie 1830 

j T.J. Long 1831 

: Benj. Goiild 1832 

j Adam Schmitt 1834 

J. S. Beckit 1835 

^ J. C. Orr 1828 

Thos. Payne, England 1837 

Wilson Lane 1836 

E. R. Wooters 1840 

I Eli Engle 1850 

' Jesse Phipps 1840 

( Lewis McFarland 1831 

I Jas. Tuxford 1840 

I Geo. Arrowsmith 1837 

J Tho,s. G, Black 1835 

1 Wm. O'Harra, Kentucky 1846 

' J. Gault 1836 

' Thos. Hamilton 1830 

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NAMES. D.\TE OF ARRIVAL. 

C. C. Reynolds 1835 

H. C. Whitford 1833 

O. H. Bennett 1832 

AV. B. Douglas 1835 

Wm. Beckit 1836 

Wm. McParland 1832 

Thos. Pope 1837 

Fred. Collins 1837 

A. E. Drain 1836 

J. H. Eckes 1843 

J. Montgomeiy, Ghio 1839 

Sam Brverton, Pennsylvania 1841 

Chas. Ballon, Tcnness"ee 1826 

Jos. Hanks, Indiana 1826 

Geo. Green, Pennsylvania 1837 

J. B. Lung, Kentucky 1835 

A. J. Pautz 1840 

G. O. Pond 1839 

Wm. Taylor 1833 

John Danncrv 1831 

Martin Stewa'rt 1832 

Anna Broady 1827 

O. Waddell 1829 

Wm. Goodman 1823 

David Curl 1831 

Hugh Lewis 1837 

J. O. Waddell 1829 

A. C. Porter 1846 

V. S. Pinfred 1838 

J. M. Cyrus 1838 

Juo. Linn 1839 

S. N. Black 1836 

A.F.Campbell 1838 

L. E Reynolds 1835 

J. C. Malthaner 1856 

J. C.Cox 1838 

Isaac McXeil 1849 

Wm. Bellew 1826 

Jos. B. Gilpin 1842 

Jas. Wisehart 1834 

J. P. Shannon 1837 

Mrs. Mary E. Butz 1839 

A. H. D. Butz 1834 

E. L. Bartholomew 1835 

Wm. Mibby 1837 

Jno. Howel'l 1831 

W. W. Glenn 1838 

E. B. Hovt 1843 

P. H. McFarland 1833 

A. G. Lauiug 1845 

J. Robinson 1833 

David Wolfe 1831 

J. C. Browdy 1830 

D. W. Campbell 1831 - 

J. T. Alexander 1838 

H. C. Craig 1829 

Horace Reynolds 1835 

A W. Blak'csley 1841 



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KAMES. DATE OF AURIVAl,. 

T. Gra ff. 1 844 

J. B. Shaliaru-y 1838 

W. "W. Shannon 1842 

Mary H. Gum 1836 

T. E. Duraut 1837 

W. D. Dodd 1827 

G. K. Pholps 1833 

Jennv Lane 1836 

E. S. Frank 1852 

J. J. Earl 1845 

J. L. Lucas 1850 

Rebecca Earl 1827 

Margaret Allen 1838 

Mrs. E. Mellon 1844 

Thos. Rcddick 1829 

Thos. Briggs 1833 

Chas. Chase 1830 

M. L. Stewart 1837 

E. B. Keep 1837 

D. G. McFarland 1834 

Mrs. Ann Koot 1820 

T. L. Howden 1838 

Lvdia E. Howdcn 1832 

.]'. Pills, Pennsylvania 1840 

K. Clarkson 1816 

< )liver Howes, Massacliusetts 1830 

C. G. Timmous, Ohio 1838 

Geo. McJIurray, Kentucky 1829 

Bradlv Stewart, Ohio 1833 

Julia A. Dodd 1835 

Christian Piles, Pennsylvania 1840 

Rebecca Chase, Pennsylvania 1830 

J. D. Morris 1«53 

Jno. Pierce 1829 

Cynthia Robinson 1833 

Eliza W. Duncan, Kentucky 1829 

J. C. Robinson 1835 

Leonard lIolTman, New Jersey 1836 

Josiah Douelas, Kentucky 1835 

J. C. Smith', Kt-ntuckv 1836 

W. C. Robinson, North Carolina 1^33 

G. J. Akers 1836 

Frank Parker 1850 

J. L. Hopper, Tennessee 1839 

Jno. Craiir. Kentucky 1829 

G. C. Trotter, South Carolina 1836 

J. O. Bernard, Kentucky 1834 

W. A. Wallace, Kentucky 1835 

Martin Vt'. Larby ". 1830 

Mary A. Wallace, Kentucky 1835 

Eleanor Ploehouse, Kentucky 1831 



NAMES. D.\TE OF .UiniTAl» 

Daniel Lix 182D 

T. P. Coan 1830 

Jno. Petrie 1835 

Dan Pile, Tennessee 1831 

Geo. Petrie 1834 

A. K. Powers, Virginia 1833 

J. n. McFarling, Ohio 1834 

Jno. McCoy 1834 

J. F. Owen". 1834 

W. D. Ruddell 1834 

Thos. Leachman ..1837 

M. F. Alexander 1841 

J. Franklin 1840 

W. U. Miller, Ohio 1850 

W. W. McFarland 1837 

Sarah Stewart 1830 

L'riah Henson 1849 

n. R. blotter 1855 

JIary M. Lung, Delaware 1833 

W. F. Rampy , 1839 

JeflVrson Cleaver, Vermont 1836 

J. B. Hendricks 1832 

Isoni Vancel 1828 

J. W. Pearce, Tennessee 1831 

Woodford Lawrence, Virginia 1831 

Dan Bolinger T 1836 

Jas. A. Wallace, Kentucky 1835 

R. Campbell, Tennessee 1851 " 

F M. Curry 1830 

E H. Hamilton, Kentucky 1833 

J. B. Montgomery, Ohio 1840 

W. H. Lauiidon, Indiana 1837 

G. Fry, Kentucky 1836 

R. R."Garner, Indiana 1831 

E. C. Downey. Indiana 1835 

J. R. Kern, Virginia 1840 

Julia Rampy 1831. 

Emma JIaden 1843 

E. Downing, Indiana 1831 

Mrs. E. Notin 1828 

G.W.Cox 1841 

N. Swain 1841 

A. Geddings 1835 

N. L. Garner 1831 

W. H. Gage 1836 

J. H.Madan ■.. . .1852 

John Donnely 1831 

Francis Amen 1833 

Christiana Kennedy 1830 

P. A. Howes 1830 

Oliver Howes 1830 



At the next meeting of tbe Association, ■which was in 1871, the follow- 
ing by-laws were adopted: 

Section 1. The Old Settlers' Society shall hold their meetings annually, on the first 
Thursday, and the Friday next thereafter, in the month of September. 

Section 2. The hour of meeting shall be 10 o'clock, A. M., of the first day, and at the 
hour of 9 o'(-lock, a. m., of the second day. 

Section 3. At the appointed hour the President shall call the society to order; 
and if he be not present, the oldest Vice-President shall preside. 

Sf.ctkin 4. Special meetings of the society may lie called by the President on the 
written application of at least twenty members of the scciety ; and in case of the death, 
absence, or inability of the President, the oldest Vice-President shall act. The time and 
place of such meeting shall be named in such call, as also the object of such meeting. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 401 

Article II. — Duties of Officers. 

Section 1. The Secretary of the society shall keep a correct record of all proceedings 
of the society, which shall be furnished for publication to the Historian ; and it shall be the 
duty of the "Historian to publish, in connection with the minutes of the Secretary, all the 
liistorical facts collected by such historian, under the care and supervision of the Executive 
Committee. 

Section 2. The Treasurer shall collect and take care of all moneys of the Society, and 
pay it out on the order of the Committee of General Arrangements, properly attested and 
approved by the Finance Committee. 

Article III. — Elections. 

Section 1. The elections for officers shall take place and be held at the hour of 4 
o'clock, p. M., of the second day's meeting (nevertheless the society, for convenience, may 
hold said election at some other hour, if so determined by a vote of the society), annually, 
and may be by ballot, if so desired by the society, at the time of such election, a majority 
of all the votes cast being necessary to a choice. 

Article IV. — St.uvding Committees. 

Section 1. The Standing Committee shall be an executive committee, as provided in 
the constitution, and a finance committee, consisting of three (3), whose duly shall be to 
look after and properly take care of tlie finances of the society, and see that all claims 
against the society are correct before the same is paid, and they shall report the condition of 
the finances annually to the society. 

SPBCI.\L COMMITTEES. 

Section 2. There shall be a committee' of general arrangements, consisting of ten, to 
be appointed (as well as all other committees not otherwise provided for), by the president, 
or in case of his disability to act, the oldest vice-president, at least one month before the 
annual meeting, whose duty it shall be to appoint such other committees as may be neces- 
saiv, and make all necessary arrangements for the comfort and accommodation of the 
- ■ '-ty. 

Article V. — Membership. 

Section 1. All persons who are residents of Adams or Brown counties may Ijecome 
members of this association by registering their names on the jonrnal of the society and 
paying fifty cents as an admittance fee to the treasurer, and thereafter annually twenty-five 
cents, which funds sliall be applied to defray the ex])enses of the society, and if there be a 
surplus fund it shall be disposed of as may be directed by the society. 

The signers of the society register that year, which included some of 



( the citizens of Brown and other adjacent counties, was as follows: 

NAME AND NATITITT. CAME TO NAME AND N.\TIVITY. CAME TO 

state. STATE. 

William J. Rogers, Conn.i 1881 J. N. Ralston, Ky 1833 

J. C. Kirkpatrick, Tenn 18'29 Peter Ausmus, Tenn 1817 

Wilson Vanderlip, N. Y 1838 Nancy .\jin Haley, Ky 1834 

Henrv Asburv, Kv 1834 John'Metz, Va. . ". 1835 

John'Dawsnn, N." C 1816 John Hagertv, Kv 1831 

Rol)ert Tillson, Mass 1823 John H.lveller, Sr. N. C 1831 

Daniel Wilkes, Kv 1831 M. M. Bane, Ohio 1845 

Thomas Lacky, Pa 1823 Mary A. Combs, Ky 1829 

C. Weeks, 111 1823 Jackson Davis, Va 1830 

David Cure, Ky 1831 James Campbell, Ky 1830 

O. C. Miner, N. Y 1836 Elnor Johnson, Ky 1831 

James McCrarq, Penn 1826 Granville Bond, Ky 1827 

S. P. Church, R. 1 1835 Elizabeth Bend, Ky 1827 

Lorenzo Bull, Conn 1833 Jessie JI. Kirkpatrick, Tenn 1827 

I Bradley Steward, Ohio 1833 M. S. Taylor, Ky 1838 

I A. Stewart. Ohio 1833 John H.'Best, Ireland 1838 

, David K. Watson, Ohio 1836 John McCoy, Ky 1834 

, Josiah 15cll, Ohio 1837 ' Mrs. Nancy Howes, Mass 1830 

Richiinl Shiton, Ky 1823 R. H. Ilurlbut, Vt 1834 

1 Edward Jamison, Ireland 1838 Hugh Lewis, N.J 18-37 

pJohn A. White, Tenn 1833 Sally Ann Johnson, Ind 1818 

David Locke, Kv 1830 Ebenezer Turner, Me 1831 

1 Sidney Parker, Vt 1834 John Downing, Va 1831 

\. B. Kirkpatrick, 6a 1803 



402 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

EARLY KXl'KRIKNCK. 

Lorenzo Bull, s])eakiii<j of courts in 1S33, says, R. M. Young was 
ludge of the Circuit Court ; Henry II. Snow, clerk, recorder and clerk 
of Commissioners' Court; he was also jirobate judge, notary public, po- 
lice magistrate, and liad been post-master. Snow only made a meager 
living out of all his offices. Mr. Bull, at si.x dollar^ a month and board, 
did the bulk of the work and soon began to accumulate money. Tiie sons 
of the Nutmeg State almost always thrive in new countries, and Mr. Bull 
has become a brilliant exjjonent of the general rule. 

The court was held in those days in a two-story log building, that stood 
on the corner of ]\Iaine and Fifth, afterward Dimnocks', and now lluffmans' 
business stand. It had a iiuneheon Jjoor and a carjientcr sliop in the second 
story, which was also used as a town hall. This building was burned and 
nobody seemed to regret it. 

Mr. Bull describes the seal of Adams county as being of very ])rimitive 
construction. The seal was fi.\ed into a rough frame against the wall, and 
a walnut rail used for a lever to bring the imjiression out upon the paper ; 
ii]ion the extreme end of this, it was tiie custom of Mr. Bull to throw his 
avoirdupois, and thereby ])roduce the seal of the county of Adams. For 
two years all the records are still seen in Mr. Bull's handwriting. 

Gov. Glenn's history of early times embodies some remarkable incidents 
of pioneer days, and he says, in an atldress before the old settlers : 

" Mills were very scarce in those days. I can remember my father go- 
ing sixty miles to mill, but then lie took as much grain as ten yoke of oxen 
could haul, and did not have U) go again for six months. Hominy was a 
vcrj' Convenient substitute for the staff of life, and the labors of the day 
were often sn))plemented by a course of hominy beating after supper." 

" This process of obtaining food was common among all tiie men of early 
days, and the hominy morter, and later the hominy mill, was an institution 
of tiie land. There was also a variety of this food known as hulled corn 
or lye hominy, and this use of chemical agents, instead of laborious me- 
chanical a])pliance, was very ]iopular with the young and rising generation. 

"Many of the agricultural im])leiiients used by early settlers were of a I 
unique character and suited to the exigencies of the times. Harrows were ! 
constructed from the foi'k of a tree, and supjilied with wooden teeth. Plows I 
were of divers pattern and various shapes. Wooden mold boards, made 
from a tree that twisted against the sun, or with it, as you desired to turn 
the furrow to the right or left, fastened on the plowshare and attached io 
the stock, furnished the implement for plowing the ground. 

"The wheat was cut with the old-fashioned sickle or reap-hook. Cradles 
afterwards superseded the sickles, although at tirst bitterly opposed by 
many as an innovation. 

" The clothing of the pioneers was all of domestic manufacture. Wool, 
flax, and even cotton were ])rodncts of the country. These the women 
wove and spun into various kinds of cloth such as linen, linsey, jeans, and 
cotton cloth." 

Mr. Wm. D. Dodd in liis remarks at one of these meetings stated 
that his was the ninth family in Quincv. lie described the old bar-shear 
plow, and stated that he had marched behind one of them many a day with 
no other clothing upon his person than what is generally worn beneath a 
man's vest. His father traded a clock for an acre of ground at the corner of 
Twelfth and Maine streets, and (TovcrnorWood afterwards lK)ught it for$100. 

Mr. Thomas Sackey, of Adams county, also brought u]) many old facts. 



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He could not complain of hardsliips in particular, the people of that day 
were generally of the rii^-lit kind. When you went to a neighbor's house 
then, the first thing asked was, "Have you been to dinner?" and hospitality 
always prevailed. He spoke of the big snow in 1830, and said ho was in 
Morgan county, and wanted to get home. The storm was blinding, and it 
was almost impossible to face it. After several trials he got a good hold of 
the tail of one of the oxen, and told him to go. The ox went dragging 
him on the snow and finally landed him at the liouse. Daring these times 
it is said that two and a-half bushels of shelled corn would buy one yard of 
domestic or one pound of coffee. In August the settlers were very liable 
to take the ague or "shakes," as they wei-e called, which is a malarious 
disease not yet entirely driven from the country. 

In the old settlers meeting of 1872, George McMurray said: 
" He came to this country in 1829, and had lived here ever since. He 
was poor like some of his neighbors, but always had something to eat. He 
went a bee-hunting once, and got into a nettle patch, and thought at first 
he was walking on snakes. He looked for snakes three times and that 
ended his bee-hunt. Pie lay on the west side of the branch north of Clay- 
ton one winter night without any covering except his coat. He went to 
sleep, and he waked up in the night and found that he was cold, and had to 
roll around on the grass before he could limber himself up. He traveled 600 
miles from Quincy to Kentucky and back on six bits and didn't sponge or beg." 
Mr. Joseph Turner stated thathe came to Adams Co. in 1834, and was 
informed by George Campbell that the first white man who built a house 
I in Adams was named Lyle. Mr. Campbell was the only neighbor to Lyle 
I for many j'ears. 

' Mr. Wm. M. Dodd also related his experience. He said among^other 

things that his father bought a lot of Ed. Pearce on the corner of Fourth 
' and Maine streets (which included what was lately Dr. Rallston's property) 
[ for $130 in trade. 

The first person who ever made a shoe for sale in Quincy was a man 
\ named Druland, of French extraction. 

' Mr. Harrison Dills told of the summary punishment of a thief who 

' was ordered to run the gauntlet, and riglit where the A^irginia liouse used 
to stand the double line of men was formed, each armed with a hickory 
' stick, and after the peculator had made the trip through those lines he was 
1 ready to "go west," or anywhere to be away from Quincy. 
I Solomon Wigle related that in the year 1828, three stray cattle came 

! into the neighborhood where his father resided, and Mr. Wigle, Sr., took 
] them up and advertised them as the law required. One of them proved to 
: be so unruly that he could not be restrained in anj' ordinar}' enclosure, and 
i roamed over the country at will, annoying the community until forbearance 
I ceasing to be a virtue, they held a consultation, at which it was decided that 
I sometliing must be done; and as they believed in the principles of justice, 
I they concluded to give him a trial for his life. Accordingly a regular court 
I was organized, with judge, sheriff, jurors and attorneys, and a fair and 
1 impartial trial was held at the new log schoolhouse, which resulted in 
j verdict of guilty and the penalty of death to the offending steer. He was 
] to be slaughtered and properly dressed upon a given day and the beef di- 
j vided per capita among the families of the neighborhood. The hide was to 
I be converted into a rawhide belt for Mr. Wigle's horse grist-mill. The 
I sentence was executed to the letter, this being the first case of capital pun- 
. ishment in the county. 



404 HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Col. C. A. Warren relates that when he first came to Adams county 
he and his niece crossed the Mississippi river July 4, 1S36, where Keokuk 
and Iiis followers, ten in number, liad ])itched their tents and were worship- 
ing their spirit ilanitou by sacrificing a black dog. On the corner of their 
tent hung a string of ten scalps — taking scalps was the corner-stone of their 
civilization. Tiie chief took the hand of Mr. Warren's niece and counting 
the rings u[)on her fingers said, " IIow many scalps you take." That was 
the nature of civilization then. 

Col. Warren refers to tiie tinie when Quincy lawyers, in the days of 
"Sacketts Harbor," rode from Quincy to Springfield on horseback. He 
says tiiat Judge O. C. Skinner. Hon. O. H. Browning, Hon. A. Williams 
and himself frequently got stuck in the " Harbor" (now the site of Mound 
Station) and luul to lielp each other 6nt. 

Hubert I>ecket, of Clayton, spoke of the open piairie where Keokuk 
Junction now stands. He has hunted wolves on that identical spot, and 
was positive at that time that it would never be settled up. The settlers 
then came to a new country singly and by families, but now the case is 
different, for they go in gangs, which latter method he considered a great 
improvement on the former. 

A. T. Stone, of Quincy, in speaking of the early times in Adams county 
says that when he came, which was in 1822, Gov. Wood lived in a small cabin 
in Quincy, where the Tellico mill is now situated. Henry Lyle lived at 
Liberty, and these, witii a few other families, constituted the population of 
Adams county. In Schuyler county, liusliville only contained half a dozen 
families. vVt Atlas, the county seat of Pike county, which county included 
an immense territory, not more than three families resided. He knew all 
the families that lived in the military tract. Up to 1S30 the emigration 
was very scarce. Tiie deep snow of tiiat year was very severe, and prevented 
many from coming, as they had fears that the snow would cause loss of life. 
Settlers did not commence coming in until 1S33. Tiie wood was never 
prepared in those days in the fall, but a tree was cut as needed in the winter. 
The tree was hauled to the cabin and used up as required. 

FIRST FEURY. 

In the year 1S3S, Ma}- IG, Woodford Lawrence in company with two 
other men, built the first ferry boat that ])robably ever crossed the i[isiis- 
sippi river in the vicinity of Quinc}'. It was constructed of two canoes, a 
platform connecting them, around which a railing was built to keep the 
animals and other jiassengers from falling ofi' into the water. The first 
passengers were three horses wiiich were safely carried across one at a time. 
This primitive ferry made tiie trip across tiie river at the inoutli of Mill 
creek. It was buiit for the purpose of carrying the iiorses across the river, 
their owners being desirous of taking a trip in the State of Missouri. 

As showing the extreme cold weather of the winter of 1S43, it is stated 
that on the 3rd of April, Jacob Abbott, and Jacob Ilunsaker crossed the 
Mis8issip])i on the ice. They maile the trip on foot, leaving the Missouri 
shore at Hannibal, and arrived safely at their homes in Payson and Liberty 
townships, returning from a visit in Missouri. They had long poles to assist 
them in case the ice gave away, but the ice was found to be safe. 

EARLY CUSTOMS. 

While the early settlers toiled iiard, they were not averse to a little re- 
laxation, and had tlieir season for fun and enjoyment. If they did not re- 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 403 

eeive the visits of the theatrical or miustrel troop, they contrived to break 
the monotony of their daily life. Among the more general forms of amuse- 
ment were the " qnilting bee," the " corn-husking," or "corn-shucking," 
and the "apple-paring." The " quilting-bee," as the name would indicate 
was where the industrious qualities of the bus}' little insect that " improves 
each shining hour" was exemplified in making quilts for the household in 
which the " bee " was held. In the afternoon the ladies for miles around 
gathered at the appointed place, and while their tongues woiild not cease 
to play, their hands were kept busy in making the quilt. A great desire 
was always felt b^' all present to complete the work as soon as possible, for 
then the real fun began. In the evening the gentlemen came, and their 
arrival was the notice to commence some boisterous yet innocent game in 
which all joined. The dance also constituted a part of the evening's amuse- 
ment. 

"Corn husking" was where both sexes joined in the husking. They 
assembled in a large barn which was prepared for the occasion, and when 
each gentleman had selected a lady partner the husking began. When a 
t lady found a red ear she was entitled to a kiss from each gentleman; if a, 
gentleman found one he was allowed to kiss every lady present. This fea- 
' ture of the programme was a source of unlimited fun and frolic. After the 
, corn had been husked, the floor was cleared and the old violin brought into 
requisition, when the merry dance followed, continuing until broad day- 
light in the morning. 
, " Apple paring" often called the young people together, on which occa- 
sion the apples were pared for the winter's sauce. The same concluding 
I festivities followed the apple paring as was the case with the " quilting- 
bee " and " corn husking." 
I Hunting was a favorite amusement of the meii. Game M'as killed as 

I much for the pastime it attbrded as to supply the wants and necessities of 
( the families. 

House-raising furnished another occasion for assemblages and enjoy- 

ment. Buildings were then made of such massive timbers as to require a 

j large force of men to erect them, which was done solely by muscular 

I power, all the appliances of modern times for such purposes being entirely 

I ignored, if not unknown. On these occasions liquor was always free to all 

j present. These raisings were cheerfully performed by all the neighbors, 

I knowing the assistance would be returned should occasion require it. Log 

] rolling was another source of profit and recreation combined. When a 

I man had felled the timber on a considerable space of ground, it was impos- 

I sible for him, without aid, to get the logs together so as to burn them. 

; He therefore invited all his neighbors, who came with a good will, and 

brought the logs together. The work ended with a supper and a social 

good tiine. 

Election day was observed as a holiday. Tlie men came to the polls, 
voted, drank, wrestled, ran foot races, and otherwise enjoyed themselves. 

' LOST CIIILDEEN. 

I While David Campbell was awav', on a trip to Kentucky on business, 

I in the Fall of 1832, his two sons, James and his ne.xt oldest brother were 
. sent by their mother in search of the cows, which, in those days, roamed 
I at will over many square miles of unfenced and uncultivated lands. They 
^ were aged six and eight years respectively. They started, and while 



406 HISTORY OF ADAMS COCNTT. 

■wanderinf^ through the tliickets that skirted Little Missouri creek, became 
confused and lost tlieir way. After roving about until late in tlie cool, 
frosty October night, bare-foot and thinly clad, and leaving much of the 
clothing with which they started among the brush and briars, they sought 
the most dense part of a hazel thicket, and breaking some of the boughs, 
stuck them in tlie ground to protect themselves from the wind, procured 
clubs with which to defend themselves from the wolves and bears, and lay 
down to rest, each taking turns to warm the other's feet. Their mother 
became alarmed, searched for them in vain, and went to Obadiah Ni,\e's, 
— who was the first settler in Clayton township, — living two miles distant, 
and notified his family. One of their number rode to the other neighbor, 
three or four miles farther away, and they united in the search for the lost 
boys, hallowing as they went. They found them about' four o'clock in the 
morning, and conveyed them to their almost distracted mother unharmed, 
but nearly perishing with cold. 

The first mill ever constructed within the limits of the city was in 
182-t, when a Dr. Baker, seeing the necessity of such an invention, 
contrived a machine for pounding corn, the motive power being the running 
water of a creek on whf)se banks the primitive mill was erected. Placing 
the grain in a mortar, an industrious pestle soon reduced it to a state suited 
to manufacture "hoe cakes." A tragical incident connected with the his- 
tory of this, "the first grist mill in Quincy," should not be omitted. One 
night when the mill was in active operation, an unsophisticated coon, insti- 
gated by the gnawings of hunger, or perhaps by motives of curiosity, 
attempted to penetrate into its hidden recesses. The descending pestle 
gave him a forcible intimation that his presence was undesired, and knock- 
ing him into the mortar, it continued to pound him with a hearty good 
will until morning, by which time we may conclude that his spirit of 
exjiloration was efiVctually subdued. The condition of tlie " grist " may 
be more easily imagined than described. 

The importance of these old settler organizations must be manifest to 
every one, as considered solel}' for their historical features. They serve to 
keep alive memories of those early days in the settlement of a new conn- 
try, that become valuable, not alone to those interested by personal pres- 
ence, but to the general public, as furnishing facts that, without these 
associations, would remain untold and unpublished. 

The lives and hardshi]5s of the pioneers are prolific sources of interest, 
as from their liistories we glean the nobility of the human cliaracter wlien 
tested in the crucible of necessity. As a general rule tliese early settlers 
were bold, honest, hospitable, self-reliant, and industrious; in these 
respects, no matter from whence they came, they assimilated and became 
one people, united by that common interest, the building of homes and 
founding a new country. In their lives they exemplified "honest work for 
to-day; honest ho))e for to-morrow," and the present time illustrates the 
success of their undertaking. The populous country, with its improved 
system of mechanical implements, the school-house and the church, scat- 
tered over the face of the land, the railroads, connecting with their iron 
bands the East with the West, the thriving city and the growing town, all 
bear testimony to the wisdom of the earlf settlers who built, not alone for 
themselves, but for posterity. The entire Western world, and more par- 
ticularly the Western States, is the heritage that these daring, honest and 
frugal people leave as an everlasting monument to their memory. 




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CHAPTER XII. 

Bench and Bar — Jcdgks of CirccjIT Court — Primitive Practice — Early 

Members — Legal Contests — Bar Association. 

bench and bar. 

The following interesting account of the judges who have ])rcsided ii> 
the Qiiincv Judicial District, is from the pen of Gen. John Tillson, of 
Qiiincy. To his kindness in permitting its publication in the present work, 
and for other material assistance in furnishing infoi'mation relating to 
the early history of the city and county, acknowledgment is hereby made. 
The Adams county bench and bar have alike sustained a proverbial 
prominence in the legal traditions of Illinois since the county organization, 
nfty years ago. 

For a score or more of 3'ears subsequent to J825 the bar stood prominent 
, in public recognition of capacity, acquirement and success. It was the bar 
I of the "Military Tract" — that portion of the State comijrehended between 
I the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and south of the latitude of Rock Island, 
I which had been reserved by the general government for the soldiers of the 
■war of 1S12, and thus acquired the name of "Military Ti'act" or " Bounty 
1 Lands." The unavoidable issues arising from the collision between the 
I claimants to these lands under the government patent and those under State 
j tax title opened at once an arena for the development and display of the 
j liighest grade and need of legal talent. 

I Land law demands for its comprehension and practice a more profound 

1 capacity and more devoted learning than any other field of the great pro- 
I fession. Here it was cultivated. Here leading legal intellects gathered 
I and strove. Here and by them were the broad land questions litigated, 
I and herefrom the great lawyers made their periodical tours throughout the 
' " tract" — where tlieir names were as familiar as home words — in attendance 
J on the semi-annual circuits of the court. Their attainments, prestige and 
success are a fresh existing remembrance to many, especially as there are 
I still among us a nnmber of noted Nestors ol the bar, with the proud record 
j of between forty and fifty years of practice, and to whose names have been 
attached ])ublic distinctions additional to their forensic fame. 

Of the bench, however, though equally entitled to remembrance, less 

special knowledge has been preserved. ()f the eleven judges who have 

I presided over the Adams county circuit since 1825 the writer remembers 

' all, and has been personally acquainted with all except the first, and it is 

I proposed to give of them a skeleton sketch, with the regret that want of 

I space precludes a more ample delineation of their careers and characteristics. 

I John Yorcke Sawyer, the first cii'cuit judge, was a native of Vermont. 

His name appears enrolled as a lawyer December 7, 1820. As a lawyer he 

must have achieved a good reputation to have secured the appointment of 

judge at a time when New England men were popularly at a discount \i\ 



•408 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Illinois. On the bench he sustained an excellent reputation for integrity 
and ability, and was better educated than the majority of lawyers of his 
time. lie was a])pointed at the session of lS24:-25 and two years later was 
legislated out of ottice by the law of '26-7, which repealed the circuit court 
system and threw upon the supreme judges circuit court duty. 

Judge Sawyer's tirst court was held in July, 1S25, in the l(i-feet square 
cabin of Willard Keyes, on Front street, near the foot of Vermont ; this 
being selected as the only one of the three cabins then composing Quincy 
•where there were no children. This session was but formal, and the first 
business term of the court was held on the 31st of October following. 
Judge Sawyer will be most remembered for his remarkable size. He was 
really a monster, weighing well up to 400 pounds. Our massive Senator 
Davis could have sat all day in liis shade, while to balance the family sub- 
stance he was the proprietor of a nice little wife who had hard work to send 
up the scale at ninety pounds. 

He was of a jolly nature, as most fat men are, and this genial trait, 
added to his probity and acquirements, made him popular and respected 
during his two years' term, ilis wit was proverbial. " Madam." said he 
to an old Quincy landlady, " ain't your cows of different colors?" " Yes," 
said she, '"we've got 'em black, and red, and white and spotted." "I 
thought so," says the rogui.sh judge, "your butter speckles that way." 

After leaving the bench he resumed the practice of his profession at 
Yandalia, the then State capital, and died March 13, 1S36, being at the time 
editor of the A'andalia Advocate. 

He was succeeded by one of the supreme judges whose name stands 
recorded as the first licensed lawyer in Illinois, May 14, 1S19. 

Samuel D. Lockwood, who was born in central Xew York, came to Illi- 
nois in 1818 ; stopped tirst at Ivaskaskia, and finally settled in Jacksonville, 
made that place his residence until after being retired from the bench in 
1848, he removed to Batavia, in Kane county, where he died about si.\ years 
since. 

He had an excellent education, a very refined mind, studious habits, 
and proverbial purity of character. Lifted early in life to the supreme 
bench, he honored the ermine as few others have. His appearance was ap- 
propriate and imposing — white-haired while yet young, of graceful form, 
dignified and courteous in demeanor, he was a model jurist, and if not pos- 
sessing the higher native intellect of some who graced the supreme bench, 
in the aggregate of qualification he was unexcelled. No public man of Illi- 
nois has passed under a longer period of constant observation and been 
clothed witli as much of general confidence and respect. It might bfe said 
of him, as Daniel "Webster said of Chief Justice Jay, that when the spot- 
less ermine of the judicial robe fell on him it touched nothing less spotless 
than itself Judge Lockwood's political connections were with the Whig 
and subsequently Kepublican party. 

The business devolving upon the supreme judges, as they were required 
to do circuit duty, had so greatly increased that in 1831 a partial reor- 
ganization of the system was made and a fifth judicial circuit established, 
comprising the military tract, to which was appointed Richard M. Younw, 
a Iventnckian by birth, whose legal career in Illinois was almost coeval with 
the existence of the State. He was a gentleman of exemplary habits, re- 
fined and industrious tastes, possessed of strong common sense and very 
much personal dignity of manner, but was devoid of mental sprightliness 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 409 

or social magnetism. It is curious that with his slow, unimaginative 
mind and nature, seeming to border aitnost on dullness, he should have 
trodden such a prominent and successful political and public life. Men 
more gifted in every way than he were his associates, but they were dis- 
tanced when they became his rivals ; and it must be said of Judge Young 
that while never attaining a superior or commanding position, he sustained 
his public trust respectably and up to a complete public confidence. He 
was a child of fortune. His service as a judge ceased in 1S37, when he 
took his seat in the United States Senate, to which he had been elected the 
previous winter. Filling out his full term of six years, during which time 
he was appointed by Governor Carlin State Agent, and visited Europe in 
that capacity; at the close of the same in 1841, he was appointed to the su- 
preme bench; and afterward clerk of the House of Representatives in 
Washington ; also commissioner of the general land office. Later he en- 
gaged in a legal and agency business until his mind gave way, and his last 
days were passed in an insane asylum. His political affiliations were always 
with the old Jackson, afterward Democratic, party, 
i The seat vacated by Judge Young, in 1837, was filled by the appoint- 

ment of James H. Ilalston, who had for several years been an active prae- 
' ticing lawyer of Quincy, and member of the legislature in 1S36 and 1837. 
, He, like his predecessor, and indeed like most of the prominent men 
during the early days of Illinois, was a native of Kentucky. His charac- 
■ teristics were industry and caution. His legal acquirements were greater 
than his success. He was a tall, rather ungraceful man, and not attractive 
I as a speaker. A mistaken ambition for political positions, for which he 
] was not peculiarly fitted, drew him away from the line of professional life, 
; wherein he was gradually attaining success. His reputation on the bench 
I exceeded that which he had as a lawyer. He resigned in 1838, was elected 
I State senator in 1840, ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1841 against John 
I T. Stuart, in the district composed of the entire portion of the State north 
1 of and including Green county, afterwards emigrated to California, and 
I met with an unfortunate death, his remains being found in the woods, where 
he either suddenly died or was slain by wild beasts. He was succeeded in 
I 1S39 by Peter Lott, one of the most genial men that ever graced the 
I Adams county bench. Judge Lott came to Illinois in 1835 from New Jer- 
I sey, his native State, locating first at Carthage, Hancock county. A few 
I months later he removed to Quincy, where he resided for the next sixteen 
I or seventeen years. He was a man of more than ordinary ability and 
I attainments, with inherent legal qualifications, but of a rather indolent and 
1 pleasure-loving nature, which detracted from his success as a lawyer. 
: These traits did not, howe%'er, affect his value on the bench, where he made 
I a most excellent record. In person. Judge Lott was above the medium 
height, powerfully built, of light complexion and hair, with a broad face 
singularly expressive of humor. He, like Judge Ralston, was a Whig until 
about 1836, when he joined the Democratic party, of which he became a 
! prominent member. Retired from the bench in 1841 under the operation 
' of the reorganization judiciary law, he resumed legal practice, was elected 
I to the lower house of the Legislature in_1844, enlisted as a private in Col. 
I Bissell's regiment of Illinois infantry on the outbreak of the Mexican war, 
J soon after became ca])tain, and acquired credit at the battle of Buena Vista. 
I On his return home lie was in 1848 elected circuit clerk and recorder. 
' This office he held for four j-ears, and shortly after the expiration of his 



410 HISTORY OF APAMS COUNTY. 

term he went to California, was there put in charge of tlie United States 
mint, and died a few years later. 

Tlie Democratic party in the legislature, dissatistied with the complex- 
ion of the supreme court, which was composed of four judges, tliree Whigs 
and one Denmcrat, all of whom held otlioe hv a life tenancy under the con- 
stitution, at the session of 1S40-41 reorganized the judiciary by abolishing 
the circuit judge system, mustering them all out and adding live judges to 
the supreme Itench (all Democrats) and imposing circuit court duty 
upon the supreme judses. The appointment from this district fell upon 
Stephen A. Douglas, wno assumed the office in 1841. Judge Douglas' his- 
tory is so nationally known that it is needless to take space for its repeti- 
tion. His career as a judge was popular and creditable. While not hav- 
ing been considered as ranking among the leading lawyers of the State, as 
he had been devoted more to political than to legal preferences, whatever 
defects he may have had from this inattention to the profession was more 
than atoned for by his acute and powerful native ability. He had several 
vexatious local questions to determine, connected with the Mormons, and 
the division of Adams county, which created conflicting feeling at the 
time, but on which he managed to maintain general confidence. On his 
election to Congress in 1S43, over O. H. Browning, after the ablest and 
most closely contested Congressional canvass ever made in the State, he was 
succeeded by Jesse B. Thomas, a son of the Jesse B. Thomas who was terri- 
torial judge of Illinois from ISOO to ISIO, one of the first two United States 
senators, and the author of the tanious "Missouri Compromise." 

Judge Thomas was probably born in Indiana territory. He was a large, 
plethoric man, not wanting in ability — a gentleman, ami well educated, 
dignified in his manner, and gave general satisfaction ; but his record was 
not one of especial mark, though creditable. He was, like his predecessor, 
a Democrat in politics. Transferred after a term of two years to a northern 
circuit, he died a few years later. 

His successor in 1S43 was Xorman II. Purple, the most superior judge 
in most respects that ever ruled in this circuit, who was a striking illustra- 
tion of the singular fitness that some men possess for special positions. 
His rank as a lawyer was high, but his peculiar capacities were best exhilv 
ited after his accession to the l>ench. He was pre-eminently a jurist. Well 
read, possessed with a quick, clear intellect, and a cold, analytical intuition, 
that could not be swerved by fancy or feeling, honorable and conscientious 
as well as sagacious, he poised the scales of justice with an accurate hand. 
Pr<.impt, precise and brief in his rulings, he held alike the confidence of 
the bar in professional and its attachment in social relations. He was an 
agreeable companion, though not disposed to accepting general acquain- 
tance. He was of tall and rather slender frame, with sharp but regularly 
cut features, and a physiognomy noticeable for the expression of intellect 
and reserve. 

The constitution of 1S4S making judges elective, and the circuits being 
changed at the same time, disuniting Adams and Peoria counties, Judge 
Purple, whose residence had l>een at Peoria, declined further service on the 
lietich in this circuit, to the regret of the members of theibar, who compli- 
mented him with a banquet on his retiracy. He was, we think, a native of 
New York, and after his i-cturn to Peoria and i-etirement from the l>ench, 
successfully resumed practice. He died some fifteen years ago. 

His successor in 1S4S was William A. Minshall, of Schuyler county. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COCXTT. 411 

elected as the whig car.didate over ^Villiam R. Aicher. of Pike county. 
Judge Minshall was oue of the oldest lawyers in the State, of much more 
than average intellectual strength. He came upon the bench at a late pe- 
riod of life, with his line native faculties impaired by age and early care- 
lessness. He had for years stood at the head of the bar in his own countv, 
and when lifted to the bench maintained his previously acquired creditable 
reputation. It was his ill fortune, as it was of all the elected jud^e of 
that year, to enter upon judicial eminence attended by the rancor of politi- 
cal strife. Previously, under the old constitution, the judiciary had been 
removed from immediate connection with party politics. When, however, 
on the first occasion where the judicial office was made popularly elective. 
partisan feel ins: was thrown into the contest with the utmost bitterness, and 
at this time, wlien the elective judiciary system has settled to a condition 
beyond the control of political interest and feeling, one can not realize the 
acrimony that throughout the State attached to and followed these first 
judicial elections. 

Judge Minshall was a heavy-built man. about the medium height, with' 
a countenance indicating solidity rather than quickness of thought. He died 
at Ivushville about twenty years since. He was a native, we think, of 
Kentucky, and had resided before coming to Illinois in Ohio. 

Adams and Hancock counties being created a separate circuit in 1S51, 
Judge Minshall was succeeded by Onias C. Skinner, who for several years 
had been a prominent lawyer in Hancock county and equally so in Quiucy. 
his later residence. A singular career was that of Judge Skinner. With a 
! much more than ordinary intellect and legal aptitude, hampered by limited 
' education, his native force of character finally lifted him above earlier de- 
fects to a front rank among lawyers and jurists. As a lawyer he was the 
I most daring, speculative and successful litigant that ever practiced in the 
I Adams county bar. Xo stronger or more energetic reliance in doubtful 
I or desperate cases could be fonnd than he. As a counselor he was not so 
excellent. On the bench his standing was high. Acute, courteous and 
' proud of his position, he fully filled the requisites of his place, and it was 
a regret to the profession that on a vacancy occurring in the supreme court 
' he ofl'ered as a candidate and was elected over Stephen T. Logan and Chas. 
' H. Constable, two highly eminent lawyers — the first named especially being 
! the Xestor of the Illinois Bar. 

J As before said, Judge Skinner's life was almost a romance. Hardly 

• an occupation can be named in which he had not engaged — cabin boy on 
( canal boat, sailor on the lakes, school teacher, farmer, preacher, finally set- 
I tling down to his proper profession. He was a member of the House of 
Eepresentatives in ISJrS. and also of the constitutional convention of 1S70, 
j where he occupied the position of chairman of the judiciary committee. 
' He was born in Oneida county. Xew York, and died in Quincy in 1S77, 
' where he had resided and been conspicuous at the bar for nearly thirty 
j jears. Skeptical in many things, but radically set in his own views, he 
I possessed a force, energy and sagacity of character that raised him to a 
' singular eminence. 

j On his retirement from the bench in lSo5, Joseph Sibley was elected 

I to succeed, and has received four subsequent elections, being now in his 
I twenty-fourth year of service. Of these eleven judges who have pre- 
I sided over this circuit since 1S25, Judge Sibley, the present incum- 
I bent, is the only oue living. It is onlv of those who have gone that we 



412 HISTORY OF ADAMS COCI^TY. 

proposed to briefly sketch. There were giants in those days — strong men 
now passed awav. Less learned than those who have followed them, yet 
in intellectual strength they were more than the peers of their saccessors. 
The founders and framers of our great commonwealth were the young. 
ardent, ambitious, adventurous men who lived, struggled and succeeded on 
their inherent resource. Scores of lawyers' libraries to-day severally con- 
tain more authorities than the whole State of Illinois could show a half- 
century since. Kence rudimental acquirement, intuitive capacity, and the 
sharpened keenness resulting from mental collision and attention formed 
the brilliant lawyer of early days. With the varied and abstruse compli- 
cations of law attaching to the interests of a populous community as now, 
they had but little to do, but the questions that came before them were 
met and surmounted, and Illinois caf\ safely and with satisfaction, sweep- 
ing the dust from its earlier annals and recalling the names of many now 
half forgotten, point to the same with pride and say, these were our State ) 
framers, our early lawyers. ' 

In addition to the eleven judges above named, since the act creating ' 
the Appellate Court of this State, and the redistricting of the State, the 
counties of Brown. Hancock. Fnlton, Schuyler, Pike, and McDonough are 
included in the district of which this county is a part, and the bench is 
composed of three judges. J. Sibley, C. L. Higbee. and S. P. Shope being 
the present members of the bench. 



The meml>€rs constituting the legal fraternity at Quincy have always 
held a high place in the estimation of the profession, as from its earliest 
formation, back in 1S31. up to the present time, the Quincy bar has main- 
tained its reputation for superiority. The early bar included names that 
have since l>ecorae noted either on the bench or in the legislative halls, 
while the legal profession at the present day has among its members men 
who are a credit to any community. 

The first lawyer that ever made Quincy his residence was Louis Mas- 
qnerier. or Masquerre. who came to the then village of a few families in 
about 1S27 or 1S2S. History does not record the fact that his first few 
years were made notable by being overwhelmed with legal business. It 
woiild seem, however, that the location was a desirable one, for in a very 
short time the bar of Qnincy was increased by the arrival of new mem- 
bers who, in prospecting, decided upon locating in Qnincy. In the j 
year 1S31 the bar was composed of J. H. Ralston, who afterward became a ' 
judge of this judicial district; Archibald Williams, afterward a noted 
lawyer of the State: Louis Masquerier, who became noted as the first law- 
yer in Quincy; O. H. Browning, who has since become a lawyer as well as 
a statesman of national reputation; and a lawyer by the name of Jefi'ries. 
This number was augmented by the arrival of Judsre Young, who moved 
to Quincy in the latter year, as also did Thomas Forx3, then the prosecuting: 
attorney of the circuit, and afterward governor of the State. Mr. Hub- 
bard, afterward governor of the State, soon removed to Qnincy, and with j 
Henry Asbury and James W. Whitney, known as '" Lord Coke," and the 
others above named, composed the legal fraternity of Qnincy and the 
western portion of the State. They were closely followed by Andrew 
Johnson, C. B. Lawrence, afterward supreme judge of the State, A. Jonas, 
C. A. Warren, A. Wheat, and others of later date. 



HISTOET OF ADAMS COrSTT. 413 

Among the many men at the Qnincy bar who have distinguished 
themselves outside of the legal practice may be mentioned Hon. O. H. 
Browning, of Quincy. As early as 1S31 he left his native State of 
Kentucky and located in Quincy as a member of the bar. He was- 
not slow to be prominently known, even among the great intellects 
that were accustomed to make the tour of this circuit, which included 
nearly one half of the present entire State. His reputation for ability 
being established, political honor sought him. In August, 1S36, he was 
elected to the Illinois Senate aDd served four years in that body. In ISoT 
K^. Bushnell arriving, he and Mr. Browning formed a law partnership 
which continued until the death of Mr. BushueU. In 1S42 Mr. Browning 
was again elected to the State Legislature, serving as a member of the As- 
sembly. He ran as the Whig candidate for Congress, but was defeated by 
small majorities. 

Upon the death of Senator Douglas. Mr. Browning was appointed by 

•the Governor to take the vacant seat until a successor could be elected bv 
the legislature. After leaving the senate he opened a law office at the 

. national capital, associating himself with Senator Cowan of Pennsylvania. 

! In 1S66 when President Johnson re-organized his cabinet, he called Mr. 

,• Browning to the position of the Secretary of the Interior. He retained this 

.'' responsible position until the close of the administration acquitting himself 

* of its duties with signal success. Since retiring from the cabine the has 
} lived quietly at his home in Quincy. having a large .and lucrative practice. 

• He was elected a member of the last constitutional convention of Illinois, 
( and by his presence and experience did his share in forming tlie present 
f constitution. 

t Hon. C A. Warren, of Quincy, was born in Xew "Fork in ISOT, and 

received a common-school education. He entered a printing oiSee and 
, served his apprenticeship, and for a time worked side by side with Horace 
' Greeley of the Xew Tork Tribune. WTiile working at "his trade ilr. War- 
ren completed his legal studies, and was graduated from Transylvania 
» University in Kentucky, in 1S34. He received his first diploma from the 
' Supreme Court of Ohio, and commenced the practice of law at Batavia 
I in that State, with Thos. Morris (father of Hon. Juo. IS". Morris, of Quincy) 
I afterwards U. S. Senator of Ohio, for a partner. In 1S36, Mr. Warren 
' came to Qnincy, and after remaining one year, removed to Warsaw. He 
1 returned in 1S39. and formed a partnership with J. H. Ealston. He also 
I was in partnership with O. C. Skinner afterwards Supreme and Circuit 
Judge, and also George Edmonds, Jr., of Hancock county. He served as 
' prosecuting attorney, and is still carrying on his practice. 

Gen. Jas. W. Singleton is another prominent man of the Qnincy bar. 
: He is a native of Virginia, and early moved to Illinois, locating in Schuyler 
I county. Here he practiced medicine and also devoted himself to the study 
I of the law. He was elected twice to the Legislature, and also to the con- 
I stitutional convention in 1S4S. During the Mormon troubles at Xauvoo,. 
I he was assigned by the Governor to take command of the military at that 

{oint. and remained there until the troubles were satisfactorily adjusted, 
n 1S52 he came to Qnincy, and at once identified himself with the 
' interests of the place. He singly and alone constructed the railroad from 
Camp Point to the Llinois river at Meredosia. He served one time in the 
, Legislature from Adams. His mission to Kichmond, Ya., during the late 
w^.r is well-known, he having visited the rebel capital at the request of 



41-1: HisTuKY OF ada:«s countv. 

President Lincoln, in tlie hope of dissuading tlie coufederates from con- 
tinuing the striiirgle. Ilis mission tailed. In 1865< he was nominated for 
congress in the Fourth District, but was defeated. In 1878 he was again 
nominated and elected by a large majorit}'. 

Hon. Nehemiah Bushnell was a native of Connecticut, and graduated 
from Yale College in 1835. In 1837, after being admitted to the bar he 
came to Quincy, and the same year formed a partner.^hip with Hon. O. H. 
Browning, which lasted until Mr. Bushnells death. Shortly after establish- 
inff himself in Quincy, he conducted, tlie cditoral department of the Qtancy 
Whig. After leaving this journal he devoted his entire time and talents to 
bis profession. He was considered a fine lawyer, and was a very energetic 
and persevering student even to the day of his death in 187i. 

Ex-Senator William A. Richard«on, an honored citizen of Illiuois was 
a resident of Quincy, where he died on the 27th of December, 1S75. 
He was a native of Kentucky, being born in Fayette county in ISll. 
He received a liberal education for those early times which included a col-' 
leciate course at Transylvania University at Lexington, from which insti- 
tution he graduated. After leaving college he completed the study of law 
and was admitted to the bar. Very shortly after his admission, he came to 
Illinois and located at Shelbyville in 1S31. In 1832 he volunteered in the 
Black Hawk war, serving some four months, when he removed to Rush- 
ville, the county seat of Schuyler county, where he continued to reside 
until ISit), when lie removed to Quincy. His positions of honor and trust 
were many and include civil and military-. In 1835 he was elected States 
Attorney, which position he resigned in 1836 to accept the position of 
member of the State Legislature for the county of Schuyler to which he was 
elected. In 1838 he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1844 was a presi- 
dential elector. He also was elected to the legislature and chosen speaker. 
At the commencement of the Mexican war in 1846. Mr. Ilichardson 
raised a company in Schuyler county and was made captain. This com- 
pany joined the troops at Alton, Illinois, and was placed in the 1st Regi- 
ment under the command of Col. J. J. Hardin. During the war the 1st 
regiment engaged in the battle of Buena Vista, where Captain Richard- 
son was promoted on the field for brave conduct. After returning to 
Illinois, Mr. Richardson was elected in 1847 to Congress, where he 
continued by re-elections until 1856. In this latter year he resigned his 
seat in Congress to make the canvass for the gubernatorial chair of Illinois. 
Owing to the unpopularity of the Kansas and Nebraska bill M-hicli he 
defended, he was defeated by four thousand votes in a ])oll of two hundred 
and forty thousand. This was his first and only defeat. In 1857 he was 
made Governor of Nebraska, where he found the territory in the wildest 
confusion — no civil laws, and few and imperfect criminal laws. Before 
leaving the territory he established the criminal code of Illinois, and the 
civil ])ractice of Ohio. In ISCO he returned to Illinois, and was re-elected 
to Congress by the Quincy district where he served until elected to the 
United States Senate to fill the unexj)ired term of Judge S. A. Douglas. 
His term as senator expired in 1865, which terminated his public services 
of a national character. From 1865 to his death he resided at his home in 
Quincy. He was elected to the position of supervisor for the Quincy 
district to use his influence and experience in keeping the county seat at 
Quincy, when an efibrt was made to remove it to another portion of the 
county in the year 1875. His efforts were successful as the county seat 




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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 415 

question is now settled forever. Senator Richardson was a man of great 
personal magnetism, and a powerful speaker from the fact that his state- 
ments always bore the marks of personal convictions. He was a man that 
tolerated views and conclusions different from his own, and always gave 
them a careful and considerate hearing. His political acts were based on 
the principle, that he believed to be the foundation of the Democracy, 
while his honesty of intention can never be doubted. While living he 
worked a potent influence on the political questions of the State and Na- 
tion, and his memory, now that he is dead, is cherished b}' his friends and 
admirers and respected by his enemies. 

Hon. Jackson Grimshaw, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Illinois in 
1845, settling in Pike countj',' where he continued to practice law for four- 
teen years, at the expiratitm of which time he came to Quincy. He was 
associated in Quincy, with Hon. Archibald Williams, the partnership last- 
ing until Mr. William's death. In 1856, Mr. Grimshaw was nominated by 
the Pepublicans for Congress, but was defeated. Since that time up to his 
death, he refused all political honors. In 1865 he became Collector of 
Internal Revenue for the 4th District of Illinois. He held the office until 
1869. He was a line speaker, a good lawyer and a man full of warm 
impulses and genial manner. His death occurred in 1875. 

Hon. Archibald Williams was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, 
June 10, 1801. Having received from his parents the first rudiments of 
an education, he was thrown upon his own resources early in life. He first 
engaged in manual labor, but being of a studious disposition, improved all 
his opportunities for self-cultivation, and finally turned his attention to 
teaching. His fondness for study caused him to select the law as his pro- 
fession, and his position as a lawyer in after years showed the correctness 
of his selection. He was admitted to the bar in Tennessee, in 1828, and 
mov-ed to Quincy in 1829. During his first six years' practice he achieved 
the highest rank as a lawyer and jurist, and as a man of spotless character. 
He was elected three times to the State Legislature. In 1847 he was 
selected against a Democrat, in a Democratic district, to serve in the Con- 
stitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Whigs as their 
choice for [Tnited States Senator, but the opposition being in the majority 
he was defeated. He was also a Whig candidate for Congress in the cam- 
paign immediately preceding the birth of the Republican party, and was 
defeated. He was offered a seat on the United States Supreme Bench, but 
refused because he felt that his advanced age made him disqualified for the 
office. In 1849 he was appointed by President Taylor, District Attorney 
for Illinois, and in 1861 he was appointed by President Lincoln, U. S. Dis- 
trict Judge of Kansas. He was a man of strong convictions, but possessed 
a great respect for others' views and conclusions. He was generous, kind 
and forgiving, while his ability as a lawyer was second to none. He died 
at Quincy, Sept. 21, 1863, and leaves behind him the record of a noble and 
pure life. 

In the early days of the settlement of the western part of Illinois, the 
bar and the court proceedings were not as well read, as at the present day, 
but their good sense and quick judgment made ample amends for lack of 
book knowledge. As early as 18.31 the judicial circuit of Quincy was a 
]>art included m the district in which Chicago was situated, and also the 
Galena district. The judge and lawyers usually made the circuit together^ 
which was then performed on horseback. The cavalcade approaching a 



416 HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

town in which court was to be held being the great event of the season, 
which was looked forward to by all, and afterwards proved the source 
of general conversation. Gen. John Tillson, in speaking of the early bar, 
its nfieinbers and practice, says: Well was and is it known that during all 
the earlier periods of our State history, the prominence of the Quincy, or 
Bounty Tract, bar was an admitted Illinois fact. Here were taught, 
needed, developed the stalwart qualities that attach to and betoken the 
most complete fruition of legal excellence, as attained in the recognition, 
study, comprehension and application of the obtuse and limitless princi- 
ples and history of that noblest portion of jurisprudence — land law. 

On this broad field, years since inviting and last filling with adven- 
turous immigration, where e.xisted land titles of every shade, affected by 
conflicting legislation, varying as the years, was gained tiie rare training 
and reputation of our legal athletes — an arena such as was found in no 
other section of the State; and in addition to these advantageous themes 
of practice, the professional necessities of the bar vastly aided its members 
in their advance to self-reliant supremacy. Tlie reasons for this are novel 
but conclusive. . 

Law, in those past ofl:' days, demanded of its votaries different quali- 
ties from now. It exacted the instincts of the smarter men, of genius, and 
nerve and novelt3\ It was the intellectual over the educated that led the 
van. Of books there were few. Authorities and precedents slumbered 
not in the great handy libraries. The entire resources of the Bounty 
Tract could hardly to-day fill out the shelves of one ordinary lawyer's 
librar}'. Hence alike, whether engaged in counsel or litigation, native 
resources, remembrance of the past reading, but mainly the readiness and 
aptitude with which legal jn-inciples, drawn from rudimental reading or 
educed by intuition, could be applied to any interest or exigence in "the 
infinite variety of human concerns," were the only armories whence were 
drawn their needed weapons of assured success. 

He was a luckless lawyer who had to hunt his books to settle a sud- 
denly controverted point, or answer a bewildered client's quer}*; and he 
was a licensed champion, who, theorizing from his instored legal lore, or 
instinctive acumen, knew on the instant where best to point his thrust, 
and was equally ready with every form of parry and defense. The off- 
hand action and advice of such men, nerved by necessity and skilled by 
contest, became of course to be regarded almost like leaves of law. 

One can thus somewhat realize what keen, pliant, incisive resource 
was attained by such careers; how inspiring and attractive were their con- 
clusions; how refined, and subtle and sharpened their intellects must have 
become. 

It should not be supposed that looseness, lack of accuracy or legal 
formula marked the rulings of the bench and bar. There was friendship 
and tamiliarty, it is true; because everybody knew everybody. The court- 
liouses were shambling great log houses; their furniture, chairs and desks 
— split bottomed and unplaned — would have set a modern lawyer's feelings 
on edge; but the bench was always filled with character, knowledge and 
dignity, and the forensic ruling and requirement was governed by as much 
jntlicial precision and professional deference as would mark the records of 
the most pretentious tribunal in the land. 

The bar, in those early da^'s, was a sort of a family to itself. There 
wns mutual acquaintance. All travelled the circuit, went to every county 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. » 417 

on court week, came from all quarters. Egypt and Galena had their rep- 
resentatives. Some went there because they had business; some because 
the wanted to get business, and all that they might learn. 

In court, by practice and observation, was acquired much of knowl- 
edge that the paucity of books denied the student and young practitioner. 
Out of court their associations were like that of a debating society or law 
school. They mingled in common; ate, drank, smoked, joked, disputed 
together. The judge, at the tavern, had the spare room, if such a room 
there was, and the lawyers bunked cozily, dozens together, in the " omni- 
bus," as the big, many-bedded room was called, and there they had it. 
Whatever of law point, past or present, pending or probable, could be 
raised, they went for it, discussed, dissected, worried, fought over it, until, 
whe.ther convinced or not, all knew more than when they tirst commenced; 
and thus struggling over these made-up issues of debate, became shar])ed,_^ 
by mutual attrition, the legal faculties that were panting for future and 
more serious contests. These lawyers were on exhibition and they knew it. 
Every man Iti the county came to town court week, if he could. There 
were but few people in the county then, and court week was the natural 
periodical time for the farmers to meet, swap stories, make trades, learn 
the news, hear the speeches, and form their own opinion as to which of 
these '' bonguey fellers it is safest to give business to, or vote for for 
the Legislature." A pretty good idea of how universal was the gather- 
ing, of necessity at the county seats, in those primitive days, may he 
gleaned from the fact that at the assembling of the first court in 
Adams county, every man in Adams and Hancock (then a part of 
Adams) was either on the grand or petit jury except two — -and one of them 
was, and perhaps both, under indictment. Most of them were young. 
They had jolly old times, those limbs of the law, jolly indeed. All were 
instinct with the very cream of zeal, enterprise and originality tiiat inheres 
to a new community; and among them, jibe, jest, and fun, and yarn, and 
repartee, and sell were tossed about like meteoric showers. 

An amusing incident is told, in which the judge, prosecuting attor- 
ney, and another member of the bar were traveling over the prairie, and, 
while lighting their pipes, either thoughtlessly or accidentally, set the 
grass on fire. It spread, swept towards ths timber, destroyed a settler's 
fences and improvements, and some luckless wight was indicted for the 
offense. The lawyer who formed one of the traveling party defended the 
culprit. The prosecuting attorney of course had his duties to perform to 
the furtherance of the ends of justice. The judge had the outraged inter- 
ests of law to protect under the solemnity of his position and oath: but 
it required all the earnest efforts of the gifted counsel, all the generous 
rulings of the judge, all the blundering action of the prosecuting attorney, 
the united sympathies in fact, of this secretly sinning legal trinity, to pre- 
vent the jury from finding a verdict against the innocent accused. 

BAR ASSOCIATION. 

The members of the Quincy bar formed a bar association, on January 
18, 1876, as the following will show: 

State of Illinois, / 
Adams County. ) ' ' ' 
We, the undersigned, being citizens of the United States, desiring to form an associa- 
tion, not for pecuniary profit, pursuant to an act of the General Ass'emMy of the State of 



418 • IllJiTOUV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Illini)is, entitled "An Act Concerning Cori)orations," aijprovecl Ai)ril 18. 18T2. do hereby 
certify that tlie following is a true statement of the name or title by which such Association 
shall be known in law; the particular business and object for which it is formed; the num- 
ber of its manaj,'ers, and the names of the same selected for the first year of its existence, 
viz; 

1. Name or title; "The Quincy Biir Association." 

3. Purticul.ir liusincss and object is, to establish and maintain the honor and dignity 
of the profession of the biw, to cullivjile social intercourse among its members, and to 
increase its uscfuhies in pminolinj; the due administration of justice" 

3. Number of manaiiers, scvni (7). 

4. Names of mana^rcrs silcclcd for the first year; Orville H. Brownin;.', Alexander E. 
Wheal, Frederick V. Marcy, Willinm Marsh, John II. AVilliams, Ira iM.'jIoc.re, Henry 
Asbury. 

a. Location, Quiucj-, Illinois. 

(Signed) JosKfii. N. C'.vutkk, 

IIoPK S. Davis, 
' RiFis L. Mii.i.Eit. 

Tlic constitution ailoi)tod, after giving the name as above, and object 
of ofganization, provides for ineiuberBliip by stating tliat any member of 
the legal profession, practicing, of good standing, in the city of Quincy, 
may become a member, by a vote of the association. 

.Judges of Courts of Record in Illinois, and members of the bar of Illinois, may like 
wise become members, without the privilege of voting. 

The officers of the Association shall be a Presideiit, and a First and Second Vice-Presi- 
dent, a secretary, a Treasurer, a Bmird of jNIanagcrs of seven members, and a Committee on 
Admissions to consist of s<vcn nu inl)(rs. The otticers. after the first election, shall beelecleil 
at the annual meeting, to l)e held on the second Saturday of .January in each year. 

The Board of Managers and the Committee on Admissions first chosen under the By- 
Laws, shidl divide llientselves into three classes, the first to consist of three and the others 
of two members each. The first class of each Cimimittee shall hold office for one'year; the 
second class, two years; the third class, three years; the first annual election and every 
third year thereafter shall be for three memliers, and all other elections shall be for two 
members of the Board of Managers and two of the Committee on Admissions, to hold office 
ihree years. 

Tlie following standing committees with their duties will explain the 
workings of the associatit)n: 

A committee on the amendment of the law, which sliall be charged with the duty of 
attention to all proposed changes in the law, and recommending such as, in their opinion, 
may be entitled to the favorable influence of this association. 

A judiciary committee, which shall be charged with the duty of the observation of the 
working of our judicial svstem, the collection of information, the entertaining and examina 
tion of projects for a change or reform in the .system, and of rec(mimending, from time to 
time, to the association such action as they may deem expedient. 

A. committee on grievances, which shall be charged with the hearing of all complaints 
against members of the association, and also all complaints which may be made in matters 
aftecting the interests of the legal profession and the practice of the law, and the adminis- 
tration of justice, and to report Ihe same to this association, with such recommendation as 
they may deem advisable. 

" A committee on legal education, which shall be charged with the duty of examining 
and leporting what changes it is expedient to propose in the system of legal education, and 
of admission to tlie practice of the profession in the State of iUinois. 

The otHcers arc as fi^llows: 

Prenictent. — Orville II. Browning. 

VicePresidi'nts. — William Marsli, and Alexander E. Wheat. 

Board iif .Ifann/ft'.i n.—OrviUe II. Browning, Alexander E. Wlieal, Frederick V. Jlarcy, 
Uriah 11. Keath, Ira M. Moore, Henry Asbury, and William Marsh. 

Serretiiri/. — Kufus L. Miller. 

Trensurer. — James F. Carrott. 

(Jommittee on Adminsiona. — Ira M. Moore, William G Kwing, AUiert W. Wells, Joseph 
N. Carter, James F. Carrott, Rufus L. Miller, and George W. Fogg. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COrNTY. 419 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Judiciary. — Almeron Wheat, Sen., William McFadon, and Laurence E. Emmons. 
On Grievances. — Joseph C. Thompson, Uriah H. Keatli, and Oscar P Bonney. 
On Amendments of the Laic. — Hope S. Davis, Bernard Arntz.en, and William H. Govert. 
On Legal Bducatinn. — Frederick V. i\[arcy, William W. Berry, and Aaron McMunay. 

The bar association have the nucleus of a law library, and have 
secured from the Board of Supervisors of Adams county the use of tiie 
library-room in the new court-house. This room in future will be used as 
a library and place of meeting of the Quincy Bar Association. 



420 



HISTuKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



MiSCELLANKOUS MeNTION — CoUNTY OFFICIALS — PkECIN<:T ELECTION 1S35 

— First Couet — First Probate Matters — High Water — Agricul- 
tural Society. 

county officers. 

The following is a list of couiitj officials from the organization of the 
county in 1825 up to the present time: 



James Black, recorder July 8, 

Levi Headlcy, sherifl Aug. 30, 

Asa TjTcr, coroner Aug 30, 

Heniy H. Snow, judge probate, Sept. 15, 
Henry H. Snow, judge probate, Jan. '23, 

Henry H. Snow, recorder Jan. 23, 

Hugh White, surveyor Ian. 23, 

Earl Pierce, sheritV Sept 6, 

Asa Tyrer, coroner Sept. 6, 

Heman Wallace, coroner Sept. 6, 

Earl Pierce, sheriff. Dec. 5, 

Earl Pierce, sheriff Nov. 27, 

Thomas Moon, coroner Nov. 27, 

Earl Pierce, sheriff Sept. 5, 

William P. Reader, coroner Sept. 5, 

H. Patton, surveyor April 38, 

Harris Patton, siirvej-or June 2, 

J. M. Whitiuir. coroner Aug. 22, 

Earl Pierce, sheritt" Aug. 29, 

Harris Paltan, surveyor Dec. 24, 

C. M. Billington, recorder Aug. 22, 

Harris Patton, surveyor Aug. 22, 

Thomas C. Kiuir. coroner -Vug. 24, 

Earl Pierce, sheriff Aug. 24, 

Wm. G. Flood, probate judge. .Feb. 17, 
\Vm. H. Tandv, sheriff. . . .T. . .Nov. 29, 

Wm. H. Tandy, sheriff Aug. 21, 

Ja^. M. llatlan, coroiiir Aug. 23, 

Jno. H. Holton, recorder Aug. 17, 

Joel G. Williams, surveyor. ...Aug. 17, 

Thomas Jasper, sheritV Aug. 12, 

John T. Gilmer, coroner Aug. 12, 

Jonas Grubb. coroner Aug. 12, 

Wra. H. Tandy, sheriff Aug. 13, 

John H. lloltou, recorder Aug 29, 

Thos. J. Williams, surveyor. . .Aug. 29, 

James M. Pitman, sheriff Aug. 12, 

L. Frazer, coroner Aug. 10, 

James M. Pitman, sherifl" .Vug. IS, 

Thaddeus Monroe, coroner. . . .Aug. 18, 

John H. Holton, recorder Aug. 19, 

Washington Wren, sheriff Aug. 16, 

Thaddeus .Monroe, coroner. . . .Aug. 16, 
Philo A. Goodwin, CO. judge.. Nov. 17. 

J. C. Bernard, co. clerk Nov. 22, 

Peter Gott, cir. clerk Sept. 4, 

Abncr E. Humphrey, sheriff. ..Nov. 20, 
Thaddeus Monroe, coroner . . .Nov. 20, 
B. I. Chatten, surveyor Nov. 22, 



..Nov. 1.5, 
.Nov. 12, 
Nov. 12 



1825 Levi Palmer, sheriff Nov. 20, 

1825 Thadueus Monroe, coroner. . . .Nov. 20, 

1825 C. M. Woods, cir. clerk Nov. 20, 

1825 G. W. Luch, co. clerk Nov. 21, 

1826 W. H. Gather, co. judge Nov. 20, 

1826 A. Touzalin, school com Feb. 21, 

1826 John Field, CO. clerk April 11, 

1826 William Lane, sheriff. Nov. 15. 

1826 Thaddeus Monroe, coroner Nov. 15 

1828 B. 1. Chattan, survcvor 

1828 John P. Cadogan. sheriff. . . 

1830 Thaddeus Monroe, coroner. . 

1830 Thomas W. Maclall. cir. clerk, Nov. 14, 

1832 Wm. H. Gather, co. judge Nov. 21, 

1832 Alex. .Johnson, co. clerk Nov. 21, 

1834 B. I. Chatten, co. surveyor. . . .Nov. 21, 

1834 Wilson Lance, treasurer Nov. 3, 

1834 Asa W. Blakeslv, school com. . . .Nov. 3, 

18;!4 J. H. Hendrickson, sheriff. Nov. 10, 

1834 Thaddeus Monroe, coroner Nov. 10, 

1835 N. T. Lane, school com 

1835 Eli Seehorn, co. treas 

1836 B. J. Chatten, co. surveyor 

1836 Wm. M. Avis, school com Dec. 25, 

1837 Maurice Kelly, sheriff Nov. 26, 

1837 W. S. M. Anderson, cir. clerk. .Nov. 26, 
18;J8 James M'imean, coroner Nov. 26. 

1838 E. B. Baker, co. j udge Nov. 18, 

1839 Alc.\. Johnson, co. clerk Nov. 18, 

1839 Peter Smith, co. survej'or Nov. 18, 

1840 John Steinagel, sheriff Nov. 28, 

1840 Geo. D. Watson, coroner Nov. 28. 

1842 F. G. Johnson, co. treasurer. . .Nov. 13, 

1842 Peter Smith, co. surveyor Nov. 13, 

184;j H. S. Davis, school com 

1843 Samuel T. Brooks, cir. clerk. .Nov. 28, 

1844 Wm. L. Humphrey, sheriff. . . . Nov. 28, 

1S44 Geo. D. Watson, coroner Nov. 28, 

184(i Chas. H. Morton, co. clerk Nov. 15, 

1846 Thos. J. Mitchell, co. judge Nov. 22, 

1847 Selh W. Grammcr, supt. sch'ls. Nov. 22, 

1848 Chas. Petrie, co. surveyor . . . .Nov. 25, 

1848 Thos. W. Gaines, co. treasurer. Nov. 25, 

1849 Henry C. Craig, sheriff Nov. 2:1 

1849 John W. Morchead, cir. clerk. Nov. 2i'r, 
1848 Alex. Brown, coroner Nov. 2>^. 

1850 Peter Smith, surveyor Nov. O-^, 

1850 Joseph Lumm is, treasurer Nov. 2i, 

1851 J. M. Earel, sherifl Nov. 17, 



1852 
1853 
1852 
1853 
1853 
18.54 
1854 
18.54 
1.S.54 
1855 
18-56 
1856 
1856 
185=: 
18.57 
1857 
1857 
18.57 
18.58 
1858 
1859 
1859 
1859 
I860 
1860 
1860 
1860 
1861 
1861 
1861 
1862 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1863 
1864 
1864 
1864 
1865 
1865 
1865 
1865 
1 S(i5 

I'-c.i; 
i-cr, 



HtSTORy OF ADAMS COrNTY. 



421 



John W. Morehead, cir. clerk. Not. 19, 1808 

Alex. Brown, coroner Nov. 30, 1868 

Thos. J. Mitchell, co. judge. Nov. (2) 3.S, 1869 
Chas. H. Morton, co. clerk. Nov. (2) 10, 1869 

N. JIorehead,cir. clerk 

Wm. Fletcher, treasurer. . .Nov. (2) 30, 1809 

B. I. Chattau, surveyor Nov. (2) 18, 1869 

Jno. H. Black, supt. schools, Nov. (3) 29, 1869 

- 1870. 

Napoleon Morehead circuit clerk. 

John M. Kreitz sheriff. 

Ale.x. Brown coroner. 

1871. 

Edwin Cleveland treasurer. 

Phdip Fahs surveyor 

1873. 

W.G. Ewing State's att'y. 

George Brophv circuit clerk. 

G. C. Trotter. '. sheriff. 

Ale.x. Brown coroner_ 

1873. 

J. C. Thompson co. judge- 

V^"illis Hasehvood co. clerk- 



1878. 

Edwin Cleveland co. treasurer. 

John H. Black aupt. schools. 

1874. 

Geo. W. Craig sheriff- 

Ale.x. Brown coroner- 

1875. 

S. G. Earel treasurer. 

Seth J. Morey surveyor. 

1876. 

Wm. H. Govert State's atty. 

George Brophv cir. clerk. 

John S. Pollock sheriff. 

Elihu Seehorn coroner. 

1877. 

Benj. F. Berrian co. judge. 

Willis Haselwood co. clerk. 

Anton Binkert treasurer. 

John H. Black supt. schools. 

1879. 

Henry Ording sheriff. 

Elihu Seehorn coroner 



The foUowino; is the list of ineinber.s of the general assembly, who have 
represented Adams county and the counties to which it was attached before 
its formation in 1S25 : 



SEN.VTORS. ELECTED. 

George Caldwell, of Madison 1818 

Theophilus W. Smith, of Madison . . .1822 

Thomas Carlin, of Greene 1836 

Henry J. Ross, of Pike 1828 

Archibald Williams, of Adams 1833 

O. H. Browning, •■ 1830 

James H. Ralston, ■' 184U 

Jacob Smith, ■■ 1844 

Hugh L. Sutphen, of Pike 1848 

Jno. Wood, of Adams 18.50 

KEPRESEXT.\TrVES. ELECTED. 

Abraham Prickett, of Madison 1818 

Samuel Whitesides, of Monroe 1818 

John Howard 1818 

Nathaniel Buckmasier, of Madison... .18'20 

William Otwell 18'20 

Joseph Bronaugh 1820 

N. Hansom, of Pike, (ejected) 1823 

Henry J. Ross, of Pike 1826 

Levi J. Roberts 1826 

John Turuey, of Peoria 1828 

John Allen, of Joe. Daviess 18'28 

A. W. Caverly, of Greene 18'28 

Joel Wright, of Fulton 1830 

Samuel C. Pearce, of Calhoun 1830 

Charles Gregory 1830 

Wm. G. Flood, of Adams 1832 

Philip W. Martin, of Adams 1833 

William Ross, of Pike 1834 

Thomas H. (Jwen 1834 

George Galljraitli, of Adams 1^30 

James H. Ralston, " 1830 

Archibald Williams, " 1837 

A.Williams, " 1838 



SENATORS. ELECTED. 

Solomon Parsons, of Pike 1853 

Wm. H. Carlin, of Adams 18-54 

Austin Brooks, " 1858 

B. T. Schofield, of Hancock 1863 

Sam'l R. Chittenden, of Adams Is66 

J. N. Richardson, " 1870 

Jesse Williams, of Hancock 1870 

George W. Burns, of Adams 1873 

Maurice Kelly, " 1873 

Bernard Arutzen, " 1874 

Maurice Kelly, " 1878 

REPRESENT.\TIVES. ELECTED. 

Wm.G. Flood, " 1838 

Robert Star, " 1840 

William Laughlin, " 1840 

Jno. G. Humphrey, " 1843 

O. H. Browning, " 1843 

A. Jonas, " 1842 

R. W. Star, " 1842 

P.B.Garrett, " 1843 

A. AVheat, " 1843 

Peter Lou, " 1844 

William Hendrix, ■■ 1844 

William Miller, - 1844 

L N.Morris, ■■ 1846 

William llendrix, " 1846 

James M. Seehorn, " 1846 

E. H. Buckley, of ^larrniette, then at- 
tached to Adams 1846 

O. C. Skinner, of Adams 1848 

John Mariott, " ... 1848 

J. R. Hobbs, .of Adams 1850 

J. M. Pitman, " 1850 

J. W. Singleton, of Brown 1851 

John Moses, " 1852 



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HISTOKT OF ADAMS COCXTT. 



REPBESESTATrVES. ELECTED. 

J. Wolf of Adsms 1*53 

J. W < _• :" Brown 1853 

H ms 1S53 

Ei: - : Adams 1S54 

H. V ^„.. u^, • 18M 

Samuel Holmes. ■ 1856 

MM. Bane. 185« 

1S58 

W. Metcalf. - l&W 

J. W. Sineleion, of Brown ItWO 

W. C. Hamnston. of Adams Ig60 

A. E. MTieat. "" 1*«2 

William Brown. 1!*62 

Thomas Redmond. " 18»« 

Wm. T. Yearsain. " ls*4 

Henrv L. Warren, - 1S66 » 

P. G.'Corkins. - 1!?66 

Thomas Jasper. " 1S6S 

John E. Downins, - 1S68 



REPRESEXTATITES. 


r-LECTEIK. 


Geo- .1 Rich»r«i■a^G. 


1«» 


Jo<, - - ^- - - 


-»-'> 


H - 




M. 




Ira >.. >!.. r.. 


1 ,;_ 


Charles Ballon. 


1ST-- 


X. BoshneU. 


187: 


John Tillson. 


l:*T 


A. G. Griffith, 


18T 


In M. Moore. 


18T4 


R. H. Downing. 


ISTi 


J. C. Bates. 


18T4 


H. S. Davis. 


187-5 


J. H. Hendrickson. 


187'- 


Tho6. G. Black. 


187. 


Afcealom Samuels. 


187- 


Jos. X. Carter. 


187- 


Samnel Mileham. 


187- 



I 



COUSTT OFFICIALS. 

In Augast. ISoo. the first election for conntj officials, under the first 
divnsion into precincts, was held, the only officers to be elected being, re^ 
corder, surrevor. justices of the peace and constables. The total number 
of votes polled was eleven hundred and ten. Charles W. Billington wi\- 
elected recorder, and H. Patten, survevor. The following officers wer^e 
elected in the different precincts : 



grrxcT district. 



JUSTICES. 

James H. Ralston. 
William Richards. 
K R Williams. 
Jospeh T. Holmes. 

JTSnCKS^ 

J. H. H. Dayton, 

William Smith, 
Philip S. Reaogh. 



Wl .^t iKiL'.INCT. 



:-r.>. 



JTSTKES. 

Philip W. Martin, 
David Crow. 



JTSnCES. 

William B. G'xxiing 
James M. Seehom. 



.nrsncEs. 
William Burne, 
J. Browning. 



JTsncBS, 

William McLaughlin, 
E. Benton. 



CXNTEK PRZCIXCT. 



MILL CREEK. 



SORTH EAST. 



BEAK CREEE. 



01X«TABIJES. 

T C. KiEZ. 

William L. Kms. 
Meacham Daniel. 
John McDade. 



COXSTABLES. 

William McDaniel. 
James G. Welch. 



COSSTABLES. 

C»old<r Field, 
James A. Wood. 



CONSTABLES, 

Daaiel Hmisaker. 
Eli Seehcsti. 



CONSTABLES. 

William McXnltr. < j. , 
S. McGinnis. ' ." ^ '"■ 
L. Combe. 



CONSTABLES. 

J. Rankin. 
E P Wade. 



JTSTICES, 

William Hobt)& 
Daniel Pile. 



CONSTABLES. 

CleUand McMtirr»-. 
J. Aosmos. 



HISTORY OF ADAilS COUNTY. 423 

At the same^cime the question of a location for a county-seat was voted 
upon, and the town of Quincj received six hundred and eighteen votes, 
as against four hundred and ninety-two polled in favor of the commission- 
ers stake. The excitement attending this election was considerable owing 
to the move made by a few of the people of the connty to move the coun- 
ty-seat from Quincy. The effort failed and the subject died out only to be 
revived at a later date, 

FIRST COURT. 

The lirst Circuit Court of Adams county was held in August, 1S25, 
in a log cabin about sixteen feet square, with a portico for the accommoda- 
tion of the petit jury. It was situated at the foot of Vermont street; 
John Torke Sawyer, Judge ; J. Turney, circuit attorney, and John H. 
Snow, clerk. The Grand Jury, after being charged by the court, retired to 
the shade of a large oak tree near by and commenced their deliberations 
upon any and all violations of and against the laws of the State of Illinois, and 
particularly turned their attention to those infractions of the law which 
had been committed within the precincts of Adams county. It is related 
that they found indictments against a couple of the inhabitants of the 
county for quarrelling upon election day. The main reason, probably, why 
more indictments were not found is that the county officials, with the grand 
and petit furies, composed very nearly all the male citizens of the county. 
A iew cases were tried, one by John tVood against Daniel Lisle for slander, 
Lisle having charged Mr. Wood with drowning a horse-thief in Bear Creek. 
This case probably originated from the fact that Mr. "Wood and Mr. Keyes 
had some time before traded with a stranger for some hogs, who, after 
making his sale to them, "left for parts unknown," and they afterward found 
out that he was suspected of horse stealing. If " honest John Wood "' had 
known his man at that time he would undoubtedly have put him under 
arrest, and if he could not have got him into confinement it would have 
been because of almost super-human efforts on the part of the thief. His 
disappearance, and Mr. Wood's law-abiding and energetic character being 
known, the story was started but never proven against him. 

The following is the list of grand and petit jurors for the initial term of 
the Circuit Court : 

Grafts Juet. — Morrill Martin, Lewis Kinney, Daniel Whipple, Joshua 
Streeter, John L. Soule, Samuel Goshong, John Wood, John Droullard, 
Ira Pierce, Amos Bancroft, Daniel Moore. John Thomas. 2nd., William 
Burritt, Abijah CaldweU. Zephaniah Ames, Peter Journey, Ebenezer Hark- 
ness, Cyrus Hibbard, Thomas McCrary. Luther Whitney, Hiram E. Haw- 
ley, Benjamin McNitt, Samuel Stone. Levi Wells. 

Petit Jury. — Willard Keyes. Lewis C. K. Hamilton, Hezekiah Spill- 
man. William Journey, William Luckett. Fernando Slayton. William 
Wi:.rley. Elias Adams, Earl Wilson, Curtis Caldwell. Samuel Seward. Tru- 
■■" ■ Streeter. James Moody. Evan Thomas. Silas Brooks. James Greer, 

.e Campbell. Peter Williams. Henry Jacobs, Thomas Freeman, Riell 
iall. William Snow. David Ray, and David Beebe, Senr. 

fiest probate siattees. 

From an inventory and sale bill that is on tile in the connty clerk's 
office we obtain an idea of the character and value of a pioneer's personal 
property in 1S26. 



4-2i 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



"The inventory of the estate of Moses T. Hastings, late of Adam- 
coiuity, deceased, appraised ujion oath by us, the subscribers dulv ai. 
pointed to that service by Henry H. Snow, judge of the Court of Probat. 
lor the county of Adams, State of Illinois, viz.T 

1 SaiKilf anil Bridle « - rn 

1 I'hiid Siirloiit Coat '.'.V. * \'l{i 

~' pairs Pantaloons. . ir!, 

3 old Vests ..'.'.'.'.'. ~- - 

2 pair Socks r' 

1 pair Shirts '.'/' i v' 

2 Cravats, 1 Dickey and Stock ^' 

1 Mornin.c Gown ' - 

1 Black 'Mare oc,,, 

1 bu. Gum, etc., etc •••.•" i '.''!.!!!....." !". •• 

"Amounting in all to two hundred and twenty-four dollars and eijrhty.flve cents. * 

RUFUS Bhown, 
Jeremiah Rose, 
SamiTel Kerocson, 

Appraiser." 

At tlie sale, Oct. 19th, lS2r., held at the house of Rufus Brown, in 
Qiiinc}', the saddle was sold to Ira Pierce for $0.50. 

1 Surtout Coat, Henry H. Snow ».> o^ 

1 pair Pantaloons, John Wood i ,50 

1 " '■ Ira Pierce n'ox 

1 Shirt, David Beebe -k, 

1 •• JohnWood .-^V 

1 Vest, David Rube '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'.. a-i 

1 " Ammyson Chapman ' '" '10)- 

1 " JohnWood k~A 

2 pair Socks, Ira Pierce o-t?? 

2 Handkerchiefs, S. Streeter '. fci? 

1 Morning Gown, Ira Pierce '. tin 

1 bu. Gum, John Wood '■'.'.'.'■'.'.'.'■'.'.'.['.'.'.'.'.'.'.""['.'.[''.'.'.".'.' '^ 

Dated Quincy, Oct. 19th, 1826. 

John Wood, Administrator. 
Let the reader picture for himself the scene on this Indian summer's 
day while the early settlers gathered around the auctioneer and rung in 
their "picayune " and " one bit " bids for the remnants of their poor com- 
]>anion s wardrobe. 

IIKill WATER. 

About the 1st of June, 1S51, the county was visited bv a series of 
rain storms which flooded the streams, washing away build" incrs. fences 
bridges and roads; the loss to crops was very great. The bottom land< 
were overflowed for several weeks, and the people who had settled 
tlierein were compelled to leave on short notice. Streams which usually 
could be waded with ease became roaring rivers, and breaking throuo-i, 
their banks washed away the wheat, oats, corn, and other crops which 
the thritty people of the county had e.vpended time and money upon in 
the hope that they would reap an abundant harvest. Most of the brid.'e- 
which It was supposed at the time had been built above high-water mal-k 
were also taken oft' in the mighty flood. The bottoms being submer-ed" 
and roads washed away, making it difticult for persons to travel, irreatlv 
retarded business of all kinds, and in no place was it more keenly fett tlian 
in the city ot Quincy. Country people could not get to town, and as a 
consequence the merchants and tradesmen were at a standstill, so far as it 



HISTOEY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



425 



related to traffic. As a natural consequence the Mississippi river went on 
the rampage and ran riot over all of the land included by the blufiFs, and 
opijosite to Quincy it was at one time from seven to fifteen miles wide. 
The highest point reached by the water at Quincy, June 6th, was four feet 
higher than the highwater of 1844. Of course the oldest inhabitant was 
on'^hand to relate his experience and inform the jieople that he had wit- 
nessed higher water in 1826, but it a])pears that his story was not given 
anv more credence than are the legends related by the same individuals ot 
our day. It has been asserted by some that the highwater of 1844 was 
higher than that of 1851, yet whilst it is true that lower down the river 
and from the mouth of the Mississippi there flowed more water in 1844 
than 1851, yet at Quincy and along the western shore of Adams county 
the water of 1851 was higher by some four feet, and to-day the highwater 
mark is reckoned by the rec(jrd made in 1851. 

Excessively warm weather followed the heavy rains, causing a great 
amount of sickness among thqse living in the bottom lands, which was a 
natural consequence owing to the great amount of decaying vegetable mat- 
ter which was washed into and upon the lands which were overflowed. 

Communists.— The "American Eagle" landed at the Quincy wharf on 
Tuesday, April 13, 1849, 281 French Communists who were on their way 
to Nauvoo with a view of making a permanent location. They were com- 
posed mostly of merchants and farmers, having with them their imple- 
ments of husbandry and a variety of tools suited to their various trades. 

The steamboat oflicers reported them to be the most cleanly and indus- 
trious emigrants they ever met. The company was headed by Monsieur 
Cabet, who was maiiv years a leader in the French House of Deputies, and 
was once banished from France by Louis Pliillippe. They bought from 
■ the retiring Mormons some of their property, but did not make a great suc- 
cess of their settlement. 

In the month of January, 1838, the citizens of Adams county com- 
menced to move in relation to organizing an agricultural society, and on 
the 6th of the month a meeting was held at Columbus for that purpose. 
The meeting was organized by appointing Maj. J. 11. Holton, President, 
and Ftichard W. Starr, Secretary. Hon. J. H. Kalston in a few pertinent 
remarks explained the object of the meeting. A committee of seven was 
api)ointed, consisting of J. H. Kalston, Dunbar Aldrich, Daniel Harrison, 
Lytle Griffing, Colman Talbot, Stephen Boothe, and James Murphy, to 
adopt a constitution, and they having reported one to the meeting, it was 
adopted, and the society was organized by the election of the toUowing 
oflicers: 

President— Ma,]. J. H. Holton. „ , t^ , 

Vtce.PreKidentg—.T. H. Ralston, Daniel Harrison, Stephen Boothe. 
Secretaries— B.. W. Starr, Dunbar Aldrich. 
Treasyrer—Col. M. Shuej'. 

DIUECTOKS. 

L Griffin -J. Turner, C. McMurray, 

S Farmer D B Waterman, John Harrison, 

J. Pound, ' J. Murphy, C. Talbot, 

D. Strickler, 8- C. Thompson, T. Dudley. 

The meeting was very much in earnest, and each and every one pres- 
ent pledged tliemselves to'all that was in their power to make the society a 
success. At an adjourned meeting of the society held at Fairfield (now 
Mendon) on Saturday, June 26, President J. H. Holton in the chair, the 



426 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

coininittee on preiiiiuins submitted by their chairinau, Col. Sliuey, the fol- 
lowing list of premiums: 

ON STOCK. 

Best Stud Colt. 3 years old fxOO Best Cow $3.00 

" Mare " "" " 4.00 " Boar 5.00 

" Stud Sucking Colt .").00 " Breeding Sow 2.50 

" Marc " " 4.00 " Ram (or Buck) 2.IK) 

" Bull 4.00 " Half dozen Ewes 2.00 

CROPS. 

Best crop Winter Wheat, not leB.s than .5 acres $6.00 

" Spring AVTieat yielding not less than 30 bu (i.OO 

" Corn, not less than 5 acres 3.00 

" f )ats, " " " 2.00 

" Wliile Beans, uol less than J^ acre 2.00 

" Potatoes, not less tlian W acre .' 1.00 

" Tame Grass, not less than .5 acres 3.00 

M.WUFACTUKES. 

Best Prairie Plough ; $1..50 

" Seeding " l.-'iO 

" Butter, not less than 2.5 lbs 2.00 

" Cheese, " " fi lbs 2.00 

" piece Jeans, not less than 10 yards 3.00 

" Flannel, " " " 2.50 

" pair of Hose 1.00 

'• specimen Plain or Fancy Needlework 1.00 

Since the first agricultural society inaugurated the system of holding 
fairs and annual displays of stock and ]>roduce, the interest in such matters 
has been kept alive. Nearly every year frotn the formation of the first so- 
ciety a fair has been held within the county. In 1867 and 1868 the State 
Fair Association gave dib])lays at the large and capacious fair grounds at 
Quiney, and by the large display and attendance caused much enthusiasm 
in that department. lmi}iediately following, came the Mississippi Fair 
Association, and this was followed by associations of diflerent names. At 
the present time two distinct organizations give fairs in the county. The 
Adams County Fair Association, which has selected Camj) Point as the 
site for its grounds and imjn-ovemeuts, is in fine financial condition, being 
out of debt and owning their own grounds. The following are the ofiicers : 

President — W. T. Yeargain. Quincy. 
1st Vice-President — Origin Wallace, Clayton. 
Id Vice-President — O. 11. Collins, Liberty. 
Treasurer — Geo. W. Dean, Adams. 
Secretary — S. D. Lewis, Payson. 

The following are notes from the Secretary's annual report of 1877, and 
will show the standing of the association : 

Amount of authorized capital stock $10,000 00 

Number of shares of stock issued ~ih\ ' 

Amount of stock issued .'i ,.5 10 00 

Par value of share of stock 10 00 

Number of shareholders or members 3.50 

Cash value of real estate and improvements thereon i),400 00 

Number of volumes in library 

Date of incorporation or organization, November 19, IS"."). 

Time of holding fair ls77 September 4, 5, 6 and 7. 

Place of holding fair 1877, Camp Point. 
Amount in treasury last report $ 102 3.5 

" deficit last report (including debt covered by mortgage) 

" received 1877 ; fees— (gate and entrance). . . ." 3,847 80 

Booth rents, | ; permits, | 4.54 00 



ADAMS COfNrV WAK RECORD. 



427 



Amount received 1877 sale shares of stock 

" " 1877 State appropriation 

" " 1877 other sources. For 

" paid 1877, in premiums $2,140 23 

" 1877 for real estate, buildings and permanent improvem'ts 2,000 00 

'• 1877 for current expenses other than premiums 860 7iJ 

remaining in treasury 313 11 

deficit (including debt covered bj' mortgage) 



710 00 
100 00 



Total $0,314 15 |5,314 15 

In speaking of the last exhibition the following tabular statement is 



given : 

DEPARTMENTS. 

Cattle 

Horses 

Alulcs and Asses 

Sheep 

Hogs 

Poultry 

Mechanic Arts 

Farm Products 

Horticulture and Floriculture. 

Fine Arts 

Textile Fabrics 

Speed Rine 

Equestrianism 

Miscellaneous 



NUMBER OP ENTRIES AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS OP- A.^OUNT OF PREMIUMS PAID 
IN EACH DEPARTMENT. FEREB TO E.ICH DEP'T. TO EACH DEPARTMENT. 

91 14.57 00 $33.5 00 

380 

44 

71 

141 

46 

58 

110 

373 
49 . 

512 



40 




707 


00 


64 00 


12.) 


00 


369 00 


32 


oO 


12 


00 


32 


45 


205 00 


27 


00 


231 


00 


lUO 00 


$2,140 


05 



Totals $1,915 

The Quincy Fair Association gives its displays on the Quincy Fair 
Grounds. The officers of the association are J. W. Smith, President ; B. 
"W. Dickinson, Secretary, and U. S. Penfield, Treasurer. The following is 
the programme for the last meeting : 



FIRST DAY — SEPT. 24. 

Horses will be called at 1 :45 p. m. and started at 2:00. 

2:50 Horses— Purse .f.500 00 

1st, 1250; 3d, $125; 3d, $75; 4th, $50. 

2 :20 Horses— Purse $500 00 

1st, $250; 2d, $135; 3d, $75; 4th, $.50. 

Running— 5Iile and repeat $1-50 00 

1st, $100; 2d, $35; 3d, $15. 

SECOND DAY — SEPT. 25. 

3:00 Horses— Purse $400 00 

1st, $200; 2d, $100; 3d, $60; 4tli, $40. 
2:35 Horses— Purse $500 00 

1st, $250; 2d, $135; 3d, $75; 4th, $.50. 

Rimniug— Two-mile dash— Pur,se $150 00 

1st, $100; 2d, $35; 3d, $15. 

THIRD DAY- -SEPT. 36. 

2:29 Horses- Pur.se $.500 00 

1st, $350; 2d, $125; 3d, $75; 4th, $.50. 

Trotting— Free for all— Rarus barred— Purse $1,200 00 

1st, $600; 3d, 300; 3d, $180; 4th, $120. 

3 :40 Horses— Purse $400 00 

1st, $200; 2d, $100; 3d, $00; 4th, $40. 

Running— Mile heats, 3 in .5— Purse $200 00 

1st, $120; 3d, $60; 3d, $30. 

FOURTH DAY — SEPT. 27. 

2:22 Horses- Purse $7(K) 00 

1st, $350; 2d, $180; 3d, $100; 4th, $70. 



42S IllS'lnRY iiK ADAMS CuUN'IV. 

HaiMs Purse (ir.OO added if bents 3 ;14) |1,000 00 

The Great Stallion Sweepstakes, Association suUlert |G00 00 'I 

1200 entraiK-e. Ilalfforfeit. 5 to enter, 3 to start. 2d horse to have |*J0; 3d, |200. 

Running — Two miles and repeat — Purse f250 00 

1st, 1150; 2d, *7r, ; ;5d, 125. 

Lexin.cton rules govern running races. 

Trotting and pacing, to liarness, mile lients, 3 in 5, and governed by amended rules • i 
tlie National Association. 

Hay and straw tree. 

No liorse will be awarded more than first money. 

Entrance 10 per cent., 4 to enter, 3 to start. 

Entries for trotting close 11 v. >i.. August 12, 187y. Entries tor running close p. m. 
night before the race. 




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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 429 



CHAPTER XIY 



THE PRESS. 



The newspapers of Adams county, located in Quincy, Camp Point, 
Mendon, Parson and other towns, have exerted a powerful influence over 
the progress of the county. Other agencies have been at work to advance 
the towns and county, but the Press has contributed a large share in this 
work of improvement. They have ever been eager to support and give 
publicity to any enterprise or meas\ire that was calculated to benefit the 
country, and now seeing the fruits of such labor in the past, still continue 
in their good work. The following is a list of the journals published in 
Adams count}' : 

The Quincij Herald is the oldest paper published in the county, and 
among the earliest of newspapers established in the west, having issued 
the tirst number in the year ISS-t, under the name of The Bounty Land 
Register, and continued under that name until some time in the^'ear 1839, 
when the name was changed to the Qaincy Argus, and in the year IS-il as- 
sumed the name of the Quincy Herald, which it still retains. The Herald 
has been published as a daily since 1850, and now publishes weekly, tri- 
weekly and daily editions. The Hera\d has always been Democratic in 
politics, and wields a powerful influence. Its circulation is probably larger 
than an}' other paper in the State outside of the city of Chicago. The 
present publishers of the Herald are Cadogan & Gardner. 

The Quincy Whig was established over forty years ago, and is one of 
the oldest papers in the State. The first issue — a seven-column 24x36 
weekly — appeared May 5, 1838, Maj. H. V. Sullivan being the publisher, and 
Messrs. N. Bushnell and A. Johnson the editors. This arrangement, in- 
tended to be but temporary, continued until August IS of the same year, 
when Mr. S. M. Bartlett and Maj. Sullivan became the sole proprietors, 
and conducted the paper continuously, the former as editor and the latter 
as publisher, until the firm was dissolved by the death of Mr. Bartlett, in 
September, 1852. 

The changes made during the association in the character of the paper 
were but two in number, the issue October 23, 1845, of a tri-weekly for cit}' 
circulation, which was discontinued April 16, 1846, and the enlargement of 
the paper in 1850, at the commencement of the thirteenth volume, to an 
eight-column sheet, 28x42. This continued to be the size of the weekly un- 
til it was increased in 1868, to nine columns, 28x44. 

Mr. Bartlett was succeeded as editor by Mr. John F. Morton, in the 
fall of 1852, and the firm of Morton & Sullivan conducted the paper until 
1854, when Mr. Henry Young purchased Maj. Sullivan's interest. It, was 
during tlie ownership of Morton & Sullivan that the daily was established, 
and the history of the weekly thereafter is the same. 

The first number of the daily was issued as a morning paper, March 



430 IlISTOKV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

22, 1852. It was a six-column sheet, 22.\32 in size. On the death of Mr. 
Yonng, in 1855, Mr. V. Y. Ralston assumed his interest, and under the 
management of ^[orton & Ralston the dail}- was enlarged to seven columns, 
24x36, August 29, 1855. In August, 185(>, Mr. F. S. Giddings purchased 
an interest, and tlie firm then became Morton, Ralston & Co., Mr. Ralston 
retiring in July, 1857, and Mr. Giddings soon after. On March 1, 1858, 
the Quino)/ Itepuhlican, a daih' which had been in existence for one or two 
years previous, was merged in the Whig, and Mr. Morton and Mr. F. A. 
Dallam, the former proprietor of the Rejnihlican, became associated a- 
owners of the Whig and liepuhlican. 

During its ownership by Messrs. Morton & Dallam the daily was re-j 
duced in size, on the 15th of August, 1858, to its original size, six columns,' 
22x32, the size of the weekly rejnaining unchanged, ^[r. Dallam with- 
drew in the fall of 1859, leaving Mr. ]\Iorton as the sole proprietoi', and in 
the spring of 1860 the establishment was purchased by Mr. James J. Lang- 
don, who enlarged the dail}' again to seven columns, 24x36, and continued 
as sole or part proprietor until the spring of 1868. During this period 
the editorial management of the Whig was in various hands, successively 
under the management of Messrs. Snyder, Whitney, Holt, Richardson, 
Dallam, and Ilolt again, and was issued as an evening paper April 9, 1860. 
None of the above named editors were interested as owners in the paper 
except Mr. Charles Holt, who obtained a half interest June 1, 1864, and 
thenceforward it was ])ublished by Messrs. Langdon & Ilolt. On the 1st of 
July, 1865, it had another change of dimensions to eight columns. 26x40, 
and was subsequently increased in size to nine columns, 28x42. 

In the spring of 1868 Messrs. Bailhache & Phillips purchased the 
Whig, taking possession on May 1 of that year, the former taking the 
place of general business manager, Mr. Paul Selby being engaged as editor. 
The size of the paper was reduced Aug. 10, 1868, to eight columns, 26x 
40, and on the 14th of Octolx^r came out as a morning paper. In the fol- 
lowing spring. May 1, 1869, the property was transferred to the Qiiincy 
Whig Company, an incorporated stock company, Mr. Bailhache continuing 
as business manager, and Mr. Selby as maiiaging editor, until October, 
1869, when Gen. John Tillson became the editor-in-chief, remaining as 
such tmtil June, 1871. From that time Mr. Paul Selby for the Whig 
Company acted as editor and manager. In February, 1873, the establish'- 
ment passed into the liandsof Mr. Porter Smith. March 1, 1873, a change 
was again made from a morning to an evening ])aper. On the 1st of Jan- 
uary, 1874, the establishment was purchased by Mr. Daniel Wilcox, one 
of the former ])ublishers of the Milwaukee Sentinel, his two sons being 
subsequently admitted as partners to the business. By the death ot the 
senior proprietor May 19, 1878, the paper passed into the hands of the two 
sons, C. A. and D. F. Wilcox, who are tiie present owners and publishers. 
Mr. N. O. Perkins became managing editor Jan. 1, 1874, which position 
he still retains. Aug. 23, 1875, the Whig appeared in a new dress 
throughout, and was changed to a six-column eight-page paper, 30x42 
inches in size. 

It may be proper to state that the political position of the Whig has 
been unchanged from the first. The representative of the Whig party at 
the outset, in 1859, at the dissolution of that ])arty it became the represen- 
tative of the Republican organization, with which most of the Whigs in 
this section united, and has been since, as it now is, devoted to that polit- 




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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 431 

ioal faith. It is the leading Republican paper of western Illinois, the 
largest paper published in Quincy, and the largest in the State outside of 
Chicago. 

The Quincij Daily News. — This spic}' daily, established in January, 
1877, has grown from a six to a seven-column paper, and having devoted 
its attention esjiecially to local matters, its circulation has therefore steadily 
increased until it now embraces a large part of the best families of Quincy. 
It has a large city circulation, and its many advertisers, who have been 
with it year after year, bear testimony to its value as an advertising 
medium. The deep interest which the Neics takes in local and county 
art'airs makes it a necessity of the people. It is independent in politics. 
Published Ijy the News C<,>nipany, 520 Hampshire street, Quincy, 111. 

The Germania. — This paper is published in the German language 
and is of recent origin. The journal was formed bj' the consolidation of 
the Press and TrUmne, two German dailies, and is now published by the 
Germania Publishing Company, issuing a daily and weekly, having at the 
same time the largest circulation of any German newspaper in the West 
outside of Chicago and St. Louis. G. C. Hofl'man is the editor. The Ger- 
mania is an influential journal, and is largely patronized by the citizens of 
Quincy. The ofiice is at 520 Hampshire street. 

The Quincy Co/n7nercial Review. — This journal was first started in 
1871 by its present proprietor, Mr. Addison L. Langdon, at the earnest 
solicitation of the business men of the city. The paper has several 
departments, arranged to suit the various subjects it advocates. It com- 
bines manufacturing and commercial interests, c\iy news, social, personal, 
and society information. It was at first a small sheet, being only 22x32 
inches in size. In less than six months, however, the publisher was forced 
to enlarge it in order to accommodate its increasing patronage. Its size 
was. after its first enlargement, 2-lrx36. In 1875 it donned an entire new 
outfit of tyjie, and was the third tiir.e enlarged to its present size. 28x42. 
Tlie Review was the first pajier in Quincy to advocate the establishment of 
many of those public improvements and necessities which have since 
proved so advantageous to the city, among which are the water-works, 
sewers, the adornment and improvement of Washington Park, and the 
building of the new and beautiful court-house upon its present location. 
Among the curious features, and what may be related as a singular coinci- 
dence in the life of the Review, is the following: The paper was issued 
one Saturday morning, and its leading editorial was one calling the atten- 
tion of the county authorities to the dangers and criminal negligence in 
keeping the records in the old court-house. The editorial stated, among 
other things, that some day a fire would break out in the roof of that old 
building and that valuable records of a public character would b« 
destroyed. And now the singular part is, that while the paper was being 
read, the fire bells sounded an alarm and the engines were called to extin- 
guish a fire which had broken out in the old court-house, just as the edito- 
rial predicted. The building was destroyed and work immediately begun 
unon the new and handsome edifice which now ornaments Jetierson Park. 
The Revieu' is a popular, home newspaper, and is devoted particularly to 
the interests of Quincy and vicinity. 

The Western Agriculturist was established in Quincy in 1878, and 
bas steadily improved in the value of its practical reading, the beauty of its 
illustrations, and the character of its typographical execution. It is printed 



432 IIISTORT OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



on fine book paper in pamphlet form and contains twenty-eight pages dcv 
voted to stock-breeding, iiorticulture, poultry, apiary, the dairy, and gen- 
eral farm topics, with a practical and interesting household department. 
Beinf now the oldest and best established farm monthly in the Western 
statet it has attained a large circulation, and every enterprising tanner ought 
to take it. The subscription price is only $1.00 a year, published by 1. 
Butterworth, 520 Hampshire street, Qnincy, 111. ^ ^^ ^ , „ . , 
The Moderii Argo, edited and published by A. H. Dooley, first issued 
in Columbus, O., Oct., 1S78, removed to Quincy, 111., and began publication 
there on Saturdav, March 22, 1879. Its reception in Quincy has been very 
fiatteriii"' and in" a short time it attained a large circulation. The Ar<jo is 
a larc^e cno'ht pa<'e paper in size 32.\42, and is devoted to general intorma- 
tion Including clioice miscellany on the topics of the day, stories poetry 
contributed articles and editorials; ample attention is given to the local 
aftairs of the city and county around. The Argo introduced permanently 
into Qnincy the newsbov system, and now over a hundred boys sell the 
Argo every Saturday, f he'^?Y/o is also sold by news agents in all tlie 
towns and" villages surrounding Qnincy. 

The Cami) Point Journal.— The Journal was established by (:reorge 
W Cyrus and Thomas Bailey, the first number being issued Feb. G, 1ST3. 
The sheet was a seven column folio, 24x30. It has grown in size with its 
.ri-owth in circulation and is now a six-column quarto, 32x44 Mr. Lailey 
retired from the paper in 1870, having sold his interest to Mr. Cyrus who 
is now the sole owner and manager. The Journal is independent m yM. h- 
tics but discusses all questions of local interest, and confines itselt mainly 
to local matters. The circulation of the paper has steadily grown until u 
exceeds that of most country papers. . . „ ivi i 

The County Neios.— The mxivAl number ot XheNexos^&s publisht-l 
in June 1875. Tiie founder. Wm. D. Perry, Esq., was induced to under 
take the enterprise, partly to aid tiie county fair, which at that tune wa- 
located in Payson. Arrangements were made with the " banner s Uuh 
and other citizens to secure'^the ]iublication until November, 1875. xVt the 
outset this was a four-column paper, but it has twice been enlarged and is 
now a six-column four-page periodical. Before the first ot November the 
subscribers and advertisers, taking it for granted that the paper would be 
continued, were ready to make yearly contracts. The News is now a reg- 
ular monthly, with four extra papers, making sixteen issues during the 
year Not only is it a county paper, but it is rapidly becoming a genera 
newspaper for all who have ever lived in this, one of the oldest and most 
wealthy counties in the State. . -r .^ tt . 

The Clayton Recorilxmi\ev the management ol J. E Hartman is con- 
sidered a valuable journal. It is neutral in politics, and is devoted to th? 
.reneral interest of the reading public. Musical, literary and agricultur^ 
"rticle^ stories, reports of fairs. Sabbath-school conventions, religious meet- 
ings, and any other facts and incidents that may interest the general read^, 
appear in its columns. , ,• i j ti „J 

The Meivlon Dispatch is a seven-column paper, published pnl hurt- 
day of each week bv Jacob R. Urech, Danl. II. Darby editor. It is devot« 
to "local and general news, but it is not in the interest ot any religions sej 
or any political party. The first number was issued on November 21, 1878. 
Its <>ub<cription list'is satisfactory for the time it has been running, and is 




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HISTORY OF ADAMS COCNTT. 433 

rapidly increasing. The entii-e material is itew and of tlie best gnality and 
includes a job press capable of doing work in strictly first class style. 

OF THE PAST. 

Tlie history of newspapers in this county is a very interesting one in- 
deed, and the names of many of these publications, which have loiio- since 
"gone where the woodbine twineth," are familiar to us all. Amon^ them 
we remember tlie Times, a paper started by the late Austin J3rooks after 
his retirement from the editorship of the Herald. The paper lived a year 
or two and was then removed to Hannibal, and after a short career there it 
was discontinued. 

The papers of later date, which have lived and died, and which will be 
better remembered by the people of this county, are the Evenina Call 
the Ledger and the Morning mios. The former was one of the most sue' 
cesslul dailies of our city. Its size was 22x32, and its principal editor was 
ihomas J Heirs, present city clerk of Quincy, although Jolin H. Russell 
and fe. -U. -tuch and others, were interested in its publication at different 
times ihe paper had a successful run of six years, when it was discon- 
tinued because it proved unprofitable to its owner. The Ledger was a very 
small sheet, published by D. G. Williams, as an advertising medium for a 
tew months after he had lefc the Herald omce. It was 'an unprofitable 
venture and was soon discontinued. The Morning News was a co opera 
u %^^^'^r'' P"'^;'^'^^ ''^ ^"^" ^I'o^*' Henry Wilson, John Shield and Jas 
M. VVallin. Ihis journal lived just one month when its affairs were 
wound up. 

The Journal was a large daily, and one of the l)est papers in the city 
while in existence. It was owned and edited by T. M. Roo-ers the nresen-t 
proprietor of the publishing house No. 520 Hampshire street. The Jour 
nal was operated about four years, but, like its many predecessors, it failed 
to pay, and was discontinued. 

the Democrat, a Germandaily, w as published on the west side of 
hixth, between Maine and Hampshire streets, Quincy. It enioyed a very 
limited circulation, and lived only a short time. ' - 

The RejmUican was publisired about the year 1857, by Heiii-y V Sul 
j ™^*^(^; and was operated under this title for a year or two, when the 
\ establishment was merged into the Whig, and was published thereafter un- 
i der both names, the Whig cfe liepuhlican, until the year ISoS when the 
I concern was purchased by a Springfield firm, who dropped the last name 
10 _-l^e>''?"'*«'S a German publication, was published durino- the years 
jl8o( and 1858, by George Lintz, and was, for some time, a leading'Ger- 
|man daily but proved a poor investment, and was soon out of business 
, ihe Christian, a religious weekly, devoted to the interests of the 
jUiristian churches, was published at 520 Hampshire street, Quincy for 
jabout two years, when it was converted into a stock concern, and its'pul)- 
lication othce was removed to St. Louis, where it is now issued re-^ularlv 
oy the same editors who conducted it in Quincy. " 

I The Westliche Press and the Tribune, both German dailies— the for 
j^ner living about six months, and the latter eight or nine years— were both 
5nergcd into one during 1875, and the consolidated concerns are now known 
Hs the Lrermania. 
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434: HIS-TORY OV ADAMS COUNTY. 

Quincy many years ago, and long since gone to that iinnioniuuental bourne 
from wlicncc no paper returns. 

The Good TcDiplars Message — devoted to the cause of temperance — 
was issued irregularly, in tliis city, for a year or two, and then, we believe, 
was removed to the town of Blooinington, in this state. 

Besides tiie pajiers we Iiavc here mentioned, there liave been issued 
numberless campai<rn ])ul)lications, which issued only a few numbers ami 
then " went out." There are, no doubt, many other regular weeklies, whicli 
were publislied long years ago, and which will he remembered by the oldei- 
citizens, whose names, tlie dates of publication and the names of their edi- 
tors, are not familiar to us at this writing. 





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inSTORT OF ADAMS COINTY. 436 



CHAPTER XV. 

Horticulture — Medical Society. 



HOETICULTDRE. 



Tlie cultivation of fruit in this county dates back to its earliest settle- 
ment. Ex-Gov. John Wood, who is still living, planted the first orchard. 
In 1S20 he was livintf near Atlas, in Pike county, where he and Willard 
Keyes, both young and unmarried men, were temporarily housekeeping 
and farming in partnership. In the spring of that year he made a journey ' 
on foot to the orchard of one Avery, who lived a short distance above St. 
Louis, and bought of hira one pint of apple seed, paying a dollar for it. 
He planted these seeds and just three of them grew. This did not satisfy 
his ideas of tree planting, nor disconi-age liis determination to have an 
orchard. In the autumn he made another pedestrian journey to Griffith's 
orchard, oR the river nearly opposite the old French settlement ot Portage 
d'Siou.x. Here he was permitted to take the pomace from the cider-mill 
and wash out as much seed as he wished. lie made these journeys on 
f '"t, as he also did many other longer and more difficult ones, because he 
\v;i> then too poor to own a horse. About the same time he came into pos- 
session of another small quantity of apple seeds in the following manner: 
Wnod and Keyes had made a quantity of maple sugar, and finding a family 
by the name of Sprague, who were very destitute, and the parents and 
most of the children sick, Mr. Wood made them a liberal present of sugar. 
Wishing to express in some way their gratitude, and having nothing else 
to give, they insisted on his accepting a portion of the supply of apple 
seed they had brought with them to the country. From the product of 
these two lots of seed the young men were able to supply not only them- 
selves, but many of their neighbors, with trees for planting. In the spring 
of 1823 Mr. Wood, who in the meantime had removed to where Quincy 
now stands, planted a portion of his trees on the tract of land now em- 
braced between 12th and 14th, and State and Kentucky streets. About the 
same time he also planted some peach seeds, which were set out in the 
orchard in 1824. In 1827 he gathered fruit from both his peach and apple 
trees. Many of these aj^ple-trees are now growing vigorousl}' and bearing 
fair crops. In 1868 D. C. Wood, Esq. gave to the secretary of the Adams 
County Horticultural Society the dimensions of some of these trees, as 
measured by passing a line around the trunk of each. The largest was 
nine feet, ten inches, and several others were over seven feet each. The 
city of Quincy has now encroached upon the site of this orchard, and these 
statelj' pioneers are rapidly giving place to piles of brick and mortar. 

In 1829 Mr. Wood went East and when he returned brought with him 
some seed of the white clover from Prince's nursery and sowed it. Aljout 
the year 1832 he introduced the cranberry and came very near being suc- 
cessful with it. In the little ravine which now runs westward from 



4:3»J HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Twelt'tli street, between Jersey and York, was a spring, surrounded by a 
small plat of marshy ground. This ground he enclosed in a good sub- 
stantial fence and then i)lanted his cranberries. They flourished remark- 
ably weli, covered the whole ground, and gave promise of an abundant 
yield of fruit. A butcher having some difficulty in driving a herd of cat 
tie took tlie liberty, unbidden, to throw down the fence and drive them int^ 
this "yard," as he called it, for the night. By this act of vandalism the 
cranberry plants were utterly destroyed. Several subsequent attempts 
were made by diti'erent ])ersons to introduce this fruit, but none of them 
have been very successful. About the year 1S30 Gov. Wood planted a 
quantity of chestnuts and set out the young trees on his grounds. Many 
of tiiese are still standing and arc annually giving an abundant yield of 
nuts. The)- are mostly enclosed in,what are now the grounds of Chaddock 
College, and in size will measure around the trunk from seven to eleven 
feet each. 

Before the year 1832 Major Rose, AVillard Iveyes, James Dunn, Silas 
Beebee, and others of the early settlers, including several in the eastern 
pai-t of the county, had i:>lanted a])ple orchards. Tiiese trees were all seed- 
lings, except about a dozen in Mr. Wood's orchard, and many of them 
were obtained from him. 

George Johnson, of Cohimbus, planted in 1832 the first orchard of 
grafted apple-trees -in the county. He brought them from Kentucky. 
!Many of them are still standing. In the same year Mr. Johnson estab- 
lished a nursery at Columbus. He continued it for many years and fur- 
nished the trees for a large number of the best of the old orchards in the 
northern and iiortheastern portions of the county. He had been a black- 
smith by trade, but was so enthusiastic in his devotion to horticultural 
jiursuits that the shop was at length given u]). He was a genial, Christian 
gentleman, of unimpeachable integrity, and ver\- much beloved by those 
who knew Kim. He died in 1S6S. 

In the year 1836 Deacon A. Scarborough, of Payson, set out an 
orchard of grafted trees. He procured them in St. Louis. They were 
grown in Ohio, were one year old from the graft, and cost him twenty- 
five cents each. This orchard, when last seen by the writer a few years 
ago, was in excellent condition and bearing well. In 1839 Mr. Scarbor- 
ough also planted an orchard of two hundred peach-trees, some of which 
were still standini; in 1868. In 1855 lie introduced into the county the 
Concord grape, llis vines were obtained of Mr. Bull, of Concord, Massa- 
chusetts. This may be said to be the beginning of successful grape cul- 
ture here. Horticulturists had been convinced for years that the natural 
conditions were favorable for grape growing, but they had found it difficult 
to mature good crops of the old varieties, and many were looking toward 
an improvement of the large wild grape which abounded in our forests as 
the surest road to success. Some were working the Isabella on the wild 
stock, and as early as 1844 Mr., Wm. Stewart, Sr. had been partially sue 
ccrsful by this method. When, however, the merits of the Concord be 
came known, and its perfect adaptation to our soil and climate had been 
proven, plantations were made all over the county. In five years from its 
introduction it was very generally disseminated, and in ten years grai)es 
were shipped from Qnincy to Chicago, St. Joseph, Leavenworth, and otlier 
more remote points. Vineyards are now fouiid all over the county. So abun- 
dant is the su])ply that the price of grapes has' fallen from twenty and 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 437 

twenty-live to two and three cents per pound. Even at these low rates 
many growers regard them as a profitable crop.* Many new and excellent 
varieties have been added to the list, some of which succeed very well, but 
for all purposes, and especially in the hands of ordinary growers, the Con- 
cord is the most reliable, and it is still the principal variety cultivated. 

Clark Chattel!, of Fall Creek, purchased some grafted apple-trees in 
1S37 from Charles Stratton, of Pike county, and planted them on his farm. 
During 1S38 and 1839 he continued to add to his orchard until he had 
forty acres covered with apple-trees and became the laughing-stock of some 
short-sighted neighbors, wlio thought a market could never be found for so 
much fruit as that orchard would produce. Nothing daunted, however, he 
continued to plant as e.xtensively as his means would allow. In IS-tO he 
planted twelve acres to peach-trees. Thus he continued, planting apple, 
peach, and pear trees. After a few years he purchased another farm in 
Ellington township and devoted that also to fruit. In 1867 he had in all 
two hundred and forty acres devoted to apple-trees, and one hundred and 
eighty-seven acres devoted to peach-trees — the largest orchard in the State. 
From the proceeds of his fruit he amassed quite a fortune. Mr. Chatten 
died in 187-. 

In 1839 \Vm. Stewart, Sr., of Payson, planted some peach seeds which 
he had saved from a small quantity of fruit purchased in Pike county for 
the purpose, and in the spring of 1840 he transplanted the young trees to a 
new farm he had purchased adjoining the village. 

At the same time he purchased one hundred grafted apple-trees from a 
nursery in Pike county, probably at Atlas, and planted them in alternate 
rows with the peach-trees. He also obtained at the same time a small 
quantity of apple seed which he sowed. During the summer he went East, 
and in the autumn brought from New York a choice collection of various 
kinds of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, fiowers, seeds, &c., such as liis 
then limited means enabled him to purchase. The next spring he planted 
these and grafted the young apple-trees grown from the seeds planted the 
preceding spring, and thus commenced " Stewart's Nursery," which for 
twenty-five years was the leading one in the county. Among the other 
things which he brought from the east was a lot of one or two bushels of 
apple seeds obtained at some orchard where cider was made. These were 
planted the next spring, and he thus had a large supply of young apple- 
stocks for grafting. How to procure so many scions as would be necessary 
to graft all these was a difficult problem to solve. There were at that time 
very few grafted trees in the county that had borne fruit, and to graft 
from trees that had never borne would be to run gi-eat risk of disappoint- 
ment as to varieties. Fortunately for his purpose he learned during the 
summer that one of his neighbors, who was a widower, and a very intelli- 
gent and reliable man, Benjamin Lionburger by name, had made a matri- 
monial contract with a lady in his native county in Ohio, and was preparing 
to go for his wife. He had provided himself with a good covered wagon 
in which the journey was to be made, and he expected to return in the fall. 
Mr. Stewart lost no time in striking a bargain with this man, by which he 
agreed to bring from the ijearing orchards of Ohio as many scions as he 
could pack in his wagon, leaving room of course for the expected wife. 
The neighbor went, and in due time he returned, bringing with him not 
only a wife, but an abundant supply of scions which had been cut under 
his own supervision, from bearing trees of the best varieties. Which of 



438 HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

the two men was the better pleased, tlie one with his wife or the other with 
his scions, has not yet beert decided. 

These scions were caret'nll}' kept diiriiiuj the winter, and the next spring 
they were inserted into the yoniii; seedlin<; trees as they stood in the 
nursery rows. The operation was performed by what is known as whip 
grafting, and the wounds made by the knife were covered by pressing 
around each, after it had been carefully tied with bass matting, a mud ball 
of the size of a hen's egg. The eartli was then ridged up so as to cover all 
but the upper bud, and thus protect the young graft from drouth. To 
modern nurserymen this will seem like a laborious and e.xpensive procest^. 
but it was the best then in use, and the trees, though sold at two and three 
years old for 12^ cents each, left a fair profit for the grower. The trees 
from this grafting are still standing* in many of the old orchards, not only 
of this county and Pike in this State, but also of Marion and Ralls counties 
in Missouri. 

In 1S52 Mr. Stewart started a branch nursery at Quincy, under the 
direction of his son, Wm. Stewart, Jr., wiiom he had admitted to partner- 
ship. The Payson branch was discontinued after the death of tlie proprie- 
tor, which occurred in 1857, but the Quincy branch was continued for a 
number of years with increasing success by his sons, John tV: J. H. Stewart. 
It has now passed into the hands of Sinnock & Co., and is known as the 
Quincy Nurseries. Mr. Stewart was remarkable for energy, judgment and 
integrity. He was unusually well-informed on general subjects, but more 
especially so in the line of his chosen calling, where, by close and continued 
study, and by intercourse with the most eminent horticulturists in the 
West, he kept himself thoroughly well-informed. A Christian in practice 
as well as in theory, lie drew around him a wide and increasing circle of 
friends. 

Henry Kent, of Ellington township, sent in 1839 to Prince's Nursery, 
Long Island, for a supply of apples, peaches and nectarines, and with these 
as abeginning he in 1S41 started a nursery. He afterward obtained such 
varieties as he thought valuable from Dr. Mead, of Augusta (whose stock 
was from Bloodgood's Nursery, Long Island), and from Mr. Stewart of 
Payson. At that time Mr. Kent found the nectarine a valuable fruit, bear- 
ing good crops, and of fine quality. It has now become very much neg- 
lected on account of its being such an easy prey for insects and so easily 
injured by our severe winters. Mr. Kent continued the nursery business 
until 1857, when he closed out and devoted himself to other'pursuits. He 
is still living, and although he has mainly retired from active business, his 
tine homestead still bears the marks, not only of his early horticultural la- 
bors, but of his present interest in the subject. 

Mr. Scarborough, of Payson, some years before his death commenced a 
nursery at that place. After his death it was conducted by his son, A. 
Scarborough, Jr. We are not informed as to the exact date when this 
nursery was started. Mr. Scarborough was from Connecticut. He was 
the founder of the village of Payson, and was at difierent times engaged in 
a variety of enterprises, but seemed to take most delight in horticultural 
pursuits. Possessed of quick discernment, sound judgment and excellent 
taste, his work has been invaluable to the horticultural interests of the 
county. 

This brief sketch of the pioneers would hardly seem complete without 
some mention of the late Robert Rankin, of Fall Creek, who, although he 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 439 

commenced his horticultural career, as he also commenced life, at a 
much later period than either of the preceding, was one of the earlier of 
our modern workers, and was an earnest, extensive and successful cultivator 
oi fruit. He was for many years the president of the county horticuitui'al 
society and occupied tliat position at the time of his deatli, in 1S7S. Al- 
ways genial, hopeful and enthusiastic, he did much to cheer and encourage 
his fellow-workers, and to keep up their interest in the society and its work, 
after the discouragements which followed the financial crisis of 1873 had 
cooled the ardor of less sanguine natures. 

The nurseries of James Orr and of Wm. A. Mitchell, of Payson, of 
Hargis & Sommer and of D. C. Benton, at Quincy, of C. W. Kay and of 
A. B. Kelley, at Camp Point, of H. A. Horn, at Clayton, and of Wm. Cut- 
ter, at Beverly, were commenced at a later date than those mentioned 
ab'ive, and most of them are still in successful operation. 

The growers of fruit in those days experienced manj' disappointments, 
on account of fruits which they had propagated at great expense, not only 
in mone3% but in time and labor, proving at least to be something entirely 
ditierent from, and usually inferior to, that for which they purchased tliem. 
They found also that varieties brouglit from other sections of the country 
were often so modified by the change in climate and soil that they would 
not be recognizable. Some of the standard late-keeping apples, for instance, 
of the Eastern states, when fruited here were found to ripen in the fall or 
early winter. In order to meet these difficulties, and to secure a list of 
varieties which could be relied upon as to qualitj', season of ripening, bear- 
ing properties, etc., Messrs. Stewart, Jolmson, Scarborough and perha])s one 
or two others, came to an agreement among themselves to graft or bud 
every new variety they received into some bearing tree so as to test it in 
the shortest possible time before disseminating it largely. One of these 
specimen trees, in the original orchard of Mr. Stewart, died a few years 
ago. It was an orchard in itself, having borne more than fifty varieties of 
apples, varying in size from the smallest Siberian crab to the Gloria Mun- 
di, and in season of ripening, from July until the following May. 

Many were the pleasant meetings they had, especially during the 
autumn and winter months, when each one brought such fruits as his 
orchards, and especially his sample tree, produced, and also such as 
had been sent to him by his neighbors, as well as by those at a distance; 
and they spent evening after evening tasting, comparing and discussing 
their I'elative merits. The skill they thus acquired was remarkable, and 
their decisions came to be regarded as almost oracular. 

At .one of these meetings some new seedling apples, which were 
thought by certain parties to possess great merit, had been sent in and were 
under discussion. They were unanimously condemned as unworthy of a 
place in any orchard, and some of the party expressed surprise that any 
man could for a moment regard such an apple as worthy of a place beside 
such varieties as the Rhode Island greening, or Newtown jiippin. Others 
of the })arty contended that only the cultivated taste appreciates the finer 
flavors, and that the uncultivated taste prefers those fruits which are coarser 
and harsher, and that this fact accounted for the man's high opinions of his 
new seedlings. The discussion became livel}', and they finally agreed to put 
tlie matter to a practical test by obtaining the opinion of the hired girl on 
the merits of the difierent fruits before them that evening. This girl, they all 
knew, had been brought up on the frontiers and scarcely ever saw an apple. 



440 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

A inesseuger was accordingly sent to the kitchen with a plate containing 
slices of J«iewtown pippin, Rhode Island greening, and some other varieties 
of apples, and also the much denounced seedlings. The girl was simply re- 
quested to taste each sample on the plate, and tlieii say which she liked i)est. 
Siie tasted very deliherately each of them, and then, pointing to the seed- 
ling, said she thought that was the best. 

As a result of these poinological labors, the list of varieties, especially 
of apples, offered for sale at the nurseries was very much reduced. That 
of the Stewart's, which had reached nearl>' three hundred varieties, was cut 
down in 1853 to about one hundred. Nor did the work of reduction stop 
here. Time showed that some of the varieties which at first did well had 
a tendency, as the trees became old, to diminish in size; others proved to 
be shy bearers; others had a Ijad habit of tailing from the tree before quite 
ripe; and still others, and among these were some of the veiy finest quali- 
ties as to flavor, were so very tender that it was found to be almost impossi- 
ble to handle them tor marketjwithout their becoming so much bruised as 
to very much mar their appearance. Of some varieties the tree proved to 
be too tender. It was noticed that after a severe winter such as we often 
have, characterized by coincidence of intense cold and bright sunshine, the 
South side of the trunk would show tlie api)earauceof having been scorched 
by tire, and would, daring the summer, die, leaving there an ugly wound 
all the way from the ground to the branches on that side. 

The codlin moth, an insect imported to this country from Europe in 
the early settlement of the Eastern States, and other insects, unknown here 
by the early settlers, began soon to make their appearance, and it was found 
that some varieties suffered much more from their attacks than (jthers did. 
In 1850 summer-l)light appeared on the ap])]e-trees, and soon afterward 
the disease known as the scab attacked the fruit, and has continued till the 
present time. Each of these appeared to affect some varieties more than 
others. To find remedies for these evils has, from the time they severally 
made their appearance, been the one work that more than all others has 
employed the best horticultural skill of the times. To our most experi- 
enced nurserymen and ]>lanters the readiest means of relief seemed to be a 
still further elimination of varieties, retaining those only which were least 
affected by these evils. They worked together in this, the oldest and most 
experienced orchardists giving to the nurserymen the results of their e.\- 
perience, and they, in turn, propagating or rejecting varieties according to 
the experience of the orchardists, which the^- rightly judged would even- 
tually control public opinion and the i)ublic demand. This work continued 
harmoniously and with good success between the majority of the nursery- 
men, and the most extensive and reliable tree planters, till the present time. 
The result is, first, that we now have varieties of fruit ])lantcd all over the 
country, which, though not in all cases first quality as to flavor, sell well in 
the markets, are of fair (piality, large and beautiful, and can be relied on 
with reasonable certainty for a crop that will leave some margin of profit to 
the producer; and, second, that the number of varieties of apples now 
planted for profit or recommended by the nursery-men scarcely exceed a 
dozen. 

While it is true that this practical road out of the difficulties and losses 
brought upon the horticulturists of the country by the ra])id increase of 
insects and disea-es was followed harmoniously by our leading nurserymen 
and planters, truth requires the admission that, for a time, harmony 



ADAMS COUNrv WAE RECORD. 441 

seemed, on the part of a few, to be somewhat disturbed. It came about in 
this wise: "With the introduction of railroads came a perfect avalanche of 
tree peddlers from the East, mostly from the State of IV ew York. Some of 
these men were rejiresentatives of reliable nurseries, but for the most part 
they were merely irresponsible adventurers. They came during the summer 
months, and, landing at Quincy, Camp Point or Clayton, went all over 
the country, visiting the farmers at their homes, hanging around 
the village stores on Saturday afternoons, when the farmers came in 
to do their week's trading, and, in short, availing themselves of every 
opportunity to come in personal contact witli the people. They were 
usually men of good appearance and insinuating address, and were abund- 
antly supplied with colored plates of different varieties of fruits, and 
also with small glass jars containing preserved specimens. The colored 
plates were very fair specimens of the chromo-lithographic art, and for 
the most part were good likenesses of select specimens of the fruits 
they represented; but the jars, of course, greatly magnified the speci- 
mens they contained. Advantage was easily taken of this fact, to make the 
people believe in them as men who would not misrepresent. Exhibiting 
one of the colored plates to a crowd, and expatiating upon the merits of the 
fruit represented, they would then produce the jar containing that same 
variety, and call attention to the fact that the picture, so far from exagger- 
ating, did not represent it as near so large as they saw the fruit itself. Not 
one auditor, jierhaps. in a hundred suspected the magnifying propert}' of the 
glass jars, and they were thus led to suppose that the fruits offered, them 
would all be as large and fine, at least, as the pictures they liad seen. Or- 
ders were taken at high prices, the trees to he delivered and the money paid 
the following autumn or spring. When they had obtained all the orders 
they could fur the season, thev would return to the East and purchase at 
wholesale, at some of the large nurseries, a sutficient quantity of trees to 
till the orders and then ship them to the different distributing points, where 
some one was in attendance to deliver the trees and receive the money. 
The stock thus obtained usually presented a fair appearance, and for the 
time l)eing gave quite general satisfaction to the purchasers. 

If it failed to grow, as it sometimes did, it was accounted for by some 
assumed exposure in its long journey or in some similar wa}^, and the dis- 
appointed purchaser would, not unlikely, buy another lot the next year of 
the same man, flattering himself that if the matter was a little expensive, 
yet it was better to secure these magnificent fruits than to plant the ordi- 
nary varieties ofl'ered by the nurserymen at home. It is ]3erhapjs not 
beyond the truth to say that the majority of those who purchased these 
trees and plants thought that by doing so they were placing themselves 
somewhat in advance, not onh* of those of their neighbors who had made 
horticulture their life work, as well as their life study, but of the nursery- 
men themselves, of vvliom their neighbors still continued to buy their 
trees. Things went on in this way, as of course they must, for several 
years, until the trees first imported came generally into bearing and infor- 
mation became generally circulated as to how the representations of the 
peddlers had been fulfilled. In cases where the agent was honest and the 
nurseryman of whom he purchased his stock responsible, and it is but fair 
to state that such cases did exist, it usually turned out that the varieties 
proved to be such as were in high esteem in the localities whence they 
came, but the majority of them were for some reason not adapted to our soil 



442 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

or climate, and, iiuleed, liiid long before been thoroughly tested by our fruit 
growers and rejected. Unfortunately, however, many of the agents were not 
honest, and instead of buying the varieties called for in the orders the peo- 
])lc had given them they would buy up anythitig they could get at a low 
price, provided the trees were large and fine-looking, and then, from tiie 
same lot, wi)uld label the trees with any names the orders called for. Of 
course when these trees were once in full bearing this business became un- 
profitable and v.'as mostly discontinued. It could be wished for the good 
name of our county that the same class of men had never since that time 
deceived in a similar manner communities farther west with trees pur- 
chased here. 

Among other evils attending this great influx of Eastern trees was 
the introduction of the bark louse' which has been very destructive in 
some parts of the State, but as yet it seems to be well under control in this 
ct)unty. This mania for imported trees interfered considerably for a time 
with the business of our local nurseries, but business men as most of them 
were they soon found means to adjust themselves to the existing condi- 
tions of trade, and they began to import large quantities of trees from the 
East to satisfy the yjopular demand. This enabled the people to buy East- 
ern trees at lower prices than they had been paying the agents, and at the 
same time the nurserymen could often make a fair profit by the business. 
Some were able to take advantage of the rage for Eastern fruits in another 
way, as the following incider.t will show: One of our nurserymen had a 
large stock of a certain variety of grajie. His ])rice was twenty-five cents 
each by the thousand, but they were rather slow of sale here. An Eastern 
nursery being unable to fill orders for that variety from their own stock, 
ordered a lot from the Western niaii. They were sent and were immedi- 
ately used to fill the orders of the agents who had been canvassing this 
county, and were by them distributed among our people at seventy-five 
cents and one dollar each. 

Orchards of the a]iple, peach, pear and cherry are now found in all 
parts of the county, but more especially in Ursa, Ellington, Melrose, Fall 
Creek, and Payson, which lie along the river blutfs where the soil seems to 
be peculiarly adapted to the growth of fruit. Apples, however, do well 
and are extensively grown all over the county. 

For many years the various kinds of fruit, especially of apples and 
peaches, have t\)rmed a very considerable part of the exports of the county. 
It is difiienlt to obtain exact statistics, on account of the large number of 
points from which shipments are made. The principal of these are 
Quincy, Fall Creek Station, Seehorn Station, Camp Point. Clayton, and 
Mendon. Large quantities are also taken by wagon to Hannibal, Mo., 
and shipped thence. The horticultural society made an effort in 1S68 to 
obtain the figures as far as possible but were finally compelled to rely to a 
considerable extent upon estimates. According to the best information 
obtainable the annual shipments of apples were then over two hundred 
thousand bushels, and of peaches about fifty thousand boxes of one-third 
of a bushel each. In 1874 the shipments of peaches had increased to 
more than two hundred thousand buxes. but since that time the (quantity of 
peaches shipped has somewhat declined. This decline is partially accounted 
for in this way: About every fourth year, on an average, the crop is des- 
troyed by the severity of the winter. Of tlie intervening crops one per- 
haps will be severely injured by the same cause. Formerly the prices 



HISTORY OV ADAMS COUNTY. 443 

realized for a full crop were such as to leave asufKcient margin of profit to 
cover the losses sustained by the severe winters. Lately, however, the jiro- 
duction of this fruit is so great, and the competition with other peach- 
growing regions so close, that when there is a full crop the prices always 
rule very low and there is no margin left to a|)ply to the years of failure. 
Many have therefore come to consider the growing of this fruit for ship- 
ment as on the wliole unprofital)le, and they have to some extent ceased to 
plant the trees. 

Plantations of ])lums were made at an early day and at first they ])rom- 
ised well, but the advent of the plum curculio put a stop to the planting of 
this fruit fur jirofit, so far as the old varieties are concerned. The trees are 
hardv and healthy and fluurish well, the only trouVde seems to be with the 
insects. Trees are still planted in private gardens and by amateurs, atid 
with a great deal of care and protection and a very favorable season, mag- 
nificent specimens of the fruit are sometimes produced. The Chickasaw 
family of ])lums, having a tougher skin and firmer fiber, seem better able to 
r(•^ist the curculio, and these are now l)eing quite generally planted. What 
till' i-osult will be remains yet to be seen. 

The English or sweet cherries were tried at a very early day by per- 
sons in different parts of the county, and at first they promised well, excei)t 
tliiit the trees were a little tender, l)ut since the advent of destructive in- 
-1 rts they have been discarded except in private gardens, the fruit being 
u-N:illy either wormy or so badly stung by insects as to make it knotty and 
S'.iiall. The Morello family of cherries have been found to be hardy and 
niiK-li less lialile to suffer from insects. The earlier varieties, such as 
till' early Richmond, have a very small proportion of wormy fruit. This 
(la-- of cherries is now generally planted throughout the county, and tliey 
:iii- brought into our markets in great aljundance. 

Strawberries were cultivated for market in small quantities as early as 
l^-')^ or 1853. In 1860 J. H. Stewart had a plantation of some four 
adt's and found a ready market for the fruit in Quincy. 

D. C. Benton, of Quincy, was probably the first who attemjited to ship 
ttiawljerries to other markets, and he was also one of the earliest shippers 
ot peaches. 

About 1865 Win. & J. II. Stewart commenced sliipping strawberries 
ill II small way, and continued to increase their business until 1S74, when 
till V had over forty acres devoted to this fruit, and shipped five or six 
thousand quarts per day. In 1878 there were more than twenty-five farms 
in tlie immediate vicinity of Quincy, where strawberries were grown with 
special reference to supplying the Bhi])ping trade. Extensive experiments 
have been made in the cultivation of tlie pear for market, but the success 
has not met the expectations of the growers. The jilanting of this fruit 
commenced with that of the a])ple. The trees bore well and the fruit was 
of excellent quality; but the trees became, soon after reaching the bearing 
age, so subject to the blight as to make the business unprofitable. This 
has always been the one obstacle in the way of successful ))ear growing in 
this country. Clark Chattcn, Dr. Merrick and E. A. Dudley may be re- 
garded as the ]Moneers in this line of effort. There are still in various 
parts of the county the remains of many large pear orchards, mainly of 
dwarfs, which were planted between the years of 1863 and 1868, under the 
imj)res8ion then prevailing that pears could be profitably grown for ex])ort. 
Plantings for this purjjose have now ceased. In private gardens, however. 



444 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

and in farmers' orcliards, a few trees still find a ]ilace, and, if tliey survive 
tlie attacks of tlie blight, they sometimes become in their ok! age very prof- 
itable. This is especially true of many old specimens of the Seckel variety, 
which yield very large crojis of the finest quality of fruit. The markets of 
(Juincy are still sup])lied with an abundance of home-grown pears, and not 
a few are sliip])eil to other points. 

The cultivation of such small fruits as raspberries, blackberries, goose- 
berries ami currants has grown almost im])erceptibly from small beginnings, 
till it has become an im)>ortant branch of industry. While there are few, 
if any, large plantations of these there are many small ones, and the aggre- 
gate product forms an important item in onr frnit exports. 

The first exhibition of Adams county fruit at the Illinois State Fair 
was at S]>ringtield, in 1^53, when Wm. Stewart it Son took a number of 
])remiums-, among them that for the '' Largest and best Collection of Apples, 
named and true to name." The first public exhibition east of the Alleghanies 
iiy Western growers was in lsf)0, by J. H. Stewart, who took a choice 
collection to the annual meeting of the American Pomological Society at 
Philadelphia. This fruit attracted much attention and received high com- 
mendation from Marshal P. Wilder, the president of the society, Charles 
Downing, Dr. Warder, Ellwanger & Barry and other eminent horticultu- 
I'al authorities. 

About the years 1803 or 1S64 Clark Chatten took the first premium 
of the Illinois Agricultural Society for "The Best Cultivated Orchard.'' These 
instances are mentioned because they were the beginnings in their several 
lines, and they served to give confidence that the productions of this county 
would not suffer in comparison with others. Horticulturists throughout 
the county now began to make exhibitions at various state and other fairs, 
and with such success tliat the securing of premiums became the rule rather 
than the exception. 

The Adams County Horticultural Society was organized in December, 
1>^07, by the election of Robert Rankin as president and Wm. Stewart as 
secretary. They commenced with seven members, and by the first of Jan- 
uary they numi)ered fifty, including the leading horticulturists of the 
county. This society did effective work for many years. It made out lists 
of the various kinds of fruits, based on the long ])ractical experience of the 
members, and recommended these lists to planters; it held out-door meet- 
ings in the summer months, on the grounds of the different members, for 
the ]iurpose of better oliserviiig the practical workings of different systems 
of culture. It also juade exhibits as a society at various lairs with the most 
tlattei'ing results, and occasionally offered jiremiuins and held exhibitions 
of fruits and fiowers in its own liall, or in some other hall in Qnincy. 

The cultivation of flowers and the adornment of homes was somewhat 
retarded here by the poverty of the first settlers, nearly all of whom came 
here to better their circumstances, and many nf whom were driven here by 
their ver}' poverty, which forbade them to maintain in older communities 
the place to which their intellectual, social and moral qiuilities entitled 
them. The first effort of the pioneer was to jirovide a shelter for himself and 
his family ; his next was to subdue and bring into cultivation a sufficient area 
of land to yield them a su]iy,)f>rt. Afterward came stables for his animals, 
then an orcliard to supply the family with frnit, then, as his means increased, 
he built a more comfortable and convenient house. Not till then did he feel 
ai)le to gratif)' his tastes and preferences. Not till after this second house 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 445 

was built did one farmer in a liundred make any attempt to beautify bis 
home. Woman's taste and skill perhaps liad ])lanted a few annuals in the 
garden every spring, and had kept a few plants in boxes on tlie sill of the 
cabin window long after the frost had killed those in the garden, but tliere 
was no attempt on the part of proprietors to improve to any great extent 
the appearance of their home surroundings, nor liad they the means and 
the time to have done so if they liad desired. Nature, however, bestowed 
most liberally wliat the poverty of man denied. Originally, in this county, 
the forests covered the low lands along the streams and the narrow ridges 
on either side. The broader ridges, and tlie rich, gently undulating table 
lands which comjiose the larger part of the surface were mostly open prairie. 
Occasionally a neck of woods intruded upon the high lands, or an isolated 
grove stood out in the prairie, like an island in the sea; and occasionally 
there would be found a strip of prairie on fhe narrow ridges or on the low 
bottom lands along the streams, but these were exceptions to the general 
rule. These prairies, lying as they did upon higher land than the wooded 
districts, appeared to the eye to be larger than they really were. 

There were some points where the beholder could only see glimpses of 
the " timber line," as it was called, on either side. From the time the first 
star-flowers and violets opened out in the spring, till the petals fell from 
the last frost-flowers late in autumn, tliese vast prairies presented a scene 
of surpassing beauty. During tlie whole summer there was an uninterrupted 
succession of flowers; but June was the time of Nature's grandest display. 
Standing upon some elevation and looking over the prairie at that season, 
the scene presented before you was that of a vast undulating ocean of green, 
bespangled all over with constellations of color representing all the varied 
lines of the rainbow. 

The winter scenery was in striking and painful contrast with this. 
CVivered with a few inches of snow the landscape suggested only the dreary 
icefields of some northern sea. Notliing could be more bleak and for- 
biilding. No wonder the first settlers built their houses in the skirts of 
tlif fiirests where they could be sheltered by the trees. As the country 
fliled up the choice building places were all taken and new comers were 
obliged to go further out. It was soon learned, also, that the prairie lands 
wfre the richest and this was an additional reason for settling on them. In 
a few years the summer scenery began to lose its beauty. Zigzag fences 
and vast tracts of black upturned sod began to talce the place of nature's 
im)].. of beauty. Here and there a wood-colored house or straw-roofed 
-talile on the margin of the plowed land revealed to the philosopher a pic- 
ture fif enterprise and fruitful industry, l)ut to the esthetic eye it only 
a])peared as if the great emerald sea had rolled away and left its black, 
niuildy bottom exposed, witli here and there a few gray rocks standing out, 
which had been called in mockery human habitations. 

If the hand of industry marred the summer scenery, it did not add to 
the attractiveness of the winter landsca])e. The gray walls of the dwellings 
rising above the wilderness of snow only gave to the beholder the painful 
feeling of pity for'those who were doomed to live amid such bleak desola- 
tion. A winter scene upon one of our large prairies thirty-five years ago 
was chilling and re]>ellant in the extreme. It had no redeeming features. 
There was no shelter for man or beast, except the lone shanty which man 
called home, a cold, comfortless shed for the horses, and the fences, which 
in summer protected the fields from the cattle, and in winter tlie cattle 



446 HISTORY OK ADA.MS COUNTY. 

from the storm. It is doubtful whetlier this countr}', since the day when 
God first clotlied it with verdure, was ever so bereft of l)eaut}' as wlien it 
had l)een robbed l)y man of all the richest of nature's pencilings and had 
received as yet no touches from the hand of art; when the people in their 
struggle for bread or for wealth had destroyed the glory of the jirairie and 
the forest and lacked as yet the means, the time, or the will to make even 
the meager compensation uf adorning each the little spot he called 
his home. It is not surprising that with such surroundings men and 
women who had been reared amid scenes of rural beauty in the older 
States should l)ecome dissatisfied and restless, should begin to contrast the 
])rcsent with the past, and should embrace the first opportunity after their 
more pressing wants were sup])lied to satisfy the finer feelings of their 
nature by rendering their homes more attractive. There were many such 
among us. They began the work, and their example was most hapjiily con- 
tageous. There came a time when even the most rigid utilitarian was 
willing to plant a tree and thus secure under the name of shelter what was 
demanded by his love of beauty. The black locust, catalpa, lomliardy pop- 
lar, and other deciduous trees were ])lanted along the fence in front of the 
house, the door-yard was leveled, the corn-crib and pig-])en were moved 
into the background, and the yard was enclosed by a neat fence and sowed 
with grass. Then a few snow-balls, lilacs, and hardy roses were planted 
here and there, black walnuts and butternuts were gathered by the boys in 
autumn, and after being exposed to the action of frost during the winter 
were planted the next spring in the fence-corners. Young seedling maples 
were pulled up in the forest and transferred to the outside fence-corners 
around the barn-yard, where they soon furnished fine shade for the farm 
animals. Cottonwoods, willows, wild cherries and elms, which sprung 
from seeds which the winds or birds had dropped along the ravine that ran 
through the field, or in the corners of the jjasture-fence, and many another 
neglected place, were suffered to grow unmolested in the rich virgin soil. 
Meantime the orchard was growing, and in a few years a wonderful 
transformation had been wrought in the summer landscape, and home be- 
gan to look cozy and atti'active. In winter, however, the leafless branches 
of a few trees only partially checked the ])iercing winds. T^iey still whis- 
tled spitefully through the keyhole of the door and challenged the thrifty 
farmer to a further combat. The challenge was accepted. The farmer 
planted evergreens and gained the victory. The general oj)inion had been 
that evergreens would not thrive upon the prairie soil. Why this opinii)n 
prevailed it is hard to tell unless it was because there were none indige- 
nous here, except a dwarfish variety of the red cedar, and that was confined 
to a few steej), rockj- ])laces along the creeks, and the i)eople took it foi- 
granted that the reason they grew there was that onl}' there the}" found the 
soil that suited them. The true explanation of the absence of evergreens 
here seems not to have occurred to any one at that time, that is that the}' 
could not withstand the fires which annually consumed the heavy carpet of 
dried leaves and grass on the richer lands, both of ])rairie and forest, and 
only on the steep, rocky and barren hillsides, where they found no fuel, 
gave the evergreens any chance to grow. When cedars first were planted 
on the prairies, sand and gravel were put underneath and around each tree. 
They were transferred from the blutt's of Mill Creek to many door-yards 
and were very much admired. It was soon discovered that they would thrive 
just as well without the sand as with it, and would do well on almost any 



BISTORT OF ADAMS COUNTY. 447 

dry soil. Gov. Wood was the first to introduce the spruce, fir and other 
northern evergreens. In 1831 he made a second journey to tlie Eastern 
States, and procured at Prince's nursery, on Long Island, some balsam fir, 
white ])ine, and other evergreens, and also a collection of fiowers and 
shrubbery. With these he ornamented the lawn around his house, which 
stood on the present site of Chaddock College, exciting the admiration of 
all the neighbors. The late F. W. Jansen, passing by one day, asked him 
where he got those beautiful trees. "On Long Island," was the reply. 
" I will start to-morrow morning and get some, too," said Mr. Jansen, 
thinking he meant Long Island on the river near Quincy, but when Mr. 
Wood explained that it was Long Island, New York, he concluded it was 
too far away to undertake the journey just then. Mr. Wood soon after- 
ward obtained some evergreens from the northern pineries and added them 
to his collection. Two or three balsam fir-trees, which belonged to the 
original lot ol)tained from Prince's nurseries, were blown down a few 
years ago by a severe wind-storm, but most of the trees, both evergreen 
and deciduous, are still standing on the lawn where they were planted. 
The large deciduous cypress tree, which is a marked feature of these 
grounds, was obtained, Mr. Wood thinks, at Prince's nursery in 1831, with 
the evergreens. Some fine specimens of the American larch, obtained 
with his first evergreens from the north, are not now standing. The plant- 
ing of these trees direct from the forest was attended with so much un- 
certainty, on account of their liability to die the first year, that but few 
people made the attempt. 

Wm. Stewart, Sr., of Payson, was the first nurseryman in the county 
to keep evergreens for sale. He obtained his supply by making annual 
trips to the Northern pineries, where he had the young seedlings dug from 
the forests, carefully packed under his personal supervision, and shipped 
home by steamboat. They were planted in the nursery rows and grown 
for twu or three years before they were sold to customers. A large per- 
centage of them died from the eifects of the first transplanting, but after 
growing a year or two in the nursery they could be transplanted with per- 
fect safety. The people, however, were at first afraid to risk their growing, 
and Mr. Stewart usej to set them out on the grounds of his customers and 
warrant them to grow. He made landscape gardening a study, and used 
to lay out the walks and arrange the grounds of his neighbors, and in this 
way a number of places assumed such an attractive appearance that the 
demand for evergreens and ornamental shrubbery became general. To 
meet this demand he enlarged his stock. Failing in one of his trips to the 
upper Alississippi to find all the varieties he desired, he sent one of his 
sons, who was with him, across the country to the lakes, part of the way by 
stage and part of the way on foot, through the forest, with instructions to 
return with his trees by way of the lake to Chicago and thence home by 
way of the canal and the Illinois river to Naples, whence his own wagons 
would haul them forty miles to the nursery. The next season another son 
was sent South to ransack the Southern forests for everything beautiful 
which might give promise of becoming acclimated here. A large assort- 
ment was brought, most of which proved to be too tender for our winters, 
and among these, to his deep regret, were the grand evergreens magnolia 
and the holly. The pitch pine of the South proved to l>e nearly hardy but 
not ornamental. Specimens of it are still standing on " Fawley Place," 
near Quincy, and on the old Stewart homestead at Payson. The deciduous 



448 HISTORY i)F ADAMS COUNTY. 

or swamp-cypress was the only truly valuable acquisition from this source. 
It grows vigorously on our soil, is perfectly hardy, and makes a unique and 
beautiful tree. A number of specimens still standing on tlie site of the 
old Payson nursery are assuming stately proportions, and alreadj' show, 
rising from the ground around them, the famous "cypress knees" of the 
Soutliern swamps. One or two very fine specimens are also standing in 
the grounds of " Fawlcy Place." 

The era of home adornment was now fairly inaugurated, and nursery- 
men all over the county kept from that time forth a liberal supply of ever- 
greens and other ornamental trees and shrubberj', which found a ready sale 
at remunerative ]>rices. When the supply ran short on the upper Missis- 
sippi there were found men in the East who made a business of procuring 
very small seedling evergreens trofti the forests of northern New York, and 
supplying western dealers, and tinally the nurserymen of the northwest 
learned the art of growing them from the seed, and have produced them 
by the million ever since at prices which put them within the reach of all. 

The introduction of evergreens has had a two-fold effect. In the first 
place, it has greatly stimulated the tastes of our people in the direction of 
home adornment, and in the second place it has entirely transformed the 
aspect of our landscapes, especially in winter. A large proportion now of 
the homes of our peo])le are embowered in trees, which not only check and 
lull to peace the winter winds, but rising in their pereimial green amid the 
ilarkest storms, puint upward to the skies, reminding us of a brighter world 
than this. The old settler, as he looks over these hills, finds it hard to rec- 
ognize the scenery he witnessed in his youth. The old distinction between 
forest and prairie has been almost entirel}- obliterated by clearings in tlie 
one and plantings in the other. Dotting the landscape here and there are 
groups of farm buildings, nestling among evergreen trees, and surrounded 
by ample and well-kept lawns. The old '*worm fence" has very generally 
given place to the well-clipped hedge, the log cabin to tlie ample farm- 
house, and the straw-roofed stable to the ornamental cornices of the first- 
class barn. Those homes are exceptional where there are not found in the 
yard a supply of flowering and ornamental plant^ and in the rooms 
a collection of flowers to show their beauty and shed their fragrance in 
the gloomy winter days. 

If our summer landscapes are less gorgeous and imposing than at first, 
tliey are more varied and attractive, and our winter scenery, robbed of all 
its bleak repulsiveness. presents an appearance of cozy comfort, which 
rather attracts than chills the beholder. 

Our older villages, such as Payson and Clayton, are almost lost to the 
view amid the profusion of trees and shrubbery, and the city of Quiney, 
by its multitude of neatly constructed dwellings set in the midst of well- 
kept ^-ards or more ample lawns, and surrounded by a j>rofusion of sylvan 
beauty, has justly earned its sobriquet, " The Gem City " of the west. 

ADAMS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 

The declared purposes of this society are: "Tlie promotion of medi- 
cal science, the cultivation of a just sense of professional obligations, and 
the organization of the profession in connection with the American Medi- 
cal Association." The society was organized March 28, 1850. at a meet- 
ing of the physicians of Adams county, held in Quiney, on call of a com- 
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A TABULAE STATEMENT 
Showing the Totals of Personal and Real Propekty of Adams County, 

FOR THE year 1S78, 
Compiled from the Tux Duplicate of the County Clerk. 



Horses of al 1 aees . . 

Cattle of all ages 

Males and Asses of all ages 

Sheep of all ages 

Hogs of all ages 

Steam Engioee, incIudiDa Boilers 

Fire or Burglar Proof Safes 

Billiard, Pigeon-hole. Bagatelle, or other similar X>ble8. 

Carriages and Wasons. or whatever liind 

Watches and Clocks.. . 

Sewing and Knitting Machines 

Piano Forte? 

MelodeoDs and Organs 

Steamboats, Sailing Vessels, Wharf Boats, Barges, etc. , 



Total Assessed Valoe of Enumerated Property. 



6,71S 
4.764 

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Average Assessed 
Value. Value. 



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34.J2 
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AMOUNT OF VNENUMERATED PROPERTY. 

Merchandise 

Material and Manufactured .Viticles 

Manufactured Tools. Implements and Msfhinery 

Agrlcnltnral Tools. Implements and Machinery 

Gold and Silver Plate and Plated Ware 

Diamonds ani .lewelry 

Money of Banks. Bankers. Brokers, etc 

Credits of Banks. liHukerj, Brokers, etc 

Moneysof others than Bankers, etc J 

Bonds and Stocks 

Scares of t apiial Stock of Companies not of this State 

Property of I orporatious not before enumerated 

Property of Saloons and Eating Houst 8 

Honaohold and Oflire Property.. 

Investments in R. E. and traprnements thereon 

Sbarrs of Stock, State, and National Banks 

Credit of other than Bankers 

All other Persona! Proptrty 



Totil .\sse86cd Value of Personal Property 

RAILROAD PROPERTY ASSESSED IN COUKTY. 

Assessed 
Value. 

Claes C— Personal Property $ ij,u4-i 

Class D.— Lands. Number of acres. 127 61-lOtlis li.S.'iS 

Class D.— Lots 140.576 



Total Value of R. R. Property .\sae8sed in County 

REAL ESTATE LAND.'S. 



Improved Land^ . . . 
Unimproved Lanes. 



Number of|Av"g Value, 
per Acre, 



144,997 
528,006 



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REAL KST.\TE, TOWN AND CITY LOTS. 



Improved Town and City Lots. . .. 
Unimproved Town and City Lots 



Total As.«e8sed Value of Town and City Lots 

Toul Value of all Taxable Property Assessed in County 



$64-2.65 I $6,531,397 



Wheat. Corn Oats 

Acres in Cultivation 57.805 99,tV53 19,546 

Acres iu inclosed Pasture, 33,074. In or hard. 6.752. In woodland, 64.642. 
N number of Towns in the County. 22. 
Number inclnded in this .\bairacl, 22. 



Other Field 
Meadow. Products. 
29.781 4,981 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 453 



HISTOKY OF QUINCY. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Historical — City Officers — Commercial and Mandfactdring — Ice Har- 
vest — Churches — Water Works — Fire Department — Schools — 
Academy of Music — Opera House — Railroad Bridge— Military — 
Societies — Railroads — Building Association — Gas Company — Cem- 
eteries. 

Quincv, the county seat of Adams county, and the second city in size in 
the State of Illinois, is beautifully situated on the east bank of the Mississ- 
ippi, at an elevation of about one hundred and twenty feet above the water 
level. The blntf upon which the city is built commands a fine view of the 
river in botl^ directions, and also a large expanse of adjacent territory. The 
river at Quincy is about one mile in width, exclusive of a large bay, which 
aflbrds the finest harbor facilities throughout the entire stream. 

The country in the immediate vicinity of the city is gently rolling, 
with large groves of trees interspersing, finely cultivated farms which in 
seasons of tillage are covered with abundant vegitation. 

The city contains about 45,000 inhabitants, composed ot southern and 
e:i-rcru people, as well as a large number of foreigners. 

Quincy has numerous parks, some of which contain the trees that 
gi\u shade to the primitive Indian while others are the result of trans- 
planting. The streets, likewise, are shaded b}' large forest trees which 
wlien in foliage give to the city a most beautiful and refreshing apperanee. 

The business blocks are alike substantially constructed, and an orna- 
ment to the architecture of the city, while the elegant residences scattered 
about the city have caused Qnincy to be generally known as the Gem City 
of the West. Tlie lawns and shade trees with which so many homes are 
embellished make the houses themselves more inviting. 

The commercial importance of Quincy is unquestioned, as it is the 
ni.u-ket for a large portion of Western Illinois, whose fertility and pro- 
ductiveness in certain departments is unsurpassed, besides doing extensive 
business with the neighboring States of Missouri and Iowa, and extending 
its ilomain over the entire west and southwest. The manufacturing inter- 
ests of Quincy have assumed such a large showing in the past few years 
that facts prove beyond successful contradiction that it is in every way 
adapted to transact that particular branch of business, as the manufactured 
articles can be clieaply produced, while ample facilities exist for distributing 
them throughout the land. Eight distinct railroad lines connect the city 
with the eastern seaboard, the West, and northern and southern points, 
while two lines of packets from St. Louis to St. Paul give every oppor- 
tunity to shi]ii>ers to obtain the best rates on freight. A magnificent bridge 
one mile and a quarter in length, spans the Mississippi river, connecting 
Quincy with the State of Missouri. The bridge is provided with a large 



464 HlSrOBY OF AHAMS tKil'NTT. 

draw which permits the passage of boats without interfering with either 
class of transportation. 

The sanitary condition of Quincj is very good, statistics showing it to 
be quite as healthy as any in the Tnited States. 

The streets are laid ofl'with perfect regularity, runing north and south, 
while the cross streets run east and west, intersectiiig each other at right ] 
angles forniing blocks of four hundred feet square. The streets themselves 
are for the most part sixty-six feet wide, while all are broad and amply 
adapted to serve as thoroughfares. 

From the earliest days of Quincymuch attention has always been paid 
to organizing an efficient school system, so that at the present time the 
public schools stand high in point of excellence. Large and convenient 
school houses have been erected, rf fine corps of teachers secured, and the 
curriculum is as advanced as the progress of the times will warrant. In 
addition to the public schools, a number of private and denominational 
schools are in useful existence, besides colleges and seminaries of still 
further advanced standing. 

Quincy has always been distinguished for the great number, as well as 
the size and beauty, of her churches. The religious denominations are 
about all represented, and a great number of them have erected handsome 
church edifices which adorn the city. 

All the latest modern improvements have been made for the comfort 
and convenience of the citizens, including the water works, which sup})ly 
the city with pure water from the river, after undergoing a natural filtration, 
a perfect S3'stem of sewerage, street railways, an efficient police and tire 
department, and gas works, which combine to make Quincy a most desir- 
able location for business and residence. 

EARLY HISTORY. 

The early history of Quincy until its incorporation as a separate town 
is 60 intimately connected with the history of Adams county that it must 
suffice in the present chapter to give but the salient points of the early 
growth of the city up to the time of the incorporation, the more detailed 
account being found in chapters relating to the history of the county. 
Quincy was settled by John Wood in lS21,and was organized as the county 
seat of the newly laid out countjof Adams in 1825. It received the name 
of Quincy from the then President, John Quincy Adams. From the year 
1S25 to 1S35 the growth of Quincy was exceedingly slow, which was due 
to a variety of causes, principally the lack of mills, shops and other attrac- 
tions for emigrants. In 1S34 the town of Quincy was incorporated witli 
Messrs. Archibald ^Yillialns, Jos. T. Holmes, S. W. Rogers, Levi Wells, 
and Michael Mast as trustees. From this date may be tracfed the rapid 
and substantial growth of Quincy in population, impmvement and wealth. 

The growth ■of Quincy continued until its charter as a city in 1S40, 
since whicli it has kept apace with the times, and as a city stands anmng 
the foremost of western places in ever}' respect. The first mayor of the 
city of Quincy was Ebenezer Moore, while the first city clerk was S. P. 
Church. The first council consisted of P. F. Osborn and Jas. E. Jones, 
who represented the first ward; F. W. Jansen and K. R. "Williams, repre- 
sentatives from the second ward, and J. N. Ralston and John Wciod, alder- 
men from the third ward. Since that time the three wards have been 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



455 



Thos. Redmond (till viicancy) 180 1 

Tho8. Redmond 1863-04 

Geo. F. Waldhaus 1865 

Maitland Boon 1866 

.las. M. Pitman 1867 

Presley W. Lane 1868 

B. F. Berrian 1869 

.J.G. Rowland 1870-72 

Frederick Rtarick 1873-74 

.J. M.Smith 1875 

E. H. Turner 1876 

L.D.White 1877 

W. T. Roeerp 1878-79 



increased to six, and various other changes made wliich the growth of the 
city demanded. 

The following is a list of mayors from that time to the present: 

Elienczer Moore 1840-41 

Enoch Conyers 1842-43 

John Wood. 1844-47 

John Abhe 1848 

Enoch Conyers 1849 

Sanuu-l Holmes 1850-51 

John Wood 1852-53 

Jas, M. Pitman 1854-65 

Jolm Wood 1856 

Sylvester Thayer 1857 

Jas. M. Pitman 1858 

Robert S. Benneson 1859 

Thos. Jasper 1860 

I. (). Woodrutr (resigned) 1861 

The present city officers are, AV. T. Rogers, mayor; A. Demaree, 
clerk; Ji G. Rowland, comptroller; Henry Jasper, city marshall; A. J. 
F. Prevost, treasurer; W. A. Richardson, attorney; Jerry Shay, Sr., street 
commissioner; E. R. Chatten, engineer; Jeff. Renfrow, harbor master; 
John Bopp, clerk of markets; L. F. Lakey, city measurer; T. J. Heirs, 
police magistrate; Aldermen W. B. Larkworthy, B. Libby, J. B. Kreitz, 
Harris Swimmer, M. Goodman, Sam. Harrop, J. Q. Adams, H. Tansman, 
W. H. Collins, J. H. Wavering, and H. Blommer. 

COMMERCIAL. 

The importance of Quincy as a commercial center will readily be seen 
from the following tabulated statement, showing the number of establish- 
ments, nnmber of employes, capital employed, and aggregate value of pro- 
ducts and sales, January 1, 1879, which we obtain from i\\Q Quincy Whig's 
annual review: 



KIND OF BUeINE6». '' 

."Vf-'ricultnral improvements and plo\v.\v(jrks. 

A_L'ri(ultural warehouses 

B;ikiiif.' powder 

Blank liooks, binding, etc 

Boiler and sheet-iron works 

Book« and stationeiy 

Boots and slioes — wholesale 

retail 

Breweries 

Brick-yards 

Builders and contractors 

Butter and eggs 

Carriage-works 

Cigar manufactories 

Clothing — wholesale 

retail 

Coal dealers 

Coal-oil and salt — wholesale 

Coffee and spice mills 

Confectionery 

Cooper-shoi)s 

Corn planter works 

Crockery, etc 

• Distilleries 



iTAB- 


NO. O? IBB- 
SONB EM- 


CAPITAL 


VALUE OF PRO- 
DUCT8 OK 


KNTB. 


TLOTED 


INVESTED 


SALKB. 





200 


$:300,000 


$600,o<ja 


6 


40 


100,000 


417,000 


2 


18 




45,000 


2 


20 


20,000 


80,000 


2 


22 


20,000 


50,000 


8 


33 


100,000 


225,000 


3 


25 


150,000 


750,000 


16 


60 


75,000 


220,000 


6 


150 


300,000 


350,000 


13 


200 




150,0f)0 


30 


050 


250,000 


425,000 


2 


50 




340,000 


3 


200 


100,000 


270,f)0O 


46 


165 


100,000 


140,000 


4 


35 


120,000 


600,000 


20 


70 


200,000 


350,0(X) 


4 


:W 


100,000 


200,000 


2 


8 


70,000 


:30(J,000 


1 


3 




15,000 


9 


100 


80,000 


370,000 


40 


350 


100,000 


300,000 


2 


100 


70,000 


220,000 


6 
2 


18 


00.000 


180,000 



456 



HISTORY OF A.DAMS COUNTY. 



Drug, paiuls ami oils — wholesak' a 

' retail 23 

Diy goods— wholesale 2 

'■ retail 24 

Fertilizing manufactory 1 

File works ! 1 

Flouring-miUs 13 

Furniture factories 6 

Gas-works 1 

Groceries — wholesale 5 

retail 25 

Hardware and iron 5 

Hats and caps — wholesale 2 

" " " retail 4 

Hay-press factory 1 

Hides, furs and wool C 

f Ice-packers , . 15 

.Jewelry 11 

Lime and cement .* 7 

Liquors and wines— wholesale 13 

I Lumber G 

■ Marble works ' 3 

Slerchant tailors IG 

Jlillinery — wholesale 1 

" " retail ly 

Moldinifs 3 

Musical goods 3 

Newspapers and i)rintiug offices '.> 

Notions and toys — wholesale 1 

Organ factories 3 

Oysters and fish 2 

Pai>i-r and paper bags 2 

Paper lioxes 1 

Paper-mills ] 

Planing and saw-milN -"i 

S Pork packei-s 9 

Ketail stores — mixed 134 

Saddlery, hardware, leather, etc 30 

Seeds ' 1 

Sewin<,^-machines 8 

Shirt factories 2 

Stone saw-mills 1 

Stove-works, foundries and maehine-shops... 7 

Stoves and tinware 13 

Spring beds 1 

Steam governor works 1 

Soap chandlers and lard oil 1 

Tobacco- works 5 

Trunk factories 2 

AV'agon-works 15 

Wat erworks 1 

Wooden-ware works 1 

Wood dealers U 

Totals 68fi 

*Capacity, 6,000 gallons jier day. 

f During packing season 1,200 persons emploj-ed. 

Ilncluties pine, walnut and hard wowl. 

jsDuring packing season 250 to 300 persons employed. 



30 


175.000 


425,000 


62 


300,000 


420,000 


50 


700,000 


2,.500.000 


110 


360,000 


620.00 


7 




11,01 


156 


700,000 


3,1.53,6ji 


318 


130,000 


275.00' 


26 


300,000 


125.00- 


44 


550,000 


2.200.0(' 


81 


200.000 


032.01 " 


50 


200,000 


410.0(11 


12 


80,000 


220.00 


14 


45,000 


90,0( ' 


10 




50,01 : 


33 


155,000 


1,000,000 


600 


300,000 


300.000 


30 


64.000 


117,000 


65 


124,000 


268,000 


68 


250.11011 


948,000 


05 


350.0011 


800,000 


22 


U.UOd 


40.000 


03 


140.000 


• 494,000 


a 


40,000 


155,000 


38 


35,000 


78,000 


12 




75,(XK) 


8 


37,000 


90,000 


1.50 


200,000 


220,000 


12 


50,000 


300,000 


50 


30,000 


160.000 


15 




20.000 


18 


28.000 


136.000 


16 




15,000 


or. 


60,000 


112,000 


180 


360.000 


525,0l>0 


50 


500.0011 


802.168 


300 


350.000 


1,600.000 


94 


118,000 


350.000 


2 




45,000 


20 


50,000 


150.000 


16 




25.000 


15 


30,000 


4.5.000 


372 


500.000 


800.000 


64 


78,000 


180.000 


5 




5.000 


40 


90.000 


110 000 


15 


25,000 


175.000 


1,190 


800,000 


3,000.000 


15 




47,000 


450 


200,000 


325,000 


15 


100,000 


100.000 


13 


15,000 


33.000 


50 


95.000 


330.000 


7.707 


f 11.1.33,000 


$31,.581,788 



ICE HARVEST. 



The ice business of this city has grown so rapidly of late years as to imw 
be chissed among the most important branches of industry. Prosecuted at 
a time when mannfacturies generally are not conducted to their full extent, 
and when the weather calls for aid from all quarters for the jjoor, the large 
amount of money paid out to the laboring men in raid winter furnishes 





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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 457 

support and employment for many who would perhaps otherwise be with- 
out either. 

The ice gatliered on Quincy bay has always been of a superior quality. 
Consumers. esi)ecially those from the south, have therefore always beeii 
willing to pay liberally for it. When, however, the extensive brewing com- 
panies of St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and other southern cities came 
here in competition for the ice, it was only a few months before the price 
jumped from $3 and $3.50 to $6.50 and $8 per ton. It is not to be won- 
dered at that, following upon a lucky strike by the ice ])ackers, they should 
engage more extensively in it and be reinforced by new firnis ; and that 
togetiier they should expend large sums of money in building new ice- 
houses, and putting in improved machinery for the gathering of the crop. 
Some details of what has been done in this particular will prove of especial 
interest to the people at this time, as well as display one branch of im- 
provements which must be attractive to business men al)road. 

A number of new and expensive buildings have l>een erected for ice- 
houses during the summer and fall. One owned by Messrs. Wood & Stew- 
art, completed some time ago, is valued at $5,000. It lias a capacity of 
six thousand tons, and is located on the west side of the river. On Front 
street, between Hampshire and Maine, Messrs. Hutmacher & Kreitz have 
erected a mammotli store house, at a cost of $16,000, in which seven 
thousand tons can be stored; and on the bay they have just completed a 
new frame— the largest here, at a cost of $12,000, it holding seventeen 
thousand tons. This latter is 111x225 feet, running from the bay front back 
to tlie railroad track. Isear it, a little further up the Ijaj-, is the new stone 
ice-house of Frank Jones, calculated to hold ten thousand tons, and with 
machinery, and all costing nearly $20,000. John McDade also has a new 
Btone ice-iiouse on the bay, 110x120 feet, with forty inch walls, which will 
hold seven thousand five hundred tons. It cost $6,000, and is considered 
one of the chea])est structures of the kind ever put up. 

In addition to those already mentioned, however, Messrs. Hutmacher & 
Kreitz have a frame house with a capacity of five thousand eight hundred 
tons, and Mr Jones has old ones which hold six thousand tons, making a 
total storage capacity of sixteen thousand tons for the latter and thirty-one 
thousand for the former iirin. Between McDade's and Hutmacher & 
Kreitz's house is that of Mrs. Bond, built of brick, the oldest ice-house on 
the bay. It will hold four thousand tons. Hess & Loury have three 
houses, all on tlie east side of the bay, with a total capacity of thirteen 
thousand tons, one of these being new, built of stone and worth $5,000. 
Mr. James Jarrett has a wholesale ice-house on the west side of the l)ay, 
which can easily contain eight thousand tons, and another house near the 
railroad yards, six thousand tons, besides his retail house on Front street. 
Mr. Jarrett has put up several additions to the second house mentioned, 
during tlie season, and new hoisting apparatus on both sides of the bay, at 
an expense of $4,500, he using steam power and the Hughes, Loomis & Go's, 
patent for taking the ice out of tiie river and distributing it in any part of the 
ice-house. Messrs. Hutmacher & Kreitz have adopted the same s^-stem, as 
have also Hess & Loury. Mr. Jones lias the Knickerbocker endless chain at 
his ice-house, wliile horse power is in use at the other houses where steam 
lias not yet been adopted. 

Near the deep water of the l)ay are located the two houses of tlie Missis- 
sip])i ice company, capable of accommodating eleven thousand tons. Be- 



458 HISTORY <<y ADAMS COUNTY. 

sides these, on the bay, are Dick Brotliers', three thousand tons ; the C, B. 
»fe Q., live hundred tons ; and on tlie west side of the river, Whipple's, four 
thousand tons. In addition to all of these, liuwever, Dick Brothers have 
liouses on Spring street and at tlie brewery, for ten tiionsand tons additional. 
A number of barges are used for the same ])nrpose ; Ilutinacher & Kreitz 
having several and Hess & Loury eight, which will be engaged in gathering 
the ice in other localities. Rati, Bro. & Co. have also erected a new ice- 
house near their brewery, costing over ;S1,000. It will be seen, from the 
figures given, that, v/itli minor repairs, not less than $70,000 have been ex- 
pended in ])reparing for the ice harvest this season. If the crop is large, 
the dealers will put into the houses one hundred and twenty-five thousand 
tons, to do which they will have to employ one thousand five hundred men 
and several hundred teams. If the pay to the laborer is estimated cor- 
rectly, the gathering of the ice crop will necessitate the payment to the 
workingmen of the community of $35,000 to $-40,003. From this fact alone 
can be estimated the importance of the enterprise in the city. 

CHURCHES. 

The church history of Quincy, commencing with the first religious })lace 
of worship in 1828, and including a brief mention of all tlie societies tliat 
liave since been established in Quincy, will be found both interesting and 
instructive. The following history is from the Quincy Daily Whi(j of a 
recent date : 

THE FIKST C0NGK?:GATI0NAL CHURCH. 

The early inhabitants of Quincy were first assembled for public worship 
in 1828, by the Rev. Jabez Porter, of Massachusetts, who came to Quincy 
in search of health. He oi'ganized a Sunday-school and called the peoj)le 
together for Sunday services in the small log court-house on the southeast 
corner of the ]>ublic s<]uare. His health rapidly declined and in November, 
1829, he died. In Novemljer, 1830, as we learn from a manual of the 
Congregational church, the Rev. Asa Turner, Jr., ot Templeton, Mass., 
came to (Quincy as a missionary of the American Home Missionary Society. 
Under his agency the first church of any name organized in Quincy, 111., 
was formed, consisting of the following members, viz.: Amos Bancroft, 
Adelia IJancroft, Rufus Brown, Nanc^v Brown, Peter Felt, Mary Felt, 
Henry II. Snow, Lucy K. Snow, Levi Wells, Anna Wells, Maria Robbing, 
Margaret Rose, Martha Turner, Daniel Henderson and Hans Patten. 
This little band of fifteert took on the covenant of an organized christian 
Icllowship on Saturday afternoon, December, 4-, 1830, in the log house of 
Peter Felt, on the southwest corner of Maine and Fourth streets. The 
Rev. Cyrus L. W^atson was ]>resent to aid Mr. Turner in the organization. 
At first they called the church Presbyterian, but October 10, 1833, they 
changed the name, by a unanimous vote, to C<)ngregational. 

Services were held for nearly a year in the log court-house and at the 
private residence of Rufus Brown, when the suciety secured a room twenty 
ieet square, over the residence of Levi AV'ells, on the southwest corner of 
Maine and Fifth streets. It was soon found, however, that the room was not 
large enough and tlie society built a chapel on Fourth street, between Maine 
and Jersey, where Aldrich & Corbin's livery stable now stands, 22x26 feet 
in size, it being the first church of anv kind built in the citv. This build- 



HISTOEY OF ADAMS COfNTV. 469 

iiig was always known as "The Lord's Barn." It did not contain a single 
piece of npholstery. The seats and pulpit were of planed boards. The 
bell, earned and paid for by the neeillework and enterprise of the women, 
was suspended in the rear of tlie church on two poles, and the bell-rope 
entered the house tlirough a hole in the wall. The same bell now hangs 
in the tower of Trinity M. E. Church, corner Fifth and Jersey streets. 
The Rev. Mr. Turner remained pastor until 1838, two hundred and forty- 
lour persons joining the church during his ministry. In 1841-42 the so- 
ciety erected the church on the corner of Fifth and Jersey streets, the Rev. 
Horatio Foote then being pastor. June 8, 1847, the society divided and a 
part of the church with the pastor Ijuilt the edifice on the corner of Fourth 
and Jerse}' streets. 

This was known as the Center Congregational Church, and was soon en- 
larged and improved until it attained its present size. The Rev. Mr. 
Foote remained pastor until old age compelled him to retire from the 
active duties of the ministrj-. After several changes tiie Rev. S. R. 
Dimock, of Syracuse, N. Y., was called and remained the pastor until tlie 
union of the two churches, when he assumed the pastorate of the joint 
church. 

At the time of the division the Rev. Rollin Mears became pastor of the 
First church, corner Fifth and Jersey streets, his labors continuing until 
1852. After the close of his pastorate the First Church was without a 
regfilar minister for two years, the Rev. Samuel H. Emery being the next 
pastor. He remained with the church until March, 1869, when the two 
churches united, services then being held at the First Church. 

The elegant Iniilding now occupied by this society, which is known as 
the First Union Congregational Church, was something o\'er three years in 
Construction. The excavation for the foundation was commenced on the 
4th day of September, 1871 ; the foundation was completed and the brick- 
work commenced in the month of May, 1872, and the whole was under 
roof in December following. 

January 19, 1873, the transept portion, containing the Sunday-school 
room and the parlors, was so far completed as to be occupied for church 
and Sunday-school ]Mirposes, the society having held its last meeting at the 
old church two weeks previous. The main part of the new church was 
occupied for the first time October 18, 1874, at which time the dedication 
services were held, the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher preaching the sermon. 

The extreme length of the transept portion of the building inside is 
eiglity-three feet, and the width thirty-nine feet. The height of the apex 
of the ceiling in the Sunday-school room is thirty feet. The room will seat 
about four hundred persons. The lower story is occupied by two large 
parlors, which may l)e thrown into one, by a large dressing and cloak room 
and by the pastor's study. 

The extreme length of the main building inside is one hundred and four 
feet, the width si.xty and a half feet, the height of side walls thirty-tour 
feet and to apex of ceiling fifty feet. The extreme outside length of the 
whole, including main building and transept, is one hundred and fifty-eight 
feet, extreme width at the transept ninety feet and at the towers seventy- 
eight feet and four inches. 

The height of the small tower above the sidewalk is eighty-eight feet, 
and of the main tower one hundred and twenty-six feet. The mullions 
and tracery of the large south window are all of solid stone, no wood enter- 



460 HISTORY <IF ADAMS COUNTY. 

ing into any part of it, and in all its details it is a beautiful result of taste- 
ful design and skillful workmanship. 

The combined width of all doors opening out from the main audience 
room is thirty-five feet ten inches, distributed at both ends of the room, 
allowing e.xtraordinarv freedom for egress in case of emergency. The 
building cost, with the lot on which it stands, ^92,700. 

Tlie Rev. Mr. Dimock was succeeded by the llev. Lysander Dickerman, 
January 21, 1S72. The present pastor, the Rev. Edward Anderson, for- 
merly of Jamestown, N. Y., came to Qnincy early in 1S74. There are now 
about three Inmdred members. The Sunday-school lias a membership of 
three hundred and fifty, Mr. E. K. Stone, Sr., being superintendent. 

THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL ZION CHURCH. 

The German Evangelical Zion Church, belonging to the Qnincy associa- 
tion 'of Congregational churches, is on Ninth street, between Ohio and 
Payson avenue. It was organized February 26, 1S58, and the ne.xt year 
the church occupied to the present day was built. It has sixty members. 
The Rev. Dr. Conrad is the pastor. 

THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. 

The first society of the Methodist denomination was formed in June, 
1835, by Benjamin Miin, services being held at the residence of Mr. Allen, 
on Maine, between Third and Fourth streets. The society was small, and 
services were conducted by the circuit rider, the Rev. Mr. "Williams. In 
the fall of 1S35, the Rev. Peter l!oren, the first regular minister, com- 
menced his labors, and meetings were held in the log court-house. This 
building was destroyed by fire in November and services were then held in 
a small school-house, on Maine, between Third and Fourth streets. In tlie 
meantime efforts were made to raise funds to build a churcli and the ladies 
organized a society of which ]\Irs. Lane was president, and held the first 
cliurch fair given in Quincy. Their efforts were successful and the funds 
thus raised, together with the monej' suljscribed for the purpose, were 
sufiicient to defray the necessary expenses of erecting a neat brick church 
fifty feet square, on Vermont street, between Fifth and Sixtii. It was 
dedicated December 25, 1836. This building was occupied by the society 
until 1863, when the congregation had become so large that it was neces- 
sary to secure more commodious rooms. The building was therefore sold 
and the lot on the corner of Vermont and Eighth streets, where the present 
church is located, was purchase<l witli a view to erecting a new church. 
In the meantime the society secured temporary accommodations in Kendall's 
hall, corner Maine and Sixth streets. This buildiuir was destroyed by tire 
in 1865 and the society bought the old Protestant Methodist Church, then 
located on Broadway near the corner of Sixth street, and moved it upon the 
lot which had been purchased two years previous. It was enlarged 
and improved and was occupied by the society until it was torn down to 
make room for the new church. Work on the new building was com- 
menced early in 1876, the foundations and basement being completed ready 
for occupancy last January. This room is still occupied by the society, it 
having been deemed advisable to suspend work upon the church for a short 
time. When the building is completed it will be 115x66 feet in size, 
with a frontage of eighty-five feet. It will be built entirely of stone and 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 461 

will cost $60,000. The Kev. Horace Eeed is the present pastor. He came 
to Quincy from Decatur in October, 1S76. The church numbers three 
hundred and fifty members. Mr. J. W. Boragardner is the superintendent 
of the Sunday-school, which has three hundred and fifty scholars. 

THE TRINITY M. E. CHURCH. 

The Trinity M. E. Church was organized in ISoO as a mission church, 
the Rev. Mr. Elliott, being the first pastor. The society purchased a 
small frame building, 30x-10 feet, on the corner of Jersey and Fifth 
streets, which had been erected by the Free Will Baptists. In ISol the 
Rev. J. L. Crane assumed the pastorate, and during his ministry of three 
years the society purchased a lot and built a church, 30x60 feet, on the cor- 
ner of York and Fifth streets. They worshiped in this building until 1873, 
when they purchased the church now occupied by them on the corner of 
Jersey and Fifth streets of the Congregationalists, paying $11,000 for it. 
The Rev. I. B. Henry, who has until recently been located at Pittsfield. 
111., is now the officiating clei'gyman at the Trinity church. There are at 
present two hundred and fifty scholars in the Sunday-school, Clark Ander- 
son being superintendent, and two hundred in the church. 

ST. Paul's church. , 

St. Paul's Church was organized at the last session of the state confer- 
ence. It includes a number of the leading members of the denomination 
in Quincy, and there is every indication that it will become one of the 
leading Methodist churches of the city at no distant day. The society has 
leased the old Westminster Presbyterian Church for the present, but steps 
will be taken in the spring to secure a permanent place of worship. St. 
Paul's has a present membership of nearly fifty, the Rev. G. R. S. McEl- 
fresh, of Carlihville, being the pastor. 

the artus chapel society. 

The Artus Chapel Society' was organized in April, 1874, the deeds for the 
land on which the building stands — which was donated to the association 
by Messrs. Artus and Webster — being delivered on the 29th of that* 
month. The property was conveyed to the incorporators, Messrs. Beard, 
Sinnock, Parsons, Hill and Weber, for the M. E. church. One condition 
of the gift was that the chapershould be erected immediately. Accordingly, 
the Rev. Peter Wallace, who was presiding elder of the district at that 
time, went to work, raised money, and had the handsome building com- 
pleted and ready for occupancy on the 13th of September of the same year. 
An effort was made to ha%'e it dedicated on that date, but this failed because 
it was not fully paid for. But it was immediately turned over to the 
Methodist Episcopal conference, which has provided a minister a part of 
the time since until recently ; but all of the time it has been kept up as a 
mission Sunday-school. Within the past month the bishop of this confer- 
ence has authorized the Rev. Peter Wallace to discharge the duties of min- 
ister at the chapel at such times as his other duties will permit him to do 
60. The ground occupied by Artus Chapel is on Twentieth, between 
Hampshire and Vermont streets, 100x400 feet. The building cost about 
$2,000. 



462 THE GERMAN SI. E. CHCECH. 

In 1845 a few of the German members of the Vermont street M. E. 
church organized the German M. E. church, the original members num- 
bering but seven, all of whom have since died or moved away frt.>m the 
citv. Mr. George Schultheis and Mr. J. Kinkel and others joined so'-in 
after the organization, however, and in 1S46 a small brick meeting-hou- 
forty feet square, was built on Jersey street, between Fifth and Sixt^ 
where the present church is situated. The Rev. Philip Barth, the first 
minister, remained Init two years, and was succeeded by the Rev. Wm. 
Schreck. The Rev. Mr. Iluebner, the Rev. S. Barth, and a number of others 
have occupied the pulpit, the Rev. E. C. Magaret, who came here in 1S75, 
now being the minister. The present brick church, which is 40x60 feet in 
size, was built in 1S54, at a cost of §6,000. During the present year it has 
been enlarged and improved to tKe amount of $1,700. 

THE BETHEL MISSION. 

The congregation worshiping in the Bethel Mission chapel, at Jeffer- 
son and Twelfth streets, was organized seven years ago. The Rev. Henry 
Thomas was the first minister, remaining for three years, followed by the 
Rev. Jacob Feisel, for one year ; and last fall came- the Rev. Mr. Talenhorst, 
the present pastor. Among the prominent and well-known members are Jno. 
Fischer, C. Brante, Adam Fick. A. H. Schneder, and Chris. Weiss. The 
church is of brick, and when first put up cost 83.500 : but since then an 
addition worth §1.500, and a parsonage costing §1,4()0, have been added. 
The ground is worth $2,000. The Bethel Mission has a large Sunday- 
school. 

THE PROTESTANT METHODIST CHCECH. 

The Protestant Methodist was one of the earliest churches formed in 
Quiucy, its organization dating back to the year lsi36. There were but 
eight original members. Mr. Joel Rice being the only one now living. Ser- 
vices were held for a short time in a small frame building on the south side 
of Maine street, between Third and Fourth, and also on Jersey street, east 
of Fifth. The Rev. William Miller was the first minister, and during his 
pastorate the society met in the school-house on Fifth street, where the old 
court-house is now located. About the year 1S39 the society built a frame 
church, 30x50 feet in size, on Broadway, between Sixth and Seventh, at a 
cost of about $1,500. The membership was materially increased, and for a 
number of years this church occupied a prominent place among the religi- 
ous organizations of the city. In 1S65 the numbers had l>ecome so muo 
reduced by death and the removal of the members from Quincy that v. 
society was disbanded and the church building removed. 

THK SOCTHERN METHODIST SOCIETY. 

The Southern Methodist Society, which passed out of existence as a 
church nearly twenty-five years ago. was organized in 1S47, by Bishop Mar- 
vin. Among the early meml>ers were Mr. E. W. Clowes, Mr. Best. Mr. 
Price and wife, and others, nearly all of whom have since died. Services 
were held for a short time in the Free Will Baptist church, on Fifth street, 
but the society afterwards built a small brick church on the east side of 
Fourth street, between Jersey and York, which was afterward occupied by 



HISTORY OF ADA3I5 COUNTY. 463 

the Christian society, and is now nsed as a dwelling. At the end of five or 
six years, the church had become so much reduced by death and the 
removal of the members from the city that the society was disbanded. 

THE AFRICAif 31. E. CHCRCH. 

The tirst church organized br the colored people in Quiney was the 
African Metliodist Episcopal, which was formed in 1S50. Meetings were 
held in a small frame building on the corner of Fifth and Jersey streets, 
but the society was small and not very prosperous. In 1S53 the church was 
reorganized, however; soon after, the lot where the present church is located, 
on (->ak street, between Ninth and Tenth, was purchased, and a small frame 
building put up at a cost of about Sl.O'iO. In 1S63, during the pastorate 
of the Rev. Henry Brown, of Springfield, an addition was built, and the 
society received a large number of new members. A day school was car- 
ried on in connection with the church. In 1S66 the building was destroyed 
by fire and services were held for a time in the old First Baptist Church 
until the completion of the building now occupied by the society. It is 
built of brick, is eighty feet long by forty feet wide, the valiie of the prop- 
erty being $4,000. The Kev. Mr. Derrick is now pastor, the church hav- 
iuir a membership of one hundred and sixty. 

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 

Last winter the First Presbyterian society lost by fire their new church 
building which stood on the corner of Eighth street and Broadway. It 
was completed and just ready for occupancy when the calamity occurred. 
It is to be rebuilt on the old plan, and it is hoped will be completed within 

vear. The foundation was laid during the fall of 1876. It was of 
' architecture, and was built entirely of stone. The extreme dimen- 

- ire llSx69 feet, the stone spire being 156 feet in height. The audi- 
:; is 64x76 feet in size, and had a seating capacity of over SOO. In the 
cement of seats care was taken to have them all face the pulpit, and 

:'- >or rises gradually from the pulpit to a point near the front of the 

11, where the ascent becomes more abrupt, the last few rows of pews 

being over the vestibule. By this arrangement all of the space in the 

■interior of the church as far back as the front wall was made available for 

=" "- The lecture-room, which was on the first floor, was 5S feet long 

feet wide; the church parlors and pastor's study were also on this 

Steam was used for heating the building. The oost of the church 

eted was $50,000, and the total value of the church property was 

'0. The history of the First Presbyterian society has been marked by 

y progress and uninterrupted prosperity. The preliminary meeting 

rganization was held at the old land office of Mr. Hoffman. Dec. 17, 

On the 13th of the following January another meeting was held at 

- i-ne place, when twelve persons banded themselves together, taking the 
--:-■ of the First Presbyterian Church. Messrs. A. M. Hoffman. Levi 

jWeils. and Phillip Skinner being elected elders. Of the original members 
Isix are now living: Mr. Samuef P. Church, Mr. Robert THlson, Mr. and 

Ers. Clark B. Chnrch, Mrs. J. K. Webster and Mrs. Anna Wells. Jan. 
', 1S40, the church was publicly instituted in the old court-house, the 
Bv. Mr. Cole, of Payson, and the Rev. Mr. Nichols, of Columbus, oflici- 
iting. Services were held for a time in the old court-house, and afterward 

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4G4 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

in the basement of tlie First Baptist Church, on Fourth street, the Rev. Mr. 
Marks having assumed the pastorate, March 4, 1S40. It was during this 
year that the brick cliurch now occupied by the society was commenced, 
the Rev. Dr. Nelson assisting in laj'ing the corner-stone. The church was 
not completed until two years later, however. At the time the view from 
the porch in front of the church to the public square was unobstructed, 
and soon after the trustees considered measures to prevent the erection ot 
a building on Maine street, between Fifth and Sixth, which would shut out 
the view of the square. In 1851 the building was enlarged by an addition 
of thirty feet, and has remained as it was then finished until the present 
time, the property being worth about $15,000. 

This church has had but four pastors. The Rev. Mr. JIarks closed his 
labors in 1855, and was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. King, who occupied the 
pulpit until July 1, 1807. After him came the Rev. Dr. Priest, who 
remained until May 1, 1875, when the present pastor, the Rev. Newman 
Smyth, came to Quincy from Bangor, Maine. Since the organization over 
900 persons have been connected with this church. The present member- 
ship is 350. Mr. J. "W. Stewart is superintendent of the Sunday-school, 
which numbers 300 scholars. 

WESTMINSTER CHURCH. 

Westminster Church was organized in 1853, tliere being at that time 
about twenty members. Services were first held in the old Episcopal 
Church, where Col. Morton's residence now stands. In 1854 the building 
was moved to Sixth street, near the corner of Maine, and reconstructed and 
repaired. The Rev. William McCandish was the first minister, his con- 
nection with the church terminating in 1858. After lie left, the society 
had no I'egular pastor for some time. Dr. Warren being the next to occupy 
the ]uilpit. He remained four years and was followed by the Rev. James 
A. Piper. The society built the church on Hampshire street, between 
Ninth and Tenth, at a cost of $3,500, the lion. O. H. Browning donating 
the lot. The Rev. S. B. Holmes, the last regular pastor, came to Quincy in 
1873 and remained two years. In 1875 the society was reunited with the 
First Presbyterian Church, and the church property reverted to that 
organization. 

SPRUCE STREET CHURCH. 

Spruce Street Church, which was organized in the old Sixth Street 
Temple, has removed from its temporary location and built a neat and com- 
fortable little church on Spruce street, between Sixth and Seventh. The 
building will hold about 300 people, and is built with a view to adding a 
transept in the near future, which will about double its capacity. The first 
])ublic service at 'the new church was held Nov. 18, 1877. The Rev. J. P. 
Dawson is the pastor. 

THE FIKST BAPTIST CHURCH. 

July 4, 1835, the first meeting of the residents of Quincy of the Bap- 
tist denomination was held for the purpose of organizing a church. Tlie 
initial steps were then taken, but the church was not fully organized until 
the 29th of the following month, at a meeting held at the residence of Mr. 
R. Turner. There were three ministers present at this meeting, the Revs. 
John Clark, Alvin Baily and C. Greenleaf. The persons constituting the 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 465 

church were Ebenezer Turner. Reuben Turner, Henry Burrell, J. T. Os- 
good, A. C. Lightfoot, Eliza A. Lightfoot, Mary T. Turner, and Charlotte 
Bnrrell. The following soon after united with those already named: Sam- 
uel Davis. Abigail Davis, the Rev. Ezra Fisher, Lucy Fisher, Mary Turner, 
Andrews Seger, Ann Seger, Mary Pease, and Rebecca Pease. Mr. Ebe- 
nezer Turner and John Brown were ordained deacons. Meetings were 
held for a time at the old Safford school-house, corner Fifth and Jersey 
streets, and at the residences of the members of the church, the Rev. E. 
Fisher being the first pastor. Aug. 13, 1836, the church was admitted to 
the Salem association. In 1S37 the lot on Fourth street, between Hamp- 
shire and Vermont, where Hanworth, Orr & Hodgdon's planing mill now 
stands, was purchased and a small frame church was built. Great sacrifices 
were made to complete the church, as none of the members were wealthy, 
but many of them gave nearly all they possessed to finish the building. It 
is said that Mr. Ebenezer Turner donated $500 in cash — a large amount in 
those early days — which was all the money he had. The Rev. Mr. Fisher 
remained with the church until 1S40, when the Rev. E. C. Brown accepted 
a aell. his ministry continuing for five years. He was succeeded by the 
Rev. S. S. Parr, who remained two years, and was succeeded by the Rev. 
Aaron Jackson. In 1848 the Rev. W. W. Keep accepted the pastorate, 
and during that year the church was enlarged and greatly improved. He 
remained until 1855, and for nearly three years after his resignation the 
church was without a regular minister. In 1858 the Rev. J. V. Scofield 
became pastor, and he was succeeded in 1863 by the Rev. C. E. Bristol, 
who joined the army as chaplain in 1864. The church was again without a 
pastor for a short time, but in 1865 the Rev. John Kelly was called, and in 
1866 the Rev. S. A. Taft became pastor. In 1870 the pulpit was filled l)y 
the Rev. A. B. Miller, who was followed by the Rev. W. D. Clark. In the 
winter of 1872 the society purchased the church now occupied by them of 
the Congregationalists, paying $26,000 for it. The present pastor, the Rev. 
Charles Whiting, D. D., came to Quincy in January, 1874, from Ft. Scott, 
Kas. The church at the present time has a memliership of 200. The Sun- 
day-school has 300 scholars, Mr. F. A. Everett being superintendent. 

VERMONT STREET CHURCH. 

Vermont Street Church is an outgrowth of tlie First Baptist Church , 
and was organized April 27, 1856, with forty-two members. The trustees 
were Messrs. E. Gove, John Seaman, A.C. Lightfoot, C. M. Pomroy, and J. C. 
Bernard, and tlie deacons were Messrs. C. M. Pomroy, J. C. Bernard, H. N. 
Lewis, and O. J. Fletcher. The church now occupied by the society, cor- 
ner Vermont and Seventh streets, was completed in the fall of 1857, and 
was dedicated Oct. 7th, of that year. The Rev. Joseph R. Manton was the 
first pastor, his labors continuing until July, 1860. Since that time the 
church has had but five regular pastors. The Rev. H. M. Gallaher from 
I860 to 1864; the Rev. Frank Remington from 1864 to 1866; the Rev. 
Thomas W. Goodspeed from 1866 to 1872; the Rev. F. D. Rickerson from 
1872 to 1876; the Rev. J. B. English from 1876 to 1S77. The present 
membership is 300. Mr. J. M. Hyman is the superintendent of the S'ln- 
day-sciiool, which numbers 200 scholars. The church and parsonage is 
valued at $40,000. 

SPRUCE STREET CHAPEL. 

Spruce Street Chapel was built by the Vermont Street Church in 1869, 
for a mission school, Mr. Charles H. Spencer being the first superintend- 



466 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

ent. It is located on the corner of Spruce and Fifth streets, and cost, witli 
tlic lot, $3,200. Mr. R. W. Gardner, who has arhva3's manifested a deep 
interest in the cliapel, is the present superintendent, the school numbering 
125 scholars. 

THK OKKMAX BAPTIST CHURCH. 

Tiie only German Baptist Churcli in the city is situated on the corner 
of Tenth and "Washington streets. It is a little brick building, ]Mit up in 
1S73, costing, witli tiie lot, $2, 700. The membershij) numbers only twenty- 
three. The church was organized in 1849. and lirst held services in the 
church on the corner of Jersey and Eighth streets, now used Ity tlie colored 
]ieu])le, to wliDin it was sold in 1S67. The German Baptists had ])uilt it 
ju.-t after forming their society. ,The first minister which presided over 
this congregation was the Rev. Mr. Gladfelt. He was here when tlie 
original church was erected. The present pastor is the Rev. Charles Ross, 
who came to (jiiincy three years since. The church has a flonrisliing Sun- 
day-school. Few, if any, of the early members of the churcli are now con- 
nected witli it. they having nearly all died or removed from the city. Of 
the dozen who formed the church were Mr. Ilintze, Mr. Linke. Mr. DfCscher, 
and Mr. Huksal. 

I HE FKKK WILL BAniST CHURCH. 

The Free AVill J?aptist Church is known only to the early settlers of 
Quincy, as it ceased to exist thirty years ago. In the fall of 1S43 the 
society was organized l)y the Rev. C. M. Sewell, a missionary from the 
cast, there being at that siine twelve members. During the tall and winter 
of that year the meetings were held in the second story of a small building 
on Jersey street. In the following spring a frame church, 30.\4o feet, was 
built on the corner of Jersey and Fifth streets, at a cost of $l,5i>0. Among 
tlie early members of the societv were Deacon Brown, Nicholas and John 
Bickford, "W. Lyford. Mrs. DeCrow. D. G. Stockwell and wife, S. B. Stev- 
ens and Benjamin Gate. In 1S48 the society was disbanded, owing to the 
removal of a number of the leading members from the city. . 

.lERSEY STREET BAPTIST CHURCH (cOLORED). 

In 1865 the colored people formed tlie Jersey Street Baptist Church, 
with fifty-five members. The Rev. Henry Mosely was tlie first minister, 
and services were first held in the building on the corner of Maine and 
Sixth streets, which was also used during the war by the Needle Pickets. 
It was afterward removed and is now used by E. M. Miller A: Co. In 1866 
the church now occupied by the society, corner Jersey and Eighth streets, 
was purchased for $1,500, and was improved soon after to the amount of 
$800. The Rev. G. G. Robinson, of Virginia, is the present minister, the 
church having a meinbershi]i of 170. There are 110 scholars in the Sun- 
dav-school, Mr. Martin Hammond being superintendent. The church is 
a Irame building, 40.\60, and will seat about 400 persons. 

EPISCOPAL CHURCHES. 

St. John's Church, the first Episcopal parish organized in Quincy, was 
formed in 1837 by Bishop Chase, there then being eight or nine communi- 
cants, Mr. Setli C. Sherman being one of the original members. Services 
were held for a time in the old land-office building on tlie corner of Hamp- 





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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 467 

shire and Sixtii streets, also at the residence of Mr. DeHaveii, and occa- 
sional meetings were held at the residence of Mr. Avise. and in the build- 
ing then known as the " Lord's Barn." The first cliiirch was built in 
1837-3S', on Sixth street, between Hampshire and Vermont, on a part of a 
lot now occupied bv Col. Morton's residence. It was a neat little frame 
building, which would accommodate between 300 and 400 persons. The 
first rector of tlie church was tlie Rev. John Selwood, a missionary; the 
first rector deriving no support from missions, and succeeding Mr. Sel- 
wood, was the Rev. Geo. P. Giddinge, D. D., who retained the rectorship 
for over twenty years. Services were held on Sixth street until the com- 
pletion of the handsome church, or a part of the church, now occupied by 
the parish on the corner of Hampshire and Seventh streets, in 1849. It 
cost $10,000 as first built, but in 1867 it was completed as it now stands, 
at an additional expense of $10,000. The building is entirely of stone, is 
of tlie early English style of arcliitecture, and is one of the most beautiful 
in the city. The church property, including the tine organ, is valued at 
$60,000. The Rev. Ritchie is at present priest in charge and superintend- 
ent of the Sunday-school. Tiie church has 150 communicants, and there 
are 12.5 scholars in the Sunday-school. 

GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION. 

The enterprise whicii resulted in the formation of the parish of the 
Good Shepherd, was inaugurated bv a few persons as a mission Sunday- 
I school, in June, 1870. Five children and two ladies, together with tive 
.teachers, composed the first assembly, which was held in a frame building 
near the corner of York and Seventh streets, the building being afterward 
'destroyed by fire. The school rapidly increased in numbers, however, and 
lat the end of a few months services were held in the brick building on the 
isoutheast corner of York and Seventh streets. 

At a meeting held Jan. 23, 1871, the Good Shepherd parish was orga- 
nized. The church now occupied by the parish, on Twelfth street, between 
Maine and Hampshire, was commenced during the year, and was ccmsecra- 
ted (being free from debt) by the late Bishop Whitehouse in the spring of 
I |1872. The church cost $10,500, the lot on wliich it stands being donated 
I jby Mr. .John L. Moore. That gentleman afterward purchased and deeded 
I (to the bishop of Illinois, the dwelling adjoining on the north, for a par- 
'sonage. The church is a handsome frame building of purely Gothic arclii- 
(tecture, and will seat 350 persons, A feature of the building is the ruag- 
initicent memorial windows, painted from original designs ijy Duremus, 
there being no finer work of the kind in any church in this country. The 
'■l::iucel window is a memorial to the late Rev. Dr. Giddinge, whose labors 
materially advanced the interests of the church. The triple window in 
■ western end is a memorial to the children of Mr. and Mrs. James P. 
i-^]>kine. The total value of the church property is $17,000. There are at 
|ire>ent 121 communicant?. The Rev. Dr. Corbyn has been the rector 
since the organization of tlie parish, and he is also the supei'intendent of 
jthe Sunday-school. 

J ST. alisan's chapel. 

1 St. Albans is a neat brick chapel, corner Spruce and Twenty-second 
Streets, and was built and is sustained b}' Mr. John L. Moore. It was com- 
(pleted Nov. 1, 1875, at a cost of $1,000, and is 20x30 feet in size. Mr. 



468 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Moore conducts the chapel services, which are held ret^nlarly each Sabbath. 

Eflbrts have been made bv the Episcopalians of the State from time 
to time to effect a division of the diocese of Illinois, as it was considered 
much too large for the supervision of a single bishop. Until recently, how- 
ever, the movement has met with indifferent success. During the summer 
of 1877 the (question of a division was again brought before the diocese "f 
Illinois, and the convention at Chicago voted to divide the State inti) three 
dioceses, making Quincy, Chicago and Springfield the See cities. At the 
general convention held in Boston, in October, the action of the State con- 
vention was ratified. According to this division the Quincy diocese com- 
prises the territory west of the Illinois river, and south of the southern 
boundary line of Lee and Whiteside counties. It contains twenty-three 
})arishes, several mission stations and three church institutions, viz.: Lind- 
say church home, in this city; St. Mary's school for girls, at Knoxville, and 
Jubilee college, Kobins Kest, Peoria county. St. Joiui's parish has deeded 
St. John's Church to the bishop for a cathedral, and tlie work of organizing 
the diocese was perfected by selecting the Rev. Alexander Burgess, of 
Massachusetts, as the bishop. He delivered his inaugural sermon in the 
followitig June. 

As the dioceses are now named from the See city, this diocese will for- 
ever be known as the diocese of Quincy. The formation of this diocese, 
therefore, marks an important ])oint in the chui'ch history of Quincy, as it 
not only links it to the old, historic cities of the past, but gives assurance 
that the name will be carried down through the ages as long as tlie church 
has a history. Quincy will alwa3's be a cathedral city, and the presiding 
bishop will always be known as the Bishop of Quincy; thus giving the city 
a prominence in the history of the church to which it could not otherwise 
attain. 

CHRISTIAN CUUKCH. I 

There is but one Christian church in Quincy, this being organized in 
1850. Previous to that time a few of the members had gathered in a room 
rented for the ])urpo.se, and held service; but it was not until the year 
mentioned that the congregation leased the church on Fifth street, between 
Jersey and York, owned by the Free Will Baptists, and had regular meet- 
ings. Of the constituent members at that time, probably twenty in num- 
ber, the names of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Kinman, Mr. Renfrow, Mr. 
Ilatchett and wife, Mr. Laughlin and wife. Mr. ilarcus Turner and wife 
(now of Alton), and Mr. Henry Kem]* and wife, are recalled: b\it of all 
who organized the church only Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Kinman and J\lr. Ren- 
frow are living in the city. President Mur])hy, of Aln'ngdon college, was 
the first jiastor, coming to Quincy in 1850. Tlie Christains bought the, 
church belonging to the Southern Methodists, on Fourth, between Jersey 
and York, about 1856. They held services tliere until eight years ago, when 
they sold it and built the present Christian Church, at Broadway and Ninth 
streets. The Rev. Dr. Hatch, of Hannibal, succeeded Mr. Mur])hy in the 
pastorate, in 185(i. and was followed by Elder Simms, Elder Howe, Elder 
McCullough and Elder Clark, tiie latter retii'ing during the past year 
Elder J. T. Toof took charge of the congregation this fall. The churcl 
now has a menibersbip of 200. 

.JEWISH CHURCH. 

The first church organized by the Jewish people of Quincy, wael 
formed December 14, 1856, there being at that time twenty-three members.! 



IIISTOEY OB- ADASrS COUNTY. 469 

Meetings were held for a time on Hampshire street, l>etween Fifth and 
Sixth, the Rev. Mr. Israel being the first minister. The frame synagogue 
on Sixth street, between Vermont and Broadway, was built in 1866, and 
cost, with the lot, $12,700. It was dedicated August 3, by the Rev. Dr. 
Vidaver, of New York City. July 29, 1872, this society united with the 
congregation of B'nai Sholem. The K. K. B'nai Sholem was organized 
October 20, 1864. with twenty-one members. The Rev. Mr. Rauh was the 
first minister, and for three years services were held in Fisher's Hall, on 
Fourth street, near the corner of Hampshire. In 1869 the society held 
services for a short time in the old First Baptist church. The ladies held 
a fair in the fall of 1868, by which a considerable amount, to assist in build- 
ing a new church, was realized. In February, 18t)9, the lot wliere the pres- 
ent temple stands was purchased, and work on the building was soon after 
commenced; July 30, the corner-stone was laid with Masonic ceremonies, 
the Grand Master of the State Vjeing present. The address was delivered 
by the Rev. Dr. I. M. Wise, of Cincinnati. The building was dedicated 
September 8, 1870, by the Rev. Dr. M. Fluegel, who was the rabbi at that 
time. The temple is built of brick and stone, after the Moorish style of 
architecture. It is seventy feet deep by forty feet wide, and eighty-four 
feet in height. The Rev. Isaac Moses is the present rabbi, and is also the 
superintendent of the Sabbath-school. There are aliout sixty members, 
representing a congregation of about 500, and the Sunday-school has nearly 
150 scholars. The congregation l)elongs to the union of American He- 
brew congregations, and the services are conducted strictly in accord- 
ance with reform principles. 

UNITAEIAN CHURCH. 

The first churcii of the Unitarian denomination was organized in De- 
cember, 1840, the original church including twelve members. The Rev. 
Geo. Moore, of Concord, Mass., was tlie first pastor, the society having 
built a small frame church on Maine street, where Pinkhara Hall is now 
located. Mr. Moore remained with the society until 1S47, when he died. 
In 1850 the church building was moved to Maine street, near the corner of 
Fourteenth, and sold to Mr. Pinkham, the society building a frame church 
on the south side of Jersey street, near Sixth, the same year. In 1858 the 
present chui'ch was built, Mr. R. S. Benneson donating the lot. The church 
is a handsome brick edifice, with seating capacity of 600, the Sunday-school 
room, church parlors, pastor's study, etc., being in the rear. The Sunday- 
school superintendent is Mrs. R. S. Benneson, and there are about 225 
scholars. The Rev. F. L. Hosmer occupied the pulpit from 1872 to the 
Spring of 1877, the Rev. J. Vila Blake, of Boston, being the present 
I pastor. 

LUTHERAN CHUECHES. 

! In 1837 a small number of Lutherans banded themselves together 

j and organized this church. They commenced work immediate)}' to secure 
I a meeting house. Gov. John Wood liaving given them a lot on the east side 
j of Seventh street, between York and Kentucky. Here they built a brick 
/ church 30x55 feet in size, the ground at that time being more than twenty 
' feet higher than the present level. In 1S6S the ground was graded down, 
' and the present church built at a cost of $22,000. It has a membership of 
\ about 100. The Rev. Louis Iladter has been pastor and superintendent of 
j the Sunday-school for the past four years. 



470 HISTORY OF ADAMS COCNTY. 

Like all tlie other societies in Qnincy, the Evangelical Salem had a 
small beginning, $],6(>0 being considered a sufficient amount to build their 
lirst church. This was in ls4S, the building being of brick, and occupying 
the corner of State and Ninth streets. In 1S03 the clmrch was enlarged by 
building on an addition of twenty feet, making it 40x70 feet in size. For 
some time past, however, the society has been contemplating making a still 
further enlargement, as it had increased to such proportions as to make this 
step necessary. The large and handsome church now occupied by this con- I 
gregation was accordingly commenced, and was completed and dedicated a 
short time since. The building is OO.xl20 feet, of brick and stune, of Gothic 
architecture. The tower, from the basement to the top is 220 feet high. 
There are 400 male members of this church, jtrobably a larger number than 
belongs to any other church in the cit}-. The interior of the edifice is in 
keeping with its exterior, being handsomely finished and furnished. On 
either side of the black walnut pulpit is a room for the use of the pastor, 
while the auditorium, with the spacious gallery, affords seating capacity for 
1,500 people. The building is heated by steam, having a furnace similar 
to that in the new court-house. The windows are of colored glass of beau- 
tiful design. Two large chandeliers, with side-lights, costing $C50, and a 
large organ, liave been put np. The cost of the church complete has been 
$45,000r 

Tlie Rev. S. Kuhlenlia?lter, the present pastor, has occupied the 
pulpit of this church for the past seventeen years. A large and prosper- 
ous school is carried on in connection with the church. 

St. Jacobi church was started in ISol. It first met at the corner of 
Eighth and Jersey streets, in the church now occupied by the colored peo- 
ple. This church seems to have done pioneer service for several of the re- 
ligious bodies, as we have already mentioned others which occupied it at 
various times. The St. Jacobi congregation built its present brick church 
at Eighth and Washington streets eleven years ago. Then (1S6G) it cust 
$lo,000. Two parsi^inages are connected with it. one of them, erected about 
two years ago, being valued at 83,000, and the old one at ^l.Cnn. Louis 
Golm, F. W. Menke, Henry Heidbreder, Henry Bitter, Henry Menke, Au- 
gust Iltner, and Henry Pieper, were among the prominent members of the 
church from its origin. Their first pastor was the Eev. August Schmieding, 
who remained with them from ISoO till lS7o, when the Rev. Wm. Haller- 
berg took charge, and remains with them. The congregation includes 200 
male members. 

St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, on the corner of Nintli and 
York streets, was built in 1S75. It is early English Gothic architecture, 
100x50 feet, built uf brick and stone, and having a slate roof. St. Peter's, ■ 
with Herman Heidbreder, Herman Brente, Loranz Lepper. George Good- 
apple. Peter Aleyer, Jacob Herman, and Bernard ileyer. and others as ear- 
nest supporters, commenced holding services in ISOO. These gentlemen 
purchased a frame church (Lutheran^ which stood at Ninth and \^ermont 
streets, and removed it to the corner of Ninth and York. It was torn down j 
in 1S75 to make room for the building now there. The latter cost $12,000, ' 
besides the property and school-houses and grounds — the whole being worth i 
$20,000. ' ' 

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church is located on Monroe between > 
Ninth and Tenth streets. It has about thirty male members. They built 
the church, which is of brick, three years ago, just after forming their 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 471 

society. It cost about $6,000. They also put up a school-house and a 
parsonasre for $4,000. The pastor, the Rev. Mr. Munzell, is at present in 
berlin. Germany. 

CATHOLIC CHURCHES. 

Certainly very few Protestants, and probably comparatively few Cath- 
olics, know and appreciate the importance and extent of the church and edu- 
cational buildings erected by members of the order of St. Francis, in East 
Quincy. And one can gain but a very inaccurate idea of the completeness 
of these buildings without a thorough examinati-on of them. From a very 
small beginning tliey have grown constantly and rapidly, until now the 
property as a whole, under the control of this order, probably exceeds in 
value that owned by any other denomination in the city. In 1859 ten of 
*'^ese Franciscan monks were sent to Quincy to found a church. They suc- 
V '.ed only partially at tirst, but built a church and convent of brick and 
-•lie. Subsequently other brothers of the order arrived and the number 
lias gradually increased, until there are about fifty of thera here. In 1864 
they put up a substantial school building, and in 1870 a handsome college, 
both of brick, the latter being chartered in 1872. Beginning witli only 
eighty or ninety scholars, the school now has about 400, and the college an 
■ e rage attendance of 100. "While there are fifty brothers of the order en- 
_ _-ed in the convent, the larger number of them are clerics, there being 
' ven teachers and two professors of piiilosophy. 

In connection with these establishments is an orphan asylum, founded 
I'V Father Scha?feiimeyer, now Father Laborius (he having joined the orderV 
Ti.e church editice. although small, is one of the most magniticent buildings 
: its character in this part of the country. The monks, appreciating the 
• ■ that it is inadequate for their use, are now contemplating putting up a 
, h larger and grander church on property adjacent secured for that pur- 
-f. They have purchased an additional block of ground just west <4' the 
■ sent building, and although the plan is not yet fully matured, it is prob- 
e that this will be the site of tiie new editice. Ten thousand dollars 
. e already been collected as a building fund. Half a block of ground 
tlie south side of the street belongs to the orphan asylum, and the 
nks have bought three-quarters of a block in Moulton's addition, one 
;k to the north. Mr. Christian Borstadt donated to the order all of the 
_ -und on which the church and other buildings now stand, f 'ur acres. 
Tiiis. with the property since acquired, makes about fifteen acres of ground 
'^'wned by these Franciscan monks. The real estate and buildings are 
■. ued at §250,000. The convent, church, school, etc, were put up by the 
thers themselves, many of whom are excellent workmen at various 
Hades. A considerable quantity of brick and other contributions were 
given thera by Mr. Thomas Redmond, who has shown equal liberality 
toward other Catholic institutions in the city. The buildings are heated 
by steam and lighted by gas, the gas works having been finished the pres- 
ent season. 

The order was established in Naples in 1208. It was distinguished 
by vows of absolute poverty and a renunciation of all the pleasures of the 
Wijirld. A rule of the order destined them to beg and preacli. and this was 
sanctioned by the pope. The Franciscans were granted many privileges, 
and the order spread rapidh*. finally comprising many monasteries, all es- 
tablished bv alms and contributions, as have been the convent, college and 



4:72 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

school at tliis city. The Franciscan order has at all times maintained its ' 
popularity in the Roman Catholic church. Numerous foreign missions are 
supplied by it. 

The liistory of the various Catholic churches in the city is almost one 
continuous story, as church aftor church has grown out of the original 
congregation until there are now four very large congregations, owning a 
like number of costlj- and beautiful edifices. The first Catholic society 
was worshi])ing as early as 1833. It was then composed of Germans and 
Irish, and held service only at such times as the missionary priest, Father 
Lefevre, could reach Quincy. The society occujiied a small frame dwell- 
ing on Broadway, near Eleventh street. Afterward a more coniniodious 
but very unjiretentious room was secured at the corner of Seventh and 
Kentucky streets, in which services'were held for some time, and then a 
church was built at Eight and Maine. 

Father Lefevre, who ])resided over the congregation, afterward attained 
considerable eminence in the church, and was linally made bishop of De- 
troit. Schouls were established almost as early as the church organization 
was perfected, and both Sunday- and day schools have been maintained 
ever since and have formed a very' important factor in the propagation ot 
the Catholic church. 

The St. Peter's Church was one of the first distinct organizations as 
an outgrowth of the whole Catholic element in Quincy u)) to 1S3S. It 
■ was not, however, until some years later that the liev. Father Tucker took 
charge of the cliurch and gave it the first onward push to success which 
has since been one of its characteristics. Father Tucker was a native of 
Illinois, having been born at Kaskaskia, and educated at the scIhjoIs estab- 
lished by the French missionary monks, whose settlement at that place 
over a hundred years ]>revious had already made the town famous in the 
Catholic world. The first edifice was erected on the present site, the St. 
Lawrence Church havinsr iireviously stood there. The ground was donated 
by an Englishman who had been converted to Catholicism, and who was 
known as a lord. This was in 1849, the societ}- occupying a little room on 
the north side of Maine street as a school-house. Father Derwin succeeded 
Father Tucker, and a few years afterward he was followed by Father 
O'Donnell, who remained here only a short time. He died of cholera at 
Ottawa, where he had gone on legal business. The next priest was Father 
Mcllhern, then Father Dempsey, then Father Laughlin, and finally, fifteen 
years ago, came Father McCirr, under whose management the very tine 
church now occupied was built. It is one of the principal churches in 
beauty of architecture and elaborate finish of which the city can boast. 
Connected with it is the St. Peter's school, a jireparatory department 
at which about .1.50 young scholars are in daily attendance. The congrega- 
tion is one of the largest in the city. Its propert}- is valued at §1UU.000. 

Another pioneer among the Catholic churches was the St. Boniface, 
organized in the winter of 1837-38. Its first church building was erected : 
on the west side of Seventh street, between York and Kentucky, — a small j 
frame — on grfuind given to the society by ex-Gov. Juhn Wood. Subse- j 
quently a lot was bought on the same street, between Hampshire and i 
Maine, just north of the present church, and thereon was put up probably ' 
the first brick bouse tor worship. The members of the St. Boniface con- 
gregation also went to work to raise funds, and bought the lots on the cor- 
ner of Seventh and Maine, which have since been occupied i)y them. The 
St. Boniface had the first regularly appointed priest that located in Quincy. 






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qUINCY 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



473 



This was the Rev. A. Bredweder, who came here ahuost direct from Ger- 
many in ISrlO, followed by a number of German families who had determ- 
ined" to take up an alwde wliere^- - he made his home. Tlie colony arrived 
at St. Louis, and after remaining "^re only a few weeks, Father Bredweder 
was directed to take charge of ti. " Boniface congregation, and they 
removed here with him. 

It was owing to the efforts of tliis priest that the society, as pt>or as it 
was, was enabled" to build the present St. Boniface Church. He collected a 
Slim of money to start with, and all connected with the church assisted by 
means of gifts uf In-ick and lumber in addition to the work, which was also 
done by them. It was commenced in 1S46, but was not tinished until 
three years afterward. In order to reach this conclusion, Father Bredweder 
made a journey to his home in Germany, and returned with money enough 
to accoinplish his object, coTitributed by friends of the church in that 
C'luntry. This priest "remained with the St. Boniface people several years, 
and after lie left there were no regular services until the arrival of Fatlier 
Kinstry in 1S51. While connected with the congregation Father Kinstry 
died and was buried in the Catholic cemetery at this city. He was suc- 
ot-eded by Father Eice, who remained but a short time. Father Rothe 
\\ as the next priest, and then the Rev. Father Scluvfermeyer, whom we 
have already mentioned in connection witn the Franciscan monks. In 
1872 Father Ostrop arrived and continued in charge of the church until 
1877, when the Rev. Father Jansen took his place. Father Jansen was 
for a number of years secretary of this diocese. It was under Father Os- 
trop's pastorate that the St. Boniface society was enabled to purchase the 
Browning property, on Seventh and Hampshire streets, at a cost of 850,- 
000, anderect thereon one of the largest school-houses in the State at an 
outlay of over 840,000. The corner-stone for this building was laid by 
Bishop Baltes in 1873. It contains to-day several iiundred scholars. This 
and the church property and school adjoining on Maine street are estimated 
to be worth at least 8::i00,000. 

St. Mary's Church, an offspring of the St. Boniface, is rapidly becom- 
ing large and influential. It was formed in 1867, when the presen*- I'and- 
some church editice on the corner of Seventii and Adams streets was 
begun. It is built of brick, 119 feet long and 60 feet wide. The congre- 
gation, originally numbering only about 40 families, now counts 250 — 
those living south of Ohio and east of Twenty-fourth streets. The tirst 
priest was the Rev. Theodore Bruner, who came to Quinc}- from Europe 
in 1868. In 1876 the present priest, the Rev. George ^Vfirbach, came to 
the city. Tlie St. Mary's lias a tine school in connection with the church, 
at which 200 children attend. The church and school-house cost 850,000. 

In addition to these churches, there are chapels at St. Mary's school 
and St. ]\Iarv's hospital, which are used mainly by the students and the 
Sisters of Charity. The chapel at the convent is included in the state- 
ment of the property under control of the Franciscan monks. 

yl'INCY WATER-WORKS. 

The history of the water-works, commencing with the first efforts to 
establish water-works in the city, may be briefly stated as follows: 

At the session <if the Illinois Legislature of 1868-69. a law was passed 
called the Water- Works Law, by which the city of Quincy could issue 
bonds, build works, create a board of water commissioners, etc. This 



47-t HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

law, to be valid, had to be voted for by the city of Qaincy, and this vote was 
taken in April, 1S69. on said law and a proposed new city charter. The water- 
works law. among otlier things, provided tor the issue of $650,000, eiglit 
per cent, bonds, and, if necessary, an additional |!200,00M; provided for 
the election of three water commissioners, with a salary each of i;2,000; a 
superintendent, with a salary not to exceed $3,000 per annum; and further 
provided that the salary of any other officers should not exceed §2,000 per 
annum each. Under tliis law, if it liad been adopted, the city would have 
had to pay: 

Eijtlit per cent, interest ou $G5O,00O. annually |r)3,000.(X> 

Salurii's three water coinmissioiiers, aniounl ti.\(,'il liy law (i.OOtJ.OO 

Superintendent, amount (ixtd by law , ". :{,(X)0.00 

Total |(il,000.00 

For other officers and as-sistauts usually employed about water-works, as follows: 

One hydraulic engineer and assistants if!4,000.00 

One dfaughtsmaiK 1,000.00 

One secretary 1,5(K).00 

'rSvo engine drivers and assistants 4,01)0.00 

Two sets fiiemen, four men 2,000.00 

Coal, takiuir Peoria for illustration, when coal is 7 and 8 cts. per liu 8,000.00 

Oil and waste 200.00 

Office rent 200.00 

Gas 200.00 

Incidentals, as stamps, iirintiug, stationary 200.00 

Total, i)er annum ^ti2,:^00.(X> 

Tiie above law will be found in the private laws of Illinois, page 269. 
It is a historical fact that said law was the embodiment of the best effort 
up to that time, made in the city of Quincy, to procure a water sup])ly; 
and it was not then supposed that water works could be built, which would 
meet the requirements, at a less cost than six to eight hundred thousand 
dollars. 

The vote of the city was taken upon the above law, and carried by a 
very large majority, but the act of the Legislature, upon which the vote 
was taken, by some oversight, lacked an enacting clause, and thus the city 
escaped that heavy outlay. In view of subse(|ueiit events, this escape from 
bonds can only be accounted for as the direct interference of Providence. 

In the latter part of the year A. D. 1871, a subscription paper was 
started, to secure subscribers to stock in a water-works company, to be 
organized Nov. 1, 1S71, with a view to making a satisfactory contract with 
the city of Qnincv to furnish water for public and private use. 

On the ,sth day of May, A. D. 1872, the '-Qnincy Water- Works Com- 
pany " was organized, witii the following directors: James D. ilorgan, 
Edward Prince, Robert S. Benneson, II. F. J. Ricker, John Robertson, 
Lorenzo Bull, and Ilenry Root. The foll<.)wing were elected officers of the 
board: Jas. D. Morgan, President; Edward Prince, Secretary; H. F. J. 
Ricker, Treasurer. The certificate of the organization of the company 
was tiled in the office of the Secretar}- of State, on the 'Jth day of May, A. 
D. 1872. The capital stock of the company was stated to be $200,(i00. 
The license to carr}' on business was dated May 10, 1872. A new sub- 
scription paper was starteil, for subscription to stock in the company, and 
after the most earnest solicitations only $42,100 subscription could be 
obtained. The members of the company soon failed to attend any meet- 
ings, and the company has long since ceased to exist. The secretary paid 



HISTf^'RY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 475 

the unjjaid hills of the coinjiany, and tlie stockholders, altliough they 
received no dividends, never had to ])ay anythinr; on stock account. 

The winter of 1872 was one of great droutii, and a disease prevailed 
among horses, called epizootic, or epizooty. Fire and private cisterns 
became empty. Private persons were compelled to pay an enormous price 
for water, and danger of a general conflagration was imminent. In this 
condition, various plans were suggested Ijy which to fill fire cisterns. The 
experiment was tried of using fire steamers at the river, and after two were 
disabled by the severity of the duty this plan was abandoned. 

Finally the city council adopted a plan ])roposed by E Prince — located 
a small jiump house, with boiler and engine, at the foot of Maine street, 
and the fire cisterns were filled and the danger of a general conflagration 
averted. In the Spring of A. D. 1872, the city laid a six inch main up Maine 
street, from the pump house, and set three fire hydrants, one at 3d, one at 
•Itli, anil one at oth streets. This main, including machinery, was after- 
ward bought and paid for l)y Edward Prince, for the sum of $7,028.25. 

On the 7th day of August, A. D. 1873, the city passed ordinance No. 
Is7, under which a contract was made, for thirty years, with Edward 
Pi-ince, to construct and operate the water-works. The contract is similar 
to that of Oswego, N. Y., with the exception that the city of Quincy has 
tl;e right to purchase the water-works at cost, without interest, at any time 
after one year's notice, and the city of Oswego has not. 

There are now ten miles of mains and seventy-six fire hydrants. The 
;i!inual cost to the city is now only fifteen thousand two hundred dollars 
|iir annum. 

The future reservoir site, of about six acres, generally known as 
iloure's Mound, has been purchased and paid for by the proprietors of the 
water-works. The elevation of this ground is 227 feet above low water. 
At the present time, for the purposes of regular pressure and storage, there 
are now in use two large tanks of a combined capacity of one hundred and 
ninety thousand gallons. The reservoir, when completed, will have a 
capacity of sixteen million U. S. gallons, at an average depth of fourteen 
feet. The plan for the permanent works, besides the reservoir above, con- 
templates the taking of the water from below the bridge in the main river. 
by twenty-four inch pi])e, laid across and under the Quincy l)ay. By the 
terms of the contract the city can coni])el the construction of the perma- 
i;ent works unly after the ordering of twenty-four more fire hydrants^ 

The present water-works may be considered a triumphant success, 
because they have so well fulfilled all that was yjromised or expected, and 
because they were constructed in a time of great depression, by the indom- 
itable will and perseverence of Col. Prince, who never fails in anything 
which he undertakes, and lastly, because the works have cost the city very 
little, as compared with the cost to other cities of about the same 
population. 

The names of the present owners of the Quincy Water- Works are 
Edward Prince, Lorenzo Bull, and William B. Bull. 

FIRE DEPARTMENT. 

The first mention of thejiresent efficient Fire Department of Quincy was 
in the 3'ear 1S37, at which time its ince|)tion was made Ijy the town authori- 
ties making the purchase of four ladders and one dozen buckets. This action 
I of the local authorities was made on the 20th of January, 1838. and from 



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HitiToKV i.>y AUAMb C<JLNTV. 



that date to the present time a constant improvement has been made until 
the present system has been readied wliose efficiency has stood tlie test of 
years. 

From this commencement, the first step in the marcli of improvement 
was made in the year 1839, when the buckets were cast aside for the hand 
engines, as in that year the fire enijiue No. 1, or " Old Quincy," as it was 
called, was purchased at a cost of $1,124.38, The engine did not arrive, 
however, until the following year, and it remained for a long time the pride 
of firemen and an extinguisher of fires. 

Engine Companj' No. 1 was then t/ie organization of the village, as 
most all the substantial men of tlie place were members of the company. 
To show the auspicious beginning, the roster of the company is subjoined: 



Thos. Jasper. 
Amos Green. 
Thos. Redmond. 
Jas. D. Morgan. 
Lorenzo Bull. 
Edward Wells. 
Fred W. Jansen. 
W. H. Gage. 
Samuel Holmes. 
I. O. Woodrutl". 
Hiram Rogers. 
Harrison Dills. 
T. W. Goodwyn. 
C. Vicrheller. 
J. H. Cottle. 
J. O. Bernard, 
John Paine. 
Samuel Winters. 



.J. A. King. 
.1. B. Young. 
W. H. Tandy, 
.loel Thorn. 
C. W. Manson. 
W. F. Karnes. 
Henry Burrell. 
.1. H. "Ralston. 
T. C. King. 
Louis Cosson. 
.L H. Luce. 
F. G. Johnson. 
Damon Hauscr. 
Nat. Summers. 
Jas. McDade. 
Timothy Rogers. 
T. C. Benneson. 
E. M. Davis. 



L. B. Allen. 
J. H. Holton. 
Jacob Gruell. 
Stedman Nash. 
Enoch Conyers. 
W. G. FhKKl. 
J. H. Krcenhop. 
Jacob A Funk. 
Charles Albright. 
Charles A. Nourse. 
Adam Schmitt. 
William Coyne. 
Chas. McDonald. 
G. W. Chapman. 
John Crocket. 
Michael Mast. 



The fire company thus establislied was followed hy the Water Witch 
No. 2; Liberty, No. 3; Neptune, No. 4; Phceni.v, No. 5; Roujrh and 
Ready. No. 6, and the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company. The fire de- 
partment was considered very efficient. Great rivalry existed among the 
different companies which lead to great proficiency in the manipulation of 
the engine and its accoutrements. 

Among the early chiefs of the fire department may be mentioned the 
names of John Crockett, Edward Wells, T. W. Goodwyn, T. C. Benneson 
and J. D. Morgan, who were conspicuous for their able management of the 
volunteer department. 

The department, or rather the .system of fire companies, continued to 
be managed by officers of their own election until ISfio, wlien the Board of 
Fire Engineers was establi.>hed, whose duty it was to have the general su- 
pervision of the system then in existence. The board consisted of a chief 
engineer and the foremen of the various organizations. This system was 
changed in the following year, when tlie board was made to consist of the 
mayor, chief engineer, two assistant engineers, and two alaermen. The 
board held its first meeting on the 11th of May 1866, and was composed of 
Mayor Boon, Chief Engineer T. J. Heirs, Assistants J. M. Bisliop and C. ■ 
Schwindler, and Aldermen Wliitbread and S;hrieber. ' 

This system continued until 1870, when the Board of Fire Engineers , 
was made to consist of three aldermen instead of two, ,ts in the previous 
years; tlie rest of the board remaining the same. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COVNTY. 477 

The list of chief engineers, from the establishment of the present im- 
proved system up to the present time, is as follows: 

E. M. Miller May, 1865-66. 

T.J. Heirs " 1866-68. 

Henry Meisser " 1868-70. 

HenrV Lusreman " 1870-72. 

.Jolm"Metz-er " 1872-74. 

J. H. Ayers: " 1874, died Dec, 1875. 

J. A. Steinbach Dec, 1875 to present time. 

In the year 1867 the first steam fire engine was purchased. It was 
called the "John "Wood." This gradually did away with the volunteer de- 
partment and substituted in its place the present system of a paid depart- 
ment. 

The present board of fire engineers is composed of Mayor Rogers, Al- 
dermen Smith, Libby and Wavering, Chief J. A. Steinbach, Assistants 
Noakes and McLean. 

From the present efficient Chief, J. A. Steinbach, the following infor- 
mation has been obtained, as contained in his last annual report. The 
statement showing the list of fires, alarms and losses from the year 1868 to 
1879 is as follows: 

FALSE 
TEARS. FIRES. ALARMS. LOSSES. 

AjirillSOS, to April, 1869 '..'4 12 $206.650 00 

" 1869, '• " 1870 25 12 97,650 00 

" 1870," " 1871 il 10 1:35,146 00 

" 1871, " " 1872 27 2:B 122,000 00 

" 1872," " 1873 26 10 .59,400 00 

" 1873," " 1874 42 4 175,200 00 

" 1874, " " 1875 28 26 10,098 00 

" 1875, " " 1876 m 24 66,561 50 

, " 1876," " 1877 :iO 17 7,827 00 

" 1877," " 1878 m 8 11,432 42 

" 1878," " 1879 40 13 59,:3:37 67 

The department, under its present organization, consists of one chief 
and two assistant engineers, four engineers of steamers, seven drivers, three 
stokers and eighteen minute-men, making a total of thirty-five men, besides 
two volunteer companies. Water AYitch, No. 2, and Phcenix, No. 5. 

The Hook and Ladder Company Xo. 1 is situated on Fifth street be- 
tween Jersey and York; has in cliarge a truck, and is well supplied for 
any emergency. 

ROSTER OF COMPANY. 
NAUE. APPOINTMINT. ASI. 

C. Lutenberg Driver 45 

Henrj' <t. G;tle Foreman 39 

Henrv Rothgeli Minute .Men .30 

Henry Kling ' 29 

F. Hag;nbruck ■ 28 

H.L.Porter " 

j Engine Company No. 1 is located on Fifth Street between Hampshire 

and Vermont, and has in charge a second class crane neck rotary engine, 
j built by Silsliy Manufacturing Company, of Seneca Falls, N. Y.; has been 
I in service since November, 1876. Also, four-wheeled hose reel, built by 
I E. M. Miller ct Co., of Quincy. together with 950 feet of good hose. 



478 UISTOEY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

ROSTER OK CUMI'AXV. 
NiME iPPOINTaENT. AOK. 

K. II. Binufson Engineer :}7 

Jdseph Uuth Driver 29 

Ales. Brown Driver 31 

M. C'aufman Stoker 18 

.1. Hutrman Ho.seman 4:} 

W. Myers " 40 

J. Riggs " 29 

W. Hayes " *) 

Engine Conii)any Ko. 3 is located on Eighth street, between Maine and 
Jersey. This company has in charge a second-class piston engine, built 
by C. Ahrens & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio; has been in service since Decem- 
ber 19, 1874. Also, a two-wheeleiJ hose reel, built by Silsby Manufactur- 
ing Company, of Seneca Falls, X. T., together witli 650 feet of good hose. 

ROSTER OF CO.MPANY. 
NAME. AFPOINTXENT. lOE. 

iSam. M. Sykes Engineer 38 

.1. O. Burlingame Driver , 32 

Aug. Gille Driver '. 35 

Stoker 

H. Klusenieyer Hoscnian 33 

\V. Noakcs " 

.1. L. Albright " iS 

Guy Prentiss " 36 

Engine Company Ko. 4 is located on State street, between Fourth and 
Fifth, and has in charge a third-class piston engine, built by L. Button & 
Son. Waterford, N. Y.; has been in service since June 1. 1868; also a two 
wheeled hose reel, built by E. M. Miller & Co., of Quincy, together with 
750 feet of good hose. 

ROSTER OK CO.\fPANY. 
NAME. APPOINTMENT. ACS. 

Ficil M. Grimm Engineer 32 

Wni. 1 lade Druer 38 

F. (Jearische Driver 36 

(lias. Strode Hoseman 23 

.las. < )rm " 29 

C.W.Sliinn " 20 

R. Parks " 33 

.T. Strode " 28 

Union Fire Company No. 6, is located on Twentieth street between 
Oak and Vine; has in charge a fourth-class piston engine, built by Cole 
Bros., at Pawtucket, Rhode Island; also, a four-wheeled hose reel, together 
with 600 feet of hose. 

ROSTER OK OFFICERS. 

A. Henlynian Foreman. 

(). H. Fisher A»n»tant Foreman. 

F. Buckley Seeretarj/. 

A. Smith." Treasurer. 

Tlie steamer James Pitman is a third-class rotary engine, built by H. 
C. Silsby, at Seneca Falls, N. Y.; is kept at present as a "reserve" in case 
of a large fire, or to take the place of other engines in case of accident. 

The steamers, hand engines, equipments and engine houses under the 
control of the department are valued at about $100,000. 




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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 479 

The fire department of Quincy is first-class in every respect, and no 
city of its size can claim a better one. It has a reputation at home and 
abroad for proficiency, and the energy displayed in all its grades promises 
that the future will be an improvement on its past record. 



Quincy's present excellent system of schools, embracing as it does all the 
grades from the kindergarten to the most advanced studies of a college curri- 
culum, and including the public schools, private and denominational educa- 
tional institutions, besides colleges and seminaries, is in strong contrast with 
the humble origin of education in the little village some forty years ago. 
The school has passed through various changes since its first establishment, 
meeting at times with opposition, but coming from the ordeal a system that 
justly merits the praise which lias been bestowed upon it. The history of 
the early schools established in the city of Quincy and that of the public 
schools of the present day, is almost identical, or at least so intimate as not 
to be separated from each other. The history of these schools commences 
with the establisliment of the first school in 1837, and was held in what was 
known as the " Lord's Barn," a log church, situated very near the present 
Wasliington Park. In speaking of this first school, a writer says: "It con- 
tained about thirty scholars, some of them learning their letters and others 
being able to read and spell indifferently- The school whs taught by Mr. 
Burnham, who had iieen engaged by Mr. Keyes and a few other public 
spirited gentlemen, and was paid his salary by them, some of the citizens 
|who sent their children to the school being unable to pay anything for the 
'privilege. A few previous attempts to maintain schools, among them one 
'by the Rev. Jabez Porter, who founded the Congregational church, had been* 
imaile. but this was the first one that proved in any manner successful, so 
that, a year from the time it first opened, when Quincy had but 1,150 in- 
habitants, it boasted of a permanent source of common education as well as 
igooil religious privileges. The establishment of the school, however, was 
^attended with great difficulties. Tiiere was serious objection to education 
in those days which is not even hinted at now. Some of the people were 
'open and outspoken in opposition to what they considered a pernicious 
system of keeping boys and girls idle when they ought to be at work ; and 
'these, as a matter of course, refused to assist the school in any manner 
jwhatever. In that early time, a contract was usually made between the 
leacher and the parents of the scholars, in which it was stipulated that the 
jtutor should receive so much per quarter (probably ten weeks) for each 
jScholar. The compensation was necessarily very small, and a part of this 
tlie teacher had to secure by " boarding round " — a week at one house, a 
jweek at another, and so on until he had been at each house in the district 
'for a given time. 

' However, the inconvenience of changing his boarding house was not 
|the greatest obstacle which Mr. Burnham had to encounter. Verj' few 
jbooks could be obtained; the seats in the school-house were bare boards; 
ithe scholars had to walk long distances, owing to the sparsely settled con- 
iition of the place; and finally, in 1837, many of those who attended this 
jchoiil died of the tlien prevailing inaladj', cholera, and teaching had to be 
Drought to a sudden termination. It was revived, however, the following 
Cear, with the opponents of instruction fortified by tiie partial failures which 
lad already occurred. In one of the ])ul)lic meetings held about that time, 



480 HlSTuRY OF ADAMS C<JUNTY. 

a giant Kentnckiaii, who was familiar to everybody in the place, made a 
speech in opposition to the school, declaring that ''eddycashun wasn't no 
good; that he sent his Sal to school one day an' she didn't larn a hooter; 
them teachers didn't know nothin'." It was tlie element controlled in a 
large degree by expressions of this kind that retarded the progress of learn- 
ing in the then thriving little town, but nevertheless the school succeeded, 
maintained, as it was, by jjrivate subscriptions. 

The lirst real step forward in the management of the schools in 
Quincy came of an effort made by Mr. R. S. Eenneson, Capt. Artus and 
ex-Gov. John Wood, in 1842. In April they circulated a petition, and 
sent it to the legislature, which was then in session, for permission to 
amend the existing city charter, which had been adopted in 1839, so as to 
enable Quincy to levy a tax of 12^ cents on the $100 to be used under the 
direction of the city council exclusively for school purposes. The neces- 
sary enactment was obtained, was ratified by a vote of the people, and the 
city then commenced the operation of the school system in a somewliat 
satisfactory mannei'. It had been necessary, meantime, to rent rooms in 
various places for the accommodation of the scholars, who had been grow- 
ing in numbers hj the increase of population, and in 1843 the first scliool- 
liouse was built by the town authorities. This was a two-story brick huild- 
ing on the Franklin school lot, on Fifth street, which was torn down to 
make room for the new brick edifice now there. Its dimensions were about 
40x()0 feet, and it contained two rooms, which did excellent service at the 
time, and, in fact, continued to be used for nearly thirty years to good ad- 
vantage to the young people who attended the school. A little over a year 
afterward a similar building was jnit u)) on Jefferson square, and. this re- 
mained occujiied for school purposes until the county purchased the ground 
and commenced to build the new court-house thereon. These buildings 
cost about $4,000 each, and were ranked as model institutions of learning 
in their days. They were of such ample capacity that it seems the}- met 
the requirements of the city for some years; for in the first directory ever 
published in Quincy, compiled by Dr. J. S. Ware, in 1848, these are re- 
ferred to in glowing terms as affording all of the educational facilities that 
could be demanded liy the most exacting stude!it, and the .seating capacity 
is placed at the extravagant figure of 2,000. The schools were under tlie 
immediate direction of the school commissioner for Adams county, Mr. 
Grover, as well as those outside of the city. A visiting committee, with- 
out anv authority, was annually appointed by the council, but the schools 
were then governed as are the schools in the county towns to-day. 

As late as 1843 we find that the trustees of schools asked the city 
council for a "donation" to carry on the schools. The council could not, 
or, at least, did not grant the re(piest. Thereupon a mass-meeting of the 
citizens was held and the fdliowing resolution was adopted: 

Resnhed, Tliut this nieetinir insitruct the city founcil to approiiriate $300 per quarter to 
sustain the public seliools in tliis rity, and lliat this ai)propriatii)n remain permanent tlirough 
llie remainder of tliis year, and also continue throuf;h 1844. 

The council, tbereu])on, adopted a series of resolutions in which they 
recited the financial disabilities under which the city was laboring, and re- 
gretted their inatiility to make the required appropriation. They also re- 
cognized the duty of ])ublic officials to obey instructions; and, as they 
thought that they could not in this instance obey, they expressed a willing- 
ness to resign, if the citizens desired them to do so, and to replace tlienij 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 481 

witli men who could see their way clear to comply witli the above instruc- 
tion. 

It does not appear from the record that any of the aldermen resigned, 
yet at the next succeeding meeting of the council the appropriation was made, 
thus indicating a strong pressure from the citizens. So that, at that early 
day in the history of Quincy, the public schools, as we see from this inci- 
dent, had become the people's schools, and they were a. fixed institution. It 
is true that they have often languished, as before stated, for the means to 
make them ethcient, but they were never allowed to be suspended, or if so, 
only for a brief period. Appropriations for school purposes were frequently 
made grudgingly, and the schools were often made to suffer at the expense 
of othei' undertakings by thecity, which have not yielded their proportion- 
ate benefits to the city. 

In April, ISiT, for the first time the city of Quincy was organized 
into school districts under the control of the city authorities, by a law of 
the legislature. In June of the same year, ordinances were adopted by the 
council for the su])port and management of the public schools, and the ap- 
pointment of a superintendent. Mr. Isaac M. Grover was cliosen for the 
position, retaining it for three years, and under his direction schools were 
opened in the Franklin and Jefi'erson buildings early in Septemlier of 1847. 
Jsow fairly started in the right direction, tlie schools gave pi'omise of doing 
something gratifying. But the progress was still slow. It was not until 
tlie fall and winter of ISoo that tlie next school-house (the AVebster) was 
erected; and two years afterward the Irving district was organized and the 
school-house built, and about the same time the colored school (now the 
Lincoln) located in a hovel on Oak street, came under the jurisdiction of 
the city. Some attempts at progress were made by those having the schools 
in charge. It was, however, up-hill work. It seemed that every proposi- 
tion or endeavor for advancement was met with objections of a really seri- 
ous and threatening nature. Numbers of prominent and somewhat influ- 
ential citizens arrayed themselves against any appropriation for salaries, 
improvements in the school-rooms, or additions to buildings. 

One faction got at loggerheads with another upon the question of the 
management and direction of the public schools, and there was apparently a 
strong popular sentiment against expending money liberally for common 
school education. The Hon. Hope S. Davis, who was superintendent from 
1856 to ISoS, and again from 1860 to 1864, endeavored to check this feel- 
ing and make the schools generally popular, while instituting needed re- 
forms. He accomplished at least one important object during his first term 
of service, and that whs to grade the schools into three departments, nigher, 
intermediate and primary, with se])ai'ate teachers for each branch. Prior 
to this the Franklin and Jefferson schools, with one room on each floor, had 
two teachers in a room, both of them hearing classes, if they could be 
called classes, one at either end of the room, at the same time. There was 
not a blackboard in cither of the buildings except a small one in the Web- 
ster; the seats ran lengthwise of the school-rooms, those at the farthei- end, 
where sat the big boys and girls, of course, being elevated above the others; 
there were no distinct classes except in reading and spelling, each scholar 
studying just what suited him or her, and at any time that was most con- 
venient, without punishment for failure in lessons. The onl}' thing about 
the schools that seemed to partake of ordei was the series of "blue laws" 
providing that the scholars should be on hand at 8:45 o'clock, the doors 



482 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

should be opeiie(] promptly at 9, so many records of tardy should render a 
scholar liahlc to sut^pension, so many more to expulsion, etc. These rules 
were pasted on a piece of cardboard and hunij up on a nail in the wall. 

When it was decided to make au improvement, the superintendent got 
authority from the council, and put u]) i)artitions in the school-rooms, 
making four rooms in each buildiriij. The old seats were taken out and 
new ones put in. Blackboards were introduced, and linally text-liouks were 
adopted for the different grades. The scliools needed even more than this, 
but the difficulty was for the officers to lirid support in their efforts, and 
consccpiently only a little could be done at a time. During ISofi a com- 
munication was published in one of the newspapers in the interest of private 
schools and against ])ublic schools, in which the attendants at the latter 
were classed as "ragmuffins." This»drew out a rejoinder from Mr. Blakes- 
ley, and was followed by another article, and the war was thus kept up f(jr 
some time. In the spring of 1S57 Su])erintenilent Davis and the teachers 
endeavored to gain public favor, and gave a grand public school exhibition 
in what was then Kendall's hall, at the southwest corner of Main and Sixth 
streets. A ])aper prepared by some of the older students was read, and 
declamations, compositions and dialogues made up the programme. The 
first night the attendance was fair, and the exhibition was a great suc- 
cess. It aroused such enthusiasm that it had to be repeated the next night; 
and so many were unable to gain admittance that it became necessary to 
give it for the third time. 

As it was the first performance of the kind attempted, it had consid- 
erable effect in turning public favor toward the schools, and for a time it 
was hoped the back of the ojiposition to them was broken. But a few 
vears afterward, when it was proposed to increase the school tax above the 
prescribed twelve and one-half cents, the right was renewed with vigor. 
A meeting of the friends of the movement was called in Concert hall, at 
the corner of 5th and Main streets, Dr. Robbins ]iresiding, and the same 
night the opponents of the measure met in the old court-house, to ))rotest 
against the tax. Mr. Davis, one of those in favor of the increase, went 
into the court-house m,eeting and made a speech, holding the fioor until he 
was reinforced by the entire body from the Concert hall, which adjourned 
to aid him. Then commenced a heated del)ate, in which the Hon. Almeron 
Wheat and the late Jackson Grimshaw eli>quently took part in favor of the 
schools, and were assisted by Samuel Holmes, A. AV. Blakesley, and Syl- 
vester Thayer. In short order, the protestants were fully routed from the 
court-room. The opposition to the public schools was thus permanent Ij' 
allayed, and ])ublic education was thereafter popularly endorsed. 

In the winter of 1860-61 Mr. Marcy and Mr. Davis drew up a law 
for organizing the board of education of Qnincy, and it was passed by the 
Legislature. Previoiis to that time the title to all puiilic school property 
here was vested in the city. Some of this property, a portion of the Web- 
ster school lot, was levied on for a city debt, and was sold and had to be 
redeemed, while other city creditors were threatening to swoop down and 
take the Jefferson and Franklin lots also. It was to save this property 
that jjrovision was made in the law for vesting the title in tlie board of 
education. The first board organized under the law, in 1S61, consisted of 
Thomas Jasper, president; Hope S. Davis, superintendent; John W. Brown, 
Clerk; George I King, and A. W. Blakesley. By-laws, rules and regula- 
tions, and a complete graded system for the schools were adopted before the 




AIiAM^ rnUNTV i/UUKT H< a>K, tjUIM^V 



HISTdKY OF ADAMS COUNTV. 483 

(ouimencenient of the Fall term. It was under these regulations that the 
yuincv teachers' institute was established in 1861, the first meeting being 
lield at the "Center school " in Se]itenii)er, and it has been in existence 
ever since. These rules liave continued to govern the schools to the pres- 
ent time. They were revised in 1S65, when amendments became necessary, 
such as making nine divisions of the school instead of live, as originally 
provided for, and otherwise extending their usefulness. When the board 
organized, it took charge of the Fraidclin, Jefferson and Webster school 
buildings, and leased the old Unitarian Church, at the corner of 6th and 
Jersey streets, where wereestablislied what was called the " Center school." 
Since that time the rapid increase of scholars has made necessary constant 
enlargements and improvements, and neM' school buildings. 

in speaking of the improvements which have been made in the schools 
of the city, it will be most natural to speak separately of each of the school 
buildings, giving a short history of each, beginning with the old Franklin. 
It was discovered that this building had become utterly worn out and 
useless as a schoolJiouse, so that in 1870 the building was replaced Ijy a 
new house of magnificent proportions, and combining in it all the modern 
impri)vements and conveniences. It contains fifteen rooms, all of which 
are well lighted and well ventilated. It is heated with steam, and in every 
respect it is the equal, if not the superior, of any schoolJiouse in the West. 
Its cost, including desks, seats and other necessary furniture, with heating 
apparatus and earth closets, amounted to $40,000. The seating capacity is 
750, although a greater number have been crowded into it at various times. 
In 1873 it was found necessary to have a room in the neighborhood for a 
branch primary school, and such a school, the York Street Primary, has 
since then been maintained in Mr. Thomas White's building, across the 
street from the Franklin. There are in the building three departments, 
primary, grammar and high school. 

The Jefferson School building, long before its removal, had become an 
eye-sore to the citizens. For years before its final disappearance it wore a 
very dilapidated appearance. In 1864 the school encountered a speck of 
war; at least it would appear so from a report then made by the superin- 
tendent to the board: " That the military, under command of Col. J)can, 
took possession of the Jefferson school lot, thus obstructing and hindering 
the progress of the school, and rendering the continuance thereof unpleas- 
ant, and in many respects improper, and that he had closed the school." 
The school remained closed for only a few days, because, as we su|)pose, 
the Colonel, finding himself and command in an unpleasant situation, con- 
cluded, as many another Colonel has done, that discretion is the liettei' part 
of valor, and he retreated. 

In 1875 the ground was desired by the county as a location fur the new 
courtJiouse, whereupon the board of education ceded it to the county, and 
purchased Johnson College and the block of ground on which it stands, 
for the sum of $30,000. This building was, as soon as it could conveniently 
be done, remodeled and modernized throughout, so that, next to the 
Franklin, it is now one of the best school-houses in tJie country. It con- 
tains fourteen school-rooms, ten of ■which are at present occupied. There 
is a jirimarv and a grammar department in the building. 

The Berrian School was built in 1868, at a cost of $7,200. School 
was opened in the two lower rooms, the upper story not having been com- 
pleted till the summer of 1869, when a third room was opened. The house 



4^4 HISTC'EY OF ADAM* CfjCSTT. 

contains four rooms, and is located within one block of the sonthern lim:- 
of the city, and by reason of snch location thenamber of pnpiis attendiL. 
does not increase very rapidly. 

The Waihington school- house was erected in 1S69, nearly on the same 
plan as the Berrian. at a cost of $7.">19. The house is located in the north 
part y>i the city on the northwest corner of Cherry and Sixth streets. 

The Wtfist^ was the third school organized in the city, and the hoase 
was built about the year lSo5. It contains four large school rooms and 
two small recitation rooms. The internal part of the house bad finally 
become thoron^hly worn out, so that, in 1S73, it underwent an entire 
remodeling. Nearly everything was torn out, leavine little beside the bare 
wails, and the house was so completely reconstmcteS as to make it practi- 
cally a new house, though with not more seating capacity than before. It 
has always been a pK>pular school, and, as a consequence, it has at all time^ 
been crowded. The ground upon which the school is located, at Maine ar. 
Twelfth streets, is one of the most beautiful spots in the city. 

The Irving School is located on Payson avenue, between Eighth and 
Ninth streets. The house, containing four rooms, was built in lSi>l. at a 
cost . -f ^.413. School was opened ia 2Iay of that rear in the two lower 
rooms, and in the two upper rooms in October following. In 1S73 an 
addition of two large roi.>ms to the building was erected at a cost of abo?i* 
$4.<>X». This, however, included a thorough remodeling of the old bui". : 
ing. The house now contains six school-rooms that are not inferior in an 
respect to the best in the city. The namber of pupils in attendance has 
been constantly increasing, and to such an extent finally that a room for- 
merly occupied as a private school, within a few yards of the building, was 
leased, and a branch of the lrvin» primary established in it. 

The Jackton School is located on the northwest corner of Vine and 
Eigtith streets. The building was originally constructed for the purpose 
of a private school and was called the - Quincy Academy." It was pur- 
chased by the board of education in the month of July. 1^66. for the sum 
of *12,0iX), and its name was changed to "Quincy High schooL" After 
the nigh school was removed from there it assumed the title of "Jackson 
sch'X>i." In the early part oi the summer of 1S75, in the night time, a 
toriaJo swept over a p-.irtion of the city, and among other buildings blown 
down was the Jackson school-house. It was made almost a complete 
wreck. The house was immediately rebuilt at a cost of $6.i>(Xi. It con- 
tains four large rooms, well ventilated and well lighted, and is in every 
resjtect a most desirable building for school purpf»ses. 

The Jfadi«>n Scho-^l is a small, one-story building located at the inter- 
section of Maine and Twenty-fit^h streets. The building and ground was 
eonveyed to the board of education :: '" " - :he directors of School 
District Xo. 4, Meln>se township, in i of the promise and 

agreement on the part of the bi:«ari .: . ;. ;: that the children of 

parents residing within the limits uf said district, though they might be 
outside the city limits, should forever have the right to attend said sch<.«ol. 

The Lincoln School has been devoted to the ^ucation o( the colored 
children, and is situated on north Tenth street. It was originally estab- 
lished in 1S61. but for some time previous to that year there was r» - 
one-story single room hnilding l>>cateJ on or near the site of the ;. 
Lincoln school-house, which was used for the purpose of a colored r,.. . 
In the above stated year. Miss Louisa Alexander was appointed teacher :\: 



aisroaT of adjjis cocstt. -tSo 

a saLirv of f3«.X>. In February. 1><»5. it was onlered bj :1 - ^.i-. 

eatfoQ "that aaless uhe averaae atteadanoe at th.e coLoreii - . ^- :le 

eu-; ' — - "" "" "" ...-,-;, -.; -..--.. , _ _1 be 

el': - -'rter. 

op-; . . _ _--;:,_;,._--- _ _ ^ .-.-on. 

acconn: ~:iitj m procunii» a conipecent teaener." i>a tae iotb. 

cf Maj : _ ■ wTis aijam opened mth itiss E- T. Hancock, teacher. 

■e tLa: r^Li^e ;: iias been steadilj progressing. In 1ST3 an excellent 

•-px>m -jcho'-iL b>a5e was bnilt at a c«i<=-t of ^.30»>. 
T' FT'-' ^ ' ■—;--;- -_•■-•-■• "7. the Centre school bafldingSep- 

- - - -roiov^ to what is now the /ack- 
.. ._.:.._ ;___., :. ;_. _- : sJ.n. At the latter period and tip 

. ■ ' :ae standani of this ioho«jL was barely np to that of the grammar 

"■ "-isij. The principals of the school firom its organization till 

' ' le are as follows: itr. A, W. Starker, who held this position 

-ir times: H. A. Farwell, C. C. Eobbins. and Rev. "VTm. R 

-'. L'.. who was appointeii in the month of Jane. ISTi. and who 

_ r-^ the atmi>5t satisfaction to the board of edncation and the 

_c ;f the sch'X'l. That j->i--'--in is also principal of all other 

i.rtments in the Frankffn ; . og. The high school has a 2ne 

ratory. and it is well 5ir_ _ apparatus and appliances. A 

_r case of seol'jgical and coG.\;li..l..gicaI specimens has been collected, 

-tel and ■nr':>T>erly labeled. It has als<> the nucleos of a fine library. 

T' .' :' :' - -:\ -; perty in the city. baiLlings and 

- ■ ' -r^- "_e fomiture at §15.00'). Ftfty- 
■ . - ._,-._.,... ;....- .; - . are males, their salaries aggre- 

_ " . - inncaily. There are nine school boil'iings. with iifty-three 

- :esides five recitation rooms, as follows: Franklin. 15: Jef- 
- :u li: Washington. 4: Jackson. 4: Lincoln, -t; Webster, -ki Irving, 
3errian, :3: Madison. 3: total. 5S- 

The seating capacity of these buildings is as follows: FranMin. 750; 
:-rson. 750 :~ Washington. ±3»>: J;iek3on~ 320: Lincoln. 2S0; Websta-, 
. Irving. ±20: Berrian.200: iladison, 100: totaL 3.9-30. 
The tacts and figures relative to the con<iition of the public schools in 
uev have been obtained from T. W. ilcCall, thu present efiicient saper- 
7 -dent of schools. 
The toEowing is a list of saperiatendents firom the organization of the 
■;l system up to the present time: 

Isaa..- X '-r-"^ Joly 10 13*1. to April 1350 

7 ' ~ Apm 



X T Lin- 



..Absosc 



W ij. V.wrnir 

■i xni'is Lijwe 

T. W. JlacfijQ 



1350 


■^ 


1851 


1351 


- 


1363 


i3sa 


•^ 


13W 


135-4 


•»■ 


l.S6« 


13ot> 


•* 


135S 


l-«? 


- 


13«J 


135!> 


■^ 


13*50 


l^) 


Attr. 


13«4 


li*« 


- 


13«5 


13«S5 


- 


13»» 


IHtSft 


-• 


las: 


im: 


<^ 


ia» 


1389 


•* 


wn 


1.3^ 


presttniie 



486 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



The presidents of the board of education are as follows: 

Thos. Jasper March 1, 1801, to Aug. 1, 1861 

1, 1864 
1 , 1866 
1, 1867 
1, 1872 



I.O.Woodruff August 1,1861 

"" " " 1, 1862, 

1, 1864, 
1, 1866, 
1. 1867, 
1, 1872, 



Wm. Marsh. 
I. O. Woodruff. 
A. J. Lubbc. . . . 
P. A. Goodwin. . 
R. S. Benneson. 



date 



The following table sliows the attendance and general school standing 
for the last school year as compared with previous years, and is contained 
in the superintendent's last annual report: 



Number enrolled 

Number withdrawn 

Number suspended 

Number readmitted 

Number of ea.si's of tardiness 

Average number enrolled 

Average number of boys enrolled 

Average number of girls enrolled 

Average daily attendance 

Average number belonging 

Per cent, of attendance on average number be- 
longing 

Per cent, of school population admitted 

Per cent, of attendance on whole number en- 
rolled 

Per cent, of attendance on the average number 
enrolled for each month 



1873^ 


1874-5 


1875-6 


1876-7 


1877-8 


3548 


3250 


3395 


3")54 


3807 


2484 


1855 


1858 


1899 


1979 


11 


15 


20 


29 


89 


1045 


777 


747 


766 


775 


0111 


5959 


43.30 


4177 


4783 


2:^:^1.8 


2316.6 


2482.9 


2609.4 


2813.3 


1178.9 


1180.3 


1247.9 


1287.8 


1368.4 


1152.9 


1136.6 


1234.1 


1321.0 


1444.9 


1866.6 


1951.2 


2107.2 


2234.9 


2427.1 


2048.5 


2118.5 


2265.5 


2393.9 


2578.7 


91 


92 


93 


93.4 


94 


29.83 


29.54 


28.55 


29.88 


29.88 


52 


60 


62 


63 


63 


80 


84 


85 


86 


86 



The list of teachers is subjoined: 

FRANKMN SCHOOI.. 



Prof. C. Rotschka, 
Louisa M. Robbins, 
Maggie R. Kenney, 
Anna Gallaher. 



E. M. Sturgis, 
M. W. Robinson, 
M. A. Bryant. 



Rose V. Kenney. 



Kate Smith, 



Principal — Rev. Wm. B. Corbyn, D. D. 

Assistants. 

Augusta Fernkas. 
Klla Eaton, 
Clara 11. Ke<'nan, 
Hannah. I. Mahoney, 
Susie .1. Dunn, 

.lEFFEUSON SCHOOI,. 

Principal — Julia W. Burns. 

Assistants. 

Helen E. Bi'rnard. 
E. A. Wright, 
Sallie R. Wllliam.s, 

WASHINGTON SCHOOL. 

Principal — Ella Atkinson. 
Assistants. 
Laura G. Menier, 

.IACK60N SCHOOI,. 

Principal^Mary E. Welch. 
Assistants- 
Horn Field, 



Emma .\tkenson, 
Jennie Roberts, 
Lolta B. Davis, 
Eftie Bernard, 
Diana E. Head. 



Clara E. Patton, 

Eftie .Vdanis, 

Mrs. A. W. Slarkey. 



Bessie Duff. 



Fannie E. Bvwater. 





>. C . At 

QU I N c r 



HI.STORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 487 

LINCOLN SCHOOL. 

Principal— Oliver M. Atwood, M. D. 

Assistants. 
Lizzie A. Lindsay, Emma Coger. 

WEBSTER SCHOOL. 

Principal — Lizzie Welch. 

Assistants. 

Mollie P. Allen, Emma Schell, Fannie Reynolds. 

IRVING SCHOOL. 

Principal — Cornelia A. Wakeman. 
Assistants. 
Elanora D. Simmons, Janet A. Gatchell, Nellie V. Shannahan, 

Ella N. Wentworth, Clara Gunther, Eliza Trowbridge. 

Jennie E. Welch, 

BERRIAN SCHOOL. 

Principal — Kate L. Anderson. 

Assistants. 

Kate Shannahan, Nellie Kane, Rose E. Kane. 

MADISON SCHOOL. 

Principal — Mary Long. Assistant : Elenor Cottnam. 

German — Albertina Jahn. 

ST. FRANCIS SOLANUS COLLEGE. 

I The St. Franciscan Fathers of the Province of the Holy Cross came 

I to America from Germany in the year 1858. In the same year several 

members of the order established a house in Quincy, when they opened a 
I high school and founded St. Francis Solanus College. The first location 
i was on Maine street, but in the year 1S60 the order built a church and mon- 
I astery on Vine, between Eighteenth and Twentieth streets. The latter 
I building was used as a school for day scholars only until 1870, when in 
I order to accommodate the numerous applicants they erected the building 
■ now e.xpressly occupied as the college. In 1873 the college was chartered 
I and now has all the privileges of a university. Since the charter was ob- 
j tained the average annual attendance has been 110, sixty-five per cent, of 
I whom are students from abroad. In the course of instruction there are 
i three departments, viz: the preparatory, commercial, and collegiate, each 
} of which is complete in its own sphere. Twelve professors, mostly mem- 
I bers of the order, are engaged in these departments, devoting their whole 
I time to the instruction and welfare of the students. 

In addition to the Catholic college above mentioned, very large and 
i excellent schools are attached to the St. Peter's, St. Boniface, and the St. 
, Mary's churches, also a fine convent seminary on the corner of Eighth and 

Vermont streets, entitled the Convent of Notre Dame. 

I CHADDOCK COLLEGE. 

I This institution was organized in the year 1853 under the name of 

I Quincv English and German College. Among -the trustees were George 

' Leibrick, .John Kinkil, II. Dills, W. Dickliut, and F. W. Jansen. The 

school was first opened in one of the school rooms of the old Vermont 

Street M. E. Church, and after their new building on Spring street, between 

Third and Fourth, was completed, the school was moved into it. J. F. 



488 HISTORY OF ADAMS COCNTi". 

Jaques was elected president and acted in t}iat capacity for about five \ 
years. The school giew to be a very prosperous institution under his man- 
ageinent. In tiie later years the school became very nuicii embarrassed. 
During the war the building was used as a military academy under Prof. 
Powell, and afterward used as a hospital. After the war tlie school was 
reopened and Rev. Mr. Andrus was elected president, wlio succeeded in 
making the college a success. He afterward was succeeded by Rev. George 
W. Gray as president, who also proved a successful one. VV. C. Bourn 
succeeded Rev. Mr. Gray, but the school did not prosper under his 
management.' The name was changed to Johnson College in 1874, 
the Qiiincy English and German College and the Johnson College of 
Macon, Mo., being merged into one institution, to be called by the latter 
name. Prof. E. W. Hall acting in, the capacity of jiresident. In 1S75 the 
building was sold to the Qiiincy board of education for $3U.OOO, and 
the building known as the Gov. Wood mansion was purchased for the sum 
of $40,000 and the school moved out to that building the same year — 1875. 
In the fall of 1S76 Charles Chaddock, Astoria, generously gave the institu- 
tion the magnificent sum of A'24,000, which lifted the college out of its 
embarrassment. In consideration the name was changed to that of Chad- 
dock College, in honor of Mr. Chaddock. Prof. Hall resigning in 1S7S, J. 
G. Evans, of Hedding College, Abingdon, 111., was elected president. 
Under his management the college gave promise of success, but becominL; 
embarrassed he was obliged to resign. The executive com mittee, T. D. Gam- 
ble, George Adams, and H. Reed, have the school in liand at present and 
propose to continue until the end of the college year, when arrange- 
ments will be made to have the Wesleyan University, of Bloomington, 
assume full control of the institution. Under this arrangement its success 
is assured. 

THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 

This place of amusement is situated on Maine street, l)etween Third 
and Fourth streets. It is 144x60 feet, which includes the stage, audito- 
rium, and corridors. The stage is 42x60 feet, and is furnished with all 
the modern appurtenances. The stage has direct communication with the 
street by means of an underground passage, and is separated from the audi- 
torium by a brick proscenium wall, with arrangements in case of fire or 
accidents on the stage for the security of the audience. 

The auditorium is horse-shoe shaped, the highest |)oint of the dress 
circle being on a level with the sidewalk, the ]>latf(>rms for chairs being 
formed by sections of concave and convex circles, and each platform having 
a rise of six inches above the next in front. The parquette takes the shape 
of the circles forming the dress circle, with an incline toward the stase. 
The dress circle is intersected by three aisles, communicating with the cor- 
ridor, the entrance to which is twenty feet in width, in which the ticket 
oflice is located. 

The main corridor is separated from the section that connects with 
the three aisles of the auditorium, and two large fiights of stairs lead to 
the gallery. , 

The arrangements of the gallery are the same as those of the dress 
circle, except that the incline is much greater, giving each platform for 
seating a much greater elevation than the next one in front. In the ar- 
rangements for ingress and ogress the gallery has five doors provided, and 



HISTORY Of ADAMS COUNTY. 4:89 

besides the stairways lueiitioiied there are two other large flights of stairs, 
furnishing at the close of entertainments or in case of emergency direct 
communication with the sidewalk on Maine street. 

In construction the gallery, like all the rest of the building, is sub- 
■ stautial. The inner sujiports are iron columns, standing on piers of stone 

- and brick, live in number, built especially for the purpose, making the gal- 

- lery strong and durable. 

The ceiling of the auditorium is broken at the angle of the side wall 
by a cove extending entirely around the auditorium. In the center the 
ceiling is broken by a circular dome twenty-four feet in diameter and si.\- 
•' teen feet high, arranged in the top for ventilation, as well as serving to im- 
prove the accoustic properties of the auditorium. 

ODD FELLOWS HAIX. 

Odd Fellows Plall, or as amusement goers know it, the Opera House, 
was built for the purpose of supplying the public with a place of amuse- 
ment; and was erected in 1S67. For the purpose of its construction the 
following gentlemen formed themselves into an " Odd Fellows' Building 
Association;'' Maj. Gen. J. D. Morgan, Maj. G. "W. Burns, T. T. AYood- 
ruff. J. K. Van Doom, T. Dewey Woodruff, James Arthur, Samuel Holmes, 
A. E. Wheat, I. O. Woodruff, and Henry Allen. Maj. Burns, President, 
and T. T. Woodruff, Secretary and Treasurer, of the Association. It had an 
original capital of S4ii,0u0 which was increased before the completion of 
the building. The ground, corner of Sixth and Maine streets, on which the 
I Opera House was erected, was owned by the I. O. O. F., who determined 
' not to sell the property until they could secure the erection of a public 
hall. The Odd Fellows finally made an agreement with the building asso- 
ciation to give them the ground whereon to erect a building containing a 
spacious hall, provided the association would give them a clear deed to one 
entire story for the use of the Order. The first design of the builders was 
( much simpler than that which has been carried out, the present structure 
i costing more than double the amount anticipated at the start. Some $15,- 
000 of this increase was caused by the change of plans, whereby a simple 
1 public hall was changed into a more costl}' and elegant Opera House. 

Tlie entire building occupies 70 feet on Maine and 123 feet on Sixth 
street, fronting upon the former. It towers up in four immense stories. 
Its entire height from sidewalk to apex of turret is ninety-two feet. The 
Style of structure is the renaissance, and, as is usual in buildings of that 
style, is surmounted l)y a mansard roof, 12 feet in height, containing three 
dormer windows in front and six on the side. This roof is covered with 
^^■lriegated slate, ornamental pattern. 

The stone work of the building, above the water table, is of Joliet cut 
ll stone, while the walls are brick. The building is heated, and ventilated 
li thmugh flues and registers in the side walls. The cellar under the base- 
j ment contains the furnaces. The first story is used as store-rooms for busi- 
I ness purposes. 

j The Opera House proper is on the second story, reached by two broad 

j stair-cases, a twelve foot staircase from the east front, and a seven foot one 
j from the south. A hall eight feet wide runs tlie whole length of the west side 
I and north side of the second floor. Two entrances from this hall 0]>eu into 
I the auditorium whose dimensions are 80x50 feet, and 35 feet high. The room 
I is airj and nicely adorned. Tiie woodwork is of a light straw color. The 



490 HISTORY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 

surinouiitino; rail is of black walnut. Tlie seats of the "dress circle " are 
arranged in a circular form, faciiij; the stage, and will accommodate about 
5ii5, the seats in the " family circle " will liold 400 more, the orchestra 
chairs 'JoO, and the proscenium boxes 25. Thus 1,200 people can be com- 
fortably seated. 

Tlie parquette is 36 feet deep by 32 wide, containing 250 arm chairs. 
The " family circle" gallery is 11 feet higher than the main floor, and 
supported by 10 gilded columns, adding much to the tout ensemble of the 
auditorinm. 

The four proscenium biixes arc gorgeously ornamented witii drapery, 
gilding, and neatly painted walls and woudwDrk. 

The portion devoted to the stage and its appurtenances is quite large 
and well arranged. From the rear hall to the front of the stage is just 50 
feet, 10 of this being in front of the droj) curtain. There are eight or nine 
dressing rooms, several of thein behind the boxes. The stage proper is 
39.6x69.6; tiie drop curtain is 2>^x25 feet. The scenery is flrst-claes, 
and consists of seventeen distinct sets besides many other parts required 
on a well stocked stage. The drop curtain is pretty in design and well 
executed. 

Odd Fellows Ilail is the general title for the third story. This floor 
is divided into three large halls and six ante-rooms. It belongs to the 
I. O. O. F., as before stated. The three halls have the same dimensions, 30 
x60, the whole three being divided by folding doors, which can be opened 
and the three rooms thrown into one large, comnu)dious and lieautiful hall. 
The hail of the Odd Fellows (which is composed of the Quincy. Marquette, 
and Adams Lodges, and tlie EncamjMnent) is frescoed by the same artist as 
the Opura House. This story is 17 teet in height, and not snpjjorted by 
pillars below, but by iron rods from the truss work above. 

RAILROAD BRIDGE. 

The great bridge which spans the Mississippi river at the city of 
Quincy, and connects it with the Missouri side, is one of the grand achieve- 
ments which science has made in the dej)artment of bridge building. As 
early as 1855 the subject of bridging the river of Quincy was discussed as 
being one of the necessities which commerce demanded. In view of the 
great and extending interests of the western trade, the imjiortance of an 
uninterrupted railway crossing of the JMississippi, which would overcome 
the difficulties of low water in summer and of the ice-blockade of winter, 
was long appreciated by the enterprising city of Quincj'; and it 
was only a question of time and location, as to the construction of 
of a bridge. Quincy made an efl'ort to obtain it, and for this purpose a 
charter drafted by Col. Sam'l Holmes, lately deceased, the earliest friend of 
the measure, and pressed by a large number of public-spirited citizens, was 
obtained from the State Legislature: the crisis of 1857 and the absorbing and 
protracted civil war which subsecjuentl}' intervened, prevented, however, the 
success of the project, and the charter was suffered to expire bv limitation. 
Ex-Gov. Wood, Chas. A. Savage, X. Eushnell, J. M. Fitnian, Col. S. 
Holmes, and Thos. Redmond, still cherished the enterprising conception, 
and at the session of 1861-65, Mr. Iledmond, at that time a representa- 
tive from Adams county, succeeded in jirocuring a re-enactment of the act 
of incorjioration from the legislature of Illinois. The sanction of the 
National Government being deemed of the utmost importance, the task of 



HISTOEY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 491 

securin<:^ it was appropriately devolved on ex-Governor John Wood. The 
incorporators under the act were John Wood, Samuel Holmes, James M. 
Pitman and N. Bushnell, and the charter thus obtained, was of the amplest 
character, granting equal privileges to all railroads, present or future, to 
avail them.selves of any bridge constructed under its provisions on just and 
impartial terras, and also carefully guarding the important interests of navi- 
gation. 

In determining upon the important point of the site of the bridge a 
thorough scientific exploration was naade of both banks of the river for the 
distance of two miles, from the oxtreme northern to the southern limits of 
the city, which finally resulted in the present admirable location which is 
at the northern portion of the city at the foot of Spruce street. This loca- 
tion WHS selected from the fact that the bay and island divide the distance 
to lie crossed into easy sections, the west bank being more elevated and 
desirable, while sounding established the fact that a solid rock bottom was 
to be obtained for the erection of the ])ivotpier on which the draw could 
turn. 

The corner stone of the bridge was laid on Wednesday, September 25, 
18^)7, and the ceremonies were conducted by the masons in the presence of 
a large concourse of people. 

We give a short description of the bridge: The great or main 
bridge, spanning the river from the island to the west bank, is 3185 feet in 
length. Its superstructure is of iron, of the Pratt truss, which years of trial 
has |)roved to be the best form for strength, durability or lightness. It rests 
upon nineteen piers of the best quality of tirst-class cut stone masonry. 
The foundation of all the water piers, except the center or pivot pier, is of 
piles driven to refusal and cut off eight feet below low water. The founda- 
ti<^ii for the piviit pier is the solid rock in the bed of the river. The foun- 
dation of the ])iers are thoroughly rip-rapped beyond possibility of accident 
from any change in the bed of the river by washing. The distance from 
first pier to second pier is 250 feet, thence 181 feet to third or pivot pier, 
thence 181 feet to pier No. 4, thence 250 feec to pier No. 5, then two spans 
of 200 feet to No. 7, thence 11 spans of 157 feet, and concluding with a 
span of 200 feet to the island on the east shore. The pivot is 362 feet in 
length, with a 30 feet turn-table, operated by stationary steam power, sup- 
ported by the main pier, and its ends when open resting on an equi-dis- 
tant outside pier above and below, the upper one of which is protected by 
an immense icebreaker. When the pivot is open, the space on each side 
of the center pier is 160 feet in the clear. The main bridge is connected 
with the east bank proper by an embankment across the island of 600 feet 
in length, elevated to grade, thence by a trestle bridge of 400 feet across 
Wood's slough, thence by 500 feet more embankment, thence over the bay 
by an iron drawbridge of the UoUman truss, 525 feet long, comprising 6 
spans, and with foundations and piers of same character as those in the 
river. It was completed in October, 1868, and cost $1,500,000. 

QUINCY CITY GUARDS. 

This organization was established in 1853-4. It was commanded by 
Capt. E. W. Godrey, who offered his resignation in September, 1856. and the 
entire company addressed a communication to J. D. Morgan asking him to 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



accept the position of commander of the company. Below are the names 
uf members of tiie company signed to the communication: 



U. S. Pcnfield, 1st. Lieut. 
W. R. Lockwood, 2n(l Lieut. 
John Tillson, 3rd Lieut. 
Geo. Bond, 4tli Lieut. 
J. K. Vah Doom, 1st Sergt. 
.1. P. Bennett. 2nd Sergt. 
M. E. Worrell, 3rd Sergt. 
J. G. Kowliind, 4th Serst. 
J.T.Morton, 1st C'orpl.' 
E. AV. Parsons, 2 nd Clorpl. 
A. E. Saviise, 3rd Corjil. 
John Wooil, Jr., 4lh Corpl. 



MEMBERS. 



Geo. Wolcott, 



John McGinnis, 
Maitliind Boon, 
Geo. W. Winans, 
H. P. Laage, 

D. G. Brown, 
11. L. Hamilton, 
B. Hothniann, 
W. H. Benncson, 
A. M. Swartwout, 
Edw. Price, 

H. Head, 
Van B. Shinn, 
J. Wm. A. Chase, 
G. E. Kimbjull, 

E. P. Sammis, 

NEEDLE PICKETS. 



M. T. Greenleai; 
B. F. Hoar, 
A. R. W. Hinchinau. 
R. H. F. Morgan, 
Jas. A. Parker, 
J. S. Van Buren, 
Geo. W. Ladd, 
F. Hirsch, 
Ouasquor Joseph, 
S. Wheeler, 
M. B. Fin lay, 
Ale.x. James, 
F. J. Gallaher, 
H. L. Griives, 
Loring P. AVlieeler. 



Tiie ladies of Qnincy, iiiibtied with patriotic feelings for the cause of 
the Union, formed an organization on the 31st of ^lay. I.s61, known as the 
•'Needle Pickets," whose object was to testify by deeds their devotion to 
the cause of American nationality. 

On July 5tli a constitution was adopted, and the first regular election 
took place, wliich resulted in the selection of: 



Mrs. Fox, Captain, 

Mrs. Bushnell, 1st Lieutenant, 

Mrs. Charles, 2d Lieutenant, 



Miss A. Asbury, Paymaster, 
Mrs. Morton, Orderly Sergeant. 



At the expiration of three months, for which term the officers were 
elected, the military organization was dropped, and the society elected: 



President, Mrs. Fo.\, 

Vice President, Mrs. Buahnell, 

Vice President, Miss Burns, 



Record, and Cor. Sec'y, ^Irs. Morton, 
Treasurer, Miss Annie Jonns. 



The work performed by the society consisted in relieving the destitute 
families of soldiers at home, and ameliorating the condition of the inmates 
of hospitals. The membership includes one hundred and two names. 

The entire cash receipts, from May 31, 1801, to May 31, 1865, was 
$28,714.85; while the e.xpenditures, for the same period, was $22,805.19. 
The total amount expended, up to 1875, was $32,771.29. 

At first the labors of the society were dedicated to soldiers in hospi- 
tals and on the field, but it soon became manifest that assistance should 
be rendered to the ])oor of the city, the families of soldiers, and <.>ther 
needy persons. Food and wearing ap}iarel were thus given out to worthy 
applicants, and much suffering relieved at home, while the hospital stores 
sent to Cairo, St. Louis, Ironton, Pilot Knob, La Clede, Palmyra, Fort 
Henrj', Fort Donaldson, Mound City, Paducah. Savannah, Corintli, and 
other places, during the year 1S61-2, did much good to the inmates of 
hospitals. During the first year of its organization, nurses were sent to 
Savantiah, after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, with a large sujiply of 
hospital stores. The hospitals located at Quincy received the undivided 
attention of the niem])ers of this society. At one time, the hall where the 
society held its meeting, was transformed into a hospital for the reception 
of forty sick and wounded soldiers, the Quincy hospitals being too crowded 
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HI9T0BT OF ADAMS COCNTT. 493 

At the instigation of the societ}', the city council allowed the building 
formerly used as a poor-house, to be used as a home for convalescent 
soldiers. It was fitted up accordingly, and afforded a pleasant retreat for 
invalid soldiers. The annual reports of the secretary gave a detailed 
account of work performed. 

The society furnished reading material, both English and German, for 
the soldiers confined in the four large hospitals at Qtiincy, besides carrying 
out the policy of the organizatifm, of supplying only such articles as were 
not provided by the government. Tlie value of stores furnislied the first 
two years was estimated to be nearly $2,000. The greater part of the 
fund raised was through the exertions and enterprise of the societ\-, by 
means of amateur entertainments, lectures, fairs, and by generous dona- 
tions from citizens of Quincy and elsewhere. 

During the year 1S63-4, in addition to the regular work of the society, 
assistance, in the shape of money, was sent to the Lawrence (Kan.) suffer- 
ers, Woodland Home, an orphan assylum of Quincy, and tothe"Freed- 
man's Relief Society," of Quincy. Two nurses were also sent, on a few 
hours' notice, to Vicksburg. 

The hospital for the colored soldiers, established in Quincy, was kindly 
cared tor by the society. 

The total value of boxes of hospital stores, sent the third year, was 
$3,421.39, while the value of goods sent during the fourth year was some 
$9,000. 

The efforts of this society, during 1S64 and 1865 were mainly directed 
to the care of the five hospitals located at Quincy, where their W(jrk was 
appreciated alike by the inmates and the government. This work at home 
did not prevent the JNeedle Pickets from doing service elsewhere. During 
this year the society had three hundred and twentj'-three families under its 
care. 

At the time the last report was made. May 31, 1865, the society had a 
balance in the treasury of $5,909.66. Since the close of the war the active 
work has been discontinued. The society, however, on the establishment 
of the "Blessing Hospital," of Quincy, furnished a room and endowed it. 

SISTERS OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. 

The Sisters of the Good Samaritan, a society formed for the purpose 
of supplying the brave soldiers with such articles as were considered neces- 
sary for their health and comfort, was organized in Quincy, July 12, 1861, 
at which time a constitution was adopted and officers elected. The officers 
were as follows: 

President, Mrs. I. O. Woodruff, Recordiiig Sec'y, Miss E. O'Eannon, 

Vice President, Mrs. Gelpen, ('orres. Sec'y, Miss Christiana Tillson, 

Mrs. C. H. Bnll, Treasurer, Miss Kate Palmer. 

The society numbered Dne hundred and fortyeiglit members — one 
hundred and fourteen ladies and thirty-four gentlemen. It had its meet- 
ings in the old Concert Hall building, from which place it moved on Oct. 8, 
1862, to the basement of the Centre Congregational Church. 

Tins society gave aid to the poor and needy of the city, but principally 
devoted its ettbrts in tliis direction tu the destitute families of soldiers who 
were on fields of battle. The work of assisting the soldiers was 
carried on by caring for the sick and wounded in liospitals all over the 



4!»4 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

country, where such care was needed, in procuring nurses, and sending 
such articles of apparel as were required. The local hospitals at Quincy 
received the attention of the Good Samaritans. To their efforts may be 
attributed their improved sanitary cuiidition. Hospital stores, including 
bandages, lint, edibles, and reading matter, were sent in large quantities to 
the places designated by the military authorities as being most in need of 
them, during the entire war. 

The expenses of the society during the year 1861-2. were $660.02; and 
this amount was largely increased yearly as the war progressed, in carrying 
on their noble work. 

The individual military organizations that received the benefits of this 
society were, Capt. Delano's Dragoons, the 50th Regiment, Col. M. M. 
Bane, Col. (ilovcr's Regiment, Capt. Schmitt's Company, Lieut. Col. 
Pierce commanding. Col. Grant's Regiment, Yates' Sharp Shooters, Col. 
Mor^^an's Regiment. 

The funds of this societ}- were raised by individual donations, sub- 
scriptions, and by giving entertainments of various kinds. The society 
received assistance in their work from the ladies of adjoining towns and 
from the county. 

The Good Samaritans continued tlie good work of taking care of the 
widows and orphans of soldiers, of the needy poor, of the wounded and 
sick soldiers, until the close of the war. 

A. K. A A. MASONS. 

The ancient order of Free and Accepted Masons took rank among the 
first of the benevolent institutions of Quincy or of Adams county. 

Bodley Lodge No. 1 was instituted in 1834 under the following cir- 
cumstances. We quote from Mr. A. W. Blakesley, who is at this writing 
still an honored citizen of Quincy: 

" Dec. 6th, 1834, a meeting of Masons was held at Quincy, and a 
petition for a dispensation to ()))en and hold a lodge of Freemasons there, 
was signed by Daniel Harrison, D. Whipple. Henry King, Samuel W. 
Rogers, Joseph N. Ralston, Joshua Streetcr, John Wood, Hiram Rogers, 
H. L. Montandon, Andrew Miller, Henry Asbury, J. T. Holmes, Nathaniel 
Pease, Michael Mast, Salmon Coggswell, Richard M. Young and Samuel 
Alexander. 

''The petition was forwarded to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, which 
at its annual communication, Aug. 31, 1835, granted a Disjiensation to the 
j)etitioners hereinbefore named to open and hold a lodge at Quinc}', 111., to 
be known as ' Bodley Lodge No. 97,' Daniel Harrison being named as first 
AVorshipful Master." ***** 

This lodge continued to work under the Grand Lodge of Kentucky 
until the Grand Lodge of Illinois was organized in 1840. Of all the origi- 
nal petitioners of Dec. 6, 1834, only Henry Asbury and John Wood are 
now living. 

Henry Ajsbury was once elected Worshipful Master. John Wood, 
although never in high official position in the order, has ever retained the 
respect of his brothers in masonry. He stands above reproach. 

Bodley Lodge, No. 97, met in communication at Jacksonville, 111., 
April 6, 1840, and assisted in the formation of tl>e Grand Lodge of Illinois. 

The numbers assigned to each lodge, under the renewed State organi- 
zation, were in accordance with the dates of their respective charters as 






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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 495 

originally granted. Tliereibre Bodley Lodge, Quincy, became No. 1, and 
Columbus, Adams county, No. 6. Of this last, Abraham Jonas was 
master, and he was chosen Most Worshipful Grand Master of the State, 
Hiram Kogers, also of this lodge, was first (irand Junior Warden. 

At the first annual grand communication, Oct. 20, 1840, Harrison 
Dills was elected Grand Junior Warden, and John Crockett was appointed 
Grand Junior Deacon, both of Bodley Lodge No. 1. 

Of the thirty-two charter members only seven are now living, and 
only one, Harrison Dills, a member of the lodge. Harrison Dills, James 
H. Luce and John Crockett, received the lectures from Barney in 1845, 
and through them was })erpetuated what was then, and is now, declared to 
be the work of tlie Gi-and Lodge of Illinois. Asa W. Blakesly is now 
one of the oldest and brightest members of the lodge. He came to them 
in 1S4S from Hancock Lodge, and lias been nioi-e than thirty years a mem- 
liiT and officer of Bodley, and twenty-four times held a seat in the Grand 
Lijilge of the State. At present William M. Robertson is the master, and 
Thdinas J. Bryant, secretary. 

We give the other lodges of masons in Quincy according to their 
oidfr, and would be glad to give further particulars concerning them, but 
tho.~e of whom we have asked historical information have been too busy to 
furnish it to us, and the records not 'being accessible we are obliged to 
mention them in brief. 

Herman Lodge, No. 39, has now for its W. M. Geo. O. S. Burt and 
Philip Laitter, secretary. Quincy Lodge No. 296 has E. C. Sellick for 
Master, and T. J. Mackav, secretary. 

Luce Lodge, No. 439, has John A. Riley for W. M., and H. H. Hoff- 
man for secretary. 

Lambert, No. 659, has C. S. Hickman for W. M., and Isaac N. Fari-ar 
for seci'etary. 

Qnincy R. A. Chapter, No. 5, has for its officers D. J. W. Bonney, H. 
P., and Isaac N. Farrar, secretary. 

Beausant Comtnandery, No. 11, of Knights Templars is officered by 
Edward S. Mulliner, Eminent Commander, and Wm. E. Avise, Recorder. 
Mr. Mulliner belongs to Quincy Lodge No. 296, where he has often been 
in the Master's chair, and although comparatively a young mason, has 
attained and kept a prominence in the order seldom reached by persons of 
his ajie. 



The Independent Order of Odd Fellows l>egan their existence in 
Quincy m 1845. Qnincy Lodge, No. 12, was organized March 24, 1845. 
The charter members were John Cleveland, Senr., Thomas Goodall, Chas. 
Gurn, Thomas Reid, Lewis M. Booth, Edward R. Woofers. 

July 27, 1848, Marquette Lodge was initiated, and its charter mem- 
bers were: J. R. LloUowbush, Wm. H. Benneson. Ebenezer Moore, A. E. 
Savage, Etlian Allen, Jr., James A. Parker, William M. Goodwin, .John 
Murphy, John Tillson, Jr., Henry Sage. 

Oct. 13. 1n58, Adams Lodge, No. 365, was instituted; the charter mem- 
bers were Frederick Wallett, Earnest Adam, II. II. Jansen, John Simon, 
B. Williamsdoff'en, G. H. Mertz, F. Wi Hoffman, Charles Petrie, John 
Doul. 

Robert Brooker Lodge, No, 406, instituted Oct. 12, 1868, the charter 

32 



4U6 Hlt^TDKV (IK ADAMS COUNTV. 

raembers wuru: M. Pif^gott, L. W. Brooker, J. F. Grosli, Lewis Schaub 
Robert IJruoker. 

Goldoii Rule Lodge, No. 27, Degree, of Kebekah, instituted Oct. 11, 
1870. The charter incmbers were: James E. Duim, Tiiomas Donovan, 
Josiali T. 13rt>wn, Tlionias T. .losepli, Jolin IJailcv, James E. Crew, John 
Ode, George W. Carnes, J. W. Elliott, Josepli Pilelps, L. B. Corder, J. B. 
Schott, Asa V. (Jalkiiis, J. C Bradsliaw, Jolin Ilutton, William W. Stock- 
well, Lewis Schaub, Mrs. Celia IL Dunn, Mrs. Kate Bailey, Mrs. Eliza 
Crew, Mrs. Elizabeth Phelps, Mrs. Julia Coder, Mrs. Sojihronia Calkins. 

Allen Encampment, ^»o. 4, was instituted at (.jnincy, Oct. 1-1, 1857, 
and the charter members were: Thou)as Elms, Charles Gnrn, James A. 
Swazey, Thomas J. Goodall, Ethan Allen, Jr., J. D. Griffin, Thomas Reid, 
Ebenezer Moore. 

The Odd Fellows of Quincy and of Adams county have reason to be 
proud of their record, and many of their individual members have been 
among the distinguished men of the county. Mr. James E. Dunn, who 
is now aniong the oldest members, still keeps his interest and familiarity 
with the order, and is a bright exjionent of the doctrines of F. L. tV T. 

OTHER SOCIETIES. 

UNITED ANOIKNT ORDER OF DRUIDS. 

Adams Grove, No. 2, was instituted Dec. 17, 1855, (English). Meets 
every Wednesday, southeast corner Vermont and Si.\th; 160 members. 

Washington (irovo. No. 3, was instituted Oct. 10. 1S5(], (German). 
Meets every Thursday, southeast corner Yerniont and Sixth; 91 members. 

Quincy Grove, No. 10, was instituted ]\I.arch 13, 1S02, (German). 
Meets every Monday, southeast corner Vermont and Sixth; 1)6 members. 

Oak Grove, No. 21, was instituted Oct. 1, 1809, (German). Meets 
every Tuesday, southeast corner Vermont and Sixth. 

Gem City Grove, No. 49, was instituted Jan. 1, 1S75, (German). Meets 
every Wednesday, southeast corner Vermont and Sixth. 

Socrates S. A. Chapter, No. 2, was instituted Oct. 28, 1804, (German). 
Meets second Friday of each month, southeast corner Vermont and Sixth. 

E.xcelsior S. A. Chapter. No, 5, was instituted Oct. 14, 1873, (Eng- 
lish). Meets on second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, southeast 
corner Vermont and Sixth. 

The Grand Gi'ove of the State of Illinois meets annually, on the first 
Tuesday in June, at jilaces chosen at the previous session. 

THE KNIGHTS OK TYTUIAS. 

Tiie Knights of Pythias have, in Quincy, two large and prosjierous 
lodges, officered as follows: 

Red Cross Lodi;e, No. 44, K. of P.: P. C, A. J. Ba!)y; C. C, G. M. 
Janes; V. C, W. It. Van Doom; P., A. J. Lennox; M. of Ex.. W. II. 
Ilonch; M. of F. Wm. Carson; K. of R. and S., J. F. Grosch; M.at A., E. 
Lafevre; O. (;., M. Highland. 

Prenx Cheriber Lodirc, No. IS, K. of P.: P. C, L. B. Boswell; C. 
C, Albert Deniarec; V. C., J. B. Bowles; T. C, B. Corriel; M. of E.x., 
L. B. Boswell; M. of F., Wm. F. Lyon; K. of R. and S., A. O. Gardner; 
M. at A., W. R. McCormick; J. G. E. Cameron; O. G., Thos. A. Knight. 



IIISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 407 

State orticers i-esulent in Qiiiiicy arc, W. A. Scliiuilt, Grand Cluuicellor, 
and W. li. McCorinick, Grand Junior Guard. 

Inde])eiident Order of B'nai Beritli: Zuleika Lodge, No. 99, organized 
June '23, IstJl, meets second and t'ourtli Sundays in each month, at Mar 
quette Hal), on Maine street. 

Quincy Lodge, No. 151, organized August 2Sth, 1870, meets every 
second and fourth Sunday in the month, at Harugari Lodge rooms, Maine 
street. 

Besides the societies named, there are hirge and jtrosperous lodges of 
the Ancient and United order of Workmen, the Mutual Aid and others. 

KAILKOADS. 

Great difficult}- was experienced by the early residents of Quincy and 
Ad.uMS counties to secure railrciad connections, as most all of the roads 
were to 1)C built to other points on the Missi.esippi river, but were finally 
obtained for (,)uincy by the liberality and enterjirise of the citizens of the 
city and count}'. A number of lines now center in the city, giving every 
facility for passenger and freight trattic. 

The oldest railroad now making Quincy a terminus is the Chicago, 
Burlington and Quincy, which was completed in February, 1856. This 
road, between Quincy and Galesburg, was built l)y the old Northern Cross 
comjiany, from which fact it was called the Northern Cross railroad. This 
branch was the result of the internal improvement system which was in- 
augurated in 1S37, the Legislature prescribing various lines, among 
wliich was a line from Quincy, on the Mississii)]^! river, via, Columbus and 
Clayton in Adams county, Mt. Sterling in Brown county, Meredosia and 
Jacksonville, in Morgan county, Springfield, Decatur, Danville, thence to 
the State line. This was known as the Nortliern Cross. 

The State commenced the construction of railroads in various sections 
of the State, but in four years, after ex]iendiiig $8,000,000, it discontinued 
the work. It put in operation sixty miles of road, from Meredosia to 
S|)ringfield, which is a jiart of the Northern Cross road, which the State 
managed fm- years, until finalh' it was sold at auction. 

In 1.S49 the Northern Cross railroad company was incorporated, with 
J. M. Pitman, S. Holmes, John Wood, C. A. Warren, G. B. Dimock, 
Hiram Boyle, and I. N. ]V[urris, of Adams county, and J. Brockman and 
J. W. Singleton, of Brown county, as incorporators, whose oljject was to 
build and use a railroad from the west baidv of the Hlinois river, o))posite 
Meredosia, tu the city of Quincy. The old Nortliern Cross railroad between 
the two points named above, was sold to J. W. Singleton, S. Holmes, PI. 
S. Cooley, C. A. Warren, J. M. Pitman and I. N. Morris, for $1,850, pay- 
able in State indebtedness. On the road thus sold, $500,000 had been ex- 
pended between Clayton and Quincy. At a meeting in 1850, $10,000 of 
the capital stock was subscribed. In the same year I. N. Morris, J. W. 
Singleton, J. M. Pitman, N. Bushnell and N. Plagg were elected directors, 
and I. N. Morris, president; E. Moore, treasurer; and S. Holmes, secre- 
tary. The company purchased the road of the pro])rietors, and prepared 
for active work. In 1851 the city of Quincy subscribed $100,000 in stock, 
payable in bonds, and the company was t(j have $20,000 of the stock as 
representing their interest. A new election took place, and N. Bushnell 
was elected president. 

Under this organization the road was leveled and graded to Clayton, 



498 HISTOKY <>F ADAMS COUNTY. 

and even to Sterling, all ready for the iron, when the company tailed to ob- 
tain the Brown county bonds, previonslj' subscribed. Tliis in connection 
witli the fact that the Sangamon and Morgan railroad company were hos- 
tile to the connection with tiie new road, satisfied the com])any tliat they 
could not build the road to Meredosia. At this time, having procured an 
act from the Legislature authorizing them to build a lateral roail in the di- 
rection of Chicago, tiiey entered into a contract witli the Central Military 
Tract company, by which they secured a road tlirough from Quincy to 
Chicago. 

In 1S53, having secured tlie influence of tlie Micliigan Central, who 
controlled tlie Aurora brancii, running from Mendota to Chicago, the ar- 
rangements were perfected. Quincy made a further subscription of $100,00it, 
while the citizens also subscribed 8100,n00. In January, l>i56, the entire 
line, from (|}uincy to Galesburg, wa* completed, at a cost of .^3,600,000, and 
on February 14, tiie first through train passed over the road. The line 
from Gaiesbnrg to Chicago was completed in the same year. 

The Toledo, Wabash <Sz Western, or "Wabash," was built under an act 
in the Legislature, in the name of the Quincy and Toledo railroad. Tiie 
line was tlie original route of the Northern Cross, which was abandoned 
by the then railroad compay. Subsequently J. W. Singleton obtained a 
ciiarter, and proceeded to construct tlie road from Camp Point, Adams 
county, to Meredosia. The road met with many difficulties until completed. 
At Meredosia it connected with the Great Western railroad, which 
has since been joined in one company extending from Quincy to Toledo. 

The Hannibal & St. Joe railroad has become part of the QuiiRT .system 
of railroads, as it is joined to Quincy by the Old Quincy & Palmyra brancli, 
which is now a part of the road. This road runs from Quincy to St. Joseph 
and Kansas City, ilo. The Ilanniljal & St. Joe was originally built to 
make Hannibal, Mo., the Eastern terminus, but energetic citizens of 
Quincy l)uilta short line from Quincy to Palmyra, tajiping the St. Joe line 
at the latter point. The Quincy vt Palmyra railroad company was organ- 
ized in 1S5G, but did not com]ilete the road until 1859. In 1856 it was 
purchased by tlie Hannibal 6c St. Josepli company. 

In 1868 the Quincy, Missouri tV' Pacific was organized. It has con- 
structed a line from Quincy to Kirksville, some seventy milea distant, and 
is still extending its line to the Missouri river, at a point opposite Browns- 
ville, Neb. Munici])al subscri^itions to a lai-ge amount were obtained to the 
new road. The first directors were John Wood, C. A. Savage, Thos. Ked- 
mond, C. H. Bull, Thos. Jasper, T. IJ. Selmes, C. M. Pomeroy, Geo. Adams, 
of Quincy; and Jno. Winterbottoin, W. C. Ilillis, J. W. 'Ue France, W. 
G. Roseberry, and J. S. Churcli, of Missouri. The officers were, C. A. Sav- 
age, president; Geo. S. King, secfetary; C. II.- Bull, treasurer; John H. 
Scherinerhorn, chief engineer. 

The (,!uincy and Carthage railroad was created in 1S70, and Hon. O. 
C. Skinner elected President; J. W. Jjishop, Secretary; and H. G. Ferris, 
Treasurer. The road runs North from Quincy, passing through Mendon 
and Keene townships, of Adams county; thence tlirough Hancock county 
to Carthage, and from there to Burlington. It was soon coni])leted, and is 
now ajiart of the C. B. 6c Q. company, >wlio connected it with Burlington, 
Iowa. 

Tlie Quincy, Alton & St. Louis railroad was organized September 10, 
1SC9, with J. W. Singleton, R. S. Benneson, A. J. F. Prevost, Win. Bowles, 




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MEIMBER OF CONGRESS 

ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 

QUINCY 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY 499 

C. H. Curtis, Edward Wells, Eli Seeborn, Perrj' Alexander, and C. S. 
Hi^bee, as directors. J. W Singleton was elected president; T. T. Wood- 
ruff, secretary and treasurer. The road was completed so as to make con- 
nections with St. Louis, and is now a branch of the C, B. & Q. 

The St. Louis, Keokuk ct JSorth western railroad also connects Quincy 
with the North and South, as it crosses the bridge at Quinc}-. The road is 
ci'inpleting its route to St. Louis, and when completed will be a valuable 
orad to Quinc\\ 

Other roads are projected from Quincy. as, for instance, connecting the 
Baltimore i\: Ohio with Quincy by a branch built from the city to Beards- 
town. 

I THE yCINCY BUILDING ASSOCIATION. 

' The Quincy Building Association was organized April, 1874. The 
founders were J. H. Schermerhoru and R. L. Miller, the object being the 
accumulation of a fund by monthly contributions, fines, premiums, or loans 
aii'l interest on investments, sufficient to enable the stockholders to build 
o! purchase for themselves dwelling houses, or improve real estate, or make 
such other investments as they may deem advantageous. 

The constitution provides as follows: 

All persons of the age of twenty-one years and upward may become Stockholders of 
this Association. Elinors may hold "stock "by guardian or trustee. Each Stockholder shall 
be entitled to a certificate for such stock held bj- him or her, to be issued in the name and 
under the seal of the Association, attested by the President and Secretary, which certificate 
may be transferred by assignment which shall be duly recorded upon the books of the Asso- 
ciation. 

The number of shares of stock U> be issued by the Association shall not exceed ten 
thousand (10,000), and shall be issued in series as the Board of Directors shall determine; 
but it shall be lawful for the Board of Directors to conclude the sale of stock in any of the 
.series when one hundred shares sliall have been subscribed. The value of each share to be 
one hundred dollars. Each stockholder, at the time of siibscribing for said stock, shall sign 
hi.s or her name to this charter. 

No member shall own more than fifty shares of stock in his or her own right. 

The capital shall be paid in installments, at the rate of fifty cents per share per month, 
at the time provided for in the B}'-Laws, in default of which such fine shall be imposed as 
the B3'-Laws shall designate, and such payments shall continue until, with the accumulated 
profits, the whole stock (or each particular series) shall be worth one hundred dollars per 
share. 

The paj'ment of dues on a series of stock shall commence at the date of issue of the 
same. 

Each Stockholder, for each and everj- share of stock held in this corporation, shall be 
entitled to receive a loan of not more thai] one hundred dollars; such loan to be disposed of 
to the highest bidder for priority of right, and shall pay one-half per cent, per month inter- 
est upon the wlmle loan, including the premium. 

The repayuieiit of such loan to the Association shall be secured by bond and mortgage 
on real estate, wliich sliall lie clear of all incumbrance (except in case this Association shall 
liold the previous incumbrance) together with a polic)- of fire insurance, if upon improved 
property, assigned to the Associatioii ; such securit}' to be approved b}' the Board of Directors. 

Officers and Directors are as follows: 

President — ('has. W. Keyes. Vice-President — F. W. Menke. 

Secretary — C. H. Jlorton. Treasurer — Geo. F. Jasper. 

Attorney — Kufus L. Miller. 

Directors. 

H. A. Williamson, Peter H. Meyer, Ceylon Smith, 

\V. B. Larkworthy, Thomas Austin, C. H. Morton, 

.1. M. Smitli, F. W. Menke, Jas. Inghram, 

W. S. Fliick, Herman Moecker. 



500 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

The last report shows the receipts and disbursements of the association 
to be as follows: 

To Dues receivt-a $107,206 50 

•' Interest 17,439 81 

"Fines 880 40 ■ 

" Transfers 195 30 

"Premiums 58,07180 

" Repaid Loans 38,700 00 

" Rents ■ 4(5 00 

■' Sale of Real Estate 3.905 00 

By Loans to Stockholders |1G5,000 00 

" Stock withdrawn 32,211 i»0 

" Interest on Stock withdrawn 5,949 96 

" Premium on Repaid Loans 12,510 t;5 

" Cost of Real Estate .5;204 47 

" Expenses 3,103 20 

" Taxes on Real Estate ,,, : 92 03 

" Cost of Safe 131 30 

" Balance— Cash on liand ' .582 00 

!j;325,444 81 1225,444 St 

GAS — ITS INTRODUCTION INTO QUINCY. 

Those who daily receive the benefits of.illuniinating gas no doubt will 
be interested in an account of its introduction. Like other new enter- 
prises of equal importance it was long talked of and agitated before active 
measures were adopted for its introduction. In the year 18.!>3, a company 
was organized, and a contract entered into bv the corporators, John Wood, 
Lucius Kingman, Samuel Holmes, Tlios. Redmond, Jas. D. Morgan, 
Samuel W. Rogers, Thus. C. King, Robert S. Benneson and Wm. H. Car- 
lin with Messrs. A. B. Chambers and Thos. Pratt of St. Louis, who in con- 
sideration of f$75,000 of the stock of the Quincy Gas Light and Coke 
com])any agreed to purchase suitable grounds, furnish all the materials and 
construct works of sufKcient capacity to inainifactnre and store o.j.OOO cubic 
feet of gas daily, lay 3i miles of street mains, provide the necessary meters 
and erect 50 public lamps. At the same time a contract for lifty additional 
lamps, and the right of way in laying street mains was entered into. On 
the first of December, 1S5G, the contract for the erection of tlie works hav- 
ing been completed, and Messrs. Chambers »fc Pratt having purchased and 
erected 14 more lamps and furnished meters, seven pipes and other materials 
not specified in the contract, they were allowed an additional $5,100 in 
stock for extra labor and material. The whole stock of the company thus 
amounted to $80,100, and it commenced opei-ating with one Viench of three 
retorts, 64 public lamps and 139 jirivate consumers. With the growth of 
the citj' the demand for gas has rapidly increased, and the comjjany is now 
working eight benches of three retorts each to their full capacity, li^jhting 
334 ])ublic lamps, supplying 750 private consumers, and has over eight and 
one-half miles of street mains. In 1867 a new gas holder, 00.\22 feet, 
with a capacity of 62,000 cubic feet, was completed at a cost of fS21,516.5S. 
Since then the retort capacity of the company has been doubled, consisting 
of twelve benches of three retorts each, the old purifiers five feet six inches 
square, have been replaced by new ones ten by fourteen feet, and the old 
center seal of six inch capacity has been replaced with a new seal of ten 
inch capacity. The six inch street mains have been replaced by ten inch 
pipe, and the change has added materially to the pressure and flow of gas. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUXTY. 501 

The last mentioned iinproveiiients have cost the company $20,729.14, most 
of the work being done by Qnincy inecbanics. 

The improvements at the works this year have been the introduction 
of new ten inch condensers with an exhansterandengine, at a combined cost 
of $C,(! 10.76. The old gas holder was also repaired at a cost of $1,153, and is 
to be replaced the coming year by a new and improved one. Other improve- 
ments during the same period, including building, &c.. aggregated $1,- 
741.10. 

The annual consumption of coal at the gas works is 77,763 bushels, 
and of lime 2,9.57 bushels. The pay roll proper amounts annually to $14,- 
000. This company has now been in operation thirteen years, and although 
a majority of the stock is held in St. Louis, it has always been managed by 
Quincy men, who, while they have an interest in the pecuniary success of 
the company, have still a larger interest in operating it to the satisfaction 
of our citizens. Thus, whilethey have acted Ift good faith as directors and 
managers, they have never failed to add such improvements as seemed in 
their judgment demanded by the city and their patrons. 

In this particular, therefore Quincy, has a decided advantage. The 
capital stock now amounts to .slGl,.550. 

The enterprise exhibited by the company the past two years in laying 
new street mains and increasing its manufacturing capacity, is an earnest 
that they are determined to keep pace with the wants of the community, 
and supply our citizens with an article of gas not excelled any where. In 
this connection it is proper to state that there has been decided improve- 
ment. 

The present officers of the company are: President, Jas. D. Morgan ; 
^.•cretary. H. "R. Corley; treasurer, C. M. Pomroy; superintendent, 
August W. Littleton. 

CEMETERIES. 

The Hebrew cemetery is in the northwestern part of the city, near 
what is known as Sunset Hill. 

Ihe Roman Catholic cemeteries are located on Maine near the corner 
of Eighteenth; on Broadway just east of Thirtieth, and on State east of 
Twentieth. 

The Woodland cemetery is located in the southern portion of the 
city, and is bounded by Jefferson street on the north, and Van Buren on 
the south, and by Fifth street on the east and the river bank on the west. 
The city hospital occupies a position in the southeastern portion of the 
cemetery grounds. 

Woodland cemetery is beyond question one of the most beautiful in 
the country. Its situation on the bluff is such that from it is secured one 
of the finest and most extended views to be found on the Mississippi river. 
Fronting on Fifth street is the tomb of Timothy Rogers_; Esq., of Quincy. 
The work of building was in progress for more than a year, and was com- 
pleted about twelve months ago. During the past season thousands of 
persons have visited the cemetery for the purpose of viewing this magnifi- 
cent work of art. 

Mr. Pogers determined, sevei-al years ago, to erect the tomb, his inten- 
tion being to make it the finest in the United States, and equal to any in 
the world. The vault is located on Fifth street fronting Adams, one of 
the prettiest spots in the cemetery. The lot fronts forty feet on Fifth and 



502 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

runs back sixty feet. The front of the tomb is of Vermont marl)ie, and 
including the tower is forty feet in lieight. The front is from four to si.x 
feet in thickness, the blocks being liandsomely carved and ornamented with 
wreatiis and other tasteful and appropriate designs. The tower which sur- 
mounts the front contains on its four sides a bust of Mr. Itogers, and is a 
liandsome piece of work. Tlie design is bv tiie well-known architect, Mr. 
Bunting, of Indianapolis. Over the door the name of "T. Rogers" is cut 
in the marble, and above the name appear the figures 1876, cut aiul 
lironzed. 

The vault itself is of Ijrick, laid in imported English cement, wliich 
was also used in the marble front. An idea of its dimensions may be 
obtained when it is stated that 112,000 bricks were used in its construc- 
tion. The brick wall is covered wifh soil, and then sodded. The entrance 
is through massive double doors of solid marble. Inside tlie marble doors 
are doors made of iron slats, which are used when the heavy doors are left 
open. The floor of the corridor is of marble blocks, with a black border 
running around the side and ends. On each side of the corridor, running 
the whole distance of the tomb, are the vaults or places for caskets, which 
number 112. The caskets rest on a marble slab, and marble slabs are placed 
in the openings after the caskets are deposited, and cemented. The 
arrangements for ventilation are such that the tomb will alwavs be free 
from foul air. A hollow wall connects witli each vault and carries the air 
into a ventilating flue whicli runs above tlie tomb. As the vaults, as fast 
as occupied, are sealed up, there never can be any bad air in the corridor. 
Drilled holes through the marble doors admit fresh air when they are 
closed. 

The interior is so arranged that in the future, if it sliould become 
necessary, 100 vaults can be added in the corridor, commencing at the 
west end. Mr. Rogers intends it for a family tomb, and expecting it to be 
used for iiundreds of years, so designed it that a century lience vaults for 
his descendants ina}- be erected there. It has been visited by citizens from 
all portions of the country, who ])ronounce it far superior to any work of 
the kind they ever saw. It is ])erfect]y safe to say that it is by far the 
largest, flnest and most costly ever built in America. As stated above, the 
marble was obtained from Vermont, and was dressed and finished ready to 
bo placed in ])osition before it was shipj^ed. The marble filled twelve 
freight cars, each carrying 20,000 pounds. 

The entire work cost $20,000. Mr. Rogers is entirely satisfied with 
it, and takes pride in showing to his friends the marble temple, prepared 
by him for the resting place of his family and descendants, llis enterprise 
has given Quincy a tomb finer, costlier and grander than can be found in 
any other city in the United States, and is deserving of high praise. 
Strangers in the city will find that a sight of the tomb ot Mr. Rogers will 
repay tiiem for a .visit to tlie cemetei-y. 

The Soldiers' cemetery is located the same as Woodland; a portion of 
the latter's ground being set apart for this purpose. 





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TOWNSHIP HISTORIES. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

Bktekly — Burton — Camp Point — Clayton — Concord — Columbus — 
Ellington — Fall Creek — Gilmer — Houston — Honey Creek — 
Keene — Lima — Liberty — Mendon — Melrose — -Mc Kee — Northeast 
— Payson — Richfield — Ursa. 

BEVERLY TOWNSHIP. 

The township of Beverly is situated thirty-one miles southeast of the 
city of Quincy, in the southeast corner of Adams county, the county of 
Pike lying south and east. The first permanent settlement was made by 
Azeriah Maytield, in lS-32, on section 21, and was the only settlement until 
1834, when James Sykes, Jr. (now deceased) and John B. Robertson, 
with their families, from New York, settled here, and in 1835 James Rich- 
ardson, Sr., Samuel Cutter, Wm. Raymond, Hon. Archibald Willia'ms. 
Jacob Stafford, and others, and from that time the accessions to their pop- 
ulation were more rapid. These, mainly, entered Congress land, and soon 
it was mostly taken up, leaving nothing but the military land open for pur- 
chasers; but for lack of confidence in the titles it was not purchased until 
184:0, when it began to sell rapidly, and the best of it was earlj' taken by 
those who still continued to come into the township. At the present time 
the population is about 1,300. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Sykes died on the same 
section where they first located; Mr. Robinson and wife are still living on 
the same section, he aged 89 and she 81. 

In this township are two small villages, Beverly and Kingston. Beverl}' 
derives its name from Beverly, Massachusetts; Kingston was named alter 
one of its founders, Mr. James King. Beverly village was laid out in 1836, 
on section 21, by an association composed of John B. Robertson, Wm. 
Raymond, Chas. W. Billington, Samuel Reynolds and Archibald Williams. 
It contains a large and commodious school-house, a Union Methodist and 
Congregational church, and also a Town Hall for holding-elections and other 
respectable meetings. This Town Hall was built in 1850 for a church. 
The present church was built in 1864 by public subscription. The first 
school-house was Ijuilt in 1237, and was destroyed by a tornado in 1844. 
The first teacher was Henry Benson, who taught two quarters, and was em- 
ployed by tlie trustees at $23 per month, the citizens agreeing to pay 
one-third by subscription, the balance from the school fund. Beverly post- 
office was established in 1837, and Mr. John B. Robertson appointed post- 
master by President Martin Van Bnren. For thirty-four years Mr. Rob- 
ertson kept the ))ost-office at his house, and then six years in the village, 
and at the age of 86 resigned on account of deafness. The tirst mill was 
built in 1843, on section 20, by Wm. Raymond and Ben Kenney, and was 
run by ox-power. The first blacksmith shop was run by Edward L. Grosch. 



504 lll8T<JKy OF ADAMS COUNTT. 

The tiist store was kept by Tliomas Tlioiiijisoii. The tirst preacher 
in the townsliip was a Mr. Browning. In 1848 Mr. James E. Frink began 
the luanufHCtnre of t'urniture, and is now compelled to substitnte steam for 
hurse-power to meet tlie demand. Blacksmiths, carpenters, shoemakers, har- 
ness-makers, coopers and other mechanics find ready employment. 

The village of Kingston is situated very finely in the northwest 
corner of the township, has two churches — the Baptist and Methodist — one 
large school-house, and two stores — dry goods and groceries — kept by Thos. 
Polk and ^Mr. H. B. Apsley, the latter also being post-master. Kingston 
:ilso has the finest Masonic hall in the county outside of Quincy. witli a very 
I'espectable lodge of well-posted members. It also has a drug-store and 
harness shop ke])t by E. W. liidgely. There is also a steam flouring mill 
snccessfully run by McVay tS: Binison. This township is almost equally 
divided between timber and prairie, and is classed among the best town- 
ships in the county. 



Richardson School-Bouse District, No. 1, is situated in tlie nortlieast 
corner of the township. It was built about 1840, and has been replaced by 
a new one. The school is well regulated and in good repute. The present 
board of directors is, Perry Frame, Jerome Ferry, Evans Noyers, clerk. 
The last teacher was George Browning. The number of children on which 
tax is based is eighty-five. 

Oak Grove District, No. 2, was organized in 1840, and a fi-ame build- 
ing put up which was used for a number of years, giving place to a new 
building which is now being replaced by the third, whicli is under head- 
way, and will cost about $0<iO. The district has seventy-eight children 
subject to taxation, with an average number of scholars per montli of thirty. 
Present teacher is Elsa Hart; present board of directors is Henry Weber. 
Francis AVfells and John M.Browning. 

LoiiG Oak District, No. 3, is located in the southwest corner of the 
townshi]). The present school building is worth about §600, fully insured. 
The district has seventy-nine children subject to taxation, with an average 
school attendance of thirtj'-five. The present teacher is L. S. Climer, and 
the present board of directors is S. R. Hall, Matthew Orr, and Charles 
Morgan. 

Mound District, No. 4, is situated near the southeast corner of the 
township, close to the "mound farm," known as the Archibald Williams 
place; it is the highest point in Adams county, over seventy-five feet 
above the average surface ot the township. The school is well patronized 
by the citizens of the township. The present board of directors is Geo. 
Stautter, John Insley, John Leighty, and the number of children in the 
•listrict is fifty -five. The present teacher, Miss Katie Eobertson, is highly 
esteemed. 

Kingston District, No. 5, is located in the village of Kingston. The 
school-house was erected at the same time the Masonic hall was built, and 
is a fine buildini;. The present board of directors is Lloyd Kinney, Wni. 
F. Bacon, O. 1'. Bufiington. The school tax is levied on a basis of 115 
scholars. The last teaclier was E. C". Green. 

Beverhj District, No. 6. is situated in the village of Beverly.- The 
school-house is a good, substantial, well-constructed building, and rather 
excels the other school buildings in the township. It cost $1,600. The 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 505 

district has 119 children. Present board of directors, Wm. Robertson, 
James Ricliardson, Jr., and John Convey. 

Beverh' township has also three Union Districts, two connecting Pike 
county, and one McKee township, which contain sixty-three children sub- 
ject to taxation. This is a material Iielp to the school fund of the town- 
ship, as it draws proportionately from the State fund. 

CHURCHES. 

TJie tirst Sunday-school was formed in Beverly, May, 1850, and was 
the " John the Baptist " of the church. It was formed by the influence 
of Mrs. McCoy, mother of Robert McCoy, and was superintended seven 
years by G. W. Williams. 

The M. E. ChurcL— The first society of the M. E. Church was 
formed in 1852 by Rev. John Kirkpatrick, embracing three families. 

The Congregational Church of Beverly was organized by Rev. G. W. 
Williams, December 13, 1859, composed of eighteen members; was 
recognized as such December 27, % a council from the following 
churches, viz: Qnincy, Payson, Hannibal, Mo., Macomb, Griggsville, and 
Barry, 111. Ministers present were Rev. S. N. Emery, Quincy; Rev. C. A. 
Leach, Payson; Rev. ^'. P. Colvin, Griggsville, 111.; Rev. Z. R. Hawley, 
Macomb. Officers of the church; Rev. G. W. Williams, pastor; John F. 
Godfrey, Edward Williams, Geo. W. Rol)ertson, deacons; Joseph P. Wood, 
clerk; Lewis Hubert, treasurer. 

There was an Ecclesiastical society formed by members of both 
(•hurches, and duly incorporated for the purpose of acquiring and holding 
property in order to build and hold a meeting house for the joint use of 
l)otli churches. They have worshiped in the liouse ever since as peacealih' 
as mortals usually do. The Congregationalists have not had a pastor for 
several years, but unite with the Methodists in worship and the conduct of 
the Sunday-school. 

Kingston Methodist Church. — John Piper was the first preacher that 
ever ministered in the township. He held meetings at the houses. In 
1S54 the present church was built, and used many years as a Chi-istian 
Church. After struggling a long time it declined to a small number of 
members, and in 1862 sold out to the Methodists for $350. They organ- 
ized by electing tlie following board of traistees: Benjamin Fahs, Jacob 
Buffington and W. M. Eidson. The Rev. Mr. Dake, of Beverly Circuit, is 
now ministering to the societ}', and the church has now forty -live members. 

BURTON TOWNSHIP. 

The lirst white settler in Burton townshi]) was Elias Adams, a native 
of New York State, and a soldier of the war of 1812, in Capt. Forsythe's 
rifle company. After serving for five years, part of the time as an orderly 
sergeant, lie was discharged, and coming to Illinois in 1824 or 1825, located 
on the land granted him by the Government for his services, being the north- 
west corner of section 28. Tliaddeus Pond and family came to the town- 
ship in 1829; located on the southwest corner of section 15. 

John Wigle was living in the year 1831, on section 28, near where the 
town of New Liberty now stands, and had for liis neighbor Joseph Ferguson, 
who resided about two miles west from him, near where the old Dunkard 
meeting-house stood. Dennis P. Meacham had located near the southeast 



506 HISTORY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 

corner of tlie noi'theast rjuarter of section 20. Abraham Ilunsaker, Jno. 
Hughes, and Geo. Wolfe, with their families, were located along the west 
line of section IS. Lewis Simpson, Jacob Ilunsaker, and Eli Littleton 
were located along tlie west line of section 19. Old Samuel Ilunsaker i.n the 
northeast of section 30. Long Davison the northwest of section 30. Joseph 
Rhodes and Andrew Hunsaker on the smithwest of section 30. Jno. Mc- 
Bride on southwest of section 81, wliich is now the west part of Liberty- 
township. As most of these settlers had large families quite a little 
settlemetit was formed. At al)out the same time Sam'l l<ei-guson had 
located near tiie southwest corner of section 2, in Burton townshij). Jacob 
Sharji, at the snuthwest corner of northwest of section 3, and Wm. llichards 
on northwest of section 7. Wm. Medford, the first scliool teacher in the 
township, andwho was also a Methodist preacher, was living on the south- 
east of section S. During the fafl of the same year, Abrain and Alvin 
Conger, with their mother, Joseph II. Childers, the widow Norton, Uenry 
C Davis, with their families, arrived from the State of Kentucky, and 
located on sections 5 and S. Mr. Franks and family, who came with the 
same party, settled on the northwest of section C>, in Rieiitield township. 
Henry Oingingsmith and family, withliis single brothers Daniel and John, 
and his brother-in-law, Jno. Strader, were located on section 18. near the 
Burton spring. Henry and John Doty, liotli single, were located on tlie 
southwest of section 17. Other settlers who came to the township about 
this time, including Layston, fliiy, Reuben AVright, McXab, James and 
Elijah Thompson, from some cause or other soon pulled u]) stakes and 
journeyed to other lands, some to Te.xas, others to lowii. Elijah Thom])Son 
returned from Texas in 1834, and settled on the southeast of section 13, 
where he resided until a few years ago when he was gathered to his fathers. 
There were coal beds worked on sections 2.5 and 36, from forty to fifty 
years ago, by blacksmiths and others who hauled it to Quincy, but the con- 
struction of the C. B. 6c Q. railroad effectually crushed the enterprise 
by furnishing chea]>er transportation from the beds at Colchester. 

In November, 1S31, Laris Pulman and wife arrived in Burton town- 
ship, from the State of New York, having come the entire distance in a two- 
horse wagon, drawn by horses which were nearly old enough to vote, being 
each eighteen years old. Mr. Pulman located on the northwest of section 
26, where he still resides. 

The list below gives all the supervisors, town clerks, assessors, col- 
lectors, and justices of the peace since the first year the townshi|> was 
organized under the township organization act: 

Sl'PERVISOHS. TOWX CLEKKS. 

Wm. H. Tandv 18.50-51 T. H. Richards 1801, 62, 73, 74, 7.') 

Abraham VickcTs 1852 W. H. Leach 1864-«5 

Joseph A. Pulman 1853 L. Puhiian 1866-07 

Wm. V. Humphrey 1854-56 J. P. Richards 1868 

Laris Pulm.in 18.57 G. R. Stewart 1871 

Wm. Richards 1858 T. .1. Enlow 1872 

Thomas Tripp, '60 to "75, a period of 16 yrs. Edmund Wells 1870 

A. M. Samuels 1876-77 Willis Enlow. . 1877-78 

Reynard Cook 1878-7 J assessoks. 

TOWN CLERKS. A. F. Price 18.50, 52 

J. A. Pulman 1850-52 B. S. Stevenson 1851 

C. M. Morton 1^53 J. W. Ridiards 1853, .55, 65, 75 

I. N. Enlow 18.54, .55, .57, 09, 70 Andrew Thorn pson 1854 

T.Tripp 1856,58, 59 .J. G. Humphrey 1856 

Wm. Landon I860, 63 Wm. Richards 1857, 60 









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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



507 



ASSESSORS. 

John At on 1858 

John 31. Samuels 1859 

L. Pulmiin 1861, 07, 68 

L. D. Thompson 186a 

John M.Vev 1S63, 69 

Geo. W. Dean 18C-1 

Leonard Hoil'man 1866 

Jas. O. Lvtle 1870, 73, 73 

S. S. Nesbit 1871 

A. M. Samuel 187-t 

T. H. Richards 1876-78 

COLLECTORS. 

Jos. Leverett 1850 

A.F.Price 1851 

J. W. Richards 1852 

Wm. V. Humphrey 1853, 61 

John Cavalt 185-1 

Nclsim Birdsall 1855 

Will Richards 1856 

-\. n. Wheeler 1857 



COLLECTORS. 

Levi Wolf 1858 

Wm. H, Leach 1859 

David Howe 1860 

Alex. Hunsaker 1862 

Henry C-rrimmer 1803 

T. H.'Richards ..1864 

L. Hoffman 1865 

Thos. J. Enlow 1866 

Ed. James 1867 

J. O. Lvtle 1868 

Edwin Cleveland 1869 

R. A. ilehaffy 1870 

L N. Enlow 1871 

Edward Fairfax 1S73 

G. R. Stewart 1873 

Jno. H. Rumpf 1874 

W. H.Merz 1875 

Samuel Corbin 1876 

Jno. A. Proctor 1877 

James I. Pitlman 1878 



BUKTON VILLAGE. 

Tlie village of Burton was laid out and located on the southwest 
quarter of section 7, b}- Elijah M. King, Esq., about the year 1836. Paris 
T. Jud}- ke])t the first store, E. S. Beardsley the first tavern, and David 
Karnes the first blacksmith shop, which were located on section 18. The 
lirst wagon-niaker was Samuel Cooper. Since its organization there has 
been one addition made to the town consisting of one tier of blocks south 
of Maine street, which is on the section line and the main road to Quincy. 
S. S. Meachain, who was justice of the peace and post-master for nearly 
twenty years, commenced keeping a general store in 1840, which he con- 
tinued until his death, a period of about thirty-five years. After his death 
J. H. Piihnan succeeded to the store and the ofHce of justice of the peace. 
The village contains about twenty-five buildings, and about one hundred 
and thirty inhabitants. It has two blacksmith shops, one hotel, a school 
house and one church. 



Livingston School District, No. 1. — Prior to the division in 1813-44, 
it comprised a piece of land two miles in width, lying on the nortli side of 
Burton township extending from the east to the west line, the school house 
being situated on section 3. The building surrendered to the fire-king 
(supposed to be the work of an incendiary) about the year 1845. In Octo- 
ber, 1843, the district was re-organized, and now comprises nineteen quar- 
ter Sections in the northeast corner of Burton township. The prime actors 
in succession were Joseph Leverett, John Mitchell, Parker Goding and A. 
M. Foster. The name Livingston was proposed by C. F. Foster, in honor of 
Edward Livingston, Prime Minister to the Court of France du'ing Presi- 
dent A. Jackson's first administration, which naine was unanimously 
adopted. 

The first school was taught during the winter of 1843-44 by Otis 
Thompson in an upper room of Joseph Leverett's dwelling. The summer 
school following was taught by ]V[iss Walton, now Mrs. A. M. Richards. 
The first school-house was built during the summer of 1844, near the center 
of the district on land appropriated by Joseph Leverett, said building 
being constructed by voluntary labor. It was a creditable building in 
its day, and was used as a .place of worship for many years. 



508 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

A new biiildin<5 was erected the following summer — one more credita- 
ble to the district — under the judicious management of W. H. Thompson, 
A. Slade, and E. E. Hughes. The geographical situation is somewhat re- 
markal)le, lying on the dividing waters of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, 
making its location one of the highest and most sightly in the county. 
From near the center, and especially during the winter season, a view may 
he had of the following towns and villages: Payson, Newtown, Liberty. 
Columbus, Coatsburg, Paloma, and Keokuk Junction. From one stand- 
point on section 1 the water falls to the four ])oints of the compass, and 
the beholder can see at a glance thousands of acres of the most fertile 
lands in the county. At the present writing it contains a population of 
140 souls, and is occupied by able and practical farmers who pride them- 
selves in the advancement and the good morals of the community. A 
Sabbath-school has king flourislred in this community, who feel that 
intelligence coupled with Christianity are more potent than the sword of 
Achilles, or the artillery of Napoleon, and are the sure safe-guards of our 
commcmwealth. Present teacher, Miss Emma Lytle, has served the school 
with great satisfaction. Mr. Wm. H. Thompson is chairman of the board 
of school trustees. 

School District ^0. -l, section 29, known as Tandy school. The school- 
house was first built in 1850, a small brick building, 2o.\30, in what was 
then considered very modern style — high ceilings, large windows, to lower 
or raise by weights and pulleys — a good, substantial, comfortable, and well- 
furnished school-house; better than was usually seen in those days. Among 
the patrons of the school, and those who conti-ilmted largely to its support, 
were Wm. H. Tandy, Chas. M. Morton, Israel Morris, John Aten, Thomas 
Hughes, W. B. AVheeler, and M. W. Smith. It was named the "Washing- 
ton Hall" school-house. 

The first school was taught by Franklin Richards, son of Wm. Ricli- 
ards, Esq., near the village of Burton. He taught the winter term of si.\ 
months, and soon after married Miss Catharine V. Tandy, daughter of Mr. 
Wm. Tandy, and now resides in the old Tandy homestead, about a quarter 
of a mile from the school-house. In the spring of 185- Mr. Ambrose F. 
Newman, of Eastern birth and education, took charge of the school, and 
taught it with the best of success for over five years. 

The ne.xt teacher was Mr. H. R. Lewis, a Presbyterian minister who 
then lived in Newtown, followed by Mr. Willard B. Spaukling, a graduate of 
Keeiie College, New Hampshire, a very intelligent, highly educated gen- 
tleman, of refined manners. He was succeeded by Chas. A. Kendall, now 
living near Barry, 111., a very successful teacher, Messrs. Whitney, Lion- 
berger, Morris, Nesbitt, and Sliss Hannah Ilibner, Hattie Morton, Mrs. H. 
Kay, and many others. In 1865 the old brick was torn down and replaced 
by a large and commodious stone building which is now in good condition 
and largely attended. It is situated in a very pleasant neighborhood, and 
the patrons are mostly men of wealth and culture, who appreciate a good 
school and the advantages derived from it, and always try to secure the 
services of efficient teachers and pay them good wages, and now is called 
the "Tandy school-house." 

Neioton School District, No. 5, section 27, was first taught in the 
Presbyterian Church, by Miss Harriet Spencer, who taught several term.-^. 
The patrons of the school at that time were Josiah Read, Warren Miller 
William Wells, George Wells, Laris Pulman, James Ward, Roberts and 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTV. 509 

Elliot. Miss Ennis Kimball tau.sht in 1842. Josiah Read in 1843. He 
was a man of great intelligence, educated in jS'ortlifield College, Mass., also 
attended Chesterfield College. X. H., and was a very successful teacher for 
three or four terms. He still lives in section 26, where he first settled. 
Elizabeth Ballard taught in 184-i, Elizabeth Wells iu 1845, Wm. Y. 
Onslow in 1846, Sarah Wells in 1846 and 1847, followed by Amy "Wells and 
others. 

About 1855 a new school-house was built, and Mr. Spencer A. New- 
man taught the first school in it, followed by Miss Lucy Alford, and E. M. 
Williams. R. P. Kendall assisted by Hattie A. Morton taught the winter 
term of 1856-57. J. D. Duncan taught in 1858, Miss Hannah P. Eaton in 
1859, Phcebe Ells in 1860, J. W. Morris, Susan Gabriel, O. M. Stone fol- 
lowing. About 1S62, the school having become so large that the school- 
house could not accommodate so many, the old Presbyterian church was 
purchased and fitted up for a school-room by Messrs. Herbert Tandy, Nes- 
bitt, Read, Tibbitts, and others. Miss Jennie Morton taught the priniary 
in 1868; Miss Norris. the higher department in the hall over Tripp's store. 
In 1870 a new school-house was built in the northwest part of town, 40x50, 
with two rooms, at a cost of $4,000. William Kay, assisted by his wife, 
taught the first school In it. Rev. Mr. McKorcle taught three or four terms, 
assisted by his daughter, Mary, and by Miss Josephine Hughes. Mr. Chas. 
Read and Miss Elodie Richards taught in 1876-77, Charles Read and Mary 
Roe in 1877-78, Isaac Cutter and Mary Roe, the present teachers, in 1878-79. 
The school is well graded and classified, and numbers about 100 scholars. 
The present directors are Leonard Hofl:'man, Levi Gettzs, and Granville 
Boukout. 

Indejyendence School. — The school-house was built in 1846. The patrons 
-i I lie school, and those who helped to build the house and support the 
icliool were Garrett Stewart, John Felt, Jacob Sharp, John G. Lightfoot, 
Jacob Helm, and Jackson Norton. Of these, Garrett Stewart alone 
survives. The school-house is quite near his residence, which has ever 
been a home for the teachers. The first person who taught the school 
was Mr. Martin, a very strict, stern man, but a very good teacher. He 
was followed by Michael, then John Moore, Joseph Lummis,- and 
Franklin Newman, who was a very superior teacher, well educated and 
well liked. His pupils remember him with afl'ection. He died several 
years ago. Mr. Adrian Tandy taught the school in 1849, followed 
by Thomas Brunton, who taught several terms, and was a very experienced 
teacher, having been engaged in teaching so long that some of his former 
pupils are grandfathers and grandmothers now. He was followed by David 
Wells, of Newtown (since deceased), Joseph Morton, who taught several 
terms, and Mr. Wm. B. Fisher, of Columbus, 111., Miss Hattie Morton, in 
1856 (the school was very large at that time, well-attended, and a very 
interesting and advanced school), Mr. E. B. Dunwell, Mr. Sherben King, 
Miss Jennie Morton, Mr. Geo. King, a graduate of Yale College, Miss 
Drusilla Powell, Ann Taylor, and others; in 1869 Mr. E. P. Moore (he 
was proficient in elocution, and declamation at school exhibitions was then 
very much in vogue), Mr. John Murphy, Miss Margaret Best, Kate 
Buckingham, W. Landon, Geo. Richards, and Miss Eunice King, who now 
is teaching her second term. The school now averages about twenty 
scholars. About 1861 or 1862 the German Lutherans built a school-house 
in the same district, and more than half the children attend the German 



510 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

school. «The present board of directors is George Stewart, Robert Mehatfy, 
and A. M. Samuels. 

Burton School No. 3. According to the records of 1847, the board of 
directors was Joseph H. Childers, Josiah Richards, and Granville Corbin, 
J. Richards being treasurer. J. P. Cadogaii was the first teacher who ever 
taught in the district, but owing to the defacing of the records it is impos- 
sible to state the amount of his salary or length of time taught. The 
school was held in the historical "log school-house," for several jears, 
when the present building, a one-story frame, of one room, was built. 
The attendance is usually large, iiuml)ering about eighty, Ijut is gen- 
erally taught by one teacher. Ainon^ tliose who have served the dis- 
trict as directors was S. S. Meacham, Elijah M. King, Wm. Richards, 
Noah Swain, Henry Cooper, I. N. Enlow, and Dr. W. M. Landon, the 
last two mentioned serving manyyears at dift'erent times. The present 
board are Geo. Schafer, Geo. Able, Henry Mullenhouer, the former acting 
as clerk of the board. The school, though large, has generally been under 
good control, and many who now hold prominent positions in life received 
their first lessons in Burton. Of the teachers who have held positions in 
the school, with credit to themselves and profit to the district, may be 
mentioned Miss Sarah J. Underhill, a finely educated lady, Mr. J. A. Mc- 
Craynor, a man of superior disciplinary ability, whose merits were highly 
appreciated by the people of Burton, and whose influence will be of lasting- 
benefit to the school; Mr. P. A. Sickal. a man who enjoys a good reputation 
as a, teacher in Adams count}'. D. W. Landon, who received his education 
in Burton, held the position of teacher for a number of years, and is now 
an M. D. of great populai'ity in his native town. W. E. Enlow, also educated 
at Burton, taught the school very successfully a number of terms, and is at 
present town clerk. The present incumbent is W. C. Robinson, who fs 
serving a nine-months contract. The names above mentioned are of those 
who have served in the latter years of the school, the names of but few of 
the former teachers luivinir been recorded. 



The first church was organized l)y Caleb Sewell, who was a Free Will 
Baptist minister from Lowell, Mass. Subsequently the Methodists organ- 
ized a church under the leadership of Daniel Hughes. 

The Methodists were the last to proclaim the Gospel in the old school 
building, and nnidestl}' retired to the new church known as Pleasant Grove 
Church. The building was repaired in ISGS, and was burned on the night of 
December IS. IS 75. 

Pleasant Grove Church was built in 1866, at a cost of §3,000. It was 
dedicated by Rev. Reuben Andrus, D. D., name, M. E. Church. The 
board of trustees at the time of building the house was Garrett Stewart, 
Elijah Thompson, Daniel Hughes, Daniel H. Carlin, John S. Wilson and 
Jas. Shipman. The number of members then was twenty. The present 
board are H. J. Vickers, J. F. Hughes, G. R. Stewart, J. F. Sparks. Pres- 
ent number of members, sixteen. First pastor, Curtis Powell; Wm. R. 
Gooding, second; Rol)ert Honnold, third; James Sinnock, fourth; G. S. 
Ferree, fifth; Samuel Shinn, sixth; Reuben Gregg, seventh; T. J. Bryant, 
eighth and present pastor. Among those who contributed largely to aid in 
building the churcli were Daniel Hughes, who moved to Payson, James 




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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 511 

Sbipman, who moved to Kansas, E. B. Husjlies, J. F. Hughes, Garrett 
Stewart, and inauy others ; preaching every alternate Sabbath; officers of 
this church amenable to the Quarterly Conference of the M. E. church on 
Columbus circuit; Miss Julia Slade, organist. A well attended and flour- 
ishing Sabbath-school is maintained. 

The Baptist Church at Newtown was organized May 24, 1873 ; Elder R. 
Gilison, moderator, and H. L. Tandy, secretary. Charles M. Morton, Giles 
S. Lewis, and H. L. Tandy were chosen deacons; J. F. Richards, clerk; 
H. L. Tandy, treasurer. At the organization the church numbered thirty- 
six members. In the fall of 1S73 a meeting-house was built and dedicated, 
costing about §4,000. The first pastor was Elder Kelly, called March, 
1874. He died while engaged in a protracted meeting in March, 1875. 
Elder H. Steele then became pastor of the church when his labors closed. 
Elder Yates, pastor of the Payson Baptist Church, preached every Sabbath 
evening for one year. In April, 1878, Elder Wm. Hawker accepted a call 
to become pastor, and is still preaching for the church. The church has a 
flourishing Sabbath-school, H. L. Tandy, superintendent, and at present 
numbers seventy-one members. 

Presbyterian Church. — At a meeting held January 25, 1839, at New- 
town, Adams county, Illinois, called for the purpose of taking into 
consideration the desirability of organizing a Presbyterian Church 
in that place, it was unanimously resolved by the persons present at 
the meeting to take the initiatory steps toward organization. Messrs. 
Wells, Koe, and Warred Miller were then appointed a committee to 
lay the subject before the Congregational Church in Payson, and ask 
the concurrence of that church in their action, and letters of dismis- 
sal for all persons desiring to identify themselves with the new organi- 
zation. In due time the committee above named submitted the mat- 
ter to the Pa3'son church, which gave its unanimous approval, and 
granted to all ])ersons wishing to identify themselves with the new organi- 
zation letters of dismissal and commendation. Matters being now in a 
fair way to perfect the organization of a Presbyterian Church, a meeting 
was called for the purpose and held Feb. 26, 1839, and upon invitation the 
following named were present: Revs. Thomas Cole. Warren and Nichols 
to assist in the organization. The following named persons then presented 
their certificates of dismissal from the Congregational Church of Payson: 
"William Wells, Phoebe AVells, Lewis Roe, Caroline Roe, Warren Miller, 
Phoebe Ann Miller, Elizabeth J. Wells, Amy A. Wells, James Stober, 
Janette Stober, Eliza Stober, Desia Wells, Catherine Wells, Mar}- Wells, 
Alice Wells, Catherine Wells, 2d, Harriet E. Wells, and Samuel Reed, 
and were constituted the Presbyterian Church of Newtown. The' min- 
ister first in charge of the church was the Rev. Thomas Cole, who resigned 
in 1841. The first ruling elders of the church were William Wells, Lewis 
Roe, and, Warren Miller. May, 1841, the Rev. Lycurgus P. Kimball com- 
menced his labors with the church, remaining with it till February, 1843. 
The pulpit of the church then remained vacant two years. In June, 1845, 
the Rev. H. C. Abernethy commenced a ministry which continued into 
1S5U. Over three years now pass away before a regular minister is again 
obtained. During this period of the history of the church, difficulties 
arose among the members which led to a division, and the organization of 
the Newtown Congregational Ciiurch. From tin's division may be dated 
the decline (jf Presbvteriani«iii at Newtown. In 1853 the Rev. G. F. 



612 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Davis coiiimencecl to labor witli tlie clinrcli, remaining witii it till J'^.JO. 
Succeeding him was the Rev. William Herrit, who commenced his labors 
in 1S57, and continued to discharge the duties of his otHce faithfully till 
1862. During Mr. Herrit's ministry preaching was transferred b}' the 
advice of the Presbytery from Newtown to Independence, that a conflict 
of interests with the Congregational Church might be avoided. At this 
period and for about five years after, the church had to go through the 
deep waters of affliction, and, with the exception of a little supply preach- 
ing by Presbytery, and a short period of service on the part of the Rev. 
Mr. McCoy, it remained, as it seemed, unnoticed and uncared for. But bet- 
ter days were before the church. In this dark ])eriod of its history, God 
in his providence so ordered it that that the Rev. Leslie Irwin, late Pres- 
byterian minister of Allenstown, Pa., and then residing in Quincy. 
having learned that some of his old parishioners resided at Independence and 
Ellington, visited both places, and undertook to preach to the people. In 
September, 1SC7, he entered u])on his labors at Independence. In 1S70 the 
name, which the church still bore — Newtown — was dropped, and that of 
Independence assumed. In 1S71 a meeting was called at the house of 
Elder David Kemp, to consider a proposition to build a suitable Christian 
home. Onl3' three persons, however, came together: ^Ir. Kemp, Mr. 
Thomas Smith, and Mr. Irwin; but they were enougli, for they determined 
that a church edifice should be erected, and that it should be located in the 
village of Burton, about two miles from the school-house, where the con- 
gregation till then had held their religious meetings, on condition that the 
Burton people would co-operate with them, which the}' did promptly; 
hence, Burton, through its enterprise,' has a church building that no towi"> 
need be ashamed to possess. Tie building committee were D. Kemp, 
Thomas Smith, I. N. Enlow, and G. J. Shafer, to whom credit is due. 
The cost of the building was over $2,500. It was dedicated Xovember, 
1871. The Rev. Leslie Irwin remained connected with the church till his 
death in 1S73. Mr. Irwin's successor was the Rev. James B. Crowe. Fol- 
lowing him was the Rev. J. P. Dawson, whose successor was the Rev. 
Samuel D. Fulton. The present minister in charge is the Rev. Samuel 
Ollerenshaw. The present officers of the church are Elders Frank M. 
Steele and James Wood; trustees: G. J. Shafer, James Wood, Thomas 
Smith, John Irwin, I. N. Enlow, and James jVIcMeekin. 



Burton Lodge I. 0. O. F. was instituted and officers installeil on the 
8th day of August, 1877, by W. W. Stockwell, acting deputy G. M. P. 
M. of "Quincy, and W. Piggott, G. V. G., James Benneson, G. Sec, Dr. 
Bonney, G. Marshall, and Bro. Bristol, G. Treasurer. The organization 
and institution of the lodge, notwithstanding the e.xceeding unfavorableness 
of the weather, was well attended by visiting brethren from Quincy and Lib- 
erty. The ceremonies were participated in by the' following brethren from 
Liberty: J. W. Grimes. M. D., B. F. Grover, C. J. Korney. The first officers 
elected were: N. G., George J. Schafer; V. G., R. Cook; Secretary, P. R. 
Meyers; Treasurer, F. M. Stall; Warden, John 11. Rumpf. Appointed 
officers: O. S. G., Henry Meise; Conductor, F. M. Stall. The charter 
members w-ere, Geo. F. Scliafer, R. Cook, F. M. Stall, J. H. Rumpf, P. R. 
Meyers, A. Michels, and A. Meise. The lodge is now in an active and 
prosperous condition. 





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EDITOR CAMP POINT JOURNAL 



HISTCteY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 513 

CAMP POINT TOWNSHIP. 

Camp Point derived its name from a point of timber, now witliit) the 
limits of tlie village, and known by the early settlers as " Indian Camp 
Point," being a land-mark for the early pioneers,and nsed in a still earlier day 
by Indians as camping grounds. Daniel Smith and James Lasley, brother- 
in-laws, were the first settlers in the township. Smith settled on the south- 
east quarter of section 29, and Lasley on the southwest fjuarter of section 
28, in 1S28 In the fall of 1829 Lasley sold his improvements to Jezreel 
Shomaker. Figley settled on the nortlieast quarter of section 27, in 1830. 
The same year an old sea captain named Calley, and his son-in-law. Rand, 
settled on the southeast quarter of section 10 and the northwest quarter ot 
section 1.5, same year Lock settled the northeast quarter of section 22, 
and Jonathan Brown the southwest f(uarter of section 2. Farrow liamrick, 
the oldest settler now living in the township, settled on the southwest 
quarter of section 3.3, in 1832. In 1831 Lock sold his improvement to Wm. 
Wilkes, father of Daniel Wilkes, who settled on the northeast quarter of 
section 33, in 1832. In 1832 Samuel McAnulty, Lewis McFarland and Wm. 
McAnulty, settled on the north half of section 3. In tlie fall of 1835 came 
with their motiier, Adam R. Wallace and Jas. A. Wallace, Rezin Downing 
and his sons, except .lohn, who came the year before, Peter B. Garrett and 
Richard Seaton. The first school-house was built in 1836, on the southeast 
quarter of section 26, on land owned by Peter B. Garrett. Brewster was the 
first teacher. The second school-house was built on the southeast quartei' of 
section 29' on land owned by Daniel Smith, in the spring of 1840. Tims. 
Bailey was the lirst teacher. The third school-house was built same year 
on the southwest quarter of section 12, and P. W. Leet was the first teach'ji-. 
The first church was erected on the same (|uarter section in 1848, by the 
Methodists, and known as Hebron. The second church was built in 1849 by 
the citizens and Cumberland Presbyterians on the northwest quarter of sec- 
tion 28. The first store was opened by Thos. G. Stevens in 1850, who came 
from Columbus and rented a lot of ground from Benj. Booth, on which he 
erected a store and ilwelling. In leasing tlie lot it was conditioned that he 
was not to sell whisky. It was believed that Stevens religiously adhered 
to the conditions of his contract for some two years, but probably realizing a 
small profit on a very small stock of goods, and having previously realized 
a large profit on a small stock of whisky, laid in a fine stock of the contra- 
band material. The indications of the new order of things were soon 
apparent; signs of imbibing freely were becoming everyday more and more 
apparent. This then quiet community felt that their rights were invaded, 
with but little chance of redress l)y law. A meeting of the citizens was 
called at the school-house, then Ijeing erected in the now village of Camp 
Point, where the question was discussed in all its bearings, after which 
a resolution was passed that we buy Stevens' whisky at wholesale price. 
The money was raised, and the company of about twenty proceeded to the 
place of sale. Of course Stevens didn't want to sell, but he was politely 
informed that sell lie must. That he had been selling to others to the detri- 
ment of the community, and that now he must sell out and quit the business. 
The parley was a short one. Tlie money was paid over, and about a barrel 
and a-half rolled out in front of the store and the heads knocked in, which 
was the first wholesale trade made in the town. The act created some talk, 
but no prosecution followed, and tlie further sale of whisky was discontinued 
for some years and only at intervals to the present day. The first mill was 



514 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

erected ou the northwest quarter of section 5 by John Newland, in about 
1838, propelled by horse-power for the grinding of corn. The next mill wdx 
erected on the sontlieast quarter of section 25 by Peter B. Garrett, in 1844, 
who erected a carding machine. The next year attached a grist-mill, the 
whole machinery being propelled by oxen on an inclined wheel. This mill was 
known for miles around as '"Garrett's Jlill," and even after it became a 
prosperous village, our Clayton friends jiersistcd in calling this town "Gar- 
rett's Mill," not willing to recognize the growth antl prosperity' of the town. 

After some years Mr. Garrett, in order to meet the demands of busi- 
ness, removed the inclined wheel-power and attached steam, and erected a 
saw- mill, and for many years carried on a ]>ros])erous business. After the 
death of Mr. Garrett the mill passed into other hands, and is now owned 
by Wm. Scott 6c Son, known as the" Eagle Mills." In 1866 Messrs. Thos. 
and Silas Bailey, Wm. L. Oliver and (). i\\»ble erected a merchant mill at 
a cost of §16,000. The mill is now owned by Wm. L. Oliver, and known 
as " Casco Mill," and has a wide reputati(,)n. The first post-office was 
established in the spring of 1S47, and Peter li. Garrett was appointed ]>ost- 
master. Benj. Booth was the first blacksmith. In 1S46 Jas. II. Langdon 
came from Quinc}', and started a blacksmith sho]) near Garrett's mill. In 
1854 G. M. Hess opened a store neai' the same jdace; the year after sold to 
Bailey & Seaton. Late in the winter of 185.5 the C, B. & Q. railroad 
reached Camp Point from Quincy, which was the initial step towai-il the 
laying out of the town of Camp Point the same spring by Garrett, Booth, 
Farlow, and Bailey. Lewis McFarland was the first justice of the ])eacc 
in the township, being elected in 1838, and continuously holding the same 
until 1858. He also started the first tannery in the township. The Camj) 
Point Enterprise, a weekly newspaper, was established b}' W. and li. Carr, 
and E. E. B. Sawyer, in 1807. It was printed in Augusta, Hancock county, 
the year before, and distributed to subscribers here by Carr. It was afterward 
published by Sawyer, then by Kirkpatricks. Then, upon the ruins of 
the Enterprise. Cyrus it Bailey established the Cam/p Point JmtrnaJ. 
Three years after Bailey disposed of his interest to Cyrus, who has success- 
fully published the paper to the present time. Bailey it Byers opened a 
private bank in 1S6S. At the end of the first year Byers retired. In 1875 
Bailey took in as a partner llichard Seaton, under the firm name of Bailey 
& Seaton. In 1861 Reynolds and Koeller started the corn ])lanter works. In 
1863, their building and machinery burned down, when they associated 
with them, Thos. Bailey, who erected the main building of the present 
works, and largely' increased the business. At the end of the first year 
Mr. Bailey went out of the business, having accomplished all he had in 
view, that of starting the business. In 1871 the business was transferred 
to the Camp Point nnmufacturing company. 

The business men of the town are: Scott & Son, millers; M. C. 
Chase, harness ; J. II. Garrett, boots and shoes; Fred Boger, groceries; 
Oliver & Son, dry goods, etc. ; AV. L. Oliver, miller, stock, etc.; Bailey it 
Seaton, bankers; Patrons of Husbandry, George Rhea, supt., general 
store; Folckemer & Bro., tin-ware and stoves; R. W. Garrett, dry goods, 
etc.; George W. Cvrus, postmaster, stationary, and proprietor of Camj> 
Point Jownal\ J. "F. Hagerty, dry goods and millinery; M. D. L. Craver, 
clothing and tailor; A. B. Ivclley,'jeweler and nursery; Lorentz Zeigler, 
urocery and eating house; George Grnny, boots and shoes; J. J. Lusk, 




Maplewood High School 

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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 515 

drugs, etc.; Peter Underwood, groceries; (leo. C. Bartells, drugs, etc.; E. 
B. Curtis, general store; Leggett & Batschy, lumber, etc. 

Tlie Adams county agriciiltural sticiety, in the spring of 1876, ]iur- 
chased grounds and established the county fair in the immediate vicinity 
of the village, on a prosperous basis, the coming year being the fourth 
annual fair. Pliilip S. Judy, president; liichard Seaton, secretary. 

Pliiiip S. Judy, Wm. A. Booth and Adam li. Wallace have spent much 
time to effect the healthy condition of the society, and it is now believed 
that it rests on a permanent basis, and its success already assured. 

Camp Point Guards were organized in 1877, and have erected an 
armory. Richard Seaton, Capt. ; Jos. P. Lasley, 1st Lieut.; Henry Folck- 
emer, 2d Lieut. 

There are five churches in Camp Point. The Presbyterian or- 
ganized in 1856, and built a comfortable place for public worship in 
i86S. The Methodist organized at nearly the same time, and erected 
a very good church in 1858. The Baptist organized and built a small 
but convenient church the same year. About 1860 the Catholics or- 
ganized and built a pleasant church. The Christians organized and 
erected a very well arranged church in 1866. The Methodists, Christians, 
and Presbyterians are fairly prosperous. 

The school-fund arising from the sale of the sixteenth section origin- 
ally amounted to about fourteen hundred dollars, and was at an early date 
increased to twenty-two hundred, where it now remains. 

MAPLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, CAMP POINT. 

The village of Camp Point showed some indications of a future as 
early as 1847, when the mill, the blacksmith shop, the store and the post- 
office were followed by the school-house erected in 1853, which was prob- 
ably the best linislied and most comfortably arranged school-house in the 
county, and afforded sufficient facilities for school purposes for some two or 
three years, when, owing to the growth of the village, another school-house 
was demanded and was built in the west part of the village, which afforded 
school accommodations for a year or two more, when both houses became 
crowded, so that more school-room was found necessary. 

Li 1865 the question of a graded school was talked up by a number 
of the citizens, when in the spring ot 1866 it was decided by a vote of the 
district that a school-house should be erected, of such dimensions as not 
only to afford ample room, but so graded as to afford facilities for all to 
obtain an education, not only in the common, but in the higher, branches 
of study. During the summer a block of ground was purchased, and a 
brick building, 66x80 feet, three stories high, was erected, though not com- 
pleted until the summer of 1867, the entire cost amounting to $25,000. 
The grounds were planted with maple-trees, from which fact was derived 
tlie well known name of " Maplewood." 

Maplewood school was first organized in October, 1867, under the 
snperintendency of Prof. S. F. Hall, a well-known educator from Prince- 
ton, 111. Seven assistant teachers were employed to take charge of the 
different grades, and the next year it was found necessary to em])loy 
another. Prof. Hall remaining in charge for five years, when he retired, 
going to Payson, where he taught two years, when he again resumed his 
position as principal, which position he has continued to occupy until the 
present time. The average attendance of pupils has been about 500, of 



516 UISTOKY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 

wlioni about oiie-tiftli were from other ])arts of" the county, attending 
Manlewood to obtain instruction in tlie liigher branches not usually taught 
in the common schools, special advantages being oifereil at Maiilewood tor 
the study of higher arithmetic, algebra, geometry, philosopln-, botany. 
Latin, rhetoric, etc. The regular school term lasts for eight months, and 
is followed by a Normal course lasting four weeks, for the sj)ecial training 
of those who desire to teach, and the result has been highly gratifying to 
the friends of the school, and a flattering testimonial is shown in the fact 
tliat about one-half of the teachers of the district of Adams c. iinty hare 
been members of the classes of Maplewood. 



Benjamin Lochje. No. 207, A.'F. and A. M., began work under a dis- 
pensation issued by (irand Master Harrison Dills to John R. Warren, 
John A. Roth, Wm. L. Oliver, Ormond Noble, Jesse L. Reed, Ansel War- 
ren and Joseph Kecnan, during the summer of 185S. A new dispensation 
was issued to these brethren at the session of the Grand Lodge, October 6, 
1858, and a charter was issued during the session held October 5, 1S59. 
The lodge has had for master, John R. Warren, John A. Roth, W. L. 
Oliver, Samuel Milebam, M. D., M. P. Stewart, P. M. Herndon, Solomon 
Alspaugh, George W. Cyrus (five years), Thomas Bailey, John H. Francis, 
Richard Seaton and Joseph P. Lasley. It now numbers 52 members. 

Camj) Point Chapter No. 170, Royal Arch Masons, was organized 
under a dispensation issued to George W. Cyrus, Thomas Bailey, Richard 
Seaton, Thomas A. Lyon, James W. Colwell, John H. Francis, Martin L. 
Stewart, Samuel Curless, and Andrew Hughes, March 28, 1875. A char- 
ter was issued October 28. It numbers twenty-one members. 

Camp Point Lodge No. 215, I. O. O. F., was chartered Oct. 17, 1856, 
the charter being issued to John Williamson, John F. Watson, John F. 
Alberty, John T. Hagert}', and James Nolan. The lodge has accumulated 
a lund of $3,000 and has eighty members. 

Point Camp Encampment No. 00, I. O. O. F, was organized by 
Thomas Bailey, Benjamin Cummins, Joseph Dickson, Jasper Asher, 
Richard Seaton, Jr., John S. Seaton, and George Gruny, under a charter 
issued Oct. 10, 1805. 

CLAYTON TOWNSHIP. 

This is one of the most beautiful and fertile townships in Adams 
county, her lands consisting of rich ])rairies interi]iersed with groves ot 
timber bordering on little ^Missouri creek, which lias its source in the 
western portion of the township, and flows east, dividing it nearly in the 
center. It is one of the richest agricultural districts in the county, and 
bounded on the north by Nortlieast township, south by Concord township, 
west by Camp Point township, and cast by Brown county. The soil is a 
dark vegetable loam, highly ])roductive, and nearly all tillable excejit the 
narrow bluff along the lit'le Missouri. The farms are highly cultivated, 
and the improvements of a tine character. The staple cro]>is Indian corn, 
while quite a large area is de\otcd to grass and grazing. 

Clayton, the only village in the township, is a tiiriving place of over 
one thousand iidiabitants. 

The main line of the Wabash railway e.vtends across the township 
from east to west, a mile north of its southern boundery. At Clayton, the 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 617 

Ke. 'kiik branch leaves the main line and runs in a nortlnvestei-h* direction. 
Tlie Chicago, Burlinpfton & Quinc}- railway also touches the northwestern 
comer. 

The first white settlement of this township was in 1S29, made about 
two and a-half miles north of where the village of Clayton is now located 
by Obediah Nicks, wlio settled with his family on the northwest corner of 
section 23. David M. Campbell, the second settler, came April 1830, and 
located on the southeast of section 21. He is the oldest living settler, and 
his son James still lives on this section. In the fall of 1830 Rev. John E. 
Curl settled on the southwest of section 31, where Wm. Curry now lives, 
and Jacob Pile, on section 23. In the fall of 1831 Daniel Pile settled on 
tlie farm now owned by John Logue on section 21:. Mr. Pile was elected 
the first justice of the peace in the township. After 1S33 esttlers flocked 
in rapidly, and the public lands were soon converted into farms. In 1834 
John Marrett, Kev. R. K. McCoy, Chas. McCoy and Edward Davis settled 
in the town. 

The people early took an interest in educational matters, and as early 
as 1S32 we find a school started in the township, which was taught by 
David M. Campbell, who was the first school teacher of the township, and 
had but one session a week, and that on Sunday, at the ' houses of the 
pioneers. At the present writing the township is divided into nine school 
districts with good school-houses, furnishing to at least nine hundred 
scholars a good English education. The township now has a po])ulation of 
about three thousand people, being in the neighborhood of an average of 
one family to each forty acres of land. The first marriage in the township 
was that of Josiah Gantz to Miss Curl. They were united in wedlock 
by Rev. David Wolf in the winter of 1830, on the farm now owned by 
"Wm. Curry. The first death was Sarah J., infant daughter of David M. 
Campbell, in August, 1832. 

In those early days hotels were " few and far between," and accomoda- 
( tions meager, but '' heart room, house room," was the prevailing motto with 
many of those noble men who came to make a home and fortune in the 
great West. 

Among that number were David M. Campbell and his kind-hearted 
si^ouse, whose hospitable natures never said no to the weary traveler seek- 
ing food or shelter. Though their cabin was but sixteen feet square they 
entertained and lodged as many as eleven of the aristocracy of Quincy at 
one time. 

VILLAGE OF CLAYTOX. 

The present village of Clayton now has a population of over one 

thousand, and was laid out in the year 1834 by Chas. McCoy, Rev. Reu- 
' ben K. McCoy and Jolm McCoy, three brothers, of whom but one, J ohu, is 

now living. 

The town was located on the northeast .qiiarter of section 34. Charles 

McCoy being an ardent admirer of Henry Clay, named their infant town 
I Clay-ton in honor of the great statesman. The Rev. R. K. McCoy was for 
I thirty years ])astor of the First Presbyterian Church at Clayton. He 
j erected the first residence in the place during the summer of 1831, and 
I died in the year 1874, after a long and useful life, beloved by all who knew 

bim. Chas'. McCoy built and opened the first store with a small stock of 
I goods, and sold to Sidney Parker of Quincy, a few months after, who con- 



518 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

ducted the business for several years, then removed to Mt. Sterling, Brown 
County. Jason Will lace opened a store of general merchandise about the 
close of 1836, and continued a number of years, serving as postmaster at 
the same time. David M.Campbell erected the first hotel during the sum- 
mer of 1S35. and kept it fi>r tive years, when lie sold it to C. McMurry. 
In the mean time Mr. Campbell had built a larger two-story building on 
the same lot, which he moved out on to his farm, a mile and a-half north- 
west of Clayton, in time of a deep snow, with nineteen yoke of oxen, 
having fastened long timbers under the house to serve as runners. It was 
an e.xciting occasion, and the whole neighborhood turned out to witness it. 
The building still stands, and is the residence of Sam'l Newhouse. 

It is related that Clayton had been j)artially settled, and not proving 
satisfoctory to the projectors of the iinterprise, t!ie Imildings were nearly all 
moved out to farms, and the town almost abandoned for some years, but 
finally began to revive when the railway was built. Several a<lditions have 
been made to the original town plat of Clayton, so that it is now situated 
on parts of sections 27, 34 and 35, at the junction of the Keokuk branch with 
the main line of the Wabash railway. It lias had a steady substantial growth, 
and now boasts five churches, two large flouring mills, four hotels, two 
banks, a railroad machine shop, two large wagon manutactories, two marble- 
works, several dry goods, groceries and millinery stores, twii hardware stores, 
a harness shop, jewelry store, photograph gallery, restaurant, blacksmith and 
barber shop, meat market, etc., etc. It also has that indispensable accom- 
paniment of every prosperous town, a newspaper printing estal)lisliment. 
J'he Clayton Enterprise is a twenty-four-column paper owned and con- 
ducted by Rev. P. L. Turner & Son. 



The first school-house was erected in the village in 1836. Amos 
Andrews taught in it. In 1877 the fine brick building, two-stories high, 
with seven rooms was built at a cost oi sixty-five hundred dollars. Between 
the years 1836 and 37, several additions were made to the original building 
to supply the demands of the rapid growth of the vicinity, the last costing 
thirty-five hundred dollars. Early in 1877 it was destroyed by fire. 

During this period many teachers were emplox'ed, the results of their 
good judgment and example is now clearly traceable in the high moral 
standard of the locality. 

Of the many teachers who have oeen connected with this school, Amzi 
Black was among the first. Twenty-five pupils he commenced with, but the 
number rapidlv increased as the town grew. 

The names of Mrs. J. D. llerdshe, Mr. S. J. Morey, Rev. A. W. Bery, 
John W. Luinmis, Wm. A. Wallace. Geo. L. J'>ooth, O. W. Colegate and 
S. M. Irwin, will recall to their many pupils pleasant memories of their 
school days. 

In 1849 the Clayton Academy was built by the First Presliyterian 
Church, and used for the High school. Mr. Edward Ilubery, a man of 
fine ability, taught successfully two years, and was succeded by W. P. 
Manister and Sarah M. McCoy. 

The board of directors at the present time are Messrs. E. W.Parker, 
Jacob Hazlett and H. R. blotter, who have proven themselves capable, and 
in their selection of teachers given satisfaction. 

The Old Settlers Association of Adams and Brown counties was organ- 











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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 519 

ized at Clayton in the year 1S69, the first president being John McCoy. 
Annual re-unions have been held at Clayton, excepting one year it was 
held at Mt. Sterling. From the proceedings of these meetings where they 
have talked over for two or three days at a time the struggles and history of 
the county, we have gathered much to make up our volume. 



As a matter of interest in the religious progress of Clayton, we have 
selected the following historical facts. 

Preshytcrian Church. — The Presbytery of Schuyler, at its spring meet- 
ing in 1S3<;, appointed a committee to organize a Presbyterian Church in 
Clayton. That committee consisted of the Kev. K. B. Dobbins and the Kev. 
Cyrus Riggs and Elder Joseph G. Walker. These brethren met at the resi- 
dence of the Rev. R. K. McCoy, in Clayton, to transact the business as- 
signed them by the Presbytery, on the 9th day of April, 1836. After prayer 
they received certificates of church membership from the following per- 
sons who expressed the desire to become members of the Presbyterian 
Church then about to be organized, viz.: 

.Joseph M. Phillips, Johu McBratuey, Kancy McBratney, 

Nancy Phillips, Nancy Howes, " Solomon Montgomery, 

Caroline Phillips, Octavia P. McCoy, Charles K. McCoy, 

.lohn McCoy, Isabella Bush, Emeline McCoy, 

Mary McCoy, Sarah McCoy, Oliver Howes. 

The first minister, and under God the Father of the Church, was the 
veteran missionary, Rev. Reuben Kemper McCoy. He was among the 
standard bearers of the Presbyterian ministry in the west, a faithful and 
diligent servant, filled with the Spirit and consecrated to the work of his 
Master. At the session of Ebenezer Presbytery, in Paris, Kentucky, in Octo- 
ber, 1833, Mr. McCoy received license to preach the Gospel. Shortly after 
his licensure he was married to Miss O. P. Hawkins, and entered on a mis- 
sionary work in the southern part of Kentucky. He came to Illinois in 
April, 1831, and began at once the work to which he believed God had 
called him. One of his appointments was at the cabin of a Mr. Shields, 
near the site of the town of Camp Point. Here, after a few weeks labor, 
and witli the assistance of Rev. Mr. Plardy, another pioneer preachei', he 
organized the Salem Presbyterian Church, with a membership of only 
eleven persons. In September, 1835, Mr. McCoy was ordained by the 
Presbytery of Schuyler, on the camp ground near Quincy. And now 
began his great life-work in the ministry of the Gospel, a work that closed 
only as his long day of life drew near and entered its quiet evening. 

At the organization of the Presbyterian Church at Clayton, in 1836, 
Mr. McCoy became its faithful and efiicient minister, and for twenty-nine 
years, the ripest and richest years of his life, he labored in the midst of 
this people. His longest absence from this church occurred in 1863, when 
for six months he was chaplain of the Third Regiment of Missouri Cavalry, 
whose colonel was our fellow-townsman, Dr. T. G. Black. 

The second minister of this church was the Rev. William W. Whi])- 
ple, who is now engaged in the duties of the Gos]iel ministry in the city 
of Janesville. His ministry in the church of Clayton hegan April 1, 
1866. and closed April 1, 1875. 

Mr. Whipple was and is an able minister of the New Testament, one 



530 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

wliu riglitly divides the word of trutli. a wise master-builder on the foun- 
dation whicli is laid, which is Christ the liighteuus. While in the midst 
of this people he exalted the Cross of Christ in his j)reaching, and in his 
life was an example to the flock of God which he fed. , 

The third minister of this church is its ])resent pastur. Rev. Edwin J. 
Rice. He began his labors in this church while a licentiate of Schuyler 
Presbvtery, May 1, 1S75. He was ordained on April 5lh, and installed on 
Aprir20, 1876. 

Having now spoken of the ministers, it is necessary to speak of the 
elders connected with the session of Clayton church. There have belonged 
to this session thirteen elders. At the organization of the church three 
elders were elected, viz.: Mr. John McCoy, Mr. Oliver Howes, and Mr. 
Joseph M. Phillips. Elder Phi!li]>s' was dismissed to the church of Mt. 
Sterling in 1S37, and is now dead. Elder Howes died in ClaA'ton, Illinois, 
in his 77th year, February 2i, lS7t>. He was a native of Massachusetts; 
settled in Illinois in the spring of 1S31, and was an honored and efficient 
ruling elder in this congregation for the space of forty years. 

Of the thirteen ruling elders who have belonged to the session of this 
church, eight have died and one is an elder in a neighboring church. Four 
are yet engaged in the performance of their arduous duties in our midst, 
viz.: Mr. John McCoy, Mr. A. S. ilcDowell. Mr. Charles Ballow. and 
Mr. William KendricL 

Of the little band of fifteen, the first members of this church, ni:;e 
have gone across the Jordan, and six now liiigei'on its margin. Of the 
brethren, J. M. Philli])s, John McBratney, Solomon Montgomer}', Charles 
K. McCoy, and Oliver Howes; and of tlie sisters, Nancy Phillips, Mary 
McCoy, Isabella Push, and Sarah McCoy, have died. Sister Caroline 
Phillips, now Mrs. Malonc, is a member of the Mt. Sterling church. 
Eider John McCoy, and sisters Xancy Howes, O. P. McCoy, Emeline 
McCoy, and Nancy McBratney, yet live in our midst. 

The roll of the membershij) of this church shows 460 names. Ot 
these 460 members, eighty have died within our bounds; forty-t\ro have 
been suspended for transgressing the rules of the church and the com- 
mands of the Scriptures; forty-nve have removed from our bounds with- 
out a certificate of church membership, and 167 have been regularly 
dismissed by letter to other churches. The present membership of the 
church is 126. 

Of the members of this church, si.x have entered the Gospel ministry. 
Their names are as follows: Abraham ^'anstavoren. Samuel B. King, 
Daniel C. McCoy, William Paxton, John Leander King, and William Hen- 
drickson. Of these six brethren, two have died, viz.: Mr. A. Vanstavoren 
and Mr. J. L. King. Mr. Vanstavoren was a graduate of Illinois College 
and of Lane Seminary. He entered the ministry at Montrose, lowa, in 1855, 
the year of his graduation at the seminary. Ife died, alter a term of five 
years of service in the ministry, at Kossuth, Iowa, in A]>ril, 1>60. Mr. 
J. L. King was a graduate of Knox College and of Lane Seminary, where 
he completed his theological course of study in 1862. lie preached first 
at Detroit, Michigan, whence he removed to Denver, Colorado, where he 
died in 1S66. 

For four years after its organization the church had no liouse of wor- 
ship, their religious services being held, in the District School building 
and wherever else the congregation could be assembled. Many of their 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 521 

most interesting meetings were conducted beneath tlie great forest- trees on 
the carap-gi-ound — the groves were their tirst temple. 

In 1S39 three lots in Clayton, Nos. 63, 64 and 65 Washington street, 
were donated to the church by Elder McCoy. These lots were worth about 
-Ji'oO. Here, on the corner of AVashington and Jefferson streets, was 
erected in 1S40 a brick church, at a cost of $3,000. In a few yeai-s after- 
ward H tower and a bell were added. In 1S65, the brick walls were 
■ '.noved and fraiiie took their place. This frame building is still a com- 
• table and commodious house of worship, dedicated and set apart to the 
\ice of the living and true God. Besides the church building and the 
- on which it is situated, the congregation possess a jiarsonage, ]So. 158 
cifers<jn street. This property was purchased of Mr. Thomas Lackey in 
1870, at a cost of §l,70u. 

In accordance with the act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, 
concerning corporations, approved April IS. 1S72, this church, on the ith 
day of January, 1S73, became incorporated as the " First Presbyterian 
Church, of Clayton, Illinois," and on that day the following persons were 
chosen by the congregation as trustees for the term of three years, viz.: 
Albert F. Swope, James C. Miller, Jacob Hazlett, Samuel X. Black, Abel 
Lacky, Wm. M. Logue, and John H. Ratcliff. 

On March 12, 1S76. the term of three years, for which these trustees 
were elected, having expired, a new board of trustees was elected for a like 
term liy the congregation. This present board of trustees is composed of 
the following named persons, viz.: A. F. Swope, Jacob Hazlett, John H. 
Eatclitf, Samuel K. Black, James Hazlett, John W. Smith, and Abel 
Lacky. 

As we trace the history of the past forty years, and recall the scenes 
of the sanctuary, the language of Jacob comes to our lips: "Surely the 
Lord is in this phice. This is none other but the house of God, and this 
is the gate of Heaven." 

The Clayton Christian Chui'ch was organized in 1S55, Dr. T. G. 
Black and others being the original members. The first elders were Dr. 
Black and George Lacklen. The edifice in which the society worship was 
erected in 1S55, at a cost of 83.500. The present elders are Dr. T. G. 
Black and W. B. Smith, while J. K. Smith, H. H. Curry, Wm. Staker, 
and H. H. Dodd are official deacons. The membership figures np at about 
one hundred and fifty, while seventy-five children attend the Sabbath- 
school. The present pastor is W. T. West. 

The M. E. Chut'ch was organized about 1S36. It was a part ot 
Pulaski charge, and was afterward attached to the Columbus charge, and 
later to the Mt. Sterling circuit. The church services were held in school 
and private houses until ls50, when the first church edifice was erected on 
the site where the present edifice stands. The Board of Trustees at that 
time were Joseph Douglass, George McMurry, John C. Xewton, James D. 
Hurd and Robert R. Garner, now all dead. That church was used twenty- 
five years, when it became inadequate and was removed, and the present 
fine brick structure erected in ISTo, at a cost of 87,000. The church has 
been reasonably prosperous. The Sunday-school is also quite large. P. 
L. Turner is the present pastor; Abel Gray, Jas. Kirkpatrick, Q. Bnrgesser, 
Peter Omer, and W. R. Molter are the trustees, and Jas. Kirkpatrick, J. 
H. McMurry, Q. Bnrgesser. Wm. Miller. Wm. Montgomery, Peter Omer, 
W. H. Hollis, and John Mills are the stewards. The ]>resent membership 
is one hundred and forty -five and seventv-five attend the Sunday-school. 



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Like all other ailvanced sections we find here the Masonic order in a 
healthy condition, doing a good work in the organization of the Masonic 
Relief' Association, that now has a membership of 1,208 during the short 
period of five years. We copy from its constitution, article two, object: 
"The business and object of this association shall be to secure financial aid 
and benefit to the widows, orphans, or the legal representatives of the 
deceased members." The best life-insurance a man can invest in. 

Following are the oflicers for 1878: 

President.— H. G. Ferris. Carthaire. General Agents.— B. W. McCoy, Climon : S. 

Vice-President.— C. H. Gilbirds, Clayton. L. Roe, Clajton. 

Secretary. — A. S. McDowell, Clayton. Me<lical £.vaiuiner. — G. W. Cox, M. I)., f lay- 
Treasurer. — .Jacob Hazlett, Clayton. » ton. 

DIRECTORS. 

Richard Seaton. Camp Point. Wm. Hanna, Keokuk Jimction. 

Alex. McLean, Macomb. H. G. Ferris, Carthage. 

Wm. L. Distin, Qnincv. E. E. Manson. QuincV. 

R. W., A. A. Glenn, Mt. Sterling. C. M. Morse, Jacksonville. 
C. H. Gilbirds, Clayton. 

Otficers of Clayton Lodge, No. 147, A. f . cV: A. M., for 1S79: 

Jas. B. Coe, TV. M., E. Hartman. Sec'v., 

Jacob Hazlett. S. W., Jas. A. Smith. S."D.. 

J. AV. Marrett. J. AV., F. M. Anderson. J. I).. 

A. S. McDowell. Treas., Jno. TV. Smith, Tyler. 

Officers of Clayton Chapter, No. 104, R. A. M., for 1879: 

Benj. W. ilcCov, H. P., A. S. McDowell, Treas., J. B. Coe, R. A. Capt. 

T. G. Black, E. S.. H. P. Coe. E. K., E. Hiu^man, Secy., 

J. E. Cohinour, P. S.. Jacob Hazlett, C. H., John W. Smith, TyKr 

Officers of Delta Commandery, Xo. 48, K. T., for 1S79: 

Ben. W. McCov, E. C. Jas. B. Coe. S. W.. X. TV. TT>i2ht. St. Br., 

A. S. McDowell, Gen., J. TV. Marreu. J. TV., S. L. R.h>, Sword Br. 

Jacob Hazlett, Capt. G., A. R. Downing. Rec.. Jas. A. Smith, TVanlcii, 

T. G. Black, Prelate. Jas. Hazlett, Treas., B. TV. Brjant, Capt. G'ds. 

XRinber of members, fiftv-seven. 

The L O. O. F., organized as early as 1852, with Dr. T. G. Black. N. 
G. It now has a list of about si.\ty-four members in good standing. The 
following officers were elected for 1879: 

H. C. Jeli'erson, X. G.. J. TV. Anderson, R. S.. A. S. McDowell, Tna-. 

W. Jefferson, V. G., G. TV. Jlontsomery, Persa, 

CONCORD TOWNSHIP. 

C^>ncord township was organized at the spring election in 1850. Ed- 
ward Sharp was elected supervisor; Win. Hobbs, clerk; David Hobbs, 
assessor, and Shannon Wallace, collector. The first settlements were luade 
in 1832. John E. Wells settled on section 25, John Ausmus. on section 17, 
and O. H. Bennett, on section 9; soon after, the Wallaces and Ilobbs's and 
Elijah Ellison. The first school-house was built on section 4, in 1S35: the 
first teacher was Wni. HoMjs; the first ministersof the Gospel that preaclied 
in Concord township, were Granville Bund, of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, J. B.Curl, of the Christian Church, and Harvey, of the regular 



HI3TOET OF ADAMS CO0XTY. 523 

Baptist church; William Hobbs. David Hobbs and John Ausinus, who 
were residents of the township, preached occasionally. The first marriage 
was Ed^ir Wells and Elizabeth Collins. The first birth was a child of Wm. 
and Marv Briscoe. It died soon after, and was the first death in the town. 
The first" church was built in 1S60, on section 30, bv the Lutherans. The 
next and onlv other church building, ■was erected on section 23, by the peo- 
ple, for a Union church, but owned by the German Baptists or Dunkards. 

The German Lutheran Church was organized in 1SG2 by the following 
members who established the church, and the following were made trustees: 
Henry Lessman. Christ Yolbracht and Frank Kestnev. First minister of 
the church was B. Burfeind, who was the regular minister for six years, 
f.'liowed by W. Dahlk. who remained two years and was succeeded by C. 
Meyer, who was with the church only one year, when J. W . Stefieu came, who 
now is the regular minister for the congregation, which numbers twenty-five. 
The entire cost of the church, parsonage and four acres of land used as a 
cemetery was about §2.000. The Lutheran denomination have services in 
the church every Sunday, and Sunday-school in the afternoon. The church 
is in a neat and pleasant place, and among a good class of industrious 
and religious people. The minister of this church teaches school during 
the week, devoting one-half of the time to instruction in German, the 
balance in Englisu. Tiiere is an average attendance in the school of 
twenty-three scholars. 

In the north and northwest portions of the township the soil is excel- 
lent. In the southern part there is more timber and broken land. 

COLUMBUS TOW:s'SHIP. 

Columbus towuship is situated about eighteen miles from Quincy in a 
northeasterly direction. The first settlement made in Columbus township 
was in ]S30. when James Thomas left Kentucky and settled on section 30. 
He was followed by Jacob Connor, Clements Wilks, George Johnson, Mat- 
thew Riiy, Philip Rnv. George Smith, William Roseberry, W. L. Wilmot, 
and Jas. Wisehart. The town of Columbus was laid out by County Sur- 
veyor Williams, under the direction of Willai'd Graves, in March, 1S35. 
The first sale of lots took place in March, 1S36, and nearly one hundred 
houses were erected that year. Francis Turner and John Robison 
also settled about 1S35. Col. George Smith, who figured prominently in 
the township, settled on section i, Oct. 20, 1S36. Daniel Harrison "and 
Abraham Jonas, the latter a prominent citizen, and whose son, B. F.Jonas, is 
now United States Senator from Louisiana, settled in Columbus village in 
ISot) and 1S37. T. H. Castle, Frederick Collins, Clement Xance and many 
others soon followed. The original plan was to make Columbus the county 
seat of the county, and it was located at the nearest practicable point to the 
geographical center. The exact center was in Gilmer, about a mile west of 
the site of the town: but that tract was military land, and owned bv parties 
in the East whose whereabouts were not known, and consequently it was 
not accessible. The village grew rapidly and prospered for several years. 
Abuut lS-10 the county seat contest between Columbus and Quincy began 
to be agitated, and grew hotter until 184:1, during which time a newspaper 
called the Columiiis Advocate, was established in the village by a man 
named E. Ferry, in the interest of Columbus. Mr. Abraham Jonas, above 
mentioned, being a writer of considerable ability, penned several articles 



524 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

upon the then all-absorbini( question, in favor of the Columbus interests, 
and sent them to the Quiiicy papers for publication, but tiiey were 
refused ; hence tin birth of the Advocate, to which he became the 
chief cuntribntor. Tiie count}' was thoroughly canvassed by speakers 
of npte on both sides, and an election was held to decide the contest 
in August, ISil. Columbus received a majority of nearly a hundred 
votes. The county commissioners met to arrange for removing the books 
and papers from Quincy to Columbus, and the majority opposed it, Win. 
Richards and Eli 8eehurn objecting, and Col. George Smith favoring the 
removal. A writ of mandamus was issued to compel them to act. A liear- 
ing was had with a verdict from tiie Circuit Court in favor of the removal. 
The Quincy people took an appeal to the Supreme Court, and pending the 
decision the Legislature met and pAssed an act dividing the county, th(; 
western portion remaining Adams, the eastern lialf, including Columbus, 
was named Maripiette. The ]>eoi)le refused to organize the new county, 
and at the following session of the Legislature, a little more territory was 
added to the new county and the name changed to Highland. The people 
still refused to organize, and the new county remained without officers, e.x- 
cept judicial officers, the new county being attached to Adams county for 
all judicial purposes. The old magistrates held over and their acts were 
legalized by the Legislature after the difficulty was settled. The new 
county remained in that condition until the adoption ot the State constitu- 
tion in 184:8, which provided for the reattachment of it to Adams county. 

Religious exercises were held by the Presbyterian, ^lethodist and 
Christian societies at the private residences and school-houses in the town- 
ship until 1836, when the Christian society erected a house of worship in 
the village. The Presbyterian society built a church in 1838 which still 
stands. The Methodist society erected their first church several years later. 
These are the only denominations ever represented by societies until very 
recently. The Presbyterian society has since l)een discontinued. The first 
school-house in the township was built on section 30 in 183-4 or 1835; and 
in 1S36 one was built in the village, and others followed as the needs of the 
settlers required. A Mr. Bartholomew and his sons Gilead and Samuel, 
erected the first steam mill on section 3 in 1835. It was a grist and saw 
mill. Later it fell into the hands of the Mormons, who contemplated 
strongly making a settlement and starting a town there, l)ut when they 
were driven from Nanvoo thev abandoned the idea, and some years later 
the mill was removed. The second steam mill was erected in the village 
about 1865, by Lock iV' Hendricks, and is still doing some business. Wil- 
lard Graves erected a saw-mill on McKee's creek, on section 16, about 1S3S, 
which run several years and was finally abandoned. 

Daniel Harrison was the first to commence merchandising; heafterward 
associated with him Abraham Jonas. John F. Battell. L. Davis, F. Col- 
lins, A. Touzalin, Sen., and Clement Xance were all engaged in merchan- 
dising. W. D. McCann established a cabinet shop and continued many 
years. Lytle Griffin was the first in the saddlery and harness business. 
Thomas Greenlcaf and Sons nianufacturetl wagons and buggies quite ex- 
tensively. M. T. Greenleaf introduced the first machine lathe. Thomas 
Durant run a wool carding machine with animal power; afterwardthe bus- 
iness was enlarged and a steam engine added i)y H. H. Butler. Henry 
Pratt and others erected a mill and successfully for a time made linseed oil. 

The township organization law went into effect in 1850, and the first 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 525 

election of officers occurred in April of that year. Alexander M. Sniitli 
was elected supervisor; A. Touzalin, Jr., town clerk; John P. ^vTichols, as- 
sessor; Wiu. Roseberry, collector; Andrew Redmond and Jas. A. Bell, jus- 
tices. Dui-ing the war of the reliellion Columbus township put her shoul- 
der to the wheel and demonstrated her loyalty by word and deed, coming 
up with her quota of men at every call of the government. 

Columbus has had several tires. In 1847 Capt. A. Touzalin, Sr.'s stoi'e 
burned; soon after j^ance *.t Castle's store, warehouse, etc., and Touzalin 
and Hutton's store were destroyed the same night, with all their contents; 
supposed to be the work of incendiaries. In 1S63 A. Touzaliii's store was 
burned, with all its contents; also in 186G, on the night of the •22d of June, 
the post-office with D. Whitlock's and A. Elliott's store were robbed and 
burned by an incendiary, who was convicted and santenced to the peniten- 
tiary. 

The Masons have a well organized and worked lodge; also the Odd 
Fellows and Good Templars. 

The following panther story is narrated by Orestes Ames : Sam- 
uel Fnrgeson lived near Columbus, and had two sons, who, in 1830, 
went into the woods to hunt for the cows. During their rambles 
they came to the trunk of a fallen tree, which lay a little up from the 
ground. They climbed on to the log, when a sight met their gaze which 
would have curdled the blood of less courageous boys. By the side of the 
log at their feet lay a mother panther with two cubs. They espied each 
other simultaneously. A little dog accompanying the boys began to bay 
at the panther, which at once put herself in an attitude for defense. One 
of the boys started for a cudgel to give battle. The panther made no effort 
to escape, but stood her ground to protect her family. While warding off 
the attacks of the dog, her tail slipped through the crevice under the log; 
and quick as thought one of the boys seized it with a firm grasp, and 
bracing himself against the log held on till his brother beat her to death 
with his club. They carried the young ones home, and months after sold 
one of them to a menagerie, the other escaped while on the way to Quincy, 
and was afterward killed. 

CHURCHES. 

The First Baptist Church of Columbus township was organized March 
13. 1879, at the Independent school-house, on section 3. by Rev. Silas Odell 
and Rev. Mr. Wood, with fourteen constituent members, Elijah Marsh and 
wife and daughter Nellie, Mrs. Margaret R. Demoss, Perry C. Edward, 
America, Frances and Anna Demoss, Flora and Ella Demoss, John Demoss 
and wife. Rev. Silas Odell is the elder. 

The M. E. Churdt. — In speaking of the Methodist Church and circuit 
of Columbus, a writer says: The circuit, when first organized, embraced 
the counties of Pike, Adams, Hancock, Schuyler and Brown. The follow- 
ing preachers have traveled tiie circuit: Charter, Hadly, Griggs, Hitchcock, 
Clampit, Oliver, William and Edward Rutlage, Piper, Cromwell, McMurry, 
Taylor, Kimber, Butler, Houts, Shim, Young, Lyon, Powell, Shunk, 
Owens, Hutcheson, Gooding, Kabrick, Sinnock, Gregg, and Bryant. 

GerriiHii Metliodist. — The brick church now owned and used by the 
German Alethodists was built in 1S42. The membership of the society at 
Columbus is eighty-two. A. A. McNeal is steward and class-leader; A. 
B. McNeal and Sylvester Truit are class-leaders, J. Cain exhorter, and D. 



526 HIS1X)BT OF ADAMS COrSTT. 

Whitlock. Sandav-schcol suT>erintendent. The class that has since resulte-i 
in the organization of the Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Grove societies, and 
the building of churches at these point*, was organized in 1832. at the 
house of John Yeargain. Sr., in township 1 south, range 7 west, section 31. 
The Mt. Pleasant society now has ninetv members, the Pleasant Grove 
eighteen. At Mt. Pleasant E. A. Yeargain is steward, and M. M. Year- 
gain and J. Q. Lawless are class-leaders: at Pleasant Grove, H. Vickers 
is steward, and J. T. Sparks, class-leader. 

The Paloma Societt/ has eighty members, and has A. G. Lan- 
ing — a local preacher on the circuit for a quarter of a century — as it? 

?astor. The circuit is composed at the present (,1S79) of Columbue. 
'aloma, Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Grove societies. It owns a very fint 
parsonage property, that cost the*circuit *2.5<Xi, situated at Paloma. I- 
was built under the administration of Rev. James Sinnock. The churche- 
at Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Grove were bnilt in 1S66, the centenarv 
year of American Methodism, under administration of Rev. C. Rowell. 

ELLINGTON TOWNSHIP. 

Ellington is composed of a regular Congressional town, and a fraction, 
averaging about three miles in width, extending to the river. It is, therefore, 
nine miles by six, and contains an area of fifty-tour square miles, being the 
largest township in Adams county. It lies north and east of Qnincy, an i 
originally included that portion of the city north of Broadway. Ellingto: 
is biounded on the north by L'rsa and Mendon. east by Gilmer, south \>\ 
Melrose and the citv limits, and west by the Mississippi river. Thenort"; 
line of the township is the base line of 40 degrees parallel of latitude, thi 
same extending through Philadelphia. The surface is undulating, and i: 
some parts quite broken, was originally half timber and half prairie. Tht 
rare fertility of its soil, which is composed nearly equally of mineral an'. 
vegetable properties, the superior drainage, so well adapting it to a grea* 
variety of crops, and diversity of seasons, and the superior class of im 
provements which dot its beautiful farms, have won for it the cognomen oi 
" Banner " township. Several creeks with their numerous branches checker 
its surface. Cedar, the largest of them, originates in a large spring a mik- 
or two northeast of Quincy, and flows south of west to the river. Leonard"? 
or Roman's creek hsis its sourc* near the center of the township, in one of 
the largest and finest springs in the county, once owned by Capt. Leonard, 
from whom it and the creek take their names. Mill creek, along whose 
borders is the most broken and sterile portion of the township, Aomts across 
the northeast corner. 

The bottom lands, of which there are a number of square miles, are 
chiefly in a wild, uncultivated state, but will eventually be reclaimed and 
made valuable. 

The Chicago. Burlington tfc Quincy Railroad, also used by the Wabash 
Company, enters Ellington a mile south of the northwest corner, and 
extends diagonally to Q"inc.''" in the southwest corner, and the Quincy & 
Bnrlington^Railroad leads up along the bluft", almost directly north. 

The society of the township is cosmopolitan, made up of inhabitants 
of varied birth-place and nationality, although a majority of the pioneer 
settlors were natives of Kentucky. ' The first settlement was made in 1S25. 
bv Samuel Seward, on section 23. who was soon followed bv Henrv .Jacob? 





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yeare. and now its only visible nu)nument is a small blacksmith shop. A. 
Y. Davis figured prominently among the Bloomfielders as a merchant and 
grain dealer for several years, abont 1S56. The religions proclivities of the 
village are chiefly Catholic, and the only house of worship in the place was 
erected by that denomination about 1862. From 1861 the village rapidly 
declined. It has now some twenty dwellings, chiefly farmers', and the only 
place of trade is kept up by a bachelor named J. G. Kappus, who has seen 
the star of its hope rise and set. 

Ellington is densely pof)ulated by a moral, intelligent and thrifty 
people, contains three substantial church edifices, a Methodist, a Presb}'- 
terian and a Methodist Pn.itestant, has the usual number of prosperous 
schools, and no more beautiful farms and cheery homes can be found in any 
part of the State. 

FALL CREEK TOWNSHIP. 

This township derives its name from the creek of the same name, Tun- 
ing through it from east to west, the creek having been so named from a cas- 
cade, or waterfall of considerable size, in the stream. It is situated in the 
southwest corner of Adams county, is bounded on the north by Melrose, 
east by Paysou, south by Pike county, and west by the Mississippi river. Fall 
Creek is a fractional town, being cut in an irregular form by the river; is 
seven miles \v\de on the north line, aud less than five on the south line. 
Its surface is considerably diversified, the blufl" lands, comprising two-thirds 
of its area are quite rolling, traversed by several creeks and brooks which 
furnish abundant water supply and ample drainage. The largest of these 
is Mill creek, which was once the seat of the pioneer mill from which it 
derived its name, flowing diagonally across the northwest corner, on whose 
banks the village of Millville is located. Ashlon creek heads about the 
north boundary of the township a mile and a-half west of the east line, and 
flows southwesterly emptying near the center of the west line. Fall creek 
enters the township a mile south of the northeast corner, its course is 
meandering, and its mouth a little north of the southwest corner. A 
lu.xnriant growth of timber covered three-fourths of the township, and the 
prairie grass the remainder. The soil is a dark sandy loam, with a substra- 
tum of lighter color strongly impregnated with sand and gravel, and a sub- 
soil of limestone. This composition admirably adapts it to the production 
of the cereals and fruits. Wheat, of which very large crops are grown, 
amounting in the aggregate to over 100.000 bushels in a single season, may 
be considered the staple crop, tlioueh corn is extensively planted, and yields 
a rich harvest to the husbandmen. Much attention is given to fruit gi'ow- 
ing; indeed Fall Creek can boast of some of the largest and finest apple 
anil peach orchards in the United States. One formerly the property of 
Clark Chatten (deceased) contains over 125 acres of the choicest varieties. 

Limestone abounds everywhere along the blufis, and many fine 
quarries are being profitably worked. At Millville six large patent kilns 
are in active operation, employing sixty-five men, and turning out large 
quantities of the finest lime, which finds a ready market in various parts of 
Illinois and other States. 

The bottom lands, comprising the other third of the township, are inex- 
haustible in their productive resources ; and only need some additional drain- 
age and protection from the river to become some of the most magnificent 
and valuable farming lands in the world. Even now, with the threatening 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 529 

floods and malaria, many laughing fields of waving grain greet the eye of 
the traveler at this time of the year — June — as he glides along the base of 
the bluli' behind the iron horse or sails down the " Father of Waters " upon 
the back of an "Eagle.'' 

The Quincy, Alton & St. Louis railroad cuts this town diagonally from 
northwest to southeast along the edge of the bottom, furnishing an outlet 
for the shipment of its abundant jirod notions. There are three stations 
within its limits, Millville, the first south of Quincy, Bluff Falls and Fall 
Creek. The latter, at the junction of the Hannibal branch, is quite a ship- 
ping point for live stock and farm produce. It is the seat of Fall Creek 
post-office. 

JliUville, the only village in the township is about seven and a-half 
miles southeast of Quincy, and contains less than a hundred inhabitants. 
It was laid out in lS3o by Michael Mast, John Cofl'man and Stephen 
Thomas, in the center of section 6, taking a corner from land of each. For 
a time it gave promise of growth. Michael Mast erected a'large store and 
filled it with a stock of general merchandise, and for a time commanded con- 
siderable trade. In later years the business fell into the hands of Amos 
Beebe, and finally shrunk into the modest dimensions of a very small 
grocery, which is now the only mercantile establishment in the place. Early 
in its history the saw and grist mill on Mill creek did considerable business, 
and a large steam ferry plied between a point opposite Millville and Marion 
City — now extinct — on the Missouri side, furnishing a great thoroughfare 
for emigrant travel as late as 1850. The chief feature of importance at 
the place now is the half dozen large lime kilns and stone quarries, employ- 
ing over sixty men. Marblehead is the post-ofiice. 

Justice I. Perigo was the first white man who sought a home in Fall 
Creek. He settled south of the present site of Millville in 1821: but 
being a i-egular frontiersman he made little show at improvements. In 
June. 1S23, John C. Thomas came to the township and moved on to the same 
farm where Perigo settled; Col. Headley and Mr. Slay ton, the father of 
Fernando Slayton, for many years a prominent citizen of Fall Creek, came 
the same year. Headly and Thomas settled on the bottom. Zephaniah 
Ames and Ebenezer Harkness came in April, 1S2-1, the former settling on 
section 13, the latter on 17. Amos Beebe, Amos Bancroft, Mr. Crandall, 
Daniel Moore, Holman Bowles, Mr. Journey and Thomas Carrwere among 
the early pioneers, as was also William Thompson who came some later. 
Among the men who have been most prominent we may name Clark 
Chatten, Eli Seehorn, Ed. Seymore and Pobt. Rankin. 

The first marriage was that of Amos Bancroft and Ardelia Ames, in 
the winter of 1824-25. The first child Iwrn was Priscilla Crandall, after- 
wards tiie wife of Josiah Thomas, in 1825. The first deatii was old Mr. 
S'uyton, of consumption, in 1825. 

The first school-house was erected on section 16, in 1825, and Levi 
W ells taught the first school in it the following winter. The first sermon 
was preached by an itinerent Methodist preacher named Medford in 1826. 
The first house of worship was erected by the Baptists in Josiah Thomas' 
woods in 1832. The first permanent church edifice was built by the Meth- 
odist Protestant society, on section 23, near the falls of Fall creek, in 1844. 
A lady member worked the date in the curtains. The first Sunday-school 
was organized at the residence of Zejjhaniah Ames, in 1832, by Deacon 
Chatten and J]lder Sweet. Amos Bancroft, Daniel Moore and Rial 



530 HISTOKY f'F ADAMS COCXTT. 

Cnindall built the first saw mill on Mill creek, late in 182-1. In 1831 a 
grist mill was erected which snpjilied the surrounding country with bread- 
stuffs. 

Fall Creek township contains a population of nearly three thousand 
inhabitants; has six school-liouses, four of stone, one brick and one frame; 
two cluirch edifices, a Christian and a German Lutheran. It ranks among 
the tirst in the county in fertility of the soil and the character of its farm 
improvements. 

I'ANTIIER STOKIES. 

The following true anecdotes, related by Orestes Ames, show that the 
pioneers in tliis section of Illinois were confronted by other and even 
graver obstacles than tiiose incident upon subduing the wilderness. 

During the summer of IS27, an unusual disturbance was heard about 
the pig i>en of *' Old John Thomas," in Fall Creek township. lie owned 
two powerful and ferocious dogs; and his boys and the dogs immediately 
started on a tour of investigation. The dogs soon got scent of the pork- 
seeker, and all hands gave chase. After pursuing tlie animal — which was 
supposed to be a woIf — some distance, the dogs overtook and'caught it in 
a hazel thicket. A des])erate comliat at once ensued. The ])anther. for 
such he proved to be, threw himself on to his back as the best position for 
defense. The dogs attacked him from each side; partially ])rotected by tlie 
thick brush, they fought, until finall}- enraged to desperation one of them 
sprang upon the ])anther and seized him by the throat; the other dog 
caught him l)y the hind leg, thus preventing the powerful beast from using 
his claws; they held ou until he was strangled to death. He measured 
seven and a halt feet from tip to ti|). 

The ne.\t summer — 1S2S — Stejihen Robinson, an old frontier hunter, 
was coming up the bottom between Quiiicy and Millville, accompanied by his 
two dogs, in search of a stray horse; when the dogs treed a full grown panther 
up a tail hickory, llr. R. was in a quandary what to do; he had no gun, and 
lie could not afford to lose his game. He finally decided to climb for it, so 
throwing aside the bridle and his coat, stai'ted uj) the tree. The panther, 
not feeling in a fighting mood, retrciited before him nearly to the top and 
walked out upon a large liraiich, and, turning about, stood face to face with 
his i)lucky pursuer, who attempted to shake him oft'. The animal now 
started toward him on the limb. Having no better weapon of defense, Mr. 
Robinson took oft" his old slouch hat, and as the panther ajiproached struck 
it in tlie eyes with all his might. The blow caused it to lose its balance, 
it fell to the ground and was dispatched by the dogs. 

CHURCHES. 

Christian Church. — Among the early settlers of Fall Creek township 
were Holman Bowies, Alexander Fruit and John Iliekerson, who witli 
their families were members of the Christian Church. They began to 
assemble together for worship in their cabins as early as 1831. Rev. Jesse 
Bowles preached for them occasionally, and the believers in the faith 
increased in number until in 1S40, when they organized regularly. Revs. 
Ji>hn B. Curl and John Rigdon officiating. Ilolniaii Bowles, Jesse Fruit 
and Albert Morris were elected ciders, and John Featheringill and James 
Lewis chosen deacons. The society held services in school-houses until 
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HISTORY OF ADAMS CODNTY. 531 

erect a house of worship which they built that year. It is a suljstautial 
hiick structure 40x50 feet in size located upon section 2. Tiie cliurch con- 
tinued to <rrow until in 1865 it contained over 200 members. It is the parent 
of the Payson Christian Church, and is the second oldest society of that 
denomination in Adams county. It now numbers a hundred members, and 
has a Sunday-school of tifty scholars. The society contributes $500 per 
annum for religious purposes. Rev. Thos. S. Newnon is the officiating 
pastor; George Ramsey, L. G. Carr and Samuel T. Carr are the elders; 
and George I. McNutt and Henry Bowles, deacons. 

German Lutheran Church. — -A considerable number of Germans hav- 
iiiir settled in Fall Creek township, they organized a Lutheran society, and 
erected a stone edifice in 1860, upon section 9. Their church numbers 
nnii'e tlian 100 members. They have regular jireaching b}' a gentleman 
from Quincy. These are the only two houses of worship in the townshi]). 
Tliere are quite a lai'ge number of Methodist people in Fall Creek who 
attend at Fall Creek chapel, just in the edge of Payson township. 

GILMER TOWNSHIP. 

Tlie first settlers were George Wigle, who settled in 1829 on section 
34 — he built a log cabin and made other improvements — Benjamin Walby, 
an Englishman by birth, Jacob Smith, John Thomas, Mr. Franks and Mr. 
Iliddle. In iSTovember, 1831, John Yeargain and family came, and soon 
after Daniel Harrison and others. These men were good citizens, their 
occupation that of farming, tliey were poor and enjoyed but few of the lux- 
iiries of life, but they were cheerful, contented and hospitable. 

The first sermon was preached at John Yeargain's, by David Hobbs, 
in tlie year 1832. In the same year John Hunter, a preacher of the M. E. 
Church, preached at the same place. Soon after a class was organized con- 
sisting of the following persons: John Yeargain and wife, Jacob Sharp and 
wife. Weaver Potter and wife, Geoi'ge Kuntz and wife, Nancy G. Tate and 
W. T. Yeargain. Soon after this (jtliers were added. David Carter, who 
was tlie first cir.'uit-rider. commenced his labors in the year 1S32. The 
class continued to meet at John Yeargain's until thought best to move it 
elsewhere. Meetings were then held successively at Jacob Sharp's, Mr. 
Kotson's, then at John Yeargain's, thence to a log school-house on what is 
now known as the old telegraph road. From there it moved to Mr. Brun- 
ttJii's, then after a short time to a school-house known as Mount Pleasant, 
and built in 1836, where meetings were held until 1865, when they bnilt a 
church on section 27. During the year 1832 David Hobbs and John Curl 
preached at various times at tlie residence of John Yeargain, whose house 
was open with a welcome to preachers of all denominations. Also at other 
times John Kirkpatrick, Samuel Griggs and John Ham of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, John Wolf, a Dunkard, preached frequently at Daniel 
Harrison's, and Wm. Roberts, a Baptist, preached at various places. There 
are at present three Methodist Episcopal churches, one German Methodist 
Episcopal church, two Christian churches, one Lutheran and one Catholic 
clinrcii in Gilmer. 

The first marriage was that of Mr. William Lamberth to Miss Nancy 
G. Tate, December, 1832. The ceremony was performed by Judge James 
Ralston. 



582 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

The first birth was a child of Daniel Harrison, and the first death that 
of John Bayne, in Xoveniber. 1834. 

The township was named in honor of Dr. Thornton Gilmer. 

The first election was held at what was known as Mr. Pitts' school- 
honse, on section 15. April 2,1850. The first judges of election were John 
Rice, — Ilobbs and Wni. B. Fiidej clerk; first supervisor was J. F Bartell; 
first magistrate under township organization, was Paris T. Judy; first town 
clerk, AVm. ilorrow; first assessor, Philip S. Judy: first overseer of poor, 
Jeremiah Ballard; first collector, David Chase; first commissioners of high- 
ways, Ilobert Breedlove, Charles Gilmer, and Jacob Smith, who afterward 
served one term in State Senate: first treasurer, John Lawless; second 
treasurer, Geo. W.Thompson; first trustees of school, Geo. W. Thompson, 
Eli Williams, Benj. Walhy, and D. t,. Pedow; second trustees of school, 
Thornton Gilmer, John Bartell, Abner Chase, and John Finch. The first 
school was taught by Miss Ellis, a missionary from the East, in 1833. At 
present there are in the townshiji six schools. 

An incident in the history of Gilmer township which occurred as early 
as 1S32, is remembered by the citizens of the county who have survived 
that period. It was in the month of Ajiril a snake hunt was ]iartici]>ated 
in by the citizens generally, on the North anil South mill creeks; several 
hundred snakes were killed in a day. During the liunt a cave since known 
as the "Burton Cave," was discovered by Tilford Ilogan and Perry Kling- 
ingsmith. The genuine accounts of the startling numbers to which these 
snakes existed at that period would lend a very material aid to the imagin- 
ation of a Dante. The only survivors of Gilmer township, who lived there 
in 1831, are Wm. T. Yeargain and his brothers John P., M. M., and E. A. 
Year^in. 

The first goods were sold in 1832, by Daniel Harrison, who kept a store 
on section 30. In the year 1835 he moved his house and goods to Colum- 
bus, where he took as partner in the dry goods and pork-packing business 
Abraham Jonas, who was a member of the legislature. Columbus was laid 
off by Wm. Graves, in the year 1825. 

The poor-house and farm are in Gilmer, the present overseer is Madi- 
son Doran. There are three miles of the C, B. 6z Q. railroad in Gilmer 
township. The land of this township consists of about two-thirds prairie 
and one-third timber; it is productive. It is settled l)y an intelligent class 
of ])eople. Its church and school privileges are excellent. 

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Chxirch, of Fowler, was 
organized September 1, 1802, by Rev. A. Fisnier, pastor of the Evangelical 
Lutheran Church, near Burton, who had the charge until the summer of 
1864. The congregation held their meetings in a school-house near Cliola 
Station. At Christmas, 1S64. the Congregational pastor. Rev. Carl E. 
Conrad, of Quincy, took the charge till Pentecost, 1872. L'nder his au- 
spices the congregation built a church in Fowler, in the fall of 1868. dedi- 
cated June 20, 1869, and accepted a congregational constitution, and 
changed her name to "Evangelical Church." From November, l'^72. Rev. 
P. KIcinlein, of Keokuk Junction, took care of the congregation until Rev. 
Theodor Braeuer wtts called, wlu^ came January. 1873. as the first settled 
pastor, under whose ausjiices a Lutheran constitution was again accepted, 
Feb. 5, 1873. From February. 1876, the present pastor. Heinrich Decker, 
has been in charge. The congregation consists of twenty-fi\e families^ 
and has a parochial school, taught by the minister, of about twenty-five to 



HISTORY OF ADAJIS COUNTY. 533 

thirty children. The pastor lias also the charge of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Sr. Petri Church, in Coatsburg (about twenty families), and of a little 
congregation near Columbus {eight families). 

HOUSTON TOWNSHIP. 

It will be seen by reading the following, that Houston is not a very ex 
tensive township, but still possessing a name, and many prominent men, 
who have long been residents. Most of the business of that locality is 
transacted in Quincy. The post-office of this township is located at lork 
Neck. Aniung the first settlers, however, were Horace Reynolds, 
David Strickler, Henry A. Cyrus, Samuel Woods and Mr. Willard. A 
town site was laid out on the southwest quarter of section 34, in 1839, by 
Henry A. Cyrus and Levi T. Benton, and named Houston, in honor of 
General Sam Houston, of Texas. The town was a complete failure except 
in giving the township a name wlien afterwards organized. The popula- 
tion of the township at present is nearly 1,500. There is a railroad station 
<j!i the east side, called Chatten, in honor of B. I. Chatten, of Quincy, The 
station comprises one store owned by Joseph W. Strickler, and tlie resi- 
dence of James E. McDavitt, Esq., late supervisor. The location of 
Houston is 2 north of the base line, and range 6 west of the 4th princiiial 
meridian. It is twenty-five miles from Quincy in a northeast direction on 
the west side of tlie township. Some of the most prominent citizens of 
Houston are E. H. Bennett, Samuel Woods, Martin Sherrick, Wesley 
Strickler, J. E. McDavitt, Pt. H. Downing, Wm. M. McFarland, Wm. 
Willard, Horace Reynolds, Stejihen Groves, Bradley Stewart. The land 
is nearly equally divided between timber and prairie. The soil is good and 
jiroduces excellent crops. Fine farms and wealthy farmers are common, 
and taking the township as a whole it will compare favorably with any in 
the county. 

HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP. 

This portion of the county, tradition informs us, received its name 
Irom a creek, which the early pioneers called "Honey Creek," on account 
of the very large number of ''bee trees," found along its banks by them. The 
stream and township, thus aptly termed, has continued to bear the name. 
Amo'ng the first settlers were the Whites, Jabez Lovejoy, Gooding. Byler, 
Fletcher and others. The settlers were pleased on account of the large 
-apply of timber adjacent to the prairie. The first settlement made in the 
tiiwnship was made at Walnut point. For many years a New York and 
Boston land company held possession of many of the best sections in the 
county, and for that reason manj' emigrants were detained from settling in 
the township. The first Justice of the Peace was Jabez Lovejoy, Esq., who 
was also the first supervisor. John I'yler held the position of Justice for 
many years. "Froggy Prairie," since 'Squire Byler's advent into the town- 
ship, presents quite a different aspect. This townshi]) is well-watered, and 
the prairie and timber being crossed by many streams, it has great ad- 
vantages for stock purposes. The C, B. & Q. railroad crosses the south- 
western portion of the townshij), and has two stations — Paloma and the 
town of Coatsburg; the latter of which is quite a flourishing village, hav- 
ing become liistorical and famous as the com])etitor of the city of Quincy 
in the last county seat contest, which is so fresh in the memory of the citi- 
zens of this county. 



534 HISTORY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 

Coatsbiirg wae surveyed und pl.atted by 11. T. Coats, in January, 1855, 
and derives its name from liini. It is on the C, B. it Q. railroad, seventeen 
miles northeast of Quincy, and is surrounded by a line farming country. 
It has three churches — Ba]itist, ]\Iet]iodist and Lutheran, three dry-goods 
ami jjrocei'v stores, one drug and hardware st'jre. one harness shoj), two 
blacksmith shops, one shoo-shu]), one tinshop, a public hall,'a good flouring 
mill, owned and operated by P. S. Judy & Co., which is doing a fine busi- 
ness; also a lumber yard. It has a graded school, of which Mr. R. P. Gray 
is }>rinci]ial, a young man of much ability. The school is well advanced, 
and does credit to its management. Coatsburg is an excellent shipping 
point, and its biisiness is steadily and surely increasing. 

The St. Petri church, of Coatsburg, was organized July 15th, 1862, by 
the Rev. A. Fismer, whu had charge until some time in 1805, when he was 
succeeded by the Lutheran Ministers, Revs. Koi-nbaum, Stockmeyer, and 
Kleinlein. Since 1873 the Lutheran minister of Fowler has had charge 
of the church. August 11, 1878, the chureli was reorganized, and after- 
wards built a new church, which was deilicated on the 17th day of 
November, of the same year. 

KEENE TOWNSHIP. 

This township consists of fine prairies intersjiersed with belts of tim- 
ber. Tiie first settlement of this township dates back to about the year 
1834, when the juoneer commenced tlie culture of its soil, and the use of 
its valuable timber, which have been a rich source of revenue to the com- 
munity. The township throughout is well watered, and this fact alone 
would make it valuable as a stock-raising section. South Fork, Thurman 
Creek, Middle Fork and Big Neck Creek are the principal streams of the 
township. 

Loraine is an outgrowth of the Cartilage Branch of the Chicago, Bur- 
lington and Quincy railroad. The town was laid out by ilessrs. Woods and 
Leinberger in December, 1870, during the time tlie railroad was in progress. 
James II. AVade built a .store-house and did a ireneral merchandising bus- 
iness in the winter of 1870; in 1871 James II. Wade was appointed post- 
master. .Christopher Seals, in the spring of 1871, built a store-house and 
dwelling, and did a general mei-chandise business, and also kept a hotel 
known as the '•Traveler's Rest." S. P. llatton, in the summer of 1871, 
built a blacksmith sill ip and dwelling. Dr. James S. Akins, in the sum- 
mer of 1871, built a dwelling and otiice and practised medicine. James A. 
Wade, in the sjiring of 1872, built a dwelling and wagon shop. James H. 
Wade, in the spring of 1872, built a store-house, which was occu))ied by D. 
P. Lowary, who does a general merchandising business. George A. Yeuter, 
in the spring of 1872, built a dwelling and grain house, bought and shipped 
grain, and also bought and shipped live-stock. P. S. Cavilee, in the s]iring 
of 1873, built a drug-store. E. J. Selleck, in the summer of 1873, built a 
grist mill, which, before its coinjdetion, he sold to George Jackson and son. 
Rust and Barniber, in the .spring of 1874.' built a blacksmith shop. 
Drs. Coffield and Akins, in the sjiring of 1875, built a drug-store and 
office, and did a general druif business and also practised medicine, and in 
August of the same year Dr. Akins was appointed post-master, and re- 
mained in office until January, 1878, after which James Coffield was ap- 
pointed to tlie})osition. George A. Yenter, in the winter of 1875, bought 




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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 535 

the building occupied by P. S. Cavilee for a drug-store, and laid in a stock of 
dry-goods, groceries, and a general stock of mercliandise. John J. 
Banks is also engaged in merchandising and the railroad business. Drs. 
Cotfield and Aikens are doing a fair business in drugs, and also have a 
good medical practice. G. A. Yenter is engaged in tiie stock and grain 
business. D. P. Lowerv is doing an agricultural business, and is 'also a 
dealer in railroad ties, and an insurance agent. S. P. Hatton is carrying 
on the blacksmith business. Frank Rettig is carrying on wagon making 
and blacksniitliing, and doing a good business. In fact, all seem to be 
prosperous. The town is well situated and is calculated to do and main- 
tain a good business. Its tie and wood trade is a great source of revenue 
to the business of the town. Christopher Seals, in the spring of 1876, en- 
larged his store-room by building a two-stor\' addition, the upper story of 
which was fitted up for an Odd Fellows' hall. D. P. Lowary also built a 
two-story house; the first floor was fitted up for agricultural implements, 
and the second floor for cIiuitIi purposes. Henry Goodnow, in 1876, built 
a large two-story building; the first fioor was fitted up for a store-room, and 
in the spring of 1877 it was occupied by G. A. Yenter, who did a gen- 
eral merchandise, grain and live stock business, until in the fall of 1878 he 
sold out his entire stock of merchandise to Banks & Guyman. The upper 
floor of this building was fitted up for a town hall, and has been used jn-in- 
cipally for adance liall. Mr. Goodnow also built a large blacksmith shop 
and wagon shop in the summer of 1877, which was occupied by Ryan and 
"Walters during 1877 and 1878; and now, in the spring of 1879 all busi- 
nesses are represented. C. Seals is doing a good, thriving business merchan- 
dising and dealing in railroad ties. 

Loraine Loilfje'iso. 641, I. O. O. F., was instituted under dispensation 
June 20, 1877, by District Deputy James A. Benneson, of Robert Brooker 
Lodge No. 406, of Qaincy, in the hall fitted up for the purpose over tlie 
stole of Cliristopher Seals — David Andrews, John Pollock, Frank Seals, 
James M. Curless, Christopher Seals, James M. Seals and James Coflield be- 
ing the charter members. The first ofiicers elected were, Christoplier Seals, 
N. G. ; James Coflield, V. G. ; James W. Curless, Secretary; James M. 
Seals, Treasurer. A number of members have been initiated since the or- 
ganization, and at present the Lodge is in a flourishing condition. 

The M . E . Church was organized in Iveene Township in 1860, under 
the name of "Union Society." They erected a frame church building on 
section 24. The ofiicers were Granville Bond, pastor; Samuel Curless, 
class-leader, and Ezekiel Walters, steward. There was at the organization 
fifteen members. The church prospered during the war. Afterwards, a 
great many took letters and moved away, besides several deaths. There are 
thirty-eight members at present. The old church is now being repaired by 
the old Unif)n Society, which consists of the M. E., Baptist and Presby- 
terian. The present ofiicers are Rev. Mr. Huft'man, John Curless and William 
Taylor. 

LIMA TOWNSHIP. 

From most authentic sources of information, the first settlement of 
this township is fixed in the year 1833, and from a recent publication the 
following interesting sketch is obtained: 

"Lima is a beautiful little village of three hundred inhabitants, situ- 
ated eighteen miles north, and one mile east of Quincy, one mile and a hall 
south of the Hancock county line. 



536 



HISTUKV OF ADAMS COCNIT. 



" It contains six stores, that may be denominated variety stores, as they 
contain all that is generally found in stores situated in small towns. There 
are three blacksmith and wagon making establishments, two cooper shops, 
two boot and shoe shops, two harness shops, three tailoring and dressmak- 
ing establishments, one chair factory, two hotels. There is a Masonic 
Lodge, with about twenty-three members, also a Good Templars and Odd 
Fellows Lodge. The school-house is a tine, substantial, two-story brick 
building, that would do honor to any village, situated in a beautiful yard, 
with the city hall, in about the center of the town. 

" Li 1833, Dr. Joseph Orr built the tirst store in Lima, and at that early 
day, every store that was situated at some distance from other stores, had 
to be dignified with the title of a town. In obtaining a name for this town, 
the doctor, who was of a poetical tirt-n of mind, was assisted by a Peruvian, 
who was staying with him. The Peruvian declared that he had traveled 
through many countries, but in none had he found such beautiful women 
as there were in the ca|>ital of his native country, except liere, and there- 
fore he called it Lima. Thus the town obtained its name from the charms ot 
the fair sex that iidiabiteil the surrounding country. If at that day it 
laid claims to so much beauty, at the present it can not be surpassed. 

"Situated in the center of the township, the town has advantages un- 
surpassed by any town in the county, excepting Quincy. One mile east of 
the town is White Oak Branch, which circles around, about that distance 
from the town, until it gets to the southwest, where it runs directly south- 
west, and empties into IJcar Creek. To the east of this branch the country 
is rough and broken, and is generally known as Pea Ridge. This coun- 
try, as rough as it is, is a source of wealth that can not be neglected. The 
timber upon it is the best quality of white oak, suitalde for manufacturing 
purposes. Where this timber is cut of!', the lands produce wheat of the 
l)est quality, which meets with a ready sale at Shaw's Mill, which turns 
out the linest article of flour, and besides, has good sawing and carding 
machinery attached. Wheat is not the greatest source of wealth on the 
' Ridge," the sturdy Germans who settlecl there, in imitation of their life 
in the • Vaterland,' on the romantic banks of the Rhine, have concluded to 

'• Let the vine luxuriant roll 
Its blushing tendrils round tUebuwl, 
W'iile many a rose-lipp'J bacchant maid 
Is culling clusters in thiir shade. 

"Already many of the hills in autumn are decked with purple parterres, 
that roll streams of wealth into the capacious coffers of their industrious 
owners. Lying west of White Oak Branch, .suuth of Petit Branch, and 
east of Lima Lake, is some of the richest land in the State, which turns out 
a vast store of corn, wheat, oats, apples, and other staple products. In the 
center of this plateau is the town. 

•'Two miles west of the town is Lima Lake, a beautiful expanse of 
about seven miles in length liy four in breadth. West of this lake, and 
also north and south of it, there lie large tracts of land, which are annu- 
ally overflown, but still ])roduce immense ijuantities of grass and weeds, 
suitable for grazing purposes. The lake itself, and its sloughs, aii'ord some 
of the finest fishing and hunting grounds in the north-west. The largest 
draws are owned by Mr. James Ellis, a gentleman of untiring energy, who 
was born and raised there. In early settlements the peojile frequently met 
together to hunt the wild animals that infest the wilderness, for either 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COL'NTV. 537 

amuseiiieiit, or to rid themselves of pests. During one of these hunts, in 
1833, a snalve den was discovered on Buel's Branch, with one hundred and 
and eijjlity serpanSs of all kinds twisted- together. 

"Tiie first liouse built in this township was erected by Mr. Joseph 
Harness, whose descendants and himself still reside in tiio neighborhood. 
Mr. (Isliinael Dazy, John C. Wood, James Wood. Sanmson Archer. James 
Ellis, William Orr, Robert Conovei-, Jonah Conovor, LewLs Selby, Milton 
Selby — who taught the first school in town — James Selby. Thomas Kiilnm, 
and Dr. Orr, are the gentlemen who first settled this town and townsliip; 
all but two or threj of them are still left, to see the wilderness blooming 
like the ro^e. while their children have grown up to take their places, pros- 
perous and happy." 

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. 

This township lies aljout twenty miles east, southeast, of Quincy. The 
first settlers of the township were A. H. D. Buttz and D. P. Meacham. Mr. 
Buttz, who is at present living in the village of Liberty, has, in the history 
of that village, served many years as its post-master. Mr. Buttz opened 
the first store ever kept in the village, or, in fact, tlie township, and the 
first house built was ei-ected by Daniel Lile. The first marriage celebrated 
in this township was the marriage of Jacob Wigle to Nancy Ilunsakor, sol- 
emnized b}' Elrler (xeorge Wolf Tlie first sermon was preached by George 
Wolf, of the Duukard denomination, in the year 1829, and the first 
church organization eif'ected was in 1831, which was the establishment of a 
Dunkard chui'ch. 

The post-ofHce was first established at Liberty in the year 1834, and 
Jolm Norton was the first post-master. Tlie village of Liberty was laid 
out by Paris T. Judy, and now contains about 400 population. The first 
steam mill was built by Xander ct Horkney. The first doctor to locate in 
Liberty was J. H. Hart — since, they have been abundant. 

The business houses of Liberty at this time are now kept by B. F. Gro- 
ver and Samuel Naylor, general stores, T. X. Frey and L. W. Sparks, drug- 
gists. 

CnCKCHES. 

Preshyterian, which has no pastor at the present time; Lutheran. Rev. 
R. G. Linker pastor: Dunkard, W. R. Lierle pastor; Christian, E. M. 
Bray pastor, and the Catholic, which is a large and infiuential parish com- 
posed of many of the leading citizens of the township. 



A.F.and ^. i/.— Present officers: B. F. Grover, W. M.; Samuel Mc- 
Bride, S. W.; John Treadway, J. W.; A. J. Linn, Treasurer; Joseph Roots, 
Secretary; Ed. Klarner, Tvler. 

/. 0. 0. 7^.— Present officers: J. M. Grimes, N. G.; W. H. Lentz, V. 
G.; Samuel Naylor. Secretary; T. X. Frey, Treasurer; A. H. D. Buttz, Jr., 
J. P. G.; \i. F. Grover, Lodge Deputy. 

MENDON TOWNSHIP. 

The territory now com])rised in the townshi]i of Mendon, together 
witli all that portion of Adams county north of Rock creek, and south and 



53S IIIS-TORV OF ADAMS fiiUNTY. 

west of the south fork of Bear creek, was originally known as the Bear 
Creek country. Embracing an area equal to about three Congressional 
townships, it was Jivideil into two or more voting precincts. On the adop- 
tion of township organization by Adams county abo\it the year 1850, nearly 
all this territory was organize<l into one township called I'rsa. The large 
size of this townshi]) rendeivd it inconvenient and unsatisfactory, and after 
some efforts for a divisidu. a special act of tlie Legislature was obtained in 
1853, creating Mendon townshi]> by sti'iking off fo\ir tiers of sections from 
the east side of Congressio)ial township, 1 north S west, and also four tiers 
of sections from east side of so much of township 2 north S west, as lies 
south of the south fork of Bear creek, making the township four miles wide 
from east to west, and about nine miles long from north to south. It now 
contains a jropulation of at least 2,.jOO. 

A large proportion of the land in this township was originally prairie, 
interspersed with sufficient timber for all necessary purposes; it is sulli- 
ciently rolling for good drainage, and the average quality of the soil for agri- 
cultural purposes is equal to that of any other township in Adams county. It 
is nearly all in a high state of cultivation. The quality of the improve- 
ments, sxich as houses, barns, fences, roads and bridges, is of superior char- 
acter. 

The village of Mendon was first laid out by Col. John B. Chittenden, 
in 1833; various additions have since been made from time to time by 
different parties. By a special act of the Legislature, in 1867, it was incor- 
porated as a town, its limits embracing a territory one mile square. It is' 
located near the center of the township, on probably the highest point of 
land in the county, and has a very commanding view of the surrounding 
country. Its affairs are managed liy a board of live trustees, one of whom 
is president of the board. Its streets and alleys are of liberal width, kept 
in good repair, and almost uniformly bordei-ed by shade trees. It has an 
extensive system of sidewalks, built in a permanent manner and kept in 
excellent order. The general appearance of the town is a subject of com- 
mendation by all who visit it, and a matter of just pride to all its citizens. 
Its population is about 1,000. Mendon is the religious, political, commer- 
cial, and social center of the township. Its two most important material 
advantages are iis line of railroad and the extensive and excellent flouring 
mill of S. H. Bradley. Ithasa I'ull comjilement i>f ministers, ])hysicians and 
mechanics, some of them of rare skill. It, up to this time, has managed 
to exist in a comparatively healthy state without a resident lawyer. Men- 
don is also celebrated for its large and varied stocks of merchandise; the 
amount and value of goods in Mendon is more than double that of any 
town in the county except Quincy. Its public buildings and.])rivate resi- 
dences are of a superior order and almost universally kept in neat repair. 
•'Chittenden Park," originally dedicated to the public as a park by Col. 
John B. Chittenden, is a beautiful plat of ground well set with grass and 
ornamental trees, and surrounded by a neat and substantial fence. In the 
spring of 1876, a row of sugar mai)le trees was set out around the park as 
a "Centennial '' memorial, every one of which is flourishing. The public 
school-house is a tasteful and substantial brick building of suflicient capacity 
to accommodate 250 to 300 pu|)ils. It was built about eight years ago, at 
a cost, including the grounds (5 acres), and the furniture, heating apparatus, 
etc., of about $20,000 all of which is tiilly paid. The character and repu- 
tation of the school has been such as to induce a liberal attendance from 
abroad. 



IllSI'dUY Of ADAMS GOL'NTY. 53!' 

The original settkrs ut Mendon were eliiefly from New England, but 
in later years very many from Pcnnsylvama and other places have settle(i 
here. The town has ever been noted tor tlie quiet character of its citizens. 
It has never had witliin its limits a licensed saloon or drinking house. Its 
public schools have always been a leading idea in the minds of its people, 
and have kept pace witli the growth of the village and the requirements of 
the age. It probably oifers now as great inducements, either as a pleasant 
liome or a location for establishing a manufacturing establishment of some 
kind, as any other ]ioint in the county. The town has ever retained much 
of tlie New England sentiment and the New England principle; at any 
rate the Kentucky neighbors brand it a Yankee town. Mendon has the 
hunor of establisiiing the first Congregational church in Illinois, mainly 
througli the efforts of Col. John B. Chittenden, thus securing a favorite 
New England Christian society among New England settlers. There are 
now four churches in this place, viz: Congregational, Methodist, Lutheran 
and Episcopalian, all in a flourishing condition. There is also a Masonic 
Lodge, No. 449, in good working condition, established in 1S65. Among its 
original founders were Col. J. B. Chittenden, Col. Berry Baldwin, and 
Daniel Benton. 

Mendon is surrounded by a rolling prairie, now nnder most excellent 
and tliorough cultivation, bringing rich returns to the farmers; as a conse- 
quence, our farmers are becoming forehanded, some quite wealth}-. The 
view from the town and some of the more elevated parts of the prairie is 
extremely pleasant; the formation of Honey and Bear creeks into one 
stream, nearly to the east of Mendon, which then winds around to the 
northwest and west, being heavily skirted with trees, gives an appear- 
ance of a huge semi-circle, giving in summer a very beautiful landscape, 
which, together with numerous fine residences of the farmers, surrounded 
by groves of trees, is really attractive, and has often been so remarked by 
strangers visiting the town. 

Something more might be said about the early settlement of Mendou 
Prairie. If we mistake not Col. Martin Shuey was the first settler on the 
prairie; he built the first cabin in the spring of 1829, when it was a com- 
plete wilderness, and the country abounded with wild beasts and Indians. 
The privations in that earlj' day, as in every new country-, were very great; 
Col. Shuey came west with an ox team, traveling from the eastern part of 
the State of Indiana. He came with a large family of children and was 
obliged to camp out while building their house; that certainly showed 
great capacity for endurance, after so tedious a journey. In that early day 
flouring mills were very scarce, the nearest being on Crooked creek, a dis- 
tance of thirty miles; just think of going thirty miles to mill with an ox 
team, with a pros])ect of waiting two or three days for his grist; it gener- 
ally consumed a whole week's time under the^most favorable circumstances. 
Early settlers well remember a great nuisance in the green-head fiy, which 
would breed on the prairie grass, and on a summer day would attack horses 
and cattle in such numbers as made it impossible to use them. Col. Shuey 
" said they were obliged to work their cattle nights and rainy days, while 
makincr their first improvements. Col. Shuey often spoke of a remarkable 
ox he had, that would work single, which not only plowed his corn, but 
could be hitched to a wagon. He often said the ox drew his family to 
meeting, going a distance of several miles; the ox was guided by lines 
attached to the horns. Of course it attracted great attention. We ratiier 



540 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

think, even at this day, an ox driven to cliurch, drawing a family of ten 
persons, would attract some attention. 

Old settlers well remember the great snow storm that tell about Christ- 
mas time, 1S30. The snow was about five feet on a level; many ravines 
were entirely tilled up; some of the snow remained on the ground until 
May the following year. 

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Mendon. — The society was 
organized April 10, 1S53, liy Rev. James II. Ilarkey, in the town hall, at; 
which time also a constitution was regularly atlopted. First officers: | 
Elders, Andrew Wibleand John Felgar; deacons, Wm. Wells and II. Zimmer- 
man; trustees, Peter "Wible and John McGilibons; numberof original mem- 
bers, twenty-five: the present building was erected in ISo-l, and cost ^4,000; 
parsonage built in 1S62, with an addition in 1S74, at a cost of some |ll,200. 
Present officers are: Elders, Hamilton Smith and M. L. Henderson: dea- 
cons, D. P. Shambaugh. F. W. Battel!, F. Dickerman and Dr. J. E. Tress- 
ler; trustees, Christopher Siiupe, Benjamin Sim])Son, Henry Zimmerman 
and John McCormick. Number of jtresent membership, 135: amount 
annually contributed f(.>r all purposes (for last five years), $1,250: the Sun- 
day school was organized in June, 1853: present Sunday-school enrollment, 
160. Present pastor. Rev. G. F. Behringer. The society has always been 
self-sustaining, never receiving home missionary aid, and is now in a very 
prosperous condition. 

MELROSE TOWNSHIP. 

Melrose township lies immediately east and south of the city ol 
Quincy. Indeed, it includes that portion of the city south of Broadway, 
and embraces an area of about forty-five square miles, most of which had 
to be subdued by the woodman's ax. It is bounded on tlie north by Elling- 
ton and the city of Quincy, east by Burton, south by Fall Creek, and west 
by the Mississippi river. Four-fifths of the township is comprised in table 
or blufi" lands, which are abundantly watered, and considerably broken by 
Mill Creek and its branches. This stream enters the eastern border of 
Melrose a little more than two miles from the south line, and pursues a 
ser]ientine course west and south, flowing across into Fall creek near the 
declivity of the blufis, about two miles from the river. Its principal 
branch. Little Mill creek, flows into the township, from Ellington, near its 
northeast corner, and bears a southwesterly course, emptying into Mill creek 
before it crosses the south township line. Melrose, like the other river 
townships, has a sub-stratum of limestone, and many fine working quar- 
ries al)ound, furnishing building I'ock and lime in great quanntities. 

Melrose townshi]i was one of the earliest settled in Adams county; 
outside of the city of Quincy there were only two white families living in 
the county — tluise of Daniel Lile and Justus J. Perigo in Fall Creek, when 
Asa Tyrer lirought his family from Louisiana. 111., and settled on the 
southwest quarter of section 12. 2 south, 9 west, in the spring of 1S21, 
where he resided until his death in 1873. Plis wife survived him and still 
lives in Quincy at the advanced age of eighty-eight years this July. Mr. 
Tyrer first visited the site of Quincy in 1^21, on a tour of investigation; 
he having purchased soldiers' warrants for two quarter sections of land on 
12, ho came up to locate it and sec what prospects it oflered for a home. 
So he was one of the first white men, if not the first, who ever trod its soil. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 541 

Beintr charmed with the beauty of the country, he returned to bring his 
family; but his wife could not brook the idea of forsaking every trace of 
civilization, and settlinir in this howling wilderness with no companionship 
but with wild beasts and wilder Indians. So the removal was postponed 
till two years later. In the meantime ex-Governor John Wood, Willard 
Keyes, and Jeremiah Rose and family had settled in Quincy. David Shaw 
purchased the northwest quarter of section IS, and settled on it in 1S2S. Perry 
Alexander now owns and lives on the same farm. In 1829 Obadiah Waddell 
settled on section 35, on the farm now owned by "Wm. Schnellbecker; and 
the same year Jacob Wagner settled on the southeast quarter of section 
20, where he still resides. Dr. Baker settled on section 1-i as early as 
1S27, David Hughes. David and William Reader, and Joseph Hank settled 
on section 26 in September, 1S28; Abigal Parsoiis and Nathaniel Sommers 
settled in the township about 1830. Mr. Sommers married Mr. Parsons' 
daughter, wliich was, perhaps, the first wedding, and in 1S32 a daughter 
was born to them, which was one of the first births in Melrose. She 
now lives in Qaincy. Benjamin Alexander, Jonathan Crow, Wm. B 
Goodwin and George Lacy came to the township prior to 1S30. Peter Felt 
and family settled in Quincy in 1S30, and removed to the township in 1832, 
settling on the north half of section 13,2 south, 9 west. His old house still 
-tands, and is used as a summer kitchen. Perry Alexander, whose father, 
Samuel, settled in Quincy in 1832, was the first boy to sell papers on the 
streets of the city. In the spring of 1835 he sold the Illinois Bounty 
Land Register. The first death in Melrose is said to have been a daughter 
of Joseph Hanks. 

More than two-thirds of the citizens of Melrose are of German nation- 
ality, who are noted for being careful and thrifty farmers. Although this 
township is somewhat broken in some parts, it has some among the most 
beautiful and productive agricultural lands in the county nnder a high state 
I'f cultivation. The staple productions are wheat and Indian corn. 

The first Sunday-school was organized by Theresa Alexander and 
Annie Crow, in the summer of 1829, and was held at their residences. 
Some rude young men of the neighborhood scoffed at the idea, and by 
starting an opposition '•'school," as they termed it, thought to break it up, 
but within a very short time thereafter those young inen became zealous 
members of the church, and the Sunday-school still lives and prospers, 
though the founders have been laid in their final resting places. The first 
sermon was preached by Rev. Samuel Bogard, at the residence of Jonathan 
Crow. The first religious society organized was the Melrose Methodist 
Episcopal Church, at the house of Samuel Griggs, on Little Mill creek, in 
1^33. In 1835 this society erected the first house for public worship, a 
little log structure near " Dyer's Springs. " The first school-house was 
built in the summer of 1833, on section 35, and James Walker taught the 
first school in it in that year. Lacy and Stone erected and run the first 
mill for grinding grain in 1838, thougli there had been a pestle mill for 
crushing corn for several years prior. The first justice of the peace was 
Wm. B. Goodwin. At the first election under the township organization 
law, held in April, 1S50. Stephen Saflord was elected supervisor; Cornelius 
L. Demaree, assessor; Xathaniel Pease, town clerk; Jeremiah Parsons, col- 
lector; Gilead Bartholomew and Amos Bancroft, justices of the peace; 
Albert A. Humphrey, overseer of the poor; and Join J. Reeder and Oliver 
Waddell, constables. 



5A'2 HISTORY OK AUAMS COrNTY. 



CIICKCIIES. 



Melrose contiiins tliree cliurcli eilifices: Melrose Chapel — Methodist 
Episcoi)al, St. Antonius — Catholic, aii<l Zioii's chapel — German Methodist 
Episcojial. 

Milrose Methodist Einscopal Church. — This society was organized 
at the House of Ilev. Samuel Griiji^s, on North Mill creek, in 1S33. under 
the ministrations of the cclebnited "Western Itinerant," Peter Cartwright, 
and Rev. David I'. Carter, wiiu had for some time ))revious labored as a 
missionary among the pioneers of Adams county. Ten charter members 
composed this first class, named as follows: Ilev. Samuel Griggs — leader — 
and liachael Griggs, Benjamin Alexander and Theresa Alexander, Jonathan 
Crow and Annie Crow, Sydney McClaughlin, Cynthia McDaniel, Mary 
Clanton and Elizabeth Griggs. #Mr. Griggs, who was a licensed local 
preacher, held the position of leader and also of steward for many years. 
Preaciiing was helu in his house in winter and in iiis barn in summer for 
two years. Rev. David 15. Carter was their tirst pastor, or " circuit rider," 
as they were termed in those days, and Peter Cartwright conducted the first 
quarterly meetiii" in 1834. One of the first sermons preached in that 
vicinity was by Rev. Mr. Carter on the occasion of the funeral of Elizabeth 
Kirk]iatrick, whose is said to have been the first death in Adams county. 
In 1S35 the church built the little log house near Dyers' springs, and held 
their meetings in it a number of years; then at the residence of Joseph 
Hanks some years, until the brick sciiool-house was erected in 1.S50, on sec- 
tion 19, after which services were held in it for four years, until Melrose 
chapel, a neat frame edifice, still in use, was erected on section IIJ, 2 south, 
8 west, in 1854. The first religious revival enjoyed by this society was con- 
ducted by Rev. Moses Clam])ett in 1839, whicii resulted in a large accession 
to the cliurch. Many of the old members having died or changed location, 
the church now only numbers sixty communicants. Tiie present officers are 
Joseph Hanks, J. H. Bishop, and E. F. Humphreys, stewards; Wm. and John 
J. Reeder, leaders. Tiie annual contributions aggregate S3o0. Their Sun- 
day-school is prosj)erous, and has si.\ty-five members enrolled. Value of 
church property, ^2,000. 

St. Antonius' Church. — In 1859 Messrs. Anton Iloebing, William 
Wellman, John Schneider, the Widow Brinkman, Mr. Altro, and John 
Mast, citizens of Melrose townshij), and zealous Roman Catholics, con- 
cluded, after mature deliberation, to ijuild a cliurch. Mr. Anton Bordewig, 
also an influential German Roman Catiiolic, donated ten acres of land, 
which should be used for the chnrcli, school-house and cemetery. Tiie first 
building erected was of frame, 35.\60 feet, in which Father Ferdinaml first 
ofiiciated after its consecration. A school-house was built, and Mr. Ignats 
Lear became the teacher of its scholars. In 18(51 Father Mauricius took 
charge of the s])iritual affairs of the church and school, and remained until 
1864, when, under direction of Father Ferdinand, tiie present brick build- 
ing, 45.\ 70 feet, was erected at a cost of $12,00(). The frame church was 
renovated into a school-room and Mr. Gottleib Jacoby took charge as 
teacher, continuing to the present time. Father Paulus being now in charge 
of the church. Seventy families are at present members. After much 
hard work by its members in its infancy, St. Antonius' church is now in a 
flourishing condition, the debt created being nearly [laid. All the inside 
work has ueen done by contribution, Mr. Wellman making all the pews, 
and several others, wliose names we have been unable to ascertain, assisting 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 543 

ill working on the coininiinion rail, chancel, and C(jnt'essional. Tlie altar is 
nearly finished, and is a l)eantit'ul jiiece of architecture. The choir is well 
instructed, the sacred music l)eing given with pro]ier i>atlios. The tirst 
marriages celebrated were those of Frank Meyer wntli Miss Carolina JMast, 
Franz Wellniaii with J\Iiss Lutcie Hurller, Eernard liersliesinever with 
Miss Lena Dreicr. The first burial in the cemetery was that of the Widow 
Brinknian. 

The German Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1845. 
For several years the society held their services at the homes of tlie mem- 
bers until 1S50, when they erected their present church edifice, "Zion's 
Cliapel," on tlie northeast quarter of section 22. The society numbers at 
present about forty-five members, and has a prosperous Sunday-school with 
some fifty members. They have preacliing semi-monthly. 

McKEE TOWNSHIP. 

The first settlement was made in 183S, on section 4, by Wm. Ilogan, 
John Covert, Calvin Brandy, John II. Iveller and Dudley Perigo. In 1840 
there were a number more came in, P'rancis Aniro, Philip Ainro, Jacob 
Hover, Justice Perigo, Cyrus Sims, and lieuben Cliilders. 

Jacob Hughes and f:iniil3' moved from (iilmer Townshij) in 1847, and 
located on section 14, among the hills on the brink of one of the bluffs of 
McKee Creek, and died on this farm many years after. Nearly all of the 
members of ]\Ir. Hughes' family still reside in the county. His son George 
stands in the front ranks with the best citizens of the township. Quite a 
number of the oldest citizens liave moved away but are not forgotten; 
others have died, leaving, a good example. A few are still living 
who have weathered the cold blast of many winters, and enjoy talk- 
ing over old scenes and incidents. Among them are Cyrus Sims, Keuben 
Cnilders, J. II. Keller, and Samuel Massee. The townshi]), although largely 
composed of hills and valleys, was soon quite thickly settled, and upt)n the 
top of many of these hills could be seen the houses of the jiioneers, and 
from the valley just beyond came the smoke curling up from the home of 
another of the sturdy frontiersmen. 

A. H. D. Butz, with a keen eye to business, built tlie first mill in 1845, 
on section 6, using tlie water power of IVfcKee creek, for sawing and grind- 
ing purjwses. It is still in running order. Mr. Smith of Quincy started 
the first store in the tov.'nship, and John Huffman the second, on section 7. 
He still continues in the business, the only store in the town, which, with a 
blacksmith shop, and several houses, compose the town, named Bowling 
Green, many years ago by Wm. Bowling. Mr. Bowling now lives in Con- 
cord township. In 1853 " Old Slab Town" received the new name of 
Spring Valley, and struggled hard for existence with lier carding, grist and 
saw-mill, in charge of Wm. Wtills and John W. AVardell. Harvey Bogley 
was store keeper, and P. M. Forgoy the l)lacksmith. Early in the civil 
war the millers enlisted, leaving Inisiness for our country's service, and in 
their absence the town fell to ruins, with only the blacksmith's shop to 
mark the sp it. 

An attempt to murder one of the citizens on Christmas eve, in the 
year 1858, proved a failure, we believe, though it created such a sensytion 
as to be handed down among the records. 

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544 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

In the month of February, 1S65, a dwelling and its contents was lost 
by fire. Estimated loss !5l,000. 

Within the past two years a fine school-liouse has been built near tlie 
site of the old town. It is used for school and cliurcli purposes and all 
town meetings. The almost obliterated town of Bagnolia was started by 
William Hart and Dan Iligbc, in 1805, for three years. They conducted a 
dry goods, grocery and wiiiskey store; tiie latter department became the 
principal business, and ruined the town. 

Mr. Payton, in 1869, started Hickory Corner and Post Office Payt<m, 
which since has been clianged to Kellerville, a prosperous and pleasant 
town, with large trade; two stores kept by Anthony Gruber 6c Co. and P. 
H. & II. H. Plofi'man; Mrs. Rhea supplies the millinerv, and two physi- 
cians heal the sick; the buildings aj-e in good repair, and tiie town looks 
brio-ht and thrifty. A fine suspension bridge crosses McKee creek at tijis 
point; we find also a saw and grist mill operated b}' Patterson & Co., on 
section 33; the German Methodists have their church on section 31, the 
only one in the village. 

McKee creek runs through the township in a southeasterly direction, 
and forms in many places deep ravines. George W. Query, now living in 
Indiana, made the discovery of a furnace, in 1849, in one of the Ijlnfts near 
the creek, wiiicli formed some foundation for the old story that, during the 
French war with the Indians, a small party of French, having witli tliem a 
large amount of silver, were overpowered by a band of Indians, and before 
capture buried their treasure. They were tiien burned in the furnace — all 
save one who escaped, wounded, and on his death bed very minutely 
described this locality as the one where the treasure had been concealed. 
After the discovery of tlie furnace for several years many adventurers, 
guided by difierent fortune-tellers, came from St. Louis and other points in 
search of the money, wliich has not yet been discovered. 

, In politics tlie'Democrats have the majority. The first supervisor was 
John W. AVardwell; town clerk, A. J. Durbin, in the year 1851. The 
present supervisor is Mr. E. W. Leisley. The first school-house was built 
on the farm of Rube F. Smith, on section 3. 

It is gratifying to state tliat the citizens of McKee township have been 
very accommodating and friendly in giving us facts from which we have 
been enabled to write the foregoing history. 

CHURCHES. 

German Methodist Ch-urch, Fairweather, McKee township. This 
church was organized in the year 18-17, and for twenty-six years worshi])ed 
in a log cabin. Mr. George lless acted as class-leader for twenty years. 
During this time tlie number ot members has increased to twenty-five, 
and tlie church flourished. In 1873 tlie old house was torn down, and a 
substantial one erected at a cost of $1,000. Mr. Wm. Ilofmeister at this 
time became class-leader, and has since acted in that capacity. Many of 
the early members have died. Among the number who have passed away 
but are not forgotten, are (tco. Hess and wife, John Deal, A. Lentz and 
wife, John Harss and wife, and John Winder. Rev. Mr. Powers was the 
first regular minister, and began his work with the organization. Rev. Joiin 
Smith succeeded him in 1849, and many others have tilled the position 
since ; some of them are still living in the county. Rev. II. Zeigler is 
the present pastor. The Sunday-school is an interesting one, and well 
attended every Sabbath. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 545 

United Brethren Church, Spring Vallej', McKee township, was or- 
ganized in an early day, but was entirel}- broken up by neglect of church 
duties, etc. In 1S67 it was reorganized b}' Joseph Diendorff, with the as- 
sistance of Morris Bennett and John Padgett, and has the names of twenty 
members now on its church-l)ook. The officers of the church at present 
are as follows : Joseph Diendorff, minister; Morris Bennett, class-leader; 
John Padgett, steward. The organization now holds its regular meetings 
at the Spring Valley school-house on every alternate Sabbath. 



Washinejton Grove School District, No. 1, was organized in 1857, and 
a building erected at a cost of about $400; it has since been remodeled and 
is kept in good repair. There are now one hundred and twenty scholars in 
the district, and an average attendance of thirty-six, the highest in rank 
in the township. The first board of directors was composed of James 
Parker, AVile}' Teach and W. G. Smith, who employed Mr. Guhrrie as 
teacher. The present directors are Wm. McConnell, Henry Boss, and John 
H. Jones, clerk. The last teacher was John Jameson; the salary $55 per 
month. 

Unfortunately school records have not been kept in the following 
districts, and the* early history will of necessity be meagre. 

North Roch School District, No. 2. — The present school building was 
completed in 1S64 — a substantial structure well furnished, with an average 
attendance of thirty. In the district there are 102 scholars. Directors 
for the present year are Morris Bennit, John Gigei, and Alex. Hoffman, 
clerk. Mr. E. D. Roe is now teacher; salary per month, $35. 

South Rock School District, No. 3. — The building of stone, was erected 
in 1S62. 126 scholars in the district. Of this number forty attend school 
regularly. Directors at present time Daniel Balzar, William Kuntz, and 
Christian Hess, clerk; teacher, Aneline Junison; salary, $33.33 per month. 

Green Wood School, No. 4. — The building meets the requirements of 
the district, and is valued at about $200; seventy scholars in the district; 
average daily attendance, thirty; board of directors, J. W. Leichtenthaler, 
Geo. F. Cyrle, John Campbell, clerk; teacher, Solomon Belmyer; salary, 
$31.25 per month. 

Spring Vallei/ School District, No. 5. — T. P. and E. Patten erected the 
building in 1877, at a cost of $G00. The district has seventy-five scholars; 
average daily attendance twenty -five; directors, John Padgett, Jacob 
Womelsdorf and A. J. Durbin; P. C. Hinckley, teacher; salary $30 per 
month. 

Vanier School District, No. 6. — The building is of log and comfortable; 
there are sixty-eight scholars living in the district; average attendance, 
thirty; directors, Abraham Hiilse, John Britt and J. B. Moore; teacher, 
G. W. Miller; salary $35 per month. 

Wiland School District, No. 7, has a substantial building; ninety- 
four scholars in the district, and an average attendance of thirty-seven; 
directors, John M. Bowen, James Gallaher, and Samuel Gallaher, clerk; 
teacher, Isaac Dana; salary $45 per month. 

Happy Holloxc School District, No. 8. — The building of logs is pic- 
turesquely situated in a valley at the foot of high bluffs, and, according to 
the old legend, the "'hidden treasure" is in this vicinity. There are forty- 
eight scholars in the district; average attendance, twenty-three; directors, 



646 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Jacob Mixer, Jmnes M. Grady, and David AVatkin, clerk; teacher, Clark 
Raugh ; salary 8i>-' per month. 

NORTHEAST TOWNSHIP. 

The first settlement of this township was made on section 2, in 1829, 
bv Alexander Oliver. He came to the townshij) from the State of Ohio, 
with a wife and ten children — five sons and five daughters— built a log 
cabin and made the first improvements ; two of his sons entered the minis- 
try of the Methodist church. Mr. Oliver and his tamily resided in this 
township during the Black Hawk war, also during the winter of the deep 
snow, and sutfered many and great privations and hardships incident to 
those times, much owing to the limited circumstances of the early settlers. 
The next in the order of time, as we' learn from the old residents who set- 
tled in the township, were Harmon and Alfred Marlow, Mr. l>ates and 
Mrs. Smith and their families, from Indiana; Hiram Elliston, John Hiber, 
Levi Conovcr and Elliott C\>ndes were the next to settle. The last three 
tamilies came from the State of Kentucky and settled in the year 1S31. 
The first white child born was a son of Hanson Marlow, in the year 1S31, 
and the first death was that of Mrs. Smith in the year 1832. Benjamin 
Gould and a Miss Janes were the first ])arties married. The ceremony was 
performed by Christopiier C. Yates, a justice of the peace, in the year 
1S33. The lirst sermon was preached by the Rev. W. H. Ralstin, at the 
loc cabin of Mr. John Hiber, a minister of the Methodist church, in the 
year 1S33. The first school-house was a log cabin built on section 4, in the 
year 1833, and Miss Janes taught the first school. The first church build- 
"inc was erected by the Presbyterians on section 36, and Rev. "Wm. Grain 
Wifs their first minister. The minister is still living, and is probably the 
oldest minister in the county. This township is mostly prairie, well skirted 
with tine timber, and is settled by a prosperous and intelligent people. 

The township of Northeast was organized in the year 1850, 
when an election was held. The first supervisor was Benjamin Gould; 
the first town clerk, William Burke; the first assessor, William Ketclmm; 
first collector, J.J. Graham; first overseer of the poor, B. N. Galliher; 
first justices of the peace were Mitchell Alexander and James J. Graham; 
the first constables, Robert B. Combs and William F. Grain; commission- 
ers of hio-hways, E. B. Hough, Elliott Combs and Clements Robbins. 

KEOKUK JUNCTION. 

Sometime in the year 1802 the Wabash railway corporation having 
located their liranch from Clayton to Keokuk so as to pass across this 
particular part of the prairie, Mr. J. H. Wendell built a small saloon 
between the Wabash and C., B. A: Q. railways, some rods south of the 
junction, he having occupied, for a short time, a part of a small building 
])reviously erected on the east side of the railway tracks for depot purposes. 
This building although long since destroyed by a violent wind, appears to 
have been the first attempttowards a permanent building of the town as 
the said Wendell continued to reside here for eight or ten years, and during 
the time erected a number of much more permanent edifices which are still 
standing and are ornaments to the jdace. Other buildings quickly fol- 
lowed and in the early part of the year lS6i Mr. L. A. Albers erected a 
house where Philip Cain, Esq., resides and commenced store keeping in 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. §47 

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one room of it. Mr. G. H. Buss the same year built and staked a large 
store on the east side of tlie C, 15. cV: Q. railway a few rods south of the 
present crossing of Smith sti-eet. 

In the spring of 18G7 the late Mr. Herman Miller erected the brick 
store on southeast corner of Smith and East Trout streets and in partner- 
ship with Mr. J. G. Klosterman commenced a trade which finally merged 
witli the stock of Mr. Buss into the stock of goods now owned and located 
by Onki Shuen, southwest corner of Smith and West Front streets. 

In 1866 Col. Wm. Hanna rented the store of Mr. J. 11. Wendell (now 
owned and occupied by the Messrs. Selby) and occupied it as a store until 
he erected in 1868 the house now standing on the northwest corner of 
Wendell and West Front streets, fitting up the first floor as a first class 
store, in which he has transacted business continuously to the present time, 
being not only the first American mei'chant to locate hero but the only 
merchant who has continued in business hei'e so long a time, and yet pur- 
sues the even tenor of his way. 

The year following — 1867 — Mr. H. E. Selby with Mr. John J. Weiden- 
liammer purchased the interest of Mr. G. II. Buss and continued the trade 
at IJuss' stand for one year when, Mr. Weidenhammer withdrawing, the firm 
m1' Albers, Lyle & Selby was formed, who occupied the store now occupied 
and owned by Messrs. IT. E. & S. Selby, a firm which commenced business 
in 1S69, Buss Sz Weiens at the same time occupying Buss' old stand. 

The late Nehemiah Bushnell, attornej' of Quincy, having, as agent of 
the owners of this portion of the prairie, had a survey andp)latof this village 
made and recorded, and sold the lots, a petition of the citizens was laid 
before the Legislature of 1867, for the act of incorporation necessary for a 
town government, by the name of Keokuk Junction. Such an act was 
granted early in the session, and confirmed on March .5th, granting the 
settlement power to act in the election and qualification of officers for self 
government. On the first day of April, 186'^, the first meeting was held 
for election of officers, when Mr. John Lyle was elected the first justice of 
the peace (an office held by him continuously with one very short inter- 
ruption until the spring of 1878), Mr. John H. Wendell, constable and 
Messrs. Libbe U. Albers, Geo. W. Myers, Andreas M. Fruhling and 
Wm. Hanna as a board of trustees. On the seventeenth of the same 
month a full organization was perfected with Mr. L. U. Albers as clerk. 
This organization gave the town verj' good authorit}' for police I'egulations, 
which had become a matter of necessity for the health and safety of all law- 
abiding citizens, and the town soon showed the benefit of such a course, in 
the gradual but steady improvement of the moral attitude of the popula- 
tion. 

This form of govei'nment continued in force until March, 1873, when 
the board of trustees called an election to vote upon the new state law, 
authorizing the town to relinquish their special organization acts and to 
adopt the general method of organization of cities and villages. The 
result of the election was a unanimous vote to adopt such a change. On 
the fifteenth of April following, an election was held according to the new 
plan adopted, and the newly elected board of trustees proceeded to organize 
and execute the village government according to the new state "Village 
Organization Laws," which course is still in full effect. The result of such 
early and thorough organization has been visible to the most casual observer 
and culminated at the annual election of April, 1870, in the election of an 



648 HISToRV (PF ADAMS COUNTY. 

entire anti-license wovernmeut by an overwhelmiiin; niajority. The village 

foveriiment as at present oi-ganized consists of Messrs. Seneca Selby. presi- 
cut; Samuel II. Tipton. Conielins Ileiiiiirk. Milton Patton, Franklin M. Ilnft' 
and Win. T. Selby, the board of trustees, L. A. Martin, village clerk; Col. 
Wni. llanna, police magistrate; (xerd. (t. Franklin, treasnrer; Geo. E. 
Koss, iiolice constable and llurre Ilerrn. stroft commissioner. 

While the moral aspect of the village has so vastly improved the 
physical has not been neglected. Previously to the building of the rail- 
roads, the middle of the village was actually the middle of a vast malarial 
pool — the lit home of the frog and the seri)eut — so wet and miry in fact in 
the early summer that even ])ersons on horseback were obliged to avoid this 
portion when jiassing from side to side of the prairie. Now a system of 
thorough drainage adiied to a fair, degree of sanitar}' regulations, affords 
the resident ]H)pulation a greater immunity from pestilence than is afforded 
to any of our sister towns. 

The cause of the settlement of an important mercantile commnnity in 
such a seemingl}- unfavorable spot being the location of two verj' long and 
powerful railroad lines, it is naturally a matter of interest, to turn a few 
moments to the local operation and management of those roads. On the 
fourth day of September, lS(i3, an entry was made of the first freight re- 
ceived at this station, then under the management of Mr. John P. Harlow, 
agent. On the twenty-first day of November following the first telegram 
passed from this station. From that time to the present, a period of a 
little over fifteen years, immense stocks of merchandise of all descriptions 
have been received at this station for sale or transhipment, while in the same 
time large quantities of grain and live stock have been shipped from this 
depot to be scattered through all the marts of our own and ])robably many 
forei<rn countries. 

Mr. Harlow was superseded on the first of April, ISG-l, bj- L. U. Albers, 
who held the position until the first of October, 1S6S, when John M. 
Graham took charge and held it until April 1st, 1S72, when Cornelius 
Hennirk. of Pennsylvania, the very pleasant and gentlemanly agent of to- 
day was placed in charge. Mr. Hennirk is assisted by Wm. T. Selby as 
baggage master and .fohn H. Potter as night operator, all vevy agreeable 
and satisfactt)ry officials. 

In connection with railroading may be noticed the post-office depart- 
ment. L. U. Albers, the agent of the railroad comjianies, about the 
commencement of the year 1864, received the a])pointnient as post-master 
and administered the afl'airs o the office in the de))ot building until, in the 
year ISOS, he was removed, afnd Wm. O'Harra received the appointment 
and located the ottice at the hotel of which he was ]iro|irietor. In the autumn 
of the same year Col.Wm. Hanna, our present worthy post-master, receiv- 
ed the appointment and at once removed the office to his new store, 
where it has since remained. 

In autumn, 1S72, Mr. Jas. Stone purchased filestore he now occupies, 
which was b uilt by the late firm of Wliitford iV: Beckett in lSt!9,and opened 
a first class drug store. Quite a stock of drugs were kept for a short time 
previous to this by the Messrs. Selby, in connection with their general 
merchandising, but no specific drug store had been 0}>ened here previous 
to the arrival of Mr. Stone. His stand has been kept as a drug store, unin- 
terruptedly, and with the exception of one year by liimself. 

Religious services in the English language were held in the present 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 54:9 

de|jot (which was erected in 1864) alternately by Methodists and Presby- 
terians until the autumn of 1869, when, the school-house being finished, it 
was used as a house of worship instead of the depot. A Union Sunday- 
school bad been organized in the depot, which was also removed to the 
school-house at the same time. It continued there until the Methodists 
erected their present house of worship on Albers street, in 1872, when they 
organized a Methodist Sunday-school which destroyed the Union school. 
The Germans [a, large and influential part of the population) residing here 
attended worship at the " Prairie Church," about four miles southeast of 
the town, until the spring of 1869, when the (jrerinan Lutheran church on 
the west side of Congress street was finished, and the Rev. Mr. Tjardin, of 
Quincy, was called to preside, who remained only a year. The Rev. Peter 
Kleinlein, of Iowa, was called, who still presides over that church. 

About 1874 a portion of tiie members of that church drew off from 
the parent organization and founded the "Trinity" Lutheran church, which 
held services in a building south of South street (now occupied by Mr. Wm. 
H. Staats as a furniture factory and warehouse) until their present elegant 
church on the north side of Hayes street was consecrated in December, 1877. 
Rev. Richard Scheie was called to the pastorate and remained until March, 
1879. The pulpit of that clrarch is now vacant. The Rev. ]V[r. Ash, of 
the Methodist conference, who came to this circuit in the autumn of 1878, 
ofliciates at " Simpson" Methodist chapel at the present time. 

The cause of education has received marked attention from the first. 
Perhajis few towns, in proportion to population, can produce as many per- 
manent residents who have been school teachers, as this. As a consequence 
the public attention was early called to the need of instruction for youth. 
The village growing up suddenly in a distant corner of the district, it was 
arranged to form a new district of the village part and it was organized as 
such in 1369, and the present commodious edifice erected at an expense of 
over $3,000. Schools have been held each school year since by various 
teachers, the present very successful principal, Prof M. F. McCord, being 
near the close of his first year of instruction. Besides our public schools 
each Lutheran church has a parish school in connection with the church, 
so the youth of the village have ample opportunity to meet the very sensible 
requirements of the newly enacted state school law. 

Hand in hand with the advance of education, and as a fitting sequel to 
the Master's work, came temperance reform. As far back in the local 
annals as 1869, the late Wm. Beckett, a merchant, then president of the board 
of trustees, e.xerted his influence in efforts to promote the cause of temper- 
ance to such a degree that the mob spirit of King Alcohol aroused his minions 
in rebellion, and surrounding the residence of Mr. Beckett at night threat- 
ened personal violence. The spirit arose to such a pitch that finally the calmer 
element of society became aroused in favor of order and safety and the mob 
spirit quietly subsided. But it has shown its power and venom in repeated 
instances since. Although the spirit of temperance was steadily working, 
no decided and actual advance was made until the noted "Murphy " excite- 
ment l;egan to pervade the country and that sentiment of the community 
began to take form and brought the believers in the cause to the front and 
a well organized association is the result. Commencing its public organi- 
zation late in the year 1877. it has been the means of checking many young 
people in a downward course and of dijinir much other good. It still has 
very attractive gatherings, bi-monthly, by lectures and literary performances, 



650 IlISTOKY OF ADAMS COl'NTV. 

notable among wliich is a well ciliteil' monthly paper. Its present officers 
aro Cornelins llennirk, president; Messrs. Seneca 8elbv ami Milton Patton, 
vice presidents ; Scott Tavlor, secretary, and Laban Cain, treasnrer. 

riie medical fraternity is well representeil in this village at tlie pi'esent 
time. Dr. L. A. ilartin, of Khode Island, came herein the spring of 186t> 
and has followed his profession withovit interruption to the present time. Dr. 
Milton Patton. of Dliio, came here in the autumn of 1870 and with the ex- 
ception of a short residence in Bowcnsburgh, has remained here permanently. 
Dr. J. T. Cuslienburg came in the S}irinir of 1878, from Paloma and has 
taken np his residence with ns. A half dozen other representatives of 
medicine have at times stop]ied with us a slmrt period. 

In 1874 a movement was made toward the organization of a military 
companv. and a number were induce^l to meet for drill under the guidance 
of Col. \Villiam Ilantnt, who, in (K'tober, 187."), was comniissiuned captain, 
and proceeded at once to perfect the organization and drill of the company. 
In February, 1876. Capt. llanna was promoted to the colonelcy of the regi- 
ment, and Lieut. II. E. S-'lbv to be captain of the company. In July, 1877, 
Capt. Selby having resigned the comnumd of the company, and Col. llanna 
that of the regiment. Col. llanna was re-electeil to and accepted of the com- 
mand of the company, which he held until the reiugiinization of the 
regiment in September, 1877, under the present State militia law, when 
Capt. llanna was again elected and commissioned colonel of the 8th Regi- 
ment, and Lieut. C. llennirk was elected and commissioned captain of the 
company. During the short period of the life of this comj^any its rec»u-d 
has been good, once winning the second prize and three times the tirst prize 
at annual fairs, besides earning a first-class record in the expedition to East 
St. Louis during the memorable strikes of 1877. 

One hotel serves to meet the reijuirements of public travel. This was 
erected in 1804, by Messrs. drowning and Underwood, and passing through 
various proprietorships tinally came into the possessii>n of its present 
worthy landlord, Mr. William A. Strikler. in 1874. Little need be said of 
it more than that it is well kept as a tirst-class house, and is pronounced by 
the mercantile traveling agents, alias " Drummers" (than whom none are 
more critical in such matters'), as well as by the traveling public generally 
as one of the best kept houses on these railroails. 

The present occupations of our population comprise the following: 
The "Prairie Mills" is a very large and powertul windmill, with two runs 
of burrs and all the latest improved preparatory and bolting machinery for 
grinding and tiuishing corn, rye and buckwheat, under the successful nnm- 
agement of Mr. Hiram II. Emmenga. and noted far and near for the 
superior quality of its products. The second windmill, but a little interior 
to the power and capacity of the tirst, and in no appreciable degree interior 
in cpialitv of products, is under the management of Mr. Cobus Franzen. 
Also a ciieese factory, of about a daily capacity of 800 pounds, under the 
charge of Mr. John Poppe; one small mill for wood turning by wind 
power; one lumber yard, well stocked; two large shipping granaries, for 
all varieties of grain, both of which do an extensive business; four stores 
for general merchandising, which have large and well selected stocks of 
goods; four firms, or individuals, who deal largely in farming implements; 
two drug stores, supplied with the usual retjuisites for prescription as well 
as general trade; one tirni of harness makers; one dealer in lime, cement, 
etc.; one cabinet maker and dealer in furniture, whose manufacture received 



HISTORY OF ADAM8 COUNTY. 55 1 

the lii^^liest premium at the last county fair; two dealers in millinery aii'i 
ladies' furnishing goods, two dealers in stoves and tinware, two livery sta- 
Vjles, two saloons, one firm of shoemakers, two of house carpenters, two 
firms of blacksmitlis, one wagonmaker, one mason, one barber, three 
tailors, etc. 

The village of La Prairie is on the C, B. ct Q. K. R., thirty miles from 
Qnincy. laid out and platted by II. Dills, A. (J. Marsh, O. L. Skinner, II. 
T. J. Kicker, Hiram Rogers, I3t'njarnin Bacon and Obediah Gibbs. It has 
two general stores, owned by R. II. Bacon & Co. and Col. J. M. A. Drake; 
<«ne wagon shop, one shoe shop, two harness shops, two churches, one drug 

*ore and a graded school. In the year 1878 there were siiijjjied 176 car- 

-jads of stock and 32 car loads of hay. 



La Prairie Lodge No. 207 was organized Oct. 6, 1858. The charter 
members are as follows: John S. Tout, 1st master; John W. Dills, 1st 
warden; John W. Byland, junior warden; B. F. Tolnian, secretary; A. 
P. Hoyt, II. D. Dills, W. H. Martin. It has forty members, and is in a 
flourishing condition. 

CHUECHES. 

United Brethren in Christ. — This church had its origin in the year 
177i. William Otterbein, of Baltimore, Md., organized a congregation in 
Baltimore, May 4, 1774. The church is Armenian in faith, and itinerant 
in su])ply of its people with the gospel. In the government of the church 
the people rule. The delegates to the general conference are elected by the 
laity. The general conference meets every four years. The bishops are 
elected every four years; and the presiding elders every year by the annual 
Cfjnference; the leaders and stewards, by the class. The church has forty- 
three conferences, and 150,000 members. The church has a prosperous 
mission in West Africa. 

The Centennial Church was built in the year 1875, and dedicated 
by Bishop J. Dickson, of Decatur, Ills. The church or class w-as first 
organized at the Union Church, west of the Centennial, in the year 1863, 
by Rev. N. A. Walker. The class now numbers about one liundred mem- 
bers. The present pastor is Rev. J. H. Snyder; presiding elder. Is. A. 
Walker. 

La Prairie Class was organized March, 1879, by the election of John 
Prather, leader, and N. Robbins, steward. The class has a membership of 
thirty-six members. The society is making efforts to purchase the church 
house of worship of the Missionary Baptists in the town of La Prairie. 
The apjjointiiient was first taken up by Rev. J. B. King, and then filled by 
X. A. Walker; and the firesent pastor, Rev. J. H. Snyder, held a meeting 
during the latter part of February and early part of March of the present 
year, assisted by lUiv. N. A. Walker and Rev. I. Valentine. Forty conver- 
sions and thirty-six accessions to the church is the result of the efforts. 

PAYBOX TO WX SHIP. 

The village of Payson is situated fifteen miles southeast of Quincy. 
Ills., and ten miles from Hannibal, Mo., on a beautiful rolling prairie. In 
the year 1833 the land upon which Payson now stands was entered at the 



552 HISTORV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

General Land OfBce hy Hon. John Wood, E. B. Kinil)all, and Bracket 
Pottle. In the tall of '34 Deacon Albijjence Scarhorougli, of West Hart- 
ford, Conn., came into the township and pnrchased the land of the above 
named parties, and in the sprinji; of '35 he laid ont the village of Paysoii. 
He had associated with himself in the laying-out of the village and the sale 
of the lots, P. E. Thompson and James C. Bernard. The village was nameil 
by Deacon Scarborough after the Ilev. Dr. Payson, of Portland, Maine, who 
was a great favorite of Deacon Scarborough, and from which the township 
afterwards derived its name. In the year 1S35 Deacon David Prince, Jas- 
per Whitcomb and others, came to the place. In '36 Deacon Scarborough, 
Deacon Prince, and Captain John Burns, commenced the building of the 
wind-mill, which was completed about three years afterward, at a cost of 
thirteen thousand dollars, and this ])ivt an end, for a time, to the importa- 
tion of tlour. The first sale of town lots took place on the seventh day of 
August, 183(), and the major part of the lots that were sold were purchased 
by the citizens themselves, very few being sold to outside speculators, and 
tiius the curse which has weighed so heavily on other Western villages was 
avoided. Twenty per cent, of the purchase money of the lots sold was 
ilonated by the founders, by previous agreement, for the purpose of build- 
ing a seminary, and also four acres of beautiful land to erect tlie said build- 
ing upon. That probably gave the impetus to the educational interest of 
Payson that has been kept up to the present time; and, no doubt, too much 
credit can not be given to Deacon Scarborough for his liberality in donat- 
ing the beautiful town lot, for, if we are rigliti'ully informed, that was 
<lonated by him individually. There is a district school-house erected 
on the said lot that cost, when built, about twelve thousand dollars. This 
building will accomiuodate three hundred scholars. 

In the year 1S35, Deacon Prince arrived with a stock of goods from 
New York, and opened the first store. A year or two afterward, J. C. Ber- 
nard and Joseph Norwood estal)lished themselves as merchants. Joseph 
E. Norwood was the first Payson postmaster. The Congregational Church 
was organized May 6, 1836. Those forming the churchwere A. Perry and 
wife, J. J. Fielding and wife, A. Scarljorough and wife, Thomas Kond and 
wife, J. Boger and wife, B. Pottle and wife, D. Prince and wife, D. E. 
Scarborough, Mrs. Ellen Gustavus, Miss L. Pond, Miss Emily Scarborough; 
Mr. Cole, of Kentucky, was their first jiastor. We have been unai)le to 
find any record of the meml)ersof the Methodist Church to show when the 
church was organized, but it was at an early date. Rev. J. Montgomery, 
minister in charge. The Christian Church was organized February 15, 
1868, with twenty-si.\ members. The churches all have good houses of 
worship. There is one Masonic Lodge with a large membership; they own 
a fine hall, worth about four thousand dollars. There is also a CiuijUer 
organized. 

In 1833 Robert G. Kay and Wyman Whitcomb, with their families, 
settled in the township. After the township organization in 1850, R. G. 
Jvay was elected the first supervisor; he served two years. Wyman Whit- 
comb was elected on the third year after the organization. Prominent 
among the residents of Payson and vicinit\- are J. K.Scarborough, B. 
Pottle, R. G. Kay, Wyman Whitcomb, Jasper Whitcomb, J. O. Bernard, 
A. T. Cook, W. D. Perry, Dr. Shepherd and others, but tiie want of sjiace 
prevents further mention. 

There has also sprung u]> a thrifty young village on Stone's Prairie, 




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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 553 

called Plaiiiville, or more improperly called Sliakerag, and by ail ajipear- 
aiices quite a business place. There are two stores doiiii; a very lucrative 
business. Tlie name of the post-office is Stone's Prairie. There are black- 
smith and wawon shops, and all such business is carried on in order to 
accommodate the farming community, without going off" to larger places to 
get small jobs done. John Delaplain and A. Y. Viiiing appear to be the 
founders of the burg. Wm. Shinn is one of the prominent men and early 
settlers. There is a jjrosperous Methodist Episcopal (Jhurch in the south- 
west part of the township, known as the Fall Creek Church. 

The town of Payson has won a deservedly high reputation for its 
choice fruits. Of all the towns in Adams county, it is admitted, in this 
i-egard, to have the pre-eminence. Indeed, it is questionable whether any 
locality in the State surpasses that of Payson in the quality, variety, and 
amount of fruit grown. Any reference to the history and early, develop- 
ments of this interest, however brief and imperfect, can not therefore fail 
to interest our readers. The first apple orchard, worthy of the name, which 
has come to our knowledge, in the town of Payson, was planted by that 
pioneer and advocate of all true progress, Deacon A. Scarborough, in the 
spring of 1838. His stock consisted of one year old trees, purchased in St. 
Louis, but raised in Ohio. 

In 1838 Deacon Scarborough also purchased of Mr. John Anderson, ot 
Pike coimty, one bushel of peaches, consisting of choice varieties grown by 
Mr. Anderson on trees he had ]M-ocured in tlie State of New Jersej-. Mr. 
Scarborough paid one dolhir for this bushel of selected fruit, when the 
ordinary selling price at the time, scarce as peaches then were, was but 
twenty-five cents per bushel. Some of the trees produced from this fruit 
have borne as fine peaches as have been grown in the county. Three of 
those early trees are still standing, and doing well, though he, by whose 
diligent hands they were so carefully planted and nurtured, has gone from 
the scenes of earth. The attention of other earl}' settlers was devoted more 
or less to the important subject of fruit-growing, about the same time. But 
of them we cannot here speak in particular. The development of the fruit 
interest in the town of Payson, and indeed of all the region round about, 
is indebted, more than to any other individual, to that indefatigable e.xcelsior 
in horticulture, Mr. William Stewart. The nursery and fruit business was 
ever after the great specialty of his life. 

In laying out Payson, ample pains were taken to secure good educa- 
tional facilities for futui-e generations, as the lot on which the present school 
is situated was reserved for an academy. In addition to this, 20 per 
cent, of the sales of the first one hundred lots were saved as a fund with 
which to build the proposed academy. The money was finally used to 
erect a school-house which served the township for many years. The pres- 
ent school building was erected in 18GS, at a cost of $10,000, while other 
improvements augment the total to $12,240. 

The Payson Furuievs' Mutual Innitrance Company was organized 
November 22, 1873. It commenced business immediately. In July, 1874, 
business amounted to $60,000. The first ofiicers elected were A. T. Cook, 
])resident; J. O. Barnard, secretary-, and H. L. Tandy, treasurer. January 
1, 1879, the company had $294,390 insurance in force, which is limited to 
detached property, over one hundred feet from other buildings. The di- 
rectors are L. G. Carr, Robert Bankins, Alfred Seehorn, J. O. Barnard, 
John Aten, H. L. Tandy, S. D. Lewis, A. T. Cook, S. S. Nesbitt. 



fllSTORV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 
CHURCHES. 

1850, with a me, be sl.i, of ,T„P nJ '''"'f ' °" ^'^ 2Gti, day of Ocfober, 

niKler whose charo-e and effi,.,V,.f loi !? V" \- bewail as pastor, 

I" the year ISfiita 1 Lc of v.. r '"' "'' ''"""f' "'■^"- P'-««Poro„.< 
Plainville,andinJuL i",>. H.p! ' I' '"'' "''^^'^'^ "' the ' village of 
a mernbe,;hip of 3S "nd ' 4 S hn "'"' TT^V"" Plainville,%vith 
Baptist Church, fli; ew h so of w T'"' °^ ^ >e Fairview Free Will 
Elder S. D. Millayp etched the d^^ ""*"* '^^^l^^'^^^ J"ne the 1st, 

D. C. Miller. ' P'^*^"""' tJ'e dedication sermon. Present pasto,-, Eidei- 

ibllo^?itg'^:rrcti"ec/ v "? '' T^^^^r^^ ^--"^"'-^ ^% e, ISSe. TI. 
SearborJligh'^d'^ir I^eS" Jo^Sfe ^'" 1T"''= . Albigence 
Braekett Pottle and his w tb ^[S^ n l'\v , '^' ""f^]'' V^"' ^^'anssa; 
Mrs. Nancy Scarborou"] Af « V'l " ^,- ^Scarborough, Charles Whitman, 

Adeline; Ti^TZll^tc^^'J^^^t-f''''^ p"P' "'^'t '''''• 
Frances; David Prince and'his w f^ s i •• " 'I'yf-^^' ^'"^S^"" ^"^ '''^^ »''f^'> 
Prince was elected ireL^n On t^;' a't r^r"!; fT ''■''''' ^''''\ ""^'^^ 
articles of faith and covenant wlnvfthoi V>*^ ^-^'^'^^''^g^ epteinber the 

which had been St a"li^;-tf;;^i;^;;^t';as':,^S^!''r''""?"''''"^' 
obliged to worship in school-houses and cab ns; '^'^ " T^ 
was fitted up fur a church inrl Rn,. r tt o . ^^"^^ * wagon shop 

TheKevZ. v.IIawleVSmved^ -^'^"'"^ ^''^'''^ '''« Pa^t<"'- 

C. A. Leach, whroSinedunillVfi;^ "'"^ ''''"''^'^''^ l^' Kev. 

the erection of a new cl ,rc w ni?!?' ' • \ \^'!^ 'l^^' ^"^''^ '<'''^e» toward 
ication, on September 'si so '^ '■'',,'" '"""^'^^ '" ^^'^ completion and ded- 

ne 2f. k cw;-Ti:' firs 'd;irTr;i -"'r"'i "'■'^" 

organized in ks35. All meetiiL for w !^1 "'V?'! "' ^'■'^'°" ^^as 

""til the winter of 1842 S fAid IS si I' T^ ^'"'^^ '" 1>"^''^^° ''""**^* 

pose of electing trustee, and 00/?,, i •" ' *''^ f'''''^^' '"^^ ^^'^ ^''^ P""-- 

of Illinois. At t is nS inl f')V ^ nicorporated according to tl.p laws 

Gooding, Plarvev Brow, S^^aV^ ^ T' ^^'",- Thompson, W. B. 

lot on which thepfesen , -eh ■b.ifdb''r ','''■■' ''f ^'^ ''''''"'''• ^he 

tion of a building be! n l/e .^ i,^ "ff' cT ' ,'™' ^',^'" V"^'' ''"^' ^''^ ^'•'^«- 

co.npleted until The f:;ilo,'\s|o^^'''f,^,J^^t'oi^^^^^^^ ^""■'''••^' -^ "«>' 

the Illinois annual conference held , l^S k? ' ' ' ' -'^ ^^'^^^- ^^* 

territo,-y previonslv co,,stitut , ' a,t ot" P f' T' ^■'•.^'"'.^^■as ^rmed of 

Carlos was appointed preac er i Pc n le %f'fT ^"■°"'^^''d A. Don 

to,- Payson ci,-cnit wis held i^, Pa ^ f V , ^'-^t quarterly confe,-ence 

presiding elder. Pe er C.rt ,-, ,rl ' ^^.^'^'^mber 13, 1S47. A. L. Kislev, 

ilie first%,uart;,-lv et fe^; :'£; , ^^1 n T ^''^'"" "J ^'"'^ ^^'^^"«^' ""'^ 

circuit (thin part of Co!, Xs ir it ' i 'Vl'"T' ^'""t-",' ^^•^'"'" 

-ew^ne erected in i^S^ "• ^S^^; ^^f ^^ ^^.^^S:;^^^ 



HISTOKY OF ADAMS COCNTV. 555 

nock, George Ilewes, George Baker, James Sliiiui, William R. Gabriel, A. 
U. Thoin]i8oii, William Crewdson, William Thonipsoii, and T. W. McFall. 
This building was removed in 1878, and the i)rosent one erected; size 40x70; 
cost §5,350. The ])resent pastor, II. 0. Adams, receives -$900 salary and 
parsonage free. The parsonage is owned by the cluirch, convenient!}' 
located, and cost, witli the lot, $1,750 in 1870. The present membership of 
the church is 154. The number enrolled in the Sunday-school is 160; 
George Sinnock, superintendent. The amount contriljuted by the Sunday- 
school for missions in 1878, was $88. The amount given by the church and 
school for the various benevolent objects of the church, §208.50. The 
present officers of tlie church are: Stewards H. Long, S. E. Hewes, li. 
Rouse, W. A. Mitchell; leaders, A. Lehman, George Si nnock,Jas. Inman, 
George ^rnrphy, and Daniel Hughes. 

Baptist Church. — The organization of this church in Payson took place 
on the 8th of March, 1834, before the town of Payson was ever jjlatted. The 
meeting for the purpose of organizing was held at the residence of W. II. 
Tandy, about three miles north of the present site of Payson. The original 
memi)ei's were Robert G. Kay and wife, Gabriel Kay and wife, \\ . H. 
Tandy and wife, and Charles M. Morton. The new organization took the 
name of the Bethany Ba])tist Church of which the Rev. John Clark Ije- 
came the pastor. The meetings were held in the dwellings of meml)ers, 
alternating from one to the other. The scattered settlers in this country 
then came long distances to attend these religious meetings. Early in the 
summer of the next year (1835), for the better accommodation of the increas- 
ing congregation, they erected a log meeting house in a grove a short dis- 
tance north and east of Gabriel Kay's residence. The first religious meeting 
was held in this new house of worship the first Sunday in July of that 
year. As soon as the town of Payson became a reality they abandoned 
their place of meeting and removed to Payson. At the first sale of lots 
in Payson, which took place in April, 1837, they purchased a site for a 
house of worship, and soon after commenced erecting a frame building 
upon it, the members doing the principal part of the work with their own 
hands. They completed and dedicated this new house in 183S, and soon 
after changed their name to correspond with the name of the town, and 
have been since known as the Payson Bajitist chui-ch. This second house 
was the home of the church for the following twenty-seven yeai'S, when in 
1865 it gave place to the better and more commodious one they now occupy; 
this last building costing about §6,000. 

Fall Creek Chapel Society. — The church was built in the summer of 
1852, by George Folkvod, of Quincy, and was completed in time to be ded- 
icated on Christmas of the same jear, b}' the Rev. J. L. Crane, of the 
Illlinois conference, and the 5th street charge Quincy. There were two 
class-leaders, James Sliinn and Thomas Crocker. At that time the oldest 
and most prominent members were these two class-leaders, Hugh A. 
Taylor, Martha Taylor, S. A. Edmonds, R. Wilton, Joseph Crocker, Robert 
Rankin, Jane Rankin, Washington Taylor, H. S. Taylor, Jesse Rankin, 
Amada Rankin, and a numlier of others wiiom we are not able to name, 
and who have passed to their final rest. R. L. Edmonds, who is now a 
resident of Payson township, was a prominent member of this church when 
the meetings were held at the Fall Creek school-house. There are now 
only six of the original members of this church living, two of them have 
moved away, leaving only four now in active membership. R. M. Davis 



556 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



was the preacher in charge when the church was dedicated. The society 
bad paul torthe chnrch and every debt incurred in its bnilding, a,?d has 
never been ,n debt s.nce. The lot on which the church stands waT donated 
by b. A. Edmonds at tl>e tune the church was built. The society is now 
m a prosperous condition and has connected with it a large and flourishing 
Sunday-school, winch ,s doing great good in the moral training, of tie 
young people growing upin the neighborhood. This church has t^lucated 
a number ot ministers, while the Sunday-school lias about UO pupils It 
has given over .^5,0CK) for home and foreign missions, and^Ke of is 

Thri'.n'.;vl ^T ""''f' ^''' '''T'^ ^'^'- ''*"^^^' ->'i--ona'ry work in Ind a 
Thetollouin^arethepastnrs who have officiated in the church: John 

r t^l f'w-n "■' Jr',^"''f^'' ^^'"'"'^'^ ^^- ^^•"•''' '^'"'••"'>" I^=^>-ks, Calvin 
Greenieat, William Hawker, Hamilton liobb. Charles Sparry, J 6 Met- 
calt, Jonathan Merriani^ D. Mattocl/. S. W. Ferguson, L Osbon^'p P 
Shirley, .N.les Kinne, Robert L. Gibson. H. C. Yates, and G. W. Huntley! 

EICHFIELD TOWNSHIP 

Is si^tuated south of Liberty, west of Beverly, and east of Payson, and its 
southern boundary is the county of Pike. Three years after the organiza- 

lon ot Adams county the first settlement of this township was niade 
having been first settled 1^ Jacob Franks and A. N. Penrod, in the fall of 

S.'s. On December bth David Lock and Joseph Linthecum came, in 1831 ■ 
Dixon Imigate, xV D Harris, in 1832; Abenleen Mallet, in 1S33. These 
all brought their fami les, and soon the townshi,, began to be filled ui. by 
a class ot good and industrious people, among whoni were Goldsbury 6hii- 
ders. John P,. Atherton, Sanford l/arris, Solomon Cusic, Henry C. Ho . 
bock, Henry Cleveland, James and Jefferson Long. Nathan Harris, I Hun 
sacker, and others. Ihe first child born in the township was a daughter to 
Dar.d Lock ; hers also was the first death. The first mill was buiU about 
l840,onMcCrary Creek. It is still in good running order under the 
supervision ot Allen Lewton, does a great amount of grinding and 
makes first-class flour. In 184:Uhe first saw mill was built" but i? now 
moved away. The first school-house was built on section 19, in 1839 The first 
school was taught in 1830, in a private house, by Mr- FramiUon, who fol- 
lowed the Mormons to Utah. Tfie first J. P. was Jesse Evins, 'who also 
was the first supervisor. AH. Pellet and Ira Tyler were superyisors for 
many yenxrs the latter now fi ling the ofiice. The first church 'was built by 
Samuel Lock, in lSo3, a Methodist Episco],al church, on section 30 The 
first store was built in 1S45, by Nahma Tyler, who came to the township in 
18-10, and located on section 16, and was engaged in merchandizing until 
his death, which occurred in 1858. His widow, wlio afterwards married 
Ml. 1 . Howard, still runs the store, which is in the town of Richfield It 
IS a small place, located on the line of sections S and IT; it contains quite 
a number of small dwellings, an M. E. Church, blacksmith and wl-^on 
shop, two stores. It has a daily mail, which is a great advanta<re 
over many surrounding towns. The township has seven school-houses, 
most of them good substantial buildings. Richfield township contains four 
churches one Baptist and three Methodist Episcopal. The township is 
failed up by a good class of people, intelligent, industrious, who have made 
homes for themselves and desirable farms. The surface of the country is 

timber Ai!,.TfT''''-f'^''"''f"- ,^' "^''f '^''^S^^^^h' ^ho^n three-fourths 
timber. Much ot the soil is rich and productive, and the farmers have 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 557 

nice looking residences — in fact, the writer must say that lie found a orood> 
kind-hearted set of people, who took pleasure in furnishing all items and 
dates contained in this description of tlie township. Many thanks to them 
for their kindness, and long may they live to enjoy their beautiful homes 
and the luxuries of an independent and easy life. 



AJcer^s School District No. 7, is a rock building constructed in 
1871, at a cost of $1,000. The present board of directors are James 
Hendricks, S. Fruitt and M. Doran, and the first teacher was Mr. Cram. 
The school district lias forty schools subject to taxation, and the last teacher 
was H. W. Forgy. 

Riclifield District No. 1, situated in the northeast corner of the township, 
is an excellent school; the building is frame and well furnished. The num- 
ber of children in the district is seventy-five, and the present board of 
directors are J. Bennett, J. Hendricks, J. W. Moore, and the present teacher 
is Sarah Jamieson. 

Pin Oak District. — The building, like a good many of the school 
" houses," is nearh' ready to be replaced by a new one. The school-house 
is well furnished, and the school was conducted under the care of Mr. E. 
Sellers, who is a young man of excellent ability as a teacher. The present 
board of directors are James F. Young, Vincent Ridgley and A. Hull. 

Wagy School. — First building was built in 1S45, and used for a good 
many years. The new building was built in 1861, and Wm. McKee taught 
the first school in the new building. The district has about sixty scholars 
suVjject to taxation. The present board of directors are Wm. Fusselman, 
Jacob Wagy, Clayton Carbaugh, and the present teacher is Mrs. McLain. 

Morgan School formerly was a log building, and used for many years. 
Tiie new building was built in 1873, at a cost of $800. The distiict has 
about seventy children, and the school averages twenty eight scholars. The 
present board of directors are John Callaway, George Moi'gan and Thomas 
Gilkie; present teacher, Caroline Beltz. 

Bose Hill District No. 8. — The district once had an old frame build- 
ing, located half a mile south of the present school-house; it was built in 
1855, and in 1875 tlie new stone building was built at a cost of $800; is unex- 
celled by any house in the township; is nicely furnished, and they have 
an excellent school, well regulated and under a good state of discipline; 
and the teacher, A. 13. Call, who taught their winter school, will not soon 
be forgotten by the pimils. The present board of directors are Hugh H. 
Morrison, Samuel McLain and Cornelius Bradley. 

CHCECHES. 

Richfield Chapel is located in the town of Kichfield; it is a fine 
building, put up at a cost of $1,000, and is c(»nducted under the care of 
Charles C'leavland Morgan, Tyler Kice, and others; it has a large member- 
ship, and has had some excellent ministers. Rev. W. McKendrey is present 
minister. 

The Baptist Church, located north of Richfield, is a good frame 
building; they do not have regular preaching. 

Shiloh Chapel, situated on section 30, was built in 1853, by Samuel 
Lock, at a cost of $1,000. The first preacher was the Rev. Mr. Northcott. 
At the time of the organization the board of trustees was Wm. Coding, 



55S HIS'l-ORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

.losepli TJntliecuni, Ilonrv Lvlo, Win. Ilolctunhc, Jacob P>akor ami Beiija- 
luin Falls. Tho (.'iiurch has a trmul many inombers, anil lias liail a good 
many ditlVroiit ministers; among tlioin was Kov. Sanlonl Boml, who is now 
liet-easod. llo was an o.xcoUfnt minister, ami long will bo remembered. 
The ciiurch has had many ehaiiges. Quite- a number of the old members 
have died. The present board of trustees are Phili]> Falis, .lolin Callaway, 
Pembroke Lock and Joseph Smiley. There is excellent Sabbath-sehool, 
under tlie superintendeney of Pliilip Fahs. 

Xort/tci'ff ChajH'J was built in 185-1, at a cost of §500, and dedicated 
by Harden Wallace, June, 1854, for the Methodist denomination. Tiic board 
of trustees were, at the time of organization : Thonnis Orr, Simeon Fitch, 
and John llavard. At the time of the organization the church numbered 
about fifty members, and Thomas Orr was class-loader, John llavard and 
Simeon Fitch stewards. Benj. Nortlfcott was the first regular jn-eacher, 
and presided over the church for two years; then Kev. Mr. Chapman one 
year. James Dimmett had charge of the ciiurch for two years, lie was an 
excellent ministiM* and left behind him a good many friends. IJev. 11, W. 
Kead liad charge two years. Rev. Mr. Taylor one year, Kev. Mr. Evans one 
year, Kev. Courtis Powell two years, Kev. James Cabrie two years. Rev. C. 
Atkinson one vear. Rev. Wingate Newman three years, then Rev. G. M. 
Spencer took eliarge of the church and stayed the full time allowed by the 
conference. It would be hard to say where to commence to eulogize him, 
for his whole life was devoted to tiie cause of Christ and his brethren. lie 
died February 3, 187l\ at Lima, Adams county. III. Rev. ilr. Drok is 
the ]u-csent minister. lie is well liked and labors hard for his church and 
the good he can ilo for the cause of Christ. At the present writing only a 
few of its old members are living. Among them are Thomas Orr and wife, 
Mrs. llavard, Simeon Fitch ancl wife, and Klder Orr and wife. Among a 
few oi the dead are Wm. Orr, John llavard, Mrs. McKinney, and ^trs. 
Bonliam. Tiie present board of trustees are Thomas Orr, W. 11. Spink. 
M. F. Pehimer, Miles Forgey, B. L. Bonham, J. !^[. Dorau, John Gager, 
Mr. Beard, and Wm. Likes. The class-leaders are F. M. Behimer, Miles 
Forgey, W. K. Spink, and Wm. Likes. 

URSA TOWNSHIP. 

This is one of tho river-bordering townshi))s, lying south of Lima, 
west of Mendon and north of Ellington. It is considerably larger than the 
regular Congressional size, and embraces part of 1 north, 8 west, and 1 
north, 9 west, having an area of about fifty stjuare miles. The west line 
follows the irregularities of the Mississippi, and the north line the mean- 
derings of Bear creek. It was originally nearly all a timbered country, and 
is com]iosed of table orblufi" and nottom lands, in the proportion of two- 
thirds of the former to one-third of the latter. The u]ilaiuls are beautifully 
nndulating, and are among the very finest farming lands in Illinois. Sev- 
eral creeks and numerous s)>rings supjtly an abundance oi water. The 
]>riuci]ial creeks are: Rock, which flows across the township from the east, 
a mile or so from its south line; Ursa, which rises in Mendon and flows 
west through tho center; and Bear, which forms the north boundary line. 
The bottom lands of Ursa are largo, above high water mark, and much of 
them are under cultivation, and include some of the valuable farms of the 
county. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 559 

Tlie CartliJi^c braiicli of tlic C, ii. & Q. R. \i. c.\tcii<]H tliroiif(!i the 
towiiHliip near the eastern honJer, with a Btation at UrHa villaf^c, thii.s fur- 
nishing tiie I'rbaitesa tlioroiighfare of coinniunication witli Qiiincy and the 
ji;reat outside world. 

Samuel ( jroshong, George Campbell and William Worley, who came in 
182.5, were the first white settlers in Ursa. Mr. Grosliong settled in the 
south part of the townsliip, on Rock creek, where he built the first cabin; 
George (Jam|)i)ell on the northwest quarter of section .31; and Mr. Worley 
on section 18, on tlie farm where Wm. McAdams now lives. The following 
year liobt. lieatty settled in the north part, on liear creek, and Stanford and 
Hteadman Smith (brothers) settled a iriile and a half northwest of the site of 
I'rsa village. In Aju-jl, 1827, George Fraizer and his son James I'. — now 
the (ddest living male pioneer in the townshij) — settled on the northwest 
quarter of section 31. The second marriage license issued in Adams 
r-ounty was to George (Campbell and Mary Groshong They were married 
Aug. IS, 1^^.^, by Willurd Keyes, county commissioner; the iirst being 
David Tiay and Rachel Thomas, daughter of John Thomas, who were mar- 
ried July 20, 1825, by Reter Journey, county commissioner. The first 
Ijirth in Ursa was Andrew J., son of George (Jampbell, in tlie summer of 
1827. The first death was Thomas Campbell, George Campbell's father. 
Peter V^annerst ojiened tlie first store in the townshij) in what is now 
known as "Old I'rsa," in 182S. His stock of goods consisted of a barrel of 
whiskey, two barrels of salt and a few sacks of flour. He continued busi- 
ness, with a growing stock, for many years, and accciiinulated a compe- 
tency, when he retired and went to California, wlir;re he remained till Iiis 
death in 1^7fi. J<jel Fraizer, brotlicr of James I'., taught the first school, 
in the fall of 1828, in a little log school-house erected that year, the first in 
the township, on the northeast quarter of section 31, 1 north, 8 west. A. 
W. Shinn taught the second term soon after in tlie same house. The first 
religious society in the township was organized at the residence of Rev. 
Stephen Rudd(,-ll, on section 18, by liimself and Rev. Jesse Bowles, in 1833 or 
34, with seven charter meujbers: Stephen Itmldell and wife, Jesse Bowles 
and wife, Sarah Crawford, Mary Riddle and Klizabeth Stone. Two years 
after they erected the first house for worship on Mr. Ruddell's farm, he 
donating the lot, the same on which their present fine frame edifice stands. 
The first mill was a hor.se mill built and run by David Metcalf, in 1829. 
The first frame building was erected by Peter Vaiinerst, the merchant, in 
1830; lie was also the first post-uiaster when the jtost-office was established 
by Hon. Richard M. Johnson, who gave it the name of Ursa. Although Mr. 
Vannerst for many years kept a store at that point, and was succeeded by 
the firm of J. .M. Rumtjaugh & II. S. Loucks, who conducted a general 
merchandising for a number of years, and it was the seat of tlie ^Kjst-office, 
and had a placeof entertainment known as the Ursa House, still " Old I'rsa" 
never was regularly laid out as a village. Since its namesake was founded, 
in 1875, it, being less than a mile north and a railroad station, lias sapjied 
what vitality there was in the old place; so that it might truly say — if dead 
things ever talk — " I once Uvad and /loped, hut one fine inorning •d.railroad 
came along and I oikd." 

In 1875 William B. Smith sold off acre lots at the crossing of the j)ub- 
lic road leading from Qiiincy to Warsaw and tlie C, B. & Q.R. R. (Jartliage 
branch, to Rumbaugh A; Loucks, O. W. Thom[)Son and L. K. Rudolph, wno 
all erected buildings thereon. Rumbaugh i^ Loucks erected a large two- 

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560 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

story frame building tor store and hall, and two dwellings, and moved their 
business from " Old Ursa;" the others, being mechanics, built houses and 
shops. VV. Shaw and M. Fawbush have fitted up a fine steam mill, with three 
sets of burrs and the most approved machinery, and opened for business in 
Maj', 1879; a new building is being completed for a drug store, and it now 
has the post-office, and the Christian church edifice is. within its limits. 
Thus the young Ursa, being the first station north of Quincy, is a full- 
fledged railroad town with a future before it. 

The vilUtge of Marcelline is situated in the northern extremity of 
Ursa township, three miles north of Ursa, on section 31, 2 north, S west, 
and is a place of about one hundred inhabitants. It was laid out by S. M. 
Jenkins, about 184r'2. Thomas Payne, of Ellington, made two additions to 
the original plat, the last in 1849. A man named Wade was the first set- 
tler on the site of the town; he came there as early as 1830. John W. 
McFaddon settled there and started a store with a stock of general mer- 
chandise some years before the place was laid out. William Price and 
Thomas Payne each sold g^ods there years ago. Marcelline now has two 
general stores, owned by George Walker, present supervisor, and Thomas 
Leachman and George ilcLaughlin, a fine three-story brick building, the 
basement of which is used for town and church purposes, the Methodist 
Episcopal, Methodist Protestant and Christians worshiping in it alter- 
nately; the second story is occupied for a school-house, and the uj>per one 
as a Masonic hall. The village also has mechanical shops, such as wagon- 
making, blacksmithing, etc. The Christian society worshiping there 
organized in April, 1879, with eighty-nine members. Both of the Metho- 
dist societies have a good membership and are prosperous. The old Christian 
society at Ursa is perhaps the strongest religions organization in the town- 
ship; before the new church at Marcelline was organized it numbered more 
than 200; it has a prosperous, working Sunday-school of sixty scholars, 
and contributes over $700 annually for church ])urposes. 

The Free Baptists have a stone church building on the Warsaw road, a 
mile and a half from Ursa, but the societ}' is not numerous nor very active. 

The Methodist Protectants organized a church in Ursa with nine char- 
ter members, in the spring of 1879. Having not yet a house they meet in 
Rumbaugh & Loucks' hall. 

The staple product of Ursa is wheat, in the productii>n of which it is 
not excelled b}' the same area of territory in this part of the State. Con- 
siderable attention is also jiaid to the culture of Indian corn and fruits. 
The soil is exceedingly fertile and well adapted to a variety of crops. It is 
thickly settled, and with its fine improvements and varying landscape of 
smiling fields and inviting woodlands presents a scene of rare beauty and 
wealth. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 561 



EIGHTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS NATIONAL 
GUARDS. 



CW.— Wm. Hanna, Keokuk Junction. Asst. Snr(/. — S. H. McClung, Mt. Sterling. 

Lieut.-Col. — C. S. Hickman, Quincy. Clmplain — Edward J. Rice, Clayton. 

Major — C. Y. Long, Carthage. Adjt. — H. E. Selby, Keokuk .Junction. 

Surgeon — Maj.R. H. McMalion, Quincy. Quartermaater — O. JI. Smeigb, Quincy. 

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 

Ser(it. Maj. — .las. W. Anderson, Clayton. Ord. Sergt. — Demp. Davidson, Carthage. 

Q. k. Sergt.— W. C. Glenn, Mt. Sterling. Brum Major— T. Eddy Bennett, Quincy. 

Com'gSergt. — Edw. C. Cleveland, Quincy. Prin. Musicians — F. Enlow, Keokuk .Junct. 

Hosp. Steward — Ed w. T. Black, Clayton. " " J.B.Follansbee, Quincy. 
Color Sergt.— .h W. Colwell, C. Point. 

QUINCY NATIONAL GUARDS. 

Pursuant to a call for a meeting of those interested in the formation of a militai-y com- 
pany, some fifty persons met at the rooms of the Citizens' Association, on the evening of 
October 9, 1872. Gen. .John Tillson was called to the chair, and E. B. Hamilton was made 
secretary. 

A motion to proceed to the formation of an independent military company was carried ; 
a committee appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws; to report a name, and the cost 
of uniforms. Forty-three names were enrolled. 

An adjourned meeting, for the final organization of the company, was held at the same 
place, October 10 ; and the report of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws adopted ; 
and the organization named Quincy National Guards. The following officers were selected 
for the ensuing year : 

.lames B. Cahill, Captain; Elisha B. Hamilton, 1st Lieutenant; Gran 31. Evatt, 2d 
Lieutenant; John Tillson, Quartermaster; George W. Burns, Commissary; C. H. Morton, 
Surgeon; Rev. Sidney Corbett, Chaplain; J. B. Gilpin, Q. M. Sergeant; G. W. Fogg, Com. 
Sergeant. 

The following winter the company received from the State sixty stand of Enfield rifles. 

January 0, 1874, Capt. J. B. Cahill died. January 17, following, a meeting was held at 
the office of Wheat, Ewing & Hamilton, to pass resolutions respecting the death of Capt. 
Cahill. It was then decided to take active steps under the company organization. 

Shortly after, a room was obtained in the Powers building to be used for drill purposes. 
In the following spring, the company occupied Ridder's iiall as an armory. 

At the election. May 1, 1874, the following officers were elected : Gen. John Tillson, 
Captain; E. B. Hamilton, 1st LieiUenant; Charles U. Colburn, 2d Lieuienant; George W. 
Fogg, Quartermaster; Warren DeCrow, Commissary: C. H.Morton, Surgeon; and the Rev 
F. L. Hosmer, Chaplain. 

In May of that year, fifty-six uniforms were purchased, and the company made its first 
public parade on the occasion of the decoration ceremonies, on May 30, 1874. 

As the guests of Company A, St. Louis National Guards, the company participated in 
the ceremonies of the opening of the St. Louis bridge, at St. Louis, July 4, 1874. On the 
eve of the company's departure for St. Louis, an elegant silk flag was presented by its lady 
friends. The presentation ceremony took place in Washington Square, on the afternoon of 
the 3d of July, 1874. 

In tlie Fall of 1874, the company received from the State eighty stand of new Spring- 
field breech-loading rifie muskets, and, as ordered, turned their olcl gims over to the Quincy 
Veterans. 

At the May election, 187.5, the following officers were elected: Gen. John Tillson, Cap- 
tain; E. B. Hamilton, 1st Lieutenant; C. S. Hickman, 2d Lieutenant; George W. Fogg, 
Quartermaster; C. U. Colburn, Commissary; W. DeCrow, Surgeon ; and the Rev. Edward 
Anderson, Chaplain. 

April 1.5, 187G, the company became a corporation, under the name of Quincy National 
Guard Association. 



562 HISTUKY OF AUAMS COUNTY. 

At llie May election for 1870, E. B. Hamilton was elected Cai)taiu ; Robert E. C'oxc, 1st 
Lieutenant, ancl ('. S. Hickman, 2cl Lieutenant. 

By General Onler Xo. 'S. from .Viljutant General's office, of date of December 21,. 187.5, 
assigning to llieir resiicctive legiments the various companies in the State, this company- 
was a.^isigned to the Fourth Heginienl Illinois Slate Guards. 

Enrly in the present year a mietinjj; of the olHcers of the various companies composing 
the Fourth Keginient, wa>, by onler of Ad.jt.-Gen. IL Hilliard, directed to be held at Peoria, 
for regimental organizatitm and ekrtion of regimental officers. 

At the meeting held in Peoria, an order was made by the Adjutant General, revoking 
the order assigning the company to the Fourth, and assigning it to the Eighth Kegiment. 

l"NIFOR.M. 

'flic unironii ol' the -Vssoeiation is. substantially, the same as that worn by the Thir- 
teenth Uegimenl of tlii; National (Juard of the State of New York. It consists of dress coat 
and pantaloons of Cadet grey, cut to measure. The coat, Privates", has skirt faced with 
black ; the breast and collar are trimmed \v\t\i black cord : it has three rows ot Illinois State 
pattern gilt buttons on the breast, and buttons on skirt and cufls. Trowsers, Privates', has 
black stripe, 1}^ inches wide, down the outer scam. Hats, dress, Thiitecnth Regiment pat- 
tern, have gill ornament and letters t^. G., and white cock's lountain plume. Epaulets, Pri- 
vates', arc grey and while. Druuuner's uniform, same as Piivate's, except breast and collar 
of coat is triinined with red worsted cord, and a red-worsted knot takes the place of the 
epaulet. Non-coniniissioncd officers' uniform is same as Privates', except they wear grey, 
white and bullion epaulets, and have gold chevrons on black cloth. Officers' uniforms are 
the same as Privates', e.Nceiil they are ornamenled with gold braid instead of black cord, 
and the coat has a gold star and bars on skirt facing, and gold l)ars on cutTs The sword and 
belt are U. S. A. regulation. The caj) is like Privates', e.xceiit that it has three rows of gold 
lace and large while foimlain plume. 

The Natiimal Guards were sworn into the Illinois State Guards under the military code, 
July ■^4th. 1877, as Company I), 8th Regiment I. N. G., numliering forty-two enlisted men. 
i'liev were ordered out by the governor, and i)arlicipated in putting down the riot at East 
St. iiouis, doing very etl'ective service. Capt. E. B. Hamilton commanding the Eighth 
Regiment, 1st LieuttMiant, Robert E. Coxe, took command of the company. They partici- 
pated in tlu' grand review in St. Louis after the close of the campaign, being the guests of 
Comjiany A, St. Louis National Guards. Upon the reorganization of the Eighth Regiment, 
O. S. Hickman was promoted to Lieutenant-Cnloncl of the regiment ; A. W. Littlet<in was 
elected to till the vacancy; Capt. E. B. Hamillim resigned and accciited a position on the 
governor's stalVas Chiefof Artillery, ranking as Brigadier-General. Robt. E.Coxe was elected 
Captain, and 11. C Nichols, 1st Lieutenant, to fill vacancies. 

The company participated in the prize drills at the Quincy fair, in 187(i, taking first 
prize, Ihe (Juincy Velcrans being their contestants; also at tjuincy fair in 1877, taking sec- 
ond ]irizc. the Keokuk .lunction Guards being contestants; also at the ,V>lains county fair at 
Camp Point in 1878, taking tirst jirize, the Camp Point Guards, Keokuk .lunction (iuards, !l 
and Claylon Guards Ixing contcstanl.s. The company has overone hundred honorary mem- 11 
bers. business men of the city of IJuincy and vicinity. ] | 

The active niembirs of tlic company are young, cnerg,'lic men of the city, many of them 
leading business men ; they drill every Monday night. Their armory is open to the public, 
and tiny have e.xlendcd general invitaticms to the friends of the company to visit their 
■armoi-y on tlieir drill niglils and see them. Their armory is nicel}- arranged, having a'j 
ladies' parlor, gun-rooin. dining-room and drill-room, with all nece-ssary conveniences. The ' 
walls are beautifully decorateil with tlajrs, spears, shields, battle axes, etc. 

The present roster of the company, May 80, 1870: 

C'rt/)<"('H— Robert E. Coxe. 2rf Lieutenant — A. \V. Littleton. 

l.i< lAeutenant — IL C. Nichols. 

SEItCiE.VMS. , 

r.. W. Keller, Isi, H. Brougham, -lohn A. Brown, ■ 

\V. C. Powers, Frank H. Dimock. I 

conroit.M.s. L 

B. Morehead. O. Burleigh, E. D. Youne, || 

\V. II. .VIexander, James U. 'Gardner, Charles H. Davis. |. 

Dell V. C. Barker, J. O. Glenn, 

MISHH.NS. 

William .\ linwUs. J. B. Follansbee. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



563 



Samuel W. Battel), 
.John K. Bontl, 
.lames P. Breed, 
Paul J, Byck, 
William H. Cadogan, 
Henrj- S. Clark, 
William M. (.'ookerly, 
L. H. Ciiok, 
Eugene R. Cox, 
A. E. Demaree, 
Lewis J. Duncan, 
Frank P. Bull, 
Oeorge W. P2dison, 
Frank Ferris, 
Charles F. Gilpin, 
.J. L. A. (ireen. 



William W. Garrison, 
Charles B. Hatcher, 
William W. Hessey, 
William H. Hobbs, 
Moses Kaufman, 
Clarence G. Kenth, 
Lem Keller, 
William E. King, 
Charles H. Knitiin, 
Charles H. Little, 
Frecl W. Lebrick, 
Florenz .J. Laage, 
M. M. Magill, 
.lames L. Martin, 
Fred H. Mason, 
George C. McCrone, 



.John P. Menke, 
Georsre W. Miller, 
Cliarles T. Mitchell, 
H. S. Praetorius, 
H. F. Roeschlaub, 
.John M. Schaeffer, 
.J. B. Smith, 
Will K. Shettel, 
C. S. Thompson, 
Ed. H. Turner, Jr., 
Ed. W. Trowbridge, 
Benj. G. Vasen, 
Percy W. Whiting. 
C. (t". AVilson. 



THE QUINCY VETERAN GUARDS 

Are iin otlspring of the " Quincy Veteran Corps and Aid Society," which organization was 
formed in the Fall of 1874, and continued as such until August, 1877, when, owing to the 
fact that a regular militia was being formed all over the State of Illinois, ami independent 
militar.' companies could no longer procure arms from the State, a rem-gunization was 
necessitated, the new company adopting the name of The Quincy Veteran Guards, and, 
after being regularly mustered, were assigned the position of Company B, Eighth Regiment, 
Hlinois National Guard, which position they still occupy. 

The purpose for which the " Quincy Veteran Corps and Aid Society" was originally 
organized may be learned from the following 



PRE.\MBLE: 



" To promote association and fellowship Ainong the soldiers of the late war ; to keep alive 
the recollections connected therewith; to protect each other's interests; to do suitable hon- 
ors to the memories of our deceased comrades, and to aid their families in the hour of ad- 
versity, sickness or death; and to establish in connection therewith an independent military 
oreanization." 



The first civil officers of the " Veteran Corps" were: 

Vice^reaident — Jacob Bard, 
Secretary — Henry A. Dix. 



President — Ed. Cleveland, 
Treasurer — John Wich, 



The first military officers were: 

Gaptai h—WiWium Sommerville. 
2rf Lieutenant — James J. Sweeney. 



l.i^ Lieutenant — Francis Aid. 
Quartermaster— Capt. V. Kochanvnski. 



Succeeding the above military officers were: 

Captain— a. R. McMtUlen. 1st Lieutenant — Francis Aid. M Lieutenant— F. B. Nichols 

The next officers elected were : 

Captain — Tom J. Heirs. 1st Lieutenant — Richard Hubert. 2d Lieutenant — Jacob Bard. 

It will probably be well to state that until the reorganization in August, 1877, none were 
eligible to membership excepting persons who had served in the Union army during the 
late rebellion. Under the present organization all alilc-bodied men between tbo ages of 
eighteen and forty, of good moral character, are eligible to membershii). 

Tlic officers elected at the reorganization, Aug. 17, 1877, were : 

Captain — Charles Bork. 1st Lieutenant — H. A. Dix. 2d LieiUenant — J. F. Maybaek 

The following is a " roster" of officers and members of the " Quincy Veteran Guards," 
May 20th, 1879: 



Captain — Henry A. Dix. 1st Lieutenant — J. F. .Maybaek. 
1st Seryt.— Adam Hill. 3d .SeryJ.— John Bohlman. 
2rf " Fred. Schaller. ith "' John Blatter. 



2d Lieutenant — David M. Bell. 
'M Seiyt.— Fred Quest. 
Eiisif/n — David Dustin. 



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HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



1«< Corporal— G-WSleyvan. 4tk Corporal — John Mcisc. Itk Corporal— A.uguat Meise. 
2d " White Johnston. Hth " Chas. Amburn. Sfli " John McLean. 

3il " Lewis Doty. Gtli " S. C. Wagner 



]{<)bert K. Brougliam, 
Chas. Bimson, 
Wm. Coun;hlin. 
J. I{. Carrigan, 
Kdwin Cleveland, 
Waller Gate, 
(4eo. W. Chapman, 
Leroy Greenleaf, 
a. L. (irecn. 
Win. H. Hamilton, 
(Jeorge Johnson, 
Lewis Jones, 
J. C. Jacobs, 
Wm. Lcacocks, 
J. C. Lewis, 
Jesse Landrum, 
Samuel Morgan, 



Kd. Meyers. 
Rufus L Miller, 
John Mitchell, 
Kerd. P. Mester, 
John H. Pool, 
tiiiy Prentiss, 
James Reardou, 
Chas. Rockenlield, 
Lewis I). Simmons, 
Harry A. Steward. 
Wm.'H. Short, 
Charles A. Stewart, 
Charles Specklian.lt, 
George Schaller, 
George L Scheiner, 
Henry Strassenburg, 
Peter Trogden, 

KEOKUK JUNCTION GUARDS. 



J. C. Todd, 
A. S. Weed, 
John Willis, 
Herman Wysrora, 
Lewis WoltV; 
Micke Whalen. 
William Vanholt, 
Barney Vandenl)oom, 
Robeii C. Voeth, 
Kli Verdlinger, 
George L. Schmitt, 
J. A. Mclntyre, 
George O. Castleman, 
Henry Ritler, 
A. F.'Hoth. 



The liret eflorl at a cultivation of the militaiT spirit amou^ the adult population of this 
town occurred in 1874. Previous to that the military ardor of youth had been fostered in 
some degree l)y their elders in the customaiy forerunner of most militia organizations, a 
boy's company"; but during the latter part of that summer a number of men were drilled l)y 
Col. Hanna, to prepare them to do escort duty in October at the reunion held here of the 
56th and 78th Illinois Volunteers. This was strictly temporary and informal. 

In the following year, IS".'), an organization was effected, when William Hanna wa.s 
elected Captain; Cornelius Hennirk, 1st Lieutenant; and H. E. Selby. 2d Lieutenant. With 
this organizati(m drill was practised faithfully and with interest, a neat, cheap, "fatigue" 
uniform iiurchascd, and arms obtained from the State, preparatory to a second " reunion" of 
the "old soldiers" during that autumn. In February. 1876. upon the tirst organization of 
the 8th Hcgimcnt. Cajit. Hanna was elected and commissioned Colonel, and Lieut. Hennirk, 
Adjutant. In the comi)aiiy. Lieut. Selby was elected and commissioned Captain. 

In .luly, 1877, the new State militia law rendering a new organization advisable. Col. 
Hanna resigned his i)osition in the regiment, and Cai)t. Sellj.y his in the companj'. and Col. 
Hanna was re-elected and commissiimed Captain of the company. Not long alter this 
reorganization the remarkable riots occurred so universal over the country, making it need • 
ful to obtain military aid, and Capt Hanna's companj was called with the regiment, and 
passed a week on duty in the field, taking a prominent and active part in the suppression of 
the East St. Louis riots; so prominent, in fact, that in September following, upon the 
reorganization of the 8th Regiment, Capt. Hanna was almost unanimously re-elected Col- 
onel, and Capt. Selljy, Adjutant, again dismembering the conii)any and requiring still 
another reorganization. 

The following is the result of that reorganization, with a full roster of Company E of 
the 8th Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, popularly known as Ke<ikuk Junction 
Guards : 



Vnptiiin — Cornelius Hennirk 

2rf I.ieiiteniint- 
\»t Sergeant — George W. Strickler. 
■itd " H. G. Miller. 

9d " John A. Dorch. 

4th " Harm. J. Franzen. 

5th '■ John McClintock. 

lilt Corjiornl — W. B. Martin. 



l.v( /.{enteiiiiiit — James A. Beckett. 
■William O. Downing. 

2(/ Corporal — Ilann 0. Bu.ss. 

;i(7 " W. J Haitholimiew. 

ith " W. R. Harkney. 

iSth " Frank Tipton. 

6th " Thomas J. Clarkson. 

~th '■ Thomas J. Omer. 



I'lferd L. Albers. 
Hugh Anderson, 
Gilbert W. Adam>, 
Cyrus H. Burke, 
John Bartholomew. 



Ji)lin G. Henry, 
Henry Hill, 
Wm. I). Harkney, 
George M. Kern, 
John Lyle, 



George E. Ross, 
William C. Reed, 
Benj. J. Robertson, 
Seneca Selbv. 
Wm. T. Selby, 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



565 



Theodore Bartholomew, 
John Belford, 
Robert P. Burke, 
Thomas J. Cooley, 
Benj. T. Davis, 
Thomas J. Downing, 
Henry J. Eigenberg, 
Reiner Gronewold, 
Herre Herrn, 
Charles F. Howard, 



Wm. G. Lee, 
Joseph W. McCrey, 
Harvey McGill, 
Isaac McFiirland, 
Wm. F. Neet, 
Warren C. Omer, 
Oliver S. Omer, 
Carroll K. Omer, 
H. Allie O'Harra, 
Kathaniel Pierce, 

THE CAMP POINT GUARDS. 



Abner Sears, 
Enos T. Stewart, 
James F. Smith, 
Charles Tipton, 
Henry Terrill, 
Charles A. Wever, 
Wm. W. Gallemore, 
J. R. Gray, 
Frank Enlow^ 



The military company known as the Camp Point Guards was organized at a meeting 
of the citizens of Camp Point, in Centennial hall, on Friday evening, July 20, 1877, and 
were sworn into the State service the same evening by Col. William Hanua, of Keokuk 
Junction. 

The company then proceeded to the election of officers, with the following result : Cap- 
tain, Richard Seaton ; 1st Lieutenant, Joseph P. Lasley; 2d Lieutenant, Henry Folckemer; 
1st Sergeant, Jacob N. Ettiuger. The balance of the officers were appointed by the com- 
missioned officers of the company. The company is composed of a good cla.ss of citizens, 
ranging in age from twenty to forty-five years, and of average height. About one-flflh of 
the company have seen active service in the war for the Union. The company was not 
called out during the riots of 1877, not having received their arms until the troubles were 
over. 

At the Adams county fair for 1878 they took the third premium for efficiency in the 
manual of arms, marching and bayonet exercise. Should their services be needed by the 
State at any time no doubt but what they will respond promptly and do efficient service. 

ROSTER OF THE COMPANY. 



Captain — Richard Seateu, 

\Ht Lieutenant — Joseph P. Lasley, 

%d " Henry Folckemer. 

\st Sergeant — Jacob M. Ettinger. 

2d " Henry C. Rogers. 

3d " John" Boyle. 

ith " John Vancil. 

5th " Benjamin Bowen. 



1st Corporal — A. D. Bates. 



2d 
3d 
4th 
6th 
6th 
Wi 
8th 



PRIVATES. 



Bruue F. Bruus, 

Jo.seph H. Bralert, 

J. W. Cohvell. Reginuuta 

Color Bearer. 
Henry T. Conner, 
Charles K. Conner, 
Isaac Cutter, 
Henry N. Crippen, 
George Y. Downing, 
Latimer Ensminger, 
Samuel Ensminger, 
August Gruny, 
George Harmon, 



George M. Jacobs, 
Jacob F. Joseph, 
Thomas A. Lyon, 
Leander J. Miller, 
Frederick A. Morley, 
C. H. Oliver, 
Jacob Omer, 
James G. Pound, 
Frank M. Prettyman, 
John W. Roth, 
Herman Rethmeyer, 
E. A. Rhea, 
J. W. Rhea, 

CLAYTON GUARDS. 



James F. McGaugliey. 
Jay De Haven. 
Alvin A. Dewey. 
Rezin A. Downing. 
Daniel Hunsaker. 
Barnet P. Cummings. 
Harry E. Craver. 



William R. Strickler, 
Robert F. Stivers, 
James Simmons, 
James M. Seaton, 
William M. Seaton, 
Wesley Simmonds, 
Austin B. Tolbert, 
Virgil G. Williams, 
John S. Wallace, 
George M. Yeargaiu, 
Henry Zeigler. 



Company I., «ili Ui-giiiient, I. N. G., was organized July 20, 1878, at Clayton, with H. 

A. Horn, Cajitain; W. II. Harbison, 1st Lieutenant; A. R. Downing, 3d Lieutenant; James 

B. Coc. 1st Serj^eaiil. The company was mustered in with an enrollment of sixty-two men, 
and in twHve liours were ordered to East St. Louis, to assist in quelling the strike of 1877. 
They received the order only three liours before train time, and in that time unpacked the 
arms, and armed and equipped fifty men for the campaign (that being all the arms the com- 
pany had drawn), and reported at Quincy, the headquarters of the regiment. From Quincy 
the company proceeded to East St. Louis, and while there acquitted themselves creditably 



566 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



On Sept. 7, 1878, W. H. Harbison was elected Captain; A. R. Downincr, 1st Lieutenant; 
8. M. Irwin, 2d Lieutenant. 



The following is the roster : 

Captain — W. H. Harbison. 
l«t Lietttenant — A. R. Downing. 
2d " S. M. Irwin. 

1st Sergeant — James B. Coe. 
2df " Jolin Hyler. 

'3d " J. W. Marrett. 

4th ■' John Williams. 

5tk " W. B. 3Iay. 



Samuel Ater, 
N. B.Allen, 

E. D. Anderson, 
J. E. Anderson, 
L. A. Burdich, 
A. H. Brooks, 
P. M. Brower, 
V. A. Brown, 
Edwin Badgley, 

,J. W Bodenhamer, 
John Burgerser, 
J. N. Black, 
T. J. Brooks, 
G. H. Ball, 
C. H. Conner, 
S. J. Croft, 
Charles Coe, 
H. H. Curry, 
Orville Dodd, 
W. M. Douglass, 

F. M. Foster, 
Richard Gooley, 
C. T. Goodman, 



1«( Corporal — Monroe Bahb. 



g. 2d 


' Henry Hoffer. 


3d 


' Cylon Turner. 

' Thomas Moreman. 


4th 


nth 


Arthur Haley. 


6th 


' A. A. Gross. 


1th 


' Abe. Barkely. 


Sth 


Daniel Lucas. 


jineolu Motter. 




PKIVATES. 




J. W. Garner, 


E. Montgomery, 


George Gooley, 


F. P. McClelland, 


A. G. Garner, 


Charles Marshall, 


Samuel Hyler, 
J. B. Huddleson, 


E. McMurray, 


J. T. Mav, 


J. H. Hamilton, 


W. N. >fcCorkle, 


.John Hamilton, 


F. Nabell, 


Thomas Hills, 


J. Noakes, 


F. Hermetet, 


E. Plew, 


J. 8. Hoke, 


J. "W. Potter, Jr. 


AV. T. Harbeson, 


J. G. Peyton, 


L. Hermetet, 


G. W. Powers, 


V. T. Kendrick, 


M. Renshaw, 


P. Kemnawan, 


E. M. Seoggan, 


J. C. Kennawan, 


A. Smith, 


G. W. Keslerg, 


J... Scoirgan, 


A. Kirkpatrick, 


J. W. Simmonds, 


J. B. Lawes, 


C. Sweeny, 


S. H. .McDowell, 


W. A. Swope, 


\V. E. Miller, 


H. A. Swisher, 


P. Matthews, 


M. C. \Villianis, 


Henry Miller, 


X. Weseuburs, 


F. Meats, 


W. E. Young. 



HISTORY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 567 



CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA AND ITS AMENDMENTS. 



We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect 
union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, pronide for the 
common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings 
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this 
Constitution for the United States of America. 

Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a 
Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House 
of Representatives. 

Sec. 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members 
chosen ever}' second year liy the ])eoi)le of the sevei'al states, and the elec- 
tors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the 
most numerous branch of the State Legislature. 

No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the 
age of twenty-five vears, and been seven years a citizen of the United 
States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in 
which he shall be chosen. 

Represoitatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the sev- 
eral states which may be included within this Union, according to their re- 
spective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole num- 
ber of tree ]iersons, including those bound to service for a term of yeai's, 
and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. The 
actual enumeratiun shall be made within three years after the first meeting 
(if the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term 
of ten years, in such manner as they shall liy law direct. The number of 
Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each 
state shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration 
shall be made the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose 
three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, 
Connecticut five. New York six. New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, 
Delawai-e one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, and 
Georgia thiee. 

When vacancies ha])pen in the representation from any state, the 
Executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such 
vacancies. 

The House of Rejiresentatives shall choose tlieir Speaker and other 
officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment. 

Sec. 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two 
Senators from each state, chosen by the J^egislature thereof for six years; 
and each Senator shall have one vote. 

Immediately after tliey shall be assembled in consequence of the first 
election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The 



668 HISTORY OF AD^MS COUNTY. 

scats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration 
of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the foiirtli year, 
and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one-third 
may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen by resignation 
or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any state, the Execu- 
tive thereof may make temporary appointments until the nest meeting of 
the Legislature, which shall then till such vacancies. 

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age 
of thirty years and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who 
shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be 
chosen. 

The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the 
Senate, but shall have no vote unless the}; be equally divided. ' 

The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President ^?'<5 
tempore, in the aljsence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise 
the oflice of the President of the L'nited States. 

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When 
sitting for that purpose they shall be on oath or aftirmation. When the 
President of the United States is tried the Chief Justice shall preside. 
And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of 
the members ])resent. / 

Judgment, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend further than to 
rcmo\-al from ofiice, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of 
honor, trust, or profit under the United States; but the party convicted 
shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and 
punishment according to law. 

Sec. 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Sena- 
tors and Representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the Legisla- 
ture thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such 
regulations, except as to tlie places of choosing Senators. 

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such 
meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by 
law appoint a different day. 

Skc. 5. Each house "shall be the judge of the election, returns and 
qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a 
quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to 
day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members 
in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. 

Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its 
members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, 
expel a member. 

Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to 
time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment re- 
quire secresy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on 
any question shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered 
on the journal. 

Neither house, during the session of Congress, shall, without the 
consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other 
place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. 

Skc. 6.- The Senators and Representatfves shall receive a compensa 
tion for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury 
of the United States. They shall in all" cases, except treason, felony, and 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 569 

breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance 
at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from 
the same; and for anj- speech or debate in either house they shall not be 
questioned in any other place. 

No Senator or Kepresentative shall, during the time for which he was 
elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United 
States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall 
have been increased during such time; and no person holding any office 
under the United States, shall be a member of either house during his 
continuance in office. 

Sko. 7. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of 
Eepresentatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments 
as on other bills. 

Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the President of 
the United States; if he approve he shall sign it; but if not he shall return 
it with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, who 
shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to recon- 
sider it. If, after such reconsideration two-thirds of that house shall agree 
to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other 
house, by which it shall likewise be reioiisidered, ami if approved by two- 
thirds of that house, it shall become a law. But in all sucli cases the votes 
of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the 
persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of 
each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the Presi- 
dent within ten days (Sundays excepted), after it shall have been presented 
to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, 
unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which 
case it shall not be a law. 

Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the 
Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a 
question of adjournment), shall be presented to the President of the 
United States, and before the same shall take ettect shall be approved by 
him, or, being disapproved by him, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of the 
Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limita- 
tions prescribed in the case of a bill. 

Sec. S. The Congress shall have power — 

To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts, 
and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United 
States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout 
the United States; 

To borrow money on the credit of the United States; 

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several 
States, and with the Indian tribes; 

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the 
subject uf bankruptcies throughout the United States; 

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and 
fix the standard of weights and measures; 

To provide for t^ni punishment of counterfeiting the securities and 
current coin of tlie United States; 

To establish po-t offices and post roads; 

To prumote tlie progress of sciences and useful arts, by securing, for 



57" IllPTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

limited times;, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their 
resjiective writings and discoveries; 

To constitute tribunals interior to the Supreme Court; 

To (ietine and punish ])iracies and felonies committed on the high seas, 
and offenses against the law of nations; 

To declare war, grant letters of marque and re|>risal. and make rules 
concerning captures on land and water ; 

To raise and sup])ort armies, but no appropriation of money to that 
use shall be for a longer term than two years; 

To ])rovide and maintain a navy; 

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and 
naval forces; 

To provide for calling forth the nylitia to execute the laws of the 
Union, su|)press insurrections, and repel invasions; 

To provicfe for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and for 
governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the 
ITnited States, reserving to the states respectively the appointment of the 
officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the dis- 
cipline prescribed bj' Congress; 

To exercise legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not 
exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of ])articular states, and 
the acceptance of C-ongress, become the seat of the government of the 
United States, and to exercise like authority over all places ]>urchased by 
the consent of the Legislature of the state in which the saine shall be, for 
the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards, and other needful 
buildings; and 

To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this 
Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department 
or officer thereof. 

Seo. 9. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the 
states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by 
the Congress ])rior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but 
a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dol- 
lars for each person. 

The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, 
unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety ma}' re- 
quire it. 

Nu bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 

Xo capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in pro|)ortion to 
the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken. 

No tax or duty shall be laid on articles expoi"ted from any state. 

\i) ])reference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or rev- 
enue to the ports of one state over those of another; nor sliall vessels 
bound to or from one state be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in 
another. 

No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of 
appropriations nuule by law; and a regular statement and account of the 
receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time 
to time. 

No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no per- 
son liolding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COl'NTY. 571 

consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, ottice, or title 
of any kind whatever, from any king, ])rince, or foreign state. 

Sec. 10. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confedera- 
tion; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money; emit bills of credit; 
make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in ])ayment of debts; jwiss 
any bill of attainder, ex jx/st yacto law, or law im])airing the obligation of 
contracts, or grant any title of nobility. 

No state shall, without tiie consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or 
duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for 
executing its inspection laws, and the net produce of all duties and im])Osts 
laid bj' any state on ini])orts or exports, shall be for the use of the Treasury 
of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and 
control of the Congress. 

No state shall, without the consent ot Congress, lay any duty on ton- 
nage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agree- 
ment or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in 
war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit 
of delay. 

Aktk'I.k II. 

Section 1. The Executive power shall be vested in a President of the 
United States of America. He shall hold his ottice during the term of 
fcnir years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same term, 
be elected as follows: 

Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof 
may direct, a nnml>er of Electors, equal to the whole number of Senators 
and Representatives to which the state may be entitled in the Congress; 
but no Senator or Representative, or ]>erson holding an ottice of trust or 
protit umler the United Slates, shall be appointed an Elector. 

•This clause between brackets has been superseded and anunlled by the Twelfth Amendment. 

[*The Electors shall meet in their resjjective states, and vote by ballot 
for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same 
state with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the ])ersoiis voted 
for, and of the numiier of votes for each; which list they shall sign and 
certify, and transmit, sealed, to the seat of the government of the United 
States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the 
Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives 
open all the certiticates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person 
having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number 
be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if there be 
more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, 
then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one 
of them for President ; and if no person have a majority, then from the five 
liighest on the list the saiii House shall in like manner choose the President. 
But in choosing the President, the vote shall be taken by states, the repre- 
sentation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall 
consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a ma- 
jority of all the states sliall be necessary to a clioice. In every case, after 
the choice of the President, the ])erson having the greatest number of 
votes of the Electors shall be the Vice-President. But if there should re- 
main two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from 
them by ballot the Vice-President.] 



672 HISTORY OF ADAMS COVNTY. 

The Congress may determine the time of choosing the Electors, and 
the day on wliich they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same 
thronghout the United States. 

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United 
States at the time of the ad(i]>tion of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the 
office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who 
shall not have attained the age uf thirty-live years, and been fourteen j-ears 
a resident within the United States. 

In case of the removal of the President from office, or of liis death, 
resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said 
office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-Pre.«ident, and the Congress may 
bylaw provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, ur inability, both 
of the President and ^'ice-President, declaring what officer shall then act 
as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be 
removed, or a President be elected. 

The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a com- 
pensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the 
period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within 
that period an}' other emolument from the United States or any of them. 

Before he enters on the execution of his office, he shall take the follow- 
ing oath or affirmation: 

" 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office 
of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, pre- 
serve, protept, and defend the Constitution of the United States." 

Sec. 2. The President shall be commander in chief of the arinj- and 
navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when 
called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the 
opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive depart- 
ments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, 
and he shall have power to grant reprieves and ])ardon for ofleuses against 
the United States, except in cases of impeachment. 

lie shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and 
he shall nominate, and by and with the advice of the Senate, shall appoint 
ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme 
Court, and' all other officers of the United States whose appointments are 
not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; 
but the Congress niav by law vest the a]ipointment of such inferior officers 
as they think proper in the President alone, in the cnurts of law, or in the 
heads of departments. 

The President shall have power to till up all vacancies that may hap- 
pen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall 
expire at the end of their next session. 

Skc. 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress information 
of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such mea- 
sures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may on extraordinary 
occasions convene both houses, or either of them, and in case of disagree- 
ment between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may 
adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive 
ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be 
faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United 
States. 

Sec. 4. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 573 

United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and con- 
viction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. 

Article III. 

Section 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested 
in one Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as the Congress may from 
time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the Supreme and 
inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at 
stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be 
diminished during their continuance in office. 

Sec. 2. The judicial power shall e.xtend to all cases, in law and 
equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and 
treaties, made, or which shall be made, under their authority; to all cases 
affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls; to all cases of 
admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; to controversies to which the United 
States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more states; 
between a state and citizens of another state; between citizens of different 
states; between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of 
difterent states, and between a state or tlie citizens thereof, and foreign 
states, citizens, or subjects. 

In all cases aftecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, 
and those in which a state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have 
original jurisdiction. 

In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have 
appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and 
under such regulations as the Congress shall make. 

The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by 
jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall 
have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial 
shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. 

Sec. 3. Treason against the United States shall consist only in \exy- 
Ing war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid 
and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes- 
timony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open 
court. 

The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, 
but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, 
except daring the life of the person attainted. 

Article IV. 

Section 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the 
public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And 
the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such 
acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof. 

Sec. 2. The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges 
and immunities of citizens in the several states. 

A person charged in any state with treason, felon}', or other crime, who 
shall flee from justice and be found in another state, shall, on demand of 
the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to 
be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime. 

No person Jield to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof 



574 HISTORY Ob ADAMS OUL'HTY. 

escHpiiij; into another, shall, in confeequence of any law or regulation 
therein, he ilischarjjed from such service or labor, hut shall be delivered up 
on the claim of the jiarty to whom such service ur labor may l)e due. 

Skc. 3. New states may he admitted by the (Congress into this Union; 
but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any 
other state; nor any state he formed by tlic junction of two or more states, 
or jiarts of states, without the consent of the Legislatures of the states 
concerned, as well as of the Congress. 

Tiie Congress shall ha\c ].ower to di.sjiose of and make all needful rules 
and regulations resjiectiiig the territory or other ])ro]icrty belonging to the 
L'nited States; and nothing in tiiis Constitution siiall l>e so construed as to 
prejudice any claims of the United States or of any jiarticular state. 

Skc. 4. The United States shnJl guarantee to every state in this 
Union a republican form of government, and shall i)rotect each of them 
against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the E.\ecu- 
tive (_wheu the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence. 

AliTIOI.E V. 

The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it neces- 
sary, shall pro]io6e amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application 
of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, shall call a conven- 
tion for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all 
intents and i)ur)ioses as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Leg- 
islatures of three-fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three- 
fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be ])roposed 
by the Congress. Provided that no amendment which may be made ])rior 
to the year one thousand eight Innulred and eight shall in any manner 
affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; 
and that no state, without its consent, shall be depriveil of its equal suf- 
frage in the Senate. 

Akticle YL 

All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption 
of this Constitution shall be as valid against the L^nited States under tliis 
Constitution as under the (confederation. 

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be 
made in pursuance thereof, ami all treaties made, or which shall be made, 
under the authority of the United SUites, shall be the stipreme law of the 
land; and the Judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in 
the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding. 

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members 
of the several state Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, 
both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath 
or afltrmation to sui)]H)rt this Constitution; hut no religious test shall ever 
be required as a (jualification to any office or public trust under the United 
States. 

Aktiole VIL 

The ratification ot the Conventions of nine states shall be sufficient 
for the establishment of this Convention between the states so ratifying the 
same. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS OOL'NTV. 



575 



Done ill coiiveiitioii \)y the uiiiuiiiiiuus eoiisciit of the states ])ro8Ciit, the 
seventeenth <l;vy of September, in the year of onr Lord one thousand 
seven Imndred and eighty-seven, and of tlie independence of the 
United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have 
liereunto subscribed onr names. 

GEO. WASHINGTON, 
President and Dcpiity from Virginia. 



\ 



New ILiiiipshire. 
.I<jiin Langdon, 
Nicliobis (lilnuui. 

MiiKSdc/ntsetts. 
Nathaniel (iorham, 
Ilnfns King. 

(Jonnectioiit. 
\Vm. Sam'l Johnson, 
Uoger Sherman. 

New York. 
-Vlexander Hamilton. 

Neii) Ji-rsey. 
Wil. Livingston. 
Vfm. Paterson, 
David lirearley, 
.I(jna. Dayton. 

Pennsylvania. 
W. Franklin, 
llobt. Morris, 
Tlios. Fitzsimons, 
.lames Wilson, 
Tlios. Mitilin, 
(tco. Clymer, 
dared Ingersol, 
Gouv. Morris. 



Delaware. 
Geo. Read, 
John Dickinson, 
Jaco. iiroom, 
Gnnning Bedford, Jr., 
liichard Jiassett. 

Maryland. 
James M'llenry, 
Danl. Carroll, 
Dan. of St. Tlios. Jenifer. 

Virginia. 
Jolin Elair, 
James Madison, Jr. 

North Carolina. 
Wm. Blount, 
IIii. Williamson, 
Ilich'd I)obbs Sijaight. 

South Carolina. 
J. Rutledge, 
Charles Pinckncy, 
Clias. ('otesworth Pinckney, 
Pierce I .u tier. 

Geoiyia. 
William Few, 
Abr. Baldwin. 

WILLIAM JACKSON, Secretary. 



AiniCLES IN 



Addition to and Amendatory ok the 
OF TiiK United Statics of America. 



Constitution 



J'roposed hy Congress and ratified hy the Legislatv/res of the several states, 
pitrsvant to the fifth article of the original Constitution. 

Aeticlk \. 

(.'(jiigress shall make no law respecting an cstablishincnt of religion, 
or jn'ohibiting the free exercise thereof, or aljridging the freedom of speech, 
or of the press; or the right of the people ])eaceaDly to assemble, and to 
petition the Government for a redress of grievances. 



576 HIPTOEY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

Article II. 

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free 
state, the right of the people to keep and bear anus shall not be infringed. 

Aeticle III. 

No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without 
the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner to be pre- 
scribed by law. 

Akticle IV. 

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, 
and effects against unreasonable searclnes and seizures, shall not be violated; 
and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or 
affirmation, and jiarticularly describing the place to be searched and the 
persons or things to be seized. 

Akticle V. 

No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous 
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in 
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual 
service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for 
the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be 
compelled in an^- criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be de- 
prived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor s^all 
private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. 

Article VI. 

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a 
speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district 
wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have 
been previously ascertained by law. and to be informed of the nature and 
cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; 
to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to 
have the assistance of counsel for his defense. 

Akticle VII. 

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed 
twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact 
tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United 
States than according to the rules of the common law. 

Article VIII. 

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive tines imposed, nor 
cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 

Article IX. 

The emuneration, in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be 
construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 577 

Article X. 

The powers not delegated to the United States hy the Constitution, 
nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to tlie states respectively, or 
to the people. 

Article XI. 

The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to ex- 
tend to any suit in law or e(|uit3' commenced or prosecuted against one of 
the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of 
any foreign state. 

Article XII. 

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot 
for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an 
inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they sliall name in their bal- 
lots the person to be voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the per- 
son voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all 
persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-Presi- 
dent, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and 
certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United 
States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the 
Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open 
all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having 
the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such 
number be a majorit3' of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if 
no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest 
number not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the 
House of liepresentatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the Pres- 
ident. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken b}' States, 
the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this pur- 
])0se shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, 
and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the 
House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right 
■ if choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next 
f illowing, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of 
the death or other constitutional disability of tiie President. The person 
liaving the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice- 
President, if such number be the majority of the whole number of electors 
appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest 
numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum 
for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, 
and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But 
no person constitutionally ineligible to the oiiice of President shall be 
eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. 

Article XIII. 

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a 
punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, 
shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their juris- 
diction. 



578 HISTORY t>V ADAMS COUNTY. 

Sko. 2. Congress shall have jiower to enforce this article by appro- 
)iriatu lefiislation. 

Article XIV. 

Section 1. All ))ersons born or naturalized in the United States and 
subject to tlie jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and 
of tiie state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law 
which shall abridge the ])rivileges or immunities of citizens of the United 
States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or ]iroperty, 
witiiout due i>rocess of law, iiur deny to any person within its jurisdiction 
the e(jual ])rotection of the laws. 

Sicc. 2. Representatives shall be apjiointed among the several states 
according to their re8])ective luimbers, counting the whole number of per- 
sons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed; but when the right to 
vote at any election for the choice of Electors for President and Vice-Pres- 
ident of the United States, lleprescntatives in Congress, the executive and 
judicial officers of a state, or tlie members of the Legislature thereof, is 
denied to any of the male inhnljitauts of such state, being twenty-one years 
of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged exce])t for 
particijjation in rebellion or other crimes, the basis of representation 
tiierein shall be reduced in the pro]iortion which the number of such male 
citizens shall bear to the whole number of nuile citizens twenty -one years 
of age in such state. 

Sec. 3. No jierson shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, 
or Elector of President and A'ice-Presidcnt, or hold any office, civil or miii- 
tai-y, under the Unite<l States, or under any state, who, having ])reviously 
taken an oath as a Member of Congress, or as an officer of the United 
States, or as a member of any state Legislature, or as an executive or judi- 
cial otKcer of any state to support the Ct)nstitution of the I'nited States, 
sliall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given 
aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of 
twii-thirds of each house, remoNt such disability. ^ 

Skc. 4. Tlie validity of the ])ublic debt of the United States autho- 
izL'd i)y law, including debts incurred for jiayment of ]iensions and bounties 
l'(ir services in supjiressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. 
IJut neither the United States nor any state shall i)ay any debt or obliga- 
tion incurred in the aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United 
States, or any loss or emancipation of any slave, but such debts, obligations, 
and claims shall be held illegal and void. 

Si:c. 5. The Congress shall have jiower to enforce, by appropriate 
legislation, the provisions of this act. 

Aktiole XV. 

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall 
not be denied or abridged by the United States, oi- by any state, on account 
of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 

Skc. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by ap]M-o- 
]>riate legislation. 



HISTORY OF ADAIIS COUNTY. 



579 



ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. 

November 7, 1S76. 



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1541 
1807 
3055 
1043 

646 
2'!57 
1410 
3912 

980 
4851 
1.522 

910 
2069 
1140 
4708 
3198 
281)0 

978 
4372 

650 
2795 
1911 
lo7u 
1297 
3851 
4770 
1072 
4.505 
1733 


-|l 

2134 
2695 
2782 
4076 
4730 
2444 
1430 
1939 

793 
2811 
1874 
4410 
16.57 
1428 
1651 
3018 
3174 
1672 
1921 
5448 

800 
1383 
1316 
4(M0 

772 

459 
2689 
1552 
2838 
1081 
.5847 
ISOJ 
1-269 
3553 

786 
5891 
2768 
3171 
2155 
3031 

936 
1984 
1671 
1751 
2066 
2131 
3999 
1644 
1.568 
2105 


u 


gS 

a. 

i« 
"i 

8 

"8 

;:;■ 
.... 




Adams 


1219 
1520 
1965 

9+1 
3719 

441 
2231 
12011 
4530 
2501 
1S14 
HIB 
1329 
2957 
3fi54S 
1355 
1145 
3679 
192B 
1631 
2129 
2715 

970 
1145 
1881 
IfiOl 

966 
4187 

7a3 
1695 
1996 

«27 
3496 

330 
1315 
4177 
3768 
2040 


1170 
37 
268 
114 
39 
209 
135 
86 
20 
347 
34 
518 
10 
911 

201 
109 

28 
104 

95 
5 

48 
117 

35 


3 




17 
43 

183 
145 


"2 
1 
2 


"ii 

3 

"i 

6 

9 

"3 
3 

"'8 

.... 

'"9 
4 




Boone 

BrowD 




Bnreaa 

Caihonn - 


Marion 

Marshall 


1 


Carroll 


111 

74 
604 
207 

•sn> 

112 
132 
102 

~38 
129 
65 
746 
94 
25 
161 
61 
43 
57 
204 
391 
89 
282 
1 
108 
7',0 


1 
.... 

io 


Mason 

Massac 






» 






7 


(lark 






Clay 




S 


Clinton 


Mercer 








3 


Crawford 


Morgan 


"8 


DeKalb 






DeWitt 








Pope 

Perry 

Piatt 




Dnh'age 

Edgar 


4 


Echvurds 


Pike 




Effingham 


Palaski 




Favelie 

Ford 


Putnam 


14 
2 
65 
27 

Ml 
29 
115 
182 
311 
96 
99 
26 
44 
3 
288 
207 
• 138 
39 
482 
469 
13:t 
677 
41 
70 
237 












Fnlton 

Gallatin 


Rock Island 










Grundy 






Hamilton 


Scott 

Shelby 




Hardin 


134 
1 
.340 
249 
106 


"4 

14 


"6 
1 




■"8 








1 


Henrv 

Iroqnois 

•JacKfon 


Stephenson 

Tazewell 

Union 


3 

■ "q 


JeffiTson 


1346 
1345 
2907 
1867 
5398 
2627 
18«9 
5285 
2619 
6277 
119R 
30K7 


1667 
2166 
2-27i; 

893 
3850 
1363 

.5ai 
2639 
lti47 
6001 
1329 
2060 


647 

"mo 

■61 
172 

26 
309 
141 

55 
514 

27 
100 


"12 
2 


"3 

"■5 
2 

'"i 

1 
15 

'"o 






.Jersey 




1 


Jo IiaviefS 


Washington 




Kane 


White 


4 






1 


Kendall 


Will 

Williamson 




Knox 

Lake 


"i:v '2 


LaSalle 


Woodford 

Total 


1 4 


Lee 


275958 


257099 


16951 


l.'iii 


167 



PRACTICAL RULES FOR EVERY DAY USE. 

How to find the gam or loss per cent, when the cost and selling ^yrice 
arc given. 

Rule. — Find the difference between the cost and selling price, which 
will be the gain or loss. 

Anne.x twu ciphers to the gain or loss, and divide it by the cost ])i-ice; 
the result will be the gain or loss per cent. 



580 



HISTORY OK ADAMS COINTY. 



How to r/iaiuje gold into cunency. 

Rule. — Mnitiply the given sum of gold by the price of gold. 

IIo^o to change cmi'ency into gold. 

Divide the amount in currency by the price of gold. 

Ilow to find each 2}artncr''s share of the gain or loss in a copartner- 
ship business. 

RuLK. — Divide the whole gain or loss by the entire stock, the quotient 
will be the gain or loss per cent. 

Muiti])iy each partner's stock by this per cent., the result will be each 
one's share of the gain or loss. 

How to find gross and net weight^and jn'ice of hogs. 

A short and s!iiij>le method J'or finding the net weight., or pumice of hogs., 
•when the gross weight or price is given, and vice versa. 

Note.— It is generally assumed ihat the gross weight of Hogs dlnilDiithed by 1-5 or -JO per cent, of 
itseli gives the net weight, aLd the net weight increased by '4 or S5 per cent, of itself equals the grosH 

weight. J t r 

To find the net weight or gross price. 

Multi})ly the given number by .8 (tenths). 

To find the gross weight or net j)rice. 

Divide the given number by .8 (tenths). 

How to find the capacity of a granary.. Inn, or vmgon-hed. 

Rule. — Multiply (bj' short method) the number of cubic feet by 
6308, and point oft one decimal place — the result will be the correct ans- 
wer in bushels and tenths of a bushel. 

For only an appn'oximate answer, multiply the cubic feet by 8, and 
point oft" one decimal place. 

How to find the co?itenis of a corn-crib. 

Rule. — Multiply the number of cubic feet by 54, short method, or by 
4^ ordinary method, and point ofl' one decimal place — the result will be 
the answer in bushels. 

NiiTE — Li pstirasliug corn in the ear. the <|iiallty and the time It has been cribbed muet be 
taken into consideration, since corn will shrink considcrablv durlnt' the Winter and Spring. This tnle 
geueinlly holds good for corn measured at the time it Is cribbed, provided, It is sound and clean. 

lIoW to find thi contents (f a cistern or tank. 

Rule. — Multiply the square of the mean diameter by the depth (all 
in feet.) and this ]>r(Hiiict by oCSl (slmrt method), and point oft' one decimal 
place — the result will be the contents in barrels of 31A gallons. 

How to find the contents of a barrel or cask. 

Rule. — Under the square of the mean diameter, write the length (all 
in inches) in keversko order, so that its units will fall under the tens; 
multiply by short method, and this product again by 430; point otf one 
decimal place, and the result Mill be the answer in wine gallons. 

Hoto to measure boards. 

Rule. — Multiplv the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and 
divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in sijuare feet. 

Hoxo to measure scant / ings, joists, planls, sills, etc. 

Rule.- -Multiply the wiilth, the thickness, and the length together 
(the width and thickness in inches, and the length in feet), and diviJe the 
product by 12 — the result will be stpiare feet. 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 581 

How to find the nitmbcr of acres'in a body of land. 

Rui-E. — Multiply' tlie lengtli by the width (in rods), and divide the 
product by IfiO (carryinij tiie division to 2 decimal ])laces if there is a re- 
mainder); tlie result will be the answer in acres and hundredths. 

When the opposite sides of a piece of land are of unequal length, add 
them together and take one-half for the mean length or width. 

How to find the mtmber of square yards in a floor or inall. 

RuLK. — Multiply the length by the width or height (in feet), and divide 
the product by 9. the result will be square yards. 

Ildw to find the niimher of bricks required in a building. 

Rule. — Multiply the number oi cubic feet by 22^. 

The number of cubic feet is found by multiplying the length, height 
and thickness (in feet) together. 

Bricks are usually made S inches long, 4 inches wide, and two inches 
thick; hence, it requires 27 bricks to make a cubic foot without mortar, but 
it is generally assumed that the mortar fills 1-6 of the space. 

How to find the number of shingles required in a roof. 

Rule. — Multiply the number of square feet in the roof by 8, if the 
shingles are exposed A\ inches, or by 7 1-5 if exposed 5 inches. 

To find the number of squai'e feet, multiply' the length of the roof by 
twice the length of the rafters. 

To find the length of the rafters, at one-fourth pitch, multiply the 
■width of the building by .56 (hundredths); at one-third pitch, by .6 
(tenths); at two-fifths pitch, b}' .6-4 (hundredths); at one-half pitch, by 
.71 (hundredths). This gives the length of t'le rafters from the apex to 
the end of the wall, and whatever they are to project must be taken into 
consideration. 

Note.— By U or S pitch is meant that the apex or comb of the roof is to be H or .'i the width Of the 
bnlldiog higher than the walls or base of the rafters. 

How to reckon the cost of hay. 

Rule. — Multiply the number of pounds by half the price per ton, and 
remove the decimal point three places to the left. 

Hoto to measure grain. 

Rule. — Level the grain; ascertain the space it occupies in cubic feet; 
multiply the number ot cubic feet by S, and point ofi one place to the left. 

NoTK. — Exactness reqniresthe addition to every three hundred bushels of one extra bushel. 

The foregoing rule may be used for finding the number of gallons, by 
multiplying the number of bushels by 8. 

If fhe corn in the box is in the ear, divide tlie answer by 2, to find the 
number of bushels of shelled corrf, because it requires 2 bushels of ear 
corn to make 1 of shelled corn. 

liajnd rules for measuring land without instruments. 

In measuring land, the first tiling to ascertain is the contents of any 
given plot in square yards; then, given the number of yards, find out the 
number of rods and acres. 

The most ancient and simplest measure of distance is a step. Now, 
an ordinary-sized man can train himself to cover one yard at a stride, on 
the average, with sufficient accuracy for ordinary purposes. 

To make use of this means of measuring distances, it is essential to 
walk in a straight line; to do this, fix the eye on two obfects in a line 



582 HISTOKY OF ADAMS COl'NTY. 

straight ahead, one comparatively near, the other remote; and, in walking 
keep these objects constantly in line. 

Farrners and others hy adopting the following simple aiuj. ingenious 
contrivance, may always caiTy with them the scale to construct a correct 
yard measure. 

Take a foot rnle, and commencing at the base of the little linger of 
the left hand, mark the ijnarters of the foot on the outer borders of the 
left arm, pricking iu the marks with indelible ink. 

To jind how many rods in length loill make an acre, the width being 
given. 

Rule. — Divide 160 by the width, and the quotient will be the answer. 

IIoio tojimi the number of acres in any plot of land, the number of 
rods being given. 

Rile. — Divide the number of rods by 8, multiply the quotient by 5, 
and remove the decimal point two places to the left. 

The diameter being given, to find the circumference. 

Rule. — Multiply the diameter by 3 1-7. 

How to find the diameter, when the circumference is given. 

Rule. — Divide the circumference by 3 1-7. 

To find how many solid feet a round stick of timber of the same 
thickness throughout will contain when sguared. 

Rule. — Square half the diameter in inches, multiply by 2, multiply 
by the length in feet, and divide the product by 144. 

General rule for measuring timber, to fijul the solid contents in feet. 

Rule. — Multiply the depth in inches by the itreadth in inche?, and 
then multiply by the length in feet, and divide by 144. 

To find the number of feet of timber in trees with the bark on. 

Rule. — Multiply the S(piare of one-tifth of the circumference in inches, 
by twice the lenorth. in feet, and divide by 144. Deduct 1-10 to 1-15 
according to the Uiickness of the bark. 

Howard's new rule for computing intere.'<t. 

Rule. — The reciprocal of the rate is the time for which the interest 
on any sum of money will be shown by simply removing the decimal ])oint 
two places to the left; for ten times tiiat time, remove the point one jilace 
to the left: tor 1-10 of the same time, remove the point three places to 
the left. 

Increase or diminish the results to suit the time given. 

KoTE— The reciprocal or tbe rate l» foniid t)y Inverting the rate; thn« :i per cent, per month, in- 
verted, beromee it oT a month, or 10 days. 

When the rate is expressed by one tigure, always write it thus: 3-1, 
three ones. 

Ride for converting English into American currency. 

Multiply the pounds, with the shillings and pence stated in decimals, 
by 400 plus the premium in fourths, and divide the product by 90. 

U. S. OOVEKNMENT LAND MEASURE. 

A township — 36 sections each, a mile square. 

A section — 640 acres. 

A quarter section, half a mile square — 160 acres. 



HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 583 

All eighth section, liaif a mile long, nortli and south, and a quarter 
of a mile wide — SO acres. 

A sixteentli section, a qnarter of a mile square — 40 acres. 

Tlie sections are all numhered 1 to 30, conimencini;; at the northeast 
corner. 

The sections are divided into quarters, which are named by tiie car- 
dinal points. The (quarters are divided in the same way. Tlie description 
of a forty acre lot would read: The south half of the west lialf of tlie 
southwest quarter of sectinn 1 in townshi]) 24, north of range 7 west, or 
as the case might be;, and sometimes will fall short and sometimes overrun 
the number ot acres it is supposed to contain. 

The nautical mile is 795 4-5 feet longer than the common mile. 

surveyors' measure. 

7 92-100 inches make 1 link. 

25 links " 1 rod. 

4 rods " 1 chain. 

80 chains. " 1 mile. 

Note. — A chain is 100 links, equal to 4 rods or 66 feet. 

Shoemakers formerly used a subdivision of the inch called a barley- 
corn; three of which made an inch. 

Horses are measured directly over the fore feet, and the standard of 
measure is four inches — called a hand. 

In Biblical and other old measurements, the term span is sometimes 
used, which is a length of nine inches. 

The sacred cubit of tiie Jews was 24.024 inches in length. 

The common cubit of the Jews was 21.704 inches in length. 

A pace is equal to a yard or 36 inches. 

A fathom is equal to 6 feet. 

A league is tliree miles, but its lengtli is variable, for it is strictly 
.-])eaking a nautical term, and should be three geographical miles, e([ual to 
y-45 statute miles, but when used on land, three statute miles are said to 
be a league. 

In cloth measure an aune is equal to IJ yards, or 45 inches. 

An Amsterdam ell is equal to 26.796 inches. 

A Trieste ell is equal to 25.284 inches.' 

A Braltant ell is equal to 27.116 inches. 

HOW TO KEEP ACCOUNTS. 

Every farmer and mechanic, whether he does much or little business, 
should keep a record of his transactions in a clear and systematic man- 
ner. For the benefit of tliose who have not had the opportuniry of acquir- 
ing a primary kriowledge of tlie principles of book-keeping, we here 
present a simple form of keeping accounts which is easily comprehended, 
and well adapted to record the business transactions of farmers, mechanics 
and laborers. 



584 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



1875. 



A. H. JACKSON. 



Dr. 



Cr. 



Jan. 


10 


" 


17 


Fel.. 


4 


" 


4 


Mart- 


1 8 


" 


8 


" 


13 


11 


•'7 


April 





" 


!) 


Mav 


(i 


" 


■^4 


J Illy 


4 



To 7 bushels Wheat at *1.25 

By shoeing span of Horses 

To 14 bushels Oats at « .45 

To 5 lbs. Butter at .'ib 

By new Harrow 

By sharpeninn; 2 Plows 

By new Double-Tree 

To Cow and Calf 

To hall" ton of Hay ■ 

By Cash 

By repairing Corn-Planter 

To one Sow with Pigs ». 

By Cash, to balance account 



17 



75 






$2 


30 




25 






18 


! 


2 


00 




25 






25 




4 


50 




i 


35 


05' 


»!88 



50 



l.-> 



1875. 



CASSA MASON. 



Dr. 



C'r. 



Marc 


iv'l 


'• 


21 


" 


23 


Mav 


1 


" 


1 


June 


19 


July 


10 


"■* 


2tt 


Aug. 


12 


" 


J 2 


Sejit. 


1 



By 3 days' labor at §1.25 

To 2 Shoats at 3.U0 

To 18 bushels Corn at .45 

By 1 month's labor i 

To Cash 

By 8 davs' mowing at %1.50 

To .50 lbs. Flour 

To 27 lbs. Meat at S .10 

By !• days' Harvesting at 2.00 

Bv ti davs' Labor at 1.50 

To Cash"! 

To Cash to balance account 







*3 


$6 


00 




8 


10 


25 


10 


00 


12 


2 


75 




^ 


70 


18 
9 


20 


00 




18 


20 




*07 


75 


♦67 



INTEREST TABLE. 



A Simple Rl'i.e rf)R Accurately Computiko 



AT .\sv HiVEN Per Cent. roR Amv 



Multiply the jtrinci/iiil (nmniint of money at inttresi) by the limt rtducfd to dayi ; then divide this 
product by the quotUnt obtained by dividing .%0 (the number of days in the interest year) by the per cent. 
of iuliTcst, and the ijuotienl thus obtained will be the reciuired interest. 

ILI.fSTBATION. Solution. 

Hoqulre the interest of $464.50 for one month and eighteen days at B per cent. $462.50 

An interest month is :» davs ; one month and eighteen days equal 48 davs. S46-.!.50 .48 

multiplied bv .48 gives $»i.iKli)0; Still divided bv 6 (the per cent, of interest) gives 

Bi). and S'iJa.OtWO divided liy 60 will give vou the exact interest, which is $.3.70. If S?i1i)I)0 

the rale ol interest in the above example were Vi per cent., we would divide the 6)360\ 1S5000 

S2N.001KI by 30 (because 360 divided bv 12 gives 30i; if 4 per cent., we would divide J 

by !«!; if 8 per cent, bv 45; and in like manner forauv other per cent. (K)/8*S.O0OO<$3.70 



.MISCELLANEOUS TABLE. 

12 units, or things, 1 Dozen, I 196 pounds, ) Barrel of Floor. 1 S4 sheets of paper. 1 Quire. 
12 dozeu, 1 Orose. | 200 pounds, 1 Barrel of Pork. I 20 quires of paper. I Ream. 

20 things. 1 Score. I 56 pounds I Firkir. of Butter, i 4 fl. wide. 4 fl. high, and S ft, long. 1 Cord Wood. 



HISTORY OF A.DA.M3 COUNTY. 



585 



POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
States asd Tbbbitobibs. 



POPULATION OF FIFTY PRINCIPAL CITIES 



Alabama.... 
Arkansas — 
California... 
Connecticut 
Delaware... 

Florida 

• Georgia 

IlUni.iB 

Indiana 

lo wa 

Kansas 

Kentucky.. 
Loii'siana.. 

M aine 

Marjlaud 



48«,4T1 
5r.0.-347 
537,454 
195.015 
187,748 
1.184,109 
2,589,891 



.Aggregate 
Population. 



1,6 



,Vi7 



l,191,7'.fi 
364,899 

1,321,011 
726.915 
6-26,915 
780.891 

1,457,351 



NewYork,N.Y -^ff;.^^ 

Philadelphia, Pa °jg'„fla 

Brooklyn, N^-i ; jio'g,^ 



MaseachnsettB '.'.'.'.'..\ 1,184,059 



Michigan 

Minnesota 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

Nebrnska 

Nevadn 

New Hampshire 

New Jersey I 4,382.759 

New York.. 1,071,361 

North Carolina 3,665,360 

Oho ' 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania. 

Rhode Island ,._„,_. 

South Carolina 1258,520 

Tennessee..! 818,579 

Texas 330,551 

Vermont 1225,163 

Virginia. • '442,014 

West Virginia 1054.670 

Wisconsin 

38,113,253 



439.706 
8 ■'7 922 
l,'72l'295 
123,993 
43,491 
318,300 
906,096 



90,923 

3,521,791 

217,353 

705,606 



To Wl States. 



39,864 
14,181 
131,700 
14,999 
30,595 
91,874 
86,786 
23,955 
9,118 



Arizona 

Colnrado 

Dakota :■■:■.•• 

District of Columbia 

W Idaho 

■■ Montana 

^H New Mexico 

^H Utah 

^H WasLington 

^m Wyoming 

^K^ Total Territories | **^''''' 

I 



Total 



United States ..I 38,555,983 \ Fall_Kiv.;r^ 



St. Lo 'IS. Mo 

Chicago, 111 

Baltimore, Md 

Boston, Maes 

Cincinnati, Ohio,... 
New Orleans, La... ■ 
San Francisco, Cal . ■ 

Buffalo, N. Y 

Washington, D. C — 

Newark, N, .1 

Louisville, Ky 

Cleveland, Ohio 

Pittsburg, Pa 

Jersey City, N. J 

Detroit, Mich 

Milwaukee, Wis 

Alban>, N. Y 

Providence, R. I — '• 

Rochester, N. Y 

Alleghany, Pa 

Richmond, Va 

New Haven, Conn.. 
Charleston, S. C..... 
Indianapolis, Ind... 

Troy, N. Y 

Syracuee, N. Y 

Worcester, Mass.... 

Lowell. Mass 

Memphis, Tenn 

Cambridi;e, Mass... 

Hartford, Conn 

Scranton, Pa 

Reading, Pa. . 

Paterson. N.J 

Ka If as City, Me... 

Mobile, Ala 

Toledo. Ohio 

Portland, Mc 

Columbus, Ohio.. 
Wilmington, Del... 

Dayton, Ohio 

Lawrence. Mass... 

Utica, N. Y . . . 

Charlostown, Mass 
Savannah, Ga — 

Lynn, Mass 

Fall River, Mass . 



298,977 
267,35.( 
250,526 
216,339 
191,418 
149,473 
117,714 
109,199 
105,059 
100,7W 
92,829 
86,076 
82,W6 
79,577 
71,440 
69,422 
68,904 
62,386 
53,280 
51,0'8 
50,840 
48,956 
48,244 
46,465 
48,051 
41,105 
40,938 
40,226 
39,6S4 
37,180 
35,093 
33,930 
33.579 
32,460 
32,0M 
31,584 
31,413 
31,274 
.30,841 
30,473 
28,931 
28,804 
28,33:1 
28,2.35 
28,2.3» 
26,766 



586 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

POPULATION (JF ILLINOIS. 
V>\ Counties. 





AnOBEOATI. 




IPTO. 


ISfiO. 


J850. 


1840. 


1830. 


ISSfl. 




56362 
10564 
131.52 
12942 
12205 
32415 
6562 
16705 
11580 
32737 
20363 
18719 
1.5875 
162.H5 
25235 
349966 

13.><89 
12223 
23265 
14768 
13484 
16685 
21450 

7565 
156.53 
19638 

9103 
12li52 
38291 
11134 
20277 
1493.>< 
13014 
35935 

5113 
12.582 
a55t)(i 
25782 
191)34 
11234 
17S64 
150.54 
27S20 
11248 
39091 
24352 
12399 
39522 
21014 
60792 
12.533 
27171 
31471 
23053 


41323 
4707 
9815 
11678 
9938 
26426 
5144 
11733 
1133.5 
14629 
10492 
14987 
9336 
10941 
14203 
1449.54 

11.551 

8:^1 

19086 

10820 

7140 

14701 

16925 

.54.54 

7816 

11189 

1979 


26.508 
2484 
6144 
7624 
7198 
8841 
3221 
4.586 
7253 
2649 
3203 
9532 
42«9 
5139 
9335 

4338.5 

7135 

3718 
7540 
.5002 


14476 
.3313 
5060 
17a5 
4183 
3067 
1741 
1023 
2981 
1475 
1878 
74.53 
3228 
3718 
9616 

10201 

4422 


2186 
131H) 
3124 








Bond 


2931 


Bdone 










Bureau 








1090 




CaiToU 






















Clark 


3940 


931 


CIhv 






2330 
















3117 


*2;} 
2999 






De Kalb 


1697 
3247 






De Witt ' 














9290 
10692 
3524 
3799 
8075 


3535 








3070 
1675 
6328 


4071 
1(!49 






3444 






Fayette 


2704 






9393 
33338 

8055 
16093 
10379 

9915 
29061 

37.59 

9.501 
20660 
12325 

9589 

8364 
12965 
12051 
2732.5 

9342 
30062 
1.5412 
13074 
2*<6ii3 
18257 
48332 

9214 
17651 
11637 
14272 


5681 
22.508 

5448 
12429 

3023 


3682 
13142 
10760 
11951 


40.83 
1841 
7405 
7fi74 


1763 






Gallatin 


3153 






Haiuoek 


6362 
14652 
2887 
4<il2 
;)807 
4149 
5862 
3220 
8109 
7354 
18604 
4114 
16703 


394.5 
9946 
1378 


2616 
4.83 
















1260 
1695 
3566 
1472 
5762 
4535 


41 










1S2.S 


1542 




2555 


691 








61,H0 
3626 
6.501 


2111 
1596 






843 












7730 
13279 
14226 
17815 
6121 
5292 
1553 
5128 








Knox 


7060 
2634 
9348 
709^ 
2035 


274 




La Salic 








3668 










7501 




Locan 


2.3:33 








HISTOEV OF APAMS CoL'NTV. 



58Y 



POPULATION OF ILLINOIS— Concluded. 



COUNTIES*. 


AGGREGATE. 




1870- 


1860. 


1850. 


1840. 


1830. 


18-M. 




26481 
33726 
44131 
20623 
16950 
16184 
9.581 
26509 
23762 
53988 
11735 
18789 

12982 
25314 
28463 
10385 
27492 
47540 
13723 
10953 
30768 
11437 
8752 
6280 
208.59 
12803 
29783 
12714 
46352 
17419 
10530 
25476 
10751 

51068 
30608 
27903 
10518 
30388 
8841 
23174 
17599 
197.58 
14846 
27503 
43013 
17329 
29301 
18956 


13738 
24602 
31251 
12739 
13437 
10931 

6213 
20069 
22089 
28772 

9584 
15042 

13832 
13979 
32112 

6385 
22888 
36601 

9552 

6137 
27349 

6742 

3943 

5587 
17205 

9711 
21005 

9331 
32374 
14684 

9069 
14613 

9004 

37694 
25112 
21470 
11181 
19800 
7313 
18336 
13731 
12223 
12403 
18737 
29321 
13205 
24491 
13282 


3988 
12355 
20441 
6720 
5180 
5921 
4092 
7616 
14978 
10163 
6349 
5246 

7679 
6277 

16064 
3234 

10020 

17547 
5278 
1606 

18819 
3975 
3365 
3934 

11079 
4013 
6937 
5588 

19228 

10573 
7914 
7807 
3710 

30180 
11666 
12052 
7615 
11493 
4690 
8176 
6953 
6825 
8925 
.5361 
16703 
7216 
11773 
4415 


3039 
7926 
14433 
4742 
1849 


1122 
1990 
6321 
2125 








Madison 


13550 


Marsliall 




















5308 
2578 
0565 


(«) 














Menard 


4431 
3352 

4481 
4490 
19547 








26 

3000 
2953 
12714 






*21 
■ 1516 












Ogle 


3479 
61.53 
3222 








1215 








Piatt 




Pikf 


11728 
4094 


2396 
3316 






2610 






2131 
7944 


(c)1310 
4429 






3493 




1 1' ick Island 


2610 














14716 
6972 
6215 
6659 
1573 

13631 
3800 
7231 
5524 
9303 
4240 
6739 
4810 
.5183 
7919 
2514 

10167 
44)7 
4609 


12960 
62959 




Srott 




Shelby 


2972 




Si:irk 




M VWn 


7078 


*5 
5248 




4716 
3239 
5836 
2710 
308 
1675 
2553 
6091 






















1517 
1114 

48''S 




Wh'ite 


Wliilesides 




Will 

Williamson 












Wd.i.lfunl 














Total 


3539891 


1711951 


851470 


476188 


157445 


*49 
.55162 



•588 



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POPl'LATIOX OF THE UNITED STATES. 



STATB8 ANU 

Tbiiruitoiiies. :eqaare 
I Miles 

Slates. I 

Alabama ' 50,74: 

Arkansas ' j2,l!li 

California 188,9S; 

Connucticut 4,0" 

Delaware ' i,V2l 

Florida | 3«,a<i( 

Georgia ' 6«,00( 

Illinois I 53,4l( 

iDdian;: 33,80! 

Iowa ' 55,ai! 

Kansas i SI, 31! 

Kentucky i 37,ti0( 

Louisiana | 41,:mi 

Maine 

Mnr.vland .... 
Mii'sachusctts 
Michigan* . .. 

MionuBota 

H.ssisslppi. .. 

Mls«oarf 

Nebraska. ... 

Nevada Ill: 

Ni'wHampshlre.l ' 

Niw.lcrsey 1 

New York | 4' 

North Carolina I 9 
Ulii 



Or<' on 



l,071,.3iil 
2,665,SI10 
90,92:} 
La9t('4-n8DS of Michigan tak' 



95,S 



Popi LATIOS. 

1870. 1S75. 



996,992 

4«,471 

560,217 

5:i7,45.| 

125,015 

187,74S 

l,lfM,I09 

2,5:i»,8»l 

I,li80,ti37 

1,191,792 

3l)l,.399 

1.321,011 

726,915 

B26,915 

7K0,891 

1,457,351 

1,184.059 

439.706 

827,922 

1.721,21)3 

123,910 

42,491 

318,301) 

!)06,09li 

4,882,7.19 



631,912 
,3*4,031 
598,429 



246,280 
52,511) 



.l»i,.-.02 
,705,208 



Miles ' States 

K. K. TEIlErTOBIF.> 

1872. 



227 
466 

2,108 
5,904 
.•i,329 
3,160 
1,760 
1,12:1 
5:19 

871 



l,2li5 
4,470 
1,190 
3,740 



Pennsylvania... 
Rhode Inland... 
South Carolina. 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Vermont 

Virginia 

West Virginia . 
Wisconsin 



Total Staffs. 

Tfiriloriei. 

Arizona 

Colorado 

Dakota 

Dl»t.of Columbia 

Idaho 

Montana 

New Mexico. 

Utah 

Washington. 
Wyoming — 



Toldl Tfi-riloiies 



Area In 
Square ' 
Miles. 



46,000 
1,:)0<> 
29,:)8.) 
45,iKX> 
2:)7,50t 
10,212 
40,901 
*J,0I10 
5:),924 



Aggregate of U. S. 2,915,203 :!8,555,98:t 1 60,853 

'Included In the Kallroid Mileage of Maryland 



496 

i,ai» 



PKmOIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WOELD. 

Population and Akea. 



China 

British Empire 

RnsKla 

I'nlticl States with Alaska 

France 

AuKtriaand Hungary 

Jajian 

Great Britain and liclaud. 

Ocrman Empire 

Italy 

Spain 

Brazil 

Turkey 

Mexico 

Sweden and Norway 

Persia 

Belgium 

Bavaria 

Portugal 

Holland 

New Grenada 

Chill 

Switzerland 

Peru 

Bolivia 

Argentine Republic 

Wnrtembnrg 

Denmark 

Venezuela 

Baden 

Greece 

GnatomaU 

Ecuador 

Paragoay 

Hesse 

Liberia 

San lialTador 

Hayti 

Nicaragua 

Uruguay 

Honduras 

San Domingo 

Costa Rica 

Hawaii 







.\rea lu 


'opulatlon. 


Date of 
Census. 


Square 
Jlilee. 


446,500,000 


1871 


3,741,846 


226,817, laS 


1871 


4,677,4:12 


81,925,400 


1871 


8,003,778 


.■;.H,'.l25,liOO 


1870 


2,603,884 


.)0,4i;9,Sl)0 


1866 


204,091 


:l.'>,904, too 


1869 


240,*18 


:il,785,:)Oi' 


1.871 


149,;!99 


31,817,100 


1871 


121,315 


29,906,09-2 


1871 


160,207 


27,4.19,921 


1871 


118,817 


16,642,000 


1867 


195,770 


10,000,000 




3,253,029 


16,4IW,000 




672,621 


9,173, IXJO 


1869 


761,526 


.5,921,500 


1870 


292,871 


5,000,000 


1870 


685,964 


5,021,:100 


1869 


11,378 


4,881,400 


1871 


29,292 


:(, 995,200 


1868 


*1,494 


3,688,:il)0 


1870 


12,680 


3,000,000 


1870 


337,157 


2,00i,00l) 


18li9 


132,616 


2,669,100 


1870 


15,992 


2,500,000 


1871 


471,888 


2,000,090 




497,321 


1,812,000 


1869 


871,»18 


l,818,.'-.(0 


1871 


7,5.38 


1,784,700 


1870 


14,763 


1,500,000 




308,238 


1,461,400 


1871 


5,912 


1,457,900 


1870 


19,358 


1, 1811,000 


1871 


40,879 


l,:i00,000 




218,9*8 


1,000,000 


1871 


63,7.87 


823,l:iS 






718,000 


1871 


9 57li 


600,000 


1871 


7,385 


572,000 




10.205 


350.000 


1871 


58,171 


300.000 


1871 


66,722 


:i50,000 


1871 


47.092 


1:16,000 




17,827 


165,000 


1870 


21,505 


62.950 







luimbitautc 

to Square 

Mile. 



119.8 
48.6 
10.2 
7 78 
178.7 
149,4 
232.8 
262 3 



441 5 
165 9 

115,8 



Pekin 

London 

St. Petersburg 
Washington ... 

Paris 

Vienna 

Veddo 

London 

Berlin 

Rome 

Madrid 

Rio.laneiro .. 
ConstautlnopU 

Mexico 

Stockholm — 

Teheran 

Brusselni 

Munich 

Lisbon 

Hague 

Bogota 

Santiago 

Berne 

Lima 

Chuqui^aca. . . 
Buenos Ayres. 

Stuttgart 

Copenhftsen.. . 

Caraccas 

CarUrnhe 

Athens 

Guatemala — 

Quito 

Asuncion 

Darmstadt 

Monrovia 

Sal Salvador.. 
Port an Prince 

Managua 

Monte Video.. 
Comayagaa — 
San Domingo. 

San .lose 

Honolulu.. . 



Population. 



1,648,,8«) 
3,251.800 
667,000 
109,199 
1,826.800 
833,900 
1,554,900 
3,231,800 
8-25,400 
im,4S4 
332,000 
4-20,000 
1.075,000 
210,30^1 
136,900 
120,000 
314,100 
169,500 
224 06.1 
90100 
45,000 
113,11X1 
86,1100 
160.100 
•25,000 
177,800 
91,600 
16->,IM2 
47,00C. 
86,60<) 
43,400 
4u,000 
70,000 
48,000 
3),000 
3,0lX) 
15,000 
•20.01*) 
lO.iXK) 
14,500 
I2;000 
-30.0IW 
2,000 
7.6-1 1 





MELROSE TOWNSHIP 



MELROSE: TOWNSHIP 




MELROSE TOWNSHIP 




NIEILROSE TOWNSHIP 



IJUINCV DIRECTOKV. 



591 



BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY 



ABBREVIATIONS FOB TOWNSHIP DIKECTOKT. 



agt agent 

ass'n association 

atty attorney 

ave avenue 

bds boards 

bet between 

Co ..- Company 

Cos •• Companies 

cor corner 

e east 

111. iDf Illinois Infantry 



me. agt insurance agent 

manf manufacture 

SIo. Inf Missouri Infantry 

n north 

prop. proprietor 



pat. 



Regt Regiment 

s sooth 

U. S United States 

w west 



QUINCY. 



Aalbers Bernard, laborer, Sp,ing, w of 14th 
Aaron John, farmer, 1133 Broadway 
Abbe Mrs. Charlotte, 101 N. 3d. 
Abbott Sam'l, cooper, 637 Spring. 

ABEL ADAMS (deceased); .resi- 
dence of widow, 640 Jersey street; was 
boru iu Frankfort on the Rhine in 1833; 
came to the United States in 1848 and 
located iu Quincy; married Miss Mary 
Schrader in 1851. She was Ijorn in 
Prussia in 1827. They had one child, 
Amelia, now married. He was a tailor 
b}- trade, which he followed for ten 
years, then went into the wine business 
in Warsaw, where he lived five years and 
cultivated a vineyard, then moved to Quincy 
and opened a wine house. He died in 1870, 
leaving his widow comfortably provided f(jr. 
Abel Mrs. Mary, G40 Jersey. 
Abel Wm. weigher, Eagle mils. State, near l'5th. 
Abbott Miss Addie, 6^7 Spring. 
Achelpobl August, groceries, 5-30 Jersey 
Achelpohl J. H. blacksmith, 611 Adams. 
Achil.is Anton, boarding, 1.5 S. Front. 
Achtermann Ed. cigar store, 1.5 N. 6th. 
Ackerman Chas. H. harness maker, :i»4 N. 5th 
Ackermaa G. G. harness maker, 10-30 Jersey. 
Ackerman Miss Emily, cor. 8th and Cedar. 
Ackerman John, machinist, 8th, s of Washington 
Ackerman John M. paver, 933 Kentucky. 
Adair James, farmer, 520 Washington. 
Adams Geo pork packer, S-i N. Sti. 
Adams James, pork packer, 200 N. 13th 
Adams J. Q lincy, cor. 10th and State. 
Adams Geo. A. p.oduce dealer, 58 N. 8;h 
Adams Thomas S. boat store, 21 N. Front 
38 



ADAMY JOSEPH, wholesale liq- 
uors, 5''2 Hamp.shirL- street; residence, 4'3.'5 
uorlh 5tli street ; was born in Munster, 
Westphalia, 1834; located in this county iu 
1854; married Miss Caroline HoflFman iu 
1865. She was boru in Beardstown, IU., in 
1840. Their si.v children are Charles, Matil. 
da, Emma, Edward, Carrie and Joseph. He 
is a Democrat. He has been in this present 
business since 18()o. 

AGEY JOHN S,, livery and sale 
stable, 318-330 Hampshire street ; residence, 
southwest corner 3d and Kentucky streets ; 
born in Indiana county. Pa., in 1832 ; 
went to Muscatine, Iowa, in 1855, and 
to Mt. Pleasant in 1856. He went to Lee 
county, Iowa, in 1860 and enlisted iu 
the 14tli Iowa Vols., Co. D; Sept. 38, 1861, 
appointed orderlj' sergeant; promoted to 1st 
lieutenant March 25, 1862, and captain, Jan. 
1, 1863, when his regiment was reorganized; 
was captured at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and 
made his escape at Macon, Ga. He and si.\ 
otlier soldiers made their escape in two 
skirts down the river and reached the Atlan- 
tic Ocean, where they were picked up by 
the war .steamer Wamsutta and turned over 
to Commander Goldsborough, June 27; ar- 
rived at Fortress Monroe July 4. They 
reported to Gen. Wool in Baltimore, who 
sent them to Washington, where he met 
Senator Browning and others. He was 
promised a position on the stafT of Gen. 
Hi'rron and reported to liim at Chicago, 



592 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



July 14; was s-oon after appointt'tl Quarttr- 
muster of the paroled prisoners Aug. 2, 
which he held until the reorganization of his 
regiment in 1863 ; was mustered out Novem- 
ber, 1864, at Davenport. He married Mary 
A. Laird at Fort Madison. She was born 
in Lawreni'tburg, Ind. They have two 
children, Clara and Pearl L. They are mem- 
bers of the M. E. Church. Republican. 
Abern Mr* H Hi- Vermont. 

AHERX WM., contractor; residence, 
Jersey, between 8th and Oth streets ; born in 
County Cork, Ireland, in 1833; came to 
the United States in 1842, located in 
New York, then in New Jersey, and 
in Quincy in 1847. He marrienl Cath- 
erine Smith in 1851. She was born in 
County Cavan, Ireland. They have seven 
children, Ellic, Patrick, John I., Margaret, 
Katie, Eddie, and AVilliam; are members of 
the Catholic Church. He has been engaged in 
general contracting since 1850; does railroad 
contracting, grade work, etc. 

AHL.AXD WM,. flour and feed store, 
11th and Hampshire streets; born in Ger- 
many in 1853; came to the United .States in 
1872. He was brought up on his father's 
farm in Germany. He is an industrious, 
hard-working, honest man. 
Abrns H. teimeter, cor. IStb and Elm. 
Albrifibt Mrs J. L. millinery. 710 Maine. 
AlbriDj! .Mrs. Kate, widow. York, e of Sth. 
Alda? Cbae. F. SV. cigar maker, 05 S. 7tb. 
Aldag Henry, cigars and tobacco, 605 Maine. 
Aldricb E. K. livcry stable. 30 and -22 S. 4th. 
.\ldrich F. H. giocer. .|:i5 Hampshire. 
Alexander Mrs. •!. E. widow. !»ti S. 5lh. 
Allen -Mrs. Ann M. widow, 12v!0 Virmont. 

AL.I.EX HEXRY (deceased); born 
in Washington, U. C 183."i; came to this city 
1847; married Miss Kate A. AVescott, 1*50. 
She was liorn in Philadelphia, Pa., 1828. 
Their two children are Walter, born 1858, 
and K. Adella, born 1865. Mr. Allen was in 
the milling business, being proprietor of the 
Centre Mills in this city at the time of his 
death, April 5, 1876. He was an upright, 
conscientious man, a gowl and kind hus- 
band and father, loved bj' his family and 
friends, and respected by all who knew him. 
He passed from this life in close communion 
with his church, being a strict and iir.ictical 
member-of the Episcopal congregation. 
Allen Jlri". Kale, widow, 416 Jersey. 
Allison Tbumas, carpenter, n side Maple wof 4tb. 



Althans G. W. wood carver, 11 N. 9th. 

Alttaelde B. TJO Madison. 

Altheide Joseph, cabinet maker, 819 Madison. 

.\lthofr Bernard, plasterer, w side 0th n of Ohio. 

.\ltboff Henry, cnp^la tender, w sldeTlh nof .\dame. 

Allhoff H. A. bakery, WW Maine. 

Altman Clements, laborer, 9% Jersey. 

AliTMIX JOHX, srocery and pro- 
duce, 1,027 Broadway; residence, corner 20th 
and Vine; was born in Prussia, 1835, and 
came to tlie United States, locating in Cin- 
cinnati, 1852, in Indianapolis, 1853, and in 
Quincy, 1854. He married Miss Catherine 
Kettler in 1858. She was born in Hanover 
in 1832. Their children arc Clara, Catherine, 
Frank, Amalia, and Stephen; are Catholics. 
He is Democrat ; was elected Supervisor in 
1874, and re-elected every term since up to 
date, 1879. 

.\ltmix Lonls, groceries, cor. Vine and lOtb. 
Ambnm H. W. pressman, 1.001 Payson ave. 

AMES ORESTES, farmer ; residence, 
Quincy; w.is born in Bradford county, 
Pcnn., Sept. 3, 1808 ; came to St. Clair county, 
this State, in 1818, with his parents, and to 
this county in 1824; was married twice. 
His tirst wife was Miss Sarah Tibbetts; she 
was born in Maine. His second and present 
wife was Mrs. Malinda Hamilton, of Vir- 
ginia. He has 80 acres of land on the 
Quincy and Warsaw road in a high state of 
cultivation. His father,Zephaniah Ames(now 
deceased), was the lirst settler on the Payson 
prairie; he took a firm stand in politics, and 
died a.s he had lived, a firm Whig, in 1834. 
His mother died in August, 1825. He held 
the oftice of Justice of the Peace in Elling- 
ton township; is Republican in politics and 
a member of the Protestant Jlethodist 
church. 

AXDERKOX MRS. ELIZA- 
BETH luiaiiliii name .Marshall i. Father 
camefrom Engliiud ; rcsidencc,57 N.Cth street. 
She wa.s born in Worcester county, Md., in 
Dec, 1805; married Mr. John Anderson in 
1824. He was born in Slaryland, 1795, and died 
1850. Mrs. Anderson moved to Quincy with 
her five children, having lost three before 
her husband's death, and one, William S. 
M., having already located in Quincy some 
time previously. Her children's names 
were: Elizabeth, who married W. G. Eng- 
lish, in Sacramento, Cal.; William S. M., 
now a resident of Lewis Co., Mo., the pro- 



QUIXCV DIRECTORY. 



593 



prietor of a large ami ivell equipped stock 
farm ; Emeline, James, and Dr. John D., de- 
ceased (the latter died in Mexico, where he 
traveled for his health); and Ziporah, who 
married Judge Sepulreda, of Los Anselos, 
Cal., is also dead, leaving one beautiful 
child, Ora Aneta, who is now living with her 
father in California. William S. M. was 
County Clerk of Adams county four years, 
,ind declined re-nomination on account of 
poor health. Mrs. Anderson is in 'her 73d 
year, has been twenty-eight years a widow, 
and is as smart and active as many not half 
her age. 

ANDER80N RKV. EDWARD, 

p.Hstor First L'niou Congregational Church, 
comer 12th and Maine; residence, 629 Broad- 
way ; born in Boston, Mass., 1833 ; received 
his education in the east; came west in 1856 
and joined John Brown in his campaigns in 
K.onsas. He soon afterward located in South 
Bend, Ind., where he was instrumental in 
(t-itablishing the St. Joseph Collegiate Insti- 
tute; was ordained and licensed to preach 
in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1857; married Miss 
Hattie F. Shumway in 1857. She was born 
in Jamaica, Vt., in 1838. Three children, 
Henrj-, William, and Katie; the latter will 
enter the University at Madison, Wis., this 
season, where her brother William is now a 
student. lie went out as Chaplain of the 
37th Illinois Volunteers, with Gen. Julius 
White, but soon returned to Indiana, and 

rL'anized the 12th Cavalry of that state; 
•Ai nt out as Colonel of it in the sjSring of 
I'^'l-t, and had command of the 2d Brigade 
•<{ the 7th Division of the Cavalry Corps of 
ilic Mississippi; raided through to Mobile 
:iii'l New Orleans, and throughout the Mis- 
-i>j«ippi Valley; was mustered out Nov. 10, 

-•:"i, at Vicksburg, Miss.; he then located 
.Vshtabula, Ohio, as pastor of a church, 
■ind in 1870, at Jamestown, N. Y., he bought 
an interest in the Chautauqua Democrat, a 
weekly Republican paper, which he changed 
into a daily, and supported Greeley as a 
Liberal Republican for president. Greeley 
learned his trade in the office of that paper. 
Brook Fletcher was his associate on the 
Democrat. Moved to Olny, 111., in 1873, and 
to this city in 1874, where he was installed 
as pastor of the above church. The church 
was nearly finished when he took charge of 
the congregation, but it wasdedicated under 



his- charge, the dedication sermon being 
preached by Rev. T. K. Beecher, of Elmira, 
N. Y. 
Anton K. dyer, 710 State. 

AKMBRITSTER €HRII$- 

TIA5f, public garden, corner iOd and 
Hampshire .streets; born in Wurtenlmrg, 
Germany, Sept. 7, 1833; came to the 
United States in 1853; located in New 
York; moved to Philadelphia, then to 
St. Louis, and finally settled in Quincy 
in Fel)ruary, 18G4; married JIiss Kath- 
erinc Grosch, Aitg. 6, 1800. She was 
born in Prussia, Germany. He was in the 
lime-kiln business until 1876, when he built 
his fine residence at the above location, 
where he has laid out a handsome garden, 
with swings, " merry go rounds " and every 
feature necessaiy to contribui;e to the com- 
fort, pleasure and amusement of the pleas- 
ure-seeking; this is a pleasant and select 
resort for families. 

ARMSTRONG GEO. P., pattern 
maker, corner of 6th and York streets ; resi- 
dence 613 York street; born in Hempstead, 
Queens county. Long Island, N. Y., in 1844; 
tnoved to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1850, where he 
learned his trade, and located in Quincy, 
Nov. 1, 1871. He married Miss Jennie Wol- 
stenholme in 1869. She was born in Provi- 
dence, R. I., in 18-14. Their three children 
are Susan, George, and Lizzie. He worked 
for Smith, Il.ayner & Co. five years; has been 
in business for himself since December, 
1877. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and 
K. of P. He is a perfect master of his busi- 
ness, and successfully ostablishctl. 
Amine Mrs. Mary, cor. 6th and York. 
Aming Wm. blacksmith, 315 S. Dlh. 
Arnold Michael, Sr., carpenter, s of Elm e of 'JOth. 
Arnold Michael, .Jr., Vine e of isth. 

ARXTZEX HON. BERNARD. 

Atty. at Law, oftico433 Hampshire street ; res- 
idence, Vermont between 3d and 4th sti-eets; 
born in Prussia in 1834, where he acquired a 
liljeral education. He came to this counti-y 
in 1849, and located in this city, where he went 
into the drug business, which he followed four 
years. He then read law and attended a law 
school in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1856, '57, and 
graduated with the highest honors. He was 
admitted to the bar in Quincy and com- 
menced the practice of law there in 1857, and 
soon secured a lucrative practice. In 1867 



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mSTiikV (IF ADAMS C'lNTV. 



he became llie ])artuii<if llou. J. II HicUiird- 
Bun. In 1858 he was appointed t'ily Attor- 
ney. In 1860 he was candidate for Slate Au- 
ditor ajrainst Jesse K. Dubois. He married 
Mis^ Martha M. Munn, of (iuincy, 1801. Slie 
died in 1808. He was elected to tlie State 
Senate of Illinois in the fall of 1874, for a 
term of four years. He formed a law part- 
nership with Hon. Ira M. Moore, January, 
1870. He arrived in this city a stranger and 
without means, but by an active display of 
that energy and ability which compels 
recognition by all who respect wf)rth and 
integrity, he has acquired a consideralile * 
properly. 

Arthur I'aac H. boykatorc, 4'JU XaiDe. 
Artlinr James, .308 Y )rk. 

ART ITS JO!$KI*H (deceaseil) was 
born in Mason county, Kentucky, 1796. 
He n.ivigated the Ohio on tlatboats ten 
years, then went into the steamboat busi- 
ness, which he followed until 1837. He 
lost two steamboats in one week in De- 
centbcr, 1834, by being broke up or sunk. 
He lost a great many Iioats of which he was 
part owner and cairtain. He located in this 
city 1837 ; went into the grocerj' business, 
which he sold out in 1839, and commenced 
commission-produce and sjieculating. He 
had the Flagg and Savage Bank established 
here in 18."i0. He took a deep interest in 
j)erfe(ting a good public school system iji 
the city. He and R. S. Benneson procured 
an amendment to the charter for a school 
ta.\, to be used under the Gontrol of the 
«ity council for school jiurposes, which 
has iiroved very etl'ective. He was truly a 
])ublic-spirited citizen, devoted to the interest 
of the city. Capt. Artus died March 23d, 
1879. 

Asay A. B.Ui N. lith. 
Asbiiry Henry. Ally. l,ii-27 -Maine. 
ABC icmann Mrs. Ellzi, 12ii Spring. 
Aschcnbrcnner Cbae. bakery, cor. 9th anil Elm 
.\eelaKC August, laborer, SOS Kentucky 
Aehman John. ror. 5th and Kentucky. 
Ashbrock Louis, shoemaker, lis S. 7th. 

ATKIX»$UX 91 BM. KATE, 

(widow of Dr-Wni. Atkinson): residence 125 
M.iine street ; was born in Lincolu.shire, Eng- 
land, 1827; she was married in 1840; came to 
this country with her husb;ind in 1843. They 
located in Batl"alo,New York, where Dr.Atkin. 
son practiced medicine until 1847, when they 
moved to St. Louis, Mo.; returned to Butfalo 



1849; tinally located in Chicago where her 
husband died in 1855. She has five children : 
Albert, now a prominent fanner in Texas, 
Arthur, also a farmer in Iowa, William in 
California, Ella and Emma teaching in the 
))ul)lic schools in Quincy. They are mem- 
bers of the Episcojjal Church. Mrs. Atkin- 
son, although left a widow with a young 
family, like a good mother, devoted her life 
to her children and gave them a liberal edu- 
cation, the fruits of which they arc now re- 
ceiving and sharing with her. 

Atkinson Wm. brick mason, 1,22> Vermont. 
Auer Anton, laborer. Monroe e. ol lith. 

Al'MAXX CHRISTIAN, Ph.u- 
ni.\ Saloon," southwest cormr of Gth and 
JIaine streets, in basement ; residence,3d street 
between Spring and Oak ; was born in Hano- 
ver. Germany, in 1836; came to the United 
States in l^'fi and located in Quincy; married 
Amelia Smith in 1869. She was born in New 
York. They have two children, Clara and 
Ora. He is a member of the JIasonic Order 
and of tiie A. O. U. W., and also of the 
Druids. He has been in business since 1866 
as liquor dealer, was a merchant tailor jire- 
vious to that time. He keeps a pleasant re- 
sort, billiards, etc., etc. 

Attscher Wm. teamster, 120 Jeff. rson. 
Austermuller John, laborer, tHi Washington. 
Austin Tboinas, wholesale grocer, 317 Hampshire. 
Anatmty.r .\dolph. wagon maker, S09 Payson avf. 
Auetmeyer Henry, wagon maker, 809 Payson ave. 

ATISE WM. II., general insurance 
and real estate agent, corner of 5th and Ver- 
mont streets ; residence, 150 North 6th street ; 
born in Swedesborough, Gloucester county, 
N. J., 1827; moved to Quincy, May 1, 1830; 
married Mary A. Gicen, 1849. She was born 
in Wright-sville, York county, Penu., May 
18, 1828. She was a daughter of Geo. Green, 
of Chester county. They have three children, 
Geo. G., Walter T., and Cora May. He is a 
Democrat. He learned the trade of brick- 
layer and idasterer in Quincy; was ci>n- 
nected with the Quincy HcrM in 1851, ami 
elected justice of the peace, 1853, and alder- 
man. On the death of School Commissioner 
Lane the board elected him to fill the va- 
cancy. He was re-elected to the same Jiosi- 
tion, and was first to introduce a higher 
grade of eftlciency in the pid)lic schools. He 
was a member of the Board of Supervisois 
when the city was in township organization. 



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has been one since; held the position princi- 
pally to secure the jn-esent location of the new 
court-house, for that purpose. He was present 
when the foundation of the old court-liousc 
was laid. He is Past Commander iu Chief 
of the Quincy Consistor}- 32d Degree A. A. S. 
R.; Past E Commander Beausant Command. 
ry Xo. 11, K. T. : Past T. I. G. Master Grand 
C. of HI.; Past H. P. Quincy R. A. Chapter 
No. .5; Past :Master Luce Lod^'e No. 4:!0 A. 
F. & A. M. 

Awerkamp Bernard, clerk Ricber's Bank 
Avterkamp Mrs. C. Linci e of 18th. 
Awerkamp Mrs. Kale. 97 S. 7th. 



BACHMAXX L,OKKXZ, saloon, 
N'l. 600, corner Cth and Ohio ^treets. He was 
born in Baireu, Europe, ilarch 9, 1830, and 
(migrated to America, landing in New York 
city on Sept. 18, 1860, He went immediately 
to Fort Waj-ne, Ind., and came to Quincy 
Nov. lith, 1860. He married Miss Ma.gda- 
leua Bitsch iu New York, Sept. 18, 1860, who 
■was born in Weizenburg, Alsace, Europe, 
.1 uly 29, 1838. Two children were the issue, 
one dead, and one living, named Alphonse G., 
i:i years of age. Religion, Catholic; poli- 
tics. Democrat. He made a pleasure trip to 
Europe Oct. 13, 1808, returning March 8, 
1869. 

Bachman Sebastian, 907 KeLtucky. 
Bachrach Mofes, 304X. 5th. 
Backs John G. tailor. 035 Madipon. 
BackB Henry, brick makir, 643 Jackson. 
Badcr Win. A. cigars and tobacco, 9 S. 5th. 

BAGBY ROBERT B., (deceased); 
was born at Kieliuiond, V;i., 1808; his father 

I'd when he was four years old, and his 
'ther seven years afterward. At 17 he 

. lilt to Cincinnati and learned carpentering ; 
went to Louisville, Ky., and soon after to St. 
Louis, Mo., where he became a jiractical 
iiiillwTight; lie built the first railroad west 

ii the Mississippi river, a circular track at 
I 'lie of the citj- parks ; he went to Green 
< Munty, 111., 183.5, and to Quincy, 1837. He 
built several mills on the river from Quincy 
to St. Paul, and h;id been in that business 
and in milling up to the time of his death. 
He married .Miss Graves, daughter of .Tames 
O.Graves; their children living are James 
R., Charles H., Lucy, and Mrs. Lizzie 
Heitz. He was a prominent member in the 



Baptist church, deacon and moderator 

twelve years. He was loved and respected 

by all who knew him, for his sterling quali- 

ities and Christian virtues as a man. 

Bagby John R. ealeeraan. bds Occ'dental hotel. 

Bagby Miss Lucy, 6J N. (iih. 

BakLT Mrs. J. F. Br.iadway, e of 14th. 

Bilker Robert, cabinet maker, 25 S. tith. 

Baker Wm. P. carriage maker, "315 Slate. 

Baldwin E. G. a.S3 Vermont. 

Bal'anse Joseph M. tiOB Vermont. 

Balthrope Jame« M. 435 N. 5th. 

Balzer Dan. painter, Payson ave. e of 4 h. 

Balzjr Valentine, shoe maker, 94 S. 5th. 

Barbour Mrs. Sarah, widow, 709 Jersey. 

Bard Jacob, cigars and tobacco, ION. 6th. 

Barlow Patrick, laborer, Olive, 6 of Elm. 

BARK ER E. B., Justice of the Peace ; 

13 North .5th street; born in New Haven, 
Conn., 1824 ; located in this county in 1855 ; 
was elected County Judge 1861, which he 
held until 18B5. Since that time down to 
the present date — 1879 — he has be6u either 
Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace. 
He married Miss Mary A. Frisbie, 1849. 
She was born in New Haven, Conn., 1836. 
Their children are Lucy and Eliziibcth. 
They are members of the Union Congrega- 
tional Church. He is a Democrat in politics. 

BABLO'W JOSEPH C, manufac- 
turer of corn planters; residence, 317 Ken- 
tucky street; w-as born In Bethan)', Genesee 
county. New York, 1836; moved to this 
coimty with his father, .1. K. Barlow, 1848; 
his mother was a sister of Stephen A. Doug- 
las' father. Mr. Barlow lost his father and 
mother by cholera when he was only twelve 
years old, and has been actively in business 
since that time. He married Miss Eveline W. 
Streeter, who was a sister of Gov. Wood's 
first wife and w'as born in this cit3', 1837; 
their children are John W., Ella M., Emily 
L., Joseph C, Jr., Eva E., "William R., and 
AUie. 5Irs. Barlow is a member of the 
First Union Congregational Church. He is a 
Republican. He is now Superintendent 
and Treasurer of the Vandiver Corn Planter 
Company, which is largely engaged in the 
manufacture of corn planters. He is the in- 
ventor of the principal features of the three 
machines that they are manufacturing. The 
rotary, which bears his name, is the latest, 
and stands pre-eminent as a perfect machine. 
He established this manufactory in 1865; it 
was re-orgaaized in 1870 — liimself Superin- 
tendent anil Treasurer. 



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Hl!<TOKY or AUAMS CUUNTV. 



Birry Wm. saloon, cor. Vine aad Sth. 

Btrtela ('. F. laborer, Dth. d of Jefferson 

Bartell Fred, cooper, 10-Jl Ohio. 

Bartelt Fred, book keeper, 21 !^. 9th 

Bartelt Gerhard, 1104 Adams. 

Bartelt Uenry. cor 0th andOjio 

Bartb .lobu, 1114 Maine. 

Bartlett Mrs. .lulia, widow, 0-21) Oak 

Bartlhi); Mi»s Anna, 90ii Monroe 

Bartlini,' Henry, Monroe, bet. «lh and 10th 

Barten .lohn, laborer, 8'.^2 Monroe 

Barton -Mrs. Melinda, 49 S. 8th. 

Barton Otis li. postal clerk, TJ'J Broadway 

Bass .John W.egjjsand butter. 107 Broadway. 

Bass S. G. dealer in e»ga and butter. 407 Broadway. 

Basse August, jewelry, 518 Maine 

Basse August, Sr., 513 Maine. ' 

BASSfiTT MOSES F., iiliysiciau 
and surgeon, otliic, (iOll llami)shire stiecl; 
r(<sidcin-c, Tifmont Hoii.sc. He was Ijoni in 
Windsor county, Vermont, June 27, 15131. 
At the age of fifteen he chose the medical 
profession, and went to Albany, Mew York, 
pursuing the uecessarj- literary and medical 
studies at Albany, and 'Worcester, Mass. 
Practiced medicine in Barnstable county, 
Mass., from 1841 till 1853 ; came to Quincy 
ID 18,53 and has been actively engaged here 
in his profession ever since. During the wa'' 
of the Kebellion he was surgeon in the 
Government service for the fourth district of 
Illinois, and afterward for several years Pen- 
sion Surgeon. lie is not in any sense a poli- 
tician and devotes all his time and energies 
to his profession. 
Bssters Wm. porter. i73 S. 9th 
Bastcrt H. C. 802 Payson ave. 
Baslert P. H. packer, 711 P^iysou ave 
Bastert Wm. porter, cor 8th and \Va«hiQ2ton 
Battels Mrs. Mary A. IMO Broadway. 
Bktiuer H. stone cutter, cor. S h and V\'a^hiui;ton. 
Bauer Henry, feed store, 57 S. 5th 
Baughnian Geo. 6j3 Jersey. 
Binuhmau Wm. B. J. 043 Jersey. 

BAl'MAXX DAMIOX. boot and 
shoe niiil<ir, l-Hi South 7th slrcrt; residence, 
same; was born in Ilerlulslieim, Baden, 
Europe, Sept. 37, 1817 ; emigrated to Amer- 
ica via New York City, Jan. C, 1856, going 
from there to Chicago, remaining one year; 
tlien came to Quincy, following his trade. 
Married Miss Louisa Bergen in Quincy, Jan. 
17, 1865 ; she was born in Eslingen, Wurtem- 
liurg, .Tune 13, 1839, and emigrated to Amer- 
ica via New York City in 186."), going direct 
to Quincy. One child, AVillie, born Mareh 
28, 1866, and two adopted children, K'lthe- 
rinc, aged 31, and Magilaleua, aged 16. Wife. 



Lutheran ; fallier and children, Roman 
Catholic. 

Banmann E meat mirkei, 90 N »th 

Bauiuana £meraw. Lind, e of 18th 

Baamj^artner Alex L. 1107 Hampshire 

Baumgartner Otto, saloon, 50S Uampshire 

Bean Mrs. Elizabeth, widow, »I4 N. 5th 

B.:ard Jas. A. isth, s of Kentucky. 

Bealty Erde, blacksmith. 3ii N. 12ib. 

Beatty Thus, wagon manufacturer, 11 U Hampshire 

Beck John W. carpenter. Spring, w of 15th 

BKCKKR CHARI.es. butcher, 
!»l!l ."^tate street. He was liorn in Hinnecken- 
steiu, Kegierungs-bezirk Xorthausen, Prus- 
sia, Feb, 11, 1835, and emigrated to America 
with his parents in 1830, lauding at New 
Orleans, remaining one year in St. Louis, 
JIo., and then came to Quincy early in 1838, 
the place then being in its infancy, his par- 
ents being among the first settlers. He mar- 
ried Miss Margaret Kem in Quincy in 1851 ; 
she was born in Eisennacht, Europe, in 
1831, and emigrated to Aiiierica, landing at 
New Orleans, then direct to Quincy in 
1839 in company with her father and 
brother. Four children: Anna, aged 16 
years, Christ, aged 9 years and 6 months, 
Carl, 7 years, and Emma, 3 years. Religion, 
Lutheran ; politics, Independent. Mr. 
Becker is intimately acquainted with ex- 
Gov. Wood, ami worked for him one year, 
and the friendly feeling aud business trans- 
actions continue to this day. At the time of 
his arrival in Quincy what is now State 
street was a lai'ge wheat field, aud he bound 
wheat or at noontimes killed rabbits for 
pleasure. Property, real and personal, val- 
ueil ill |50,n00. 

BECKER JACOB, cooper and 
beer-brewer, 7th and Adams streets. He was 
born inOberhoehstadt, Hheiii Pliat/, Europe, 
October 6th, 1840; emigrated to America, 
and landed in New York city April 37, 1868, 
going directly to Quincy, 111. Mai-ried Miss 
Cathariua Beerken in Quincy, Sept. 28, 1871, 
who was born in Badingen, Baden, Europe, 
Aug. 14, 1844; two children, Cathariua, aged 
two years anti six months, and Eva, aged 
three months. Was a soldier under the 
King of Bairen, in the 1st Kurasier regi- 
ment, from 1863 till 1868. Religion, Luth- 
eran. 

Becker J. E. m Her, 1034 Monroe. 
Becker Mike, beer brewer, "th and Harrison. 
Keckbaus Charles, cabinet maker, 930 Vine 




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QUINCY 



QIINCY DIRKCTOUY. 



597 



Beckwllh James, freight agent H. & St. .1. R. R. 

cor. 5th and Spruce. 
Beebc .\lbert, tobacco mannfactarer. cor. Kentucky 

and 4th. 

BE£BE SILiAlS (aeccasecl), w«s 
born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 180^*. 
His parents were Amos and I,(jis (Pier) 
Becbf. Thf)' emi^a-ated to Pike county, 111., 
in 1821, two years before the State was orga- 
nized, and settled on tlie creek which now 
bears their name. They removed to Adams 
county in 1823 and settled in Fall Creek 
township on the farm where Mr. Beebe re- 
mained until his death, which occurred Maj- 
8, 1856. lie tirst married Lucinda Dupec in 
1831 ; she was a native of Kentucky. They 
had two children, Albert— late of the firm of 
Harris, Beebe & Co., of Quincy, proprietors 
of one of the largest tobacco manufactories 
in the United States— and Amanda, now the 
wife of 'William Bowles, residin.o- on the old 
homestead in Fall Creek township. Mrs. 
Beebe died in 183G. Mr. Beebe married for 
his second wife Miss Eliza Ilunsaker, by 
whom he had one child, Mary E., now Mrs. 
Dr. George Morris. Mr. Beebe was highly 
respected as a citizen of the county with 
w^hich he became so early identified, and 
^^•a3 noted for his industry, enterprise and 
hospitality. The old homestead on which 
he planted more tlian half a century ago is 
owned and occupied by liis two daughters 
and their families. 
Bebnan Mrs. Margaret, cor. 14th and Hampshire 

BKHREK»4 H,, (of Behrens & 
Ohlschlager.) grocery and provisions, corner 
4th street and Maiden Lane ; was born in 
Hanover, Germany, in 1837; came to the 
United States in 1857, and located in Cincin- 
nati, Ohio; was in Louisville, Ky., Louisiana, 
and Missouri, and located in Quincy in 18()6 ; 
he married Alvcna Ohlschlager in 1805; she 
was boi-n in Indian:^ and rai.sed in Cincin- 
nati, Ohio; they liave two children, Aldo, 
and Arcliibald. He is a memljer of the Ma- 
sonic order, Haragara, and A. O. U. W. 
He has been in business twenty-one years as 
a grocer ; thirteen years for himself. Keeps 
a full stock of general groceries, produce 
and provisions on hand. 

Bebrens .Mr.' Minnie, fa'.oon, cor 14tb and Bread- 
way 

BKHRE>';«.ni<:YER C. D., con- 
tractor and builder, Payson ave. between !)th 



and 10th streets; residence, same. He was 
born in Eidinghausen, Regierungs-bczirk, 
Preus-Minden, Prussia, Europe, Dec. 31st, 
1837, and emigrated to the United States with 
his mother, arriving at New Orleans, La., 
Nov. 15. 1857, coming direct to Quincy. He 
married Miss Wilhelmina Carolina Becker, 
in Quincj-, Feb. 2G, 1861; she was Ijorn in 
Eidinghausen, Prussia, Europe, March 3, 
1836, and came to America, landing at New 
Orlean,s, Nov. 15, 1857, going direct to 
Quincy; seven children; one dead and six 
living: Carl Phillip Edward, born Nov. 17, 
1862; Frederica, Iwru April 7, 1865; 
Amanda Bertha, born Augu.st 21, 1867; Mar- 
tha Amelia, born Sept. 2, 1869 ; Carl Dieder- 
rich, born Jan. 8, 1872, and Franz Phillip 
Ernst, born May 5, 1875. Religion, Luth- 
eran ; politics. Republican. Is a member of 
Adams Lodge No. 363, 1. O. 0. F., of Quincy. 
Property, real and personal, estimated at 
$10,000." 

BEHREXimnE'KER C. F. A., 

groceries, dry gnods, etc., northwest corner 
8th and Washington streets ; born at Eiding- 
hausen, Prussia, Europe, in 1885; landed in 
New Orleans in 1856; came to Quincy, 111., 
same year; married Miss Maria Beilstein at 
Quincy in 1801 ; she was born in Quincy in 
1842; five children, named respectively: 
Paulina E., Charles F. A., George P., Lydia 
L., and Edward F. Has conducted the 
grocery and dry goods business for eleven 
years at the above mentioned place. Is a 
carpenter by profession. Religion, Luth- 
eran. Worked at tlie carpenter business 
till 1866. 

Behrensmeyer Ernst, molder, cor. 13tb and Jefferson 
Behrensmeyer Ilenry, packer, U'i S. 7tb. 

BEHRE.VS.^IEYER H. E.. eig.u 
manufacturer (No. 66.) and store, 154 S. 7lh 
street; residence, Jeft'erson and 13th streets; 
was born in Eidinghausen, Kreis Herford- 
Regiorungs-bezirk, Minden, Europe, Oct. 25, 
1856 ; e4iiigrated to America via New York 
city, with his mother, brother, and three 
sisters, Oct. 18, 1870, going direct to Quincy. 
His father emigrated to America in 1868, and 
died in Quincy, Sept. 28, 1877. Is a memlier 
of S:yni's (Lutheran) choir. Religi<jn, 
Lutheran. Politics, Independent. Store and 
contents estim.-ited at !f!70(). 

BEXHOFF AI'«U»T. blacksmith, 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS CDUN'l'Y. 



corufv full :iii(l Stall' slrwts; risidenci-, cor- 
iior tjlli strict ami Piiysoii avi-nuc; was 
born in Ileiilul, Hanover, Europe, in 1834, 
and euiigrateil to America, laniling at Xcw 
Orleans, La., in l!:J54; from tlu-ri! he went by 
boat to St. Louis, JIo., where lie remained 
twelve years following his trade of black- 
smith, and then came to Quiney, 111., in 1800. 
Married Miss Carolina Vcanop in St. Louis, 
Mo., in 18511. She wa.s born near Erford, 
Europe, in 1834, and emigrated to America 
in 1852. One child, named Carolina F. K., 
who died in 1800, aged two years. In 1868 
Mr. and Jlrs. BcnholV adoptcil two children, 
Carolina, now aged lifteen years, born in 
St. Louis, Mo., and August, tilteen years, 
lx>ru in Quiney, 111. Kcligion, Lutheran. 
Politics, Democrat. Is a member of (Juincy 
Grove Lodge Xo. 10, U. A. O. D., and the 
General Benevolent Association of Quiniy. 
Pniperty, real and personal, valued at iJfi.OOO. 

lienneson Henry 9. foreman, ilS York. 
Bennefon .lames .\. jewvler, 530 Hampshire. 
Benneenn Natb. D. carpenter, 113 N. lih. 

BEXXEKOX ROBERT H., n- 

:rineer No. 1 engine, Fire l)i partineul ; resi- 
lence ci>rner .")lh and Vermont streets; born 
in Philiidelphia, Pa., in 1841 ; located in 
Quiney, in 1855; married Cinderella J. IIol- 
eomb in 1807; she was born in Virginia in 
18:j8 ; have two children, Olive C. and Robert 
II., .Ir. He has been connected with the 
Fire Department since 1858, and engineer in 
the paid department since 1808, and has 
been engineer since his tirst appointment, 
same year; is a member of the A. O. U. W. 
and I. 0. M. A. 

BENNESOX ROBERT S., re- 
tired; residence, 214 .Iiiscy stri'it; born in 
Newcastle county, Delaware, in 1807; moved 
to Philadelphia in 1838, and to Quiney, 
Illinois, in 1837. He married Electa A. 
Parks in 1843. She was born in Vermont 
in 1810. Have four children: Alice A., An- 
nie J. Caroline and Cora Agnes. Are mem- 
liers of the Unitarian Church. lie is a 
Republican. Seeing the necessity of raising 
funds to put the public schools in a more ef. 
fcctive condition, he got up a |H'tition to the 
Legislature for a tax of 13'.i cents uptjii s^lOO 
of the assessed value of property in the city, 
to be used under the control of the proper 
officers for school purposes, which was 
granted. He was Alderman six years, and 



Mayor in 18.)0. lie was a stockholder in 
the Quiney Savings Bank, and ilircctor of the 
First National Bank, and one of the incor- 
porators of the gas company, and president 
of it six j'ears, and a director since its orga- 
nization. He was in the lumber business in 
1840, and shipped by steamboat . from Cairo, 
Ohio, the lirst lumber he sold in Quiney, 
His youngest daughter, Cora \., is studying 
law. 

BEKXE80N WM. T., undertaker, 
No. 1!) N. 0th street; was born in Philadel- 
phia Pa., March 7, 1830 ; married Miss Harriet 
Johnson, March 30, 1859. She was born in 
Delaware county. Pa., Oct. 11, 1833. They 
have six children, four sons and two daugh- 
ters. He is senicM- of the linn of W. T. & 
II. S. Benneson, furnishing undertakers, at 
No. 1!), N. Gth street; is Republican, and a 
member of the Baptist Church. He enlisted 
in Company B, of the lUith Pennsylvania 
Reserve Volunteers in the spring of 180:!; 
served during the balance of the war. 
Benninx' Jobn, clerk, I'M Maine. 
ll;nf>elk .John, stone quarrii r, Washington « of ~th. 

BEXTLER JOSEPH, dry goods, 
urocc'ries and saloon, 731 Adams street, .be- 
tween 7th and 8tli streets; residence, same; 
was born in Dclbrilk, Regicrnngs-lxziik 
Minden, Prussia, April 8, 1841 ; emigrati'd to 
America; arrived at New Orleans in 1855, 
going direct to Fort Madison, Iowa, and lo- 
catedatWest Point,Iowa; remained until the 
civil war broke out in June, 1801 ; enlisted in 
Fremont's Body Guard ; after the resignation 
of Gen. Fremont was incorporated in the 5th 
Iowa Cavalry, and served three years; was 
honorably discharged at Nashville, Tcun. 
He returned to West Point, and shortly after- 
Wiud located in Knox county, JIo., where he 
remained seven years. In 1870 came t<) 
Quiney and opened his^ present store. Mar- 
ried Miss Anna Henning at Edina, Mo., Jan. 
19, 1870; she was born in St. Louis, 5Io., 
Nov. 14,-1854. Four children: Clara, a'.:ed 
seven years; Joseph, live; Elizabeth, three, 
and Anna Maria, aged six months. Roman 
Catholic. Democrat. Was with his regi- 
ment until the last nine months of service 
when he was detailed as aid-de-camp under 
the direct command of Gens. Sherman and 
Thonuis; participated in the battles of Fort 
McHcnry, Fort Donaldson, Murfrcesborough, 
Tenn.,Chattinooga, and Atlanta. He was a 



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bugler in liis regiment, being tlie only one 
wlio returned safe, and never missed a call. 
Is a member of St. .Joseph's Benevolent Asso- 
ciation of Quincy. Real and personal prop- 
erty estimated at $l,.jOO. 
Bentrup Hirmen, carpenter, llth 8 of .Jefferson. 
Bentrtip Pe er, clerk, '•tb n cf .Vdims. 
BeDE Frank .t. carpenter. (i5J Payson ave. 

BEXK (wEOKGE, groc..,y and sa- 
loon, southwest oornercjf 7th and Payson Ave. ; 
was born in Lauterbach, Ubeskercli, Grand 
Duke of Baden, April 3, 1820; enlisted in 
the German army, iid Infantry Battalion, 2d 
fompanj-. May 1, lf-51, in Monnheim. lie 

[t Germany .June 28, 18r)4, and arrived in 
United States August 29, same 
, ir: located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
.v liked at his trade iis carpenter. He 
niirried Maria ^I. Hilderbrand April 
',;,', 18.50. She was born in Oljcskerch 
<;• rmany, Aug. 2, 1829. They were married 

t St. .John's Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
ated in Quincy, in 18o7, where he followed 

■ trade of carpenter until 1872, when ho 

' lit into the grocery and saloon Imsiness at 
above location. He has two boys and 
-v.n girls: Maria A. born Feb. 17,1857; 
i", .loseph, born Aug. 3, 1859 ; George L.,born 
.Inly 27, 1861; Sophia, born .June" '2.5, 1863; 
Maria M., born .July 24, 18G5 (died .Juno '2, 
1-77); IvatIierineT.,born.June21, 1867; Maria 
born Dec. 30, 1869 (died .June 12, 1878); 

' ,ma C, born Oct. 3, 1871, and Ycta, Oct. 16, 

"■linger John G. prop. 01 J Farmers' Home, 5CI 
ilampebire street. 
':■ r.-er Wca. 520 Maiden Lane. 

KERGHAXX C'IIUIST, grocery 
I saloon, 8th between .Vdams and .Jackson 
its, residence same. He was born in 
inbach, near Erford, Prussia, June 14, 
- ;5, and emigrated to America with his pa- 
's in 1846, via New Orleans, La., he going 
111 there to St. Louis, Mo., and I'rom there 
Marion county. Mo.; leavinir that place 
1 18.50, going to California: returning in 
1S53 to Quincy, 111. In 18.50 he started to 
I'ike'sPeak, and from there took another 
I rip, via overland, to California, returning to 
i^'iiney, 111., in 1870. He married Miss Reka 
ll'-rmann, in Quincy, Xnv. 0, 1872. She 
•vas born near Herford, Kurope, in 1850. 
They have two children, H. Willie, five years, 
and Margareta Clara, aged one year and two 



months. Religion, Catholic; politics, Demo- 
crat ; real and personal property valued at 
i|l,200. 

Bernard J. C. 158 N. 6th. 
Bernard Mrs. Kate, 1110 Spring. 
Bernbrock Mrs. Carolln**, cor. JOih and Elm. 
Bernbrock Wm. book-keeper, cor. 20tb and Elm. 
Bernheimer Chas. l.-)l N. 4Ih. 

Berrihe"'rner .Jerome, clothing etore, JOO Il.amp^hire. 
Berntzcn Miss L'zzle. 4'li Broadway. 
Berrian Benj. F. County .Judge, 2.>1 N. 12th. 
Berry Wm. vv. atty. at law. 'ri2 .Maine. 
Berstecher John, tailor, Ohio w of llth. 
Bert Dan. C. salesman, UT.'i nampshire. 
Bert Geo. machinist, 117 8. 7lh. . 
Bert John L. carpets, etc., 6 N. 4th. 

BERTER \VII.LI.4M, boot and 

shoe iiianuf iiturer, 1 '.3 Soiilli lilh street ; res- 
idence, 525 Kentucky street; was born in 
Gesker, Kreis Kosfeld, Regierungs-bezirk 
Munster, Prussia, Europe, Nov.21, 1850; emi- 
grated to America, landed tit New York City, 
Jlay 1, 1869,going direct to Cincinnati, Ohio; 
staid one year, then went to Quincy. He 
m;iiTiedMissWilhelmin;iWissing.in(Juiucy, 
III., Nov. 21, 1870. She was born in (iuincy, 
111., Dec. 14, 1834. They have one child, 
Maria Katharina,born .Jan. 1, 1877. Religion, 
Roman Catholic; politics. Democrat; is a 
member of St. Boniface Benevolent . Associa- 
tion, and Johannes Savings Instituti(m ; real 
and personal property estimated at $500. 

Besling Bernard, painter, cor. 10th and Cedar. 

Bcsser Geo. plasterer, 23 S. Bth. 

Best Geo. contractor and builder, 92 S. ■'ith. 

Best Jno. H. Sr. 17S..3d. 

Best. J. H. Jr. R. R. Agt. cor. Hth and Ced. v. 

Bester Peter, porter, 711 Payson ave. 

Besten Henry, cor. sth and .\dams. 

BICKHAI'S, A. C.tile cutter, r.20 
Broadway; born in Prussia, Germtiny, in 
1849; came to United States 1867; married 
Emma Seifer in 1872. She was born in Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. They have three children, Lizzie, 
Dena, and Henry. They came to Quincy in 
1807. He has been in business nine years. 
He manufactures by hand only, all kinds of 
rasps and files; politics, Republicim. He is 
assistant foreman of Water-Witcli No. 2, fire 
engine volunteer department; has been a 
fireman since he came to Quincy, and is 
prominent in ;il! public enterprises. 
BIckhans Chas. cabinet maker. Vine w oflOih. 
Blcksel Joseph, expressman, 1024 Jersey. 
Bickel Henry, stone cutter, Ohio near iHh. 
Bickelhaup- John, blacksmith, 400 M..ideD Lane. 
Bletelstein Philip, teamster, cor. llth and State. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Bleteletein Tbeo. driller. .Mn Payeoii ave. 
Bleblgbeaecr Henry, painter, JelTereon e of >>th. 
Blmsan Mr( .lane (widow), i,-i X. Utb. 

BINKERT AXTON, Couuiy Tmis- 
urir; iTsitknco, 1121 Muiiio sliccl; was born 
in Uiulcii. Germany, in IsaO ; came to this 
country with his parents the same year and 
lucaletl in Qiiincy; niarrieil Miss Ellen Beat- 
ty in 18(i3. t?he was liorii in this couuty iu 
18:iS. They have four children. John P., 
Tliomas K.. William J. and Mary Ellen. He 
went across the plains to Colorado in 1859; 
returned tlie same fall; made the trip each 
of the years, 1859, 1860 and 1801. He was in » 
the army in a civil capacity from 1801 to 
1864, when he returned to this city and en- 
gaged in the mercantile Imsiness. Novem- 
ber 1, 1877, lie was elected County Treasurer, 
and assumed control in Janiuiry, 1878 ; served 
as Alderman of the 5th Ward one term, and 
City Collector two terms. He is a faithful 
and eHicieut officer. 

Binkert Bros. (Tbomas and Damion B.) grocers and 
dry goodf, cor. l'2tb and Oauipsbire. 

BIKDSALL FRAXK, Agent Erie 
North Shore Dispatch and Fast Freight Line, 
office 14 North 4th street ; residence, 311 Jer- 
sey street ; born in Seneca county,New York, 
1839 ; went to Butlalo, New York, in 1853, as 
freiirht clerk of Bufl'alo and Niagara Falls, 
and IJutfalo and Lockport Hailroad; to Mil- 
waukee, Wis., in 1856, as freight agent of Mil- 
waukee and Horicon Railroad ; to Chicago, 
in 1804, as chief clerk in general ticket de- 
partment, of C, U. 1. & P. R. R., and in 
1875 as traveling agent for "Diamond Line 
Fast Freight," and in 1877 as traveling agent 
of Erie and North Shore Dispatch, and 1878, 
agent of Erie and North Shore Dispatch and 
Fast Freiglit, Quincy. He married Nora M. 
Burke, 1801. Slie was born in the City of 
Dublin, Ireland, daughter of Dr. Joseph 
Burke, of that city. Tliey have four chil- 
dren : Samuel F. Frank R., Edward L., and 
Nora Maria. Catholics. He is an Episcopa- 
lian. In politics a Democrat. He is the 
third son of the Hon. Samuel Birdsall. 
Democratic Judge and Congressman, and 
Serene Fosgatc, daughter of Di'. Beela Fos- 
gate of Auburn, New York. 
BIrt Mrs. Barbara, Sr. S. Tth 

BliSHOl* JAIIES 51., insurance, 
corner 5lli and Maine streets; was born in 
Readlield, JIaine, June 24, 1835. Came to 



this city in Augu.-st, 1855. Married Miss 
Elizabeth N. Cleaveland May 30, 1861. She 
was born- in this city. They have two chil- 
dren, Frank M., born April 27, 1862, and 
Edgar W., born Dec. 20, 1867. He is agent 
for ten insurance companies, native and 
foreign, witli aggregate assets of $154,030,- 
000. He is one of the most energetic and 
enterprising citizens, and one of those to 
whom Quincy owes her present and looks 
for her future prosperity. Repuljlican in 
politics and a member of the Unitarian 
Church. 
Bisbop O. H. constable, 415 State. 

BIS8ER THEODORE, fislierman, 
corner Oth street and Payson avc. He was 
born in Preusgau, Baden, Europe, Nov. !i, 
1839, and came to America, landing at New 
York city in 1865; from there he went to 
JIaunch Cliunk, Pa., where he remained 
four weeks, and then went to Quincy, Hi., 
where he arrived early in 1800. Married 
Miss Theresa Mast iu Quincy, 111., June 10. 
1868; she was born in Falgheim, Baden, 
Europe, in 1843. Six children, two dead and 
four living: Maria Theresia, hged nine; 
Theodore, five; Franz, four, and Jacob, nine 
months of age. Religion, Catliolic. Poli- 
tics, Independent. Is a member of St. 
Joseph's Building and Benevolent Associa- 
tion, of Quincy, and St. Boniface Society. 
Bisingcr Isidoie, carpenter, lltli n. of Himpshire 

BITTER JOHAX HBIN- 
RICH. of the firm of F. W. Jlenke & 
Co., stone-cutters and contractors; office, 
Front street, between State and Oliio; resi- 
dence, 817 Washington street. He was born 
in Laar, Kreis Herford, Regierungs-bezirk 
Miuden, Europe, Aug. 3, 1834. and emigrated 
to the United States, lauding at New Orleans 
in 18.52, coming dii-ect to Quincy, and follow- 
ing his trade of stone-culler. Married Miss 
Annie Meuke in Quincy, HI., iu March, 18.55; 
she was l)orn in Elferdissen, Kreis Herford, 
Regierungs-bezirk, Minden, Europe, Feb. 9, 
1834, and came to America iu 1852. Six 
children: Henry, born June 17,18.57; Han- 
nah •Frederika Carolina, born Nov. 20, 1859; 
Johan Wilhelm Eduard, born April 4, 1804; 
Anna Wilhelmina. born Dec. 3, 1808; Anna 
Lidia.born >lay 11, 1871, and Anna Amaiula 
Emelia. born March 3, 1875. Religion, 
Lutlieran. Politics, Republican. Is a mem- 
ber of Adams Loilge No. 365, I. O. O. F., 



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Allen Eiicampmeut Xo. 4. I. O. O. F., and 
the Gcueral Protestant Widows and Orphans 
Benevolent Association of Quiucy. 
Bitter Wm. carpenter, Jefferson e. of 9tli 
Bittich Philip, works for Geo. Ertel. 

BLAKEiSLF.V ASA W'., Justice 
of the Peace. Kesidence, corner 9th and 
Spring streets. Was born iu Jladison 
county, N". Y., in 1818. Located in Han- 
cock county, 111., iu 1841, and iu this county 
in 1846. He took charge of the female de- 
partment of the public school of this city in 
1847, which position he held uutil April, 
1854, when he was elected Cit}- Clerk, which 
lie held five j-ears. He was County Superin- 
tendent of schools in 185G-7. In Nov., 18.59, 
he was appointed Superintendent of the 
(,>uiucy and Toledo R. R., and served till 
l^'ll. He was a member of the Board of 
Education seven years, and Superintendent 
of Piil)lic Schools in the cit.y iu 1801, and 
elected Police Magistrate in 1863, and also 
iu 1866, and re-elected iu 1877. He has been 
Notary Public tweutj'-four years iu succes- 
Nii'ii. He married his present wife, Mary L. 
W aison, iu 1850; his three children are 
JIartha A., Mariou and Belle ; they attend the 
Unitarian Church. He is a Democrat. 
Blaljesl.e Mrs. W. 013 Broadway. 
BlaliL-elcy Willis, pilot, S7 K. Stli. 

BLAXEV JOHN T., dealer in sew- 

- machines. No. 634 Maine street. Geu- 
' agent for the White Sewing Machine. 
I iii^ machine possesses more advantages and 
> iti^fies those who use it better than any 
' ther machme ou the market. AVe beg to 
call your attention to a few of the many ad- 
vantages combined iu it : 1st. — It is the 
'■^litest rimning shuttle sewing machine. 
-It lias niDie capacity and power thau 

y other family sewing machine. 3d. — It 
I- not complicated with cog-gear nor large 
rims. 4th. — It is the simplest and best cou- 

ucted machine. 5th. — Its workiug parts 
case-hardened iron or steel, and so ar- 

.iii;eil that any wear can be taken up simply 
liv the turning of a screw. 6th. — It has a 
sicrl feed on both sides of the ueedle. 7th. 
— Its shuttle is coniparativelj- self-threading, 
made of solid steel, and carries a larger 
bobbin than almost any othc- " ily sewing 
macliinc. 8th. — Its works i all encased 
and free from dust, and so arranged that 
neither garment being sewed, nor the opera- 



tor, will become oiled. 9lli. — It has a device 
by which bobbins can be filled without run- 
ning the entire machine, thereby relieving it 
from wear for this purpose, as also relieving 
the operator of the necessity of removing 
the work ifr attachments, as is the case in 
nearly all other machines. 10th. — It has a 
self-setting needle. 11th. — It is elegantly 
ornamented and finished, and its cabinet- 
work is unsurpassed. The result of this 
combination is the "White," the most dura- 
ble, the cheapest, best aud largest family 
sewing machine in the world. If you need 
a machine, try it. You will like it antl buj' 
it. Also keeps needles and oils for all ma- 
chines, and attends to repairing. 
Blanke Mary, 90S Kentucky. 
Blarsli R. teamster, cor. 5th and Jeffeisou. 
Blase Bernard H. tailor, 5.'J4 Pajson ave. 
Blaslaud S. A. 1415 Hampshire. 
Blatter Geo. W. laborer, 11 S. 10th. 

BLESS IX<; HOSPITAL, souUi 
side of Spring street, between 10th and lllh 
streets. 

Bleyer Chas. E. agent U. S. Law Assn., 500 Maine. 
Blickhan .John, 81',) State. 

Blome Isaac, second-hand store, C3S Hampshire. 
Bloiuer Henry, pork packer, Broadway e. oi I4tb. 
Bloom Mrs. C. Broadway w. of asd. 
Bloom .John, stone cutter, lii'J n. 6th. 
Blumer Mrs. Christina, lOio Hampshire. 
Blutgut .Joseph W. llciuor dealer, iil9 Maine. 
Bockenfeld J. A. marble cutter, cor, 3d and Maine. 
Bockenfeld John W. ealoou, 831 Maine, 
ifockenfeli Miss L'zzie, I'MIS Vermont. 
Boecke Ernst, cabinet maker, 7U8 Ohio 
Boeckouholi' Henry, baker, 1034 Maine, 
Boehmer Fred, laborer, 10>4 Vine, 
Boers B, H, laborer. Oih n. of E m. 
Boerter Hu-ury. blacksmith, 6-a Oak. 
Boes Henry, milkman, cor. Chestnut and l-Jth. 
Boeslng Bernard, brick layer, 717 Ohio 
Boettle John, cooper, liSl Adams, 
Boge Ernst, carpenter. Madison w. of lOth.^ 
Boblman John U. tailor. Hi s. of 5tU 
Bollinger John, blacksmith, Ti'i Kentucky. 
Bomgurdner J. W. 151 N. 8th. 
Bomgardner Wm. B. book-keeper, 343 N. 5th. 
Bond Mrs. Catharine. iVW Broadway. 

BO\]> GEORGE (drcea-ed); was 
born in Watcrtowu, Mass., iu 1814, and came 
to Quiucy in 1834, witli a party of Eastern 
peojilc — Capt. Pease and family. He went 
back to Massachusetts in 1835, making the 
1,200 miles on horseback, there being no 
railroad ; on his return, in the fall of that 
year, he engaged in the dairy business; 
later he went into the confectionery aud 
grocery business, and was senior partner in 



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m^roKY "F ADAM.S (oLNTV. 



the rtrni III Boiul, Morjtaii ii C'<>. lie rtl'ter- 
wiirtls went into the pork-packing luisiness, 
iind (lid 11 very t-xtc-nsivo business, liuvini; a 
few otliiTS nssociateil with liini, us the finu 
of Bonil, Ponivoy ii ('"• He was a mombiT 
of iliis tirm for twiMity-foiir years; wlicn he 
w itlulrow it lUssolved perniani'nily, lie Iiein^ 
the principal business man of the lirni. lie 
was the pioneer ice-man of (Jiiiney, and was 
one of tlie largest stock-holders in tiie First 
National Bank of Quiney, and director up 
U> the lime of his death, and was also direc- 
tor in the (J. M. & P. H. H , ami member of 
the Construction Company which built it; 
was Alderman of the third ward two terms. 
He married Miss Catharine Kimball inlH4!l; 
she was born in New Hampshire July 5, 
1820; two children: Calhernu' II. and John 
B. K. He died in this < ily in 1807. Had 
one son by a former marriage, who was 
killed dviring the late w.Mr. 
BoiiiHt David J. 511 .lerecy. 

BOXXKT JOIIX J., fnun.lry, cor. 
iier (ihio and Front streets; residence, 511 
.ler.sey street; horn in Wurtcmburg, Ger- 
many, in 18:!0; came to this country with 
his parents in 18:!:!, and located in ZanesviUe, 
Ohio; came to (Juincy in 1850; married 
Margaret Sauber in 1800; she was born in 
Quiney in 1832; they have live children: 
Louisa, James W., Charles, George, and 
Lorenzo, Member of M. E. Clnirclj. (Jreeh- 
back iu politics. He is the senior member 
of the tinn of Bonnet, nulVy iV Co., stove 
foundry. 

BOXXKY .1. W., physician and sur- 
geon, H."! Hampshire street; ^jorn in Soin- 
inerville, in 1828; located in Clark county. 
Mo., jn 1846, and in this county in 
1800; he studied medicine in Utica, N. Y; 
commenced practice in 1810 in Clark county, 
Mo.; he married Miss Kveline 11. Worlhing- 
ton in 1848; she was bom in Marion c<Hinty, 
Mo.; have live children: Wm. W., Oscar 
P.. Fannie A., Josie L. and Samuel II. The 
doctor is a solid Democrat, and has a large 
pnclice in his profession. 

KO<»\ M.\ITIi.\XI>, real estate 
dealer, 4tli and Jlaine streets; residence, 
corner 12th and Vine; born in Jellerson 
county, N. Y, in 18:U; located in this city 
in 1850: married Miss Emily L. Tillson in 
18.59; she was born in this city in 18:18; their 



five children are: Helen E.,Mailland, Mary, 
Lottie and Sarah. Mrs. Boon is member of 
the Presbyterian Church. He is a neiuo- 
crat. He start<'d the first bank of issue iu 
this city in 1850, of which he was cashier. 
In ISCO lie went into the business of manu- 
facturing horse e(|uipments and infantry ac- 
coutrements for the State and United States, 
e(|uipping over 100,000 men in the four 
years they were in the business (Mr. R. Till- 
son being in the business with hinu. In 
1805 he went into real estate business. He 
was Mayor of the city in 1800, and Alder- 
man several <imcs. 
Boon W. S farmer. « N. llth. 

KOKK t'HiRIL.KS, sewing ma- 
chine agent, corner llth and State streets; 
was born in Hesse-narmstadt, Europe, Feb- 
ruary 2, 1844; emigrated to America with 
his parents in 1854, sti>pping at Peru, La- 
Salle county. III., till 1802, when he enli-sted 
in Co. B., 104th Hegt. III. Inf. serving three 
years; was hononibly discharged at Chicago, 
his lime of service having expired. During 
term of service was never absent from his 
company except when detailed for special 
duty; took part in all theactions of his regi- 
ment Irom Nashville, Tenn., to the (iulf of 
Mexico; taken prisoner at Ilartsville. Tenn., 
and exchanged three weeks afterward; mar- 
ried Miss .Vnna Dauman in Quiney, April 
8,18*1; she was born in Harresleben, Den- 
mark, in 1848; came to America in 1809; 
landed at New York, going to Shelbina, 
Mo. ; came to Quiney in 1870 ; two children : 
Anna Elizabeth, aged five years, and Liza, 
aged two years :ind six months. Religion, 
Lutheran. P^)litics, Republican. Is a mem 
ber of Washington Grove, No. 'i, U. A. O. D. 
Was commissioned by Governor Cullora 
Captain of the Quiney Veteran (Uiards (8th 
Regimeni Illinois National GuanK), dating 
from -Viigust 18, 1877; served with his com- 
pany in the East St. Louis riot of 1877. 
BornmHDn Henry, printer, Sth s of Harrleon. 
Boretn<lt (ieorge, hrlcklayor, 821 Malue. 
Borrtailt Henry, wood- worker, S24 Maine. 
Boscliulto Harmon, coniractor. lO.h and Ohio. 
Bo"chulii' Hinr.', moulder, 1014 Sate. 
Bosfinis Henry, brick 1. ycr, lOth eof Sycamorp. 
Boitmir Henry, ftone-cnttcr Sth s of Otiio. 
Bive Ern-t. br cklayer, "31 Payson iive. 

BOWKRM K. C. photograph artist, 
northeast corner 0th and Hampshire streets; 
born in Kane county. 111., in 1848; located 



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iu this cily iu 1874; marriuil Miss Sallic 
Wcbcr; slie was born in (his Cduuty iu IfioO: 
tbiy liavconc cliild, Pettie; air members of 
Si. John's Episcopal Churcli. He is a Denio- 
cral, and member of tlie A. 0. U. W. ; opened 
his present establishment iu 187C, where lie 
has facilties for doing the finest work at 
the shortest iiolicc. 

KOWI.K?«» WM. A,, (iuuicy, 

liowlcB Jttinc'S li. bds. /Etna House. 
Bracht Cliailes, teamster, :iOO S. rth. 
Bracht GoUirled, cooper, IDO N. tlth. 

BIlAUltrKYC. S., iH-oprietor of 
[Simtlicni lloii-l, eornor of Front and Broad- 
way; born in Patterson, N. J., 18i9; went to 
Newark, N. J., when a boy, and to Winches, 
ter, N. II., in 1840; thenee to Philadelphia 
iu 1844, and to New York City iu 1848; 
to Chicago in 1856 and to Rock Island; in 
18,")8 went to Hannibal, Mo. ; 1865 to Quincy, 
111.; he spent a short time in Galesbuif; 
after leaving Rock Island. He married Re- 
l)ecca Powell, dauifhter of Rev. Peter Pow- 
ell, of Beverly, N. J. She died in 1860, 
b aving one child, Carrie A. He married 
Elizabeth R;iwson. She was born in Mon- 
il, Cinada. He has been in the restaur- 
or hotel business since he came to 
I Miiiicy. The Southern Hotel, under his ex- 

licnced management, lias become a de- 
- i vedly poimlar house. 

liradford CharlcB, mlllwri-ht, 12.3 B. 4th 
Ivrartford Mr.i. Emiiy, 1001 Vermont. 
Brmlfonl .John, Slii Vermont. 

BKAUFORll JOISIAH T., I nu 

bcr luaiuifaelurer, ."iO South <5d street; born 
ill Farmington, Kennebec county, Maine, in 
IX'W, and located in Quincy in 18.54. lie 
married Miss Sarah J. Kent in 1848. She 
"as born in Sebec, Piscataciuis county, 
Maine, in 1827. Six cliildren: (two deceased) 
Ella, now Mrs. Walker, living in Necedah, 
Wis.; Willie J., Harry, and Lulu. Members 
<>r the Trinity M. E. Church. Democrat. 
He estal)lished the livery business in this 
cily in 18.54, the same run by Aldricb Cor- 
bin &, Co., and was soon after joined by liis 
brother. They continued in the livery up to 
1867, when they went into the lumber trade 
on a large scale, having two large mills manu- 
facturing lumber at Necedah, Wis. He 
was Alderman of his ward, 
r.radford L. M. millwright, 12.3 S. 4th. 



Brad od Win. lumber, SK S. id. 

Hridfley W A. laborer, (!W Spruce 

Brad-h.w J. 1''. ubo'.CM'apher, cor. 5th and Maine. 

BradBha.vPo,'«y,'i51 N. 11th. 

Brady Jaiaea, laborer, 20i Vermont. 

Brackeusick B. brick laborer, 638 Ohio. 

BI{.VIV1>ES v., grocery ,corncr of 10th 
and Oak streets; residence, same; born iu 
(iermany in 1844; came to the United States 
in 1864; married Sopliia Rieth in 1874; she 
was born in (Juincy in 1857; have one child, 
Edward; iire members of the Catholic 
Church; he is a Democrat in polities. He 
came to Quincy in 1864 ; worked on a farm 
for eighteen months, tlien attended store and 
saloon until 1877, when he .started for him- 
self. He is an active, intelligent, young bu-i- 
iness man, with good prosjiects in business. 

Brandom P. A. eye and car in&rmary, 401 Ba^npshire. 

Braun Ch irles, butcher, 8;j Jetl'erson. 

Brautlgam C. laborer, 16 N. !Hh. 

Bra.^ineier Gcurge, saloon, liii Hampshire. 

Breder Henry, teamster, S18 Adams 

Breed J imcB P. cashier .\m. Ex. Co. 517 Ches.nut. 

Brcer Philip H. druggist, cor. 9.h St. and Paysou ave. 

Brelthaupt L. cooper, 51() Washington. 

Breitwi^tr John, teamster, 2.15 N. 5th. 

Bremmel Herman, laborer, 915 Vine. 

Bremmurkarap H. B. wugnn makor. GW Payson ave. 

ItKKnSKK AXTOX, groceries 

and saloon, 7tli and Ohio streets; residence, 
same. He was born in Schwalbach, Nas- 
sau, Euroi)e, Nov. 2, 1844, and emigrated to 
America, May 21, 1868, landing at New 
York City, and coming from there direct to 
Quincy. lie married Miss Mina Miller in 
Quincy, Jan. 14, 1870; she was born in 
Quincy, 111., May 19, 1840. Four children: 
Edward, born March 30, 1871 ; Sophia, born 
March 26, 1874; Frederick, born Jan. 4, 1.S76, 
and Eliza, born May 19, 1878. Religion, 
Lutheran ; is a member of (Juincy Grove 
No. 10, U. A. O. I)., and is a cabinet-maker 
by profession. 
Brenkeu Henry, laborer, *J41 Oak. 

B It KX N KC K K € II A K I. K S, 

saloiin, cnrner 8th and Oliio strci.-ts; lie was 
born in Essinghauseu, Braunschweig, 
Eunjpe, Dec. 18, 1845; came to Quincy 
in 186.5, and worked at the shoemaker's 
trade till 1868, when he opened a saloon, by 
reason of having had the misfortune to lose 
part of his left hand by an accident while 
hunting near Quincy in 1867; married Miss 
Ch.irlolle Henricks, April Hi, 1809, who was 



GOi 



IIISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



born in Prussia, Europe, in 1847; five chil- 
dren ; one dieil, Otlo, in 1847 (six nioutlts of 
age); four living: Carl, Eddie, Ida, and Wal- 
ter; religion. Lutheran; politics. Democrat. 
Is a memtier of the V. A. O. D. and A. O. 

r. W. 

BRRWECKK HKXRY, boot 

;uul sbocm:ikor, SIO State strict; residence, 
Mitue. He was born near Braunschweig, 
Europe, Oct. 10, 183.5, and emiL^rated to 
America, landing at New Orleans, May 31, 
1854, and from tliere went direct by boat to 
Quiucy, 111.; married Miss Eliza Schwal- 
Icnberg in Quincy, Aug. 28, 18oti; she was 
born in Hanover, Europe, April 19. 1838, and 
emigrated to America with her brother 
Henry in 1854; seven children: Liza, aged 
19; Sophia, 16; Mina, 13; Henry, 8; Ida, 5; 
Eddie, two years and six montlis. and Clara, 
three months of age. Is a member of Hum- 
bold Lodge Xo. 61, A. O. U. W..and a mem- 
lier of the Protestant Orphans and Widows 
Benevolent Association. Religion, Lutheran. 
Politics, Democrat. Property, real and per- 
sonal, valued at |5,000. 

RRKXXRR C'HARLKK. Quincy 
P;ilcut I*ii\ iiigStone Company and Pottery, 
22d street between Oak and Vine streets; 
residence, same ; was born in St. .Johann, on 
River Saar, Prussia, in 1826; came to the 
United States in 1852, and located in New 
York city; went to Quebec,' Can., in 1854, 
and moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1855, and to 
Marion county. Mo., soon after, and followed 
his business until 1863, when he located in 
Quiucy. and established his present pottery- 
works and Patent Paving-Stone Company. 
He married Rosana Trabold in 1861 ; she was 
born in Bavaria; they have two children 
deceased, and have adopted a nephew. Mrs. 
Brenner is a Catholic; he is a Lutheran: he 
is Independent in politics, a member of the 
Firemen's Benevolent Society, and has been 
a fireman eighteen years. He is the inventor 
and patentee of the patent paving-stone 
manufactured by this company, which su- 
percedes in every respect all other kinds of 
paving-stone, tile or brick ; it is neater, 
cleaner, better to travel on and more durable 
than any other known material used as a 
paving-stone, etc. 

Breeder John, cooper, cor. 9tli and Madison. 
Breescr Wm. laborer. 8.li Madison. 
Bread Wm. butcher, 21 N. 6th. 



Brcner Hear;, laborer, cor. Washington and 9th. 
Brice John, blacksmith, tceo Maine. 
Briuckhiifr Theo. teamster, 718 Maine. 
Brinkman Joseph, laborer, Wii Elm. 
BriDu'er Henry, cooper, Washington e of 9th 
Brink Albert, laborer. 9-ii Jersey. 
Brink B. H. grocery store, cor. Tth and JeOerson. 
Brink Hermin, carpenter, Elmeof 9th. 
Brinkkottet John P. (KM State. 
Brinkman Bernard, laborer. 710 Jefferson. 
Brinkmau Henry, cabinet-maker, 1114 Hampshire. 

KICI\KM.iX J. 1I„ foreman at 
D. I). Jleriam's lumberyard; residence, 198 
X. Sih ^t^et■l; born in Westphalia, Germany 
'in 182-8; came to the United States in 1851, 
and located in St Louis, and in Quincy in 
1855; married Christine Neubel in 1854; she 
was born in the same place; they have two 
children living: Mary and Anna; Mrs, 
Brinkman died in 1809; they are Catholics. 
He has been foreman in the lumber business 
since 1855, and m his present position since 
18G1 ; he is a careful, reliable man. 

Brinkman Wm. cabinet maker, ns N. 12th. 

Brtnkmeyer Wm. Payson ave. e of 9th. 

Brinks II. B. carpenter, 8th between Adams and 

Monroe. 
Brittaln Mrs. Alice, l-,'47 Maine. 
Brocamp BenJ. stone cntter, UM Hampshire. 
Brocamp Joseph, cooper, ;ia4 Hampshire. 
Brockhaus Henry, carpenter. fii:> Ohio. 
Brockmeyer Frid, laborer, 100!' Payson ave 
Brockschmidt Francis, 715 Maine. 
Brockschraidt Henry J. 519 Hampshire. 
Brockschmidt .loseph, watch maker, 715 H>ine. 
Brogic John, carpenter. Si N. Nth . 
Brokamp Henj. ftone cutter, 114-1 Uamrshlre. 
Broksiek Wm. tailor, 82 N. 14th. 
Brommelmeyer Frank, brick mason. 11th n of Cedar 

KR<m:VIKI.MEYKR HKXRY, 

groceries, dry goods and saloon, Xo. 1101 
Broadway, comer 11th street; residence, 
same. He was born in Ampt Melle, Regier- 
ungs-bezirk, Osn:ibrikk, ILinover, Europe, 
Aug. 24, 1823, and emigrated to America, ar- 
riving at Xew Orleans in 1842, going direct 
to St. Louis, Mo., where he remained six 
months working at his trade as carpenter, 
and then went to St. Charles, Mo , where he 
remained seventeen years, during which 
time he was a contractor and carpenter, 
building many of the largest buildings in 
that city. lie was elected Alderman of the 
third ward in 1853, and served two terms; in 
18.59 he came to Quincy, continuing as con- 
tractor and carpenter for eight years, alter 
which he opened a store, and has continued 



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in that business ever since. He was elected 
Alilerman of the sixth -ward, under the ad- 
ministration of Mayor Rowhvnd, serving 
two years. Religion, Roman Catliolic. 
Politics, Democrat. Is a member of St. 
Aloysius Orplian Society, the St. Francis 
Building Association, and the Hildese Bund. 
Real and jjcrsonal property estimated at 
|5,000. During his stay in St. Charles, Mo., 
and in this city, he has always had tlie con- 
fidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. 

BROOKER O. W., confectionery, 
418 Maine street; residence, 14.'j3 Hamp- 
shire street ; was born in Steubenville, Ohio, 
in 1843, and located inQuincy in IS.'jS; mar- 
ried .Miss Annie Ralpli in 1870; she was 
born in St. Louis, Mo., in IS.jG; they liave 
three children: Albert S., Editli N., and 
Lora Dunton. Republican in politics; is a 
. member of the I. O. O. F., and A. O. U. W- 
He conducts a first-crass place, and is a polite, 
capable and relialile business gentleman. 

BROPHY GUORCiFi. Circuit 
' Clerk and Recorder; residence, Lind, be- 
( tween 4tli and 5th streets; was born in 
Townsland of Pack Grove, Parish of Lis- 
' downey, County Kilkenny, Ireland, in 182.); 
located in this city Nov. 10, 1853. He mar- 
i ried Mi.ss Catherine C4race in 1864; she was 
f born in Monavadnu, i)arish of Freshford, 
nic county, in Ireland, in 1843; three chil- 
i: Maiy Ellen, William and Ann. He 
I Democrat; was City Assessor and City 
lictor in 1866; also Collector in 1807; 
- Deputy Circuit Clerk and Recorder 
iroiii 1800 to 1872, when he was elected to 
hi^ present position and re-elected in 1876. 
Broee A. W. tailor, York street, n of 8th. 
Broee <ieo. H. stooe cutter, 528 Jackson. 
Brose J. G. et-.ne quarry, cor. I'ith and York. 
Brosi J. n. clerk, 1(;5 N. 5th. 
Broutjham Thoe. A. auctioneer, 31:i Vermont. 

BROWX MRS. BKrL,AH C, 

ilence, 323 North 5th street; born in Es- 
\ county, Mass., 17(10. She was married 
'o Charles Brown in 1814, and moved to this 
city in 1834, wlien lier husband started the 
first bakery in Quincy. Mr. Brown died 
Sept. 17, 1868. Six children ; Charles, Beu- 
lah, Abagail, Emcline, Lucinda, and Samuel. 
Mrs. Brown's father, Mr. Burns, also died in 
this city in 1835. Her husband served in 
Capl. Starr's company under Gen. Appleton 
in the war of 1812. She is a member of the 



First Union Congregational Church. Her 
son John drove the first bread wagon. Miss 
Beulah married II. Allison, and resides near 
Macomb, >IcDonough county. Miss Sarah 
Allison, daughter of Beulah and grand- 
daughter of ^Mrs. Brown, is living with her 
in Quincy. 
Brown Chas. .Jr. merchant, cor. .')th anil Maple. 

BROWNlXd; HOX. O. H., attor- 
ney at law ; office, corner Otii and Hamp- 
shire streets; residence, 8th street, north of 
Spruce Street. 

Brown C. N. beer bottler, 159 N. Blh. 

Brown D. G. plasterer, 342 N. 5th. 

Brown fieo. W. ins. agt. 413 Hampshire. 

Brown Jas. R. brick layer, 515 Jackson. 

Brown John H. grocer. tJ2G Maine. 

Brown J. (J. attorney at law, cor. GLh and Hampshire. 

Brown Josluh, baker, 321 York. 

Brown .Mrs, Margaret, 5211 Payson ave. 

Brown P. J. constable, 614 York. 

Brown Mtf. Sarah, IMI York. 

Brown Mrs. Saiah, .'>12 York. 

Brown \Vm. niolder, cor. 16th and Jersey. 

Brown Wm. baker, 022 Spring. 

Bruce Mrs. Elizabeth, 2d street, n of Vermont. 

Broggeman Henry, cabinet maker, 1214 Vermont. 

Bruggenechmidt Gerhard, 1013 Spring. 

Bruning Herman, carpenter, Kim, e of 'Jth. 

Bruning John, cabinet maker, 934 Payson ave. 

Bryant A. teamster, 47 N, 12th. 

Bryant 6. H. carpenter. 210 Maiden Lane. 

Buchheit John, saloon. 28 S. 4th. 

Buchholz N. meat market cor. 10 and Chestnut. 

Buck Mathias, stone mason, 101 li Washington. 

Buckley D. blackismilb, cor. 7tb and Kentucky. 

BUCKLEY EDWARD H., re- 
tired; residence, 2250 Broadway; born in 
Windham county. Conn., Aug. 3, 1814; went 
to Chicago in 1833, then to Mississippi as 
Government Land Surveyor soon after; went 
to Richmond, Ind., in 1834; taught school 
and studied law there and was admitted to 
the bar in February, 1839; located in Colum- 
bus in this county in 1841, and practiced 
law until 1848; was engaged in tlie agita- 
tion of the location of the county -seat. He 
was Representative in the Legislature of 
1847, from Marquette, an unorganized por- 
tion of Adams county, which was desirous 
of forming a new county. By an act of the 
Legislature, it was tlirown back to a vote of 
tlie people, which resulted unfavorably. He 
moved to (Quincy and practiced law and was 
Deputy County Clerk under .1. C. Bernard. 
He reorganized tlie records under the new 
constitution. He was appointed City Clerk 
under Gov. Wood, for 1852-53. In 1857 he 



606 



H1--TUHY OF ADAMS COLXTY. 



fonneil a law i)artiiersliip witli Mr. S. P. 
Delans, at «lio.se tleatli he associated with 
bim two otliers, as Buckley, W'entworth & 
Marcy. lu 1865 AVtnlwdith retired; the 
firm was then Buckley & ^larcy, which was 
dissolved in 1870. lie married Adelia C. 
Harrington in 1845; tliey have tlirec chil- 
dren, Edward H., Jr., Frank W., and Delia. 
Republican. 
Buckley Mrs. Geo. H. 238 N. 6lh. 

BICKLEY :»IATHKW, clerk 
iu clotliiuj: store; re.-ideuee, il20 Maine 
street ; boin in Limerick county, Ireland, 
Ajiril 4,1847; came to the United States' 
May 22, 1863, and located in New York 
city; enlisted in the Third New Jersey 
Cavalry, Company K, Dec. 10, 18G3: served 
to close of the war under Gen. Georjre A. 
Custer; was captured Sejjt. 19, at Winchester, 
Va., by Col. Mosby, of the Contederate cav- 
alry ; paroled on the field and sent to An- 
najiolis, Sid. ; was soon e.xchanjred ; rejoined 
tlie aimy, and was wounded at AVaynesbo- 
roujrh, Va., March 2, 1805, and at Five 
Forks, April 1, 1865; mustered out at close 
of war under jreneral order 161 of the War 
Department; located at St. Louis in 1866; 
woiked at his trade as coojier two years ; 
moved to Mount Sterling, III., in 1899, and 
Versailles, and located in Qiiincy in 1871. 
He married Miss P^veline Seehorn, Dec. 24, 
1876; she was born in Adams county; they 
have one child, Thomas M. lie is a mem- 
ber of the Ciitholic Church, and a Democrat 
in politics. 

Bnddee Mrs. Lncy, 279 N. 5th. 
BadloDg Oliver A. SOI Jersey. 

Buceking J.IIenry.phy ician, Jersey, bet. 5th & 6th. 
Bachner Kmil. masician, 10:1j \'iDe. 

BrEHRElt M'1L>L>IAM, bakery 
and confectionery, corner 6th and York 
streets; residence, same; born in Wurtem- 
burg, Germany, in 1832 ; located in Quincy 
in 1851; married Sojihia Arand in 1853; she 
was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1825; they 
have four children, Olga, Amelia, Emma, 
and Sopliia. They are members of St. 
Paul's Lutheran Church. He is a member 
of the I. O. O. F. and Druids ; also of the 
A O. U. AV. He has been in business since 
1851 in this city. He has by industry' and 
attention to his legitimate business made a 
good living for his family and acquired 
property. He is a good and reliable busi- 
ness man. 



Bnerckiu Joseph, carpenter, 721 Payson ave. 
Buerkin Geo. M. carpenter, •■Hi N. 5th. 

BIKRKIX 4.;OTTFItKID. 

Sprinir JIarket, No. 3 Pay sun Ave. He was 
born in Baden, Europe, August 14, 1840. 
Emigrated to America on December 2, 1862, 
lamled at New York city, and from there 
direct to Quincy, 111. Marrieil >Irs. Ivatha- 
rina Schmidt, Seitt. 23, 1869, who was burn 
iu Bremer Haven, Europe, July 27, 1835; 
two children : Katie, 8 j-ears, and George, 
5 years. Religion, Lutheran. Polities, 
Democrat. Mr. Buerkin is a member of 
Washington Hayue, No. 3, U. A. O. D., 
Butcher's Relief Society, and Humboldt 
Lodge No. 61, A. O. U. W. In 1865 enlisted 
in Co. D.. 148th Regt. 111. Inf. for one year, 
and was honorably discharged at the termin- 
ation of service. Property valued, real :ind 
personal, at $7,000. 
Bucrklin Geo., brewer, 7th and I'ayson Ave. 

Bl'KRMAX LOINIA (widow), 
corner ol' 14th and State streets, born in 
Bremen, Germany, in 1822; married Fred- 
erick Buerman iu 1843; came to United 
States same j'ear, and located in this city. 
Have five children: Fred, Sophia (now 
widow), Henry, Amelia, and Willie. Are 
meml)ers of the German M. E. Churcli. 
She resides on her property, two and one- 
half acres of land at the above location. 

Bugbee John G. merchant, 315 Jersey. 
Buhner John, macbincst, cor. 31 and Vine 
Ball C'hae. II. Maine, w of 18th 

BITI.L LOKKXZO, was born in 
Hartford. Conn., y\:mU 21, 1819, and was the 
eldest sou of Mr. Lorenzo Bull and Mw. 
Elizalielli Goodwin Bull. His opportunities 
for education were limited to the district 
schools of his native city, which he left at 
the age of 13 yeai-s, and removed to Quincy, 
arriving there on the 11th day of May, 1833, 
being tlien 14 years of age. A few days after 
his arrival he accepted employment from 
Judge Henry H. Snow, who then held most 
of the county offices, being at one time clerk 
of the County Commissioners' Court, Clerk 
of the Circuit Court, Recorder, Judge of Pro- 
bate, Notary Public, and Justice of the Peace, 
from all of which be thrived but a meager 
support. The writing and practical work of 
these offices, was at once devolved upon the 
younger clerk, under the direction of Judge 



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Snow, who alllumgh ^^killful and competent 
for all the duties of his various offices, was 
somewhat indisposed to the performance of 
the labor incident thereto, and preferred 
to instruct and direct his clerk than to 
keep records and prepare papers himself 
He remained with Judge Snow about two 
years; received for his services the first 
year six dollars per month, and for the 
second year ten dollars per month, besides 

board in Judge Snow's familj'. He next 
pled a situation in the store of Messrs. 
iii'Imes. Brown & Co.. then one of the most 
prominent business houses of tlie city, and 
continued his connection with that business, 
tliiougli the various changes of firm which 
>iL.coeded one anotlier, S. & S. Holmes. 
Hiihnes & Co., and Holmes & Wood, imtil 
till- year 1844; then upon the winding up of 
till- Inisiness of Holmes &■ Wood, he formed 
.1 partnership with his brother, under the 
•iiiu name of L. & C. H. Bull, and opened a 

II- for thesale of hardware and crockery, at 
l)lace lately occupied by Holmes & 
\\ '■(id, wliere the business was continued for 
:v»>\\i five years; finding the building too 
>m;ill for their increasing bushie.ss, they 
I'uilt the large store now occupied by Messrs. 
( 'xe & Co.xe, and removed to it in 1849; and 

Illy after adding to tlieir business agi-i- 

iiral machines and new implements 

. a being introduced for the first time. 

liiiy continued a successful business in 

■' i~ line until the year 1861. when they 

I out their mercantile and eraliarked 

'he banking business, removing to the 

I'-r of 5th and Maine streets, at which 
tion the business is continued at the 

-cnt time. The firm of L. i C. H. Bull 
!i"W (in 1879) being 35 years of age, and is 
ihi- oldest business firm in Quincy, or in this 
part of the State of Illinois. Mr. Lorenzo 
Bull was married in 1844 to Miss Margaret 
H. Benedict, daughter of Dr. Wm. M. Bene- 
dict, of Millburj', Martin county, Mass., and 
>i>ter of Mrs. N. Bushnell, of Quincy. They 
have had six children; William Benedict, 
Elizabeth Goodwin. Mar\- Braman, JIargaret 
Hunter, Lorenzo, and Anna Louise, all living 
except Lorenzo, who died at the age of ten 
years. Owing to the long and expensive 
journey necessaiy in 1833 to reach Hlinois 
from Connecticut, occupying more than a 
month, the money considered ample for his 



expenses when he left home became ex- 
hausted, and he reached Quincy in debt to 
his companions Tor necessary travelling ex- 
penses to the amount of three dollars and 
fifty cents, and dependent entirely upon his 
own efforts for his support. The debt was 
soon paid out of tlie small salary earned in 
Judge Snow's office, and a fair measure of 
pecuniary success has since rewarded his in- 
dustry. 
Ball Wm. B. l&S Ilamp'oire. 

BIMAXX CHRISTIAX, grocery 
and bakery, corner l'2th and Vermont, resi- 
dence same. Born in Prussia in 1835; came 
to the United States in 1865 and located in 
Quincy. Married Barbara Tubbesing in 
1866. She was born in Bavaria, maiden 
name Habel, in IB-io. Tliey have three 
children : John, Lena, and Minnie. She had 
three children by a former marriage : Frank 
(architect in Quincy), Henrj', and Kate. They 
are Lutherans. Mr. Bumanu is a carpenter; 
he works at his trade. Independent in poli- 
tics. Mrs. B. runs the grocery and bakery ; 
the latter is an active, intelligent business 
woman. 

Bance Robert, architect, 57 N. 5th 
BuDger Herman, carpenter. 9"24 Payson ave. 
Banting .John A. gas fitter, -ii S. IJtU st 
Banting -J. R. cor. l"2th and Kentucky. 

BURGE CJOTTMEB^Larkwortliy 
ife Burge), contractors, carpenters, and build- 
ers, Vermont between 4tli and 5th streets; 
residence, Hampshire l)etween 9th and 10th. 
Born in Switzerland in 18'M; came to the 
United States in 184T, and located in Vicks- 
burg, Miss. ; moved to Cincinnati, O., in 1853. 
thence to Richmond, Ind., and located in 
Quincy in 1850. Married 3Iiss Josephine 
Gerschwiller in 18.59 ; she was born in Swit- 
zerland ; their children are Bertha, Josephine^ 
Louisa, Ida, Clara, Hedwick. and Robert, and 
three deceased. They are members of the 
Catholic Church. He is a Democrat. This 
familj- possesses a peculiar musical talent, 
everj' member of which is a musician except 
Mr. B. himself The two older daughters^ 
Misses Bertha and Josephine, are now in 
Chicago giving music lessons, and preparing 
themselves more thoroughly for the profes- 
sion of music. The above firm erected the 
Quincy Court Hou-se, Tremont House, and 
most of the large business blocks in Quincy. 



608 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



ihirk Patrick, laborer. 9tb e of Vine 
Bnrkhard R harDce maker, Broadway e of 1Mb. 
Burklin Wm. brewer. RnfT Bro.* Co. 
Burmeler Wm. stone maKon, 1121 WashiDRton. 
Barme.ver Fred .leflerson w of 11th. 
Bnrmeyer Fred. 13th e of Washington. 
Barmeyer Giist. JOth near .lefferson. 
BnrnamMrs. N. J.Jl'JN.lth. 
Bnrnham Mrs. A. 10th n of Spruce. 
Bnrne Mrs. Nancy, widow, 30 S. K'th. 
Borne Thomas, cor. I5th and State. 

BllRXSlDE JOHN F., butcher 
corner '.Hh and State, resiiliiKc corner 10th 
and Uhio; was born in GuiU'ord county, 
NorUi Carolina, August Otli, 1845, and came 
to Quincy, III., in June, isii7. He married 
Miss Mary Tonner at Alton, 111., in June, 
1867; she was born in Kn{:land in 1851; lour 
children, Katie Maria, aged 10 years, Sarah 
Jane, 8 years and ti months, Francis Panama, 
(i years, and Flora Belle, aged one year. 
Politics, Democrat. Enlisted in the Confed- 
erate Slates navy under command of Commo- 
dore Tucker at Fort Sumpler in 1882, serv- 
ing till Feb. 17th, 1805, going from there to 
Richmond, Va., and thence to AppAnattox 
Court-House,Va., where he witnessed the sur- 
render of the Southern Army under command 
of Mnj. Gen. Lee. Is a member of the A. U. 
O. W., Quincy Lodge Xo. 45, of Quincy. 

Burrill E. L. condnctor, cor. 88th and Hampshire. 
Borton .loeeph, molder, 4tb eof Payson afe. 
Bosch Conrad, laborer, cor. 12th and Oak. 
Buscb I'eter. watchman, sth n of Adams. 
Boabnell Mrs. Ann, widow, cor. s^tb and Hampshire. 

BlTSHKKI.Ii XKIIK.IIIAH (de- 
ceased); was burn in West Saylirook, Conn., 
18i;J; came to Quincy, WM. lie married 
Miss Eliza H. Benedict, in 1840. She was 
born in Worcester county, Mass. They have 
five children now living: Helen, William, 
Robert, Frank and James. Mr. Bushnell 
died in 1872. He graduated at Yale College 
— and at Harvard College iis u law student. 
In 18.37 he became associated with the Hon. 
O. H. Browning as law partner, which co- 
parlnership existed up to the lime of his 
death. He was a pnmiincnt citizen in all 
public enterprises, and stood at tlie he.nd of 
his profession as a lawyer. He was a mem- 
ber of the Episcopal Church, as well as his 
widow and children. He was the first Pres- 
ident of the C, B. tt Q. R. K., and one of its 
most iiowerful frien<is and supporlersi 

Bostard Christian, Lind e of 18tb. 
Biiter Mrs. Eiimbeth, ti'Jb Hampshire. 



Boiler ^mes, laborer, Che tnnt w of 10th. 
Batler "ITios. H. (lie cutter. Vine e of 18th. 

BVTTKRM'ORTH T., Publisher 
Western Ai/rii-iilturint. Residence, 18th and 
Kentucky streets. He was born in 1844, at 
Shelby\-ille, Mo. In 1868 he married Miss 
M. F. Alexander, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They 
have tliree children: Pearl Virginia, Theo- 
dore Alexander, and Francis Sylvanus. 

Boxmann L, boiler maker, Delaware bet. 3d and 4tb 
Buxmann Louie, teamster, 418 Kentucky. 

BYIX<;T0X MRS. MARTHA 

A. Rcsliliiici-, 155 North 7tli street; liorn 
ill Erie, Pa., 1835; moveil to Lytuis, Iowa, 
with her ])arents when (juile young; married 
U.S. Byington, March 4, 1858; moved to 
Quincy the following May. He met his 
death l)y being thrown from his buggy in 
Galesburg, 111., his horse having run aw.-iy. 
He was a member of the firm of Millard & 
Byington, Livery and Sale Stables, of Quimy, 
for nineteen years and up to the time of his 
death, which was in 1872. He left his widow, 
the subject of this biography, and two boys, 
Uz and Harry W. Mrs. Byington is a mem- 
ber of the Christian Church. She clings to 
the memory of her deceased husband, and 
devotes her life and energies to the welfare 
of her children. Mr. Byington was one of 
the most popular men in Quincy. 

BYRD >VII>HAM A., Physician 
and Surgeon. Office and residence 327 Jersey 
street. He was born in Bath county, Va., 
1843; moved to Marion cimnty. Mo., with 
his parents, 1844, and to this county 1867, 
and to (Juincy in 1873. He married Miss 
Isabella Smith, 1870. She was born in this 
county, 1851. They have two children, E. 
May and Wm. Smith. He is a member of 
the Episcopal Church, and a Oemocral. He 
stu<lied medicine from 18.5!) to 1867. and 
graduated in Missouri Medical College, Feb. 
28, 1867, and commenced the practice of 
medicine in Lima, in this county, in 1867. 
and in the city in 1873. He is Past Chancel, 
lor in the order of K. P., and a member of 
the U. A. O. D., and of the A. O. U. W. 
Bywater Mrs. Sarah, Ctta n of Sycamore. 



CAlMNiiAX J. P.. Proprietor of the 
Quincy Herald. Residence, 1612 Vermont 
street. 




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Cady Mrs. Alice, widow, 79 N. 8th. 

Cady O. H. piano tuner, Vermont w of IS-th. 

Caldwell Mre. K. R. 310 .Jersey. 

Calkine A. V. fi30 Payson ave. 

Calklne John \V., P. O. D. 1002 Maine. 

Callahan John, laborer, lOOtl Jersey. 

Callahan Oscar, carpenter, 1014 Jersey. 

Calnan Jeremiah, foreman roundhouse, 3d bet. Vine 

and Elm. 
Cames Michael, restaurant, 23 N. Front. 
Campbell Dan. harness-malier, 930 Hampshire . 
Campbell Mrs. Maria, 133 S.4th. 
Campion K. molder. til4 Jefferson. 
Cannell Geo. R. foreman. Pope and Baldwin, cor 

nth and Vice. 
Cannell Robt. bricklayer, 1120 Vermont. 
Cannon J. H. upholsterer, 1027 Maine. 
Carlin A.J. horse trainer, Maine e of 22d. 

CARLTOX JOHX F., "Franklin 
Saloon," 63 North otli street, residence, 91 
South 4th street. He was born in Putnam 
county, Tcnn.. 'Marcli 3, 1838; located in 
Macon county, Mo., in 1873, and in Quincy 
in 1875; married Lizzie Donaldson, July 5, 
1868. She was born in Shelby county. Mo., 
in 1854. They have four children: Clarin- 
da. Pearl, Carl and Earl (twins). He has 
been in business since he came to Quincy. 

Carman W. L. P. teacher, lOB S. 3d. 

Carpenter S. J. conductor, cor. 3d and Maple. 

Carr Wm. laborer, 1025 Oak. 

CarrinsrtonDr. Paul, land agent, cor. 24th and Maine. 

Carrott James F. attorney at law, 1441 Hampshire. 

Carrott Mrs. Jane, widow, 833 Maine. 

Carrott M. W. organ maker. 14th s of Maine. 

CARTER JOSEPH Jf., Attorney, 
3.") North Oth street; was born in Hardin 
county, Kentucky, March 12, 1843; grad- 
uated at the Illinois College at Jackson, 
ville, in 1806, and entered the Law De- 
partment of the Michigan University in fall 
of the same year ; graduated in that institu- 
tion in 18G8; was admitted to the bar in this 
city in 1869; elected to the State Legislature 
from thi.s county at the November election, 
of 1878; Republican in politics and senior 
of the firm of Carter & Govert, Attorneys at 
Law. 

Carter Mrs. Martha, widow, 104 N. 9th. 
cashen Mrs. M. .306 Ohio. 
Castle Mills, Bagby & Graves, props. 31-32 N. Front. 

CAJSTIiE CHAIXCEY H., stove 
manufacturer, 432 Maine street ; residence, 
Kentucky, between 2d and 3d ; was born in 
Columbus, this coimty, July 10, 1843; re- 
moved to this city in 18G0; enlisted in Co. L 
73d Regt. 111. Inf, in August, 1862, and 



.served two years and two months. After his 
return he became one of the firm of Com 
stock. Castle & Co., stove manufacturers 
probably the largest of its kind in the West. 
They manufacture about two thousand tons 
of stoves yearly. He was married to Miss 
Mary E. Parker, of Galesburg, in 1868 ; tliey 
have five children, two sons and three 
daughters. Republican in politics. 
Castle J. Seymour, hardware, 433 Maine. 

€ASTL,E TIiriOTHY H., (Com- 
stock. Castle & Co.) stove and hollow-ware 
manufacturer, 432 Maine street; residence, 
327 Jer.sey street ; born in Windham county, 
Vt., 1814; located in Columbus, Adams 
county, in 1835, and in Quincy in 1859. He 
married Julia A. Boyd in 1839 ; .she was 
born same place in 1812; they have four 
children, Henry A., Chauncey H., Julia A., 
now Mrs. Webster, and James C. They are 
Presbyterians. He is a Republican. He 
was in business in Columbus, in this county, 
twenty-five years, kept a general store, and 
has been connected with the manufacturing 
business eighteen years. The capacity of 
the foundry is 2,000 tous per year. 

Castleman G. O^ tobacconist, 105 S. 4th. 
Ca,tleman Mrs. T L. widow, 105 S. 4th. 
Cave W. M. 5th, s of Washington. 

CAVOL.T JOHJT H., Assistant Su- 
perintendent, Work House ; residence, same 
place. He was born in Hamilton county, 
Ohio, Feb. 18, 1836, and came to St. Louis, 
Mo., Jan. 23, 1850; resided there until 
March, same year, when he went up the 
river, lauding at Quincy, March 12, 1850, 
and has resided in this county ever since; 
married Miss Mary Ann McNeal in Quincy, 
Dec. 35, 1851 ; she was born in same county 
and State as Mr. Cavolt, July 10, 1832; they 
have ten children, all living: Lucy, aged 
36; Martha, 25; Madison, 34; Orlando, 31; 
John, 19; Emma, 15; Nancy, 11; Adrian, 
9; Pearly, 4; and , 5 months. Poli- 
tics, Democrat; was Collector of Burton 
township in 1855, and Road Commissioner 
in same township from 1856 to 1858 ; has 
held his present position since Sept. 12, 
1877 ; jjersonal property valued at $500. 

chamberlain Mrs. Mary, 1083 Spring. 
Chambers Miss Aloliie, 24 N. 14th. 
Channon Wm. H. 64 S. 4th. 



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HISIORY OK ADAMS CdCNlY. 



C'HAXXOX U'IMilAn V., trav. 
cliiig agent tor C'omslock, Ciisllc it Co., 
slovf and hollow-ware mamitaetuiei">; resi- 
lience, 1234 Broadway; boru in Devonshire. 
Eoj^land, in 1(^12; came to the United 
States in 1841, and located in Philadelphia, 
and in Quiucy in 1818. He married Eliza- 
beth Haywood, in 18:i."i; slie was lioru in 
same place; they have two children, Wil- 
liam H. and Ellen Klizabcth ; are members 
of Congregational Church. He is a Repub- 
lican. He has been connected with the 
house of Comstock, Ca.stle ifc Co. lor tlip 
last twenty tive years. 

t'H.4PFL A. .1 1 l»S<»X. Physician 
and Surgeon, .505 IIanip.shire street; was 
born in East Avon, New York, in 183G; 
moved to Newton. Jasper county, Iowa: 
went to Omaha in 18o(i, and thence to Den- 
ver. Col., in 1839; made three trips to the 
Kocky Mountains, and returned in 1801 ; lo- 
cated in Galesburg and studied in college: 
not having means to enable him to jiursue 
bis studies until he could graduate, he went 
a.s passenger conductor on the Waliash 
Hailroad. In 18(17 he conunenccd the i>iac- 
tice of medicine in this city, having previ- 
ously studied and practiced. He graduated 
in the spring of 1871, in Bellevue Hospital. 
Medical College, New York City. He mar- 
ried Mrs. Cornelia M. Chapel, widow of his 
bmllier. Dr. Chapel, late Medical Director 
iif Hie Ud Army Corps of Hie Iniled Slates 
Army. Mi-s. Chapel has one child by her 
(irsi husband, which is living with them. 

ChHiHiiau -VOv-rew. molder, l.'vl S. 3d. 

eh iMiiun Mrs. E. Sycamnre, e of lilh. 

<'harl« AiiKast. painter, 81h. n of Washington. 

Cburk-9 Uiigo. clerk, cor. 8th and Wiishingtoii. 

Charles Wm. 301 Jersey. 

(.'base Mrs. M. G. 1111 Vine. 

<_ha» Mrs. K. D. i«.-) Paysnn ave. 

Cbau n Mrs. Eli7..ibclh. Ill S.titta. 

Ch«ti'-u Enoch R. city en.;iuoer, l.'Uii n of \'iTmoul. 

(call -n w ni. carpenter. Ill S. nth 

Cbei.iy Walter ■). carpenter. Ijl N :td. 

Cherry l>aaiel W. second-hand store. '1^0 Hampshire. 

Ctierry David S drtigjisl. 30s Hampshire. 

Cherry bonis H. druggist. 315 Kentucky 

Ch>ny Mrs. Margaret, c r. 5ih and York 

Cnilrt Henry, moldir. 715 Payson uve. 

Childres U. whitewasher. Oik w of 10th 

Cliiahiim Mr?. .\. r. ini N. ijih 

Christ .Vdain. molder, 51."i Payson ave 

Chnr. h liaik B. 311 Jer-<ey. 

OHl RCH SAMI Kli P.. mired; 
residence. :n5 .lersey strict, lioru in Little 



Compton, U. I . in 1805; moved to the city 
of Hartford, Conn., in 181!i, and to Pitts 
burg, Pa„ in 1830, where he engaged in tliC 
dry goods business, and located in Quincy 
in 18%, anil ojjcued a general store — liry 
goods, groceries and provisions ; he married 
JIargarettii E. Ueynolds in 1837 ; she wa.s 
born in (Jeneva, N. Y., in 180!); they have 
four children living: Vallie, Caroline, John 
B. (now a resident of Georgetown, Col.), and 
William (a resident of San Francisco, C'al.), 
both engaged in the mining business. He 
is member of the First Presbyterian Church , 
he was secretary of the first preliminary 
meeting for the organization of this church 
in Quiucy: has been treasurer of the church 
twenty-three years, and is trea-surer of the 
building committee of the new edifice now 
in course of erection in this city. Mrs. 
Cliurch died Sept. 27, 18(iiJ, from the effects 
of an accident caused Ity falling with an oif 
lamp, which set tire to her clothing, while 
visiting a dtiughter in Newton, JIass. : she 
died twelve hours after the accident; her re- 
mains were brought to Quincy for inter, 
menl. Mr. Church was largely engaged in 
the real estate business in this city; retired 
some years ago. 
Claggett Mrs. .Mice, 80 N. 4tli 
Clark Mr«. f. IT'.i S. :Jd. 

Clark .lames H. (ilark & M.irgani cor. lith and LtLd. 
Clark .1. O. molder. :il:i Delaware. 
Clark Mrs. Mary, widow. SOS.Ierfey. 
Clark .Matthew, teamster, cur. 5th and Oik 
Clark Melville. iWi Jergfy. 
Clark .Michael, fireman, s 13 .lersey. 
Clark & Morgan, confecllonir es. etc. 4i-' Main.-. 
Clark Mrs. T. .\.71 N. l-.'th. 
Clark .\ndrB«,4i< Oak 
Clark Edwin .\. clerk. 1 105 Vermont 
Clements .lohn. drayman, ti.i N. :id 
Cleveland Mrs. C. W. l-J-J-i Vermont. 

CLKVKbAXI> KI»\VIX, »,is bom 
in Ashlalmla county. Ohio, in ls;J5; caBie to 
Hlinois and settled in what is now Richfield 
township, where he followed farming; mar- 
ried Sarah E. Youn- in 18.54: have four 
children living: Harriet, Maiy A., William 
H. and Annie F. ; two are dead, the eldest 
and youngest : enlisted in December, 1801, as 
private in Co. L, 10th Regt. 111. Cav. ; lost 
his leg in a skirmish with tlie Confederates 
between Springtield and KoUu. Mo., in .hme, 
1862; at present holds the office of Commis- 
sary of the 8th Illinois National Guards; 
was elected Counlv Treasurer in 1871. and 



QIIXOY DIKKCTHRY. 



Oil 



re-elccti-il in 1873; has held various town- 
ship offices, and is at present one of the Su- 
pervisors of the county, anil is engageil in 
tlie manufacturing of brick ; owns city prop- 
erty valued at ^13,000. Politics, Democrat. 

Cline Michael, laborer, cor. iOth and Vermont. 
Clonder S. wagon maker, U'J8 State. 
. Clowes Mrs. G. M. 304 Kentucky. 
Clowes Ezekiel W. telegraph operator, "U N. 4th. 
Coates Mrs. Sarah, widow. ilO Stale. 
Cobb Mre. Clara, iith and rheetnut. 
Cober Henry H. cor. oth an i Spruce. 
Cober Mrs. .J. H. 3th e of Sycamore. 
'"'-'^".r .\ujru?l. boots and shoes, 305 Maine. 
;rn Geo. .V. cor. tt;h and Spring, 
■-ran Samuel, carpenter. Oake of 4th. 
V u ;er Louis r.. 5th 6 of Sycamore. 
Coens .lohn. shoemaker. l-.K).j Vermont. 
Coser Mrs. Cynthia, widow. 16 N. 3d. 
Cohen Mrs. Harriet, widow. 8:^7 Vermont. 
Cohen Henry, cigars and tobacco. 51 S. 7lh. 

t'OHKX L,. H.. physician; office, 61 
N 5tli street; residence, 837 Vermont street. 
;['■ was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 8ept. 5, 
1M2; is a son of Simon P. and Harriet 
(Jonas) Cohen, of Devonshire, England ; 
was educated in Glasgow; in 18.5-1 his pa- 
ri-nts emigrated to America, and settled in 
Quincy ; five years later he went to New 

• ans. La., making his liome with his 
ii-, Mr. George Jonas (deceased), late 

.' vrsjilent of the Canal Bank, and member 
■j( the heavy cotton firm of Ward &. Jonas; 
lie graduated from the New Orleans Scliool 
of Medicine, Feb. 15, 1862 ; the March fol- 
lowing he was appointed one of the resident 
physicians at the Charity Hospital, but 
shortly afterward he enlisted in the Crescent 
R'-L't., Co. D, as a private; in the battle of 
" 'oh he fought with a musket; a week 
' 1 he was detailed on medical duly at 
!inth and Montgomery; in Sept., 1863, 
- commissioned as Assistant Surgeon, 
ing on hospital duty; he was in com- 
u'l of the sappers and miners, and after 

• lansfer he was successively with tlie .5th 

of Washington Artillery, 7th Mis- 
- -ippi and tlie 20th Tennessee Infantry; 
Kiiiained till the close of the war, when he 
was stationed at Columbus, Ga., acting as 
Medical Inspector; returned to New Orleans 

• held the position of Adjutant Professor 
Chemistry in the New Orleans School 

ol Medicine from 1863 till 1868, when he 
returned to Quinry ; during the yellow fever 
epidemic in New Orlean?, he practiced as a 



physician for the Hebrew Benevolent Asso- 
ciation, and had charge of the Southern 
Hospital ; has been Secretary of the Adams 
County ^Medical Society for six years; was 
chosen delegate to the American MeiHcal 
Association from the society in 1873; was 
Secretary of the Board of Health two years ; 
was a delegate to the National Public 
Health Association in Chicago in 1877; was 
at that time County Physician for the city of 
Quincy ; he was appointed to the Chair of 
Chemistry in 1877-78, in the Louisville Itled- 
ical College, on account of the death of 
Samuel Jonas. He is executor of his de- 
ceased uncle's estate, in which he has a joint 
interest. 

Cohn Samuel, merchant. 90 X. 3d. 
Colburn Mrs. Susan, widow, -JO^ N. Tth. 
CoUey Wm. 143:3 Vermont. 
Collins .\ndrew, 10th near Maple. 
Collins lars. Chei y, widow, 173 N. 10th. 
Collins Mrs. F. cor. 18th and Maine. 

COLIilXS FREDERICK (de- 
ceased), was born in Cunnecticut Feb. 24, 
1804; at the age of 17 he united with the 
Presbyterian Church, of which he was after- 
wards an active and consistent member ; in 
1822 he came to Collinsville, this State, with 
his parents; on Jan. 1, 1829, he married 
Mary L. Allen, with whom he lived 49 years 
— till his death. He moved to Quincy in 
1851 ; was Superintendent of a Suuda_v- 
school at the age of 20 years, and an Elder 
in the church at 25 ; he was a man of ster- 
ling principles, a firm and fearless abolition- 
ist, and "dared to do right," even at a 
sacrifice, as was exemplified in the destruc- 
tion by his own hands and those of his five 
sons, of the copper stills, and razing to the 
ground of their own expensive distillery be- 
cause convinced that the traffic in alcohol 
was a sin. He was a candidate of the Free 
Soil party for Lieutenant Governor of the 
State. 
Collins F. M. groceries, 79 S. 4th. 

COL.I.1XS MRS. MARY Ii., resi- 

dence, 18tli and Maine street.s. 
Collins W. H.9i") Hampshire. 
Collinson -Mark, carriage manufacturer. 11 N. (ith. 
Colman W. R. carpenter, cor. i4th and .Jersey. 
Combs Mrs. .\nnie E. widow. 19ii N. 8th. 
Combs £lliott. produce dealer. 715 Hampshire. 
Comb? Mrs. Mary A. O^k e of isth. 
Combs S. P. c;95 Vermont. 



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HISTORY (»F ADAMS CODNTY. 



Comstock, C&KtIe A Co. etavc niaunractorers, 4't3 

Maine. 
Coni8tock Mrp. B. 31 1 Jersey. 
Conley Mrs. Mary, widow, IT N. 10th. 
Cijnuelt .lohn, laborer, lOOH -leraey. 
(Juuuclly I'rank, mllh^r, 52i; Oak. 

f'O^'OVKK .lOHX, attorney at law, 
ollirc li;! llampsliiif .street, residence, 4tli, 
between I/indand Chestnut streets; was born 
in Warren county, Oliio, ltt;i,s, moved to Cum- 
berland county. III., 18r)3, thence to Daviess 
county, AFo., lM(i),aiid to this county in li:<77. 
Hestudied law,and was admitted tolheBarin 
Cumberland county. 111., 18li:i; married Miss 
Alice C. Lacey in ISti'J; she was born in 
Morgan county, Ind., 1845; they liave six 
children ; thej' are members of the Congre- 
gational ('hurch. He is a Kepublicau; he 
tauglil school leu years before being ad. 
milled to the Hai-. 

C'OKKAl» C'll.Vltl.r.M K., resi- 
dence No. 3;lO South '.nil ^lrc(■l, physician and 
pastor of the Kvangelical Zion Church; was 
born in Prussia, May 10, 1820; came to the 
United States in 1858; married Mary Bode ; 
she was born in Germany, Nov. 2o, 1840; 
mother of lour living chiUlren, .loshua, Eliab, 
Sarah, Mary; emigrated in the year 1848 to 
the ICast Indiesas a missionary, where he re- 
mained ten years; his health being impaired 
he had to leave; thence came to llie United 
States and to (Juincy, where he has been 
pastor of the Zion Church; since, also, has a 
charge in Fall Creek; also is a praiticing 
physician. 

Conry Mri-. Eliza, widow, liJtit Viue 
Coiijern .lohD, |illot, -.Ti) S. 7th. 
Cook L. U. VermoDt e of 1 Kb. 
Co.ip K'iward, molder, I'.th n of .Iiflcreon 
Coop Wm. moldcr, cor. 1 tlh uud Waehtngton. 
Cooper lleroard, cooper, cor. sth and -Monroe. 
Copp Henry, laborer. Liud c of isth. 
Corhln \Vii»h, S3 S. Ilh. 

COOLKV liiF.XKRAI. II. S. 

was a son of Dr. Cooley of llartlord. Conn., 
and was born in thai city in ISili. lie studied 
medicine in llartlord two yeai-s; becoming 
tired of medicine, he went to IJangor, ilaine. 
where be commenced to study law under 
Senator Uradliury. He moved lo Illinois in 
1840, where he devoted himself to llie practice 
of law, and soon acquiicd a liberal share of 
pul)lU' patronage. He was an unyielding 
Democrat, and took a conspicuous part in 
the election of 1.842, and by his >peeches 



during the canvass won rapidly and justly 
the reputation of a pulilic orator. In the 
fall of 1802 he was appointed, by Governor 
Carlin, (Jiuirtermaster General of the States, a 
post of honor to which his excellency consid- 
ered him justly entitled, for the /.ealinis and 
energetic manner he had battled for the 
measures and Inen of the Democratic party. 
He was appointed Si-cretar)- of Ihe Slate for 
Illinois by Governor French, in the Fall of 
1840, to which position he was unanimously 
confirmed by the Senate, and subsenuenlly 
elected to the same office, when it was made 
an elective office. He was re-elected in the 
Fall of 184.8, and was the incumbant of that 
office at the time of his death. It is uiiiver- 
sally conceded that Ihe State of Illinois never 
had a better officer or a more faithful an<l in- 
defatigable ])ublic servant, while in the 
enjoyment of health. He was always at 
his post. It was his close conlinement and 
herculean labors in the performance of his 
duties as Secretary of State and ex-officio- 
State Superinlendant of Common Schools, 
that enervated his physical powers, and in- 
vited the disease that terminated his earthly 
career. He married Miss Mary Helen Heed, 
daughter of Elijah Heed, Esq., of New York, 
1845. She was born in New York. He wits 
a prominent member of the Masonic order, 
and Grand Master of the State. He could 
have had his choice of the nominations for 
Governor or Congress, but was compelled to 
decline both, owing to ill health. He went 
South in hopes of improving his health. He 
died in New Orleans. March 21. 1850. His 
remains were conveyed lo Quincy, where 
they received all the honors of adistinguisbed 
man, deejdy belovc<l by all who knew him. 
The Democnitic parly lost by the death of 
General Cooley, one of its most ilistinguished 
champions. The Masonic order was de- 
prived of a brother it delighted to honor. 
But bow irreparable Ihe loss to his deeply 
affiicled wife, devoted to each other, as few 
had been; his death produced a wound in • 
her heart that is easily opened evi-n at Ibis 
writing. May the fragrance of the Howers 
she strews upon his grave bring a soothing 
balm lo her faithful woman's heart. 

CORI.KV MRS. .4 XX M.. lesi 

deuce No. 121'.l M.tiue street. \V:is Ikmu in 
Bergen county, New .Jersey. Manh :i, 1827; 








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was married to Win. H. Corley in 1846. He 
was born in New York city, December 27, 
1831 ; came to this city in 1853, wlieu 
Mr. Corley took charge 'of the Quincy Gas 
Liglit & Coke Co., as superintendant, and 
continued as such up to his death, wliicli 
occurred Feb. 25, 1875. She has tivecluldrcn, 
two sons and three daugliters ; they are all 
minnbers of the Baptist Churcli. She is one 
of tlie principal stock holders of the Quincy 
Gas Light & Coke Co., and her son Henry 
R., is secretary of the company. Slie owns a 
valuable residence property well improved 
and splendidly located. 

Corley Henry R. hec. Qiincy Gas Co., IvilT Maine 
Cornelius T. G. teamster, 39ti N. 5th. 
Corriijan Edward, teamster, Olive n of Spring. 
Corrill Chas. miller, 3->0 Si ate. 
Cofltigan Edward, laborer. Elm w of id. 
Cot'er Michael, laborer, '.ith n of Oak. 
Cotters Frank, Kentucky between 7th and 8th. 
Cottle Mrs. Mary A. widow, 3U2 M. 10th. 

COTTXAM M.4.rRI€K, retired; 
residence 25th street between Vermont and 
Hampshire ; born in Lower Canada in 1824 ; 
came to the United States in 1853 and located 
in St. Louis, and in Quincy in 1872 ; married 
Isabella Wray in 1854: she was born in the 
North of Ireland ; they have two children, 
Elien and Thomas; are members of First 
Presbyterian Church. He was in the whole- 
sale and retail carpet business in St. Louis 
for many years. 

Cottrell G. J. hardware, corner 4th and Elm. 

Cos Isaac, laborer, -J5th near Hampshire. 

Coi Su^ene. corner 'ith and Maple. 

Cox H. S. chemist, 4*J N. «th. 

Cox Mrs. tjusao, widow, 113^ Oak. 

Co.t Theodore, grocer, T9 S. 4th. 

Coi A Cox, wbolesale hardware. 424 .Maine. 

C»X &. LITTLE FIELD, gro 

cerics and provisions. Tit S. 4tli, residence 
412 York. .ilr. Co.\ was born in New York, 
and located in Quincy in 18GiJ; has traveled 
for a wholesale hou.se until 1878, when he 
became associated with P. R. Littlefield in 
the above business, the latter having been in 
the business since 1875. Mr. Littlefield was 
born in Quincy, and is tlie son of E. Little- 
fleUl, contractor and builder, who resided 
for many years in Quincy. They are doing 
A nice business and turn their stock often, 
thereby liaving fresh goods constantly ou 
hand. 

Cojan Mrs. Catherine, liS N. 1-Jth. 



Coyer Bernard, dairyman, IJth s of Harrison. 

Crabby Henry, laborer, 14th n of Vermont. 

Craig Mrs. E. M. widow, ii S. .5th. 

Craig George W. ex-sheriff, Occidental Hotel. 

Craig Mrs. Susan, 20S Broadway. 

Cramer Mrs. Mary, widow, 103i Vermont. 

Cramer Wm. distiller, mi Elm. 

Crandall Benj. F. drugs, etc. 530 Hampshire. 

Craudall O. H. physician, .'J07 Vermont. 

Crandall Mrs. Cynthia, 208 York. 

Crawford Henry, conductor, tith s of Locust. 

Crawford Wm. 5th s of Sycamore. 

Crawford Will B. clerk, 3',)7 N 5ih 

Crawle W. W. carpenter, corner 5th and Chestnut. 

Cress Mrs. Hannah, 113 S. 4Lh. 

Crizamlre Harry, tobacc(tnist, 171 S. 4th. 

Critchett Mrs. Lucy M. 7-25 Broadway 

Crittenden John, clerk Co. Treas. office, residence 

3S N. 12ih. 
Crocker Mrs. A. M. widow, 161 N. 10th. 
Crockett John, flower merchant, 133 Jersey. 
Crosby Mrs. Maria, 707 Ve-mont. 
Crow Mrs. Cla issa, ISOK. 10th. 
Crow Mrs. Elizabeth. 24.-) N. llih. 
Crowley Wm. quarry man. cor sth and Jackson. 
Cruttenden J. Smith. iS N. IJih. 
Cunningham John, teacher. 14 S. 3d. 
Currier Martin L. cor. 13th and Broadway. 

ClfRTIS €HAS. R. S., Physician 
and Surgeon; office southeast corner 6th and 
Vermont, residence Elm, between 22d and 
24th. He was born in Knox county, Ohio, 
in 1831, and moved to Keokuk, Iowa, in 
1849; read medicine with Prof. J.F.San- 
ford, and graduated in the medical depart- 
n;ent ot the State University of Iowa; he 
spent the winters of 1853 and '54 in New 
York, and graduated in the New York Medi- 
cal College. He settled in Chicago and 
commenced the practice of medicine. In 
the spring of 1859 he located in Clarksville, 
Mo., and moved to Keokuk, Iowa, in 1865, 
and to Quincy in the spring of 1866. Mar- 
ried Ada E. Israel, daughter of Samuel and 
Elizabeth Israel, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Nov. 
18th, 1857; she was born in Mt. Vernon, 
Ohio, and died at Clarksville, Mo., January 
38th, 1803. They had two children : Louisa 
J., born at Chicago July 24th, 1850, and Ada 
E., born at Clarksville, Pike county. Mo., 
Sept. 23d, 1861. He married Miss Elizabeth 
S. Jennings, daughter of John and Nancy 
Jennings, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1864. At- 
tends Unitarian Church. He has given his 
services as Surgeon of St. Mary's Hospital 
for several years, where he has successfully 
performed many of tlie most important 
operations known to the science. 
Cyrus Mrs. Emma, widow, cor. 4th and Elm. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS CofNTV. 



Dalbey Jofejih. carpenter, 1T9 S. 3a. 
Dalgarn Gio. W ealesman. IWO Broadway. 
Dallas Mr8. .lennie. widow, Ktb d of Oak. 
Daly Jobn. laborer, ii','4 Vine. 
Daly Michael, laborer. lOil Jersey. 
Daly Michael, laborer, ifU Vine. 
Daly Patrick, clerk C, B. 4 Q. R. R. <M> Vine. 
Damboret B. laborer, 1J50 Vermont. 

DAMHORST GKOKGE, icsi- 
tU'iKf, ciinii-r i:itli au'l Viin' stiei-ls; brick 
yanl 9tli ami Liml;. was lioin in Piussiii, 
March 9, 1838; came to the United States in 
184»; married Thresia Menne. She wa^ 
born in tlie same place June 23, 1839. She 
is the mother of seven children: Lizzie, 
George, William, Edwanl, Mary, Tilda and 
Cecelia: members of the Catholic Church. 
On his arrival in this country Mr. Damhorsl 
went directly to St. I^ouis, where he lived 
ten years ; thence came to Quincy ; engaged 
in brick manufacture in 18G2, which busi- 
ness he has followed since; makes on an av- 
erage about a million of brick a year, and in 
■war times run as high as a million and a 
half. Mr. T). built himself a fine residence 
in 187^*, and is in conit'ortiilile circumstances. 

DAMHORST STEPHKN, brick- 
maker; residence, 11th and Oak streets; 
brick-yard corner of 10th and Lind ; was 
born in Prussia, August 0, 182(3; came W 
America, January 1, 1847 ; married Elizabeth 
Heskamp. She was born in Hanover, Ger- 
many, in 1832. She is the mother of eight 
living children : Annie, Joseph, Lizzic,Mary, 
Barney, Henry, John and Emma : mem- 
bers of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. 
Damhorst emigrated in a Siiiling vc-^sel; was 
seven weeks and four days on the trip; came 
to St. Louis, where he resided nine years 
and worked in a brick yard. In 1857 he 
came to Quincy, where he has been engaged 
in the brick business since; makes about a 
million of brick yearly ; came here in limited 
circumstances, but by close application to 
business has accumulated a fine property and 
home. He does a business of |10,000 a year. 
Daner Chap, upholsterer, llth bet. Oak and Vine. 
Danhane Gottlieb, tarner. Adams w of llth. 
Danhans Peter, engineer, .\dams w of ll'h. 
Darnel; Mrs. Margaret, i>39 Broadwai . 
Daehbach Geo. W sales roan, ■J4ih and Washington. 

DAi^HBACH HEXRY C, stoves, 
tin, copper and steel, iron manufacturer. No. 
15 North Cth street; residence, 22d and 



Madison streets; born in Urbach, Prussia, 
1828; came to the United States in 1844, and 
located in Quincy; married Christena Schal- 
ler, in 1848. She was born in Germany. 
They have nine children; Mary W., Kein- 
hold J., W. George, Wm. J., Amelia, Emma, 
Carrie, Edward and AValter: are members of 
the German M. K. Church. He is a member 
of the (ierman Protestant A.S80ciation; Re- 
publican. He has been in business twenty- 
three years. His residence is on a large 
block, and is very desirable for a first-class, 
home; erected with all modern improve- 
ments — sliruljbery, grapery, ice-house, etc 
Dangherty J. F. 4th bet. I.ind and Chestnut 
Daul Mrs. Caroline, 1U04 Hampshire. 
Daal John, barber, 1004 Hampshire. 
Davis C H. pecond-hand store, 9)7 Hampshire. 
Davis Mrs Elizabeth, widow, ii3J Sprnce. 
Davig Geo. \V. plasterer, Chestnat e of 5th. 
Davis G. H. stock agt. 31 N. 5th. 

D.AVIS HOPK ». (finn of Davis & 
Poling), Attorney at Law, east side of Wash- 
ington Square; born in Monroe county, N. 
Y., 1828; received an academic education. 
In early years he resided on a farm ; taught 
school four years; studied law and was ad- 
mitted to the Bar in Rochester, N. Y., 1852, 
in which year he settled in Quincy, where he 
has since resided. He has been County Su- 
perintendent of schools of Adams county, 
also Superintendent of Quincy schools, and 
a member of the city council. He is Repre- 
sentative in the Thirtieth General Assembly 
from the 37th District; was elected in 1876 
as a Democrat, receiving 9,688i.> votes. 

Mr. Theodore C. Poling was born in Mid- 
dletown. N. J., 1840; located in Quincy, 1870; 
served in the Union army ; attended Knox 
College, Galesbuig, 111., from 18iil to 18tJ4; 
was admitted to the Bar in 1871 ; taught 
school previously. 
Davis J. H. mechanic, llth s of !<pruce. 
Davie James M. engineer, 4'.;3 Vermont. 
Davis Mrs. L widow, cor. '.i^h and Elm. 
Davis Oscar F. second-hand ftore, Dii N. titli 
Davis Thos. miller, iii Vermont. 

I).4Y DR. R.41.PH H., residence, 
146 South 3d street. Hewas born in Portland, 
Me., in 1826, and IfK-ated in Quincy in 1870; 
married Hattie A. Coats in \Sr>0. She was 
born in Syracuse. N. Y. They have two 
children living, Dell and Ralph H: are 
members of the Congregational Church. Mr. 
Day was engaged in paper manufacturing 
until ISijS, when he retired and studied den. 



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tistry, which he practiced for several years. 
He has been traveling in his present busi- 
ness — aericultural implements — since 1808. 

Dftjton Jae. R. bookstore, SIS Maine. 

Deaderick C. A. 86 S. 3d. 

Deary John E. carpenter. 334 Spring. 

Deaterns Mrs. Georgian, lOlii Vermont. 

De frow Mrs. He(-ter, 'iS^^ Jereey. 

De Crow Warren, deniigt, Maine e of '^fitb. 

Deece H. (lO.'i Waahiogton. 

Degitz Geo. cooper. 181 S. ^th. 

Dehner Cbas. F. upholsterer. -301 N. llth. 

Debner S. turner, .-ois Hampshire. 

T>e tz Henry, stone mason, 917 St.ite. 

l>EKRIE<iieR CHRISTIAN. 

-ulence, No. !I28 State street; dairyman; 
was born in Holland, May -23, 1811 ; came to 
the United States in 1843. His first wife was 
Cornelia Younkamp ; born in Germany, Au- 
gust .■), 1799. She was motlier of four chil- 
dren, Peter, John, Christina and Margaret. 
His second wife was Annie Annist; born in 
Denmark ; members of the Evangelical Lu- 
theran Salem Church. He emigrated from 
Germany to New Orleans in a sailing vessel ; 
was forty-two days making the trip. He 
lived in New Orleans three years, then came 
to Quincy, where he has resided since that 
time. When he came to Quincy hazel brush 
was growing in the court-house yard, and 
there were only three liri<'k buildings in the 
city. 

Delaney .John Vi. teacher. Oak e of ISth. 
Delapetrie -Mrs. Theresa, 94 S. 10th. 
Delebar Charles, laborer, 12th n of Adams. 
Delebar Constantiue, boo', and shoe maker, UK" 

Hampshire. 
Delebar Joseph, batcher, 131 S. 6th. 
Delmater Mary J. widow. 333 Swte. 
Demar^e Albert, city clerk, ."nb n of Spruce. 
Demaree David, carpsnt'r, tJ47 Broadway. 
Demes Mr>. Mary, widow. 152 S. Ttb. 
Denbrotk Harmon, laborer. iSO N. 5ih. 

DENM AX MR!S. SARAH. r< tired, 
Milcnce northeast corner of 9th and Broad- 
.y ; born in the city of New Haven, Conn. 
in 1808; married Mathias B. Denman in 
1826; he was born in Philadelphia in 1803, 
where she moved in 182ti; they located in 
Quincy in 1843. Mr. Denman opened an 
office for the sale of land, and was agent for 
many of the owners of land in the Military 
Tract, who resided east: Mr. Charles Atwater, 
Mrs. Denman's father, being one of the 
largest owners. Mr. Denman had retired 
from business several years before his death 



which occurred August 2(5, 18TG, leaving his 

widow in affluent circumstances. 

D-nning Wm. D. 9. Mail Agt. 140 N. 13tb. 

Devarle George, flour packer. 300 Ohio. 

Derhake B. laborer, cor. of 17th and Vine. 

Derry Mrs. Patrick, widow, 529 Payson ave. 

Dtterman Mrs. Mary K. 612 Payson ave. 

Deters. Frank, clerk, 634 Maine. 

Dettle, Leopold, cooper, 716 Slate. 

Deuerlein George, grocery, Broadway w of 20tb. 

Deusticker, John H. cabinet maker, [Madison w lOth. 

Dexter .Mrs. Ellen, widow, 250 N. 5th . 

Dexter Robert, swiichman, 4tb e of Spruce. 

DICK HERMANN, brewer, <or- 
uer of Gtli and York streets, residence, 1118 
State street; born in Belleville, St. Clair 
county, 111. in 1853; located in this city 
in 1850, with his parents, who commenced 
the brewing business in a small brewery 
of some 200 barrels capacity. Their present 
brewery has a capacity of some 50,000 bar- 
rels. The firm title is Dick & Bros. Quincy 
Brewing Co., of which John is President, 
Matthew,Superintendant, and Hermann, Sec- 
retary and Treasurer. They have a branch 
house in each of the following cities: Sher- 
man, Texas; Kansas City, Mo., and Gales- 
burg, 111. 

UICK ,fAC"OB (deceased). He was 
born in Germany, October 9, 1834, and emi- 
grated to the United St:ites when nineteen 
years f)f age, locating at Belleville, 111., and 
came to Quincy in 18-57. He married Miss 
Margaret E. Redmond in Quincy, on July 
34, 1801 ; she was born in this city, October 
1,1840. Si.\ children, three dead; living 
are, Anna M., Katie C. and August Redmond 
Dick. Mr. Dick engaged in the Inewing 
business soon after he came to Quincy, in 
company with his two brothers, under I he 
lirm name of Dick & Bros. These men built 
one of the largest brewing establishments 
in the West. Mrs. Dick was the general 
business manager, and book-keeper. He died 
December 22, 1876. 

Dick Matthew. Sopt. Brewery, 1118 State. 
Dick & Bros. Brewery cor. of 9th and Ycrk. 
Dickhnt Mrs. Caroline, Broadway w of 20th. 
Dickhut Christian, teamster, 8th s of Payson ave. 

DICKHIIT V. v., druggist, corner 
of yih ;md Broadway; residence. State lie- 
tween 10th and llth street; born in Prussia 
in 1839; located in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1832; 
went to Baton Rouge, La., in 1834, and in 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Quiniy in 18:i0; married Annie B. Kinsley 
in 1M.")4; she was born in Germany in 1832; 
tlieir chiUlren are Emma, Annie iinil Alice; 
are memliera of the M. E. Church. He is 
a Republican; he lias been in the drugbusi. 
ness since 1860; is a member of the I. O. O. 
P., and of the Evangelical Society; he car- 
ries ,1 full stock of goods in his line. 

IklCKHUT K. C. saw-mill and 
lumlicr. Front street, near railroad bridge on 
Quincy I5ay; residence, .531 York street; 
born in tiuincy, October 10,18.")!; married 
Miss Alice C. Osboru in 187G; she was born 
in this city in 1851; she died in 1877; she * 
was a daughter of H. S. Osborn. Mr. Dick- 
hut lias lieen in the lumber business since 
187".?, and commenced manufacturing in 1875 ; 
Ue is of the firm of Van Doom, Dickliut & 
Co. 

Ull'KIII'T HKXItV K., lumber 
mercliani, corner of .ith and Broadway; 
born in tliis county in 1848; commenced 
business in 1868; married Miss Katie Cook 
iti ISTl ; she was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 
18.')'.i; they have two children, William H., 
and Katie H.; are members of the M. E. 
Church. Republican. He owns an interest in 
the saw-mill of Van Doom, Dickhut & Co. ; 
keeps on band at all times a full line of 
lumber, laths, shingles, etc.; he has been in 
this business since he was twenty yeai-s of 
age. 

Uickliut John C. II. c«rpi;uliT,[(i08 Washington. 
Diclihiit \Vm. cUrk, Maine e of 10th. 
Dickhut Wni.sai York 
Dickinson H W. Agl . cor. of fith and Cedar. 
Dickmann Fred, laborer, Madison e of Wth 
Dickmann Fred. cor. of ITth and Madlsou- 
Dicks Fnd. laborer, sat Monroe. 
Dickersou, Wm. W. messenger. Locust noarStb 
Dicker Henry, contractor, »l S. Sth. 
Dietrich .lohn, cigar maker, IH« York 
Diet/, Peter, carpenter, liib s of Ohio. 
Diiger Miss Amalia, Vermont e of 16th. 

I»II.I.»« MR^4. .\irX.4, residence 
821 Vermont. 

Dills Harrison, cor. liiih and Kentucky. 
Dllts Saml. carpenter. .Vil Payson ave. 
Dingeldine Georee, broker, 1'2I4 Broadway 
Dingcldine Fritz, laborer, Jackeon w of 11th. 
Dingcreon Charles, carpenter, Jackaou between 9lh 

and 10th. 
Dingersou I.onis. labo er. Stale e of t iih. 
Dlnkbeller Uernian, %).'■ Ohio 

DIRKKR^i FRAXZ, iM.otaud shoe 
store, northwest corner of 10th and State 



streets ; residence same. He was born in 
Glandorp, Ampteburg, Hanover, Europe, 
July 15, 1841, and emigrated to America, 
landing at Baltimore, Sept. 1, 18-59. From 
thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he re- 
mained two years; thence to Quincy, HI, 
where he arrived July 3, 1861. He married 
Maria Thale, in Quincy. August 2-5, 1862; 
she was born in Cincinnati, Feb. 1, 1842, and 
came to Quincy in 1857; six children, two 
dead, four living: Maria Katherina, born 
August 21. 1863; Franz Henry, born Feb- 
ruary 8, 1870; Franz Joseph, bom March 
29, 1874, and Ernst August, born July 3, 
1876. Religion, Uonian Catholic; politics. 
Democrat; was in the government service; 
on the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad from 1864 
till 1867. Is a member of St. Boniface 
Society, Aloysius Orphan Society, St. Nich- 
olas Society, St. John's Savings Institution, 
and the St. Cecelia Singing Choir of St. 
Boniface Church. 

DIMTIX W. L., wholesale egg and 
butter merchant, 17-19 South Sixth street; 
born in Cincinnati in 1843; moved to Keo- 
kuk, Iowa, in 1837, and was connected with 
the Des Moines Valley Railroad until 18(53, 
when he enlisted in the 17tli Regt. Iowa Inf , 
Co. C. He was captured at Tilton, Ga., Oct. 
15, 1864, and conftneil in Andersonville prison 
tor six months, when he succeeded in brib: 
iug an official of the prison and maile his 
escape. He was mustered out at Davenport, 
1865. He then went as express messenger 
on the Wabash Railroad, and took charge 
of the Keokuk branch of the express busi- 
ness. He coniiuenced his pre.sent business 
in 1866, in Clayton, 111., and in 1873 slatted 
a house in this city. He ran the business in 
Clayton until 1874. In 1875 he formed aco 
partnership with Mr. Pond, under the firm 
name of Pond, Distin & Co. He marrie<:l 
Miss Laura E. Smith in 1.865; she was born 
in Galena. 111., in 1847 ; their children are 
William L. and Eva A. They are Episco- 
palians. He is a Republican. He was bre- 
veted Major, and is Aid-de.Camp on the staff" 
of the commander of the 2d Brigade I. N.G. 

Diver M. R. 189 N. 7lh. 

Dix H. A. printer, TOO Monroe. 

Dodd John. »00 State 

Poerr Mrs. Dora, widow, 10th and Jersey. 

Doht Fred, cabinet maker, Jackaos e of lOtb. 

Ooht Henry, c binet maker, jth • of Jackson 

Dold Joseph .-V. confectioner, '.rj4 Kentacky 



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onaldeon Smiih, laborer. 130 N lOth. 
Donoebo Dennis, laborer, cor, 10th and Ohio, 

DONXELLV GEOKGR K., Phy- 
sician ami Surgeon, 929 Broadway; resi- 
dence, same; bora in New York City, 1821; 
entered the Mexican Volunteei-s as a private, 
and fought through that war. He wa.s lo. 
Gated in Tuluca, Mexico, for the treatment 
of catarrh, where he studied medicine, grad- 
uated, and practiced until 1851, when he re- 
turned to the United States and settled in 
Detroit, Mich., then went to Chicago and 
graduated at the Hahnemann Homeopathic 
College in is'.j. He located in this city in 
lS7(i. He married Delia P. Scott in 1848; 
she wiis born in Detroit, Mich., in 1832; they 
have five children : Horace IB.. William J , 
Norman S., Xellie M., and Alonzo R. They 
are memlicrs of the M. E. Church. He is a 
Republican. He organized Co. I. of the 
2-")th Regt. Mo. Inf., and was elected captain. 
When en route to his regiment, with his 
family, his train on the Hannibal & St. Joe 
Railroad was thrown into the Platte Hiver 
by a bridge being burned by the rebels. He 
v.i- reported killed and his family all seri- 
' i-ly hurt. His regiment gave him a sol- 
diers funeral at Lexington, Mo., supposing 
he was killed. He was soon at his po.st 
again, but forced to resign from the effect of 
wounds received in the Mexican War. 
Donnelly H. B. sale."man. 136 N. 12th. 
Donovan David A. laborer, 617 Vine. 
Doolan -Albert, plasterer. Oak e of aoth, 
Dool n Edward, laborer, Chei-tnut e of lOlh. 
Doidaii Patrick, laborer, Chestnut, bet. lOth and 11th. 

imOl.KV A. H., proprietor of the 
iltiilern Ari/o oflice, northeast corner of Gth 
and Hampshire streets. 

Doran Madiflon, enpt. poor fvrm. 
Dorklnwald A. miller. :no State, 
Dureey M, J. blacksmith, lliO Jersey 
Doty Lewip, 111*2 Vermont 
Dove Thoa. Attorney. HOti Broadway. 
Doway Dr, M. 1467 Vermont. 

OOYKX F. K., books, stationeiy and 
news dejiot, corner of "itli and Hampshire 
streets; residence, !)2.') Broadway; born in 
Boston, ^[ass,, 184") ; located in Quincy, 1801 ; 
married Mis.s JI. Florence Taggart in 1870; 
she was born in New Hampshire in 1850. 
He is a Republican. He opened business in 
1808 in this city, which he continued until 
1871, when he went into the carpet business. 
This he conducted luiill 1S74. when he asrain 



went into the liook. stationeiy and new.< 
business. He keeps a large variety of goods 
in his line always on hand; all popular 
daily -ind weekly papers and periodicals. 

Doyle C. W. tinner, Spring e of -ioth 

Doyle Jolin, shoemaker, 20 S. ;jd. 

Doyle Mrs. Mary, widow, 9ih s of Vine 

Drain Miss Lucia, :i01 Vermont, 

Drallmeicr Fred, wagon maker. 0th, bet. Paysou 

ave. and Washington. 
Dreeksler Louis, molder. nth n of Jefferson. 
Dres'er Mrs. T. widow. 711 Monroe. 
Drade Francis, physician, 25 S. 7th. 
Druffel Casper, boarding, I'l N, Front. 
DnlTy James, S.'J.Jersey. 
Duffy .Mrs. Louisa, widow, 22!! Vermont. 
Duker Frank, undertaker, 712 Maine, 

l>rKKIt HKXKY. saloon, corner 
of 7th aiKl Maine, Born in Hanover, Ger- 
many, in 1822 ; came to the United States in 
1841; located in Quincy in 1842; married 
Christine Onning in 1875; have two children 
l)y this marriage: Kate and Mary A,, and 
five by a former marriage, viz.: Henry, 
.Tosepli, Hophia, Frank, and Herman. Are 
Catholics. He has been in business since 
1842, in the furniture business ten years, 
saloon six years, and dry goods and groceries 
twehe years. He has a first-class resort in 
his present lociitinii. 

Dl^KKlt J. H„ wholesale liquors, O:! 
Hampshire, residence O:! N. 8th. Born in 
Hanover, Germany, and located in this city 
in 1847. He married Miss Clara Elizabeth 
Glass in 1850. She was born in this city. 
Their children are: Simon, Charles H., 
Amie. MaryA., Ellen, John H., and Clara. 
Are Roman Catholics. He is a Democrat. 
Has been in his present business since 1870. 

Duker Joseph P. clerk, 7W) Maine. 
Duker Theodore, lliiuor dealer. 71S Maine, 
Donker Anton, gardener, llOK Adams, 
Dunn Chas. W., Jr. blacksmith, W. S. 9th, 
Dunn James E, clerk, 403 Vermont. 
Dunn Mrs. Sarah, widow, 4;i7 Broadway. 
DusrtlekiT Caspar, labon r, 717 Van IJuren 
Durand Dr. Joseph F. :il!i Elm. 

I)l'«,\XT THOM.IN rdeceased;) 
was born in Fileliburg, Mass., in 177!». He 
moved to Carrollton, Greene county. 111., in 
1835, aud to Columbus, Adams county, in 
1837, and to Carthage, Hancock county, in 
1849, where he lived until 1877. He moved 
to this city to live the balance of his days 
with his f)lde3t son (T. E. Durant, one of the 
prominent business men of Quincy). He 



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HIpTi'KV of AIiAMS C'liLMY. 



iiiarricil Sarah Cowilin, who was also bom 
in Fitchburg, Mass., in 17it4. Tlicy had eight 
children; three are still liviu;;-: Thomas E., 
J. F., and S. ^\. Mr. Duraut died at the resi- 
dence of his son, T. K. Durant, Au!;. ", !«"«• 
His olde.st son, Thomas E., is e.xtensively en- 
gaged in the manufacture of saddles and 
harness at .")0!( Hampshire street. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth Johnson in 1841). Slie was 
born in .lellerson county, Ky., in 1824. They 
have one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Hardy, residing 
in Louisville. Ky. 
DnrCee Mise .\manda. liiH N. Ttb. 
Dnrfee Edward, carpenter, ICai Spring. » 

l»l RHOI/r HFiNRV, soda water 
factory, 141 S. Ttli; residence, same; was 
born in Osuabuck, Prussia, in 1825; came to 
the United States and located in St. Louis for 
a short time; moved to Quincy in 18-')5; mar- 
ried Katarina Groner in 184!l; she w-as born 
in Prussia in 1828. Their children are: G. 
Henry, Casper H., Eva, Conrad, Annie, 
Francis, Charlie, and Adelheid. They are 
members of the Catholic Church. He is a 
Democrat. He was Collector in 1861 and 
City Treasurer in 1873, and has been Trustee 
in St. Boniface Church since 18(i9; is stock- 
holder and director in the Germania Insur- 
ance and Saving Institute of Quincy, and 
President of the Germania Publishing Co., 
of Quincy. He has a large and flourishing 
manufactory of soda water, seltzer, and other 
soft beverages, the only one in the city. 
Dnret George, packer. 805 Kenincky. 

Dl'STIX D.\VII», was born in 
Rcichester, N. Y., Feb. l-"), 1817; came with 
his parents, Bechias and Aseneth Dustin, to 
Quincy in 1839. His father engaged in farm- 
ing near the city, wliich business he fol- 
lowed for about four years, when he moved 
to California, taking all his lamily except 
the subject of this sketch, who remained in 
Quincy; was married June 7, 1H40, to JIary 
A. Evans; live children, viz.: Jane, wife of 
Hiram Ambush; Ann Viola, wife of John 
Thompson, one of the stock-holders in the 
Excelsior foundry; Helen J., wife of Chas. 
Wild; Mary W. and David Wilford are 
dead. Mr. D. enlisted with Gen. Prentiss, 
under the first call' for three month men, 
and carried the first flag into Rebel territory, 
crossing the Ohio river at Cairo; at the time 
was a member of Co. C, 7tli Kegt. 111. Inf., 
and afterAvard enlisted in 10th Regt. 111. Inf.; 



was color bearer until peace was declared, 
and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky.; 
was in the battle of Xew Madrid, Mo., sec- 
ond battle of Corinth, Miss., Bu/zard Roost, 
Atlanta. Ga., and march to the sea; was at 
the surrender of Gen. Joe Johnston ; is now 
employed as watchman in the (Juincy post- 
otfice, wliich position he has held for six 
years. 

DWMiJHT qUIXfY, book-binder, 
.■|20 Hampshire; residence, (!l:! Vine; bcun 
in Pella, la., in 1804, and located in Quincy 
in 18fiS; married Miss Nellie Starling, Sept. 
10, 1878; she was born in Illinois; he learned 
the book-binding business in Quincy, and 
has been in it eight years— on his own ac- 
count since August, 1878; he binds maga- 
zines, blank-books and miscellaneous works; 
are members of the M. E. Church, and of 
the Quincy Lodge, of Good Templars. 

DwineE. G. l(WS.4th. 
Dwine W. T. tobacconlt-t, Ifti S 4th. 
Dwyer John, laborer. 140 N. 12ib. 
Dyas T. W. attorney. Elm w of lO.b. 

DYKK I. T.. patent attorney; resi- 
dence, 1117 Hampshire; born in Harding 
county, Va., in 1833, and moved to this 
county in 18=18 with his parents; studied 
law two vcifrs in Chicago, and returned to 
this city in 1877 ; he married the widow ol 
Major Wakefield, of New York, in 1870; 
they have two children: Isaac T. and John 
W. Mrs. Dyer had a son by her first hus- 
band, still living, Henry W. Wakefield. 
Mr. Dyer is a Democrat; he owns a one- 
half interest in the "Eagle Refrigerator;"' 
he and his iiartner are inventore and sole 
owners, and are also inventors and owners 
of a self-glazing window sash ; also a patent 
cam-bolt for fastening doors; he has invent- 
ed and obtained jialents for twenty-five use- 
ful inventions, most of which he has solil at 
a handsome profit to himself. 

Dyer Mre. Samantha. widow. 3ai Vermont. 
Dyke George, carriage palntor. l«lh n of Maine. 
Dyke Thoj. marble cotter, M N. lith. 
DyeoD Richard, laborer, SI N. Sih. 



Earel -lohn M. Spring e of IJth. 
Earel S. ti. ex connty treaeurer. Vine e ol -.'"lb. 
EaBlerday C. V. engineer, 51S .la'-kson. 
Eaton .lohn B. carpenter, 103 2^. nth. 
Eaion .Mrs. Mary, 190 S. 3d. 



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Ebbera IlermaD, clerk. 9 N nth. 

Ebsr Geo. carpenter, cor. Mh and Chestnut 

KKKR HKXRY, brewer, corner (ith 
and Cliestual; residence, same; was born iu 
Germany in 18-tO, and located in this country 
in l.S(i6; he and his brothers are owners and 
managers of a Ijrewery in this city, liaviug 
a capacity of 3,000 barrels; they produce a 
first-class article of beer; their brewery is 
furnished with the latest modern improve- 
ments, patent cooler and ice house, and 
other necessary conveniences. He married 
Jliss Lizzie Kber in is;:!. 

UKKK WILLrlAM, (Kbtr & 
Wathe), seed merchant, 030 Hampshire ; res- 
idence, 26th and Maine ; born in Germanj', 
'•y.i: came to the United States iu 1840; lo. 

4 in Quincy in 18")G; married Susan 
1 in 1836: she was born in Germany in 
ls:U; they have seven children: William, 
IJijene, Emma, Sophia, Sadie, Fredericka, 
and Xellie They are members of St. 
.lolm's (Genuan) Church. He is a Kepubli- 
1 Ml, and a memlier of tlie A. O. L'. W., and 

I he I. O. M. A. He carried on a general 
u'oods and grocer_v business from 1861 

iil 1873. when they confined their busi- 

-> to contmission and seeds. They deal 

Linden and farm seeds and keep a large 
k. Tliis is the only e.\clusive seed house 

'iuincy and the largest in the We.-it. 

Eb>:rhard C'hristoph. bookbinder. BM Hampshire. 

Eberhardt Adolph, expressman, !(:i5 Jersey. 

Eberbardt August, butcher, 710 Kentucky. 

Eberhardt Chas, expressman, 70.5 Ohio. 

Eherhardt t'l as. C. carriage trimmer, 931 Jersey. 
' Ehcrhart Wm. carpet weaver, 03J Washington. 
' Ebers Chas. tailor, 71ii Ohio. 
' Eb rt Jacob, stone mason, :iril S 8th. 

Ebert Louis. Jl N. 6th. 

Ecbenkamp Henry, butcher, cjr. 6th and Jefferson. 

Eckenkamp B. U. laborer, li:K Payson ave. 

Eckert .\ndrew. turner, 8-J3 Monroe. 

EcKert Christ, blacksmith, 718 Kentucky. 

ECKKKT FRAXK, Tivoli, 001- 
) <J03 Maine street ; residence, same. He was 
' brirn in Baden, Germany, in 1828; came to 
the United Stales in 18")! ; located in fiOiiis- 
ville, K}'. ; came to Quincy in 1850, and en- 
^'a'.:ed in the cooperage business. In 1866 
III- opened the Green Tree House, now the 
Tivoli. He married Barbara Greslin in 
Quincy in 18")6, who was born in Baden in 
183.1. and came to this country in 1852; no 
ciiildren. The Tivoli is the best fitted up 



saloon iu the city, where can be found the 
very best of wines, liquors, and cigara. 

Frank always meets his friends with a smile. 
Eckert J. (i. saloou, cor. Front and Delaware. 
Eckert Reuban W. tobacconist, 173 S. 3d. 

EDDY T. O., .job printer, 55 North 
Si.\tli street; residence, 1030 Broadway; 
born in Heniy county, Ky., in 1830 ; went to 
Marion county, 3[o., in 1842; learned the 
carpenter business and engaged in contract- 
ing and building in Hannibal for some 
years, then went to Montana in 1803, where 
he remained three years; returned and 
located in Memphis, Tenn.; located in 
Quincy in 1873. He married Susan A. 
Rose in 187;:5; she was born in Clermont 
county, Ohio, 1833. They are Jlethodists. 
He is a Democrat. He is now engaged in the 
job printing business at the above address. 
Edenflekl Mrs. Irene, 1«7 Maine. 

£DISOX iiKORaV!, W., Physi 
cian and Surgeon, 11 South 7th street; resi- 
dence 1648 Maine; boin iu Middlesex coun- 
ty, Canada, Oct. 12, 1818; came to the 
United States in 1846; traveled over the 
Western States and Territories; was ap- 
pointed Assistant Surgeon in the United 
States Army, in which he served as such 
twelve years. He retired and located iu 
Quincy June 10, 18.59; married Mary E. 
Harris in 1850; she was a daughter of Dr. 
A. Harris, born in Erie county, Ohio, 1832; 
they have three children : Cora, Minnie A. 
and George Wellington. His family are 
members of the Episcopal Church ; he is a 
j\Iason, an Odd Fellow, and a Democrat. 
He served with and studied under Prof. 
Grouser during the Kinzie Rebellion in 
Canada, 1S37. 

Edwards .M. P. clerk, 1100 Vermont. 

Egbers Mrs. Elizabeth, 012 Hampshire. 

Eger Paul, gunsmith, 807 State. 

Eggert Mrs. Caroline, cor. 8th and Ohio. 

Eggerl ( has. teamster. 815 .Madison. 

Eggert Fr.-ink, teamster, Sth s of State. 

Eggesen Philip, wasonm-iker, Jackson bet. 9th and 

10th. 
Eggleston Herman, miller. Jackson, e of 9th. 
Ebmann Ernst (drugs), 8'J5 Maine. 
Ehrgott Mrs. Frederlca, 9:iO Jersey. 
Ehrgott, Oeorge, upholstertT, Maine near 2:id. 
Ehrgott. Godfrey, 1^*)0 Hampshire. 

KIIBLK BARXKY, groceries, diy 
goods and queensware, corner Ninth and 
Washington streets, residence .same. He 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



was born near Herford, Regienings-bezirk, 
Preus-Minden, Europe, Nov. 3, 1843; came 
to America via Ncvf Orleans, in 1859, going 
direct to St. Louis ; remained seventeen years, 
and came to Quiiicy in 1875 and opened the 
present large store. He married Miss Reka 
Sella, in Herford, Europe, April 3, 18(i7. 
She was born near Herford, Jan. II, 1840, 
and came to America with her husband; four 
children — Hannah Wilhelmina, born Jan. 
2, 18«8; Frederike Emclia, born Oct. 11, 
1870; Clara Carolina, born June 4, 1873; imd 
Anna Frederica oiinda, born Aug. 8, 1870., 
Lutheran. Republican. 

Eiff Bernard, plasterer, 102S Elm. 

Eiff Jacob H. painter, lifi N. lith. 

Bikelmann Conrad, Llnd e of lOtb 

Eilere Hernard. laboror. <i08 Payfon ave. 

Kllere Fred W , tailor, T2-.' Payeon ave. 

Einhane George, wood mercbunc. cor. lOth and 

Broadway. 
EiDhaus Herman, 98 X. 9th. 

EIXHArS JOHX, saloon, 719 Main 
street; residence, same; was born in Au- 
gustendorf, Oldenburg, Europe, on April 3, 
1834, and emigrated to America; landed at 
Baltimore in 18o4, remaining nine months, 
and then went direct to Quincy, 111., where 
he followed his trade of plasterer. He mar- 
ried Miss ;^Iaria Catharina Grothaus, in 
Quincy, July 3, 1855 ; she was born near 
(;snabruck, Hanover, June 30, 1833, and 
came to America via Baltimore, in 1850; 
from there she went to Cincinnati, ' Ohio, 
thence to St. Louis, Mo., remained one year, 
after which she went to Quincy, His. Nine 
children, five living: Anna Sophia, bom 
Dec. 23, 18.50; Heiurich Ferdinand, born 
Dec. (i, 1858; Maria Joscphina, born Feb. 21, 
18C0; Johanna Kathariua, bcu-n April 10, 
1807; and Wilhelmina ilargaretha, born 
Feb. 19, 1875. Religion, Roman {'atholic. 
Politics, Democrat. 

Eieenberg Wm.. teamster, id e of Ilampeblre. 
Eisenmanu Ijeorge. cooper. 10-,'.'j Kentucky. 

EISESfSTKIX £.OlTISv<l«fased), 
late residence corner (ith and Kentucky 
streets; born in Baden, Germany, 1838; 
came to the United States and located in 
Ohio in 1854, and in Quincy, 1805. He mar- 
ried Catherine Grau in 1857; she died in 
1803; Dora, George and William were their 
children. He married Catherine Burk in 
1870; had one child, Louis, born February, 
1874. He was a member of the 1. O. O. F. : 



also Druids, Haragari, Turners, Peider- 
krantz, and Widow's and Orphans' Aid So 
ciety. 

EUenstein Mrs. Wm. widow. 1^39 Jersey. 
Elder John, tobacconist. 119 S. 5th. 

ELGIX W.4L.TEB W., Physician 
and Surgeon, 320 Hampshire street, resi- 
dence 288 North 5th street ; born in Woodford 
county, Ky., 1812; located in Warren coun- 
ty. Mo., 1830, where he studied medicine, and 
graduated in Cincinnati, 184.8. and located in 
this city, 1804. He married Miss Zeralda 
A. Louis, 1853; she was born in Elizabeth- 
town, Ky., 1813; have four children — S. 
Catherine (now Mrs Chase), Emma J., 
Tlumias H., Annie E. (now widow Buckly). 
They arc members of the Christian church. 
He is a Democrat. Mrs. Elgin died April, 
1809. He had one boy, William J., killed 
by bushwhackers in 1801, while a newsboy 
on the Hannibal & St. Joe railroad train ; 
also a son, Charles A., died in 1875. 

Ellebrecht Mrs. .1 alia, widow. lOiiS. 5th. 
Ellebrock Herman, teamster. 70S .Madison. 
EUebrock Herman, laborer. Jackson e of 6th. 
Ellebrock J. U. laborer, JelVerson, bet. .')th and i.lh. 
Ellerbrock Henry, molder, ffiO Payson ave. 
Ellerhrock Wm fluur packer, cor. ISth and Stale 
Ellermann. Henry, laborer, .\dams e of 10th. 
Ellermann Peter, qanrrymaii. 81t> Adams. 
Ellermann Wm. laborer, 713 Washington. 
Ellers Bernard, laborer, cor. 10th and Vine 
Ellis Horaiio, i:«N. 5ih. 
Ellis Mrs. M. K. widow, cor. Mh and Maple. 

ELLIS O. T., proprietor of the Bal- 
lanl House, corner of 4th and Vermont 
streets; bom in Oldham county, Ky., 1S23; 
went to Scotland county, Mo., 1843, and to 
Quincy in 1802. He m.arried Miss Julia 
A. Willh'ite, 1843: she was born in the same 
county and State in 1820; he has si.x chil- 
dren— Benj. H., James W., William T., 
John A., Charles M., and George B. They 
are members of the Baptist church. He is 
a Democrat. He keeps a comfortable house, 
sets a good table, and his charges are mod- 
erate. 
Ellis V R. clerk. 8lh n of l.ind. 

EMEKEXTI.4 SISTER, Superior 
of the Sisters of the Poor, of St. Francis; in 
charge of St. Mary's Hospital, Broadway 
near 14th street. She was born in Gemiany 
in 1831, and entered the order in 1850; was 
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Eusebia, Hannah and Elizabeth, came to 
Quincy in 1866, and purchased the ground 
upon \vhich stands St. Marj-'s Hospital in 
May, 1867; the foundation corner stone was 
laid October 25 ; same year the building was 
occupied by the Sisters, Sister Eusebia as 
Superior; there are now twelve Sisters; the 
hospital will accommodate 55 jjatients; in 
1877, 345 patients were treated {26 only died) ; 
226 were Catholics, and 117 were non-Cath- 
olics; 115 were Americans, and 230 foreign- 
ers. It is strictly a charitable institution, 
yet those able to pay can procure rooms and 
medical attendance at moderate rates. 

Emery James L. farmer. State and 24th. 

Bmery John F. farmer. State and 34th. 

Bmery Joeeiih W. Qaincy House. 

Emery Sam. H. Jr., l(jth between Jersey and York. 

E]!l.lIOXS L,A\%'REXCE E., 

attorney, 25 N. 5th street; was born in 
New York city, Oct. 1, 1836; was married 
to Miss Eliza H. Fletcher in 1866; she was 
horn in Savannah, Ga. ; the_y have two chil- 
dren, Lawrence E. and Lilly F. ; he studied 
law in the Chicago Law School ; was admit- 
ted to the Bar in 1860. and removed to Bris- 
tol. Kendall county, where lie practiced law 
until 1865, when he was commissioned First 
Lieutenant of the 147th Regt. III. Inf , with 
which regiment he served until the spring 
of 1866 ; after being mustered out he came 
to Quincy and engaged in the practice of his 
profession, and has, by close attention, built 
himsi'lf up an enviable reputation and very 
• lucrative business. He is Republican, and a 
member of the Episcopal Church. 

Bmrich Bernard, laborer, 192 N. 10th. 
Emrich Henry, printer, 930 York. 

EMRIt'H PETER, wall paper, win- 
dow shades, etc., 027 Maine street; born in 
Hesse Damstadt, Germany, in 1838; came lo 
the United States in 1852; traveled for some 
years and then located in Quincy in 1858; 
he married Eva Elizabeth Gutbrod in 1803; 
she was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1843; 
two children, Katie Elizabeth and Emma- 
zette. He has been in business since 1872; 
is a member of the Gymnastic Turners 
Society. 

Englebrecht Mrs. Mary, 535 Jersey. 
Bngle Mrs. Ruth, widow. («9 Oak. 
Bngler Wm. sbucmaker. 1015 Jersey. 

EPPIXG BERNARD, nursery 
business; residence. Chestnut and 20th 



street*; born in Prussia in 1829; came to the 
United States in 1843, and located in St. 
Louis, and in Quincy in 1851 ; he married 
Miss Engle Beuscher the same year; she was 
born in Hanover, Germany ; have four chil- 
dren : Kate, Henry, Maiy and Bernard ; they 
are members of the Catholic Church ; he 
has been in his present business ten years. 

Bpping Henry, laborer, 1010 Elm. 

Epple Mrs. Anna SI. cor. 35th and Vermont. 

ERDMA^I JOHX, blacksmith. Pay- 
son ave. north side of 3d street, west of 12th 
street ; born in Prussia in 1844, and came to 
the United States in 1851, locating at Quincy ; 
married Mary Bruening in 1869; she was 
born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1851 ; 
have three children : John F., Henry W. and 
Ida M.; he learned his trade in Quincy with 
Henry Glaser; went to California in 1864, 
going overland by wagon, and located in 
Marysville, Yuba county; having heard of 
his father's death he returned in 1860; he 
worked with W. T. & E. A. Rogers eleven 
years, till 1878. when he bought an interest 
with Mr. Vaughn in the hardware and steam 
gas fitting business, and sold out again in 
1878. 

ERDMAIV JOHX F., groceries, 
corner Front and Delaware streets; he was 
born in Thuringen, Europe, Oct. 11, 1834; 
emigrated to America, and landed in New 
Orleans, La., in 1851, from which city he 
went to Quincy, Illinois, where he followed 
his profession of a saddler for twenty years; 
he married Miss Amelia Clemmens in 
Quincy, 111., on March 17, 1865; she was 
born in St. Charles, Mo., in 1848 ; four chil- 
dren: Anna Lenora, aged 12 years; Aldo, 7; 
Louisa, 5, and Georgie 2 years of age ; is a 
member of Washington Grove No. 3, U. A. 
O. D. ; religion, Lutheran. 
Erhard August, confectioner, 530 Maine. 
Erner Gerhard B. shoemaker. 681 Oak. 
Ernst Christ, saloon, 512 Hampshire. 

ERXEfST GEORGE J., saloon and 
billiard hall, 524 Hampshire; residence, 
same ; born in Baden, Germany, in 1831 ; 
came to the United States in 1856 ; stayed a 
short time in New York, then visited Ne- 
braska and finally located in 1858; he mar- 
ried Elizabeth Gasser in 1860; she was born 
in Quincy in 1841 ; have two children, Eliza- 
beth and Arthur F.; he Is a Druid, Mason 
and Haragari ; he commenced business in 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS CuLNTY. 



this city Jan. 34, 18j!t, anil has been in it 

continuously since. 

Bruet Micb&el. boiler maker, Oil Vine 

EB»iKIXK JAMKiS !»., utired 
land agent, residence, ttl!i Broadway; born 
in Berkeley county, Va., August 25, 1793 ; 
moved to Baltimore, Md., July 1. 1828, and 
to Quincy, 1844; married Amelia 1). Riggs, 
isa4. She was born in Georiretown, D. C, 
1813; had three children, Alexander McD., 
Komulus H. and Anna (all deceased); are 
members of the Episcopal Church. He rep- 
resents the interests of his father-in-law, 
Romulus Riggs, who was one of the largest 
properly owners in the Jlilitary Tract in this 
state. Mr. Higgs was a resident of the Dis- 
trict of Columliia, for many years. He died 
in Philadelphia, in 1840. 

Er;cl Mre. Augusta. UiT Monroe. 

Enel Geo. manf. pat. hay prcse. oil Keutucky 

Ertel Valentine, laborer, 52:) .4dam8. 

E-Ierly JoeepU, molder, cor. 5lli and Kentucky. 

Eubank Mre. Saiab. 132 N. 5th. 

Eull Prof. John M. inp. agt. MU liroadway. 

E^^'Cher Fred, teamster, Mi Pajson ave. 

Etatt Mrs. Emily, widow, r.i^ N. Slh. 

Evtttt Granville, salesman, 4J5 liroadway. 

Evans Edward, pattern dresser, liiS Vermont 

Evans Jolin, carpet weaver, Kth n of Broadway. 

Everett F. A. :)17 Elm. 

Everett Edward, teamster. Madison e of 3th. 

Everkamp Mrs. Theresa, 104 S. r,ih. 

Evers & Uro. grocers, lill Hampshire. 

Evers Henry, carpenter, 9th n of Maine 

Evison W'm. biker, im N. 11th. 

E .log Wm.G. attorney at law. Chestnut bet 5th and 

(ith. 
Swing Wm. K. dealer in grain, cor. I'lh and Ver 

mont. 
Faber Joseph, cooper, 15 S. 10th. 
Fanllger Herman, laborer, Lind w of tltb. 



FAIRCHILD M. AlJ«rSTA, 

M. 1)., is a native of New Jersey. At the age 
of seven years she was depri\ed of her pa- 
rents; her mother surviving her father but a 
few months. She the youngest child was 
left to the care of a loved elder daughter and 
to the guardianship of the fathers brother. 
Dr. Stephen Faircliild, of Parsitrauy, N. J. 
.She early showed remarkable fondness for 
l)i)i>ks and study ; at five years of age she 
read and wrote well, and delighted to com- 
mit pages of poetry and Bible verse ; at six 
she was advanced in all the common English 
brunches, and in music. She received in- 



struction from her sisters at home, who weic 
proud of her rapid advancement. 

During the Washingtonian Temperance 
movement she would gather an audience o! 
boys and girls and lecture to them on the 
evils of intemperance. By the time her 
hearers were in tears o\er the dreadful pos- 
sibilities she vividly depicted, she would 
start up a livelj' song, and then when her 
audience were enthused, she would get theivi 
to sign the gloiious temi>erauce pledge. 

Her uncle, Dr. Fairchild, was a physician 
who sought the best medical methods re- 
gardless of precedcul, and conseiiuently left 
the Allo|)athic .school after making long ami 
careful experiments with Homeopathy, am! 
was the first to introduce that medical sys 
tem in his state; with him Augusta fouLd a 
stimulus for her natuial love of the study of 
medicine and collateral sciences. She li> 
tened to medical discussions, read auatimiy, 
physiology and materia mediea, and it wa^' 
her delight to prescribe for patients. Shi 
was often found visiting poor peojilr tha' 
she might minister to them in a mi-dic;i! 
way. 

At thirteen she was>ent to school in I'em. 
sylvania, and although her health would not 
permit a graduating cour.-ie, she left schoi>' 
at sixteen honored liy cla.*smates ami teach 
ers. It was impossible for her to do thing.- 
merely because they were in accord with 
established ideas. For instance, in the mat 
ter of dress, she had very radical opinion- 
She could not be persuaded to wear corset-, 
though every one said the form of a young 
girl would be verj' ugly without them. She 
thought girls were beautiful enough as Goii 
made them, that it was wrong to take one 
word from the book of nature as written iii 
the human form, and foolish, certainly to mV 
anything. Perhaps Shakespeare meant th;i! 
in his lines: 

To gild rettued sold, to paint the lily. 

To throw a perfume on the violet. 

To smooth the ice, or add another hue 

Uuto the rainbow, or, with taper light 

To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish 

Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 

And so it was finally accorded her to wear 
her clothes "as she i)leased, for she never 
would be a lady." 

At seventeen she began to teach schiwl, 
and soon earned an enviable repf.ation in 
that profession, laboring in various ways fur 



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the iidvancemeiit of her girls, part of tho 
tinif L'diliuf; a school journal, which was 
published semi-monthly, and always bring- 
ing to her pupils the results of close studj- 
and patient work. Yet she felt that her 
ideal work would not be found in the school- 
room. 
4t the end of three years she was brought 
. very low witli brain fever, and for a long 
time her life hung on a very slender thread. 
She calls this the opening of the door to the 
performance of uses, for which, botli l)y na. 
ture and education, she felt herself peculiar- 
ly fitted. At the beginning of convalescence, 
when she could but faintly whisper, she said 
to her nurse, "God has spared me, I mean 
now to live for a purpose." Afterward, when 
she could talk more, the nurse asked what 
it meant, what was her purpose. " I mean 
to be a physiciiin !" said she. Soon as health 
would ]iermit she went to a medical college 
in New York City, where women were re- 
ceived on equality with men, the only medi- 
cal college which at tliat time granted woman 
such privilege. In taking this step it cost 
her all that life is worth to most young ladies. 
Twenty years ago it was different from now. 
Twenty years of persistent, self-denying labor 
by pioneer women luive made much straighter 
and smoother the way for those who follow. 
The woman who would then enter the medi- 
/ Cid profession must give up friends, honor, 
J love, and perhaps name. She must meet 
j enmity, .scorn, hate, ridicule and opprobrium. 
' Augusta's uncle thought it would be well 
, that women should become physicians, yet 
did not like to have his niece bear the initia- 
tory Imnlen. She was not phj'sically strong, 
it seemed as though her chosen work would 
prove itself a tax exceeding her capabilities. 
During the years spent at college she availed 
herself of every opportunity for gaining emi- 
nent fitness for her profession. She attended 
hospital clinics, and was two years under the 
instruction of Drs. Emily and Elizabeth 
Blackwell, who were then practicing physi- 
cians at the New York Infirmary for Women 
and Children. There her advantages were 
unsurpassed for becoming aci|Uainted with 
diseases of women and children, as a large 
number of cases daily presented themselves 
for medical attention. Immediately upon 
graduating she was honored with a position 
as associate physician with Dr. Trail in his 



Health Institution, the largest and most re- 
nowned in the United States. He was the 
founder of the Hygienic Medical sj-stem, and 
President of the college, and is well known 
both here and in Euroiie as an author and 
writer of great ability. He entrusted his 
lady patients to the medical care of Dr. 
Fairchild, and she met with great success in 
her specialty, the treatment of invalid women. 
She has lately written a valuable book for 
women, giving instructions for their own 
health and for their children, also directions 
for treating simple foiuis of disease without 
drug poisoning. Every woman and every 
young lady should procure one of these 
books. 

When the Western Hygeian Home was 
opened at St. Anthony's Falls, Minn., she 
came west associated with Dr. Trail in this 
enterprise. Here she spent eighteen months 
of severe professional labor, lecturing and 
practicing, both in the institution and in the 
city outside. Not liking so severe a climate, 
she left there for Ne\\' York, and on her waj- 
was called to make a professional visit at 
Hannibal, Mo., where .she was induced to re- 
main for a few mouths at least. At the end 
of that time her practice was so extensive 
and the field of usefulness all the time en- 
larging, that she decided to remain west. 
She spent two 3'ears in Chicago, but finding 
the climate unsuitable, also desiring to estab- 
lish herself permanently in an institution of 
her own where she could better carry out her 
methods of cure for chronic cases, she came 
to Quincy two years ago in March, 1877, and 
bought a delightful residence property which 
was unusually suited to her purpose, on the 
northwest corner of sixth street and Broad- 
way, opposite the new court-house. The 
grounds are large, high, sloping southward, 
and abundantly ornamented with trees and 
shrubbc ry. 

She has steam propelling apparatus, capa- 
ble orapplying vibrations, rubbings, knead- 
ings, oscillations, percussion, etc., with most 
agreeable and remarkable effect. This con- 
stitutes the modern treatment by Motion, 
and is an important factor in the Hygienic 
system of medical practice, which is estab- 
lished on a permanent and scientific basis. 
In addition to this she has various kinds of 
baths, as electric, vapor, hot air, electro- vapor, 
electro-thermal, spray, douche, etc. She has 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



trnined and competent assistants in every 
ilepartment, seeiirinp to invalids a well-kept 
and orderly home, and every required atten- 
tion. This sketch cannot i>erhaps be belter 
closed than liy using the words of Dr. Fair- 
child in a late conversation : " I have estab- 
lished this institution as the crowning work 
of my life, in procuring every facility requi- 
site for tlie treatment and cure of invalid 
women. The medical knowledge and ex- 
perience gained in a practice botli in Infirm- 
ary and private, of twenty years, place me in 
a position to select the best methods, man^- 
of which are especially my own, developed 
by careful study and investigation. Promi- 
nent among the cases which I treat, and 
which are more rapidly and peniuinently 
cured than by any other means whatever, are 
Dyspepsia, Paralysis, Ulieumatism, Weak 
Lungs, Obstinate Constipation, Torpidity of 
the Liver, General Debility and Imperfect 
Circulation. Also all disenises .•4nd displace- 
ments peculiar to invalid women. This is 
my 'specialty.' My work is largely an edu- 
cational one. While my patieots arc recov- 
ering health they are taught much important 
truth regarding its conservation." 

" By their works ye shall know them." 

FAR<i!0 F. v., agent of the American 
and United Slates E.xpress Cos., 41(i Maine; 
was born in Onondaga county. New York, 
inl84>*; moved to Chicago in 18(>4, and to 
Quincy in 1877. He was in the oflice of the 
American E.xpress Ct). in Chicago, and is 
agent for both companies in this city. He 
married Miss Mary Munger in 187ti. She 
was lioru in Yates county. New York, in 
1840. They have two children : F. S. and 
C. O. They attend the Reformed Episcopal 
Church. He is a Democrat, and member of 
A. O. U. W. and I. O. M. A., and is president 
of Peerless Lodge of the latter order, also 
K. P. 

Farley Michael, laborer, 34 N. 12th. 
Farley Thos. laborer. Elm e of 10th. 
Farnewortb Mrs. J. E. 61(1 Oak. 
Farrell .lohn, laborer. 10th 8 ofLlnd. 
Farrell Michael, carpenter. Sprin? e of 13th. 

FAItKKIil. 3ll<<ll.\Kli. mer- 
chant, ct>rncr I'-Jlli and Maine; residence, 21 
S. 9th. He was born in Cork county, Ire- 
land, in 1834; came to this country in 1850; 
moved to Ottawa soon after, where he lesu-ned 
his trade as carpenter and returned to this 
citv in 18")4, where he worked at his trade 



till 1864, when he was appointed Assistant 
Master Mechanic of the T. W. & W. U. R. ; 
he continued in this position until the fall 
of 187."i, when he went into the mercantile 
business. He married Miss MaryA.D'Arcy 
in 1859. She was born in Oalway county, 
Ireland, in 1838. They are members of the 
Catholic Church. He is a Democrat. He 
was elected to the City Council in 1870; he 
was elected Supervisor five consecutive terms, 
and is now Supervisor at Large. 

Farwick .losepb, cooper, Vine e of 0th. 
Fechteler Henry, liquor dealer, 109 S. 4lh. 
Feigenepan Mrs. E. widow. S14 Payson ave. 
Feld Fred, teamater, cor. Sth and Mndieon. 
Feld Henry, cooper. 714 Adame. 

FUI.D JOKFFH. teaming; resi- 
dence, 58 S. lilh ; born in Hanover in 1817; 
came to the I nited States, January 2(ith, 1840 ; 
locateil in Quincy in 1847, having landed at 
New Orleans, stopped at St. Louis and other 
cities. He married Mary A.Schlangen, Feb. 
Kith, 184(!. She was born in Hanover. They 
have six children: Catherine (now Mrs. 
Guth), Mary, Henry, Annie, Herman, and 
.John. They are members of the Catholic 
Church. He is a Democrat. He has been 
in his present business since 18.")8. He is a 
quiet, upright man and a good citizen, 
familiar with the teaming business and pos- 
sessed of facilities for all kinds of teaming. 

Feldmann B. trnnkmaker. 640 Washington. 
Fel'lmann Fred, tailor, S12 Madison. 
Felker Herman, milkman. IIIU Vine. 
Fell Mrs. James E. troceriee. etc., 610 Oak. 
Feller lieorge A cisar manufacmrer. 14 S. I'.'tb. 

FKLNFXIIELI» M..diy iroods, 420 
Maine, residence, 14S Maine, bet. 14th and 
16th ; was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 
1835; located in Schuylkill county, J'a., in 
184)^; moved thence to Re.iding, Pa., and 
from there to Elinira, N. Y., in 185'i, ihencc 
to Aurora. 111., 185SI. and to CJuincy in 1871. 
He married Lebra .lauriet in 1864. She was 
born in Detroit, Slich., in 1845. They have 
two children : Mary and .Joseph. Mrs. F. 
is a member of the Episcopal Church. He 
is a Democrat. He is a member of the Ma- 
sonic and A. O. U. W. orders. He has one 
of the largest and best selected stocks ol 
goods in Quincy, and is recognized as thi 
most liberal dealer in his line in Quincy. 

Felt Mrs. Alery, widow. 105 Broadway. 
Fenton W. W. boot and nbue manf. 25 S. 5th. 



QUIXCV DIKECTORV. 



625 



FER«l>»ON JOSEPH, proprie 

tor ul till- Slicruiiiii l[i>iiw and saloon corner 
of Front ami Vermont streets; was bom in 
Toronto, Canada, June 3, 18:52, and came to 
(iuincy in 180(j, opening the present place in 
18T;l He married Mrs. Johanna Klage, at 
St. Louis, Mo., March 10, 1864; she was born 
in Xew Korpomern, Europe, June 2.1, 18;{8, 
and emigrated to America, arriving in Xew 
Orleans in 18.')0, with her parents and one 
sister, going direct to Brown county, 111., re- 
maining ten j-ears, then came to Quincj': 
one child, James, bom March 10, 18(15. 
Keligion, Protestant : politics. Democratic. 
He enlisted in Co. E, isth Regt. 111. 
Inf., May 28, 18'!1 ; was honorably dis- 
charged at Springfield, 111., June 11, 18(>4. 
Real and personal property estimated at 
$.1,000. 
Ferree Mre. .Jane, widow. 108 N. 11th. 

FERRI»« FK.4XK. T. W. i- \V. R. 

R., No. 14 Xorth 4th street : boards at Quincy 
House; bom in Peekskill, Westchester 
county, Xew York, in IH.'iS; located in this 
city September, 1877. He was office boy in 
the Hoosac Tunnel Co.. Rochester. X'^. Y., in 
1876, and apjjointed general agent of the 
Wabash R. R. Co., in (Juincy in 1877. The 
attention of railroad officials was soon at- 
tracted to the efficiency of the young man, 
and rewarded merit by promoting to the 
position he now occupies. 

Fetter Hrt. Kjea. widow. ;<85 Jerney. 
Kick Adam, cor lOth and Kentucky. 

FIEI>D E., wood yard and hotel, cor- 
M< r of Front and Jetlerson .streets. 

Finke Chae. laborer, 809 Monroe. 

Finke Henry, twiler maker. S09 Monroe. 

Finke Ilenry. floor packer, 113^ Vine. 

Finke Wm. tailor, cor. 8th and Wastiington. 

Finkeiiboeper hln*. Mary, 1114 Oak. 

Finlay G. ,M Hampehire e of ICth. ' 

Finlay Jamev A Telegraph operator, 112 N. 5th. 

Finlajr Matthew K clothier. I(il7 Hampahire. 

Fliilay Wm. .1 . B. merchant lailor, :i*< Maine. 

Fischer <t Bro. bakery, X31 State. 

Fischer Mr^ Ellen. Oak w of aith. 

PINCHEK <;E0R<«E, stoves, man- 
tles, grates and hous<; furnishing goods, 635 
Maine street; bom in Quinc}' in 18.50: is 
only son of John Joseph Fischer (late 
mcrohant tailor): married Mi«> Euphania 
Ricker, daughter of H. F. J.Ricker, in 1877. 
She wa.s bom in t^uincy in 1855: they have 



one child George Joseph, l>orn April 5, 1878; 
he has been in business since 1868: are 
members of the Catholic Church ; is a Demo- 
crat; keeps a large stock on hand at all 
times. He is a liberal, public, spirited citizen, 
and a reliable business man. 

Fi«cher .John, candy maker. Oak w of 20th. 
Fiacher .Joht f. 629 Payson ave. 
Fiacher Simon, baker. Oak bet. 18th and aoth. 
Flaher Gnatav. cooper, 11th u of .JelTereon. 
Fiaber James, dry goods, 49 N. 1th. 

FISHER JA:VIES, dry goods, 4i) 

.Vorth 4th street : residence. 60 South 4th 
street; born County Derry, Ireland, in 1815; 
came to the United States in 1834, and 
located in busine.ss in the Stale of Missis- 
sippi, and in Quincy in 1840. He married 
-Miss Emcline AVhips in 184.5. She was born 
in Jefferson county, Ky. They have six 
children : .Vnnie, Emma, Belle, .lames D., 
Robert and William, and two deceased. 
-Vre members of the. First Presbyterian 
Church. Republican. * He has been in the 
dry goods business since 1840, and is the 
oldest dry goods house iri Quincy ; he sold 
goods in Mississippi on eighteen months 
time ; he has amassed a comfortable fortune 
by industry and integrity; has a large store 
at the above place. 

Fiaher Mrs. Kale, widow. :!14 Maine. 

Fieber Mre. Walborga, Itith n of Kentucky. 

Fi«her Wm. cigar maker. Ii25 Payeon ave. 

Fisk Wm. H. cashier l^nincy Coal Co.. Front and 

Broadway- 
Fitzgerald .James, laborer. 1122 .Jersey. 
Fitzgerald .James, laborer. 1C3 N. 10th. 
Fiizgerald, Mrs. M. bakery, iiS X. 10th. 
Fitzpatrick Dr. .John. prop. Penn House, cor. of Cth 

and Hampshire streets. 
Flaclu Edward, foreman. GOl State. 
Flacha Ferd. 270 N. 12th. 
Flache & Reiman, manf. of aoaps, cor. Gth and Keji- 

tucky. 
Flack Wm. S. stock ag;:nt. 121.M Vermont. 
Flaiz Fred. W. grocer, 1036 Maine. 
Flaiz -Xavier, 19 J?. 11th. 
Fleer Harmon, teamster. 913 Monroe. 
Fleer Henry, laborer, lOlh Ohio. 
Fleer Pet«r, teamster, 928 .\dams. 
Fleer Peter, laborer. Monroe e of lOth. 
Fleischbein Anton, cabinet maker. 7th a of Waeh- 

inglon. 
Fleming Mrs. Maria, widow, 19 N. 7th. 
Fleming Mrs. Mary, cor. of 4th and Cherry. 
FleUher Orrin .J. 13) N. 7th. 
Flight, Isaac, teamster. Broadway near 30th. 
Flottmann Henry, bsots and sboes, 701 State. 
Flnmmer Fred, laborer. 12tli and Madison. 
Flynn J. J. ale bottler, 70C .Jersey. 



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niSToKV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



FogK Cieo.W. aitorney at law, 21S K. 5th. 
Fo'k r Henry, cooper, 833 Ohio. 
Folkrad Geo. grocer, iMO Broadway. 
FoUanebee Gilbert. 717 BroaiUvay. 
FoUm.-r tieo. laborer. 641 .lackeon. 

Follraer Mrs. Mary, widow. 69S Mooroe, 

Folaom George, luoldt-r, 118!) Payaon ave. 

Foote Mrs. Mary, widow, 11*1 Oak. 

Forck John. Elm e of ISih. 

Fork llenry. laborer. Mill Vino. 

Fo-m»n .Ian.-, widow. Vine e of -JHh. 

FOKKKSTKK t'. W., agent for 
,l,e Pennsvlvanin Fast Krei-ht LuK'S. Star 
l-.n.mand NaliomU Lines; otlice, T romonl ^ 
House; residence, same; V.orn in Norllunn. 
bcrland county. Pa., in 1840; commenced 
railroading in IS".!) as agent of the Lacka- 
^vanna and Bloomslnirgh line, which position 
he held until , iO, « hen he e. listed m the 

8lth lU-gt.. Pa. -•>'•(■"•. ^^,^ "%^"^ 
promoted 2d Liemenant, in Oct., 18W, 
and Adjutant with rank of 1st Lieutenant 
in 18(14 He was breveted Captain while 
\diutant. His regiment was consolidated 
with the ,^7lh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and 
he commissioned'Caplain of fo. G, of that 
regiment, April 5, 180.1 He was detailed as 
Assistant Adjutant General of the -d 
Bri-ade, :id Division, 2d Army Corps, and 
actJd as such from Oct. 11. 186*. I" the ^1»*<-- 
of the war. Ho was slightly wounded in a 
skirmish at Talapotoma Creek, Va. He was 
appointed Aide on Governor Geaiy's statl, 
with the rank of Col. of Pennsylvania ^a- 
tional Guards, dated May 10. 1875. He was in 
every engagement with his command during 
his time of service: mustered out .Tune 2it, 
1865 at Harrisburg. Pa. and carried from his 
superior officers testimonials of the most 
complimentary character. 



FORTKAUr IIKXKY. >^toves, 
tin and hardware, 70.-. >L.ine street; resi- 
dence, 6th street between York and Ken- 
tucky streets; was born in Germany in 
1843; came to the United States in 1861. and 
located in Quincy. He is a young man of 
good business ability, exercising good judg- 
ment in business transactions, liberal and 
public spirited as a citizen. 

Foater Mr*. .Teunle. 639 Broidway. 

Fountain Mr.. Geo. T. Cheetnut bet. -Jth and lOlh. 

Fourqaet Uenrv. saloon. 61 N . 3d 

Fox Mre. Alice, widow. 180 S. 6th. 

Fox Jacob, laborer, 719 Madison. 

Fo . Mark, tobacconist, ISO S. 6th. 



Fox Rooney Mre. Abby. physician, cor. 8th and 

Ilampphlre. 
Fox T h. liBN. 7lh. 
Frageman H. Uborer. 1851 Vermont. 
Frageman Herman, laborer. 1W2 Vermont. 
FranciB Geo. W. depoty circuit clerk, 1(K3 Spring. 
Frankenholl .\. labo.cr, 912 Oak. 
Frankenholl .loUn, laborer. 9ii Spring. 
I.-ranklii. HoQBe. J F. Giot. prop.. 58 and 60N.5th 
Franzen John, tailor. Elm e of 18th. 
Franzman Ch«. blackemllh. 503 Payson ave. 
Frawley Mr-.. Bridget. 529 Vine. 

FREUKKICliS IIKXRV. cigar 

uianufactorv No.!>4; store No. 718 Payson 
'avenue; residence same. He was born 
in Ost-Freesland. Hanover, Xovember 1st, 
183G and emigrated to America, landing at 
New York City, November 5th, 18(>4; from 
there he went to Long Island; remained 
until February. 1805. then returned to New 
York City;remaiii<'d a few days and went to 
Fort Lee, remaining nine months, and again 
returning to New York City, remained until 
March, 180S. when he came to Quincy, HI. 
He married Miss Anna Grimmer, at Quincy. 
Mav -'5 1871. She was born in Bilefeld, 
Westphalia, Europe, Feb. :i, 18,50. and came 
to America with her parents in the fall of 
)85.j. coming direct to Quincy. Four child- 
ren : Anna Louise Paulina, born April 2!l, 
1873- Emma Margaretha, born Sept. 4, 
1873- Louise, born Nov. IG, 1876, and Albert, 
Martin, born Nov. 0. 1878. Religion, Luth- 
eran. Politics, Democrat, He is a member 
of the Protestant Orphan's and Widow's 
Association of Quincy, and the Fireman's 

Benevolent Association. Heal and personal 

properly estimated at $2,.500. 

Freese, Mrs. Celia widow. TK York. 

Freese Fred. W. cor. 8th and Adams. 

Freiharg Casper, shoemaker, ttl N.7>h. 

Freiburg Fred. 301 N. 0th. 

Freibnrg Henry, boots and ahoee. 717 Maine. 

Frelbnrg Joseph, furniture, etc., 811 Maine. 

Freiburg Joseph, teamster. Elm e of 9lh. 

Freming Bernard, shoe maker, 1 lib near Kentucky 

Frerlcke John U. Vi 8 of Lind. 

Frericks George, contractor. 1110 Oak. 

Frertcks John H. ooatractor, 1110 Oak. 

Frese Anton, laborer. Spring e of 18th. 

Kriedcrich Mrs. H. millinery. 10;tt Maine. 

Fricund Frank, brick mason, 13th and Spring. 

Fristein Mre. F. wld.iw. 6th n of .lefferson. 

Friye C, blacksmith. Oik w of '.'Oth. 

Frohme Mrs. Hannah, cor. 12tb and Jackson. 

Fromme Christ, tailor. 1009 JelTerson. 



FKOMT JOHN I.., general man- 
ager of the Quiiiry AVico; office, 520 Hamp 



QUINCY DIRECTORY. 



627 



shire street; residcuce 3(1 and Maiden Lane. 
Fuelker Bernard, Isborer, 1448 Vermont. 
Faerhotr Henry, carpenter, Monroe near 17th. 
Fahrmann P. A cor. 12th and Adaine. 
Fuller Walter, car inspector, Cheetniit w of Hth. 

FR.iNK, MRS. EI.IZA. iBilH 
neiy, notions, etc., corner of 7tli and State 
streets. Slie was born in Munster, Europe, 
August 20, 1889, and emigrated to America 
with her sister Clara, landing at Baltimore, 
May 18, 1865, coming direct to Quincy, 111. 
She remained one month, and then went to 
Leavenworth, Kansas, where, on December 
i), 1865, she married George Funk. After 
remaining two j'ears at Leavenworth, Kan., 
husband and wife went to Lee's Summit, 
Mo., where Mr. F. opened a harness store, 
and continued in the same jilaee for eight 
years, and then returned to Quinc}-, 111., 
March 4, 1875, when Mrs. Funk opened tlie 
present large store. Religion, Roman Cath- 
olic. 
Fnnke John H. tailor, Chestnut w of 24th. 

FliRI.OXG JAMES, proprietor 
Furlong House, 604 Maine street; was born 
in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1835; moved to Chicago, 
111., in 1855, having previously spent some 
time in Toronto, Canada. He was identified 
with the Briggs House in Chicago for several 
years. He mo%-ed to Quincy in 1866, and 
opened the Opera House Billiard Hall, cor- 
ner of 6th and Maine streets, which he con. 
ducted successfully for four years. He then 
went into the Furlong (now Aetna) House in 
1870, and in 1874 he changed his location, 
fitted up his present commodious hotel, 
which if not the largest, is unquestionably 
the best conducted house in Quincy. He 
married Miss Mary Quigley, November 25, 
1863. She was bom in Ireland. They have 
three children: Francis Joseph, Lizzie and 
.leraldine. They arc members of the Catho- 
lic Church. (Mrs. Furlong is a niece of Dr. 
Quigley, of San Francisco, Cal.) He keeps 
lirst-class carriages for the accomodation of 
his guests, and the public generally. Guests 
of the Furlong House will always find 
"Jim" around looking after their comfort. 

FuBini; Matt, stone cutter, cor. iJd and Oafe. 
Futterer F. upholsterer. Broadway, bet. 18th & SOth. 
Pntterer Joeeph, laborer, Broadway, e of iSth. 



G 



Gabel Gust, carpenter, l.ith and Monroe. 
Gall Ch»«. laborer, 834 Broadway. 



CkAIXFH AV. H., house and sign 
painter, 55 North Sixth street; residence, 
1217 Vermont; born in Stockbridge, Mass., 
in 1838 ; came to Quincy in 1857 ; married 
Sarah i\jin Hutton in 1869. She was born 
in LaGrange, >[o., in 1846. They have one 
child, Willie Herbert. They are members 
of the Baptist Church. He is a Republican. 
He is a member of the Pride of the West 
Lodge No. 94, A. O. U. W. He has been in 
business since 1868. He is an accom- 
plished artist in his line, and a trustworthy 
and reliable business man, capable of exe- 
cuting to perfection all work which he as- 
sumes. 

Garbrand Mrs. Mary Ann, 016 Jefferson. 
Gardner James, reporter, 301 Chestnat. 

«i;ARD:XER H. J.. Proprietor of 
the Qxiiiry Henilil: residence, 197 North 
Sixth street. 

Gardner Kobert W. til3 Broadway. 
Garrett Henry, painter, llth and Payson ave. 
Gasser Mrs. Catherine, 13 S 10th. 
Gapser Mies Emily, IJ S. 10th. 
Gatchel Alfred, 9th, 8 of Cedar. 

<iJATZ AliOIS. clothing, merchant 
tailor, and gent's furnishing goods, 506 
Maine street; residence, 1007 Hampshire 
street; born in Baden, Germany, in 1834; 
came to the United States in 1854 and 
located in Rochester, N. Y., and in Paris, 
111., in 1857. He married Mary Wolf in 
1860. She was born in Rochester, N. Y. 
Their two children are Francis and Ade- 
line. They are Catholics. He is a Republi- 
can. He located in Quincy in 1875, and 
opened the store he now occupies with a 
large stock of choice goods. He is a gen- 
tleman of refinement and good taste, well 
qualified for his position in business. 

OAUSHELI. ER.AXK, Editor of 
the Quincy News ; residence, 433 V'ermonl 
street ; office, 520 Hampshire street, 
Gaushell Mrs. X. S. widow, isr X. 6th. 

HAY €APT. WILLIAM H.. 

ticket agent, union depot; residence, 
Quincy; was born in Addison county, Ver- 
mont, in 1833; moved to Galesburg, 111., in 
183t>; married Mary E. EUett in 1866. She 
was born in Knox county. 111., in 1840. They 
have four children: Edwin M., Theodora, 
Fannie B., and Charles W. They are mem- 
bers of the First Union Congregational 
Church. He is a member of the A. O. 



628 



HISTOKY OF ADAMS CODNTV. 



U. W. He enlistpil in the Ist Iowa Battery, 
.Inly 4, 1861, anil appi)inted Quartermaster 
Sergeant; proinoted to senior 2d Lieu- 
tonant, Sept. 1, IHtM, and senior 1st Lieu- 
tenant, .hine 1, 18(1;',, and to Captain of the 
same lialtiry Sept. 1, 1804. He was wounded 
at the battle of Kennesaw^ Mountain ; was 
with Gen. Curtis at Pea Ridge; with Sher- 
man when he made the attack on Vicks- 
burg and was repulsed ; wa.s at the capture 
of Arkansas Post ; was with Gen. Grant 
during the siege of X'icksburg; was at Fort 
Gibson, and the capture of Jackson, Miss; 
went with Sherman to Atlanta, Ga., and re- 
mained until the capture of that city. Not- 
withstanding liis efforts to go with Sherman 
on his grand march ti> the sea, he was trans- 
ferred to Gen. Thomas' Department, and 
was with him ai the battle of Xashville, 
Tenn., after which he was put iu command 
of Fort Xageley. He acted as Inspector 
Genera! of the Department, and Chief of 
Artillery at Nashville, and was a promi- 
uent member of the board of examining 
officers appointed to pass on the capabilities 
of officers for promotion. He served the 
first term of three years and re-enlisted as 
a veteran and served to the close of the war. 
He was mustered out at I>avenport, Iowa 
with a distinguished ;incl unpurchased rec- 
ord, one which the most gallant of llie gal- 
axy of distinguished officers of our late 
noble army might well be proud of, espe- 
cially jis Capt. (iay gained his shoulder- 
straps by merit only, facts with which the 
writer of this sketch is familiar. He moved 
to Quincy, where he holds his present posi- 
tion. 

Geers Heory, laborer. IViO Onk. 
Geore Hermon B. sardner, cor Itth and BIm 
Gctim Mrs. Magdalene, 1014 Maioe. 
Qcbrini; .lohn. botcher, cor 7th and York 
Geigerich Prank, tailor, 131 S 9th 

<;KIMK HKXRV. banker and 
liiokcf, otl North Fifth street; residence, 
northwest corner of l.ocusi and 13th streets. 
He was born in Cincinnati. (>„ Aug. 7, 1!*47; 
came with his parents to Quincy in 18.")4; 
received his schooling al St. Francis Col- 
lege, Quincy. On May 14lli, lS(i4, he took 
the ])osition of clerk in II. F. .T. Ricker's 
bank, and remained with him till the fall of 
18(>8. He then studied the higher branches 
of mercantile pursuits for several months, 
and then took a position of clerk in .loseph 



& Nelke's dry goods store, where he re- 
mained several months, after which he was 
employed in Ricker & Hoene's bank as 
teller, up to Aug. 1. 1869. On Aug. 16, I86i», 
he was engaged as teller in the I'nion Bank 
of Quincy, which position, in addition to 
being director of the bank part of the time, 
he held till March 1, 1876, when he went in- 
to a co-partnership with his father and 
brother in banking and brokerage, under 
the familiar name of the Savings Institu- 
tion of H. A. Geise & Sons. Bernard Geise 
dying Nov. 31, 1876, the partnership was dis- 
solved on Dec. 1, 1876. and the business was 
continued by the surviving partners till June 
21, 1878, when Henry Geise soUl his interest 
in the bank to his father, who. on .luly 1, 1878, 
made an assignment for the benefit of his 
creditors, II. F. J. Ricker being appointed 
assignee to wind up his business. Oct. 14, 
1878. Mr. Henry Geise opened at the old 
location, and continues the business to 
the present time. He was elected City 
Treasurer for the years 18(Mi, 1867, and 1868. 
He married .Miss Agatha Volm, at Quincy, 
Sept. 3, 1868. She was born in St. Louis, Mo., 
Sept. 3, 1.8,5.5; came to Quincy in 1858. Five 
children, three living: Henry A., Athilda M., 
and JIartin I. Religion, Roman Catholic. 
Politics, Democrat. Has since removed to 
."ith street, west side, between Hampshire and 
Vermont. 
Gele Bernard, laborer. Vine e of isth. 

<;Kn:n kk t-HRisTi.ix, saioon. 

corner 7th and Maine; born in Germany in 
1828; came to the United Stales in 186i> and 
located fn Philadelphia, and in this city in 
1877. He married Margaret Zaun in 185.5. 
She was born iu Germany in ls3!). They 
have two children : Christian and Elenora, 
Has been | in business since 1855. He has an 
orchestrion, music twice a week on his 
premises, choice selections frcmi the most 
liojiular composers. 

Gentemann Henry, bricklayer, Waahiugtonw of lith' 
Qentemann Wm. Ilorint. •-'■il S. lllh. 
Georgene .lacob, shoemaker, SOI Slate. 
Qerdint; Herman, labjrer. Oak w or'-^th. 
Gerig Caeimer, clerk, 915 Jereey. 

GKRKK HKXRY. blacksmith, 8th 
bel. Ohin and Payson ave; residence, 008 
Kentucky street. He was born in Ampt 
Cloppenburg, Grosz-Herzogturn Oldenburg, 
Europe, June 22, 1,840, and emigrated to 



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629 



America, rcachiug New York City May 1st, 
1869, and going from there to Fort Madison, 
Iowa, wliere he remained one year and six 
months; then came to Quincy, 111. and 
worked tor E. M. Miller & Co. for five years, 
after which he opened his present shop. He 
married Miss Rosa Blanke in Quincy, 111., 
.Tune 20th, 187.1. She was born in Quincy, 
Ad.ims Co., 111., May lath, 1856. One child, 
Lilly, born .Tune 23d, 1877 Religion, Roman 
Catholic. Politics, Democrat. Real and per- 
sonal property estimated at .$7,000. 

Oermann Hermann, drug store, 811 State. 

Germann Philip, salesman, SllState. 

Gerrelts Henry, painter, 1101 Payson ave. 

Gerry Oliver, queeneware, cor. (Jth and Hampshire. 

Gerry Wm. laborer. 12-Jl Vermont. 

Gers Henry, brick molder, Oak e of 11th. 

Gessling Ilcnry, laborer, 712 Washington. 

Gessling Herman, sawyer. lOth'and Monroe. 

Geseling Philip, stone qaarrier, S30 .Jeffergon. 

Getsche Henry, laborer, cor. 12th and .Jefferson. 

Giddings Arthur F. lime burner, 118 S. 12lh. 

Giddings F. S. 118 S. 12th. 

Gieflng Frank, barber, 1022 Hampshire. 

Glesing O. brick n-ason, cor. 11th and Hampshire. 

Gieslng Henry, blacksmith, 1030 Vine. 

Giesing Wm. groceries, etc. cor. 11th and Hampshire. 

Gilbert Henry, laborer, 929 Vine. 

<jill.ltKItT W. «„ Car Inspector of 
the Hanniliiil and St .Joseph R. R. Co. ; resi- 
dence, 410 Vine ; was born in Banham, Eng- 
land, June 24th, 1832 ; came to the United 
States in 1836, and to Quincy in 1837; mar- 
ried Eliza McNulty in Quincy in 185.5. She 
was born in Houston township, Adams 
county, 111., in 183!). Three children : George 
H., William A. B., and Louella. Members 
of the M. E. Church. Democrat. Is a 
member of the Adams Grove No. 3 Druids. 
Been employed for the C, B. & Q. R. R 
eighteen years. 

Gilker August, laborer, 258 N. .5th. 

Gill .John B. carpenter. Oak e of ISth. 

Gillc Chas. V. 72.'! Payson ave. 

Gllle John C. 72'J Payson ave. 

Gllle Wm. mail carrier, cor. 11th and .leflerson. 

Gilmer (has. M. attorney-atlaw, 1111 Vine. 

Gllmore Mies .Maria, rear Ivji Vermont. 

Gilpin Mtts .Vnna, s;i.'> ({roadway. 

4;il.PI\ .MkKKFH B, (dccea,sed); 
born in I.eesbuig, Va., in 1825; moved to 
Annapolis, Md , and Washington, where he 
spent some time, and located permanentlj' 
in Quincy witli his father in 1842. He soon 
engaeed in the real estate business, which 
he follo«<.cl up to the time of his demise. 



He studied law, and was admitted totlie bar 
in 1844. He married Miss Mary A. Cleaves 
in 1852. She was born in Vermont; moved 
to Iowa with her parents when ten years old. 
She was living with an uncle, Mr. Sherman, 
in Quincy at the time of her marriage. 
They have three children . Charles F., Anna 
E., and Fraulin C. They are Episcopalians. 
He entered th(^ army with the rank of Major, 
in the war of the rebellion, and was ap- 
pointed Chief of the Commissary Depart- 
ment ot the Missouri. He was one of the 
Public Library Association, and prominent 
in all i)ublic enterprises. He died July 4, 
1S78, in this city. 

Gilpin Mrs. J. B. vfldow, cor. 9th and Spring. 
Givings Peter, laborer, 9th n of Chestnut. 
Glahn Ignatz, tailor, 17 N. 7th. 
Glaser Henry C. 25 N. 3d. 

(iir.ASS JOHK B. (of Glass & Far- 
roll, grocers), corner ot 13th and Maine. He 
was born in Quincy, 1840, on the same cor- 
ner where he is now doing business, his 
father having purchased the land from Gov. 
Wood, who secured it direct from the In- 
dians. He married Miss Annie M. Ohnemus 
in 1874. She was born in Quincy. They have 
two children, John C. and Annie Theresa. 
They are members of the Catholic Church. 
He is a Democrat; has been in business 
since 1863, and for himself since 1869. They 
keep dry goods and groceries, provisions and 
feed. 

(jrliASS SIMON, wine producer ; res- 
idence, corner of Oak and 30th streets ; born 
in Bavaria-Land-Comisant-Landon, October 
5, 1813; landed in the United States, Septem- 
ber 25, 1834; stopped at St. Louis, and lo- 
cated in Quincy in 1835. He married Caro- 
line Bustard in 1838. They have four chil- 
dren : Ellen, Eliza, Caroline and Julia. He 
is a member of the (Jatholic Church, and a 
Democrat. He is one of the few early resi- 
dents of Quincy left, being forty-four years 
identified with the cily. He is engaged in 
raising and cultivating a vineyard and pro- 
ducing wine from the pure juice of the grape. 
He has some of several years vintage in his 
cellar of a most excellent flavor and delicious 
taste. He is a man well pi-eserved, healthy, 
and possessing a large share of that genuine 
hospitality peculiar to his country people. 
Olattfeld H. O. builder, cor. 14th and Monros. 
GlayChas. molder, 1012 Washington. 



tioU 



IIIMOKV OK AKAMS I'ullMK 



til.XT.V. W. K.. stiloon, .-.I Norlli -Itli 
strcfl ; lioni ill I. irkinj; comity, Oliio, in IS-H); 
movi'tl to I'liliir coiiiUv, lowii, 1S.VI. lo Mini- 
tt'/.umii ill tSoii, ami to Miicoii (."ily; Mo., in 
IMT; roiurncil to Iowa, locating; at Odka- 
loosa in WW, am) again niovi'il to Macon 
City, Mo., 18(>5, wlicrc he rcmaincil until 
1878, when he localctl in CJuiiicy. lie mar- 
ricd Mary llolincs in 11^75. Slu' was liorn 
in this state. lie enlisted in the 47lh Iowa 
Inf., Co. I.June, 18(i4, ami was nuislcreil out 
(Ictober, same year, one hnmlrcil day men. 
lie is a Hepuliliean in jiolities. 

Ql«nn Jotin It. Ins. akI* cor. <»tli and Malii«. ' 

(".lonii l>. II. cUrk, IStli near Yi.rk 

(.iXIMK KKFJ»Kltl<'U. trunk 
maiuil'acturer (of the linn of (.'. (.)liroek & 
Co.), 2'J North (ith street; was born at sea 
while his parents were on their way from 
Europe to the United Stales, in 1854, and 
arrived in Quincy thesaiui' year. He learned 
the trunk business and has been in the busi. 
ncss as a member i>f the above lirm since 
1870. lie is an unmarried man, steady and 
industrious. 

Oontio Goltlloti, laborer, lU'll Vliu'. 

Gn lao .luhii, upbolsterur. itl-l Payttou avo. 

Godfrey Mrs. K. W. widow. VIS Broadwa.v, 

<JOKKKX n.KllKXK. ajrent for 
Lalbroii. McKilUip \ Co. Commercial 
Aireuey, corner of lih and Hampshire 
streets; residence, 01:1 York street; born in 
St. Louis, Mo.. 18.'>1, and located in this city 
October, 10. 1877. as agent of thi- above 
named company, lie married Miss Mary 
J. Morris in .lune. 1877. She was born in 
St. Louis, 18,V). They have one child, 
Ewald U., born Aiiu'usl iO, 1878. They are 
members of the Catholic Church. He is 
Uepublican. He slarted in Si. Louis as 
crnuul boy in the otlice of the Conimeivial 
Agency, and by a display of industry, enersiy, 
ami strict integrity, he has attractitl the at- 
tention of his employers, who have wisely 
promoted him to his present position. 

Ooodnpi'le r.co. blacksmtlli. I'Jll and ISI S. Mb. 
Ooodapple Geo. t>l;ickHmltti, cor. Ttti and Stale. 
Good (.'hae. mnrblo p,>ll»h>r, 11J4 Oak. 
Qotdeu Mrrt. widow, Ttti n of Oak. 
Goll riirlsUipber, dyer, 14 N Sil. 
Qoira John I... State opposite ISlh 
Goim Ix>nlf, State opposite 13tb. 
Goring ilohii, laborer, LInd o uf tii. 
Gorman Henry, aaloon keeper, 174 N. Sd. 
Gorman Matthew, laborer, 11% Maine. 



Goelin Mrs <'ath<'rliip. »11 Wrmont. 
Goslin .\dam, irrocer.'JIX) Vermont. 

<.iOI'l.l> & VVA'SHVHninT. 

iiianiifailurers of sa^li. dour--, lijlnds and 
packiiii; bo.xes; factory corner of ."itli :iiid 
Ohio stivets. Mr. (lOiild was born in It.-i. 
tnvia, (ienesee county, N. Y., 18|:l, and lo 
cate<l in this city in 18.^4. and went into , 
business here in lS,"ir>. They do a very e.v- | 
tensive business in their line. 

la^^VK 4'. S.. corn meal and hominy 
mill, '-'4 North 7th street ; residenci' corner of 
l'2tli and Vermont streets; born in Troy, 
N. Y., 1827; moved to Morgan county. 111., 
1840, and to this city, 1847; married Fannie 
Monroe, 18.").'i. She was born in this city, 
I8:t'i. They have two children, Frank .1. 
and Charles H. He is a Kepublican. He 
was Captain of the supply boat, " Colloniia," 
chartered by the government on the Ten- 
ne-s-sec and Cumberland rivers, up to 18l>2, 
when he sold her and went out as sutler of 
101st Illinois Inf, and was mustered in as 
IJiiarlcrma.slerof same Regt.,.Iune, 18(i;!. He 
acted as brigade and tissislanl division IJuar- 
termasler with General Slieriiiaii; mustered 
out at the close of the war. at Springfield, 
111. 

4;OVK IIKK. KK>'K.W.\II. lesi 

dence, lilts Broadway; born in llerkshire 
county, Ma.s.M., 180'J; m.iTied Mr. Cliesbrook 
in 182;!. He died in 182H. She married Mr. 
K. Oove in 182(i and moved to the state of 
New York, where they resided ten years, 
theno' to Sciota county. Ohio. Mr. Govo 
carried on distillery business for about seven 
years aller he moved to Illinois and Ux-ated 
on the Illinois river. Mrs. Gove remained 
in l>hio until she got a pnuuise from her 
husband that he would disci>ntinue the man- 
ufacture of spirits, she being opposed toil. 
He premised, and she Joined him. They lo- 
cated in this city in 1847. when he went into 
produce and pork-packing. He died in lS7:i, 
leaving his widow a competency. She is a 
iiiember of the Uaptist Church, a lilnTal and 
kind-hearted lady. 

«!OVP.|{T Wn. II.. .Mloiney. No, 
2.") Noil li , "it h street , was born in Fort Mad- 
ison, Iowa, in 1844; graduated in the Illinois 
College in lS(i7, and in the law department 
of the Michigan Inivei-silv. in 1870; hx-ated 



yLIN<;Y I)IfCKOT<JKV. 



681 



in Quincy, and was atlmittcd to tli(' bar the 
same j'ear, formins a law partnership willi 
Josepli N. Carter, under tlic firm name of 
Carter & (Jovcrt, nhicli remains the same; 
from 1873 to 1«T4 was City Attorney of 
Quincy, and in 187'i was elected Slatt-s At- 
torney of this county, whicli ollicc he now 
holds. lie was married to Miss Hosa F. 
Wood, September 3">, 187:!. Tliey liave twn 
children, Geo. W. and Anna Louise. Demo- 
crat in politics and a member of ihe Presby- 
terian Church. 

Grabbe Henry, laborer, Jefferson near l.'>th. 
Qrady Timothy, laborer, Elm e of Olh. 

C;RAFFTKV JA^KM. shirt man- 
ufactory and l.iiindry, 22 Siuilh 5th street; 
born in City of London, En;iland, in 1815; 
came to the United States, 1849; stopped in 
Xew York City, and in 18fiO lorat<-d in 
Quincy. He married E. L. .McLean in 18.12. 
She was born in London, 1828. Have six 
children: James V., Alfred li., Elmer E., 
Minnie, Ella and Lawrence G ; are Baptists. 
He has been in the shirt maniifacturinfr hu.si- 
uess since lie came to this country, and in- 
troduced the London styles in Xew York in 
1841i, when he first came to that city. He 
boujrilt the City Laundry some three years 
ago, and runs it in connection with his shirt 
business. 

ORAH.4.11 .1. M., Hath Parlors, 22 
South 5th street; residencir <llh and Oak; 
bom in Connecticut in 18;j7; located in 
Pittstield, J'ike county, III., 1857; enlisted 
in Co. A., smih III. Inf., August 2, 1802; was 
wound(!d at Vicksburg, May 22, 18«:j, at the 
siege of that city; on recovering from his 
wounds was transferred to Veteran Corps 
and scn'wl out his full time; mustered out 
in July, 1805; married Helen Lee, 1801. 
She was born in Middletown, Conn., 1833; 
have one child, Nellie May; belong to the 
M. E. Church. He is a Republican. He 
has been in business three and a-half years. 
His treatments are by the Medicated, Vapor, 
Turkish and Electric Baths, a cure for most 
chronic diseaso when all other remedies fail. 

Granacher .logepb, laborer. 112!i Maine. 

Granaiher Theo. porter, 1129 Maine. 

Grandemann Tbeo. cbafr maker, lr>tb near Waeb- 

iDgton. 
Gram John J. hardware, etc., 531 Hampebire. 
Gra».|I.J. O. maeter mechanic, C , B. <t <^. K. R., 

eSON.iitb. 



Gravel L^iais, fireman, (it;i Vine. 

Graven John II. faloon keeper, ifws Maine. 

CMCAVK SOPHIA and daughter, 
millinery, corner of lllh and Maine streets; 
residence the same. Mrs. Grave was born 
in Germany, 1827 ; came to the United States, 
1845. She married Henry Meyer, 1840. He 
died in 1808. Her oldest daughter. Jose- 
phine, now in business with her, married 
Charles Ne<d in 1872. They were both born 
in this country. They have one child, A. 
.Sophia, born in 1875. They are Catholics. 
They commenced business in 1875 in the 
house where Mrs. Ncel was born, it being 
the homestead. They have a full stock of 
goods of the lat«!st fashions, and all work is 
warranted by these ladies to give satisfac- 
tion. 

(>}KAVK!S \\. C, milling; mill and 
office 31 and 33 Front street ; residence 270 
Xorth 6lh street: born in Todd county, Ky., 
1834; moved to Green county. III., with his 
parents in 1820. He returned to Kentucky, 
locating in Christian county, 18.58, where he 
remained until 1874, when he returned to 
Quincy and went into his pp'senl business. 
He married Miss Ellen Thompson, 1858. 
She was born in Christian county, Ky., 1830. 
Their children are: Florence E., Li/zie, Lula 
Lee, Jimmy S., Charles E. and Ellen; are 
members of the Presbyt^.-rian Church. Inde- 
pendent in |)olilic8. 

Gray Barton W. 3d e ot Elm. 
Gray Harver, bame^H maker, :!3d and Oak. 
Gray Walter K. grain dealer, M » of Elm. 
Gredel .John, grocer. :iOtb aud Vine. 
Greeley John, laborer, 7tb e of Vine. 
Greeley Patrick, laborer, "th b of Vine. 
Greeman ('a^per, Btone catter, lOijS. iith. 
Oreeman Henry. Btone cutter, VSO Ohio. 

ORKKX A3MW*, Vice President and 
General Manager of the Q.. M. <fc P. R. R. ; 
residence 158 Xorth 8th street ; born in York 
county. Pa., 1815; locati-d in Quincy, 18-30; 
married Elizabeth McDa/Jc, 1841. She died 
1850, leaving three children : George (was 
.Major 78th 111. Inf.); .Marj^ P. (now Mrs. D. 
.\. Kelscy), and Emma. He married Miss 
SusJin M. Riddle in 1800. They have one 
child, Ella B. Mrs. Green is a Unitarian. 
He is a stockholder in the Q.. M. & P. R. R. 
('».; has been Vice President since 1875, and 
General JIanager since 1870. He has been 
identified with the lumber business for 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



twcnty-flve years ; served as AUlonnan, and 
was cHnilidiitc for Mayor and defeated. He 
is an active business man. 
Green Mrs. JalU, widow, Maine e ofstb. 
Oreen Mrs. M. M. :)J1 York. 
Green M. V. carpenter, 521 Payeon ave. 
Oreenbaum Mathias. 1110 Hampshire. 
Greenlcaf M. T. macliine shop, :!14 Elm. 
Greenleaf Thos. S. b>olt keeper, 93 N. :)d. 
Greive Wm. teamster, cor. 10th and Payson ave. 
Griese Mrs .\nna, widow, li«ii Uampsh re. 
Grieeer Leonard, wood merchant, lis State. 

GRI.Ti:*! FRKDKKIIK. enfriiu.r 
of No. 4 steamer in city Fire Oepurlnient; 
residence 404 State street; iioin in tliis cit/ 
1843; married Miss Mary (iooilbred in-187t} 
She was born in Germany, 185:!. They liave 
three children : Charles F., Laura anil Mar- 
garet; are members of the Lutheran Chureli. 
He is a Democrat. 
Grimm Geo. Sr. 40U State. 
Grimm Geo. engineer. 819 Kentucky. 
Grimm Henry. 314 Ohio. 

liltl.mi HKNKY. milhvri-ht, boil- 
er and sheet iron worker; shop on Front 
north of Deliiware street; born in Quincy 
April li), 18;i(i married Catherine Bethy; 
have SIX children livins;: Henry J., Ella 
Lucy, Oscar E., Frederick B., "William 
Thomas and Louis. His father, Henry 
Grimm, was born in Weisenbour}:, Alsace, 
France, in 1803 ; married Kosine Uufl' in Feli- 
ruary, 1834, and came to New York City tlie 
same year, and to Quincy in 18:^5; is a car- 
penter by trade: has six living children: 
Henry, Jacob, Charles. Jasper, Hosinc and 
Louise. Henry owns a residenct; on Ohio 
street, valued at $1,.")00; is in partnership 
with his brother Jasper. 
Grimm Jasper, cor. 12lh and JaclceoD. 
Grimm Joseph, fireman, :)1i; Ohio. 
Grimm Martin, IS) S. 4th. 
Grimm Tbeo 1«i State. 

GUmMKR II. A., grocery and dry 
goods, corner ofj 8lli and State streets; resi- 
dence same; born in Prussia, 1831 ; came to 
this country, 1844, and located on a farm in 
Melrose township: married I)or;i Wheeler 
in \S')il. She died in 18(m. leaving three chil- 
dren : Henry, Jo.«ei>li and Miitilda. He mar- 
ried his second wife, Mary Ilunikcr, In 188)i. 
She was liorn in Baden. They have four chil- 
dren : Charles, Edward, Lena and .Vlbert: 
are Lutherans. He i> a Democrat; has been 
AUlerniMii of 4th Ward an<l Collector in Hni 



ton township in 18(i3. He owns a farm in 
Melrose township. 

tJKinKS .KmV M.. lawyer; born 
in Pike lounty, 111, in 18-t!l; graduated at 
Illinois ("oUege. ;it Jacksonville, in 1870; 
studied law in the otiice of Warren, Wheat 
ic Hamilton, Quincy ; wa-^ admitted to the 
bar in 1S7'3. 

Gronemann Lewis, teamster, 1180 Jersey. 
Gronnemeier H H. Adams, e of '.'ih. 
Gropch l.oreiiz. tjiilor. cor. d2d and Hampshire. 

4itK<»M!S <J<>TTKR1KD. florist, cor- 
uer of M)iiiie and 2mh streets; residence, 
same; born in Germany in 1844; came to 
the United States in 18(i3. He married 
Catherine Cook in 1875. She was born in 
Medina county, Ohio, in 1844. They have 
one child, Gottfried, liorn in 1877. He is a 
thoroughly-educated gardener and Horist, 
and has the largest and most select slock 
of plants and Howers of any one in his line 
in Quincy, having three acre-; un<ler im- 
proTcineut 

Gross Lonis. carpinter, i:i7 S . 7th 

Gross Mrs. C. widow, 1:)7 -•. 7th. 

Grover Mrs. M. widow, cor. 4th and Washington. 

GROVKIt I*. B.. retired farmer ; resi 
dence, 21)7 North lith slreet; was born in 
Kennnebec county, Maine, in 1814, and 
located in Adams county. 111., in 1840. He 
married Miss Nancy TitVaney in 1843. She 
was born in the same ctmnty in 1811. They 
have three children : Louisa F. (now Mrs. 
Duncan). Margaret JL, and John C. They 
are members of the Free-will Baptist 
Church. He is a I{epublic;iii. He com- 
menced farming in 1843, :ind continued it 
until 1807 ; was in the mercantile business 
also. He has accumulated a liberal com- 
petency, which he expends judiciously, sur- 
rounding himself and family wiUi the luxu- jj 
ries it affords. He is fond of literature, and 
patronizes works of merit. Hospitable and 
sociable he enjoys life, surrounded liy his 
children and grandchildren. 
Grnber Mrs. Catherine. 7i:i Kentucky. 
Grneli Samuel, wood dealer, cor. tith and Vine. 
Grussenmeycr Loaisa, *J8 S. 10th. 
Gruesenmeyer Michael, wagon manufacturer, S N.lid. 
Gndelmann J. 7i7 Jackson. 
Gnnn Mrs. Eliza, widow, lil7 Maine. 
Gunther Julius, physician. Ills Maine. 
Guth Christ, cigar maker, ll.'l Oak. 
OuthChas. marble cut er, Oak, e of 11th 
Guthrie Mrs. S. M widow, '-or 5th and York. 



QUI NOV niKECTORV. 



633 



01JRGFX XICK. WHgon inanufai'- 
turcr, 8th street, l)ct\veeii Adams and Jack- 
son, lie was born in Holch Hegeirungs-I)e- 
zirk, (olilentz, Prussia, Sept. 2<!, 182(!, anil 
emigrateil to America via New York City in 
1853, thence to Springfield, 111., remaining 
eight months, when he went to Alton, 111., 
and from there to Quincy, 111.; married 
Miss Lena Heismann iu Quincy in 185(i. 
She was bom in Swabers, Europe, in 1828. 
They have six children : Li/.a, aged 32 ; 
Philip. -20; John, 19; Mathilda, IT; Lena, 
15; and Theresa, 13. Religion, Catholic. 
Politics, Democrat. Mr. Guegel served in llic 
8th Pioneer Regiment at Coblentz, under 
till- King of Prussia, from 1845 to 1849. 

GI'EXTHKR l>R. JIILIL'S, Pin 

sician and Surgeon and .VccDuchcr; ullicc- 
and residence, 1118 Maine .street; Ijorn in 
Germany in 1827 ; arrived in New Orleans, 
La., in 1852, and in Quincy in 1857; moved 
to Coatsburg, 111., in 1859, and to New Or- 
leans in ISliO, and returned to Quincy iu 
1800. He moved on his farm at Coatsburg 
in 1872, and returned to Quincy in 1875. 
He sent bis family to I^urope, and visited 
many of the Southern cities — Louisville and 
others. When his family returned from 
Europe, he visited New Orleans for the lien- 
efil of his wife's health, and returned to 
Quincy in 1877, where he lias permanently 
located. He was a physician in acti^■e prac- 
tice in New Orleans during the yellow fever 
seasons of 1853-53, having charge as physi- 
cian of the Charity Hospital iu that city 
from 1853 until he left for the North. He 
married his wife in Germany in 1854, hav. 
ing returned to Europe for that purpose. 
She was a Miss Jaessing; had six chil 
dren, three living: Clara, Emma, and 
Alfred. He is a Druid, Mason, and First 
Speaker of the Quincy Turner Society and 
Lciderkranz. Mrs. Guenther died A us;-. 37, 
1877. 
OwtDn .Mrs. Addie, 8:» Hampshire. 



Haas Fred, carpenter, Broadway, bet. Isth and -JOth. 
Haas Fred, carpet weaver, K1.3 Madison. 
Haa» Henry, laborer, cor. 13th and Llnd. 

HA.\S LAMBERT, saloon, north- 
west corner ol JIaiiic and nth street^; wa> 
horn in Grctliaiiscn. Pru>«ia, Europe. Julv 



3, 1828, and emigrated to America, landing 
at New York City in 1854, going from there 
to Detroit, Mich., where he remained one 
year, when he moved to Sheboygan, Wis., 
and remained two years, then came to 
Quincy, 111. He married Miss Elizabeth 
Sondermann in (Quincy in 1858. She was 
born in Hanover, Euro|)e, in 1825, and emi- 
grated to America in 1846. Seven children, 
two living: Mary, born in 1802, and (ieorge, 
born in 1800. Religion, Roman Catholic. 
Politics, Democrat. Was a memlier of the 
city police force fo^- nine months in 1808-09. 
Is a member of the St. Aloysius Orplian So- 
ciety, and the St. Boniface Benevolent Asso- 
ciation, both of Quincy. 

Hackenreiter Mrs. Carrie, widow, cor.. 10th and Ohio. 
Ilackmann Dr. Fred W. :)8 N. Front. 
Hade John, brakeinan, Maple, e of :)d. 
Haerle Geo. tailor, .')18 .Jersey. 
Uaerle John C. merchant tailor. ."jIS Jersey. 
Uagebanm Fritz, laborer, cor. l:)th and Madison. 
Uai^ebaum Henry, teamster, IHU .Vdams. 
Uagebanm Peter, carpenter, yiO Jackson. 
Hagemann A. brick maker, cor. Monroe and ir>lh. 
Ilagemann Fred, brickmaker. 8:iO Madison. 

IfAOEX ^^'.M. T., brass foundry 
;iiid machine .shop, iiortlieasl corner of 0th 
and York streets; residence, 708 Kentucky; 
born in Germany in 1842; came to the 
Uniteil States and located in Quincy in 
1807; married Christina Eckert in 1870. 
She was bom in St Louis. Three children : 
Willie, Walter and Laura. Are members of 
the German M. E. Cliurch. He has been in 
business for himself since 1808. Is a mem- 
ber of the Knights of Pythias. He is a 
skillful and reliable mechanic, does all 
kinds of machinery repairs. He learned 
bis business in Germany. 
Hagenbrook, Mrs. Maria, widow, 1031 Oak. 
Hagerbanmer Henry, cigar maker. 935 Ohio. 
Hagerman Wm. laborer. 713 Madison. 

HACirLER It. 51.. manager of tlie 
American Sewing Machine Co., 735 Maine 
street: born in AVarrcn county. 111., in 1848, 
and became connected with the sewing 
machine business in 1875, as book-keeper at 
Omaha, Neb. ; has been manager at Quincy 
since Sept. 1878. He married Dora McXeal 
iu June, 1870. She was liorn in Hancock 
county. 111., in 1858. They have one child, 
Blanche. He is a member of the Masonic 
Order. The reputation of the American 
Sewini;- Machine has been well and favor 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



ubly established as the simplest aud most 
easily managed luachiue in the market. Jlr. 
Hagler, the manager, is a reliable j;enlli'man, 
who will treat all well, 
nagae John L. cas-auer, l'.ill nampehire. 
IIa;^nt' Win. carpenter, 15'2 S. :td. 

HAIiBACH FUEIK. Iiy goods, 
508 Maine street; re.-iidenee between lOtli 
and Utli; born at AVeslplialia, Germany, in 
1847: came to the Tnited Stales in 18(i4; 
located in New York City ; came to Qiiincy 
in IrtliT, where he commenced business. 
lie married jNliss Frederica Ivespohl in 1871. 
She was born in same place, same year. They 
have three children: Charlie, Mary, And 
Sophia. He is a business man of good 
ability, having large experience in the 
trade. 

Haley Pat. bactielor, Teh be:. Sprine and Oak. 
Hall C'apt. M. S , Bth s of Sycnmore. 

HALI.K ArClTST. bWcksmiih, 

211 South (ith street; residence 208 South 
Gth street He was born in Liitpe-Delmold, 
Europe, .Ian. !), 184(i, and emigrated to 
America, landing at New York in 1864, 
coming direct to Quincy, 111., where he fol- 
lowed his profession of blacksmith. He 
married Miss Frederica Rekate in IJuincj', 
on April 1, ISOil. Slie was born in Lippc- 
Detmold, Europe, in 1843. Three children: 
Paulina, born May 1. 1870; -Vugust, born 
Oct. 9, 1873; and Mina, born Dec. 1,1874. 
Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Uepublican. 
Is a member of the General Benevolent 
Assoei;ilion of Quincy. Property, real and 
personal, estimated at *1,.")00. 
Halle rorirad. blacKsmilh, Bth b of Washington. 

HALL.KItKKItC.i KK\. Wll.. 

Pa.stor St. Jacobi Evangelical Lutheran 
Church, corner 8th and Washington streets; 
residence same; born in llcrford, Germany, 
in 1837: came to this country anil loe;it(din 
St. Louis in 1807, and in tliis city in 1873 ; 
married Jliss Betty Klinsing in 1868. She 
was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1844. 
They have three cliihlren : William. Charles, 
and Herman. Membership of church 2"J5. 

HAHLIX <iJ. II.. foreman with 
Mnllcner <.V Beebc. son of Henry G. Ham- 
lin, and Mary E. ILidlcy ; born in Aubnrn, 
N. Y., April 3, 18:^5; went to Sandusky 
City, Ohio, September, 18.J4, :ind to St. 
Louis, Mo., Se])tember, 1856. He married 



Martha Tapper Crandcll, Oct. (5, lX-")7, ;ii 
Chester, 111. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1861, in 
cavalry attached to the I8lh Mo. Inf., under 
Capt. W. U. Love, consolidated with other 
cavalry companies into the 7th Mo. cavalry ■ 
May, 18(>2; was actively engaged for two I 
yeai-s as scouts, and out i)Osts ; was Sergeant I 
Major during term of .service; re-enlisted ; 
December, 1803, and reappointed Sergeant 
Major; commissioned 2d liieiitenani, .luly 
1864, for bravery in cavalry charge against 
cavalry at battle of Princeton, .Vrk. ; pro. 
moled Isl Lieutenant on slalVof Colonel com- 
manding regiment, April, 181m; mustered 
out Se|>t. 3, 180.">. After over four years 
active ser\'ice, went into business in Chicago, 
Oct. 6, 1805; came to (Juincy, Feb. 1, 1876; 
has been forenuui for MuUencr it Beebc 
since. Lost two children, Frank and Kate 
while in the army; one left, Glencora, born 
Dec. 12, 1868. 

H.imi.TO^ iiV.y. E. B., .\ttor 

ney al Liiw; ollice 57 .Norlli5lh; resilience, 
corner of 4lh and Hampshire; born in 
(Carthage, Hancock connty. 111, 1838; com. 
menced reading liiw in I860. Hi' enlisted 
in Co. B, llHth III. Vol., AugusI, 1862; was 
promoted to Isl Lieutenant. 18(U; was will) 
Sherman at the first attack on Vicksburg, 
by the Ya/oo Kiver, and also at the siege of 
that city. He was with Gen. McCleriiand, 
at Port Hudson. .Vrkansas Post, Xew 
Orleans, and Georgia; returned to Port 
Hudson: went to Baton Uouge, and w;is with 
Gen. Davidson when he made his diversion 
;it Mobile and vicinity in favor of Sherman, 
when on his celebrated miirch to the sea; 
was mustered out al Springfield in 1S65: 
came to Quincy in 1866. where he finished 
reading law, and was admitled to the bar in 
1869. He was prominent in re-organizing 
the Quincy National Guards in 1873. and 
was Captain Iwo years, immediately prior 
lo the riots at East Si. Louis, where he went 
in command of the 8th Uegt. I. X. G. 
He was appointed on the stall" of Governor 
with the rank of Brigiidier General in 1878. 
He was Surveyor of Cusloms eight years, re 
signing in 1S76. He was Uepublican nomi 
nee for State Senator in 1878; married Miss 
Mary E. Fisk in 1878. She was born iu 
Boston. Members of the Congregational 
Church. Republican. 



gUINCY UIKKCTOEY. 



635 



HumllfjD Mra. L«ara. 10Q& Keatacky. 
Bainoier Henry. Inearsuce iit;«"t. >^ N Mtfa 

H A n n »: KM€ H m DT A i; - 

€»l HX, lor<-iiian f'^r K W. JaiiHcn & 
fe<jii. luriiiiuri; iiiaHufacluri;r»; rCRi'J<;r)i<'. 424 
Mai'Jen Lane: iKirn in Kliindan'i. J'ruHsia. 
in l«:iO: came to the L'nit<«] StateK and 
locau-'i in Quincy in l>i^i2. He married 3IiHi> 
Julia .laiiM-n in l»iW. She was iKirn in the 
•.la/e in IS:}*. They liave five children : 
•John William, Matilda. Klljeri and 
I Members of the fjennan M. E. 
Chun h. alwj of the A. O. U. W., and of the 
Evaii-relical JyUtheran Society. Itcpuhlican. 
He ha- worked for the same firm since 1H52, 
»nd a'- foreman since 18^;i. He i» a man of 
plea-Tii)^ address, gentlemanly, and well 
(jualitie'i U> fill his position. 
BuniD«r«ctimidt Andrew. 4M Maiden Lftue. 
Hsmmood (ieo. H. ewltcbauD. Maple, e of <ld 
EsDd I'biUp. t«ameter. 4tb. c of hpmce. 
Hank'; .Mr» iJavlj. widow. 3>; Hampebire. 
BaLOv>;r Henry, brick maker. Elm « of lOtb. 
Hipp<;kott« Mr<!. <'bri«tlna. l)<tb bet. Oak and Vine. 
Harb.'CK:k Ca*per. tailor. M2ft Payeou ave. 
Hargii: Mr*. Jennie, widow. 1216 Vermont. 
Bar^f <i: Irommer, titar Dureeriew, :!4th and State. 
Harriieling Kernard. laborer, ICI'.M Klin. 
Harr >i«rnar'l H. laborer, Lind e of ItSlh. 

H A RB IK DA X I Ef^ , resideni e, 344 
>'. lith. 

Harric .Joel H. tobacconiat, 1102 Jersey. * 

Barrii! L^nidac, bookkeeper. ll(e iertvy. 
Hanie Wrjgbt, clerk. 1102 Jereey. 
flarrop -J M . gruC«riee, etc., c jr. 5th and Cedar. 
Barirar^t Tbo« carpenter and builder, WS) JeffenoD. 

H.4IMCHf:K .lOHBT, t-a/her: re*- 
ideuKr -(juth ^iiie, .Sla»<r. Urtween 12th and 
13lii -treetj*; was l(om in Germany, Oct. 29, 
ItiV). and came to thii> cjuntr^- in 1843: 
8i-Ule<] in Ca>>s county. III.; and in this 
county in 1872: was married to Miss M. 
Lies<- in 1-78. She was Iwrn in St. JyOuis, 
Mo.. Nov. U. 1V)\. lie, is Principal of school 
at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 
comer of 9tli and Vork streets, which 
IMMition he lias occu|iied since his residencc 
lu-re. Kepuhlican in |Kditics. and a member 
Of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church- 

H AMKI. W4>UD \i't iAAH, the 8ul>- 
je<t of thi- -Iteich. \va'. twm in wliat Ls now 
Payson townthij). this county. .Sept. H. 1838; 
is the second son of James and Elizabeth 
Ha.s<-lwood. who reuiov(:*l from Grant county, 
Ky.. settled in this county in the fall of I**: 
marriwl to Olive g. B«-an. Oct. 14. 1858 Mr<^ 



Ha/elwotxl was lM>rn in what is now Fall 
(reek township this county, Nov. 28, 1838. 
They have IhrM' children: J>ucy E.. Iwrn 
July 2.-1, \Hr,U: Maggie Zoi-, Ijorif February, 
18<J7, and Alfre-d S., l>orn !><«•. 8, 18<J8. Mr. 
nas4'lwood ri-c<'ived such education as was 
to Ijr- obtained in the common schrxds of this 
county during hiis ljoyh<xKJ, and sul>se- 
quently took a one year's counni at Berean 
College, Jai:ksonville, 111.; taught stdi'^l 
drjriiig tlie winter months for several years, 
but always considered his oc<;upation that of 
farming, to wliich he was reared; has filled 
the various township ofBces of Justice of the 
Pea/;e, Town Clerk. ^Vswsw^r and Collector; 
was el<-<-t<-d County Clerk of this county in 
1873. and re.<-lccted in 1877. 

HartMrf. Elizabeth, vm Hampxbire. 

HAKTK HE^'KV, blacksmith, 306 
South 8th str,-..t ; residen'.-, Washington, be- 
tween lllh and 12th str»?<'ts. He was born in 
Horn, Lipi)e-Oetmold. Euro|K', on Julj- 2. 
1838. and emigrated to America via Balti- 
more, in Octoljer, 1866: from there he 
went to Muscatine, Iowa, where he remained 
one year, then going to St. L^juis, Mo., stav- 
ing two years; from there to Perry, Pike 
county. 111., where he remained four years, 
following big tnwle; then came to Quincy. 
He married 3Iis» Justina Carolina Hoe<;ker. 
in St. I»uls. ilo., April 11, 18«8. She was 
l»om in 01<lenUageiL, near Herford, Prussia, 
Europe, in 1844. and emigrate<l f> America 
with her brother Philip, in 18«7. Three 
children: Wilhelmina Carolina FrwJerika, 
l><jm March 16. 1873: Lydia Frwlerika, lx>m 
3larch 3. IS?."}, and Philip August Heinricb, 
Iwrn l)(n:. 34, 1877. Ilcligion. Lutheran. 
Politics, Deni'X-rat. Is a memlxrr of the 
Prot^-stant Widows and Orjjhans' Society of 
C2ainey. Propi-rty. real and personal, esti- 
malMl at $3.fXX». 

Hanley J C mil! w.-l^bt. '») Waabinzton. 

hauth.ax b»:k.\akd, ^of h 

A. Vandenlxx>m & Co..; furniture manu- 
facturers, corner 10th and Vermont s-treets; 
n.-sidence. 22 North 9th street ; l>om in West- 
jihalia. Prussia, in 1846: came to United 
Statz-s with his pan-nts and bx^ted in Quincy; 
married to Marj- Otten in 18^7. She was 
iKjm in Quincy. Tljey have three children : 
George, Frank and Willie; are meml»cr» of 
th'- Catholic Chiinh. Dem<icrat: has Ijeen 



636 



HISTORY OK ADAMS OOVNTY. 



in business since 1868. 'I'liey manufaclure 
eommon chairs and bedsteads — principally ; 
employ on an averaj^e, seventy men. They 
own and occupy a larjre four-story briek 
block, machinery run by steam power; havi' 
facility to fill all orders. 

Bartong Mrs. Catherine, cor. 7th and Ohio, 

HARTIi;<; (,;4»TI.KIK. Ma.k 
smith, 72") Stale street; resiilenee. 8lli and 
Ohio streets. He was born in Hise.hof, 
RodesiR'hen, April 19, 1843, and eniijrrated 
with his parents to America in 18.52, landing; 
in New Orleans, and eame direct to (Juinct. 
He learned his ti-ade with Tim Itogers, and 
after he had served his time he worked si.\- 
leen years for Batlell & t'ollins, corner of 
12th and llinupshire streets, after which he 
commenced business for himself in 1877. He 
married Miss Mary Zi.s.selmann in Quincy 
Aug. 21,1860. She was born in Lippe-Det- 
mold in 184.5, and emigrated to America in 
1860; one child, Lizzie, aged 12 years. 
Lutheran. Politics, Independent. Is a mem- 
ber of Adams Lodge :i65, I. O. O. F. Kcal 
and personal property estimated at |1,I)0U. 

HARTHXG J. W., wholesale anil 
rcl.iil tcilmccd ;iiul cigars, 508 Hampshire' 
street; residence, !):i4 ,'\Iaine street; born in 
Prussia in 1H:W; came to the I'nited States 
in 1847, and located in this city. He estab- 
lished his i)resent business house In 186;J, 
where he Inus built up a verj' large trade. 
Independent in iiolitics; was elected Super- 
visor in the spring of 1878, for the term of 
one year; is a meinliir of the V. A. O. D. 

HAKTWKI.L. .4XSKL, paper 
maker; residence, corner 4tli street and Pay- 
son ave. He was born in Wllliamsficld, Ash- 
tabula county, Ohio, Feb. 2!», 1840, .md came 
to Quincy April 24, 1876; married Miss 
Laura Knight, at Beloit, Wis , Aug. 27, 1867. 
She was born in Bradford, Vt, Feb. 13, 1847; 
live children: .lennie, born .luly 8, 1872; 
Jessie, born Jan. !), 1874; JIabel, born Jan. 
10, 18?5; Myrtle, l)orn Aug. 28, 1876, and 
Nellie, born July 4, 1878. Politics, Uepubli- 
can. lie enlisted in the «th Missouri Infantry, 
May 17. 1861, and was honorably discharged 
at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 25, 1865, He was 
wounded at Vicksburg, Miss., and at Fort 
McAlister; enlisted as a private, and was 
commissioned at Atlanta 2d Lieutenant, and 
as Ist Lieutenant of his cimipany at Golds- 



borough. .\. C. He has worked lor Mr 
Xewcnmb nine year-. 
Uarvey Thoe. clerk, l(i S. I'.th. 

HAKVKY WILLIAM, ag. nt Km- 

pire Line, 2!> Front street; residence, 628 
Jersey street; born in Albany, N. Y., in 
183:1, and became connected with railro.iding 
in 18.54, as agent of the Albany & Northern 
R. K., then as clerk In the C, B. & (J in 
Quincy in 1860, and as agent of the Wabash 
in 1865 for three years, then as agent of the 
Empire Line in 1868, which jjositlon he now 
occupies. , He married .Miss Amanda M. 
Carman in 1851. She was liorn in New York 
and died in 1872: had six children— live 
living: William, Henry D., Leonor;i, (Jcorge 
F. and Radclitf L. He married Julia Web- 
ber in 1878. She was born in Quincy in 1847 ; 
had one child, Fnuik C^. Mr. Harvey is a 
member of .St. John'sEpi.scopal Church, also 
of Masonic. I. (). O. F., K.of P.. Druids and 
-V. (). L". W. societies. 

Baubach I'harlee, wall paper, etc.. 429 Uampsbire 
Haubrock Casper, tailor, ll'iO Piyeon ave. 
Haumann Geo. laborer, cor. lith and Jackson. 
Ilaumesser .John, gri)C:ry, etc., cur. Kth and York. 
Uanpt Henry, shoemaker, lis s. 5th. 
llanwortb Wm. B. carpenter. 4S S. nth. 
Haxell Hannah, widow, B37 Washington. 
Bayes Mrs. Lydia, Front, foot of Lind. 

HAY^'KK LEVI (Of Smith, Hayner 
&, Co.), foundry and machinLsts; residence. 
511 York street; born in Rensselaer county, 
N. Y.. in 1824; came to Quincy in 18.50, and 
worked at his trade as journeyni;in 16 yeais, 
and as partner of Smith. Hayner & Co. since 
1866. He married Nancy Kinnaman In 18.52. 
She was born in Ohio. They have one child, 
Henry F., liorn in 18.55. They manufacture 
machinery ca.«tlngs of all kinds, mill ma- 
chinery, etc., etc. 
Baynee George W. clerk, 530 Elm. 
Hays Mrs. Chestnut between S'hand Uth. 

HK.\I» HKXKY. Deputy County 
Clerk. 

lUttd W. T. deputy county cljrk. si. N. 5th. 
Headen S S traveling agent, T^'> Ohio, 
lleckenkamp Bern«rd. teameter, cor. Uth and Ken 

tucky. 
lleckenkamp F. W. school teacher. TOO Adams. 
Ileckenkamp Henry, porter, l'.>3t< Hainprihire. 

HECKIiK BEX., grocery, 7th and 
Kentucky streets; residence, same; born in 
Baden, Germany, In 1846; hM'ated In Detroit, 
Mich., in 1853; moved to Scolt countj', la.. 



QUINCY niEECTOEY. 



637 



in 1854, thence to this city in 1864. He mar- 
ried Victoria Mast in 1871, wlio was born in 
Quincy in 1854. Their children are: Celia, 
Aloysius, and Joseph Boniface; are Catlio- 
lics. He is a Democrat. He was elected 
Supervisor in 1876, and re-elected in 1877. 
His father laid out the town of Buffalo, Scott 
county, la., on the Mississippi, now a town 
of 700 inhabitants. Mr. Heckle is an active, 
enterprising; young man, possessed of tjood 
business (|Ualifi(ations. 

Heckle C. groceries, etc., cor. 5 h and Maiden Lane. 

Heckle Frank, barber, 7*20 Jersey. 

Heckle Max, trav. Balesmxn, 85 S. »th. 

Heck'e Tlieodore. 'irh near State. 

Heeb Mre. .\nna. widow, sal >on, 1015 Maine. 

Heeb Henry, 1015 Main- 

Hefferen \Vm. laborer. Elm w of 7th. 

Ueidbreder Henry, exprees driver, HO-.J State. 

Heidbreder Herman, dry goods, etc., 'SOO State. 

Heidbreder. Wm. brick layer. 724 Washington. 

Heidemann George, grocer, 151 N. 3d. 

Heidemann Henry, laborer, 17JN. lOth. 

Heidemann Jlrs. Lizzie, IJJT Walnut alley. 

Heidenreich Chas. tailor. 1401 Ohio. 

Heidenreich Ernst, laborer, 30H S. 8th. 

Heiderlch -Martin. 34 S. 12th. 

Heimlich Xavier, wood worker, Adams e of tith. 

Heine .\nlon. cigars, etc., 504 Hampshire. 

Heine A. Henry, groceries, etc., 729 Maine. 

Heine John, 8th bet. Oak and Vine. 

Heinecamp Conrad, carpenter, 1016 State. 

Heinemeyer Wm. basket maker, 1.3th u of Vermont. 

HKIXTZ XICHOLAS (firm of 
Heint/ & Jlarkley;, boots and shoes, 523 
Maine street. He wa.s born in Prussia on 
the Rliine, on the line of France, May 5, 
1839; came to the United States in 1854, and 
went to Milwaukee, Wis.; then to St. Paul, 
Minn., in 1855, and located in Quincy in the 
fall of 1860, wliere he worked at shoemaking 
two years; then he clerked for Mr. Brown 
si.\ years and was then taken in as partner, 
in wliich he remained eleven years, and 
formed the present co-partnership, .July 1, 
1878. He manned Wilhelmina E. Einhaus 
in 1862, who was born in Quincy. They have 
si.\ children : Wilhelmina, Harmon, Willie, 
Annie, John and George. They are members 
of the Catholic Church. Mr. Hcintz aiTived 
in Quincy without capital or friends, and has 
in eleven years, by industry and integrity, 
raised himself to the head of the most prof- 
itable house in Quincy. 

Heinze Mrs. Catherine, widow. ti30 Hampshire. 
Belfricb Adam, laborer, Kentucky btt IBtb and 20tb. 
Helfrich Mrs. Gertrude, widow, Kintacky e of 18th. 
Heller Mrs. Elizabeth, 1109 .Maine. 



Heller John, cook, Paclflc Hotel 
Hellerman G. f.24 0hio 

HEIirH,4KK .4XTOX. boot and 
shoe makrr. Ulli lirtwecn \V:isliinglon and 
Jefferson streets; residence Monroe between 
12th and 13th. He was born in zVllendorf 
Kritztind Regeirungs-bezirk, Ahnsberg, Feb. 
3, 1846, and emigrated to America, arriving 
in New York April 20, 1855, going direct to 
Quincy. He married Miss Augusta Uhrb- 
annosky in Quincy, Oct. 5, 1873. She was 
born in the province of Posen, Europe, in 
1848, and emigrated to America in 1872, 
going direct to Quincy. Two children: 
Elizabeth, born Xov. 5, 1874, and Maria, 
born Xov. 25, 1870. Ileal and personal prop- 
erty estimated at S1,000. Religion, Roman 
Catholic. Polities, Democrat. 

HELLHAKfl .4. B. (of Schell &, 
llellhake), boots and slioes, 710 Maine street; 
born in Quincy in 1858 ; miuried Miss Mary 
R. Dukee, Nov. 7, 1878. She was born in 
Quincy in 1858. He clerked in his father's 
grocery store four years, then took a situa- 
tion as book-keeper in H. A. Geise & Sons' 
Savings Bank; that was in the spring of 
1876; this position he held until July, 1878; 
Sept. 9, 1878, he went into business with Mr. 
Schell in the boot and shoe business. He is 
a smart, intelligent business man, with 
bright prospect-s of rapid iidvancement. 
Eellhake Casper, clerk, cor 7th and Oak. 

HEI>,I.H.4KFi HKXKY. smoking 
tobacci) manufacturer, corner ot 7th and 
Spring streets; residence, same; born in 
Prussia, in 1822 ; came to the United States 
in 1845, and located in Quincy in 1853; 
married Miss Elizabeth Volkweis in 1858. 
She was born in Germany. They have seven 
children: Henry, Herman (deceased), Mary, 
William, Kate, John, and Frank. They are 
Catholics. He is a Democrat. Has been in 
the manufacture of smoking tobacco, by 
hand, since 1862, and produces a very choice 
article, selected from the best material. 

HKIiLHAILE JOHK, bakery and 
confectionery, 721 Maine .street ; residence, 
same; born in Germany in 1842; came to 
ihi' United States in 1865, and located in 
Quincy; married Miss fjlizabeth Liethag- 
ner in 1867. They have five children : Katie, 
John, Casper, Fred, and Mary. He ha^ 



638 



HISTORY OK ADAMS COINTV. 



been in business since 18()9, and does ii f;oo<l 
business in liis line. Belonps to the Catlio- 
lic church. 

Hellbake William, msnufactarer smoklDg tobacco, 

IWN.Tth. 
Bellmaa Jacob, watchman, 635 Washington. 
Belliner Adam, barber, 421 York. 
Hellstern F.'daliu><, carpenter, 911 Mnlne 
Hellsiine Alvis, cabinetmaker, T20 Maine. 
Helm Miss Oorlnne. cor. Itith and .lersey. 
Uemini! B. It. jeweler. 514 Hampshire. 
Hemiii;; Joseph, finisher, 7th n uf Cherry. 
Henruhen P. laborer. Locust e of nth. 
Heustein Ed, molder, filS Jefferson. 
Hering Herman, tailor, li-is Hampshire. « 

II Kit I.K:VI ANX MRS. ^. 
K.VTIi.lKIXA. irsi.lcMci' north side 
of ^lalc strcit, opiiosite I'ltli. Nicholaus 
Herlcmann was born near IIosse-Dannsladt, 
Europe, April 3">, 1811, and came to Amer- 
ica, reachin-; Baltimore, Md., iu 18;!2, cominjr 
direct to Quincy, and engajred iu t'arniini: 
pursuits. Hi' married Mi.ss Maria Ivallia- 
rina Sommermann in Quincy, Aus;. 7. 
1834, they being the first CJermaus married 
in the place. Both had but little means, 
and they worked hard. When a sufficient 
amount of money had been accumulated by 
them they went upon a farm near Quincy. 
Mrs. Ilerlemann was born in Kheiuhcim, 
near Hesse-Darmstadt, Europe, April 17, 
1811, and emigrated to the United States in 
18;W with her intended husband. Mr. Ilerle- 
mann died of fever iu Quincy, Aug. I'l, 1872. 
Five children living: Elizabeth, aged 4:! 
(now Mrs Marsh), Maria Katharina, aged 
3i) (widow of Edward Sahland), Anna Phil- 
lipina, aged M (now Mrs. Wessels), Emelia 
Katharina, aged 29 (now Mrs. Pfanschmidt), 
and Nicholaus Willielni, aged 2li, who mar- 
ried Miss Emma Dickhut in 18To. Ueligion, 
Lutheran. Heal and personal property esti- 
mated at $50,000. , 
Herlcmann Miss M. (i2S state. 

IIKRLKMAXX WM. (deeea.sed). 
He was born near Darmstadt, Euroi)e, J une 
4, 1826, and emigrated to America, arriving 
at New York City in 1848. He married 
Miss Magdalena HofBeiu, at Quincy, Jan. 
28, 1850. She was born in Ober-Scliatl- 
hausen, Baden, Europe, April 7, 1825, and 
emigrated to America in 1848. Mr. William 
Herlemann died at Quincy, HI., Feb. 27, 
1875. Nine children living. William J. was 
born at Quincy Feb. 20, 1854, and John, 



born at Quincy July !l, 1857, continue the 
business under the old name, subject to the 
control of their mother. William was mar- 
ried to Miss Carolina Wagner, at Quincy, 
111., Feb. 26, 1878. She was born in Libeily, 
Adams county, 111., March 6, 1854. Religion, 
Lutheran. Politics, Democrat. 

Herman David, (>7 S. Sth. 
Hermann liemard, laborer, lUK n of Lind. 
Hermann Jacob, collar mtiker. 9*.I1 Payson ave. 
Hernduu Mrs. Mabala, 'Jii Maine. 
Hemer tiottlieb, cooper, 71(i Washington. 
Herritl Francis, stoves, etc., 1110 Broadway. 
Uertsog August, cabinet maker, fjl7 Madison. 
Hi.rt8ug P. laDorer, <>17 Madison. 

HERZOtii CARIi, saloon, 7th and 
•lersey sUeets; was born in Ba<len, Germany, 
in 1838; arrived in New York in 1852, 
where he located ; went to Chicago in 1858, 
and married Caroline Waggoner in 1804. 
She died in 187(1, leaving two children, 
Cliarles and Emanuel. He married Miss 
Lillie Drude, daughter of Dr. Drnde of this 
city. May 15, 1878. He moved to Quincy 
and went into business in 1878, having 
purchased Mr. Tansniann's saloon ; he is an 
Odd Fellow aud Masoii. 

Hess A. E. printer, Lind c of 5ib. 
llesselman Mrs. Kate, chestnnt e of 10th. 
Uessing John, laborer. I.ind e of i:ilh. 

HEIKR RKRX.\RI>, deliveiy 
clerk C. B. & Q. K. U. depot; residence. 
Spring, between 5lh aud 6th streets; born 
in Pru.ssia, in 18:!4; came to the United 
Stales in 1840, and located in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, and moved to Quincy in 1852. He 
has been c(mnected with railroading since 
1804. He is a member of the Catholic 
Church, and a Democrat in politics. He is a 
sober, steady, industrious man, who keeps 
the interest of his emi)loyeis constantly in 
view. He is civil and obliging, and well 
(jualified tor the jjosition he fills. 

HELHI AXX WII-IilAM, gioceries 
and quecnsware, corner of 12th and Wa.sh- 
ington streets; residence, same. He was 
born in Solde, Ainpt Steinbruck, Hjuiover, 
May 15, 1830, and came to America, lauding 
at Baltimore, Md., Oct. 15, 1857, going from 
thence to Greenup county, Ky., remaining si.v 
months, following his trade of stone-msison. 
He came to Quincy, May 1«, 1858, and 
worked at his trade till 1877, when be opened 
the present store. He married Miss Doretha 



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Schanhorsl in Quincy, April ?>, 1861. She 
was Ijorn in Bossfl, H:inover, Nov. 25, 18H8, 
and emigrati'd to America, landing at New 
Orleans in 1850, and went direct to Quincy. 
Six children: William, born Oct. 1, 1862; 
Emelia, born April 15, 1864; Emma, bom 
Aug. 0, 1866; Eda, born Dec. 20, 1867; 
Emma, born May 1, 18T2; and Edward, born 
May ;J, IST.'i. Religion, Lnlherau. Politics, 
Democrat. Went to California in 1863, re- 
maining one year, and then returned to 
Quincy. Real and personal property esti- 
mated at |4,000. 

HigKiue Bart, laborer, 6.30 Spring. 

Hig^ius David, teamster. Vine w of 7th. 

Higgins Dennis. 1009 Spring. 

Higgina .Tohr. milkman. Elm e of 3d. 

Higgios Wm. laborer, 197 X. 7th. 

Higgine Wm. poll' eman, tith n of Cherry. 

Hilborn C. W. 521 Maine. 

Hilborn W. H. bill poster, B3C Maine. 

Hild Adam, barber, 91 N. 4th. 

Hildebrand Herman, teamster, cor. 10th and Lind. 

Hildebrand .Jacob, M-» Vermont. 

Hiigenbrinck Mrs. Matilda, 1335 Jersey. 

Hill Thos. 7th bet. Ohio and Payeon ave. 

HlUhrenner Wm. packer, S09 Jackson. 

Hiilebring Mrs. Margaret, 1113 Broadway. 

Hipp Wm. carpenter, Oh'O w of 12th. 

HIKSOH HERinA]^, hides, furs' 
and w()f>l, corucr of 7tli and Hampshire 
streets ; residence. North 5th, between Broad- 
way and Vermont streets ; born in Germany 
in 1841 ; came to the United States in 1858 ; 
located in New Orleans ; came to Quincy in 
1859; married Miss Rosalia Jonas in 1863. 
She was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1840. 
Six children: Leo, Alice, Freddie, Theresa, 
Minnie and Lillie. Members of the Hebrew 
Congregation. Democrat in politics. He 
is a Mason, also a member of the A. O. U. 
W. and the I. O. M. A. Mr. Hirsch has 
been in business a long time, and is a liberal 
public-spirited citizen, willing to live and 
let live. 

Hoar Bernard F. book lieei>er, cor. (ith and .Spruce. 
Hobrecker .John, engraver. 415 York. 
Hohold Herman, brick maker. Lind w of 12th. 
Hocker Augut^t, carpenter, l-2ihs of Paysun ave. 
Hocker Henry, carpenter, Jackson e of 19th. 
Hocker PljUip, laborer, 111" Washington. 

H0D<;i>01V CHAS. F. (of Hau- 
worth, Orr ifc Ilodgdou), planing mill and 
contrtictors, 50, 58, 60, cor. of North 4th street ; 
residence, 1030 Vermont street; born in 
Greenland, N. H., in 1844; located in Quincy 
in 1807; married Miss Alice Trowbridge iu 



1871. She was born injDiucinnati, Ohio, in 
1851. Two children: Frank and Edith. 
Democrat; was in the carpenter business 
since 1870; in the planing mill business 
since 1875. The firm do general contract- 
ing, and manufacture sash, doors and blinds. 
They employ from fifteen to twenty hands 
steadily. Mr. H. is a member of the I. O. 
O. F., ami A. O. U. W. 

Hodge Mrs. Louisa, widow, cor. 9th and CheBtnnt. 
Hoedingbaus Henry, shoemaker, 715 Ohio. 
Hoefllin George, carpenter, cor. 16th and Madison. 
Hoehn Mrs. -iosephine. widow, 931 Jersey. 
Hoehne Philip, porter, 14th n of Vermont. 
Hoeing Henry, laborer, cor. l:ith and Vine. 
Hoelscher H. B. 802 Adams. 
Hoelseher Henry, laborer, cor. 12th and Washington. 

HOEL.TER REV. 1,0118, pas 

tor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran 
Church, 7th between York and Kentucky 
streets; residence. 111 S. 7th street; born in 
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1848 ; located in this city 
in June, 1873, and took charge of his pres- 
ent congregation. He studied theology in 
Fort Wayne, lud., and St. Louis, Mo. ; was 
ordained in this city in 1873 ; married Miss 
Emily Seidel in 1874. She was born in 
Ohio in 1853. They have two children, Ed- 
ward and Paul. 

Hoene Mrs. Victoria, widow, 197 N. 11th. 
Hoener Henry, laborer, cor. 12th and Madison. 
Hoener John, laborer, 701 Monroe. 
Hoener John, laborer, 801 Adams. 
Hoener John F. laborer, 523 Payson ave. 
Hoener Pnilip, brickmaker, 914 ^lonroe. 
Hoener William, carpenter, 628 Washington. 
Hoerner John, cooper, 403 Vine. 
Hofle J. E. music teacher, cor. 6th and Loca|t. 
Hoffman Charles, brakeman, 414 Oak. 
Hoffman Fred W. cigarmaker, 717 Jefferson. 

HOFFMAIIir CJ. C, Editor of the 
Oeniiaiiia, was born in Bavaria in 1839 ; was 
educated there at the University of Munich; 
came to the United States in 1870 ; was ed- 
itor of a German pajier in Rochester, N.Y. ; 
came to Quincy in October, 1870, to take 
charge of the Oermania. 

i.offman James M. 414 Oak. 

Hoffman Lambert, wine dealer, cor. 20th and Broad 
way. 

H«FF.1I.\XS REV. CORXE. 

IjII'S, assistant pastor at St. Boniface 
Church ; residence No. 30 North 7th street. 

Hoffman Nicholas, farmer, cor. 17th and Jefferson. 
Hoffman G. C'has. shoemaker, cor. 13th and Ohio. 



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HISTORY OF APAMR COUNTY. 



HoSman Heor.v, carpenter, Ohio bet. 13th and Mth. 
Hofmeieter .lohn D. hotel. 310 Hamoehire. 

HOGA!«f JOHN, hold ami saloon, 
44 Front stit'rt; was born in Canada in 
1829; came to Qiiincy to work on the 
Qiiincy bridge as a mason in 1866. He 
worked until 1867,wlien he opened the hotel 
he is now running. He married Jliss Mary 
J. Murphy (then Mr.s. Daily) in 1866. She 
was born in Ireland in 1831. Tliey have two 
children: one, Charles Daily, by a former 
husband, and one, Ellen AI. Ilogan. They 
are members of the Catholic Church. He 
is a Democrat. Mr. Hogan keei)8 a goud 
transient house, and is well patronized by 
the traveling public. He is a good liver, 
social, liberal and kind. 

Hoftan John, hotel, 44 N. Front. 
HohB Jacob, saloon, 30th and Broadway. 
Hohnadel George, stone cutter, 99 S. 4ih. 
Hokamp Casper, cooper. '.H'j State. 
Holgrav Herman, tailor, 718 Washington. 
Holgrav M. stonecutter. ti2T Monroe. 
Hollender Ucrnian, blai ksmith, 804 Jersey. 
Hollendcr Herman, blackunith, 612 Kentucky. 
Hollender Theodore, 533 Washington. 
Hollenstein Henry, tailor, '.i^H S. 9th. 

H<>I.I.KK8TEl»f WILLIAM, 

dry goods, groceries and saloon, corner 5th 
and Washington streets; residence, same. 
He was born in Westplialia, Europe, Dec. 
27, 1883, and came to America, via New Or- 
leans, Dec. 25, 1848, and from there direct to 
Quincy, 111; married Miss Anna Sonder- 
mann at Quincy, April 17, 1854. She was 
born in Westphalia, Europe, Dec. 24, 18;il, 
and emigrated to America in 1850, going 
directjto Quincy, 111. Four children : Louisa, 
aged 21 years; William, 15; Edward, 11, 
and Christina, 9 years of age. Religion, 
Lutheran. Politics, Democrat. Keal and 
personal property valued at $10,000. 

HoUeQBtein Win. teamster, 638 Ohio. 
HolmeB Mrs. widow, 159 N. 7th. 
Holthans Herman, carpenter, r43 Payson ave. 
Holtkamp Henry, clerk, loih n of Cherry. 

HOL-TKAJUP JO»«EPH H., 

grocery, corner 5th and Chestnut ; resith'iu'c, 
same; born in Prussia in 1818; located in 
Cincinnati, O., in 184G; went to Guttenberg, 
Iowa, and located in Quincy in 1865. He 
married Elizabeth Tieke in 1849. She was 
born in Oldenburg, Oermany, in 1819. They 
have two children, John 11. and Mary A. 
now wife of B. H. Menke). .lohn H. mar- 



ried Miss Caroline Hallcrmann in 1875. She- 
was born in Hanover. They are member.^ 
of the Catholic Church. He has t)een in 
business since 1865; owns his residence 
and store. 

Holtmau Henry, llth n of Hampshire. 

Holtman Henry, brickmaker, cor. llth and .Vdams. 

Holtman Herman, lirick yard, cor. llth and Jackson. 

HIH.TMAX JOHN <^., contractor 
and hriekmason, llth street, hel ween Cedar 
and Spruce streets. He was born in Quincy, 
111., Sept, 29, 1838; married Mi.ss Maria 
Schucking, of Quincy, 111., Oct. 18, 1862. She 
was born in St. Louis, Mo., in October, 1843, 
and came to Quincy with her parents in 
1846. Si.\ children: Josephine, aged 17; 
Emma, aged 15 (both by his lirst wife); 
Anna, aged 10; John, aged 7; Bernard, aged 
5 years, and Ida, 1 year. Religion, Roman 
Catholic. Politics, Democrat. Is a member 
of St. Aloysius Benevolent Association of 
Quincy; has been in business for himself 
for fifteen years. Resd and personal property 
estimated at |],500. 

HOLTON JOHN H., retired; resi- 
dence, 4:!! York slnct; born in Palmer, 
Hampden county, Mass., in 1804; moved 
with his father to Tolland county. Conn., in 
1811 ; thence to Quincy in 1835. He married 
Vilen:i Stevens iu 1845. She was born in 
Maine in 1814. He was elected Recorder of 
Adams county in 1839; re-elected and held 
the office ten years ; was elected Magistrate 
iu 1849, and held that office until 1861. He 
was Alderman four years; was api).iiuted 
Mail Agent from St. Louis to Keokuk, under 
Pierce's administration, four years, and 
Ganger and Inspector, under President 
Grant, in the Quincy district, which he held 
three years. He was Deputy Grand JIaster 
of Illinois JIasons, :ind Grand High Priest 
of the Grand Chapter of Illinois. He raised 
Co. D, of the n8th III. Inf., and took com- 
mand as Captain during the late war of the 
Rebellion ; mustered out in Mississippi, in 
1803, through disability. 

Hope Mrs. Sarah, SO:! Broadway. 

Hopps Martin, carpenter, I'ayson ave. e of llth. 

Horlng Joseph, laborer. Vine e of iMih. 

Horrlg Mrs. Vine e of SOth. 

Horner John, taxidermist, cor. Vine and 4th. 

llorst Casper, laborer. 717 .lefferson. 

Horet Peter, lime burner. 711 Washington. 

Houck W. H. wood worker, 507 Jereey. 

Houghteling Mrs. C. cor. 6tb and Locust. 



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Hoiighteline Mrs. E. S. widow, 180 N. Pth. 
Howard Mre. LonieH, widow, cor. 9th and Chestnut. 
Hubbard Mre. A. Front s of Delaware. 
Hnfendick F. W. saleemiin, 700 Mi roe. 
Hufi'Ddick Peter, laoorer, Sll Waehington. 
Hutendick Fred, cooper, 9:^3 Waehicgton. 

HlTFFMAlf JOHl^f, blacksmith, 
53 N. (itli slreel: \v;is born in Somerset, Ohio, 
in 1834; came to Quincy in 1853; married 
Ann Cochran in 1857, who was born in Ire- 
laud. They have six children : Lizzie, John, 
Annie, Albert, Mary, and Belle. He is a 
memljcr of the Masonic and A. O. U. W. 
or<lcrs, of the Fireman's Benevolent Society, 
and Masonic Benevolent Association. He 
has been in business four years. He has the 
reputation of liuin^ a first-class workman, 
promirt and relialile. 

HITFFMAX M., watches and jewel 
ly, corner of 5th and Maine streets ; resi- 
dence, southeast corner of 6th and Oak 
streets; born in Hamilton, Canada West, in 
1839 ; attended school in Toronto ; went to 
Cliicago in 1857, thence to New York in 
1864, where he carried on a jewelry manu- 
factory until 1870, when he located in 
Quincy. He married Miss Ada R. King 
in 1866. She was born in Peoria, HI. 
H<' is a Republican. He has the largest 
and by far the most elegant and valuable 
jewelry establishment in Quincy, and few 
excel it west of Chicago. He is a polite 
and gentlemanly business man, witli a stock 
to suit the most fastidious taste. 

H\ig John F. barber, 9J" .Tersey. 

Hughes Anhur. 21 N. Sth. 

Hull .lames N. laborer, 302 Maine. 

Humkcy Louis, travelins; salesman, 1T4 S. 6th. 

Hummel Mrs. F. Lind, e of 12th. 

HIJMMEBT JOIIHr A„ grocer 
and pork jiaeker, corner of -tth and Lind 
streets ; residence, corner of 5th and Lind ; 
born in Germany in 1837; came to the 
United States in 1848 ; went to St. Louis, 
and located in Quincy in 1854 ; married 
Elizabeth Luebbecke in 1851. She was 
born in Germany. They have ten children : 
John, Harry, Joseph, William, .Vloysiu.s, 
Frank, Lizzie, Kate, Ann, and Mary. They 
are members of the Catholic Church. He 
is a Democrat. He was in the brick man- 
ufacturing business for twenty j'ears ; also 
pork p:icking and grocery several years. 
Hnmniert Theo. chair maker, cor. 10th and Lind. 
Humphrey A. B. watchman, 229 Jersey. 



Hunnernadel Wm. miller, 812 State. 
Huntley H. H. pattern makt-r, 623 -lefferson 
Huntley Mrs. Isabel, cor. 2d and Oak. 
Hnrlbut Mrs. R. H. widow, 408 Jersey. 
Huseman F. labori-r, 020 Adams. 
Husemann Jasper, cooper. Mtl Pnyson ave. 
Husemann Wm. teamster, 700 Ohio. 

HUTMACHER AITGPST, gro- 
ceries and provisions, corner of York and 
7th streets ; residence, same ; born in Prus- 
sia in 1847; came to the United States and 
located in Quincy in 1863 ; married Chris- 
tina Kreitz in 1877. She was born in Central 
America. They have one child, August. 
They are Catholics. He is a Democrat. 
Has been in business since 1866, and car- 
ries a full stock necessary for his trade. 

HIITMACHER Rl DOLPH (of 

Hutmacher & Kreit/.l, ice iiiercliants, 15 
Front street; residence, Oak, between 11th 
and 13th; born in Germany in 1836; came 
to the United States in 1858, and located in 
Quincy; married Josephine Stuckenburg in 
1659. She was born in Louisville, Ky., in 
1838. They have nine children : Edward, 
Julius, Josephine, Cecelia, Rudolph, Ida, 
Albert, Mathias, and Sartdi. They are mem- 
bers of the Catholic Church. He is a Dem- 
ocrat. Has been in the ice business since 
1866 ; was in the pork business up to that 
time. The firm have three houses: No. 1, 
capacity, 16,000 tons; No. 2, 6,000 tons; No. 
3, 7,000 tons. They ship to New Orleans, 
La., and all points South — Texas and Red 
River. They own seven river barges, of 700 
tons capacity each. He was the first to ship 
ire from Quincy to New Orleans in 1871. 
They also ship by railroad. 

HlTTItlACHER. W, GUSTAV, 
grocery and saloon, northwest corner of 7th 
and Kentucky; residence, same; born in 
Prussia, Germany, in 1846; came to the 
United States and to Quincy in January, 
1864 ; worked at his trad(^ painting for a 
while, then at sausage manufacturing, and 
soon again opened a paint shop with a Mr. 
Martin in 1871. He went into the bakery and 
saloon business in 1874 ; went into present 
business, groceries, and kept saloon. He 
still manufactures sausage for the use of his- 
store. He visited St. Louis in 1867, and 
worked at liis trade nine mouths; married 
Stepliania Boger in 1870 (maiden name, 
Lachmaun). Slie was Ijoru in Baden in 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



1841. Thej' have three children: Frank, 
Anton, and Emma. Shi- had one sou by a 
former marriage. Hiidolph IJoirer. Tliey 
are Catholics. 

Hl'TTON .lOllSf. Justice of the 
Peace, 47 Nnrtli ."ith street ; bom in Ross 
county, Ohio, 1817 ; moved to Alton, 111., 
1831), and to this city W,S; married Martha 
J. ilcDaniels, 1843. They have three chil. 
dren: Sarah Ann, Susan J. and Henrietta F. 
Are members of Vermout Street Baptist 
Churcli. He is a Democrat; has been Jus- 
tice of the Peace sixteen consecutive yeai;*; 
raemljcr of the C'ily Council two years; car- 
ried on the marble business until 1808; is a 
member of the I. O. (). F.. held olllce of 
treasurer fiflc. n ycar.s. 
Hynes Mies Mary, (Iteiiamaker, yi- Washington. 

HYNES PATRICK B., carriage 
inaiiul'acturcr, •'ilh and Jersey streets; resi- 
dence 101!) Vine street ; born in flare county, 
Ireland, 1841; located in this county, 1840, 
and in this city 180U. He was in the same 
business in Claik county, Ohio, before lo- 
eating in Quincy. He married Jliss Mary 
C. Riordon, 18C8. She was born in Clark 
county, Ohio. They have four children: 
Alice, Herbert R., Maud JI. and Walter E. 
Mr. H}-nes' firm manufacture all kinds of 
carriages, buggies, etc., and keep constantly 
on hand a large stock and variety. They 
employ about twenty-five hands constantly 
the year round. 



iKEteseen Mre. Anna Maria. Sll .lacliBon. 
Iggessen P. wagon maimer, 911 .Inckson. 

ILiTS^EK AlTWl'ST H., boots and 
shoes, 528 Washington street; residence the 
same; born in Herford, Regierungs-bezirk 
Preus-Miuden, Europe. Oct. 4, 1818; came to 
America, landing at Xew Orleans, l,a., June, 
13, 185;!, going direct to Quincy, following 
his trade; married Miss Johanna Strate in 
Herford, Europe, Oct. (i, 1850. She was 
born in Lippe-DctmoUl, Kurojie, Dec. 7, 1818, 
and emigrated to Anierica with her husband 
who had ten children, two dead; living are: 
Chrisliiin Henry, aged thirty-seven; Eliza 
Dorotha, aged thirty-four; Sophia Henrietta, 
aged thirty-two, children by a former wife; 
Caroline Henrietta, aged twenty-eight; Au- 



gust Gottlieb, aged twenty-four; Bertha 
Amelia, aged twenty-two; Emma Amelia, 
aged nineteen and Willielmina Henrietta, 
aged sixteen years, children by the present 
wife. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Repub- 
lican. He is a meml)er of the Protestant 
Benevolent Association of C^uincy. Real and 
personal proi)erty estimated at $5,000. 

lugbram JameB S. grocer, r>4 N. 8tb. 

Inghram Mrs. Mary, widow, ti-i u 8th. 

IppeDBCu Mrs. Caroline. 1009 Jefferson. 

Ippen^un llenr}', etoue mason, Uth n of Jefferson. 

Irvine Mrs. Sarah B. widow. :M X. 4th 

Irvine John. 18th 9 of Yorls. 

IRVINE J. v.. engraver, 508 Hamp. 
.shire street; born in Huntingdon county. Pa., 
in 18.")i»; located in (Juincy in 1874. He is a 
designer on wood and general engraver. 
Stencils, brands, seals, door-jdates, checks 
and badges of every variety, monograms, 
autograjihs, views of buildings, etc., letter 
heads, fancy lettering, etc., neatly engraved 
on wood. Does gold and silver plating. He 
has a contract 10 furnish the State of Illinois 
seals for the I. O. M. A. 
lachs Mrs. Mary, widow, 1021 Hampshire. 
Ives A. carriage maker, 813 Maiden Lane. 



Jackson Frank P. salesman, 1'2)4 Broadway. 
Jackson Mrs. Julia, widow, 915 Maine. 
Jackson L. plasterer, 9th n of Vine. 
Jackson Marheim, inillinery, etc., '33. Broadway. 
Jackson Morris, millinery, etc., 5th bet. Spring and 
Oat. 

JACOBS'^ A., wholesale and retail boots 
and shoes, 4'.i7 Hampshire street; residence 
143 North 4lh street ; born in Prussia in 1837; 
came to the United States, 1856, and located 
in this city, 1860; established his present 
house in 18(>8. He married Miss Flora Levi, 
I860. She wa,s born same place in 1841 
Have six children : David, Marky, Bella, Rosa, 
Gussie and Georgie. The}- are members ol 
the Hebrew congregation. He is a Demo 
crat and belongs to the Masons, Druids 
Knights of Honor and A. O. U. W. He is 1 
liberal, public-spirited business man. 

Jacobs Fred, 1235 Hampshire. 
Jacobs Mosee, clothii'i;, 417 N. 5th. 
Jacobemeyer Herman. 1 ibor,?r. 8:10 Adams. 
Jacobsnuyer Henry, lime burner, 813 Adams. 
Jacoby Joseph, cig.ire, etc., 810 Hampshire. 
James Mrs. Matilda. lrt< N. 4th 



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JANES GEORGE II.. Attorney, 
53ii North 5tli street; residence 4th and 
Oak streets ; born in San Augustine county, 
Texas, in 1845; located in this county, 1868, 
and commenced the practice of law. He 
married Miss Carolina S. Benneson. They 
have two children: Cora B. and Gttido D. 
He is a Republican. He enlisted in the 
33d Mo., Inf., Co. A., August, 1863; mus- 
tered out, Nov. 15, 1864; was at the capture 
of Vii-kslnirg and Atlanta. His father is 
Rev. L. Janes, M. E. Church, with whom he 
moved from Texas to Massachusetts when 
he was only six months old, thence to Penn- 
sylvania and New York State, and to Illi- 
nois in 1857. 

Janets Pliny S. news depot, post-office. 
Janes Robert L. 68 N. 8th. 
Janner M. stone mason. 808 Kentucky. 
Janning Herman, laborer, 717 Adams. 
Janning Joseph, laborer, 81ii Kentucky. 
Jansen Mrs. F. W. widow, 517 Jersey. 
Jansen Fred G. cor. lath and Jersey. 
Jansen II. E. clerk, 37-J S. 7th. 

Jansen Henry H. attorney at law, cor. (ith and Elm. 
Jansen Henry, cooper, 314 Ohio. 
Jansen Herman, laborer, 1244 Vermont. 
Ja-isen Matthew, tobacco, 241 S. 9th. 
Jansen Iticliard, secy. German Ins. Co. cor. 3d and 

Kentucky. 
Jansen & Simon, blacksmiths, '27 N. 10th. 

JANSSEX REV. JOHX, pasDr 
of St. Boniface (German) Catholic Church in 
Quincy, and Vicar General of the Diocese of 
Alton. 

JARAXD FRITZ CHRIS- 
TIAN, saloon, northwest corner 6th and 
Hampshire; residence. State bet. 13th and 
14tli. He was born in Gandersheim, Herzog- 
thum Braunschweig, Europe, March 19th, 
1825 ; came to the United States, landing at 
New Orleans Jan. 1st, 1848, from thence to 
St. Louis, Mo., and came to Madison, 111., in 
18.53, and to Quincy Aug. !)th, 1856; married 
Anna Amalia Louisa Bergfeld in St. Louis, 
Mo. March 17th, 1850. She was born in 
Burgsteinfiirt, Westphalia, Europe, Dec. 
26lh, 1831, and died at Quincy, III., Jan. 33d, 
187(1. Seven children ; Scharlotte Virginia 
Henrielte, born Oct. 6tli, 1853 ; Amalia Chris- 
tina Friederika, born March 25th, 1854; 
Alexander Jacob, born Nov. 17th, 1850; 
Elisabet, born March 37th, 1858; Elisabet 
Maria, born Oct. !»th, 1861; Klara Emilie, 
born April 33d, 1863 ; and Katharina Doris, 
born Dec. 10th, 1864. Religion, Lutheran. 



Is a member of the A. F. & A. M., U. A. 
O. D., Haragari, and Widows and Orphans' 

Aid Society. Has been in business since he 
came to Quincy. 

JARRETT JAMES, ice and wood 
merchant; office, 7 Front; residence, 219 
Jersey ; is the son of James and Mary T. 
(Towert) Jarrett ; was born in Dumbarton- 
shire, Scotland, Nov. 14th, 1837 ; was bap- 
tised in the Old School Presbyterian Church; 
came to the United States and settled in St. 
Louis in .1843, where he learned the ma- 
chinist's trade; came to Quincy in April, 
18.57, and engaged In his present business 
with a very limited capital. Persevering in- 
dustry and business integrity have yielded 
their legitimate fruits in a steady, substantial 
growth, until he sold, in 1878, 13,000 tons of 
ice and 1,200 cords of wood. His ice-houses 
are furnished with the most approved ma. 
chinery, and have a capacity of 34,000 tons, 
lie married Anna M. Bywater, youngest 
daughter of W. B. Bywater, of Ellington 
township, June 30, 1863. She was born in 
Wales in 1839. They have had eight child- 
ren, six living: Jessie L. (deceased), James, 
Anna S., Mary T., Henry W. (deceased) 
Agnes and Susan (twins), and Tillie Jarrett. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. are connected with the Epis- 
copal Church. He filled the position of 
Harbor Master six years ; is a member of the 
I. O. O. F., fiOdge No. 13, and of Allen En- 
campment, Quincy. His estate is estimated 
at $75,000. 
Jasper George, teller let Xat. Bank. 325 Vermont. 

JA.SPER THOMAS, retired; resi- 
dence, corner 6th and Broadway ; was born 
in Pulaski county, Ky., in 1813; located in 
this city in 1837 ; went clerking in a grocery 
store ; was soon appointed constable, served 
live years; was elected sheriff and served two 
years. He then embarked in the mercantile 
business in 1845; married Mary A. Frazer 
in 1843. She was born in Bourbon county, 
Ky., in 1831. Four children: George F., 
Mary L., Henry, and Johu. Mrs. Jasper 
died Dec. 15, 1869. lie is a Democrat. He 
has been Alderman several terms, and Mayor 
of Quincy one year. He holds a large amount 
of stock in the Q., M. & P. R. R. Co., and is 
a director. He also held slm-k in the 1st N;u 
tional Bank of Quincy. 

Jochem Nicholas, harness maker, 11J7 Broadway. 
Jochem Peter, cor. HA and Broadway. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Jobannee Anton, farmer, 214 N. 12lh. 
Johannes Clements, laborer, IV^\ .Maine- 
John MrH. Susanna, widow, 41-1 N. 5tb. 

JOII^'KOX V. II., billiard parlor, 
northwest comer (illi ami Maine; resideuee, 
03 8. 8tli; born ill Sweden in 1848; came 
to the United States with his mother and 
brothers in 1852, and located on a farm in 
Payson; went to Galesburg in 1806; was in 
tlie grocery busines.s. and located in Quincy 
in 187(i. He has the largest and most thor- 
oughly equipped billiard hall in tlie West.uot 
cxce))ting Chicago. He has thirteeen elegant 
tables, floor carpeted, walls decorated witli 
fine engravings and paiuling.s with all the 
other re(|uisite accompaniments. It is really 
the " t;em of the West." 
Johnson Mrs. Ellen, 100 N. 10th. 
Johnson Mrs- Kraocis, Elm e of sth- 
Johuson Fred, blacksmith, lithe of Jersej-. 
Johnson Johu, laborer, Utt:i Jersey. 
Johnson .Mrs- Victurla, lOOl Maine- 
Jones Frank, carpenter, Slth bet- Vine and Kim. 
Jones Frank W., Vermont, bet. l.lth and Itith. 
Jones Mrs- Ophelin, widow, cor- 9th and Chestnnt. 
Jones Wm. C-, stoves, etc-, 1000 Maine. 
Joseph A. C , miller, 420 Spring. 
Joseph Caspar, 2'33 Spring, 
Joseph Martin. B^ Spriiij.'. 

JO.SEl'H THO:raA!f>i J., foreman 
in W. 'I\ & E. A. Hogcr.s' wagon factoiy; 
residence, 2I:J Norlli (Ith street; born in 
Muskingum county, Ohio, Mjiy 1, 1831 ; 
located in Van Buren county, la., in 1852, 
and in Quincy, June, 1854, and worked at his 
trade of wagon maker; married Miss 
Mary A. McAllister in 18«G. She was bora 
in Tennessee in 18l!0; attends the M. E. 
Church. Republican. He is a member of 
the Mason and Odd Fellows' Orders. He 
enlisted in the 151st Regt. 111. Inf., Co. H, 
Feb. 16, 1865, as Orderly Sergeant; was 
mustered out .Tan. 24, 1860, at Columbus, 
Ga. He has had mechanical control of the 
Rogers Mauufaclory siiicit 1ST2. 

JOSKPH Jt XEl.KK, wholesale 
and retail dry goods, ilc-, northwest corner 
of 4th and Hampshire slrcets. 
Judd Henry B- bakery, lin:) Broadway. 
Julfs .lohn It. salcsmau. Ohio bet- lOtb and llth- 



Kaumpen E. C. carpenter. Payson ave. e of 11th. 
Knesser Gnstav, jeweler, 9-iS Jersey- 
Kaiser Adams, tobacconist. Van Bnren, e of ">th. 
Kaiser Florian. watchman, Sl'i Jackson. 



KAISER HEINRICH, butcher, 
Ohio street, l)ctween !llh and lOtli ; residence, 
.same; born in Eisenuacli,Gro9/.-Herzagthum, 
Saxen Winiar, Europe.Jan. 10, 1834, and emi- 
grated to America, reaching New York City 
in 1864, going from there to Morris, Grundy 
county. 111.; from thence to(Juincy, in 1865. 
He married Miss Emelia Ehler at Quincy, 
in 186(1. She was born in New York City in 
1847. Three children : Lizzie, bora Oct. 25, 
1867; Francisca, born Oct. 22, 1869, and 
Ileinrich, torn May 4, 1876. Religion, Luth- 
eran. Was in the 8th Co., 2d Regt. of 
Inf., stationed at Eiscnnach, Europe, 
from 1855 till 1857. Real and personal 
property estimated at $2,000. 
Kaiser Jacob, farmer, 13.3 Vermont- 
Kaiser Joseph, teamster, cor sth and Ilarrison. 

KAI»iER T. A ifl B E R T. wine 
berg und landwirth. corner of 8tli and Har- 
rison streets. He was bom in Mingolsheim, 
Baden, Europe, Sept. 15, 1824, and emigrated 
to America via New Orleans, March 19, 
1851, coming to Quincy, 111., June 1851; 
married Miss Elizabeth Greulich, in Min- 
golsheim, Europe, Feb. 22, 1851 ; adopted 
three orphan children : Anton Settlemeyer, 
now aged thirty-one years; Theresa Set- 
tlemeyer, aged twenty-eight years, and 
Joseph Frey, aged nineteen years. Religion 
Catholic. Is a member of Herman Lodge 
No. 39, A. F. & A. M., of Quincy. 111., 
Quincy Lodge No. 12. I. O. O. F., the Leid- 
erantz Society, and is a member of the 
Brewers' and Distillers -Association. Real 
and personal property valued at .*;18,000. 

KAI»>>ER Fill MP. flour and 
feed store, 730 South sth street, corr Ohio; 
residence, same. He was born in Mackebach, 
Bairen, Europe. June 15, 1832, and came to 
America, aniviug at New York with his pa- 
rents in 1849; then went to Marion City, Mo., 
where his motherdicd in Sept. 1849, and came 
to Quincy in 1850, working for Mr, Rogers 
seven years, at tlie blacksmith trade. He 
married Miss ^Maria Hartung, at Quincy, 
June 2, 1856. She was born in Saxony, 
Europe, Sept. 22, 1830, and came to the 
United States with her parents in 1849. Five 
children : Freddie, born June 16, 186'<J; Leon, 
ard, bora March 12, 1860; Albert, bom 
Aug. 7,1869; Walter, born Jan. 29, 1872, 
and Emma, born Sept. 33, 1874- Religion, 
Lutheran. Politics, Reitublican. Was elected 



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64:5 



Aldermau of the 14th ward iu 1879. Is a mem- 
ber of the Protestant Widows and Orphans' 
Society of Quincy. Property, real and per- 
sonal estimated at $3,000. 
Kaiser Wendelin, groceries, etc., lii State. 
Kalb Dr. A. .J. patent medicines, 1^14 Broadway. 
Ealmer nenry, chair maker, 22. N. 10th. 

K.VliMER HERMAW, groceries 
and liquors; Broadwajf between 13th and 
14th streets ; born in Hanover, Germany, in 
183G ; came to the United States In 1864, and 
located in Quincy ; married Mary Lucering 
in 18G6. They have two children: Marj' 
and Francis. They are members of the 
Catholic Church. He is a Democrat. He 
has been in business since 1876, and has 
erected a substantial store and dwelling, in 
which he lives and carries on business. He 
is one of our most enterprising G-erman- 
American cftizens, possessed of energy, per- 
severance, good business ability, and gen- 
erous liberality. 
Ealtonbach Martin, cooper, 717 State. 

K4LTZ ADOLPH, grocery, corner 
of 5lh and Kentucky; residence, same; 
born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1809 ; came to 
the United States in 1833, and located in 
Bahimore, Md. ; went to Yorlj county. Pa., 
same year, and came to Quincy iu 1834. He 
married Julien Delabar in 1840. She was 
born in Baden in 1810. Their children are: 
Amelia, Louisa, Andrew and Julian. Are 
Catholics, He is a Democrat; was in busi- 
ness in 18.50 ; sold out in 1861 ; commenced 
again iu 1805; sold out again in 1868, and 
built liis present house (store and residence), 
wliere he commenced business again in 1873, 
which he has continued succe.ssfully since. 
He is an old resident and an honest dealer — 
the only first-class store in that neighbor- 
hood. 

Kamp Thomas, laborer, 1006 Elm. 
Kampling Herman, laborer, ll-JSjAdams. 
Kartine Mrs. Catharina, 308. 7th. 
Kastncr Mrs. Katrina, widow, i)37 Hampshire. 

KASTSfEB LOinS. grocer, 934 
Maine street; residence, same; born in 
Baden in 1817, and came to tlie United 
Slates in 18.58; raarrieil Prances Bachler in 
181.5. She was boru in same place in 1833. 
They had four cliildren, one of wliom died 
in Europe and tliree died iu this country. 
They are members of tlie Catholic Church. 
He is a Democrat in polities. 



Kathe Henry, tailor, 08 N. IJith. 

Kathe Wm. cabinet maker, tj2 N. 12th. 

Kathmann Clement, pork packer, cor. 20th and 
Spring. 

Kathmann George, general store, cor. 12th and Ver- 
mont. 

Kander Conrad, butcher, fiO'J Washington. 

Kander Valentine, butcher, 70B Maine. 

KBATH VTBIAH H., Attorney at 
Law, corner 5th and Maine streets, was born 
in Morgan county, 111., in 1831; located iu 
Columbus, this county, in 1833, with his par- 
ents, and in Bear Creek settlement (now 
Marcelliue) in 1834, and then to Keokuk coun- 
ty, Iowa, iu 185.5, where he practiced law; 
enlisted in the 5tli Iowa Inf., Co. F, of which 
he was 1st Lieutenant ; was mustered out, 
Nov. 1, 1864, as Captain of his companj'. 
He returned to this county in 1865, and re- 
sumed the practice of law. He married 
Miss Carrie Turuer in 185.5. She was born in 
this county iu 1836. Their children are 
Clarence R. and Katie. Are members of the 
Unitarian Cliufch. He is a Republican. 
He studied law with the Hons. Archibald 
Williams and C. B. Lawrence, of the Supreme 
Court, and was admitted to the liar bj- the 
Supreme Court, February, 1855. 
Keck Adam, stone cutter, 1106 Monroe. 
Keck Gerhard, stone cutter, Ohio bet. 3d and 4th. 
Keck .John, express driver, .\dams e of 6th. 
Kegel Wm. mustard peddler, 1003 Maine. 
Kehlenbrink .Joseph, laborer, 605 Jackeou. 

KEHL.E.VBRINK FBA]!irK H. 

wine-grower, corner loth and Adams streets; 
was born in Germauj- Dec. 3, 1811, and re- 
ceived his early education in the schools of 
his native country. In 1839 he was married 
to Miss Mary Wittbrot. She was born in 
Germany Nov. 17, 1806. They have four 
children, all daughters. In 1846 he emi- 
grated to this country, and landed in St. 
Louis Jan. 1, 1847, where he lived up to 
1849 and came to this city. In 1866 he pur- 
chased and began improving the beautiful 
suburban place on which he now resides. 
He has fifteen acres of grapes, the culture 
and manufacture of wliich occupies liis en- 
tire time. The average production of his 
vineyard is about 300 barrels of wine, yearly. 
Democratic in politics. Member of Salem 
Evangelical Church. 

KEIL JOHN B., Superintendent of 
the ^tna Iron Works; residence, 438 North 
5th street; born iu Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger- 
many, in 1833; came to the United States in 



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HlsrOKY OF ADAMS rofNIV. 



1852. lie marrietl I^ena M. Gosser in 1856. 
She was born in Baden in 1832. They have 
five children : Caroline C, John G., Edward, 
Leona A. and John II. B. Arc members of 
the Lutheran Church. Independent in poll, 
tics. Member of the I. (). O. F. 1I<' located 
in Quincy in 18.")o; learned his trade in 
Europe; worked eleven years in the shop of 
the C, B. & Q. R. R. Co., and seven years 
for Brown <fc Dimick, at slcam and jras fit- 
tini; business. He has been in his present 
employment since 18(i6. H"e is a man of 
good sense and large experience infthe busi- 
ness. 

Keim Geo. 9tonc cutter, 4tli n of Waehington. 
KeirnanPat. M. teamster, 17H N. 10th. 
Kei(» .Jacob, carriagf piintur, G*.;.') Vermont. 
Keis Mrs. M:try A. widow, ti'.i.') Vermont. 

KKIXI^R A5fI>RE'\V,.dry goods, 
groceries, queensware, liquors, notions, etc., 
northeast corner 8th and State streets. He 
was born in Adams county Xov. 13, 1846. 
In 1865 he enlisted in Co. D, .148th Regt. 111. 
Inf., serving nine months in the West- 
ern Department, when he was honorably 
discharged by reason of the war being ended. 
He married Miss Dora Schnellbi^cher May 
13, 1877, at Quincy, ID. She was born in 
Adams county in December 184G. One child, 
Lida Sophia Elizabeth Mary, bornjMay 21, 
1878. Religion, Lutheran. Politics. Demo- 
crat. Property, real and personal, not esti- 
mated. 

Keller Mrs. Anna. S24 Kentnclcy. 
Keller George, saloon-lieeper, 8« State. 
Keller Mrs. Julia, widow. SS! Sta'e. 
Keller Levi W. ine. agt. l'2tli n of Locast. 
Keller Silas S. Farmers" Ilome, HOO Hampshire. 

KELLKB F. W.. bakery imd con. 
fectionery, 701 Washington street : re»idenee 
same ; was born in Oberbergen, am Kaiser's 
Stuhl, Baden, Europe, May 13, 1848; emi- 
grated to America, landing at New York 
July 16, 1871 ; remained there one year, then 
went to Central City, Col. ; from there to 
Caribou, Boulder county, Col.; opened a 
boarding house, remaining one j'ear; then 
went to Boulder, same county, and opened 
a saloon, remaining two years and three 
months. On Nov. 3, 1876, himself and fam- 
ily came to Quincy, and shortly afterward 
opened a grocery store on 5th betwe<'n Oak 
and Vine streets. He started his present 
store Jidy 16, 1877; married Miss Katherina 
Frederica Lachenmeyer in New York City, 



Feb. 8, 1872. She was born in Marbach, am 
Necker, Wurtcmberg, Oct. 24, 1842; emi- 
grated to the United States, landing at New 
York City. November, 1871. Three cliildren: 
Frederick William, born Dec. 30, 1872; Lou- 
isa Carolina, born Dec. 11. 1874, and Ursula 
Paulina, born June li), 1876. Himself and 
children arc Roman Catholics. His wife is 
Lutheran. 

KEM.KR, MI I.I.I AM, grocery, 
corner .")lh and State; residence, same; born 
in this county ill 1841) ; married JIarj' Ruft 
in 1872. She was born in (Quincy. They have 
one child, named William. He has been in 
business twelve years. His father was one ot 
the oldest residents of Quincy. 
Kellermeyer Mrs. .Amanda. 7tti .lackson. 
Kellogg F. H. dairy, r.ih e of Ohio. 
Kelly Thomas, candy maker, 97 N, 4th 
Kemmann Frank. cari)cnter, cor. 7th and .lack.-son. 
Kemuer Theodore, ^iprini; e of 14th. 
Kemper Henry. ln)}orer, S18 Hamp'bire. 

KEMFF MICHAEL, -saloon and 
restaurant, 133 Hami)shire; born in Ger- 
mauj'inl832; came to the United States 
and located in Morris county, N. J., in 1853, 
and in Quincy in 1867. He married Mary A. 
Eberly (Garbel) in 1866. She was born in 
Germany in 1832. She was married before 
to Isaac Eberly, who enlisted in the DSd 
Regt. 111. Inf Served his time out. but died In 
hospital of chronic disease contracted in the 
service. She has one sou living by that mar- 
riage, David L. Eberly. Mr. Kempf was 
also married before to a Mrs. Egidi, who 
died and left two children, Mary M. and 
Annie E. The children of the present wife 
by him are William an<l Lula A. Mrs. 
Kempf lived in Princeton 14 years. They 
are doing a good business in their present 
location. 

Kendall H. W. physician. 1270 Maine. 
Kennedy C. H, Vermont e of 14lh. 
Eenner Mrs. A. widox, cor. 8d and Kentucky, 
Kcnts J . F. depot policeman. i>2'2 Oak, 
Ktogh Thos. F, boots and shoes, i:« S. 5th. 
Keplcy Thos, L. biiicksmilh, 210 Spring. 

KEltKEKIX<; JOSEPH. cooper, 
172N.5lh; residence, 184 X. 5th ; Ijoru in 
Prussia in 182!t; came to the United States 
in 1845 and located in Cincinnati, Ohio; 
moved to Milwaukee, thence to Quincy in 
1851 ; married Elizabeth Klumper in 1855. 
She was Iwrn in Prussia. They have four 
children: Joseph W., Elizabeth, John B., 



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and Caroline. They are members of the 
Catholic Church. He went into business 
with his father-in-law, Bernard H. Kluniper, 
in 185!), and has continued in business since. 
He manufactures all kinds of slack and tight 
barrels. His son, Joseph William, learned 
the tinner's trade in Hon. L. D. White's store, 
and is now employed at his trade 
Kerkhoff .\nton. tailor. Cbestnnt bet. 2-2d and ■2-ilh. 
Kerkeeick Mre. Justine, 11th e of Ohio. 
Kerne Daniel, laborer, cor. 2d and Chestnut. 
Kersting Bernard, cooper, cor. tjth and Cherry. 
Kespohl Henry A. 331 Vine. 
Kespohl Jnliu«, 419 Jersey. 
Kessels Bernard, brick mason. Spring e of isth. 
KesBfls Mrs. Mary, widow, Elm e of Hth. 
Kettler Wm. boots and shoes, 103G Broadway. 

ItEYKS CHARI.es >V. Piesi 
dent of the Wliitney & Holmes Organ Co. 
office, southeast corner 5th and Maine ; resi 
dence, 145 N. 8th ; born in this city in 1841 
He is the only son of Williard Keyes (de 
ceased), who located in this city in 1823. He 
married Mary Louisa Collins in 186(5. She 
was born in this county in 1842. They have 
five children : Mary, Edward C. , Charles F., 
Willard C, and Allen C. Members 1st Union 
Congregational Church. He is a Uepublican. 
He graduated in 1864, then spent a year 
traveling in Europe; returned and went into 
the wholesale drug business in 1866. He is a 
stockholder in the Whitney & Holmes Or- 
gan Co., and was elected president in 1875, 
having disconnected himself from the drug 
business in 1874. 

KEVES WILL,.\KD, one of the 

earliest settlers and one of the three origin- 
al County Commissioners of Adams county ; 
first came to the county in 1819, though 
not as a permanent resident until 1834; 
born Oct. 28th 1792, at Newfane, Wind- 
ham county, Vermont. The years of his 
life until manhood were passed in the 
hard labor of farm life, interspersed as op- 
portunity favored, with a few months of at- 
tendance atschool, during each winter. These 
opportunities, because rare and difficult of 
attainment, were all the more highly appre- 
ciated, and resulted in the formation of 
tastes and habits of study that had an im- 
portant influence on his whole after life. 
In the spring of 1817, his attention was at- 
tracted to the advantages offered to such as 
were disposed to enter with energy and de- 
jermination upon tlie development of the 



resources of the Western country, and in June 
o( that year, without means, and unaccom- 
panied save by a brave heart and a resolute de- 
termination to work out a future for himself, 
he turned his back upon his mountain home 
in Vermont, and began his journey toward the 
great West. The hardships and self-denials 
encountered during this journey were so 
great, that many another would have aban- 
doned the project and returned disheartened 
to pass an aimless life in toil upon the rug- 
ged Vermont hills. But his purpose once 
formed, his determination never wavered, 
and he pressed courageously forward. His 
course lay through the then sparsely settled 
regions of New York and Canada, until 
after many weary weeks, he reached the 
government frontier post at Mackinac; 
thenoc across the desolate country which 
now forms the great state of Wisconsin, until 
in the fall of the year he reached the Missis- 
sippi river at the Indian trading post called 
Prairie du Chien. 

Here he passed something m<ire than a 
year engaged in various pursuits, and in the 
fall of 1818 he joined a party formed for the 
purpose of passing the winter in the pineries. 
The early spring found him the owner of a 
raft of considerable proportions— the result 
of a hard winter's toil — and in the month 
of March, with one hired hand to assist in 
navigating his craft, he started for St. Louis. 
On the 10th of May, 1819, he had arrived as 
far south as the spot where now is situated the 
city of Quincy, and the natural attractions of 
the situation were by no means unheeded, as 
is proved by after events. This, the only point 
for many miles either above or below where 
the bluffs skirted the river, seemed by nature 
intended for a settlement of more or less 
importance, and when, in the following 
year, circumstances brought him again to 
this place, his first impressions were most 
thoroughly established. 

Some two years were passed in explora- 
tions throughout the " military tract " in the 
interest of various owners of bounty lands, 
in which occupation a good knowledge of 
the government sj'stem of surveys, and the 
principles of land surveying, made his ser- 
vices of peculiar value. 

At this time Mr. Keyes met and formed a 
friendship for John Wood (since then a 
Governor of the slate) which lasted through 



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HISTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



the remiiiiider of his life. The two men hiiU 
much iu commou — youth, energy, and am- 
bitiou — comiuon aims and 8ymi)athii's, tlial 
rendered their friendship congenial, and for 
half a eentury they watched with jealous in- 
terest the ijrowth and gradual development 
of the settlement their hands had planted. 
Ill the sprinj; of 1834 Mr. Keyes erected a 
house near the place where now stands the 
railroad passenger depot, and in the 
only room of this unpretentious struct- 
ure, sixteen by twenty-four feet in di- 
mensions, was licld the fii-st term of 
court and the first election held in Adams ' 
county. Here he lived and labored for 
almost fifty yeai-s, honored and respected as 
one of the founders and lathers of a large 
and prosperous city. AVith what au.xious 
solicitude he watched the gradual growth 
and development of this infant settlement 
from a desolate wilderness to a populous 
city, there are now but few left to testify. 

His life was marked throughout its entire 
course by a rare spirit of enteriirise and 
progress, coujilcd with an unyielding integ- 
rity that W'On for him respect and friends 
from all classes with whom he came in con- 
tact. He possessed a ([Uiet, unobtrusive dis- 
position which prompted him loshun, rather 
than seek for, public life and position, for 
■which otherwise he would have been well 
fitted. Self-assertion was not a part of his 
nature. His sphere of usefulness (and it 
was not a restricted one) was in the walks 
of private life. He loved a generous and 
philanthropic act for its own sake and for 
the sake of the inward consciousness it 
brought of a duty fulfilled. 

He was alwaj-s ready to extend a lieliiing 
hand to suffering and needy humanity, and 
the hearty " God bless you," received in re- 
turn for a kindly act or word, was for him a 
more than ample reward. This ((uality of 
heart and mind led him to feel and express 
a large measure of sympathy for the negro 
in slavery, and he was au active and out. 
spoken abolitionist at a time when to be 
such was unpopular with a large proportion 
of tlie couiuiunitj-. A deeply religious tonr 
pervaded his whole life, and he was for 
many years, and up to the clo.se of his life, a 
deacon in the Congregational Church, in 
the establishment of which he was instru 
mental at an early day. Feeling keenly bis 
own lack of early educational advantages, it 



was always his earnest wish to give to his 
cliildreu every facility for ac(|uiring a lib- 
eral education, and he was ever founil 
ready to give of his means and influence for 
the establishment and encouragement of 
educational institutions, both at home and 
abroad. He lived to see his children, one 
son and three daughters, all attain manhood 
and womanhood, and died Feb. 7, 1872, 
leaving behind a . memory cherished and 
revered by all who knew him. 

Klefer Mrs. Annie M. widow. 171 N. Ttb. 

lilefer Mrs. Johanna. grocerlt-B and paloon.'.£l'^ N.5tb. 

KteftT .Jotin, groceriet*. etc. 147 S. 7th. 

Klely .lohu C. steward, 913 Jersey. 

Kiely Mrs. Mari;aret, widow, lil S 7th. 

Klentzli' .^nton, j;rocor, '.i07 and 9ii<l Maine. 

KllligiT Edward, laborer, lait Spring. 

KilUter .lonn. carpenter, G39 Walnnt alley. 

Klmis Win. laborer, cor. Sd and Lind. 

Kiminel 1". B. harnesK maker, cor. 3d and Keulucky. 

Kinamuii Adam, engineer. 411 Spring. 

Klufr Fred, molder. 5th, n of .lefferson. 

King Michael, teamster, »17 P«yson ave. 

King Nelson, teamster, '.^57 N. lltb. 

King Mrs. Susan, widow, 419 Vermont. 

King Thos. laborer at gas works, 106 S. Sth. 

KIXtiiliriAX I-fCirS, real estate 
dealer. 4tli and Maine; residence, 1801 
Maine; born in Plymouth county, Mass., iu 
180;!; moved to Montgomerj' county. 111., in 
1835, and to Quincy in 183G, when he went 
into the real estate otHce of Robert Till.son 
as manager. He married Miss Letitia 
Holmes in 1835. She was born in Kingston, 
Mass., in 1800. Their children were: Lucius, 
Jr., born in 18-H, Eugene, born iu 1844, and 
Lucia Maria, born in 1847, the latter marry- 
ing John W. Rowland in 1877. Mrs. King- 
man died in 184.'). He married Mrs. Lucy M" 
Starr in 1847. She was liorn in Connecticut. 
Onecliild, Letitia M.was the fruit of this mar- 
riage. Mrs. Kingman is a memlier of the 
LTnion Congregational Church. He is a Re- 
publican. He has been in the real estate 
business on his own account since 1860. His 
family is of the si.xth generation from the 
Mayflower, and the cradle that came over in 
that celebrated ship is an heirloom in his 
family now, and was exhibited at Philadel. 
phia. at the AVorUVs Fair, in 187t!. 
KIngsbaker Louis, traveling salesman. 118 N 7th. 
Klngsbaker Moses, cigars, etc. 14S N. Hth. 
Kini;8hory Albirt U. 1466 Hampshire. 
Kingsbury -Mrs. w. f,o S. litb. 
Kinkel .lohn, groci-r, 401 Broadway. 
Kiukenberg Ant(m. liborer. 15 N. 9th. 
Kipp Adolph, laborer. tl.V) VVashlugtou 



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Klpp Win. merchunt tailor. 4th, b of Waehlugtou. 
Klrby Patrick, laborer, Tl^i Jersey. 
KIrcber Luuln J. farmer, cor. Jlth aiul Llud. 
Klrchoff Anton, tailor, Cheetnat, w ol a4th. 
Kirk Mrs. widow, 174 N. 7th. 

KIRK JOHX .1., clerk for James 
Jarri'tt, From stretl, betweeu Maijie and 
llamp.sliirc; residence, 208 York street; 
was horn in Qiiincy, Ai)ril 3!), 1852, In 
1863 he entered Bryant & Slratton's Com- 
mercial Colle.i^e, iit Chicago, where he ro- 
ceived a first-class commercial education. 
In 1807 he engaged as clerk for James Jar- 
rett, where he still continues. He married 
Miss Maggie McGirr in Quincy, Nov. 7, 
1870. She was Ijorn in Pawlucket, Rhode 
Island, Aug. 14, 18")7; came to Quincy in 
180:J. One child, Anna, Ijoni Sept. 17, 1877. 
Religion, Roman Catholic. Politics, Dem- 
ocrat. Is a member of St. Vincent l)e Paul 
Orphans' Society and the Irish Heuevolent 
A.ssociation. Real and perstmal i>roperly es- 
timated at $(i,(M)(i. 

KI./lR\Klt AIMH.PH (deceased); 
horn Fell. 0, 18'.iO, at Sclioeneck, Saxony, 
Gerniiiny; came to the Inited States and 
arrived in Quincy in 1849; married Mary 
C. Kleinschmidt in 1851. She was born in 
Germany. Had si.x children: Adolph, Gus- 
tav, Mary, Julia, Annie, and Christine. Are 
members of the German Lutheran Church. 
He commenceil butchering in 1849, and fol- 
lowed it up to the time of his death, JIarcli 
2, 1872. The business has been conducted 
since by his two sons. 

Klarner Adolph, butcher, 145 S. 5th. 

Klarner Uiietav, batcher, 146 S. 5th. 

Klaruer JuliuB, butcoer, liaO Maine. 

Klarner .Mrs. Mary, 145 S. jth. 

Klein John, boiler mikor. S:i« Adams. 

Klemme Uenry, llth and Ohio. 

Klemme .lohn. bricklayer, «20 Payson ave. 

KLK^'K FKKD, cigar manufac- 
turer, 27 South 4th street; residence, .same; 
born in Hanover, Germany, in 1839; came 
to the United States in 1857, and located in 
Quincy. He went to San Francisco, over- 
land, in 1800; returned to Quincy in 1809, 
then went to New York, Philadelphia, Chi- 
cago, St. Louis, and other cities; again 
visited San Franci.sco, and returned one 
year after to Quincy. He married Mary 
Lcnnert, in 1871. She was bom in Quincy. 
One child, Ferdinand. They are Catholics. 



He occupies his own building, and com- 
menced I lie cigar business in 1872. 

Kline F. L harnuHB maker, cor. 8th and Ohio. 
Kllng Mrs. CbrlHtinii, widow, K17 Kentucky. 
KlInKenmeyer J. 6th and .State. 
Klipetelu H. G. boots and shoes, 6th, » nf Wa«li- 

Ingtou. 
KUpstein J. carrla:;e trimmer, 5th, s of WushiuKtoii. 
Klocke Henry, tailor, 1IJ9 Payaoi) ave. 
Klocke Mrs. Mary, llth, » of Payson ave. 
Kloeter Anton, laborer, ('berry, e of llth. 
Kluckiijg John II. carpenter, 4011 Ohio. 
Klumi-er Dernard, laborer, llth. 8 of Chestnut. 
Kluseman I'rcd, laborer, .Vdams, e of 10th 
Kluwmeyor AuijuHt, bootK and nlioe». Hl'i Payxon ave. 

Kl.lIWMKYKK €I1AKI-KS II., 

boots and shoes, 8l;i Payson avenue. He was, 
born in Wesphalia, Europe, Nov. 9, 1845 
and emigrated to America with his parents, 
lauding at New Orleans, Nov. 8, 1850, and 
from there coming direct to (Quincy, 111. He 
married Miss Mary Sanner, at Quincy, 111., 
Feb. 15, 1871. She was born in Quincy in 
February, 1850. Four children: Anna' 
aged seven, Eddie, aged six, Mandy, aged 
four, and Charles, aged one year and six 
months. Religion, I>utlieran. Politics, Re- 
publican. Is a memljer of the Firemen's 
Benevolent Associ:ilion of Quincy, and is 
pipeman of steam tire comiiany No. 3, of 
Quincy. Is also a mcinlier of the Protestant 
Orphan Benevolent Associaticm. Stock in 
store valued at $200. 
Klusraeyer Henry, shoemaker, 831 Ohio. 
Knaphelde Henry, wagon manf ., "O.') and 71)7 State. 
Knapp, Mrn. Elizabeth, IDS. !Hh. 
Knaup Adam, soda water manf., 717 Washington. 
Knight Arthur, Oak e of ."ith. 
Knight Evan H. cari)enter, 131) N. llth. 
Knight Sam. engineer, :i'.JO Locust. 
Knoll .lohu, baker, 1137 York. 
Knollenberg K. W., miller, KhJIi Maine. 
Kno.'c Alex, pattern maker. 1257 Vermont. 
Knox Floreiiz, student, 1457 Vermont. 
Kno.x Hornard,etrcet car driver, cor. 20th and Maine. 
Knuf Bernard, carpenter. Oak w of 14th. 
KnuDfman Frank, saloon, 1107 Broadway. 
Knuse Uenry, laborer, Payson ave. e of (Jth. 
Knuse Henry, Jr., cabinet maker, liI4 Payson ave. 

KOCH AI>.\M. slone-culter; resi- 
dence 71.H Moiiioe sitiMi. He was born in 
Lauteiiliach.am Main, Regierungs-be/.irk An- 
schaft'cnburg, Bairen, Europe, Dec. 13, 1822; 
came to the United States, landing in New 
York City in 18.53; from thence going to St. 
Louis, Mo., remaining sixteen mimtlis; then 
came to Quincy, working at his trade. He 
married Miss Agnes Schneider, at St. Louis> 



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IllSTOKY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 



Mo., in Oct. 1853. Slie was bom in Lohr, am 
Main, May 1, 1819, and fame to Auu'rica 
Sept. 18, 185:!. Xo oliililren. He wa.-; in tlie 
14th Regt. of Inf. under tlie King of Baircn, 
from 1822 till 1828; then enlisted in the 5tli 
Regt. of Inf for one year; look i)art in the 
revolution of 1848, and was ordered to 
Schleswig Ilolstein, but the revolution had 
terminated before his regiment arrived. Also 
served in the Leib Regiment from 1820 to 
1830. Religion, Roman C'titliolie. Is u 
member of the General Benevolent Associa- 
tion of Quincy, the St. Aloysius Orphan 
Association, and St. Josephs' Building Asso- ' 
ciation. 

Koch Chas. clerk, 1123 Jersey. 
Koch C'ba«. .Tr. clerk, 1123 Jersey. 

KOCH €HARI.,ES I,.. I'liysieian 
anil Surgeon, 17 South oth ; residence 300 
Stale; born in Red Wing, Minn., in 1856; 
read medicine in Quincy; graduated in Rush 
Medical College, Chicago, Feb. 21, 1877, and 
in the Homeopathic College in Chicago, 
April 3, 1878; married Miss IXattie C. Dodd 
in 1878. She was born in Quincy, in 1859. 
He is a member of the Red Cross Lodge No. 
44 K. of P., also Prize of the West Lodge 
No. 94 A. O. U. W., Union Lodge L O. M. A., 
and Oriental Lodge No. 777, K. of H. He 
practices both schools of Medicine. 
Koch Fred. A. 1137 Jecsoy. 
Koch Henry, laborer, lOl.'i Washington. 
Koch Herman, laborer, Washington e of 11th. 

KOCH JOHSk L.., saddles and har- 
ness, 1)12 Maine street; residence, same; 
born in Germany in 1832 ; came to the United 
States in I83!», and located in Quincy in 
1840; married Annie Albright in 1862. She 
was born in Germany in 1840. Seven child- 
are the fruits of this marriage: Philij), Ma.xi- 
millian. Prances, Tlieresa, Bernard, John A, 
and .Vdolph. They are Calliolics. lie is a 
Democrat. He served two terms as Super- 
visor; was a tireman twenty-two years, and 
has been in business twenty-three years 
His father was one of the oldest saddlers in 
Quincy, having started in 1840. He has the 
oldest sign in Quincy, one which was pur- 
chased by his father thirty-eight years ago 
I'rom Levi B. Allen, made by Mr. Lyman. 
Koch .lobn L. phyeician, (Hh and .lereey. 

K<K'H \VIlililA:n. teamster; 
residence. Payson avenue, between 8th and 
9th streets. He was born in Elverdisten, 



near Herfonl, Europe, August 3, 1847, and 
emigrated to America with his parents, 
landing at New Orleans in 1849, coming 
direct to Quincjy. He married Miss Katie 
Rutr in Quincy, May 21, 1873. She was born 
in Quincy, Oct. 5, 1850. Religion, Lutheran. 
Politics, Republican. Is a member of Hara- 
gari Lodge No. 144, Oak Grove, No. 21 
U.A.O.U., Fireman's Benevolent Association, 
Humboldt Lodge Xo. (11 A. O. U. W. Real 
ami personal properly estimated at $4,000. 
Koehler John, saloon, Broadway e of 18th. 
Koomniann Frank, carpenter, 727 Jackson. 
Koenig Chas. H. clerk. 724 Payson ave. 
Koenig John G. T. eleik, aes Jersey. 

KOKXIG JONKPH, of Koening 
vt Weiler, carriage manufactures, corner of 
6th and Kentucky streets; residence, 108 
South Glh street; born near Strasburg, then 
France, now Germany, in 1839; located in 
Cincinnati in 1847, and in this city in 1855; 
married Frances Zeigler in 1853. She was 
born in same place. Have eight children: 
Lena, Louisa, John, Josejih, Rosa, Francis, 
Clara and Otto. They are members of the 
Catholic Church. In politics. Independent. 
Keep constantly on hand a full assortment 
ot carriages, bugjiies and wagons. 
Koenig Wm. cigar maoaracturcr, S27 Uhio. 
Koenig Wm. laborer, S18 Washington. 
Koetters Adolph, carpenter, Wasblneton w of 12th 
Koetters Bernard, laborer. Vine w o( 10th. 
Koetters Joseph, cabinet maker, lOlti Vine. 
Kohl Mrs. Catherine, widow. 427 Maiden Lane. 
Kohl Nicholas, 11th bet Jersey and York. 
Kohle .Mrs. .Margaret. 14ii s 9tb. 
Kolker .\dam. groceries, etc. 214 Kentucky. 

KOI.KKK WII.LIA3I. general 
grocery, Xo. 300 Hampshire street ; residence 
same; born in Germany in 1832; came to 
this county in 1853, and located in this city 
in 1854; married Miss Catherine Metzger in 
18ti8. She was born in Germany, 1842. 
They have three children: Henry, Maria, 
and Ernest E. Are Catholics. He is a Demo, 
crat. He was City Collector in 1862; was 
elected Supervisor of the county in April, 
1878; re-elected April, 1879. He has asso. 
ciated with him in business his brother, 
under the firm name of W. & A. Kolker. 
Kollmann 11. laborer, 7(iO Kentucky. 
KuUmeyer John, cooper. 1113 Oak . 

K0.1IKKSCHIKH KKV. XAZ- 

AKII.1M. guardian at St. Francis Church 
and St. Francis Convent, corner 18th and 
Vine streets. 



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KOl^AXTZ AXTHOXY (dcceas 
ed); was bnrn in Wittcnlmrg. (Ji-rniiuiy, in 
1808 ; came to United States and landed in 
New York; visited Louisville, New Orleans, 
Louisiana and St. Louis, and located in 
Quincy, spring of 1832. He married Harriet 
Schepperlej' in 1834. She was born in 
Baden, Germany, near the liiver Rhine, in 
181.5. Tliey had thirteen children; ten livinj; 
when he died in 1800, four of whom died 
since. William, Harriet, Amelia, Lizzie, 
Fanny, (now widow Zimmerman) and Hen- 
ry, are living; are members of the Unitarian 
Church. Mrs. Harriett Konantz, his widow 
is a hale, hearty, active business woman; at- 
tends to lier own collecting, banking, and the 
general management of her valuable prop- 
erty. 

Eonantz Edward A. harness maker. lO.iT .Jersey. 
Konantz Mrs. Harriet, wifiow, 31 N. 5th. 
Konantz Mrs. l*aul, widow. 1037 Jersey. 

KOXAXTZ PAUL,, (deceased) ; res- 
idence of famil)' corner 11th and Jersey Sts.'; 
born in Hohenzollern, Germany, Aug. 16, 
1811; came to United States in 1838, and lo. 
cated in Quincy; married Wilhelmina 
Schultheis, May 9, 1843. She was born in 
Hesse Cassel, Germany, in 1831. They have 
nine children : William H., Charles F. 
(dentist in St. Paul, Minn.), AVilhelmina, 
Hattie, John, Paul (in Rochester, N. Y.), 
Lizzie, Edward A., Adolph and Annie (and 
three deceased). They are members of the 
Presbyterian Church. He was in the gro- 
cery business two years, and in the wood 
business the balance of the time up to his 
death in January, 1877; was one of the or- 
ganizers of the German Widows and Or- 
phans' Aid Society. 

KOXATXZ WX. H., fine har- 
ness, 33ti Maine street ; residence 1037 Jersey 
Street; born in Quincy in 184G; married 
Miss Louisa F. Harris (daughter of Joel 
Harris, of Quincy) m 1878. He has been in 
business five years. He has been master of 
Lambert Lodge No. Cli), A. F. & A. M. ; 
is meinber of Quincy Chapter, No. 5, Beau- 
sant Commander, No. 11, K.T. 
Konefea Mrs. ChrUtina. 9.35 Kentucky. 
Konert Mrs. A. widow, 629 Walnut Alley. 

Konig Mrs. , widow, 11th n of Paysou ave. 

Koppert Henry, plasterer, cor. Hampshire and i4th. 
Kordsleman Charles, molder, 1134 Payson ave. 
Kordsieman Fred, teamster, 825 Washington. 
Koring Angnst. laborer. 040 Washington. 



Kortes Henry, laborer, 7th s of Jefl'erson. 
KorteMrs. Meua, widow, 1015 Kentucky. 
Kortner Henry, cooper, Tth bet. Spring and Oak. 
Kost John H. paper hanser, 101 s 5th. 
Kosyan George, plasterer, 404 n 5tb. 
Kramer Mrs. Lizzie, wido.v, 824 Maine. 
Krauman D. teamster, 11th n of Jefferson. 
Krebber Bernard, carpenter, Adams e of 10th. 
Kreienberg Henry, laborer. Cherry, w of 10th. 
Krei.«miinn Fred, saloon keeper. 334 n 5th. 

KRKITZ JO]l]¥ B.. saddles and 
harness, 504 Maine street; born in Prussia, 
1843; came to Central America in 1843, and 
to Quincy in 18.")0, where his father, two sis- 
ters and two workmen died of cholera. He 
worked the farm which they owned, in 1854, 
and in 18.55 went into the drug business, and 
in 1856 went as apprentice to the saddle and 
harness business, and worked one year for 
Bernard & Lockw-ood ; in 1861 he arrived in 
San Francisco, and went mining at Shasta 
Mountain for a short time, then went to 
Jacksonville, Oregon ; worked at liis trade ; 
then went teaming with six mules over the 
mountains to Creston City, Cal., at $75 per 
month ; returned to San Francisco, and 
worked at his trade until 18G3, when he 
took a partner in business, whom he soon 
bought out; sold off his stock and started 
collar-making; for the best collar he took 
the first prize. In 1860 returned to Quincy 
and went into business with F. S, Scheiner, 
whom he bought out July 10, 1875. He has 
taken first prizes at all fairs since for light 
harness saddles and collar work. He mar- 
ried Miss Rose Merssmann in 1874. She was 
born in this city in 1853. Have one child, 
Cornelia. Are Roman Catholics. He is a 
Democrat. 

KREITZ JOHX M.. lianker; res- 
dence, Oak, lietween 5th and Otii streets; son 
of Winend and Elizabeth Kreitz; was born 
in Germany, Sept. 25, 1835. They went to 
Central America in 1843 ; came to the United 
States in 18,50, and settled in Quincy; was 
educated in St. .Joseph University in Central 
America. He spent two years in farming; 
clerked in general merchandising four years; 
entered into partnership with Anton Binkert 
in same business seven years; was in the 
cijrar business two years; was City Collector 
one year. In the fall of 1804, was elected 
Deputy Sheriff; filled the office for si.\ years ; 
was elected Sherift' and served two years, 
1871 and 1872. He tlieii weiil into the ice 



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business, in wliidi he slill lias an interest; 
has been cashier of the Union Bank since 
1876, in whieli he is a heavy stoekliolder. 
He nuirried ]\[ary P. Ohnemus, May 1.",, 
1800. She was born in Louisville, Kj'., in 
1805. Have seven ehiUlrcn : Elizabeth, Ther. 
esia, Jo.scphine, Martha, Herman, William 
and Anna. 15oth niembers »{ the Catholic 
Chmeh. < )wns a fine risidenee and the Sher- 
man House, eorner of Vermont and Front 
streets; $4o,000 worth of real estate in con- 
nection with the ice business. 
Krcmer Andrew, carriage^mith, 611 MoDrne. 
Kretchmeyer Kobert. ciirpenter, 11th. n of <Jack80u.# 
Kriegshftuscr Mrs., widow, <i-."> Madison. 

KltIK(ii»$HAlJ»«ER JACOB, 

stoves and tinware, 838 State residence same. 
He was born in Didesfeld Bairen, Europe, 
April 13, 184.6, and emigrated to America 
with his mother and brothers and sisters, 
landing at New Orleans, I^a., l8o9, coming 
direct to Quincy, meeting his father here; 
married Miss Theresa Werncth, at Quiucy, 
HI., Oct. (i, 1870. She was born in Forgen- 
heim Baden, Europe, 184(), and emigrated .to 
America with lier parents, in 185.5. Four 
children : Josephina, born Aug. 0, 1871 ; 
Frank Joseph, born May lU, 1873; Anna, 
born May 9, 1875, and Bertha, born Aug. 
23, 1877. Religion, Catholic. Politics, 
Democrat. Is a member of the General 
Benevolent Association of Qiiin<y. Keal and 
personal i)roperty valued at $500. 
Kriner Mrs., groceries, etc., ti;i5 Hampshire. 

KRI]%8 HKK.MAN H., groceries 
and saloon, 715 Oak; residence same. He 
was born in Nottuln, Kegierungs-bezirk, 
Munster, Westphalia, Europe, May 3,1833; 
emigrated to America, landing in Baltiiuore, 
in May, 1860; went to Cincinnati, Ohio; re- 
mained two months, and from there to 
Quincy, HI., where he followed his trade of 
baker; stayed two months and went to 
Louisiana, Mo., where he worked nine 
months and returnetl to Quincy. He mar- 
ried Mi.ss Maria Francisca Spoeler, at 
Quincy, May 31, 18(i3. She was born ui 
Uamsdorf, Westphalia, Europe, Jan. 1(>, 
1844, and came to the United States witli her 
parents in July, 1844, landing at New 
Orleansand goingdirecttoQuincy. 'IVochil- 
dren : Anton, Imrn Feb. !). 18(>4, and Dina 
Johanna, born Feb. 5, 18()(!. Religion, 
Roman Catholic. Polities, Democrat. He 



was a soldier in the Kaiser Alexander Grena- 
dier Regimi-nt. at Berlin, Europe, from 1853 
to 1858; was foreman in Brown's baker shop, 
in Quincy,Hl.,forlhreeyears,and atBuchrer's 
bakery for three yeais; in 18G7, opened a 
grocery store on lOtli and Hampshire streets, 
continuing there for one year, then built his 
present store. Real and personal [iroperty 
valued at ^13,000. 

KROI^L JOH\ K., merchant, 33 
N.!ltli; burn in Girmany, in 1833; came to 
this country in 1!<(13; located in Cook Co., 
HI.; married Charlotte Luetkemeyer in 18(i5. 
She was bom in Prussia. Have one child: 
Walter. They attend the Baptist Church. 
He is Democrat in politics. 
Kroner Jolin. policeman. 1007 Vermont. 
Kroner .Tosepli, laborer. T'21 .\damB. 
Kruejier t 'aeper H.. muctiini8t,Wasiiington.wof I'Jtb, 
Krneger Ileury, Uborer. .Jefferson, e of 11th. 
Krnger Henry, laburer. 7ir, Adams. 
Krull Wni. quarryman. SO-J Jackson. 
Krum .lohn, laliorer. cor. 10th and Chestnut. 
Emmery Mrs. Margaret, widow, 426 State. 
Krasu Herman, laborer. s25 Jackson. 
Krnsemann Fred, laborer, 14th. e of Ohio. 

K.|:|<:HX LOl'IM. Professor of music; 
residence, 833 Hampshire; born in Sa.xony, 
Germany, 1835; came to the United States in 
1856; located in Chicago, then went to 
Dubuque, la., in 1857, to Indianapolis, Ind., 
18.59, remained one year, to Cincinnati, Ohio, 
in 1860, remaining U years, and to Quincy in 
1869. He married Miss Virginia Richmond 
in 1858. She was born in Philadelphia, 
July 35, 1840. She died Dec. 7, 186G, leaving 
three children: Louis, Carrie and Alvin. 
He married Miss Christian Braun, Feb. (i, 
1868. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
June 6, 1846. They have two children: 
Edwin and Otto. He studied music in 
Europe and has been teaching since he came 
to the United States. He is iirofessor of 
music in St. Francis' College, also in Chad- 
dock College. He is leader of Kuehn's 
brass, reed and string band, which he or- 
organized when he tirst came to this city. 

Kl HL.KMIOFLTER Si:ra4»X, 

Pastor of the (icrnian Kvangelical Lullienm 
Salem Churcli ; residence corner 9th and State 
streets; was born in Lipi)e-Dctmold, Ger- 
many, April 9, 18'30 ; came to America in 
1853; married I^aura Meyers. She was born 
in same place Sept. 7, 1843. Mother of three 
children : Laura, Clara and .\da. For his 



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first wife be married Minnie Jlillcr. The 

fruit of tliat marriage was one living ehild, 

Minnie (now Jlrs. Jolin Nolan). Has been 

pastor ot this church since Aug. 11, 1860. 

Kuhlmann John, molder, 12(j4 Vermom. 

Knhn Mrs. Mary. O ik w ofdJd. 

Knll Gnetav A. saddler, llOS BroadHay. 

Kaukel Mrs. Barbara, widow. 1032 Vermont. 

KuDkel Mrs. Elizabeth. 145 N. 9th. 

Kuiikel Philip, 144 N. 9th- 

Kunkel Philip cor. 1.5th aod Spring. 

Kuntymeyer .lohn. laborer. 824 Jackeon. 

Kuppelmeyer John, carpenter, 25 S. 10th. 

KlIKZ JOSEPH, saloon corner of 
4th and Delaware streets ; was born in Baden, 
Europe, Dec. 21, 1826; emigrated to Amer- 
ica in Jtme, 1853, landing at New York City; 
from there went to Mauch Chunk, Carbon 
count}-, Pa., remaining three years; then re- 
turned to Germany, remaining three months, 
after which he returned to America via New 
Orleans, La. ; from there to Quincy, 111., 
where he married Miss Walburga Weisen- 
horn on June 4, 1857. She was born in Ba- 
den, Europe, Oct. 29, 1834. Shortly after 
their marriage they returned to Mauch 
Chunk, Pa., and remained there ten years; 
then returned to Quincy, 111., where he 
followed his profession of butcher for 
one year. Three children: Joseph, aged 
30 years ; Alfred, 17 years, and Wilhelm, 13 
years. Mr. Kurz served under Leopold, 
Grosz-llerzog of Baden, in artillery brigade, 
during 1847-48, taking part in two battles; 
has held the office of Tax Collector for sev- 
eral years ; was elected Justice of the Peace 
in Mauch Chunk, Pa. ; served as President 
of the Brewers and Distillers' Association*- 
of (Juiacy, 111., from 1874 till '76. Roman 
Catholic. Democrat. Real and personal 
property valued at $11,000. 
Kater John, 53.3 York. 



Laacke Joseph, "J5 S. Tth. 

Laage Geo. J. hats, caps, etc., 415 Hampshire. 

Laake Henry, laborer, 819 Jersey. 

Laake Wm. carpenter, SOS Jackson. 

Lacey S. laborer. Lind e of 9th 

Lacy Mrs. Cataerine, 10th n of Lind. 

Ladd Channcey, salesman, 207 Jersey. 

LAGEMAK & BRO., dry goods 
and groceries, 837 and 83!i State street ; resi- 
dence same. Henry was born in 1842, in 
Germany, and Louis was born in 1846, in St. 
Louis. They located in Quincy in 1849. 



They are tlie only sons of Herman and Eliz- 
abeth Lagemau. Henry married Maggie 
Steine in 1875. She was born in St. Louis. 
Louis married Caroline Naderholf in 1876. 
She was born in this county in 1854. They 
have three children : Henry, I>ouis and 
Arthur. Henry was City Clerk in 1872-73 ; 
was elected Supervisor in 1876, and re-elected 
in 1877 ; was Chief Engineer of Fire Departs 
ment in 1870-72. They are active, energetic 
young business men. 
I.ageman Mrs. Mary E. 154 S. 9th. 
Lahrman Wm. te meter, lfi24 Vermont. 

IjAIRI* BR08.. proprietors of the 
Adelphia Theater, 310 Hampshire street. 
This is conducted as a first-class Variety 
Theater. 

Lake H.nry, teamster, 1013 Maine, 
Lake Herman, 1102 Hampshire. 
Lake Mrs. Jane, widow, 58 S. Tth. 
Lakey L. F. pattern maker, 521 Ohio. 
Lambert Rodney, 205 York. 
Lamraering Beruard, plasterer, (WO Ohio. 
Lammers Henry, groceries, cor. 8th and Kentucky. 
Ijammers John, molder, Kentucky e of 18th. 
Lampe Henry, laborer, 2H2 S. 8th, 

liAMPE JOHX A., saloon and 
ten-pin alley, corner of 9th and Maine ; was 
born in Baltimore, Md., in 1843; came to 
Quincy with his parents in 1843. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth Hartmau in 1867. She was 
born in Germany. They have two children : 
Johnnie and Emma. The}- are members of 
St. Boniface Catholic Church. He is a Dem- 
ocrat. He has been in business since 1867. 

Landrum Jesse, constable, T22 York. 

Landwcbr Mrs. Annie, 2f)9 S. 9.h. 

Landwehr G. co iper, Washington bet. 8th and 9th. 

Landwehr Geo. painter, 172 S. Gth. 

Laudwebr J. cigar manf . 645 Madison. 

Landwehr Louis, painter, 57 S. lith. 

Lane Mrs. Jalia, widow. 150 N. 5th. 

Langdon Mrs. James, cor. Itith and Hampshire. 

l.A9i'GUO]!i ADDISOK L,. was 

born in New Haven, Cmiu., in the year 1843. 
He came to Chicago with his parents about 
the year 1846, in which city he spent the 
earlier years of his life. Upon the opening 
of the Douglas University he entered one of 
the first classes, but remained only a short 
time; afterward he entered the Kimball 
Seminary, in Rockford, 111., and left that ed- 
ucational institution, at the age of 15 years, 
to i)ursue a course at the Bi-yant & Stratton 
College, in Chicago; soon after this he asso- 
ciated himself with his father in the business 



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HISTOKV UK ADAMS COUNTY. 



of manufacturing wood tyjje aud otlur i)riiit- 
ers' machinery and material : soon after the 
death of his father, whicli occurred in ISoT, 
he cauie to Quiucy and ))ecame associated 
witli liis brotlier in tlio publication of the 
Whig newspaper, and he continued his con- 
nection with tlirtt estahlisliment until 1867, 
when he withdrew his interest and entered 
the service of the United States, in the Inter- 
nal Revenue department, receiving his ap- 
pointment under Abraham Lincoln; in 1871 
he established the Qiiincy Commerrinl Review, 
of which paper he is still proprietor. During 
the past fifteen or twenty years Mr. Langdo^ 
has compiled and published four directories 
of the city of Quincy, six dilferent histories 
of the city, and one of the towns of Adams 
county. He was for twelve years Secretary 
of the Adams count}' central Republican 
committee ; served for nine years as Oil 
Inspector of the city; is now Secretary of 
the Gem City Telegraph Institute, United 
States Internal Revenue Ganger, and pub- 
lisher of the Review. Mr. Langdon, during 
the past ten years, has received many offers 
of positions on the metropolitan press; but 
he seems wedded to the Gen\ City, of which 
he has written many colunms of praise. 
Lanse Augast, laborer. 1008 State. 
Lange Mrs. Louisa, Monroe w of 15th, 
LaDi;e William. SOS Ohio. 
Lanxlng Henry, bachelor. 'JO N. 9th. 
Larken -Michael, molder. 710 Jersey. 

LARKWOHTIIY W. B.. (Lark- 
worthy & Uurge) contractors, carpenters, 
and builders, Vermont, between 4th and 
5th streets; residence, 50.5 Lind; born in 
Devonshire, England, 1827 ; located in Can- 
ada in 1845, and in Quincy, 1801. He married 
Ann Penhale, 1847. She was born in Eng- 
land. Thej' have two children, Mary A. and 
Francis G. Are members of the E|)iscopal 
Church. He is a Republican, Mason and 
K. T. ; was Alderman of the 1st Ward 1873^. 
He is stockholder in the Q., M. & P. R. R. 
Co. ; also a charter member of the Quincy 
Building Association, and one of the Direct- 
ors of it. His tirm l)uilt the new Court 
House in Quincy, and of Davis county, 
Iowa, the Tremont House, ami many other 
large blocks in Quincy. 
Larrup Mrs. widow, TOO Kentacky. 
lAiighllnThos. n. agent P. O D. 1108 Hampshire. 
Lanter Philip D. cashier, liM N. lith 
Lawrence Geo. W. carpenter, 703 liroadway. 
Lebrlck George. 33 S. 3d. 



I.KE IK.4.AC S., (of Lee & Lehnertsi 
Laud and Kniigration Company; oliice 
corner tUli and Hampsliire; residence, i)18 
Hampshire; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 
Wili; located in Quincy in 1844. He married 
Miss Anna La Kue 187;!. She was born in 
Barry, 111. They have two children, Edward 
and Frederick. ^Ieml)ers of the Bai>tist 
Cliurcli. Democrat, in politics. He is a son 
of the Rev. Anilrew Lee, of Westmoreland 
county, Va., who was a member of the old 
Lee family of that State. He was elected 
Police Magistrate in Quincy, 1873, and 
served out his term. He traveled for some 
time; returned, and established the Land 
and Emigration office in 1878, for sale of 
railroad lands, west and south, and general 
transportation office. They guarantee all 
titles of land they handle. 
Lehbi'ink Charles, tuamsler. Ifil Kentacky. 
Lehbrink Krod. salesman. IIJII Spring. 

LBIIXHRTK JOHX P.. (of Lee & 

Lehnerts) Land and Emigration; ortice, cor- 
ner 6th and Hampsliire; residence, 317 N. 
5th street; born in Loraine, France, Oct. 27, 
1827; came to the United States in 1852; 
went to Wisconsin, and located iu St. Louis, 
then in Alton, 111., aud in Quincj', 1858; 
married May Uhrbach, in 1861. She was 
born in Germany. They have fivechildren: 
Louisa F., George F., John J., Fred. P., and 
Frank. He is a member of the Druids, and a 
Democrat. He is a lingui.sl— speaking several 
languages — which especially qualifies him 
for his present position. He and his partner, 
Mr. Lee, control large tracts of railroad 
* lands, which they can sell at shaded figures, 
and guarantee all their titles. 
Lebrink Henry, molder. 51S Maiden Lane. 

LKiKiiKLn nns. iikxry. 

liquors, 21 S. 7th street; resuleuce, same; 
born in Prussia, Germany, in 1828 ; came to 
the United Stsites in 1835. She married Mr. 
Henry Leif helm, 1855. She has fourcliildren : 
Henry, Charles, Herman, and Dora. They 
are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. 
Leifhelm died .July 13, 1878. She has con- 
tinued the business since. 

I.KIXlXGFiK JOHN, dry good6 
and groceries, corner of Liiid and 10th street; 
residence same; born in Germany, 1824: 
came to the United States in 1853, aud 
located iu Quincy; married Katheriua 
Theiise in lS(i(l. Slie was born in Germany 



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655 



Their children are: George, Mary, Rose, 
Christine, Louisa, Nick, and Caroline. Are 
members of the Lutheran Cliurch. He has 
been in business in Quincy twelve years, 
having traveled over many of the Western 
States before he located iu Quincy. 
Leipold Henry, groceries, cor. 5tU and Maiden Lane. 
Leipold Isadore, saloon. 507 Hampshire. 
Leipold Sebastian. 4'i\ Maiden Lane. 
Lcmley Chas. F. groctr. ii S. 3d. 
Lemley Geo. \V. hardware, VIK Hampshire. 
Lemley Joseph F. 1480 Hampshire, 
lemley Eobert D. UTii Hampshire. 
Lennert John, stoves, etc., 918 Maine. 
Lenz Mrs. Mary C. widow, 12 S. 10th. 
Leonard Mrs. Margaret, 833 Maine. 
Lepper Lawrence, teamster, cor. 10th and Wash- 
ington. 
Leppert Chae. cooper, 818 Washington. 

LiESEM ISAAC, (of Isaac Lesem & 
Bros.) wholesale dry goods and notions, 
southwest corner of 3d and Hampshire 
streets ; residence, 400 Jersey. 

Lesem Max A. (Lesem Bro. Si Co.) 712 Broadway. 
Lesem Mrs. Rebecca, 94 N. 5th. 

LESKM SAJIIJEI,. Few young 
men in the country illustrate more fully than 
Mr. Stimucl Lesem that real honor lies in 
actiuir well one's part. He was bom in 
Glasgow, Howard county. Mo., and received 
his education in the publ ic schools of Quincy ^ 
111. He is now t%vent}'-eight years old. His 
success in life is clearly attributaljle to the 
double advantage of excellent natural gifts, 
and an early employment in business affairs. 
In his fifteenth year he was received into the 
banking house of Henrj- T. J. Ricker, of 
Quincy, where his capacity and skill soon 
developed themselves, and he advanced so 
rapidly that he achieved the highest position 
in the establishment, and maintained it with 
signal credit to himself and satisftictiou to 
his employer tintil, in 1868, he was obliged 
to resign on account of failing health. He 
then went on a tour through the Rocky 
Mountains, in company with Gen. Sickles 
and Col. Fred Grtmt, for the purpose of 
locating a line of narrow gauge railroad, and 
returning home invigorated in health he was 
made Deputy City Collector, in which ca- 
pacity he collected nearly $200,000 for the city, 
Wlien only eighteen years old he embarked 
in the insurance business on his own account, 
and found little dilliculty in demonstrating 
that there are few quarters where one can 
pick up 14.) pounds of humanity that can 



accomplish as much in the way of .soliciting. 
His marked success in this field brought him 
promotion, and in 1873 he found himself a 
special agent for the Firemen's Fund Insur- 
ance Company, of California, being then 
actually the yourigest special agent in the 
country. The next year the Republicans of 
Quincy made him their candidate for City 
Treasurer, and though his party was in a 
.hopeless minority iu the city, he had the 
satisfaction of polling a heavy balance over 
the average of his ticket. In 1874 he was 
appointed special agent of the Phoenix In- 
surance Company, of New York, for the 
Western 'States, which position he filled with 
great acceptance till some time in 187.5, when 
he engiiged in banking busine.ss, acting iu 
the capacity of cashier. Mr. Lesem is a 
young man of more than ordinarily fine ad- 
dress, and with a decided leaning to all pub- 
lie enterprises that tend to the elevation of 
the public taste. This was illustrated some 
two or three j-ears ago when, largely through 
his instrumentality, a series of open air con- 
certs was inaugurated in the beautiful park 
in the business center of Quincy, and which 
have ever since been continued through the 
summer season. He ;vas a prime mover 
also in peopling the park with squirrels, 
rabbits, and feathered songsters, an innova- 
tion in which the citizens have ever since 
taken a special pride. At the annual session 
of the United States Supreme Lodge of the 
Independent Order of Mutual Aid, held in 
July, 1878, he was made Supreme Conductor, 
which position he still holds. He has, in 
fact, achieved a creditable, indeed, an envia- 
ble, business and social success in life, though 
yet under 30, and has before him the entire 
period of activity in which men ordinarily 
make their mark in the world. 

Letton R. E. pianos, etc. 215 Hampshire. 
Lettou T. P. painter, 911 Spring. 
Levi E. 619 Spring. 

L,EVI «USTAV, retired ; residence 
708 Broadway; born in Baden near Lake 
Constance, in 1834 : came to United States, 
18.52, and located in Buffalo, N. Y. ; came to 
Quincy in 1856; married Henrietta Lesem 
in 18.59. She was Ijorn in Bavaria in 1938. 
Have eight children: Alexander, Jennie, 
Mo.ses, Samuel, Fannie, Isaac, Joseph and 
Harry. They are members of the Hebrew 
Congregation. Democrat in politics. Was 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COL-NTY. 



elected Supen-isor at large in 1875; was 
member of tbe Board of Education from 
1874 to 1870 ; was President of the German- 
American Bank which was opened in 1877. 
He retiivd from the tjankins; business, clos- 
ing up his accounts and payiuir all claims in 
full. He is a member of the ^Masonic Order, 
Druids, Knights of Honor, A. O. U. W., 
I. O. M. A., I. O. B. B., K. S. B. and Free 
Sons of Israel. 

Levi Mrs. Helen, widow, 1.51 N. 4th. 

Li-vy J. D. wholesale clothing. 104 N. 8th. 

Lewis Chas .\. cleric, Miilne e of *2.5th. 

Lewton Allen, cor. Cth and Maple. ' 

Lcyhe Capt. Wm. cor. 2d and Ohio. 

Llbby Capt. Byron. .Ith n of Sycamore. 

Licbtendabl Mrs. Catherine, S2S .Maine. 

Lickel John C. H. laborer, IHT Monroe. 

Liebel Michael, porter, 10th n of Vine. 

Liebmann Mrs. Mary, groceries, 13 b. 6th. 

I^rESE REV. SI MOST, Pastor of 
St. Peter's Evangel icil Liitluian Church, 
corner of York and !)th stioets; residence, 
same. He was born in Germany, 1822; 
came to this country and located in St. 
Louis, 1849. He studied in Missouri, and 
was ordained in this city, 1853; manied 
Miss Minnie AV'aldccker, same year. She 
was born in Germany in 1826. Their chil- 
dren are: Meta, Simon, Minnie, John, Aman- 
da, Augustus and Paul. He administers to 
about four hundred communicants. 
LiescD Bernard, clerk. Payson ave, e of 7th. 
Liesen Wm. laborer. 712 Payson ave. 
Lilleman Henry, molder, 1141 Washington. 
Lindemao Theo. salesman. 1007 State. 
Linneman -Vngust, laborer, 1109 Washineton. 
Linneman Lcopolil. brick layer, 1115 Washington. 
Lipplncott Airs. Uaunah. 809 N. 5th. 
Little Chas. clerk C. B. & (J. R. R. 1028 Hampshire. 
Littlefleld JE. 412 York. 
Lock John, blacksmith. 1221 Hampshire. 

LOCK WILLIAM, butcher; resi- 
dence 124(5 llaiupshire street; born in Ger- 
many, July 5, 1841 ; came to the United 
States and located in Quincy, 1848 ; married 
Miss Anna Otto, Jan. 7, 1803. She was 
born in Germany, 1839. They have two 
children living, George and Eddy. Are Lu- 
therans. He is a Democrat. He was fore- 
man of No. 3 engine in the Fire Department, 
smd has been a member for twenty years. 
Lock Krnst, cistern cleaner, 5th near Ohio. 
Locke Mrs. Eva M. S;h s of Washington. 
Locke Wm. F. blacksmith, 8th bet. Washington and 

Jefferson. 
Lockwood Robt. book keeper, 702 Vermont. 



Lockwood, V>m. R. jaetice of the peace 702 Ver 

mont. 
Loehr .\nton. St. Lonis, Mo. 
Loesch Mrs. Agnes, widow. 923 Jersey. 
Logan Samnel, laborer, 1217 Maine. 

LOHAUK & lIKIDElI.iXX. 

wood yard, corner of sth and Oak. Mi 
Ueidemann was born in Germany in lt>2U ; 
came to the United States in 1840; lived tW' 
years east; moved to St. Louis and livc.l 
there seven years; then located in Quincy, 
where he has been since. He was marricu 
twice; had four children by his first wil' 
and one by his second. Jlr. Lohaus married 
his daughter. They are Catholics. TIk 
childrens names are : Annie, William. Lizzie . 
John and Maiy. They keep all kinds f'l 
fuel on hand for their customers. 
Lohans Joseph, harness maker, cor. 12. h and Spring: 
Lobman Fred, laborer. JetTerson e of 9lh. 
Lohmann J. G. Payson ave. e of lith. 
Lohmeyer Ernst U. cooper, 833 State. 
Lomelino Mrs. Cutherine, 815 Maine. 
Long David, contractor, 179 X. 7th. 
Long Enoch, 179 N. 9lh. 
Long Mr-. Harriet, 136X. 7th. 
Long Mrs. Jane. cor. 5th and Oak. 
Long Mrs. Kate, widow, t;3« York. 
Long Primus, laborer, 521 .Madison. 

LOXG ROBEKT (deceased); horu 
in Ireland; came to the United States when 
young and located in Quincy, 1837; marrioi! 
Harriet Bittleston, Dec, 24, 1849. She wa~ 
born in the neighborliood of London, Em: 
hmd. He died April 8, 1870, leaving tw.> 
children, Robert and Harriet. The latter is 
married. Robert is cultivating his farm 
near this city. Mrs. Long is like most of 
her country people, pleasant, sociable, char 
itable and kiud hearted, a devoted parent 
and a good neighbor. She is comfortably 
l)rovided for. 

Long Mrs. Sarah, widow. 181 Vermont. 
Long Mrs. Susan. 2Ttb, near Broadway. 
Long Wm., 152 N. 7th. 

LONORE!$!$ JOHX, blacksmith. 
230 Main street, residence 209 S. 3d street 
was born in Culpeper county Va. in 183^ 
moved to Hannibal Mo. same year with hi- 
parents. lie lesirned his trade there aii' 
married Matilda Spencer in 1852; move 
to Quincy iu 1800 where he has worke 
steadily at his trade. Mrs. Longress wa- 
born in Missouri. They have seven chi] 
dren : Jesse, Emily, Eliza, Erianna, Virginia 
William and the baby. They are Baptist- 



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657 



He is Repulilicau in politics. He is a reli- 
able and competent blacksmith and horse- 
shoer. Jobbing of all kinds in his line. 
Lonuemann Henry, laborer, 139 Jacksou. 
LoDnemanu Henry, laborer, S:i Kentacky. 

LiORCH CHAKI.E.S. jrroccries and 
notions, southwest corner Stale and 11th; 
residence l'3th and .Jetl'erson ; bom in Wald- 
brod, Regierungsbezirk, Kaln, Europe, Jan. 
8, 18-14, and emigrated to America in 
1859, lauding in New York City. From 
there he went to Belleview, Jackson county, 
Iowa, and there enlisted in May 1861 in the 
.5th Iowa Inf., Co. I, serving until 1864 
when he was honorably discharged. 
He took part in twelve battles, and was 
wounded in the right leg at the siege of 
Vicksburg, and now draws a pensiou. He 
married Miss Lena Eckstein at St. Louis, 
Sept. 18, 1867. She was born in Heghin- 
gen, Prussia, June IS. 1848, and came to 
America in 18G-5, landing at New York City, 
from there going to St. Louis, jVIo. Mr. and 
Mrs Lorch came to Quincy, Ills., in 1874. 
Two children: Can-ie, aged eleven years, 
and Ida, two years. Raligion, Protestant. 
Politics, Republican. Property valued at 
$400.00. 

I.ORD JOSEPH E., spring bed 
manufacturer, ')2S Elaine; born in Han- 
cock county, Ills., in 1842; moved to this 
city in 1861. Enlisted in 47th Regt. Ills. 
Inf. Co. C, 1864; served to close of the 
war. Established bis present business in 
1868, bis father assisting him until his death, 
in 1875 ; married Miss Anna August Mead 
in 1874. She was born in Augusta, Han- 
cock county. Ills., in 1845. They havcone 
child, Mary E., born in 1875. 3Iembers of 
Presbyterian church. Republican. He has 
a diploma and medal from the World's fair at 
Philadelphia, for the best metallic bug proof 
spring bed. — If you want a good one send in 
your order. 

LOS^EX BARSTEY, saloon 11 North 
0th street; born in Germany in 1851; came 
to L'nited States in 1866 and located in 
Quincy; clerked in grocery for a while; 
went to Denver, Col., in 1870 and over the 
Rocky mountains; returned to Quincy in 
fall of 1873; visited Europe and remained 
there one year, returned 1873; went into 
business again in Quincy in 1874; sold out 
and went to California, overland, visiting 



Los Angelos; remained there one year; re. 
turned to Quinc}*, thence to Philadelphia 
and Camden N. J. In the fall of 1876 again 
visited Europe and returned in 1878 to 
Quincy, where he went into business and 
has been since, as proprietor of a first class 
saloon, at the above number. 

liOVEJOY GEORGE €., assist- 
ant yard master, C, B. & Q. R. R. Co., 
residence, Southern Hotel ; was born in 
Adams county in 1844, (is son of John Love- 
joy, one of Adams county's oldest settlers. 
He located here in 1835). He went to N. Y. 
in 1853 and located in Dutchess county, 
enlisted in Co. H. 7th Regt. N. J. Inf., Aug. 
37, 1861 ; served in the Army of the Poto- 
mac until discharged, Oct. 10, 1864, when 
he returned to Adam-? county, locating at 
Coatsburg in 1865. He moved to Quincy, 
1876. He married Miss Elenora C. White, 
Oct. 13, 1871. She was born in Honey 
Creek, Adams county, in 1854, and died 
Aug. 30, 1874, leaving one child, Wil- 
liam P. Mr. Lovejoy is a member of the 
A. O. U. W. 
Lovely Wm. teamster, lOth 8 of York. 

LVBBE A. J., drygoods, 730 Hamp- 
shire street ; residence same ; born iu Vechta 
Oldenburg, Germany, in 1833; came to Uni- 
ted States and located in Quincy in 1845; mar- 
ried Elizabeth Sanders in 1849. She was born 
in Scldesheim, Hanover. They have five 
children deceased and seven living: Joseph, 
Frank, Aloysius, Martin, August, Aima 
and Godehard. They are members of the 
Catholic church. Democrat iu politics. 
He has been in the same business since 
1847 in Quincy, and is one of the oldest and 
most substantial business men in Quincy. 

Lnbbe Bernard, groceries etc 43 N. Front. 
Labbers Wm., H48 Washington. 
Labbring Bernard, liihorer. LindwoflSth. 
Lubbring L., laborer, 150 S. "th. 
Lnbker Henry, laborer, ll'h 3 of Washington. 
Labker Herman, lime barner. Ohio, w of 14th. 
Lnbker Mrs. Mary, widow. Ohio, w of 14th. 
Lncering Mrs. Helen. Ilth, u of Hampshire. 
Lncie D. .J., lamps, oils, etc., 7:J5 Maine. 
Lack Mrs. Louisa, widow, 14IJ S. 9th. 
LndwiK.John M.-book keeper 9J7 Ohio. 
Liidwig Lawrence, laborer, 917 State. 
Lncken Henry, laborer, (i-2<i Jackson. 
Luegering John A., laborer. Vine, e of 13th. 
Lugering Bernard, cooper, 197 N 10th. 
Luther .\. L., saloon, cor. 4th and Oak. 
Lulkenholder Philip, laborer, 271 S. 9th. 



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HISTORY OF AIJAMS COUNTY. 



LuttvDberger Mrj Margaret, cnr 8th and Hampshire. 
Luttrell C. J., music teacher. Bampsbire s o! 20th. 

lilTZ FRKDKItll'K, nuat mar- 
ket, iiorlh west coiiicr lOlli ami Oak sliccis; 
residence Spring between lf<lli ami SOtli; 
born in Germany in 1842;eanie to United 
Slates in 1765 ; located in Pliiladeliiliiii; 
traveled through tlie country, visiting many 
points, until 1808, when he located in (Jnin. 
cy, and stJirted the business he is now en- 
gaged in. He married Miss Caroline Riehn 
in Oct., 1809. She was born in Germany. 
They have children: Frederick, Lena, Char-, 
lie, Loui.-ia, and Henry. He i.s a Democrat. 
He has been in business in present location 
since 1870, and has a well established trade. 

Laxton F. G. crocerics, etc. cor. 3d anil Vermont. 
Lyford F. W. farmer, sas N. lith. 
Lyman Joseph, caipeutir, 712 Vermont. 
Xyman Mrs. -Margaret, widow. 205 Spring. 
Lynds D. E. drugicist, 101 Elm. 
Lyon W. F. M. driver Am. Ex. Co. 
Xyons Wm. baggageman, 227 Maple. 



Mc 



McAfl'ee DIckersou.bookkeeper. 18th. s of Vermont. 
McAOfce John, stock dealer. Broadway, w ef -'2d. 
Mc.Mtee .Mrs. Lizzie, 111 Vermont. 
McBain Uiigh. Chestnut, w ot 22d. 
McCabe Mrs. Nora, widow. 920 Vine. 
McCiimey Geo. laborer. .Madison, e of 5tU. 
Mciann liariiey, S14 Washington. 
McCann Franklin M. 1008 Maine. 
McCann W. D. (Bernard & McCanu). 1008 Maine. 
McCarty Mrs. Augusta. cor.'2d and Elm. 
McClanaban John, painter, 207 Spring. 
McClellau Wm. A. laborer. 702 Kentucky. 
JlcClintick Daniel, nurseryman. cor.2.51hand Uamp- 

shire. 
McClintick Mr. huckster, 04 York. 

Mct'I-lXTIfK W. JL., grain 
buyer; ollice, Hampshire street, between 7lh 
and 8th; residence, 2.")tli, between Hamp- 
shire and Maine; born in Montgomery 
county, Ky., in 1817; located in Putnam 
county, Ind., in 18*J, and in Quincy in 1835; 
married Margaret Tliouias in 1845. She 
was born in Bourbon county, Ky., in 1824. 
Tliey have five children: Shelby, RolxTt, 
Lucy, Daniel, and Ann. He is a Hepubli- 
can. He lias been in the grain business 
since 18()8; was in the plumbing and ga.s- 
fitting business up to tliat time. He is a 
member of the Presbyterian Church. • 

Mcclo-'key Mrs. .lulla. widow, 912 Vine. 
McClure Chas P. bookkeepir. 211 X. 4th. 
McComb Frank, clerk, cor. 14ih and Jeffcraon. 



:»icC<o:nB kokkrt, uunber 

dealer, 181 South (itli street ; residence, cor- 
ner of Jetlcrson and 14lh ; born in Mercer 
county. Pa., in 1813; located in Quincy in 
1839; married Ann Eliza Crane in 184(i. 
She was Ijorn in Connecticut in 1825. Foiir 
children: Alice, C^harles, Prank and Henry. 
They are members of the Union Clongrega- 
tional Church. Republican. Ae has been 
in the lumber business si.xteen years, and 
has on hand at all times a general assort- 
ment of lumber, shingles, etc. 
McC'onnell John, Sth. n of Cedsr. 
McCoi uell Joseph, Sr. contractor, .'>th, n of Cedar. 

McCOXXKI.l. WII.liIAM A.. 

contractor; residence, 5tli street, nortli of 
Cedar; born in Mount Olives, N. J., Sept. 1, 
1850, and came to Quincy in 18G3. He has 
been connected with contracting on liis own 
account since 1873. He secured the contract 
for the improvement of Washington Square 
in 1874; also the pavements around the new 
court house in 1878. and thirteen and a half 
blocks of sewerage in Quincy tlie same 
year. He was awarded the contract by the 
I'nited States Government to construct 
dams on Gilbert's Island, Mo., thirteen 
miles below Hannibal, .January, 1879, thir- 
teen bidders being against him. He is now 
actively engaged in the execution of the 
work. He is an active, energetic young 
man of integrity and ability in his field of 
labor. 
Mccormick Mrs. Susan, 2d, n of Vermont 

]!l4-C4»K^II€K W, K., photogra- 
pher. 423 Hampsliire street; was born iu 
St. Louis county. Mo., in 1832; moved to 
Marion county. Mo., iu 1834, then to Lewis 
county in 1849; moved to this county in 
18G1. He has been in his present business 
since 18()3. He married Miss Agnes F. 
Colley in 1854. She was born in Lewis 
county. Mo., in 1836. Their children are 
Harry M.. Charley C, and Gertie May. He 
is Outer Guard of the Knights of Pythias; 
also a member of the A. O. U. W., and of 
the U. A. O. D. He is an accomplished 
artist in liis business. 

McCoy Robt. lumber marcbaDt, cor. 30ib and Broad 

way. 
McCullough Robt. F. postal clerk, 304 Spring. 
HcDade James, carpenter, 327 York. 

:HcDAI»E CAIT JOHUi' A., ice 

merchant; houses, tw^i miles north to tlie 



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659 



city, on Quincy Bay; residence, 823 Maine 
street; horn in Paris, K}'., and came to 
Quincy in 1834; married Jane Leonard in 
1856. Slie was born in Ireland. He was 
Chief of Police two terms ; last term ended 
in 1870. He served in the Mexican War in 
1846-48; served one year iirst, then re- 
enlisted for the war ; was Lieutenant of Co. 
A, Santa Fe battalion ; was mustered out at 
Independence. Mo. He is a Democrat. 
Has been in the ice business since 1864, and 
is increasinn- his caiiacity this year one-half; 
to 8,000 tons. He deals wholesale exclu- 
sivel_y. 

McDade .John G. painter. T4 N. 3d. 

McDevitt George, brick maker, cor. 1-Jih and York. 

McDoel W. H. agt. H. & 8t. Joe R. R. cor. 16th and 

Hampshire. 
McDonald fhas. molder, 314 S. i;ih. 
McDonald Edward, laborer, 233 N, nth. 
McDonald Michael, policeman. 200 N. Vth. 
McDonald Patricli, laborer. 9th, s of Vine. 
McDonald Thos. clerk, 31 N. lath. 
McDowell Mrs. Harriet, 1016 Spring. 
McElroy Silas, teamster, Vine, s of 9th. 
McFadon Mrs. .\. Maine, e of Uth. 

MoFADOX WI LL,1 4 ll.' Attorney 
at Law ; office, southeast corner of ."jth and 
Maine streets ; residence, 1637 Hampshire. 

McFarland Bernard, molder, 3d, n of Washington. 
McGarr Robt. carpenter, Chestnut, w of Uth. 

:»Il€}IRR REV. PETER, pastor 
of St. Peter's Catholic Church, conicr of 8th 
and Maine ; residence, same. He was born 
in the County Tyi-one, Ireland, 1833, and 
located in this county in 1848. His prepar- 
atory studies were pursued in the College of 
the Holy Cross, near Worcester, Mass., and 
his theological studies in Grand Seminary, 
of St. Sulpice, near Montreal, Canada. He 
was ordained at the cathedral in Alton, 111., 
in 1861, and took charge of the congregation 
at Pittsfield, Pike county, 111,, immediately, 
and assumed charge of St. Peter's in thi.s 
city in 186'2, which he has ministered to 
since. He is loved by his congregation-, to 
whose care he has devoted the best dtiys of 
his life. He is repected by all. 

McGralh .lamt-R, Payson avc- bet. Iith and Tth. 
McGraw John C. chief of police. .524 York. 
McGuire Mrs. J. M. hoarding, (i5 X. lilh. 
McGuire John, stone mason, .5th, s of Ohio. 
Mcintosh Mrs. Sallie, "IT York. 
Mclntyre George, hoarding, e of 30th. 
McKran John S. architect, 395 N. .5th. 
McKci-n John, farmer, Lind, w of 4lh. 



McKittney Jtrs. Sarah, Mi Ohio. 
McLanahan John, cabinet maker, 510 Spring. 

McIiEAX E. H., grocery saloon, cor- 
ner .ith and Oak; residence, same. He 
is a native of Quincy ; born in 1849 ; married 
Miss Annie .J. Bunsa, November, 1872. She 
was born in Westphalia, Germany, iu 1852. 
They have one child, Alice, born Feb. 24, 

1874. He has been in business since April, 

1875. He is a member of the Board of Fire 
Engineers, and one of the trustees of the 
Firemen's Benevolent Association. He is 
second assistant engineer in the Fire De- 
partment, and has been a firemen ten years. 
He carries a good stock of groceries and 
liquors. 

McMahan M s. M. J. widow. 34 S. 3d. 
^IcMahan Mrs. Maggie, S-39 Vermont. 
.McMehan, Mis. E. F. 241h, s of Maine. 
McMurray A:iron, attorney at, law. 601 Lind. 
McNeill Edw.rrt, teamster, l-i4i) Hampshire, 
.McNeill John, carpentc -, 508 Jackson. 
McNnlty Mrs. Annie. b38 Spruce. 
McVay Mich-ie', fruit dealer, 4th. s of State. 
McVuy Wm. 4th, bet. State and Ohio. 
Maclall Thomas W. attorney at law, 1213 Maine. 
Mack Mr<. Anna, Tth, n of Lind, 
Mackcr George, SI23 Spruce. 

MACKOY, T. .!., tobacco manufac 
turer, corner 5tli and Oliio; born in Quincy, 
iu 1846; married Miss Susan Harris in 1878. 
She was born in Hannibtil, Mo., in 1854. 
He was in the lumber and stock business- 
shipping stock. He hits been Superintend- 
ent of the Einpire Tobacco Works for 
Harris, Beebe & Co., for several years. He 
is now running the concern on his own 
account; the capacity of the factory is 
2,7o0,00D pounds per year, that was the 
product 1877; money value of which was 
$1,750,000, upon which they paid the gov- 
ernment revenue of $750,000; employed 
about 800 hands, at an iiverage weekly wages 
of .|2,.500, not including foreman or clerks. 
The bnmd of this vast concern is known all 
over the western country, from the pineries 
to the gulf; used 4,000,000 pounds of leaf 
last year, and manufactured for government 
contract this season (1878), 200,000 pounds 
for army use. 

MACKOY T. Li., insurance agent, 
411 Hampshire; was born in 3Iason county, 
Ky., 1809; moved to Cairo, 111., 1838; went 
to St, Louis, 1841, and located in this city, 
1844 ; went into mercantile business — pork 
packing and stock-dcaling. He married 



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IlISTOhY OF ADAMS CoCNTY. 



Miss Pauline Donovan, 1829. She was 
born in Mason county, Ky., in 1812. Their 
children are: America A., Louralta R., H. 
Elizabeth, William H., James M., anil 
Thomas J. airs. ]i[ackoy died 1850. In 
1854 he married Eliza E. See. She was 
born in Tennessee. lie has been captain of 
a steamboat on the Mississippi river, Deputy 
Sheritt" in Cairo, 111., and Justice of the 
Peace. He lay for dead si.\ hours in 1860, 
in Atchison, Kan., after having been thrown 
from a buggy, and he carries a deep dent in 
his head from it now. 

He wrote the article which appeared in 
the Quiuiy Whig, advocating the proiirietj- 
of buildinj; the branch of the Northern Cross 
Railroad, which is now the main line of the 
C., 15- «.t (J. to Galesburg from Quincy. 

The publication of the article resulted in 
the call of a meeting and the awakening of 
an interest that culminated in the construc- 
tion of the road. He assisted Engineer 
Smith in locating much of the line, and 
labored zealously to secure stock and ad- 
vance it, not only talking but working for 
planting the nucleus of that groat enterprise. 

Maeriz Cbas. cor. 4ib and Kim, 

Mftgahey James R. ItOO Veriuout. 

Magnus Louis, butcher. Ho *•. (ith. 

HagonstoD .MofT, or^an mBnnracturer, 13-^ S. 5th. 

Masruder Mrs. Caroline. aiW N. 5lh. 

Uagrudsr Kate, widow, 9t!i, a of Ehn. 

Hahouey Mips Kate, dressmaker, 3iT Vermont. 

Hahouuy \Vm. carriage smith, ION. 8ih. 

Mair Landalln. wai-ou maker. Broadway, eof 18th. 

Malonoy Thomas, blacksmith. BS S. 8lh. 

Haloney Thomas, laborer, 2.50 N. (ith 

Mangel Christ, laborer, 1-JI5 Hampshire. 

Mangel Itenry, laborer, law Hampsnire. 

Mangor Emil, gardner, cor. 8th and Sycamore. 

Manlcv Loreuz, engineer. lOSi llroadway. 

Manu Geo. C. bookbhider, 10th, n of Cherry. 

Manning John, brick mason. 3d S. I'Jth. 

Manstteld Charles, laborer. 11th, s of Jefferson. 

Munsoo Edward E. gr»)ccries, etc., Maine, e of 16th. 

Marcks Herman, carpenter, IJth, n ol 9th. 

Marcy Frederick V. attorney at law. 218 York. 

Marfeld Bernard, laborer. 7th, n of Cherry. 

Markham Mrs. Sarah, Elm. e of 10th. 

Mark-* Mrs. L. E. widow. -10.5 Broadway. 

Markus John A. 1230 llampshire. 

Markus John W. lab.rer, IViO Hamp-hire. 

Uarkword Mrs. 11. cor. 7lhand Chestnut. 

Marsh Wm. attorney at law, 277 N. 5th. 

Mnrahall (Jeo. tobacconist. Oak, e ot ISIh. 

Marston >lrs. Ann, 100 N. 8d. 

Martin Birani (1. carpenter. lO'il Hampshire. 

Martin Wm. H. foreman, 130 .•<. 3d. 

Martin Wm. J, teamster. 1013 Spring. 

Mae Henry, laborer, lith. s of Maple. 



Mason Ml«s Amanda, 1004 Maine. 

Mason Z. P. 508 Vermont. 

Masfimaii Henry, brickliiyer. lOJ N. Ihh. 

MAST CASPKK. retired; resi- 
dence, corner 7tli and Kentucky streets; 
born in Baden, Germany, July (5, 1810; 
located in Quincy, 1835. At that lime there 
were only about 500 inhabitants, and but 
one bHck house in it. Hi- married Hosaua 
Dold, Feb. 22, 1H41. She was born in 
IJadcn, Germany, in 1818. Had fivechildren. 
three living: ^laria A. (now Mrs. Joseph 
Heckle), t'hrisiian F., and Victoria R. (now 
Mrs. Ben Heckle.) They arc members of 
the Catholic Cliurch, and Democrats. He 
followed farming in Jlelrose township 
twenty-five years, and retired in 18G0. He 
has acquired, by honest labor, a comfortable 
competency, and lives a tiuict life, sur- 
rounded by his children and grandchildren, 
loved and respected by all : a devoted servant 
of the Lord. 

Wast Frank T. carpenter. Vine, w of 22U. 

Mast Henry, molder, 1014 Ohio. 

Mast J. & J. groceries etc. 800 Maine. 

Mathes Joseph, groceries, cor. .*)th and Kentucky. 

Max Benjamin, laborer. Lind. w of 24th. 

Mayhack Michael, plasterer. 12ih. uof Washington. 

Mayo E. C. teamater. 10th, w of Maple. 

Meeker Daniel, 003 Ohio. 

Meeker Conrad, teamster. Spring, w of 12th 

Meehan John, teamster. lOih. s nf Chestnut. 

MehatTy John, giirdncr, M^ine. e of 2Jtb. 

Mehrman C. butcher, 727 Washinuton. 

Meierarnd Mrs. Anna. Monroe, w of 11th. 

Meiners Henry. 1124 Vermont. 

Mei« Barney, carpenter, cor. 24th and Chestnut. 

MEISB Al'OrST P.. barber, north- 
west corner of 8th and State streets: resi- 
dence, same. He was born in Milwaukee,' 
Wis., April 3, 1853, and remained in that 
city till he was 14 years of age; then came 
to Quinc3', following his profession of bar- 
ber. He married Miss Mary Yocktim. in 
Quincy, Oct. 10. 1873 She was born in 
Quincy, III., in Febru;u-y, 1853. Had three 
children ; Isabella, born July 25, 1854 ; John, 
born June 21, 185(1. and Wilhelmina, born 
Aug. 25, 1857. Religion, Roman Catholic. 
Politics, Democratic. Is a member of the 
Firemen's Benevolent Association of Quincy. 
Property, real and personal, v:tlued ;it |800. 
Meisscr Henry, 312 N. 5tli. 

MKLLKX WII/1>KK J., manufac 
turcr of school furniture. 34 X. (Jih streel. 



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661 



opposite the post-office; residence, 530 York 
street; born in Prescott, Mass.. 1811; came 
to Quincy iu 1838, aud went into tlie chair- 
making and painting business, which he 
continued until 1849, when he went into the 
planing mill business; made sashes, doors, 
blinds, etc. ; was bm-nt out in 1865. He re- 
built, sold out in 1868, and commenced his 
present business. He married A. K. Van- 
Doorn, in 1838. She died in 1844, leaving 
two children, Jane and Abbie E. The latter 
married B. H. Crane, now of Mount Pleas- 
ant, Iowa. He married Lucy Browu, 1854. 
The}' have two children: John K. and 
Lucius W. Are members of the Union Con- 
gregational Church, and Republican. 

McDke Alvis, clerk, 100 Oak. 

Heuke Auga8t, grocer. 11th, bet. Elm and Liud. 

MEXKE B. H., grocery aud pro- 
visions, corner of 5th and Locust; born in 
Hanover, German}-, in 1850; came to the 
United States with his parents, and located 
in Lee count}-, Iowa; and then in Quincy, in 
18G7; married Miss Mary A. Holtkamp, in 
1874. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 
1850. They have one child, Joseph H., born 
in 1875. They are members of the Catholic 
Church. He has been in business since the 
spring of 1878. 

Hecke E. H., stonecutter, 925 Payson ave. 

MEXKK FREDERICK W. (of 

F. W. 31. 6c Co.), coutract'-irs for cut and 
machine sawed lime and sand stone ; office and 
yard on Front, between State and Ohio ; resi- 
dence 925 Payson ave. ; born in Westphalia, 
Prussia, 1832; came to United States and 
Quincy, in 1853; married Louise 'Wulf- 
meyer in 1856. She was born same place, in 
1837. Six children: Amelia G., William 
H., Edward, Anna, John W., and Fred C. 
Members of Lutheran Church. Republican. 
He h;is been a member of the City Council 
from the 4th Ward since 1868 ; also of Quincy 
Chapter No. 5, R. A. M., Bodley Lodge No. 
1, Beausant Commandry, No. 11, K. T., also 
Quincy Consistory No. 4. S. R., Adams 
Lodge 365, I. O, d. F., also Gem City Lodge 
No. 10. A. O. U. W., Adams Lodge No. 3, 
Druids, also of the Evangelical Protestant 
Widows and Orphans' Aid Society. 

MENKE H. B., diy goods, 711 Maine, 
residence same ; born in Germany ia 1834 ; 



located in Quincy, I860: married Louisa 
Brockschmidt, in 1863. She was born in 
Cincinnati, Ohio. Five children: John 
Joseph, Ida, Mary, Anna and Emma. They 
are members of the Catholic Church. He 
has been in business since 1873. He carries 
a full line of imported and domestic goods. 
He is a practical, square-dealing business 
man, liberal and public-spirited as a citizen. 
Menke, Grimm & Co., planing mill, cor. 9th and 

Hampshire. 
Menke H. B. dry goods, etc , 711 Main. 
Menke Ileiiry, clerk, cor. 14th and Spring. 
]\Ienke -John Henry, &;J4 Waehinirton. 
Menke John P. salesman, 708 Washington. 
Menke Wm. laborer, 709 Payson ave. 
Menke Wm. stone cutter, 925 Payson ave. 
ilenne >lr9. Annie, widow, cor 8th and Elm. 
Men^ike John, stone mason, 1011 Kentucky. 
Macbant Mrs. Ann, 1S4 n Sth. 

MEBIAM A. !«»., lumber merchant, 
cor. 5th and Vermont : residence, northwest 
corner Sth and Sycamore ; Ijorn in Brandon, 
Vermont, 1847; came to Quincy in 1858; 
married Miss Eliza J. Smith, 1871. She 
was born in Fort Covington, N. Y. Minnie 
and Mabel are their only children. He is a 
member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P.; has 
been in the lumber business in Quincy since 
1875 ; has a wholesale yard at cattle yards, 
on river; carries about one and one-half 
million feet ; lived five years in Kansas and 
six years in Berlin, Wis., from 18-53 to 1858. 
Merium C. M. lumber merchant, 447 N. Sth. 

MEBIAM ». D., lumber dealer, 63 
North 3d ; residence, 100 North 8th ; was 
born in Brandon, Vt., 1831; moved to this 
county in 1857 ; was in Berlin, Green Lake 
County, Wis.; was in the manufacture of 
lumber there three years ; was in the general 
mercantile business from 1853 to 1854. He has 
his son C. M., associated with him in the 
lumber business now, the firm being D. D. 
Meriam & Son. They keep a full supply ol 
everything in their line on hand ; average 
about three million feet of lumber. He has 
been manager of the Mississippi Ice Co., at 
St. Louis, for the last two years. 
Merkel Henry, laborer, l'2o.5 Hampshire. 

]»IERRI€K DR. IIARCVS (de 

ceased) ; born iuMassucluisetts, 1800; married 
Miss Miuerva Shipman, 1831. She was born 
in Canada, 1811. They located iu this city in 
1851, where they purchased a tract of twenty- 
eight acres of land, on Chestnut and 3d streets, 



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and erected their comfortable and substantial 
residence, now occupied by the Dr's. widow. 
He put in cultivation about five acres, prin- 
cipally in fruit. The doctor sold about 
twenty-five iicres of land for |33,000, during 
or about the close of the war, leaving three 
acres for their homestead. He passed into 
the spirit land, July, 1876, where he is now 
enjoying the rewards of a well-spent lifetime 
upon earth. His widow, Mrs. Minerva Jler- 
rick.is devoting the closing days of her time 
upon earth to the laudable and truly christian 
duty of relieving and assisting the poor and 
needy, trom the surplus of the fortune left' 
her by her late husband. 

Merrick Mrs. Minerva, cor. 3(1 and Cbestnnt. 
Mcrssman PmnlcB.. 501 Maine. 
MtTfsman Mre. F. M. widow. 615 Jersey. 
Mertea Mth. Christina. 811 Kentuclsy. 
MeschLT Joliu B. team.«ter, 1028 Maine. 
Mester Mrs. llenrielta. VHh and Jacli:Bon. 
Metz Fred, painter, cor 8tli and Oljio. 

MKTJK JACOB, constable, residence 
644 Maine; born in King's county, N. Y., in 
1839 ; located in Quincy in 1841 ; married 
Annie Kline in 18.59. She was born in Jef- 
ferson county, Ky., in 1841. They have four 
children: May Louisa. Appolonia, Annie 
and Frank H. Are Catholics. Was ap- 
pointed Chief of Police in 1873, and held the 
office to end of his term, 187.5. He is an 
active, reliable business man. Democrat. 

Metzger Geo. J. boots and shoes, Ii3 S. 6th. 

Metzger J. J. groceries, etc., cor. (ith and Yorlj. 

Mewes Chas.. Sfl S. 12lh. 

Meyer Mrs. Antonia, widow. 712 State. 

Meyer Bernard, laborer, cor SLb and Madison. 

Meyer <\ II. cleric, t>43 JeOersou. 

Meyer Caspar, stone mason, (117 ^Vashiugton. 

Meyer Christ, baker, 8th. s of Washington. 

Meyer Conrad, briclilayer. Washington, w of 10th. 

Meyer Edward, exuress. 1103 Maine. 

Meyer Ernst, Kentucky, bel. 5th and 6th. 

Meyer Fred, teamster, SOT ^ladifton. 

Meyer Fred, teamster, cor. 11th and .Jefferson. 

Meyer F. W. pree. First National Bank. 279 N. 5th. 

Meyer Geo. T. wholesale grocer. 323 Vine. 

Meyer Gerhard, carpenter, lijl Hampshire. 

Meyer Gottlieb, cooper. 527 .Jefferson. 

Meyer Gustav, farmer. 7tb. s of .Jefferson. 

Meyer Henry, cooper, KJl Ohio. 

MKVKR HKXRY, groceries dry 
goods, elc, 8:53 State street. He was born in 
tbe province of Hanover, Prussia, Europe, 
April 9, 1835 ; landed at New Orleans, La., in 
1840 ; from there he went to St. Louis, Mo., 
and remained twelve years; married Miss 



Charlotte Sponeman in 1849. She was bom 
in Europe, in 1835; came to Quincy, HI., in 
18.58. Mrs. Meyer died in 18.59, leaving one 
child: Eliza. Married for second wife, 
Miss Hannah Pape, in 1861, who w.as born 
in the province of Hanover, Europe, in 1837. 
Two children, named respectively: Liilia, 
aged seventeen years, and Amelia, aged 
sixteen. Religion, Luthern. Has been in 
the present business and same location for 
eleven years. 

Meyer Ilcnry, carpenter. 1224 Hampshire. 
Meyer .John G. shoemaker. (i30 Adams. 

MKYER JOHN (of J. M. & Co.), 
wholesale liquors, 53 N. 4th street ; residence 
300 N.oth street; born in Bavaria, Germany, 
Nov. 34, 1830; came to the United States in 
1845, and located in Xew York ; went thence 
to North Carolina in 1848; thence to eastern 
Pennsylvania in 1851 ; and finally to Quincy 
in 1858. He married Miss Bertha Hofi"- 
heinicr in 1853. She was born in same 
place Feb. 6, 1839. Have two children : Lee 
J. and Samuel J. Are members of the He- 
brew Reform Temple. Democrat in politics. 
He has been in business since 1858, and is a 
straight-forward, square-dealing, lil)eral. pub- 
lic-sjiirited citizen. 
Meyer John, farmer, cor. 12tii and Jefferson. 

:?IKYER JQHX H,, wholesale and 
retail liquors, 38 Front street; residence 
1038 Maine street; born Sept. 31, 1855, in 
this city, in the house in which he now re- 
sides, and which was built bj' his father- 
His father, H. G. Meyer, was one of the ear' 
liest settlers of Quincy. He died in 1869. 
leaving a widow and three children, of 
whom John H. is the oldest. He is an ener- 
getic, enterprising young man, who, by 
industry, perseverance and integrity, has 
built up a substantial and lucrative business. 
He is also General District Agent for the 
K. P. R. R. lands and tor locating soldiers' 
homesteads. He is a young man of good 
appearance and address, and well (pialified 
for business. 

Meyer Mrs. Jnlia, I.ind w of 20tb. 
Meyer ,t Eespobl. whol. grocers, 46 and 4S N. 3d. 
Meyer Landolen. wagonmaker. Broadway Iwt. 18th 
and 30t h . 

IIKYER l»KTER H„ contractor 
and builder, 307 and 30!) S. 8tli street ; son of 
Henry ;ind Annie Meyer; was born in West- 
phalia, Europe, Dec. 35, 1840 ; came to this 



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country in 1856 ; mavrieil Annie Menke in 
1844. She was born in same place. They 
have three children: Eddie, Annie and 
Laura. Mr. and Mrs. M. are members of 
the German Lutheran Church (St. Peter's)- 
In the year 1875 the Presbj'terian Church 
was commenced, which Mr. Mej'er finished, 
and was destroyed on Jan. 2, 1879, which he 
is nowre-buildiiig; also built several blocks, 
one tor Warfield & Lcsem ; also built the M. 
E. Church at Camp Point; does a business 
of from $75,000 to iJlOO.OOO a year, and runs 
from forty to forty-five hands; after coming 
to this countiy for five years he worked a 
farm; was poor and had no trade at that 
time; being a natural mechanic he took up 
the trade, and to-day is the leading builder 
in the city ; has a fine residence, and is one 
of the sound men of the city. 
Meyer Peter H. contraclor, 205 S. Sth. 
Meyer Rndolpb, teamster. Ttli s of Jetferson. 
Meyer Miss Rosa SHI Hampshire. 

MFiYKR VTILLiIAM DAXIEL,, 

lime burner, Delaware near Front ; residence, 
Payson ave. between 8th and 9th ; born in 
Prussia in 1832 ; came to the United States 
in 185G, and located in Quincy; married 
Mar}' Benhoft' in 1867. She was born in 
Westphalia, Prussia. They have four chil- 
dren : Sophia, Caroline, Charlie and Herman. 
Members of Lutheran Church. He has been 
in the lime business since 1860. 

Meyer^irnd William, painter. fj20 Payson ave. 
Michael Miss .Vnnie, 1114 Adams. 
Micliael Mrs. Catherine, 8JB Broadway. 
Michael Herman, cooper, 1114 Adams. 
Michaels Wm. carriage trimmer, 1020 Spring. 

MI€HEL,MAHiX JOHX H., 

boiler and sheet-iron works, corner Spring 
and 2d streets; residence 639 Ohio; born in 
Prussia, Germany, in 1830; came to the 
United States in 1853; located in Evansville 
Ind.; and in Quincy in 1855. He married 
Maggie Stucker in 1857. She was born in 
New Orleans. Tliey have six children: 
Minnie, Lizzie, Henry, Amelia, Clara and 
Albert. Are members of the Evangelical 
Church. Independent in politics. He has 
been in business since 1865. He manufac- 
tures new boilers and repairs old, and does 
a general business in his line. 
Michelraann .lohn H. boiler maker, ti39 Ohio. 
Michele Andrew, salcon, cor. 5th and York. 
Mick Mrs. Cordelia. 8th e of Kentncky. 
Miildendorf B. H. general store, cor. 11th and Oak. 



Middendorf Mrs. E. widow, cor. 11th and Chcs'niit. 
Middendorf Fred, blacksmith, 712 Payson ave. 
Middendorf Herman, brick maker. Elm e of 10th. 
Middendorf Wm. teamster, cor. llth and Oak. 
Mikeeell Jlrs. Elizabeth, widow, 79 N. Sth. 

MIKESKLIi JOHJT v.. Super- 
intendent Board of Public Works; residence 
92 N. 9th street; son of John and Elizabeth 
Mikesell ; was born in Morgan, West Va. 
July 19, 1834; came to this county in 1841 ; 
married Eliza Payne. She was born in 
.\dams county, 111., Oct. 18. 1844. Two chil- 
dren: Ella and Edith. He left Virginia 
when he was six years old ; went to Warren 
county, Ohio ; lived there two years ; thence 
to Adams county, 111.; in 1849 went to Cali- 
fornia; was in the mines two years ; thence 
to Australia and South America ; traveled 
extensively in foreign countries ; in 1861 en- 
listed in the 18th Mo. Inf, Co. I; was com- 
missioned Captain of the company ; was in 
several skirmishes up to the battle of Shiloh ;. 
was taken prisoner at Shiloh, in the first 
day's fight; was confined in Libby Prison 
and other places; after being held eight 
months was paroled and returned to his regi- 
ment; was in the service three years; has- 
served as Alderman six years ; in 1878 waa 
appointed Superintendent of Public Works. 
Millard Albert B. painter, 1Q57 Hampshire. 

MIL,IiARI> ROBERT, One 

Horse" Livery Stable, 1257 Hampshire 
street; residence same ; born in Washington 
county, N. Y., in 1825 ; located in Quincy, 
1859; married Miss Kate Follett in 1855. 
She was born in Troy, N. Y. They have 
two children, Albert B. and Frank. They 
attend the Unitarian Church. He is a Dem- 
ocrat. He first commenced business with 
Mr. Byington. 

Miller A. T. drnggist, Kentncky, bet. 12th atd 14th. 

Miller B. carpenter, 7th s of State. 

Miller Benj. blacksmith, Broadway e of 18th. 

MILLrKR BERNARD H., drug- 
gist, 502 Maine street. He was boru in Nor- 
den, Germany, Jan. 4, 1848; came to the 
L^nited States with liis parents, landing at 
New Orleans in 1849 ; went to St, Louis in 
1850 ; from there to Quincy, arriving April 
15, 1850. He returned to St. Louis in 1864 
and attended the St. Louis College of Phar- 
macy in 1865; then again went to Quincy, 
in the fall of 1860, and engaged in the employ 
of Sonuner & Mctz, druggists. In 1868 asso 



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III.STORY OF ADAMS CiJUHTV. 



ciaU'd himself with Cieorffo Tcrdoiige and 
opened a drug store on the comer of 9tli and 
Broadway, the firm liein;; Miller and Ter- 
denge. They eontinued there till 1S74, when 
they formed a copartnership with Aldo Som- 
mer, and removed to 502 Slaine street, firm 
then heeame Sommer, Miller ifc Tcrdenge. 
They purchased J[r. Sonimer's interest and 
took as jiartner Albert t^ellner : the firm name 
was changed to Miller. Terdengc & Co. Mr. 
Miller married Hattie Ilenshall, June 6, 
1873. She was born in Buttalo, ^. Y.. Aug. 
10, 1854; Have had three children: Willie G., 
born April 19, 1873, died July 27, 1873; IlrfU 
tic,' born Sept. 27. 1874. died Feb. 5, 1878, and 
Lora, born Oct. 10. 1(>7(), died Aug. 12, 1877. 
Miller Mrs Beriha, widow, ivi^ Maine. 
Miller Bcrrnard, Ttb bet. Ohio aDd State. 
Miller Clias. baker. Lind bet. IJlh and 13th. 
Miller Christ, laborer, 913 I'ayson ave. 
Millar D. Vf. prop. Rev,.re Uonse, Ko. 3 S. 5th. 
Milltr Mrs. E. B. widow, 5ih n ofMaplc. 

IIILLKR I>. S.. proprietor of the 
-Ktna House, Kos. 02") it 027 Maine street, 
lie was born in Westmoreland county. Pa., 
1841; located in this county, 18o0, and in 
city in 1873. He married Miss Ellen Co.\, 
1865. She was born in this county in 1849. 
They have one child, Dora; are meiubers of 
the M. K. Church. He has been engaged in 
teaching since 1803. in this county. In May, 
1878, he iHirchased the iiroperty where he 
now keeps his hotel, which is conducted as 
a tirst-dass house. He has forty-five rooms 
for the accomodation of guests. 

.IIILI.KR 1>. \S'., of Miller & Lee, 
Quincy House, south-west corner Public 
Park ; born in Elizabeth, N. J., July 4, 1813, 
at 3 P. M.; located in this city, 1839. and 
opened the City Hotel. l-'40, and the Quiney 
House in 1847, which he run until 1851, 
wlien he went into the grocery business one 
year. He re-leased the Quiney House, which 
he run fotir years, to 185(). He then leased 
theTremont House, which he run one year 
and again released the (Juiucy House, which 
ho successfully managed for nine years. He 
was absent three years, then returned and 
took it again, running it five and a-half vears. 
when he moved into ihe Revere House and 
run it two years, and again took the Quiney 
House for five years, from Oct. 12, 1878. He 
married Ann Maxwell in 1839. She was 
Ijorn in Bath, Va., 1823. Their children are: 
tieorgiana A., Laura, Bell, Henrietta, D .W. 



and John M. Mrs. >[iller is a Presbyterian ' 
He is a Democrat and I. 0.0. F. 

^IIIiLEIt K. 51., of E. M. Miller 
>k Co., carriage manulacturcs, Gth between 
Maine and Jersey streets ; residence corner 
5th and Elm ; born in Simngfield, Mass., in 
1835; located in Quiney in 1850; married 
Miss ilaria Wheat in 1807. She is a 
daughter of Almeron Wheat, Sr., of Quiney; 
was born in 1850. They have one child, 
Laura May. He is a Bei)ublican. He has 
been in the carriage manufacturing as E. M. 
Miller ii Co., in (Quiney, since 1850. and in 
the whole.s;jle flour business as S. D. Miller 
& Co., since 1859 — house in New Haven, 
Conn. Members of both firms are E. .M. 
Miller, S. D. Miller, and E. H. Todd. 
Miller Geo. A. drnggest, Eentucliy e of lith. 

llILLKIt HARVEY, fruits, pro 
duce and lommission; iv>ideuce 313 York 
street; born in Hartford county, Connecticut, 
in 1817; moved to Courtbind county. Xew 
York, in 1829, and to this county. Aug. 28. 
1838; married Miss Mary A. Lo^vry in 1841. 
She was bm'n in Brooklyn. N. Y., in 18.0. 
They have two children : Mary S. (now Mrs. 
Bosenthal,) Alice L. (now Mrs. Chatteu). 
They are members of the Congregational 
Church. He is a Republican. He enli-ted 
in the 2d HI. Cav., Co. L, Aug. 15. 1802. ami 
served as Quartermaster Sergeant until Dec. 
16, 1864, when he was mustered out. He 
followed farming until ISOl, when the war 
broke out. At^er leaving the service he went 
into the manufacture of jewelry, which he 
continued until 1874, when he went into his 
present business. 

Miller Henry C. confectioaeries, etc., 643 Hanipsbire. 
Miller Loais, proprietor of the Tremont Uouxc. 

irOEl'KRR HERnAX. It is 

always a ideasiuit duly, as we journey 
through life, to make pencilings by the way, 
and take note of those who in any relation, 
social or otherwise, have made their murk, 
and left enduring footprints in the walks of 
life ; but it is more griititying when we feel 
justified in chronicling tlu- deeds of tho.se 
who seem actuated alone by philanthiopic 
aims, and jin earnest desire, during their day 
and generation, to bestow some benefit upon 
their fellows and associates. Of such char- 
acteristics and disposition is the subject of 
this sketch. ThouErh born on foreign soil, 





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Pru.-isui, Germany, iu 1830, he found himself 
at a tender age in this land by accident 
more than intent, and began the battle of 
life, actuated by native honesty of purpose 
and integrity- which found its friction iu 
later years. Lauded in New Orleans with- 
out money or influence; with nothing but 
a strong will, speaking no other language 
but his native tongue. Remaining in New 
Orleans until the years of the great epidemics 
of 18o3 and 18)5, and having the yellow 
fever twice, also finding that the North held 
out more inducements to one of his am- 
bitious tempernient, he ascended the Missis- 
sippi river to St. Louis, remiiniug there but 
a short time, until coming as far north as 
Quiucy, where he sought and won Miss 
Lizzie Sunderman, who is now his devoted, 
loving and cherished wife. By strict atten- 
tion to business, he has been able to build 
and own the Pacific Hotel and other city 
property. Iu connection witli his hotel, in 
the last year he has opened a railroad ticket 
office, where tickets are sold to all points of 
the United States and Europe. May we 
hope that it will be left to time and not sor- 
row to whiten his locks witli an honored old 
age. and when he .shall come to "shuffle off 
this mortal coil. " that he may be 

" Like OTe who drjwa the drapery of his coucu 
about h 111! 

And lies dowa to pleasant dreams. ' 

MIJiliKR XAT, grocery, corner ol 
4th and Kentucky streets; born in this city 
in 1810. and married Miss Isabella J. E. 
Miller, daughter of D. W. Miller, " Quincy 
House," in 1807. She was born in Quincy, 
Octolier. 184). He is a miisoii. also a mem- 
ber of A. 0. U. W. He has be,.n in business 
since 1858, part of the time clerking, and in 
business for himself since January, 1870. 
He- is an active, energetic, square-dealing 
business mau. Politics, Independent. 
Miller Mrs R. L. 513 CLestnut. 

niLLKK BITFUS L.., Attorney 
at Liw; otlicc southeast corner of 5th and 
Hampshire ttreets; residence 513 Chestnut 
street; born near Baltimore, Md., in 1827; 
located in Quincy in 1837. He is the only 
son of Edwin G. Miller, of Quincy. Mar- 
ried Fannie Pitney in 185-t. She was born 
near Erie, Pa. Four children: Georgiana, 
Helen, Frank and Annie. Are Episcopalijins. 
He is a Uepulilicau. He enlisted iu tlie 



army in 1801 as Adjutant of the 3d Iowa 
Cav. Vol., served three years and resigned ; 
was api)oiuted L^nited States Assessor for 
legal legacies and distributions, and suc- 
cessions, whicti position he held four years, 
until the oflice was abolished ; was admitted 
to tlie bar in 1854, and commenced to practice 
immediately, which he has continued up 
to tlie present time. He was clerk of the 
Circuit Court of Van Buren county, Iowa, 
in 1856 and 1857. 

Miller Stephen, laborer, VMi d of Payson ave. 
M.ller Mrs. T. miUiuer, Maine bet. Oth and 7th, 
Miller Wm. F. G ocer, 93> .Maine. 

MIRB.4.CH REV. OER- 
H:.4.RD. pastor of St. M.-iry's Catholic 
Cluu-ch, nortlieast coru-vr of 7th and Adams 
streets ; was born in Gerdenhahn, Germany, 
iu 1833, where he studied theology, and was 
ordained in 1860, by Bishop Baudry in 
Koeln, Germany. lie came to the L'nited 
States in 1869, and located in Fairfield, St. 
Clair county. 111.; and in 1874 came to 
Quincy, and took charge of St. Mary's con- 
gregation of 1200 members. He has erected 
a steeple upon their new and beautiful 
church, erected by his predecessor. The 
church is 130 feet long, 63 feet wide; height 
of steeple 186 feet. 

Mitchell Mrs. A. 609 Jersey. 
Mitchell Alfred, porter, UiO Yorl;. 
Mitchell Mrs. Elizabeth, 350 Vermont. 
Mitchell Wash, laborer, 1033 Jersey. 
Moenius Adoipb, book-keep.r, 705 Ohio. 
Moenning August, miller, cor. 14th and RpriU2. 
Moenuiiig Anton, niil'cr, c r. 13th and Spring. 
Moenning Henry, miller, cor. Ittb and Spring. 

MOFFETT IIRS. S. M., widow; 

residence southeast cor. f^lli aud Broadway. 
Moford Thcs. teamsur, 114 N. 3d, 
Mohr Joseph, fancy goods, etc. (118 Alaine. 
Mollenkauei- John C. driver, (iSii Monroe. 

HIOLLER HEXRY (of Mollcr A- 
VandenBoom), lumljer dealer, Vermont, lie- 
tween 6th and 7th ; residence Oak, between 
8th and i)th; l)orn in St. Louis, May 30, 1848; 
located iu Quincy with his parents in 1856. 
He married Miss Louisa VandenBooni July 
10, 1871. She was born in Quincy Aug. 4, 
1852. They have two children, Henry and 
Frank. Members of the Catholic Church. 
Independent in politics. 

Mr. Moller is an energetic young business 
man, full of that fire of ambition reipiisite to 
succeed in the great avenues of commerce. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Monahnn James, oil inspector, cor. 13th and Elm. 
Monoing Clemente, sboemaker, Maiden Lane. bet. 

.^tb and i;ib. 
Monroe Wm. plasterer. li3S Vermont. 
Mnnlog Knd, molder, cor. 4th and Washington. 

MOXTA<i;G.AI>«L.I*II,iiKatmar 

ket, 4i2 X. .5th; residence between Chestnut 
and Cheriy; born in Germany in 1840; came 
to llie United States in IH.jl and located 
in Qiiincy; married Amelia Ileidenrich in 
18(i(!. She was born in this city in 1848. 
They have six children : Emma, Charles, 
Dora, William, Eddie and Ida. He is a. 
Democrat; member of A. O. L'. W. and K. P. 
He has been in business since 1874. He is 
a careful, straiirhtforward, honest business 
man. 

mOOKK FR.Wt'liS C. the yoiinsr- 
esl child of Col. .John .Moore, was born at 
Hemp.stead, Queen's county. Long Island, 
State of Xew York, on the 9th day of July, 
1790. He attended school until about four- 
teen years of age, when he entered the ser\-- 
iee of Abraham H. Van V'leeck & Co. About 
tlie first of Sept. 1814, being then a little over 
eighteen jcars old, he Avas drafted into Cap. 
tain Richard Carman's company of the 100th 
liegt. Queen's County Militia, David Bedell, 
Colonel commanding (the war of 1S13 with 
England). The regiment was stationed at Fort 
Green, on Brooklyn Heights. He served 
with liis company until Jan. 1, 1813, when 
peace was declared. The pay of a soldier at 
that time was si.x dollars per month. He 
was married on the 13th of April, 1819, to 
Julia Ann Munn, eldest daughter of Stephen 
B. Munn, of New York City. He was en- 
gaged in the retail grocery business until the- 
1st of April, 1823, when he sold out and en- 
tered the service of his father-in-law, con- 
ducting his extensive real eslale business for 
over ten years. In October, 1833, he entered 
into partnership with John Tillson, Jun., in 
the real estate business, at Hillsboro. Mont- 
gomery county. 111., under the firm name of 
Tillson, .Monre A: Co. ( )n the 1st of March, 
1834, the business was removed to Quincy. 
The firm — Moore, Morton & Co. — located 
their office at what is now the northwest cor- 
ner of 24th and Chestnut streets, where they 
remained several years, when they moved 
into town. Mr. Moore continued in the same 
business until his death, which occurred on 



the 8th day of Feb., 1874, at the age of 78 
years. 

In the spring of 1835 he built a residence, 
then two miles from Quincy, on what has 
ever since been known as " Moore's Mound " 
(^now Highland), where he resided until the 
spring of 1872. His wife dying soon after 
her arrival at Quincy, he was again married, 
on Easter Sunday, March 26, 1837, to Miss 
Mary Grant, daughter of Thomas and Sarah 
Grant, of Chatteras, Cambridgeshire, Eng- 
land. His last wife survived him two years. 
Mr. Moore was well known to the early set- 
tlers in this part of the county. For many 
years before there were any railroads in this 
part of the State he traveled on horsebaclj or 
in a sulk}', examining lands in nearly every 
township in the '■military tract." He left 
eight children, all of whom are at the pres- 
ent date (1870) living. They are: John L. 
-Aloore, Jlrs. J. T. Baker, Jlrs. S. «. Rowland 
andF. T. Moore, Quincy; Mrs. E. D. Jag- 
gar, Burlington, Iowa; Mrs. Dr. Piatt, China; 
Mrs. F. C. Sherman and Dr. R. C. Moore, 
Omaha, Nebraska. 

He was one of the founders of St. John's 
Church (now cathedral), then a small frame 
building on Gth street between Hampshire 
and Vermont, and from the day of iUs oriran- 
ization, ^larch 2fi, 1837, to the day of his 
death, he was senior warden and otherwise 
connected with the government of the 
church. 

Montag 6. .\. butcher, Sth n of Chestnut. 
Monta^ Wm. molder, 513 Maiden Lane. 
Montsomery Geo. 1!I4 N. 12th. 
-Montgomery liobert, druggist, 314 N. 5th. 
Montietb .lames, teamster, 4th n or Broadway. 
Moore Mrs. D. W. widow, cor. llth and Vine. 

:n001<K F. T., son of F. C. Moore, 

was born at (Juincy, April 7,1838; about the 
age of sixteen he was apprenticed to Hayes, 
AVoodrurt & Co., carriage manufacturers, 
where he worked about four years. In 1858 
he went to St. Joseph, Mo., as the agent of 
the above firm, and also to engage in busi- 
ness on his own account. The business not 
proving profitable, on account of the ap- 
proaching war and unsettled condition of 
tlie country, he returned to Quincy, and in 
July, 1861, enlisted in Captain Delano's 
company of the 2d 111. Cav. Vols. On the 
15th of Xov., 1801, he was electetl 2d Lieu- 
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he 0th of May, 1883, he was elected Captaiu, 
vice Dchmo, deceased. He remained in 
command of the company until the loth daj" 
of June, ISUo, when he was honorably dis- 
charged by reason of expiration of term of 
service. He participated with his company 
in the battles of Belmont, Madrid Bend, 
Hatchee river, Amite river, Coldwater river, 
Okalona, Jackson, Grierson, Mississippi raid, 
and numerous skirmishes in Missouri, Ten- 
nessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana, 
from St. Louis, Mo., to Pensacola, Florida. 
Returning home, he went again to St. Joseph, 
Mo,, where he remained about a year. He 
was here married to Miss Henrietta V. Gyles. 
In 1870 he removed with his family to Omaha, 
Neb., and from there toBeloit, Kansas, where 
he engaged in farming, returning again to 
Quincy in 1874. His wife dying soon after 
their return to Quincy, he was married, on 
the 22d of April, 1878, to Miss Mary E. By- 
water. He is at this date (1878) manager of 
the Quincy Opera House. He has had four 
children ; two only, Francis and Susan, are 
living. 

MOOKE HOX. IRA M,, Attorney- 
at-Law ; office, 433 Hampshire ; residence, 
930 Hampshire. He was born in Fabius, 
Onondaga county. New- York, March 25, 
1834; studied law in the office of James W. 
Nye at Hamilton, N. Y,, in lSo3aud'.54; 
was admitted to the bar iu 1855, commenc- 
ing practice at Hamilton, N. Y. ; came to 
Quincy, 111., in 1868; married Miss Helen 
Boot in Hanover township, Chatauqua 
county, N. Y., Nov. 13, ISU'i. She was born 
in Hartford, Conn., in 1837. Protestant. 
Politics, Liberal Republican. Was elected 
to the Legislature of the State of Illinois in 
1873, and re-elected in 1874. Real and per- 
sonal property valued at $5,000. 

MOORE JOHX, M. D. He was 

born in Paisonfield, York county, Maine, 
Sept. 5, 1814. His father, Harvey Moore : his 
grandfather, Harvey, a Cajjlain in the Revo- 
lutionary War. His mother, Pha?be Chad- 
burn, the daughter of an able and distin- 
guished Baptist minister. Thus the subject 
of this sketch came of vigorous, stalwart 
stock; and evidences are not wanting that 
these sterling qualities were not lost in tran.s- 
mission. 

In boyhood, he had the advantages of the 
old common school and the New England 



AcademJ^ However, the young John, like 
the older John, was not one to be " cram- 
med " with the facts and figures of any pre- 
scribed curriculum. He made a poor mirror 
for the mere reflection of the thoughts and 
opinions ot others. From a child, by an un- 
controllable mental bias, he thought for 
himself. He marked out novel ami inde- 
pendent educational paths. It would not be 
surprising if he was the astonishment and 
despair of his early teachers. His boj-hood 
proclivities in this direction have become 
the settled habit of a life-time. His peculiar 
ideas of, and warm enthusiasm over, ielf- 
culture, find iu himself a happy illustration. 

If the old adage concerning poets, be as 
true of physicians, John Moore was born a 
doctor. The bo}', riding on a walking-stick 
and administering the healing mullein leaf 
to the unprejudicial inhabitants of a New 
England pasture, naturally came to larger 
circuits, with improved methods of locomo- 
tion and a more extensive materia medica. 

Early in life, when such a course required 
mental independence and no little moral 
heroism, he became a convert to, and an 
earnest student of, the homeopathic school of 
medicine. He accepted it fully ; embraced it 
as a harmonious, satisfactory system, without 
suspicion or mental reservation ; not accord- 
ing it a quasi devotion, as some are said to 
recognize religion as suitable and beneficial 
to women and children. j\Iany years of ile - 
voted loyalty, no less than his marked and 
acknowledged success, are ample justifica- 
tion of his early choice. 

He came from New England to La Salle 
county, 111., in 1856. After practicing his 
profession here for some time, he entered 
the Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago 
receiving his diploma in 1861. He practiced 
successfully in Kankakee, 111., until Dec, 
1870, when he removed to Quincy. 

He came, not only followed by the good 
will of his former patrons, but introduced by 
the "Medical Investigator" of Chicago, an 
authority in his school of medicine, and 
warmly recommended to the citizens of 
Adams county, as one of the best prescribers 
in the State. 

The distinguishing characteristics of his 
professional life maybe summed up in few, 
but significant, words. He has rare powers 
of mental analysis; unshaken faith in his 
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the interests of his patients; indomitable 
energy, and unflagging determination. No 
thinlving man ever dreamed tliat he could 
be guilty of making medical experiments- 
Unquestionably animated Ijy the higliest 
and purest motives of his profession, his 
constant aim and his flxed puri)03e have 
been to save life and relieve suffering. To 
accomplish tins end, he has remorselessly 
sacrificed, not only the social enjoyments 
that break the monotony and sweeten the 
bitterness of life, but also the relaxation ab- 
solutely necessary to physical vigor. He 
has lived with his patients, and with hts 
books for the sake of his jiatients. For ser- 
vice and sacrifice like this there must be, — 
there is, — a reward greater than can be fur- 
nished by any mere public acknowledge- 
ment or approval. 

He married Elizabeth H. Emei-son in Par- 
sonsfield, Maine, Dec. 14, 1852. She was 
born in that place March 9, 182."). Their 
union has resulted in four children, three 
living: AVilliam L., Hattie H., John (de- 
ceased), and Harvey Emerson Moore. Oflice 
():i9, residence, 637 Maine street, Quincy. 

MOORE MARY EMMA E., resi- 
diiice, 110:5 Vine; was born on board tlie 
steamer Editor, between St. Louis luid Han- 
nibal, Sept. 12, 185.> ; was married to David 
\V. Moore, May 7, 1873. He was born in 
Rahwaj-, Union county, N. J., Jan. 13, 1835, 
and died Dec. 2, 1878. He was a citizen of 
Quincy for the past ten years, and during 
that time a member of the firm of Hyncs & 
Moore, carriage manufacturers of very con- 
sidcralile notoriety, who have, by close atten- 
tion to business and fair dealing, built up an 
enviable reputation and very lucrative busi- 
ness. She is a member of the Presbyterian 
Church. 

Moos Mrs. Elizabeth, 1134 .\d»ms. 
Morehead Jliss Cordie, W" Vermont. 
Morehead Daniel, 8i7 VennoDt. 
.Morehead Thomas, 90 8. 3d. 

M<»REHOl8E E. «„ Gen. Agt. 
Kciikuk and Xortliern J.ine Packet Com- 
jiany ; olHce, wliarf boat ; residence, Ver- 
mont bet. 14th and IGth streets. He was 
born in Norwalk, Ohio, Nov. 1. 1841. In 
1802 he enlisted, for one year, in the 88th 
Ohio Inf. After the time had expired, 
he re-enlisted, for one 3-ear, in the 30lh 
Mo. Inf., and was honorably discharged 



from both regiments. In 1865 was appointed 
1st Clerk of the steamer Lucy Bertram, ply. 
ing between St. Louis and Keokuk. He fol- 
lowed this profession for twelve years, and 
during all this time held first-class positions, 
as clerk, under Uic control of the same com- 
pany. In 1877 he was appointed by the 
company to his present position ; marrieil 
Miss Louise A. Davis at Springfield, 111. 
Dec. 16, 1867. She was born in St. Catha- 
rines, Canada, in 1848, and came to tin- 
United Sta'es with her parents in 1852, locat- 
ing near Springfiehl, 111. One child: How- 
ard J., born Oct. 10, 1808. Religion, Pro- 
testant. Politics, I)emocr;it. Is a member 
of the Mutual Aid Society and Pride of the 
West Lodge A. O. U. W-.'of Quincy, 111. 

Morgsu Goo. laborer. Vine e of SOtb. 

Horcan James D. Free. Gaslight Co. 431 .lervev. 

Morgan .JosepO L. 15J N. 8th. 

Moriue .^nloine. laborer. 191 X. 10th. 

Morraan Urs. £ izabeib. 309 State. 

Morphy Mrs. Lizzie, widow, 9SC Mtiine. 

Morris Edi:ar R. vor. 3Tih and Broadway. 

Morris I. S. attorney at law, cor. -.Tth and r-r-».i 

way. 
Morrison Theodore, 632 Sprace. 

MORTOX COL. e. H., real estat.. 
insurance and coliectiou agency, 508 Maine; 
residence Co N. 0th: born in Plyiuoutli 
county, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820, and came with 
his parents to Hillsboro, Montgomery county, 
111., in 1827, and to Quincy in 1835; married 
Almira J. Williams in 1861. She was born 
in Quincy. He studied medicine and prac- 
ticed ten years in Quincy, until 1801. Hi 
went into the army as Major of the 84th Hegt. 
111. Inf. and was promoted Lieutenant 
Colonel in 1863 and commanded the regiment 
till tlie close of the war; was mustered out 
at Franklin with Brevet rank of Colonel in 
1805; was elected County Clerk that year, 
re-elected eight j'oars: elected Police Magis 
trate in 1874 by a majority ol 900, althougli 
a Republican in a Democratic city. In 1850 
he went to California, overland; was four 
years away from Quincy, returned bj'oiean 
stopping at the Sandwich Islands four week.- 
and the Society Ishmds two weeks. 

Moseley Emanuel, teamster, ^\m w oflOtta. 
Moseley Rolley, Lind w of 30lh. 
Most-ley T. IT. mlnUler, Madison e of 5th. 

MOKEN REV. IX.l.lC S. Rabbi of 
the Hebrew Reform Temple K. K. B'nai 
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in Silesia, Gprmany, 1847; graduated in 
Breslow, Germany, in 1869; was elected 
Kjibbi in 1873, for two j'ears; re-elected for 
three years more, and again re-elected for a 
nitmber of years. He married Miss Matilda 
A. Strauss, of St. Louis, in 187-5. They have 
two pretty children : Regina and Solomon 
Geiger. Mr. Moses is well read, as his posi- 
tion requires, and his lady is a rare speci- 
men of delicate refinement. 

Uoses .James, cor. iOth and Vermont. 

Moses Wm. E. gardner. cor. iOth and Vermont. 

Moshagi Augast, wagon-maker, 408 Payeon Ave. 

Moshage Theo. painter. 40s Payson Ave 

Moss Mrs. Catherine G. H13 Maine. 

M09S .John C. laborer. Wd-2 Hampshire. 

MOWE JOHX FRED, merchant 
tailor, -Ith and Hampshire; residence 835 
Jefterson, also owner of 701 Washington 
street; born in Germany, April 17, 1824, and 
came to the United States in 1832, and loca- 
ted in Quincy. He married Louisa Althoff 
in 1849. She was born in Germanj-. They 
hare three children. Hannah, Matilda, and 
Fredrica. Are members of the Lutheran 
Church. Is a Republican. Has been in busi- 
ness in this city since 1853. He Is a stylish 
manufacturer, and at reasonable prices. 

Mndd -James, laborer, Broadway N of -.'Sth. 
Mader Andrew, shoem alter. 93J Maine. 
Mnffley Mrs. -I alia M., Vtrmont bet 5th and Olh. 
Mugge Fraiik, laborer, ccir. 10th and Adams. 
Mngge Henry, stone cutter. 935 Monroe. 
Mugge Peter, upholsterer, 1004 Monroe. 

■»Il'EHE JOSEPH, street sprinlilcr 
l')cal water works, 1018 Jersey street; 
in Prussia, 1834; left an orphan at an 
early age: came to Quincy when a child; 
married Maria K. A. Klasing in 1866. She 
was born in Germany. Have five children : 
Joseph, Julia, John, Mary, and Kate. Are 
Catholics. Is a Democrat. He has been in 
the sprinkling business since 1865, and erec- 
ted his local water works on his own prem- 
ises ; canfill oneofhiscartsinafewminutes. 
He is energetic and ingenious. 

Mnhe Philip, laborer, "th 8 of Cedar. 
MulendfeM Mrs. Mary, 914 Kentucky. 
Jlullenh.mer -lohn, driver for Dick & Bros. 
Mailer John H., tailor, 91'i -Vdams. 
Mailer -John B., painter, 915 -lacksoD- 
Mnller Mrs. P., widow, 182 S. 10. h. 

MriiL,ER KEY. P. AXSEt- 

MUS. President St. Francis Solanus Col- 
lege, cor. 18th and Vine streets. 



Mnller PeKr H.. laborer, 8^4 Monroe. 
Mailer S.. carpenter. 1*2-37 Jersey. 

MrLLrlGAX H, C, groceries, dry 
goods, boots and shoes, provisions, queens- 
ware, etc., etc., southwest corner of Oth and 
Payson avenue. He was born in Langford, 
Ireland, March 16, 1843; came with his par- 
ents to America when three months of age, 
landing at New York City ; came to Quincy in 
1861, stopping two years ; then left the city 
and travelled six years, working at his trade 
(harness making), after which he returned to 
Quincy, in 1869 ; married Miss Lizzie Lakey, 
Feb. 14, 1863, who died in September 1873. 
On Oct. 11, 1876, he married Miss Anna 
Grant, who was born in Quincy, 111., Sept. 
11, 1843, Two children have been the 
issue of the last manuage : Henry James, 
aged eighteen months, and Emmett Leo., 
aged two days. Is a member of the Hibern- 
ian Benevolent and Orphan Society of 
Quincy. Religion, Catholic. Politics, Demo-^ 
crat. Real and personal property valued at 
-18,000. 

MlILiIilKIER ED, S., planing mill, 
sash, doors, and blinds, 59, 61, 63 and 65 
South 4th; was born in Hillsdale county, 
Michigan, in 1839; moved to Springfield, 
111., in 1859, and located in this city in 1868 ; 
married Miss Sylvia J. Conklin in 1866, She 
was born in Jackson County, Michigan, in 
1846. They have two children : jVIaud S. and 
Walter E. Are members of the First Presby- 
terian Church. Republican. He has been in, 
business since 1868 in this city, and is doing 
a large and lucrative business, which is the 
result of good business capacity, 
Hunger Geo. S. clerk American Ex. Co. 39.3 N. Sth. 
Manson Mrs. B. P. widow, 81 S. 4th. 
Manzell Henry.spiinkler, Kentucky bet. Oth and 7th . 
Murphy Mrs. Anna, widow, 310 Jersey. 
Murphy C. F. molder, 611 Washington. 

MURPHY GEO. W., undertaker, 
16 Xorth Gth street. He was born in St. 
Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, May 10, 
1883; was married to Miss Cordelia A. 
Okey, Nov. 8, 18-55. She was born in 
Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio. They 
have three children, two sons and one daugh- 
ter. He is of the finn of Daugherty & 
Murphy, wholesale and retail furnishing 
undertakers ; this finn is doing a very ex- 
tensive business, amounting to some !j!35,000 
annually, and keep constantly on hand a 
full line of all goods usually kept in a first- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



class wholesale and retail uiulertakino; es- 
tablishment. Mr. Murphy has had years of 
experience in this line, and is enabled by 
this experience and one of the most extensive 
stocks of goods in the west, to guarantee 
satisfaction to all patrons. Democratic in 
politics, and has held various otKces of trust 
and importance with credit to himself and 
satisfaction to his constituents; was com- 
missioned in November, 18(il, 1st Lieutenant 
of the 78th Reut. t). Inf. and in August, 1803, 
enlisted in the llOth Hegt. O. Inf; served 
as Orderly Sergeant about two years and six 
months, lie settled in this city in Octobw, 
1870; has been, during his short citizenship, 
a very energetic, enterprising and valued 
citizen. Methodist. 

Murphy Patrick, flagman, 230 N. 9th. 

Mnrpby Simon, boiler maker, nth 8 of Maple. 

Maahold Bernard, teamster, rear of 830 Hampshire. 

Mushold Oeorge, nurseryman, 12th u of Lind. 

Mushold Henry, plasterer, cor. llth and Elm. 

Maseelman Dc Lafayette, Maine and 2:jd. 

Myer Urban, carpenter, alley bet. 3d and Ith and 

Ohio and Kentucky. 
Myers A. O. carpenter, Cherry w of 10th. 
Myers ('. -V. carpenter. 0th 8 of Maple. 
Myers Mrs. Catherine, Oak e of SOth. 
Myers Edward, lab(»er, Cherry w of lOth. 
Myers Mrs. M. J. widow. 90 S. 7th. 
Myers Wm. H. carpenter, Ml Jefferson. 
My«ri Wm. teamster. 1015 Broadway. 



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Naber Francis, 1S20 Maine. 
Naber Henry, laborer, MiO Maine. 
Nance Mrs. C. widow, ISOO Ofik. 
Nance R. W. snpt. Excelsior stone works, 1800 Oak. 
Napoleon llonse. Geo. Braimeier, prop. 6ti Hamp- 
shire. 
Nast Miss Barbara, 930 ,\dame. 
Neakamp F. W. l-3th s of I'nyson ave. 
Nebe Mrs. Christina, 710 Payson ave. 
Neederpenning Henry, laborer. 14th n of Vermont. 
Ncal Mrs. Josephine, 103s Maine. 
Nelkc David, salesman, 140H Maine. 
Netech Albert, baker, cor. 7th and Kentucky. 
Nelsch John, teamster. 2d 8 of Jersey. 
Nelscn Louis, cooper, 1020 Washington. 
Nelsch M. bakery, etc. cor. 7th and Kentucky. 
Nelson Stephen U. grocer, 1017 Uampshirc. 
Nelson Thos. hardware. 124 S. :W. 
Nesenhaener August, teamster, 015 Kentucky. 
Nesslcr John, pattern maker, 600 Monroe. 
Nest Wm. jeweler, Madifon w of lOih. 
Netter Bernard, cattle dealer, 1010 Hampshire. 
Neuer Charles, laborer, 014 Jackson. 
Nteucr Wm. cabinet maker, 22 S. 10th. 
Neuman Adam, cor. 2JtU and Lind. 
Neumann Frank, b&rhi.r. 1228 Hampshire. 



Neumann Geo. laborer, Adams w of 10th. 
Neumann Xaver, grocer, 041 Hampshire- 
Newby Mrs. Elizabeth, Chestnut o of 20th 
Newby Henry K. shipping clerk, cor. isth and 
Broadway. 

XKWCOMB RI€HAR1> F., 

Gem City Paper Mills, corner Front and 
Jetterson streets; residence, corner Sth and 
Vermont streets ; born in Franklin county, 
Mass., in 1837; located in Beloit, Wis., in 
1860, when he connected himself as partner 
with the Northwestern Paiier Company, of 
which he was vice-President until 1872, when 
he located in Quincy, and purchased the 
" Gem City " paper mills which he is now 
running. lie has added to the structure and 
machinery which increases the capacity 
from less than a three-ton to more thaii. a 
nine-ton daily product. He has spared no 
expense in perfecting his machinery, which 
acts like clock-work, being in motion day 
and night, attended by a well-disciplined 
corps of skillful operatives under the imme- 
diate supervision of Mr. Newcomb himself, 
a thorough practical business man. lie mar- 
ried Miss Anna Kitchie in 1869. She was 
born in Lexington, Ky., in 1843. Four chil- 
dren : Mary F., Elizabeth it., Sarah R. trntl 
Florence. They are members of the Episco- 
pal Churth. Independent in politics. 

Newell Mrs. Elizabeth. 54 X. 4th. 
Newell Wm. A. carpenter, 4th 8 of Lind. 
Newland F. B. groceries, etc. cor. Sth and Vine. 
Newmaun Albsrt, tobacconist, Monroe w of 12th. 
Newmann Mrs. Anna. Mouroc w ot 12th. 
Newton Mrs. .May N. 521 Maine. 

XICHOI..S H. CI...4.Y, Attorney 
at Law, ,'508 Maine street; born in Hourbon 
county, Ky., in 1841 ; located in this county 
in ISrk. lie married Miss Frances A. Akcrs 
in 180.'). She was bom in Danville, 111., in 
1848. Have two children, Laura and Artus 
H. He is Chairman of the Republican 
Central Committee of this county, and Pub- 
lic Administrator of the State by appoint- 
ment of the Governor ; was Deputy County 
Clerk six years. He is a member ot the 
I. O. O. F. His firm does a general real es- 
tate, insurance, loan and collecting business, 
also probate business. 

NICHOLS HARRISON L., 

Superintendent of the manufacturing de- 
partment of E. M. Miller & Co., carriage 
manufacturers; residence, Treiuont House. 
He was born in New York in 1836; moved 




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to ChicaiiO, wliere he became interested iu 
the Coau «& Tcnljioke Carriage Manufactur- 
ing C(jmi)auy, and continued in that concern 
ten years ; located in Quincy in 1877, and 
assumed control of the manufacturing de- 
partment of E. M. Miller & Co.'s carriage 
manufactory as Superintendent. He mar- 
ried Mrs. Harriet Morton in 18C8. She was 
born in Deerfield, Mass. She has one 
daughter, Harriet E. (Hanover), by a former 
marriage. He also has one daughter, Helen 
A., by a former marriage. Mrs. Nichols is 
a member of the Congregational Church. 
He is a Democrat ; has been practically con- 
nected with carriage manufactory since 1860. 
He is a member of. the A. F. & A. M. 
Nicholson Mrs. Matilda, 193 S. titli. 
Nicholson T. T. carpenter, Ohio w of lith. 
NiedrielBlta .Matthias, stone mason, 318 N. lith. 
Nieholl' .Mrs. Christina, 805 Ohio. 
NiehotV Herman U. 805 Ohio. 
Niehaus Bernard, groceries, etc. Vine e of 18th. 
Nlehaus Frodericlc. laborer, 175 S. 10th. 
Niehaus Gerhard, teamster, cor. 11th and Lind. 
Niehaus John T. grocer, 1368 Vermont. 
Niehaus Mrs. Maria, cor. llth and Lind. 
Niekamp Henry, laborer, 713 Madison. 
Niekamp Hi'nry II. laborer, 810 Jackson. 
Niekamp Wm. laborer, 12 n of Washington. 
Niemann Anton, mo'der, 90S Washington. 
Niemann Ferdinand, molder, cor. liHh and Madison. 
Niemeier August, stonemason, 707 Waehiugton. 
Nicnieier Mrs. .\nnie. widow, 434 Kentucky. 
Niemeyer Mrs. Dina, widow, 70i) State. 
Niemeyer Uerman, laborer, 1131 Washington. 
Niemeyer Ilerman, laborer, lllU Payaon ave. 
Niemeyer John C. trar. salesman, cor. 5th and 

Locust. 
Niermann F. W. shoemaker, 9li4 State. 

XI FUOHXER W I li H E L, M, 

butcher, IHSij South 8th street; residence, 
corner 12th and Ohio streets ; was born in 
Westphalia, Europe, March 23, 1839; came 
to America, landing at New York City in 
1864; from there he went to St. Charles, 
Mo., remaining two months, and thence to 
Quiucy, 111. He married Miss Reka 
Behrensmeyer in Quiucy, April 28, 18G6. 
She was born in Eidinghausen, Westphalia, 
Europe, in Dec., 1843. Have six children: 
Mathilda, 11 years; Paulina, 9; Emma, 7; 
Clara, .^ ; Wilhelm, 3 and Charles six months' 
of age. He enlisted in Co. D, 148th Regt. 
111. Inf., in 1865, and was honorably dis- 
charged at the expiration of the war. Re- 
ligion, Lutheran. Politics, Republican. He 
is a member of the Protestant Orphan and 
Benevolent Association, Adams' Lodge No. 



Co, I. O. O. F. and Humboldt Lodge No. 61, 

A. O. U. W. Real and personal property 

valued at $1,500. 

Niles .V. B. florist. High w of 35th, 

Niles Mrs. Eliza, widow, 1003 Maine. 

N O A K E S >V I L, L, I A M, marble 
works, corner of 3d and Jlaine streets ; born 
iu Sussex, England, 1837 ; located in this 
city, 1856 ; married Miss Sarah Hare, 1862. 
She was born in London, England, 1837. 
They have five children : Louisa D., Georgi- 
anna, Catherine, Charles A. and Charles A. 
They are members of the Episcopal .Church. 
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Grand 
Representative. He is 1st assistant engineer 
in the Fire Department, and vice-president 
of the Quincy Shooting Club. 
Noeller Fred A. cor. 3i5th and State. 
Nold Mrs. Anna, widow, 14ii S. 9th. 
Nolen Mlchaei, laborer. Vine e of 18th. 
Noll Sophia Amelia, Matilda. 108 S. 7th. 
Noll Henry, cooper, 408 Spring. 
Noll Henry, trav. salesman, 331 N. 5th. 
Noll John J. cooper, 108 S. 7th. 
Nolte Henry, teamster, 723 Monroe. 
Noonan Mrs. Catherine, 30 S. llth. 
Noonai. John, laborer, 919 Vine. 
Noonan Timothy, laborer, 930 Vine. 
Norris Robt. II. clerk, 635 Payson ave. 
Norris Koitt. II . stair builder, t)35 Payson ave. 
Northrup Henry, teacher, 4th s of Maple. 

XORTOX ANXIE F., Physician, 
634 Jersey street; born iu Kane county. 111., 
iu 1847. She moved to Cleveland in 1870, 
and after a thorough course of reading and 
study of medicine she graduated in Detroit, 
Mich., in 1872. She practices in the Homeo- 
pathic school. She located for one year at 
the Seilg cure, in Cleveland, Ohio ; went then 
to Indianapolis, Iiid. ; and to Earl, 111., in 
1874. She practiced there one year, and 
then moveil to Quincy, where she has a lib- 
eral and lucrative practice which she is 
graditallj' l)uilding up. 

XORWOOl* JOSEPH E. (de- 
ceased) ; was ior Uiuuy 3-ears engaged in 
the pork packing business in this city. He 
was born in Rockport, Mass., 1797, and 
moved to Quinc-j- at an early day, where he 
became identified with the interests of the 
citj-. He some years ago moved to Chicago 
with his family. He married Miss Elizabeth 
J. Francis, in 1851, who was a native of 
Cambridge, England, born in 1829. They 
had four children; Florence, Lizzie, Kate 
and ,To.se])h. Mr. Norwood lost his life in 



HlsTvRY OF ADaMs CulSTY. 



(he terrible railrvwJ disasier on the Xew 
York and Erie R R, at Pen Jervis^ IS^T. 
TThen so many lives wene lost. He was loveJ 
and respected by all who knew him. Mrs. 
Norwood had his remains interred in Quincy, 
where she removed with her children from 
Chicago. She is now living on the comer of 
9th and Spring. Her husband built and 
owner! the elegant residence now occupied 
by Mr. Wells, on Jersey street. 
Kooer Joka G. cor. Sth aad Paysos ave. 
7«ac«nt Tboe. laborer, $06 York. 
SiSMS Beraaa, cspoU uadar, «9 lladisoa. 



OboBa; Jacob, ponor. 1134 Xovoe. 

Obent )ln ftasca. ear. IStb aad Viae. 

Oben Jacob, nock d«ai«r. 9l» Ohio. 

Obcn L*merJ. 4lS Spring. 

Obert Xrs. Saiali, widow. 4l^ S;irBg. 

Oblaader Aadie. aagoa maker. S>S S. Tik. 

O'Bmm Daaiel. coatraoar. ^S» ;>. ;ik. 

O'BiieB Daaiel, ooatiactar. SS X. :^^ 

O'Briea JcRj. laborer, Uad e of 6a. 

O'Briea Jokn, laborer. 9ir Oak. 

O'Briea Joka, laborer. lOlb a of Lind. 

O'Briea Joka, taaBatar. (MS TlBe. 

O'Bria Xkted. lUnret. KIB Maiae. 

O'Bhea Patrick, coaoactor. Lind beC 8A aad 91k. 

0"Br->c Ps!r-:ck. waichaac. :i>Ji = of liad. 

OBROCK. CHRIST, trunk manu- 
facturer, iJ Xorth 6th street : residence, 5lS 
North Tth street: bom in Germany. ISW: 
came to the United St.-Jtes, IS56, and located 
in CiiKinn.^ti. Ohio, and in Quincy in 1S63. 
He married Lizzie Thomasmeyer in 1863. 
She was bom in Cierraany. They havie seven 
children: Louisa. Minnie, Henry,* Amelia, 
Willie. Frederick and Emma. He has been 
in business since 1$T5 ; member of I. O. O. F. 
and Widowra and Orphans' Gcr '..- 

rion. This firm have a liis- - - 
moit and turn out a superior -- -< 

O'Coaaor Andrew P. clerk. Vise be< . l¥U aad JDIk. 
O'Daj Tboe. laborer. Ckestaal e of Kkk. 
O'Den Xn^ A. X. widow. CIT SU'e. 
O'Delt Pnacis S. carpenter. 6SS Pajsoa aT«. 
Oeklaiaa Chas. I0ar> Heapeklre. 
Oeiak Benard, laboRr. Vi le e of »!. 
Oriak Xrs. SUaabeik. n> Spriag, 
OelBk Wm. skoeaaker. Yiae e ofSkk. 
Oeaaiag Heair A. statioaer}'. ecc Mjpiaiaa. 
Oeaaiag Heair, laborer. Cbe«taai • of aOlk. 
Oeaaias Joka. catpaatar. Ckeetaat • of att. 
Oenlriek Loais, MM Hampskiic 
Oeitie Josapk. batekei; N14 HaiBpaklre. 
O'FaneU JOctaaL ktackaaltk, 19 S. M<k, 
Okleadort Mis. L. sa Haapsklra. 
OUMkl«« B. cor. «k aad Ilaidw taaa. 



Otac«ma» .Uei :irBer. e<». sad aad Spsace. 

Obrcma; G«oi. :ce pedd>r. Oak e of Vh. 

vtata-t Jl.-s Tberes*. ,Mh s of Vise. 

O'dhisi Mr«, J»m«. KJ Veraioet 

O.iecka:: Wn. ;»K-'cer. r.-i.i rUspitire 

O'jTe- Urs. Caroline, IST Ma'ce. 

OkoB Joka. toad master a, & Jt ij. R. B. 4<B Maid- 

eaLaae. 
Oppeabriak Wm. brewer, SOS.Kentack;. 

ORDIXG HEXiRV. Sheriff of 
Adams county. Msine. Ktween Tth and 8th 
streets. The subject of this sketch was bom 
in Germany. March 10. 1S3<>: received his 
education in the schools of his native countnr 
also in this, the country of his adoption. In 
Jtme. 1356 he emigrated to this country and oo 
the J3d of the month landed in Quincy. IIU 
where he was married Oct. 25. ISoS. to Miss 
MaiT C, Glass, a native of this city. She 
was bom Xov. 20. iStl. They have had 
eight childivn. sii of whom are now '.".—;-;. 
four sons and two daughters : Heniy C ■ ra 
Sept. ao. ISieO: Mary C_ bom Dec. A<. :->:; 
John C bc«n Oct. S4. 1S6.5: Chas. J_ bcwn. 
March li. 1S6S: Joseph B.. l»m Aug. 4, 
1S71, and Caroline S., bom Nov. 11. 1873. 
While still in his native coontry he leaned 
the trade of chair-maker. at which bu-iness 
he spent seven vears of his life in ;li:- . ::v. 
after which he engaged in general ii. - .n- 
tile business for about fourteen years, '. .■_-;: 
which time he served the city as AI."- - ia 
of the 5th Ward, lor «ie term, 1ST:"--T4. 
afler which he accepted the oflSce oj" T"^ ; .-y 
Sheriff tinder Geo. Craig, and afttr-n\,nl 
served under John S. I\41ock. until his own 
election as Sheriff of the county, which oc- 
curred in September. IS??, which office he 
now holds with credit and honor as well to 
himself as his constituents. 
Ott 'Mantes G carpester. 7^ Bnrndwa; 
On Mrs. SUIisda, Fioei a of Braadwaj. 
Osbors Cbaa. C. ctctk. «S S. SU 
Oskora Ctea. B. l«t X. «k. 
OsbanBaRTCc)eik.oor. SpHacaad JTt^ 

OSBORX n. S., President Quincy 
Coal Co. ; office Fr\>nt and Broadway : nesi. 
dence southeast comer3d and Spring >;r-,'e;s; 
Ikwu m London in 1#14; came to Rvhr->r. 
X. T.. in 1S34 : thence to Pike county. O, 
in 1${T: went into the milling business: 
came to Quincy in 1SI6. and erectevi the 
Eagle Mills: married Miss Sarah A. Csner 
in 1S50. She was bom in Morgan c^-.u;;y. 
ni.. in 1S4S. They have two chUdt«n : C. 
C. and H. C Are members of the Baptist 






fiet c-calitr. 



-^ - .-" _ -^ -y .--^ ^-.--^v:^ T^.,. j^ PueSbs. .car. Oa&aatS^k. 

i>.> rritrf <.^:« -":>4<:"^d ^-* It^ A-,*ito-. «r, 1^ »d Oit 

i»K He Tiiii-I Z-r> T>e i FAJRK 6EOIt6E. PbysicMa Md 

1>^. siirncxi Miss Ksic Mrrrs ir :>6S. Sctc««». l«»:T«-2ia=istre«-, Iwib in Bwd- 

Ske w«s Vva is PeaasT^T-snii := 1>*J. -HKr ^^^^i^i^ p^ -v i>,:»5. Kxased ia Mo«tt 

fc»^ ooe cVai Xeiri*. He iss ^ef= ~ 5ie Teiacei. 6_ i= liSi: ia Ch5c»?s». HI, ia 

aioc«T basuess «zi v-s:^ Mt. i>j:.:— ^ ,^,5 . 5^ j^^cei*. Mo. in -i>W. and uQnBcy 

i Tolisf aeEiJr^iiTL T>rVTC:ir:,- *:iT?:ei to -^ j^^ g^ Queried 3lDss Rasaas* Hstt^ 

2>i3es^ ivxssrssiir s :b:o>a£i kaoTl- ^^ .-^ j^- gj,^ ,^ >^,gj^ jj, CoBaeedctft 

y ji- His cuso.m«s ii>f aiwiT^ sbm ,^ ^ j^yj 1,^ ^^^ cee am, 5. W- Psik, of 

-wiK ii«T ire ia sesnA <C of Ae p^^j. ^ c^ajmoa. Su -Jdi saea. Tie doctor 

srodied viik Dr. ^epbea Hopijus. cf PesB- 
aad p rae ti cgd iridi him der^ 
reaiT^ Al :Ae dMi& of Dr. HopkiBS Dr. 

'""■ P»rs sssasaed kis pi*Mice, and has beea 

nracaeair erer saace. He is a mrm'bar of 

OSCHMAXX EDWAKIK S'^^^,^ 

- - - -- - ^ -^ s-:«-:s; ressdeace . , ^^ 

-- He ■«*» CMia m 

Sf- :«;~-r.-.i,. Eai>jpe. PARKEK EO^TABO J- 

» Asserscx i„Bk». Xo. S S. aih ares: resideace 8* 

l^Tl; fiom aBdHamp*ire:-««Vv3i3aHail*)«d.OoM«_ 

— bt »- jn i^jj^ g^ loeaaed ia Ais cirr ia 19(8. 

r«a^ H« ansTTied. ia I9(S. 3Gs Bashadl. d«B^ 

~="-'S*^ «!-c-«Haa.X. Ba*BeHid««!«sdV HewsB 

-ij-:* i^ -ii cviii^ AT2f. .-3 jj,^ ^j^ gj3t of HjctftevL Oomu tve 

--■£ iwra ia CoKi»ci 1« re*:? ^*ft»re he caa» ^res- Wheahecaase 



"Sren: 



10 QsiacT he ireat iMo ihe In^ia^ ho«9e 



/h«a oj L.A^C.H.BaIL Oa Ae^x^aaicalioa of 

? liacs. tbe Menhaa^ aad FuAAS^ XatkBd Baak 

- ia lie Maskeses ^ ,^,5 .^^^ . KreMor aaA A^saat 0»*- 

Apr!? > 1>«1, an i^jaBasBOMsededtBAeecMMSTaaldepMV 

Moi <^ the hukias hoese cf I. & C H. 

Ball IB ISTl ia -vUch he has he^ doiag a 

sa£e asd saocessfsl basiBKS aace. 



rrnAX hxxry. K^^T^.ae 

sr~e: ; rr~: iroc* suae : b(xa ia 

-:_=^ -aiiSS; c»:i: - "" -'SiaKS Patter 3fe, Twmi , wMe«. s«f la Tg» w n 

i ia 150. aad Jn«ed arteJ ^tj^^^aT" '^^"^ * "*^ "^"^ '"'^ 

- Adelsde TfUzhac^er ir - - .s Veil 

I iaGenaaar. Focr ciu^.i?cB Jk^^ies^ Litzie. PARKHTTS!$T JOXATHAX, 

Draids. Hatvari. aad .^ O. T. W. He isi^:: rv~:zr=:cx l-^. Mii::v sr^r?:; V»ra 

kiacd his trade ia CSarisaatL O, aad has ia Wc---e?:c- cx-:izry. Msss^ in :*3j; -wsJ 

heca ia dhe h i BJt^ ia this cirr siace IdfiS. :o XrT HsziipsJLire -vi^eo c:nie vc<aag. 

0<w8T l il lln iS-»i3er.aei h» « i » ni . -x^crkinc ia a ooma &ctorr ia Massa- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTV. 



chusetts; located in Quincy, in 1806; mar- 
ried Miss C'aly Ulmer in 18G3. Slie was 
born in Rocklanil, Maine, in 1838. They 
have one chilii : George C. He i.s one of the 
most prosperous Imsiness men in his line in 
Quincy. 

Parks Robert, machines t, cor. Maiden Lane and 5tb. 
Parrlsh J. B. real estate agent, 2il York. 
Parsons James E. green house, Hampshire e of 18lh- 
Pater, Mrs. Anna >I. 4'iO ICentuclty. 
Patterson Wm. L. farmer. Wth n of Liiid. 

PATTOX JOHX 3IAI.eOI.X. 

head clerk railway post-office service, l)e- 
tween Quincy, 111., and Kansas City, M0.4 
residence (il:! Vermont street. He was born in 
Bolivar, Westmoreland county, Penn., Oct. 
34, 182i), and came to Quincy in August, 
1861. He married Jliss Sarah E. Graham, 
at Shelbyville, 111., June 30, 1857. She was 
horn in Coles county. 111., June 20, 1837. 
Eight children, three living: Clara E., born 
.July 28, 1858; Ella N., born Oct. 18, ISGO, 
.and Mary P., born Feb. 5, 1872. Himself 
and children are Unitarians. Mrs. Pattou 
is a member of the Vermont St. M. E. 
■Church. Mr. Patton is a member of Quincy 
Lodge No. 29G A. F. <fc A. M., Pride of the 
Wesi Lodge No.— A. O. U. W., of the United 
States ]Hail Service Mutual Benefit Associ- 
jition. His first experience in life, after 
j^ceiving a common .school education, was 
■when he went into a cotton factory at AUe. 
ghany City, Pa., at the age of tiffeen years; 
worked through all the ditlereut grades 
until, in 1847, he was ai)pointed foreiuan of 
the spinning room. His health becoming 
impaired he worked for his father (he being 
a railroad contractor) for two years, when he 
entered into a co-partnership with him, 
which continued until 1854, when his lather 
died. Mr. Palton then took the i)osition of 
General Agent for the I. C. U, H. Co., at 
Pana, Christian county. 111., that place being 
in its infancy. He built the first church and 
school liuildiiig in that jilace. He held this 
position for two years, when he opened a 
kir^e general store ; but thirteen days after, 
a tornado swept over the place and took 
store, house and contents away, 5Ir. Patton 
barely escaping with his life, He remained 
another year settling up his business affairs, 
when he took the position of foreman on 
construction of the H.& St. .Joe R. R., being 
stationed at Shelt>ina, Mo. In 1801 Mr. and 
Mrs. Patton came to Haiuiibal, >[o., when at 



the earnest solicitations of the Hon. Francis 
P. Blair, and others high in authority. >[r. 
Patton was appointed Mail Agent. He ,ic- 
cepted the position, but shortly afterward 
Abraham Lincoln, then President of these 
United Slates, made his call for troops, and 
Mr. Patton enlisted in the 100 days service. 
After his term of service had expired, hi- was 
again re-appointed at the solicitation of 
Francis P. Blair and others ; he accepting, 
and has continued in the post-office depart- 
ment ever since, being one of its oldest and 
valued members. 
Paul Henry, shoemaker, 257 n 9th. 
Paulin Henry, real estate agent, 1609 Maine. 
Pa)ne .Mrs. Jane, widow. lOOS Maine. 
Payne Robert, engineer. Chestnut e of 8th. 
Payton Mr.'. Mary, widow, lS-2 X. 10th. 
Pearce John W. commission mcrchaut. and pro- 
prietor .Etna House, Hii to 6-M Maine. 
Pearson Frank, carriage maker. 9-i3 Maine. 
Pearson Thomas, molder, 1S9 s 3d. 
Pearson Mrs. Sarah, widow, Nelson court. 
Pease Chas. O. cabinet maker. IS Cedar. 
Pease Guy B. sign painter, 4ti6 N. 5th. 
Pease M. painter, 4ih bet. Spruce and Sjcamore. 
Pease Nat. cor. 8th and Sycamore. 
Peel Casin«er, tailor, Oak e of 20th. 

PEEL. GEORGE M\, steam dv 
house, 54 North 4th ; residence, same ; bor: 
in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1837; went to Rich 
mond, Ind., where he lived fifteen years; 
moved to Kansas in 18T6, and located in 
Quincy, April, 1878. He married Rulh A. 
Sinex in 1801. She was born in Richmond, 
Ind., in 1839. They have five children: 
Walter S., William G., Charles W., George 
W., and Ada E. He was brought up from a 
boy in the dye business, his father having 
followed it for many years in Cincinnati ; he 
therefore thoroughly understands the busi- 
ness, and guarantees all work done by him. 
This business requires an education as well 
as all scientific professions. Can dye all 
kinds of coarse or fine fabrics. 
Peel Joseph, cigar maker, Oak e of 20th. 

PEINE CARIi, No. 9— saloon— 526 
Hamiishire street ; residence same ; born in 
Westphalia, Prussia, Aug. 10, 1829; came to 
the United States, and located in Quincy in 
1858; married .Johanna Thieleman in 1860. 
She was born in Goslar, Hanover, July 14, 
1836. They have four children : Carl Anton, 
Henry, Robert, and Albert. He has been in 
business since 1864. There seems to be a 
peculiar attraction to No. 9, as one of the 



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most iHi]nil;ir resorts of the sek-ft public. 

rELLEXMESSEL, HEXRY. 

't and shoe store, and manufacturer. State 
ft between 7th and 8th ; residence same. 
j1' \va.s born in Ampt Damme, Grosz, Her- 
zn::tum, Oldenburg, Europe, Dec. 28. 1825, 
and emisr.ated to America, binding at New 
I irlians, La., June 3, 1847; from there he 
wi lU to Cincinnati, Ohio, and came to 
^,;luncy, 111., in 18.5:', following his profes- 
sion of shoemaker. He married Miss Maria 
Talile, at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1851. She 
^\ as born in same place as her husband, 
and emigrated to America landing at 
Baltimore, in 18-15; thence to Cincinnati, 
Ohio. Seven children, three dead, four 
living; Joscphina aged twenty-three, Fred- 
( liia aged fourteen, Francisca aged twelve, 
and Henr.v. nine years of age. Religion, 
I; iiiian Catholic. Is a member of St. John's 
- \ ings Institution of St. Boniface Church. 
Krai and personal property valued at $2,000. 
rdman Mrs. Mary, S27 Madison. 
Piufield, Uri S. cashier First National Bank, 1427 

nampt^hire. 
Peuu Edward, engineer, Olive n of Spring. 

I Fenn .lames, ensineer. Broadway e of 25th. 

{ repper. Samuel B. molder, 618 Jaclison. 
Perkins Mitchell, laborer, 27 M. 8th. 

I I'lrkins N. O. editor 117;;^. 131 Jersey. 
I'erkine Wm. lOlti Vermont. 
Perry Cornelius L. teacher. Broadway near 26th. 

' PERRY JOSHVA, retired; resi- 
I iKuce, Broadway near 26th street; born in 
Houston. Devonshire, England, in 1809; 
lit to Xova Scotia, and from there to 
iiiladelphia, in 1834. and located in Quiney, 
''lay 4, 183IJ. He married Susan Broom in 
is:;2. She was born in Summersetshire, 
I Kiigland, in December, 1810. Had ten 
I hildren, four dead, six living: Eunice, 
( 1- iiah, Josiah, Stephen, Cornelius, Martha. 
I Tluy are members of the Congregational 
C liurch. He is a Republican. He was a 
I I'lasterer over forty years. He plastered 
l)o(h of cx-Governor Wood's houses; al.so 
' ihr old Court House. There were but a few 
( iiundrcd inhabitants in Quiney when he 
I locaieil in it. .Mark E, one of his sons, en- 
I listed in the 2d Iowa Cav. Co. A, in 1861, at 
I l)a\enport, and two weeks prior to his 
' muster out, he was attacked by chronic 
iirhea, coutiacted in the army , from the 
'rets of which he died. 
; crry Stephen J. commiesion merehint. Hamp- 
shire, e of 20tb. 



PERRY WVMAX. marble works, 
southeast corner of :jd and Maine streets; 
was l)orn in Lamoille county, Vt., 1833; 
located in this State in 1837. and in this city 
in 1878, when he went into the marble busi- 
ness. He married Miss Almira D. Buck, in 
1860. She was born in Vermont, in 1831. 
They have one child, Bessie. He is a Repub- 
lican. He served during the late war in the 
Quartermasters' Department. He owns im- 
jiroved property in Galesburg, worth $5,000 ; 
also lots in Chicago estimated to be worth 
$1,000. He deals in American and Scotch 
granite; also American and Italian marbles, 
and executes all kinds of work in his line. 
Pcstalonowitch Mrs. Catharine, Broadway, w of 22d. 
Pete Mrs. Jane, wid >w, 4th, w of Sprace. 

PETER CHARIiES, of the lirm 
of Peter it Schnari-, wholesale hats and caps, 
gloves, etc., 34 and 36 3d street; residence, 
7tli, Ijetween Vine and Elm streets; born in 
this county, in 1841 ; located in this city in 
business in 180(). He married Miss Eliza- 
beth Schauf, in 1868. She was born in 
Quiney, Jan. 4, 1847. They have three 
children: Clara G., Charles W., and Heuiy 
( ). He is a member of the Catholic Church, 
aud :i Democrat. The}' carry a large stock 
of goods in their line, and can be relied 
upon as prompt, straight-forward, and ac- 
complished business men. 

PETERS AFGCST, boot and 
shoeuiaUer, TO'.) State street; residence, same. 
He was born in Prussia, Germany, June 11, 
1837, and emigrated to America, arriving at 
New York City in November, 1865 ; then 
going to Pittsburg, Penn.; then to Bay City, 
Mich., and from thence to Quiney, 111., 
wliere he arrived on July 10, 1872. He 
married Miss Katie Goebel, in Quiney, Oct. 
15, 1874. She was born in Heldau, Hesse, 
Darmstadt, Europe, Jan. 26, 1845, and emi- 
grated to America, in 1854, coming direct 
to Adams county. He had four children: 
Henry, aged 9 years (by a former wife); 
Otto, 3 years; Adonia, 1 year 9 months, and 
Rebecca, aged 'i months. Jlember of German 
Methodist Ei)iscoi)al Church. Politics, In- 
dependent. Is a member of the German 
Protestant Widows and Orphans' Society of 
Quiney. He served in the 3d Uhlan Regt. 
No. 11, at Furstenwald, under the King of 
Prussia, from 1857 to 1860. 
Peter Charles, hats, caps, etc., 7th, bet. Vine & Elm. 



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Peter Jacob, wagon maker. Ohio, e of 13tb. 

Peters August, boots and shoes. 727 State. 

Peterschmidt Frank, laborer. I'M Adams. 

Petraa Mrs. Ann M. widow. 14.! S. lltU. 

Petri C has. editor. '.HJ, n of Oak. 

Petrie W. W. molder. 4* State. 

Pfanschmidt Edward C. lumber merchant, 6il York. 

Pfau Fred, candy maker, cor. "iOth and Spring. 

PFAIJ J. LOITIJS. JR.. Quiucy 
Stove uuU Furuiice Works; orticc, 15 South 
5tb street; born in France, in lS<t7. He 
came to the L'nited States in 1853, and 
located in Quincy ; married Pauline Pfan- 
schmidt, in 1873. She was liorn in Quincy^ 
in 1852. They have two children: Eleanor 
and Edgar, and one Albert Koterd (adopted). 
Are members of the Melliodist Episcopal 
Church. Republican. He has been in 
business for himself since 1867. He is the 
inventor of the Warming and Ventilating 
Apparatus. His father and lie are the sole 
proprietors of the business and property of 
the late Quincy Stove and Furnace Com- 
pany. They manufacture galvanized iron 
cornices. They own half interest in the 
JEtna Iron Works of Quiucy. He is the 
inventor of the Bristol steel, manufactured 
by the Jiitna Iron Works. 

Pfau J. Louis Sr. galvanized iroTworis, 15 S. 5th. 

Pfeifer Mrs. Barbara. Vine, e of 3th. 

Pfeifer Chae. 41S « ashington. 

Pfeifer Henry, laborer, .^li Payson ave. 

Pfirmann Bernard, t):;4 Ad.ims. 

Pfirmann Bernard, butcher, 527 .Adams. 

Pflrman V. & J. P., butcher*, Payson ave., bet. 3d 

and 4th. 
Phelps Mrs. Elizabeth, cor. asth and Hampshire. 
Phelps Geo. teamster, cor. ioth and Hampshire. 
Phelps Mrs. Martua, 4th, c of Cherry. 

l»HEIil»S 71 ARK. boat-l)Uildcr; 
foot of Broadway; residence, lietween 2d 
and yd, on Vine; born in Hamilton county, 
Ohio, 1839; located in Quincy, in 1835; 
married Elsa Edgington, in 1860. She was 
born in Ohio, and raised in Covington, Ky. 
He commenced b()at-l)uilding in 1S47. En- 
listed in Co. F, 10th Uegt. 111. Inf.iCnl. Till- 
son); was wounded at Bcntonville, N. C, 
March 21, 1865, and had his left leg amputat- 
ed ; was mustered out at David's Island, New 
York Harbor, July, 1865. He has facilities 
for, and is prepared to lake, contracts to 
build boats of any size for river purposes, 
skiffs, etc.; all kinds of row boats and oars. 
Boats to rent and sell. 
Phillips Mrs. C. widow, 1117 Mai' e. 



PirKARD JAMES, saloon, 320 
Hampshire street; residence. Vermont, 
between 15tli and IGtli streets ; born in County 
Mayo, Ireland, in 1S40. He came to the 
United States in 1848, with his parents; 
located in Xew York ; came to Quiucy. in 
1850. He has been connected with the 
liquor business since 1859, and in business 
tor himself since 1875. He married Jliss 
Mary Shelby, in 1862. She was born in tlr 
County Caven, Ireland. They have ti\i 
children: Mary, Hellen, James, Sarah, an i 
John. His family are members of tin 
Catholic Church. He is Independent in 
politics. He is a public-spirited citizen, 
liberal in all local enterprises of a publi, 
character. 

Pickert Mrs. Mary. cor. Slh and Adams. 
Pieper Diedrlch Jr. gardner, 7th. s of Monroe. 
Pieper Fred, cabinet mnker. M9 Slate. 
Pieper Geo. molder. 7th, s of Monroe. 
Pieper Geo. carpenter. lOJl Jefferson. 
Pieper W. H. stoves, etc., cor. Sth and Jefferson. 
Pierce Mrs. Mary, widow, ~\() Broadway. 
Piegott Michael, postmaster. Vormout, e of 4th. 
Pigoit John, clerk, cor. 6th and Elm. 
Pilcher Mrs. 'J2 S. 5th. 

PILGERIM JOHAX HEIX- 

RICII. boot and slioemaker, 287 .Sciutli 
7tli street; residence, same; was born in 
Bramsche, Furst.ntuiu Osnabruck, Hano- 
ver, April, 1828; emigrated to Americ;i 
arriving at Baltimore, Sept. 20, 1868, goin;; 
direct to Quincy; married Miss Margarelh i 
Vogs, June 9, 1852, in the same place when- 
lie was born. She was born in tlie sani' 
jilaee, Feb. 2, 1831,aud emigrated to Americ;i. 
with her husband and children. Four 
cliildren: Johan Heinrich, Ijoru Oct. 4. 
1853; Anna Maria, born Sept. 11, 1858 (now 
Mrs. Stertan); Amalia, born Xov. 4, istil ; 
and Herman Frederick, born Feb. 28. 1805. 
Religion, Lutheran. Polities, Republican 
Was a member of the 7th Inf. Regt., 3d C".. 
stationed at Osnabruck from April, 1849, til'. 
185G, when lie was honor;ibly discharge 1 
Is a member of tlie Protestant AVidow- 
and Orphans' Association of Quincy. Real 
and personal property estimated at $1,500. 
Piner Mrs. Lizzie. 84s Broadway. 
Pinkelmann Mrs. C. Broadway w of 20th. 

PIXKHAII XATHAX. capitd 

ist ; residence loriifr 14tlian(l Maine street^; 
boru in Franklin county. Me., in 1815. He 
located in Quincy in 1839, and immediately 
started the first liverv stable ever st;»rted in 



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(Juincy. He continued in that business till 
1S(J8, and ran the first omnibus to steamboats 
in Quincy. He married Ellen E. Davis in 
ISiiU. She was born in the same county and 
.State. They have one child, Carrie May. 
He sold out his livery stock in 1868, and 
erected tlie Academy of Music soon after, 
and reconstructed and improved the same at 
au expense of $10,000 last year, making it 
one of the most comfortable and attractive 
places of amusement west of Chicago. It 
is on the ground floor, furnished with im- 
proved patent chairs, and will seat from 
1..500 to 2,000 people. He owns an elegant 
residence at the corner of 14th and Maine 
-tnets, and other propertyjin Quincy worth 
si.JO.OOO. 

Piper .John, farmer, 1135 Hampshire. 
Pipino .lacob C. gun store, 618 Hampshire. 
Pipino Geo. H. gunsmith, cor. ?d and Y'ork. 

PIPIXO WILrlilAM C, Physi 

cian and Surgeon, corner of 6th and Maine 
streets ; residence 142 N. 8th street ; born in 
Baltimore, Md., in 18.52 ; studied in the 
Maryland University and graduated in 1873. 
He married Miss Kate Gwin in 1877. She 
was born in Missouri in 18.56. He is a Dem- 
<>crat in politics; moved to this city in 1873, 
and soon after to Jacksonville, 111., where he 
was appointed House Surgeon in the Sur- 
gical Infirmaiy. He remained in that posi- 
tion until 187.5 ; resigned and returned to 
Quincy. He commenced the practice of 
medicine in this city in 1875. He is one of 
the attending physicians of Blessing Hospi- 
lal in this city; is also City Ph3-sician, and 
has medical charge of the Adams county 
jail. He held the position of Attending 
Physician to the Orphans' Home in 18T6-7. 
Ik' is a member of K. of P. and of the 
A. O. U. W. The doctor is a young man of 
'iiirgy, pluck, perseverance and ability. 
Pitkin Mrs. Mary, cor. 25th and High. 
Pitney S. C. Hampshire e of aoth. 

riT:SfEV >VARREX F., real 
e-tate and loans, 520 Maine street; residence 
15110 Vermont street; was born in New York 
City in 1842. He located in this city in 1850. 
He married Miss Jennie E. Arthur in 1869. 
She was born in St. Louis in 1847. They 
liave one boj-, Arthur Vi". Mrs. Pitney is a 
Presbyterian in religion. He is a Democrat 
in politics. He was Deputy Clerk of the 
Circuit Court from 1855 till 1864, when he 



went as Chief Clerk in the Quartermasters' 
Department, with Col. Hatch, where he re- 
mained one year. He established his present 
business in 1865 ; was elected memlier of 
City Council in 1875, and re-elected in 1877, 
and is now in office. 

PITTMAST li. II., Superintendent 
■\Vork House; residence 170 N. 11th .street. 
He was born in the State of Mississippi, 
Dec. 27, 1823, and was raised in Kentucky; 
came to Quincy Dec. 1, 1847; married Miss 
Abbie Jones in Fleming county, Ky., Feb. 
14, 1840. Site was born in the same county, 
Aug. 10, 1822, and came with her husband 
to Adams county and settled in Burton 
township, where they remained until 18.53; 
then moved to Quinc.v. Children, four 
dead, and four living: Maiy .lane, aged 29; 
Martha Ann, aged 28 ; Frances A., 22, and 
Polly America, aged 15 years. Politics, 
strong Democrat. He held the position of a 
Policeman in 1858; was appointed Superin- 
tendent of the "Work House, under the ad- 
ministration of Mayor Thomas Jasper, in 
1860, and re-appointed by Mayor I. O. Wood- 
rutf in 1861, and again appointed by Mayor 
Rearick in 1874, and last by Mayor L. D. 
■^Vbite in 1877, and now holds the same posi- 
tion under Mayor Rogers. Peal and personal 
property valued at $7,000. 

PLACE JAMES H., architect, 
corner 6th and Hampshire ; born in Stattbrd 
county, N. H., iu 1832; moved to Ramsey 
county, Minn., in 1856, and to this county in 
1875 ; was in Chicago from '72 to '75 ; was 
employed as railroad civil engineer in Min- 
nesota, but followed architect business since 
he came to Illinois in 1872. He married 
Mrs. A. L. Perkins (Woodworth) in ISOI. 
She had one daughter, Molly R. Perkins, by 
a former marriage. They are members of 
the Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat. 
He is Vice-President of the I. O. M. A. ; was 
County Surveyor and Justice of the Peace 
several terms, in Stearns county, Minn. 

Pohlmann Geo. H. cooper, 1015 Kentucky. 

Poling Theodore, attorney, Maine bet. 22d and 34th. 

Fomroy Caleb M. 333 .Jersey. 

Pool Eugene, molder. cor. 3d and Elm. 

Pool Wm. \V. grocer, cor. 5th and Locnst. 

Pope Thomas (Pope & Baldwin), Vermont bet. 16th 

• and ISih. 
Popenoe Harry O. carrier, 1114 Jersey. 
Popp Jnllns, batcher, cor. 3d and Ohio. 
Popping John, laborer, 185 N. 11th. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COCXTY. 



Popping Henry, cooper, 10S6 Oak. 

Pott Heiman. tailor, cor. lOtb and JacKson. 

Potter John L. farmer, i2 S. 7th. 

POTTER JOHX. woodenware 

manufacton-. Front street ln-t ween Washing. 
ton anil Jefterson ; residence 310 Kentucky 
street: horn in Fitzwilliam, X. H.. in 1813; 
located in. this city in 1840. He startetl a 
measure factor)- and, soon after, a bucket 
facton.-. the only one in the West, in 1844, 
■which was burnt out in 1847. He then es. 
tablished a wooden.nieasure factory, and 
made w.ishboards and anrthing he could 
sell, including pork plugs. He is now man. 
ufacturing tobacco drums, of which he is 
the patentee, having obtained a patent Aug. 
16, 1870; also fine.cut tobacco pails. He 
married Mary E. Felton in 1837. She was 
born in Boston, Mass.. in 1815. Two chil- 
dren : John F. and Mary Elicia. He is a 
member of the I. O. O. F., Quincy Lodge, 
and a Republican. 

P«TTHOFF JOH.4X HEIX- 
RICH. boot and sht>e store, nonhwest 
corner 8th and Adams ; residence, same. He 
was bom in Xeuenkirgen, Westphalia, 
Europe, Sept. 20, 1823. and emigrated to 
America via Baltimore in 1807, going direct 
to St. Louis, Mo. : from thence to St. Paul, 
Minn., where he remained twu years ; after 
which lime he returned to Europe, remain- 
ing two years and six months, when he re- 
turned to St. Paul, and from there to Quincy, 
111., in Oct., 1873. He married Miss Anna 
Maria Cordbrunig in Xeuenkirgen, Europe, 
in Feb.. 1848. She was born in the same 
place in 1817. and emigrated to .\merica 
with her husband. One son. John Heinrieh, 
aged 48 years. Religion, Roman Catholic. 
Politics, Democrat. Is a member of St. 
Joseph's Benevolent Association of Quincy, 
and wiis a soldier in the 39th Infantrj-, sta- 
tioned at Luxemburg, under the King of 
Prussia, from 1844 to 1847. He is a mes- 
senger, and waiter upon the sick, in the St. 
Joseph's Benevolent Association. 
Powell Max, cigars, etc , 516 Vermont. 
Prante .\dolph, laborer, cor. 13th and ilefferson. 
Pranie C. L. brickyard, cor liith and Jefferson. 
Prendergast Philip, stone mason, cor. 9th and Vine. 
Prentiss H. P. nampphire e of 'iSth. 
Preston Mrs Matilda, SO Si. llih. 

PREVOST A. J. F., provision 
dealer, "Foster Pork House;" residence, 
8th bet. Oak and Vine; born in Otsego 



county, X. Y., in 1821 ; locate<l in Morgan 
county, HI., in 18:J4, in Brown coimty in 18:W, 
and in this county in 1860. He married 
Miss Candace Crim in 1851. She was bom 
in Ohio. They have one child. Libbie M. 
Are members of the Fh-esbyterian Chun.-h. 
He is Democrat in politics. He is City 
Treasurer, being elected tlie spring of 1878. 
He is a member of the Ma.sonic order. 

PRIXCE EDWARD, civil engi. 
neer and attorney -at-law ; ottice, foot of 
Maine; residence, 4th bet. Kentucky and 
York. He was bom in West Bloomfield, 
Ontario county, X. Y., Dec. 8, 1832, and 
moved with his parents to Payson, in this 
county, in 18:J5. In 1845 he went to the 
Illinois College, at Jacksonville, imd gradu- 
ated in the class of 1851-"52 ; commenced the 
study of law with Williams tt Lawrence in 
1853, and was admitted to the bar the same 
year. He practiced law until the breaking 
out of the war, and received the appointment 
of Cavalry Drill Master at Camp Butler, in 
1861. with the rank of Captain, and was pro- 
motetl Lieutenant Colonel same year: pro- 
moted Colonel of tlie 7th 111. Cav., June 1, 
1802, and served with his regiment until mus- 
tered out, when Colonel Prince returned to 
Quincy, and became one of the firm of Jloore 
& Co., land agents, of which he is now the 
only surviving member. In 1871 he turned 
his attention to hydraulic engines, and con- 
stmcted the first water-works of this city 
(Quincv), and is now Superintendent, and 
owner of one-half of the same. He married 
Miss V. M. Arthur, at Quincy, Sept. 24. 18tiT. 
She was born in St. Clair coimty. 111.. Oct. 
18, 1840. Tliey have one child, named Editli, 
bom April 30, 1871. Is a member of Quincy 
Lodge, Xo. 296, A. F. & A. M. 
Prleskorn Chas. booie and shoes. 5S S. 7ih. 
Pritchard Mrs. Sietla, M3 Hampshire. 
Proctor Mrs. K. J. widow, 6a Vine. 

PR<>I')SCHER .41 GIST L.. 

cabinet-maker and undertaker, 828 State; 
residence, 8-20 State. He was bom in Geln- 
hausen Kur-Hessen, Europe, April 8, 1825; 
emigratiil to ^Vmerica in 1853, landing in 
Xew York City : went fnim there to Albany, 
X. Y.. and worked ax his trade (cabinet- 
making) two years; thence to Milwaukee, 
Wis., Slaying six months, but lived in the 
State ten years, after which he went to Han- 
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there he went to Quincj', 111., and has resided 
in the " Gem City " ever since. He married 
.To>ephina Lanz, at Milwaukee, Wis., Sept- 
■J!i. 18.5G, who was born in Garthnow, Wur 
temberg, Europe, March 31, 1S24, and emi" 
crated to America, directly to Milwaukee, 
via Xew York and Chicago, in 1849. Mr' 
Proescher was Town Treasurer of Kilbourn 
City, "Wis., from 1864 to 1866. Religion, Lu- 
theran. Politics, Republican. Property, 
real and personal, valued at ^3,000. 
Pryor W.ishington. carpet weaver, Lind e of 9th. 

PIRCEL,!. ^VII>L,IAM. livery, 
tU7 and Ol'j Hampshire; residence, lO'.i.'J 
Hampshire; born in Kilcooley, County Tip- 
pirary, Ireland, in 1843; came to the United 
States in 1853; located in Huron county! 
Ohio; and in this city in 186.5; married Miss 
Isabella Brooks in 1ST3. She was born in 
this city in 1856. They have three children : 
Edith, and Austiu and Willie (twins). Are 
members of the Catholic Church. Democrat. 
He started the liverv- business in August, 1876. 
Deceased, March i4, 1879. 
Pnrnell .lames E . attorney, 1500 Broadway. 
Parnell Riley L. farmer, Chestnnt e of 9th. 
Parpur .Jacob E. clerk, MU State. 

PURPUS "\V. H.. groceries, boots, 

shoes, etc., 1030 State street. He was born in 

Bavaria, Europe, in 1847, and came to Zane.s- 

ville, Ohio, in 18-50; came to Quincy, Ills., in 

ls>l ; was clerk in Duker & Bro.'s store for 

rive years ; clerked in other stores for the suc- 

ding ten years and then went into busi- 

■ -^ for himself; married Miss Carolina 

'vers Sept. 11, 1873, who was born in 

■iicy, 111., on the 4th of May, 1853. Two 

i.ldren: one died (infant) in 1873: living. 

Leoni, aged two years. He is a member ot 

ihe 1. 0. O. F. Real and personal properly 

valued at :j:7000. 

PatmaD John, grocer, 307, N. 5th. 

I Patlermann Anton, carpenter, 103-3 Vine. 



Qnest Fred, cigars etc.. Obio, between Itith and lith. 
Qalnlan Jtlrs. Rosa. cor. 4th and Lind. 
QninliTen Michael, laborer. Elm e of titb. 
Qainn Uenry, tobacconist. S07 State. 
Qaiter Zacharius. shoemaker, ITS X. 10th. 



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RABK FREDERICK W., sa- 
loon, 835 State street, between 8th and 9th ; 



residence same. He was born in Ampt 
Hepen, Kreis Bilefeld, Prussia, in Sept. 1828 
and emigrated to America, landing at Xew 
Orleans, La., with his wife and one child, 
in 1851, coming direct to Quincy, Ills., and, 
shortly afterward received a position in 
Comstock's foundry which he held for seven- 
teen years. In 1S61, while temporarily 
at work in Van Dooru's saw mill, he had the 
misfortune to lose his right arm. In 1868 
he opened his present large place. He mar- 
ried Miss Soplua Wismann in Hepen, Eu- 
rope, in the fall of 1849. She was born in 
the same place where she married, in 1833. 
Three children : Yetta, aged 25 years ; Anna, 
aged 23 years; and Emma, aged 16 years. 
Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Democrat. 
Property, real and personal, valued at !^5000. 
Raichel A. D , Bth n of Spring. 
Raines Jackson, laborer, 4-J-2 Payson ave. 

R-4-ISH JOHX. tinner, residence 833 
Payson ave. ; born in Buford county. Pa., in 
1840 ; moved with his parents to this city 
in 1844; married Miss .Tohanna Wachlin in 
1860. She was born in Germany 1839. 
They have one child, Albert D. He is a 
Democrat; was elected Street Commissioner 
April, 1878. He learned the business of tin- 
ner in 1856 and has been engaged in that 
business until elected to his present office : 
he was elected bj- 800 majority, the largest 
ever given for that office in this city. 

R-4X,STOX HOX. JAMES H., 

was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 
1807. Soon after attaining his majority he 
removed to Quincy, Ills., and entered upon 
the practice of law. He served in the Black 
Hawk war. Subsequently he represented 
his district in the State House of Represen- 
tatives at a time when Lincoln, Douglas, 
Hardin, Shields, and Col. Baker were mem- 
bers of the legislature. In 1837 he was 
elected Circuit Judge, resigning, however, 
after two years service. In 1841 he was 
elected to the State Senate. Judge Ralston 
took an active interest in politics imtil the 
Mexican war, when he was commissioned 
as Captain and put in command of the 
Alamo at San Antonia, Texas. From this 
place .all supplies and munitions of war 
were forwarded to the American army ope- 
rating in Northern Mexico. Soon after the 
close of the Mexican war he removed to Cal- 
ifornia, and was a member of its first State 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COtTXTY. 



Senate. In 1856 he was a candidate for the 
Chief Justiceship of California, but defeated. 
In 1860 he removed to Nevada, and occu- 
pied a prominent position in that state until 
1864, when he died, near Austin, Xevada. 

In 18:^3 he married the daughter of Col. 
Alexander, a well-known citizen of Adams 
county. This lady died prior to Mr. Rals- 
ton's removal to Odifomia. In 1853 lie 
married Harriet Jackson, daughter of Rev. 
Aaron Jackson, formerly the Baptist clergy, 
man of Quincy. One son 1 1^- this marriage 
is living, Mr. J. II. Ralston, now practicing 
law in Quincy. ' 

RALSTOX .IO»4EI>H X., deceased; 
was the son of a farmer of Bourbon County. 
Ky., where he was born, Jan. 2.5, 1801. Here 
his early life was passed, chietiy in agricul- 
tural pursuits, and here he married a Jliss 
Orant, who died after bearing him three 
children. Of these, one son only, Virgil Y. 
Ralston, lived to manhood. He inherited 
much of his father'.s ability, and on Uie eve 
of the breaking out of the rebellion, as editor 
of the Quincy Whig, had achieved a reputa- 
tion as a vigorous and brilliant writer. In- 
heriting also the patriotism of his sire, on 
the outbreak of the war he entered the army 
as a Captain in the 10th Regt. 111. Inf., 
but failing health compelled him to resign. 
Having partially recovered, here-entered the 
service in an Iowa regiment, and died in the 
prime of life, at Jefferson Barracks, of dis- 
ease contracted in the lield. 

On the death of Virgil's mother, his father 
turned his attention to scientitic pursuits, 
attended medical lectures at Lexington, Kj-., 
and in 1833 removed to Quincy and entered 
upon the practice of medicine. 

In 1837 he married Miss JIargarctta Jlitch- 
ell, who survives him. Of the seven children 
of this union two died in infancy. Five 
daughters are still living. 

Dr. Rilslon continued the practice of medi- 
cine until thelastyearof his life, dying in 
June, 1876. Of his eminence in the profe.s- 
sion it is sufficient to say that for more than 
forty years he held a leading position among 
the physicians of Quincy and Adams coun- 
tj'. He was one of the founders and the 
first president of the Adams County Medical 
Society, and was at several subsequent per- 
iods re-elected to that position. From its 
organization, in 1850. until the vear of his 



death, he generally held some office of hou^ 
or trust in the society. 

Weighted down through his long life will, 
the cares and anxieties of the most exactiu- 
of jirofessions, he never forgot the duties of 
citizen, maintaining to the last his intere-' 
in public affairs. He served in ihe Cii 
Council in the earlier historj- of the cit\ 
when he could do so without neglecting hi- 
practice, and only once, later, gave hinisell 
a brief respite from professional duties when 
appointed by the President, in 18G8. one of 
the visitors to the Military Academy at West 
Point. 

He was keenly alive to the educational 
interests of his adopted home, and had a 
leading part in inducing Catherine Beecher 
to establish a school in Quit,cy. now many 
years ago. Later he took part in establish- 
ing Quincy College, under the control of the 
Methodist Church, with which he was always 
actively identified, and was one of the trus- 
tees of that institution. 

For many years he was an active Mason ; 
was one of the founders of Bodley Lodge 
No. 1, of Quincy, and participated in the 
establishment of the Grand Lodge of Illi- 
nois, in which body he attained to the rank of 
Junior Grand Warden. He was devoted to 
the fraternity to the last, and was burieil with 
its rites. 

Identified with every movement promising 
to promote the public welfare, enjoying a 
leading social position, and maintaining 
always a large practice, probably no man in 
Quincy has ever had so extensive an aci|Uain- 
tance among all classes of its people as he. 

He was rather tall and spare in figure, dig- 
nified'in carriage, courteous almost to punc- 
tiliousness in manner, clean and precise in 
speech. Self-poised, keen in his perceptions, 
steadfast in his convictions, sagacious in 
counsel, the sturtly vinues which command- 
ed for him universal respect, were rooted in a 
kind and strongly sympathetic nature, which 
won the enduring love of kindred and the 
afiectionate regard of those to whom he min- 
istered. 

Two brothers of Dr. Ralston formerly lived 
in Quincy, Judge James H. Ralston, who 
removeil to. and died in, California, and Wil- 
liam H. Ralston, now a prominent citizen of 
Leavenworth, Kansas. 
Ralstou Mr». M. H.. *M Jersey. 




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RAXDAL.L, HEXRY. furnace mau- 
ufacturor, 717 HampsliirL'; residence, same; 
born in London, England, in 182-1; located 
in Quincy in 1851, after spending two years 
in Campbell county, Kentucky. He married 
Harriet Baumout in 1848. Slie was born in 
London, England, Sept. 7, . Died, Feb. 

•il. 1879. Religion, Baptist. Politics, Re- 
publican. He has been in business in this 
city since 1851, and is therefore one of the old- 
est living business residents of Quincy. He is 
a reliable and skillful mechanic. Repairs 
furnaces and is also a bell hanger. 
RaDdell Mrs. J. P. 610 Wrmont. 
Randies Jackson, blacksmith, n end of 5th. 
Rasche Chas.. tailor, 1118 Payson ave. 
Baache Deiderick, tailor, HIS P^ysLtn ave. 

RATTI COSTAXTIXO, maun- 
facturer of umbrellas, etc., U18 Hampshire 
Street. He was born in Cumune Jlozzio, 
Mandamento di Crodo, pro vine ia Palanza, 
Italia, Europa, April 30, 1845, and emigrated 
to America, arriving at New York Dec. 31, 
1870; from thence to Xew Orleans, La.; 
staid nine mouths; then to St. Louis, Mo., 
remaining one year. He then went to Mem- 
phis, Tenn., remained two years, then re- 
turned to St. Louis ; from there to Quincy, 
Illinois, arriving April 5, 1875. Religion, 
Roman Catholic. Politics, Royalist. Real 
and personal property estimated at |700. 
Bauhobl Mrs. Anna, so* Adams. 

RAUKOHL H. H., groceries, queens- 
ware and saloon, cor. 8th and Madison sfeets; 
residence, same ; was born in Herford, Regier- 
ungs-bezirk, Minden, Europe, Ma}- 5, 1842, 
and emigrated to America, arriving_at New 
Orleans, La., with his parents, in 1853, com- 
ing direct to Quincy, Illinois. His father 
died at St. Louis, Mo. He married Miss 
Trederika Stukenhol, at Quincy, 111., March 
20, 18G8. She was born near Enger Kreis 
Herford, Regieruugs-bezirk Preus-JIinden, 
Europe, J une 1 5, 1848 and emigrated to Ameri- 
ca, June 1, 18(i7, coming direct, to Quincy, 
111. Four children; one dead, three living: 
Anna Maria, born Dec. 23, 18G8, Amanda 
Maria, August IG, 1874; Ida Louise 'Wilhel- 
mina, August IG, 1877. Religion, Lutheran. 
Politics, Republican. Enlisted in Co. F. 3d 
Regt. 111. Cav., at Quincy, 111., August 5, 1861 ; 
was honorably discharged at Springtield, 111., 
Sept. 5, 1804 ; participated with his regiment 
in all its battles, and never was absent from 



his company until discharged from the ser. 

vice. Real and personal property estimated 

at $3,000. 

Rawling" John, shoemaker, 134 S. 5th. 

Rearick F., justice ot the peace, 1:37 and 139 S. 6th- 

Reardon James, teamster. Elm w of 30th. 

Reardon Michael, lilil Vine. 

Recker Bernard, carpenter, 7th n of Oak. 

Rccker Herman, carpenter, cor. 13th and Elm 

RECKMEYER JOHN F.. deceas- 
ed; widow resides at 815 State street. He 
■was born in Halle, Germany, in 1801 ; came 
to the United States in 1847; married Kath- 
ariua Wollbrink in 1854. She was boru in 
Enger, Germany, in 1829. Four children 
living: Annie, Charlie, Herman, and Minnie. 
Members of the Lutheran Church. Jlr. R. 
died Nov. 28, 18G7. He was a carpenter. 
He gave his children a good common school 
education. His two only sons are engaged 
in the job printing business at the above lo- 
cation, and do all kinds of job printing. 
Herman belongs to the Good Templars. Mr. 
Reckmeyer has two sons by a former mar- 
riage, living in Nebraska. 

Reckmeyer Mrs. Katrioa, 815 State. 
Recksieck Henry, tailor, 713 Adams. 
Red man Joseph, laborer, Monroe w of 7th. 
Rediger Adam, clerk, Hi S 7th. 
Redmond James, contractor. 110:3 Jersey. 
Redmond Miss Katie C. 1103 Jersey. 
Redmond Miss MoUie G. 110:j Jersey. 
Redmond Pat. H. 1103 Jersey. 
Redmond Thomas. Jr. 1103 Jersey. 

HOST. TH«»MA>«» REDMOXD, 

(deceased) ; was luiru in Kilkenny, Ireland, 
about 1804; came to the United States 
when IG years of age, and located in Ver- 
mont. He began the battle of life in the 
New World dependent eutirel.v upon his 
own resources. He spent a number of years 
in the New England States actively em- 
ployed at whatever work offered. He mar- 
ried Mary Dunlevy in Boston, and immedi- 
atel\- started for St. Louis to seek a home 
and a fortune in the grand Mississippi Val- 
ley. After visiting several points higher 
up the river, he decided to settle iu Quiuc}-, 
and landed here July 3, 1837. Mr. Red- 
mond had little else than willing hands and 
a tine practical business talent to start with 
in the young city, but enterpri.se aud un- 
flinching intcgritj- rapidh' won friends and 
started him on the high road to success. 
Having accumulated a little ready money, 



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HIPrOKT OF *T>«li^ COrSTT. 



Mhen tbe XoRbos Ciwe RaOriMd was 1ie> SEED FKASK W^ . n-HB i| 

ib; ooKtnictcd bemcB QoiaeT aad Ctajr- or. HJtS lUiae street: tx»a in B"»H 

toa. he sccnnd « MMian. boi^kt Wnscs >n&. im 1«5»: com mQkbctIUt L 197 

■^ Mrts, aad, ia tomp aa j vitk Wm- aad vcac ia h miimLm Oct. 1, 18?i. on » 

jam Shaaaahaa aad Samad Hobaes, ex- tal of cmfy «». Bf arict aacatiaa w 

ceokd the work a> a good fvotfL He coa- aess aad good j nHg— « tap^ oaly A| 

OBiMd a» a caametor for a aaHber of c«fc,kekM iaeiMecd hv ~ 

J«are, the iim at diflmat times bei^ He ktrps a fidl liae of -« ^ 

kaowa as HohMs, Red noad A Sh a aaih i a . feetiaMir, aad selk at the loa«st'%v« 1^ 

RedMMML DoalriT A Oou BcdmoMl, Fkfv. cadi oal;^. He h« m a' 

ets & Sioitb. aad Bedmoad A: HoIbc& He rhaiaj:. hia kn^s beiag 

iBTcsted his growia^ caiMai ia real estate of coafectiaaay. 

in and aear QimieT. thoeliT- Ujria^ the jrriTin T 
fovDdation for his Urge fanaae. Ia liMft, 

hariag mrasrre *'~'^-l iatcteEts ia the 

city.hewasefcetedamemberof theOty «» ^ *»*««« «d 3««k« Sqa«^ 

CoQaeil.a«I filed the o«ce so Misfi«ori^ *»» ■ Claaaaati. OUa, I. !»»; lo««d 

th«hew«,edee,«laadheM^^S2 » ScI-« i. WK, -d i. Kn^eH. P^ 

fora.nrye.rs. He -as ehcsea J^Tto «-«^»^ »»«»•««- Q«i«T » 1«»; 



fiUtiMTacaacTcaasedbr LO. WoodraTs ■«»*<* Heta ANxmrn IflK. ae 

. '- — •? "w««ts boM ia Xew York ia IMS. Hai« two ehik 

dica, Fkaakai 

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■embsoTtht 

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she office or M«w ia i*M to accept " ''"^ »mmbtx. 



tesjsaatioa ia ISCO, aad so aoceptablr did ■,_ „ . __, „ , „ -. , 

^ dwa, Fkaak aad Hatij. Is a Xaeoa. >o.! 

Ttiwy Jjoi^t. DeMocnt. Mb. Reed b 

m^tiagalenaofseiriee^AMenaaaaad *^!^*1 '^^ F"^"? ; **"^ . g' f " 
le.?^ of tweatr^ .ve«^ He ^sigaed -^'«^^*e *« «* Fo«v« * B«i « 



he perform the exectuiie duties that he vk _, , . ^ „ « j - j 

n^fcetedthieecoasecatiieje^sfoUartag. ^^J^^ ^T^n.^ ^ " J 
m.ki«gaier«ofseiTi««A!de,a«a!IS —'«<'«*' Taaam. Ch««h. He b ^ 



in the Stale Lesidataie. vhoe he howxed 

Uspositioa. Jit the cxpiiatiaB of the term 

Mr. Redmoad deroad his attcatiaa lo BBS* SBS. W. JL, photo^npk' 

private basaeas: bat the people, aot will- S^Deiy. W H am p*if e iUcet: tcsideae^ 

iag to dit y e aa with bs valaable serriee^ ^* Btorfw^r: was bota ia Tra a r ii i. irf 

»mejearsIaMrdec«ed hiai SaperTi9ar-s- »«*;'««»»*« P-««» »» St LiW 

large, as a member of wUch Boaid he *^ " *^**- **■*• *^ •**** ^"^ *^ 

maaifesttd bis lEoal ual aad abilitT ia the »*«■ *er ■3'»«d » <J»«ey. ^e manieA 

iaieresis of bis coastitaeacr. Fhwa that to ^^- ^»"«* ^ *»d ia l*e. He wi^ 

hisdeatb-whicboeciined Dec. 30. ISK^he ™ ©^ >■ ISH- aad died ia MB8- : 

was cbiedr oecapaed ia i««fct-g after his *"* *^ ckildiea. thice of whom wer« 

larse estate. Aaioas >>» maar steriias ****" ** d eaik o(C ^ . Reed. Ferl^ 

qiulitie& aoae ^oae trighlv duia bis «- ""* ^*'™ s^rrired him. Waica c.- 

tire beaeroieace. Hk heait aad he poise **^ Fei dia ia il is a lesideac of • • 

wne e«er opea to the petitioas of the de^ tatg, ia this State. Mis. Becd^ is c^ 

serriag poor aad the saftna^ Althoa^ est etii bfrVd phowpaph hoaacm <^i 

bis charities woe maar aad liberal aad beL *««? «kiipr jeais eatabHshed. She^ 

stowed ie$aidles6 4^'nce or cokr. ther fast -ctaas ai t is^ who dee s her woek 

— rr TBTirrh- -riihnm ii w iiiMi i iljjplaj her pi i nail lapia i i iw Her ^Uery 

the ^ad leripieeis sddom kaiwi^ ftom' ''^— ^ ". ^ w« ■ »"• ■. !»»- -*«* *t. 

wbom the blesia^ came. lefiiled wiik impiw«ed i^strameats ;ki 

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i«w6the -daiknTer. He left a Euaily ' _ ^ ; 

of tbice seas aad foor daosteers. JaoMs. ?* T*"***^— ^ f?-'^'**''*^- 

Mr. Mai«am Dick. Psu. H, Mis. E. J. "*^ 

WiDiaaKw Katie C. Thomas aad MoUie G. 

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684 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



RIDDER HKXRY, wholesale and 
retail crockiiv, glass, and ciueensware, 423 
Hampsliire street; residence, 1110 Jersey; 
born in Westphalia, Germany, nee. 7, 1830; 
came to the United States with his parents; 
arrived in Baltimore, Md., July 4, 1834; 
went to St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 9, 1840, and to 
Quiney. Jime 26, 1837. He married Miss 
Dora T. Hasten, May 24, 18-53. She was 
born in Hanover, in 1832, March 13. Their 
children are: John F., Albert C, Adolphine, 
Charles W., and Adele. Members of the 
Catholic Church. He is a Democrat. His 
house carries a full stock of all good* 
requisite to the trade. This is the largest 
house in the line west of Chicago. 

RIDDKR JOHN, blacksmith, 
corner of 12th and Broadway: born in 
Prussia, Feb. 10, 1831 ; came to the United 
States, and arrived at New Orleans Nov. 25, 
1853 ; went to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1854, and 
to Quiney, Sept. 5, 1855, and commenced 
business for himself in 1859; married 
Rosena Stuckenburg, June 10, 1859. She 
was born in Louisville, Ky. Have eight 
children: Lizzie, John, Henry, Bertha, Mol- 
lie, Lillie, Albert, and Adolpli. Are Catholics 
He is a Democrat. He has been in busi " 
ness in the same place since 18G0. All 
kinds of wagon work, jobbing, horse-shoe- 
ing, etc., is done at his establishment. His 
long experience is sufficient guarantee of the 
quality of his work ; done as cheap as any 
other place. 

Rieckbof Chas. laborer, 52i Washington. 
Ricker John, laborer, 1019 Kentacky. 
Rietb Edmond. Broadway c of 18th. 
Riggs Mrs. Kehccca, 307 York. 
Riley .\rthnr, painter, WO Vine. 
Riley Mrs. .lane, widow, Ohio n of 6th. 
Riley Tbos. fireman, '.IIS Spring. 
Ringier Oscar, miller, -204 S. 0th . 
Ringo B. G. carpenter, 8i8 Washington. 
Rinneberg Chas. G. shoemaker, 55 S. 5th. 
Ripley .Joseph T. clerk. 515 .Jersey. 
Rippey Joseph, clerk. High w of -.'."ith. 
Riechmnller Wm. carpenter, 810 Adams. 
Rieser Mrs. Met. widow. fliJj Payson ave. 
Ritler Mrs. Elizabeth, 107 S. 5th. 
Ritter Mrs. Henrietta, 151 S. 7th. 
Ritter Lambert, painter, 1120 Vine. 

RlTTIiER F. ^y. JOHX, Physi- 
eian and Surgeon, 804 JIaine street ; resi- 
dence same ; born in Altonburg, Saxony, in 
1828, and located in the United States in 
1853, in Florence, Mass.; moved to Alle- 
ghany Mountains, Brownsville, Pa., in the 



fall of 1854, and to Quiney, June, 1856. He 
married Ida Amelia Rossmassler in 1855. 
She was born in Leipzig, Saxony, Sept. 18, 
1830. They have one child, Johanna, now 
Mrs. C. H. Henrice, married Aug. 24, 1875. 
She was born Aug. 24, 1850. The Doctor 
graduated in Prague, Austria, in the Spring 
of 1853. and commenced practice immediate, 
ly, and has now a verj- extensive practice in 
Quiney. On Christmas night, 1876, his 
house and office were burned, in which he 
lost his furniture, library, and other valuable 
relics, worth some |5,000. Mrs. Julia Rit- 
tler was the oldest daughter of Professor E. 
A. Rossmassler, the well-known Naturalist, 
Leipzig, Saxony. 

Rilz Ernst, carpenter, cor. nth and Jackson. 
Rive Mrs. Calliarine, 425 Kentucky. 
Roach David, laborer, 1021 Jersey. 
Robbers Wm. carriage trimmer, s;ii Maine. 

ROBRIXS JOSEPH, Physician 
smd Surgeon, office 419 Hampshire; resi- 
dence same; born in Worcester county, 
Mass., September 12, 1834, and located in 
Quiney, in 1858. After reading medi- 
cine, he graduated at Jefl'erson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, in 1801, and com- 
menced the practice of medicine, in Quiney, 
the same year. He married Miss Louisa A. 
Norris in 1803. She was born in Boston, 
JIass., and died in 1876. He is a member of 
the I'nitarian Church. A Republican in 
politics. He is a member of the Masonic 
Order, and has completed his second year as 
Grand Master of the State of Hlinois, and 
retired from the office — also member of 
K. ofP. He has been Examining Surgeon for 
the United States Pension Department in 
this city for the last fifteen years, or since 
1865. Is President of Adams county Medi- 
cal Society, and of the 5Iedical Pathological 
Society, and is a member of the American 
Medical Association. He was President of 
the Quiney Library Association, and is now 
a director. He was a candidate for Congress 
on the Republican ticket in 1876. 
Roberts, .Vnderson. laborer. Spruce e of 30th. 
Roberts Cornell us, farmer, cor. 2d and Maine. 
Roberts Henry, siipt. C'olches;er Coal Co., 3;J3 Ver- 
mont. 
Robertson George, molder, 17(1 S. 3d. 
Robertson Thos. mucbinest. 410 State. 
Robertson W. M. book-keeper. 530 York. 
Robinson J. D machinest, 013 Washington. 
RockenHeld Chas. carpenter, 5th and Jackson. 
RockenSeld G. W. laborer, 8th n of Jackson. 



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Rockenfleld John. 529 Jackson. 
Rockbol. laborer. SOS Adams. 
Kocklaye Fred, laborer, nth e of Washington. 
Kockwell C. S. trav. agent, lith second honse n of 
Cedar Creek. 

RODEFEIiD HEXRT, dry 

goods, groceries, flour and feed, corner of 
Sth and Jetlersou streets. He was born in 
Germany, May 28, 1851, and came to Quincy 
■with his parents in 1853. Is an iron molder 
liy trade. Is now the .lunior partner of the 
firm of Ructer & Rodefeld, doing business 
at the above named phice. Is a member of 
the A. O. U. W. Religion, Lutheran. Poli- 
tics. Republican. Property valued at |5,000.' 
Rodefeld Herman, laborer, cor. 9th and Monroe. 

RODOIiF H. K., Attorney at Law 
and Xotary Public, office 13 X. 5th street; 
residence 24th and Hampshire streets ; was 
born in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, in 
1824, and emigrated with his parents to 
America, landing at New Orleans, La., in 
1832; going direct to Galena, 111., in 1834. 
He learned the saddle and harness trade 
with his brother in southwest Wisconsin ; in 
1845 he removed to Dubuque, la., remaining 
three years. He married .Miss Eliza B. 
Corkery at Dubuque in 1846. She was born 
in Baltimore, and died in 1857, leaving six 
children, viz. : M. E. Rodolf (Mrs. F. W. 
N.ance, of Galesburg, 111), F. H. Rodolf 
(now of Charles City, la.), John (of Mt. Ster- 
ling. III.). C. A. (of La Mars, la.), E.M. (now 
Mrs. R. T. Sheckells), and Miss Rhoda. In 
1848 he returned to Wisconsin, studiedjlaw 
with his brother, and was admitted to prac- 
tice in 1852 ; in 1856 he was appointed Mail 
and Special Agent on the Mississippi river, 
and had charge of the first mail taken from 
Dubuque to St. Paul by steamboat. He 
married Miss Ellen M. Healey, niece of 
Hon. Judge C. Corkerj', of Dubuque, la., in 
1859: in 1860 he was appointed Deputy 
United States Marshal; in 1863 he moved to 
Quincy, and took an active part in politics 
in behalf of the laboring men. He was ap- 
pointed, by President Johnson, Postal Clerk 
of the T. W. & W. R. R.; in 18T0 he was 
elected Police Magistrate of Quincy; in 
1874-5 he was elected Town Assessor; all of 
which offices he filled with credit to himself 
and to the public. Seven children by the 
present wife. He takes a prominent part in 
the welfare of the Democratic party. 



Roehl Bernard, laborer, 78 N. f4th. 
Roemer Peter, shoemaker, 813 Ohio. 

ROESCHLAFB MICHAEL. 
JOSEPH, Physician ; residence 644 Jer- 
sey street ; was born in the kingdom of 
Bavaria Feb. 2, 1806. He is the son of Dr. 
Andrew Roeschlaub, who was private medi- 
cal counselor of the king, and Dean of the 
faculty of the University of Munich, where 
his son, M. J., was educated, graduating from 
the literary school in 1825, and received the 
degree of M. D. in medicine and surgery 
three years later. After four years' practice 
in Munich he was appointed County Physi- 
cian, which position he held until he re- 
signed in 1845. Tired of the suppressTon of 
free speech, he came to America; settled 
first in Palm3Ta, Mo., and in January, 184!) 
catne to Qumcy, where he has since been 
prominently identified with the profession, 
and is now the oldest practicing physician 
in the city. He has been twice married. 
The only fruit of his first union, Andrew 
Roeschlaub, is still living. He married 
Margaret Sawers in Bavaria, Oct. 10, 1843. 
they have five children: Robert, Victoria H., 
Frank H., Henry F. and Jessie S. 

The doctor is a fine type of the educated 
German ; Is an ornament alike to the profes- 
sion and in society, to each of which he has 
dedicated over a half century of faithful 
service. 

ROGERS E. A.(ofW. T. &E. A.), 
wagon manufacturers, corner 4th and Oak ; 
was born in Quincy in 1845 ; married Miss 
Ella P. Payne Jan. 1, 1868. She was born 
in this county in 1849. They are members 
of the Baptist Church. He is a Republican 
and a Mason. He has been in the wagon, 
manufacturing business since 1864. They 
manufacture farm wagons principally, and 
deal in all kinds of agricultural implements, 
and have at all times the largest and best 
stock of any house in the city. Their office 
is on 6th street, between Hampshire and 
Maine, opposite the post-office. 

ROGERS H. A., of Rogers & Jlont- 
gomery, wh(jlesale and retail druggists, 419 
Hampshire street; residence, 1.34 North 4th 
street ; born in Albany, N. Y., 1833 ; located 
in Quincy, 1854; married Anna Paris in 
1859. She was born in Vermont. Have 
three children : Susan A., Fred W., and Rosa. 
Mrs. Rogers is a member of the Presbyterian 



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Church. He is a Diiiiciciat ami a memlior 
of the Jliisoiiic Order; has been in Imsiness 
since 1854. Have just lilted uj) and moved 
into the elegant new store which they now 
occupy, which they have furnished with a 
fine stock of choice goods in their line. 
Rogers Lee, wagon maker, -til Oak. 
Rogere Miss Mary, 121 Vermont. 
Rogers Mrs. Mary B. widow, lOi X. 4tli. 
Rogers Penuel, 521 Vermont 

ROGEK!$ TIMOTHY, hotel keep- 
cr; horn in Folhuul ccninty. Conn., in 1809; 
came to Quincy in l!;'.i,S, when the now ele- 
gant city was nothing but a va.st wihlernesj, 
and commenced the manufacture of wagons 
anil plows, and continued to manufacture 
for many years; afterward turned it over 
into the hands of his sons, who still carry on 
the business. He now conducts the Occi- 
dental Hotel, and has the good will of the 
farmers at large. He also carries on farm- 
ing and stock raising in Fall Creek town- 
ship. He was maiTied t<i Dorintha Billings, 
of FoUand county, Conn. Have three sons, 
one, editor and proprietor of the Quiiiey 
News; W. T. and E. A. jiroprietors of the 
Rogers Plow Works. 

ROGER.S THAI>l>ErS, publish 
or; residence, 5-d and Sjiring stieils. 

ROGEKiS ^VII.I.1A» TinO- 

THY, Mayor of tjuincy; ie>idfnce, 411 
Oak; born in Folland county. Conn., .luly 
10, 1833; moved to this city with his parents 
in 1838. He married Miss Catherine W. 
Murray in 18.")(!. They have six children : 
Lee, Lay, Timothy, Cora M., Wm. T. and 
Edward A. He is Republican ; elected to his 
present office jirinciiially through his per- 
sonal popularity — the Republicans being in 
the minority in Quincy. His lirm, which is 
W. T. & K. A. Rogers, are largely engaged 
in the manufacture of wagons and plows, — 
their house having been established in 1838, 
in Quincy. 

Roggenland Antou. painter. 8:ii: Maine. 
Roland Geo. molder, 1013 I'ayeon ave. 
Roliug Iternard, cooper. 531 .leffcrsou. 
Roller John C. baker, York e of nth. 

ROOD ^VEIiLER D.. retired Phy 
sician ; residence. Quincy ; is the son of .Jo- 
seph Weller Rood, who was born in Litch- 
field county, Conn., .July 11, 1781; diedMuly 
21, \S'fi. His mother was born in Miissa- 
chusetts, June, 1T81^, and was the daughter 



of Samuel Draper, who resided in Onondaga, 
county, X. Y., at the time of her birth, and 
where she was married to .Joseph Weller 
Rood, April 13, 1806. The subject of this 
sketch, the oldest of four sons, was horn in thai 
county, Dec. 2'2, 1807; was educated at Pom 
pey, where he read medicine with Dr. I'ar 
son G. Shipman; attended lectures at Rut- 
ger's Medical College, New York City, and 
received a diploma in 1830. After practic 
ing five years m his native state, removed 
to Quincy, 111., March, 1838, and at once put 
out his shingle ; for eighteen years was 
prominent among the active physicians of 
that city. In 1850, on account of the failing 
health of his wife, he retired from practice; 
bought a farm in Gilmer township, to which 
they removed. He was first married to 
Laura C. Wood, daughter of James Wood, of 
Orange county, X. Y., Sept. 26, 1835. She 
died Feb. 1.3, 1847, leaving one child, Slary 
C, now the wife of J. B. Tomlinson, of Camp 
Point. He was manned again May2!(, 1849, 
to Mary A. (Davis) Baldwin, widow of .Ino. 
X. Baldwin. Their marriage resulted in 
two sons; William Carey, born Feb. 1, 1853, 
and Weller D., .Jr., born March 27, 1855. The 
second wife died July 5, 1875. Dr. l^iod 
has been connected with the Baptist Church 
.since he was fourteen years of age; was 
clerk of the First Church of Quincy for 
m.any years. He owns a double house, Xos. 
1404 and 1400 Broadway, and a lot onChcstr 
nut street, Quincy, and a house and lot in 
Camp Point. 

Rooney Michael, physician, cor. 8th and Hampshire. 
Root Henry, Prest. Unloa Bank, 511 Broadway. 
Rose G. R. cabinet maker, 8J4 Uhio. 
Rosenbush Prof. A. 90O Maine. 

ROSEXKOETTER .4... limemanu- 
facturer. Front, between York and Jersey 
streets; residence, corner Jackson and 8th 
streets; born in Prussia in 1843; came to 
the United States and located in Quincy in 
1857; married Mary Fersternaw in 1858. 
She was born in Germany in 1836. They 
have seven children : Annie, Henry, Louis, | 
Emma, Gettie, Willie, and John. He is a 
Lutheran. He has been in the lime business 
since 1870, and has buying capacity for 
seventy barrels per ilay. 

Rosenkoetter Henry, 715 Van Buren. 
Roskamp .\. carpenter, 1112 Payson ave. 
Ross John O. nursery man. 9J0 Kentucky. 



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ROM8 S. 1\, Superintendent of the 
Lumber Manufucturiug Mills, of Bradford, 
Duffife Co, and Bradford, McCoy & Co., at 
Neccdah, Wis. He was born in Skowhegan, 
Me., in 1819, and located in Quincy in 1854; 
married Eliza Bradford in 1846. She was 
born in Farmington, Kennebec county. Me., 
in 1822. Six children, (two deceased), four 
living: Loring T., Abbie L., (now Mrs. 
Provine), Ada E., and Charles S. Members 
of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican, 
He is a niill-wright, and followed the busi- 
ness East, and after he came west built a 
great many mills on the Mississippi river. 
He is a member of the I. O. O. F. 

Rossback Adam, bntcher, 11.3 Vermont. 
RoBekamp Hc-Dry, foreman, bos facl'y, 625 Ohio. 
ROBsmoeller Herman, lOlh t of .Sycamore. 
Roswog .\agu8t, express driver. 801 .Jackson. 
Roten Fred, ci^^ar maker, &M Washington. 
Rolen Mrs. Looit^a. wido.x. 6iM Washington. 
Roth Jacob, teamster, 1:J4 Maine- 
Roth .John, tobncconist, 53.S Washington. 
Roth .John, laborer, cor. 6th and Washington. 
Rothgeb Chas. brewer, 11:* Monroe. 

ROTHGEB G. A., wall paper, 629 
Maine street ; residence, corner 5th and Pay- 
son avenue ; born in Quincy in 1844 ; mar- 
ried Rosana Notter in 1871. She was born 
in Quincy in 1845. Have two children : 
Emma B. and Edith Viola. Mrs. R. is a 
member of the German Methodist Church- 
He went to California, overland, in 186.5, 
locating at Sacramento, and returned in 
18G9, when he went into business; formed 
partnership under the firm name of Roth- 
geb & Enrich in 1875. He is a member of 
the Masonic Order, also of the A. O. U. W. ; 
is a Democrat in jjolitics. 

BOTHGGB HENRY, dry goods 
and groceries, 908 Hampshire street; resi- 
dence, 807 Jersey street; born in Bavaria, 
Germany, in 1823 ; came to the United States 
in 1840, located in New York City ; and in 
Chicago in 1844; and in Quincy in 1849; 
married Barbara Schwebel in 1844. She 
was bom in same place. They had one 
child: Henry. Mrs. R. died in 1849. He 
married Anna B. Bentel in 18.50. She was 
born in Prussia. They have seven children ; 
Charlie, Annie, William, Frank, Clara, 
Sadie, and Eddie. Are members of St. 
I Peter's Episcopal Church. He is a Demo- 
[ crat, and has been City Collector two years ; 
' in business twenty -two years. 



Rothtieb Henry P. 807 Jersey, 
liothmann H. laborer, M5 Washington. 
Rothschild Felix, salesman, cor, 6th and Lind. 
Rothwiler Geo. cooper, h'25 Kentucky. 
Rotscbka Prof. Conrad, 1213 Maine. 
Kottmann Chas. Bfrinkler, 884 Jefferson. 
Rottmann E. teamster, Jefferson bet. 8lh and 9th. 
Rottmaun Henry, laborer, cor. 9th and Jefferson. 
Rottmann John H. cor. 10th and Jefferson. 
Rottmann LoQis. cooper. 927 State. 
Rowland J. (.1. city comptroller, cor.llth A Vermont. 
Rub August, cabinet maker. cor.5th and Washington. 
Riickman Mrs-Elizabeth. dress mater. 1040 Broadway. 
Ruddeu Patrick, carriage painter, 1018 Maine. 

RITETER FRITZ, groceries, dry 
goods.feed store and saloon (Rueter & Rode- 
feld\ corner of 8th & Jefferson streets 
residence, same. He was born near Haller, 
Regierungs-bezirk, Minden, Prussia, in 1828, 
and came to America, arriving in New Or- 
leans in 1851, remaining six months in St. 
Louis, Mo. ; then came to Quincy, 111. He 
married Maria Walkenhorst, near Goltz- 
hausen, Kreitz Halle, Europe, in 18.50. She 
was bom in AVallenbruge, Prussia, in 1828 
she coming to America with her husband 
and child. Five children : Henry, aged 34 ; 
Johannes, aged 15; August, aged 13; Frank, 
aged 10, and Anna, aged 8 years. Lutheran. 
Politics, Independent. He is a member of 
Washington Grove No. 3, U. A. O. D., and 
of the Protestant Widows and Orphans' As- 
sociation of Quincy. Property estimated at 
$5,000. 

Ruff Caspar, brewer, cor. 12th and Adams. 

RIJPP GEO. & BRO.Junk store, 
Broadway, corner of 18th street; born in 
Nassau, Prussia, in 1842; came to the 
United States in 1807, and located in Quincy; 
married Elizabeth Reuming in 1872. She 
was born in Wis. Their children are: 
Mary, Fred, and George. Are Catholics. 
Independent in politics. They have been in 
business since 1870; deal in and pay cash- 
price for rags, -iron and metal of all kinds. 

Ruff Henry, dry goods, etc , 611 Jersey. 
Ruff Jacob, 153 S. 5th. 
Ruff John, brewer, cor. l'2th and Adams. 
Ruff Mrs. Margaret, widow. 211 9. 9th. 
Rummeui Courad, carpenter, 1019 Spring. 
Rummeni .lohn, carpenter, 1015 Spring. 
Rupp Mrs. Doreatha, widow, Olive n of Oak. 
Rach Mrs. Helen, widow, 38 8. ISth. 
Kuskamp Wm. miller, 625 Ohio. 
Rubs Spencer, laborer, Jersey e of l.Sih. 
Russell J. B. engineer, 525 Washington. 
Rneten Fred, cigar maker, 634 Washington. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Rater Wm. brick layer, 91B Spring. 

Rnthcrford Dr. R. C. 24th 8 of Maine. 

RuttmsD Herman, laborer, 6-15 Waehington. 

Ryan Edward, policeman, -^i S. 12th. 

Kyan Michatl, contr.ictor, ni S. 10th. 

Kyau Michael, laborer, fill Vine. 

Ryan Michael Jr. letter carrier, 1116 Maine. 

Ryan Patrick, clerk, ■XVJ N. 7th. 

Ryan Patrick, sheet iron worker, 912 Washington. 

Ryan Wm. B. fruit dealer, cor. 30:h and Vermont. 

Ryan Thos. laborer, Lind e of 10th. 

Rynickcr Gottlieb, tailor, 5th bet.JWaebington and 

Jefferson. 
Rynicker Sam. tailor, Washington e of 9th. 



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Sachse Mre. Sophia, 1024 Hampshire. 
Saddoreaa Joacph, Payeon ave. e of 7th. 

SAnLAXI> K I> W A It D (il< 
ceased); residence of widow, corner of 14lh 
and Spring streets ; born in Prussia, in 1826 ; 
came to the United States in 1851, and 
located in Quincy; married Maria Herle- 
mann in 18.59. She wa.s liorn in Quincy 
in :83G. Had five children; Edward 
and Walter living; Emma, .Josephine and 
Herman are dead. Mr. Sahland died Nov. 
15, 1878. He was one of the firm of Menke, 
Grimm & Co., plaining mill. His wife still 
retains her one-third interest in that concern. 
She is a member of the Lutheran Church. 
Sahland Mrs. E. cor. 14th and Spring. 
Sailes Mrs. Malinda. 49 S. 8th. 
Salig Anton, fireman, cor 3d and Elm. 
Salmon I. 11. printer, cor. tth and Sycamore. 
Sammis Ed. P. en;;in(;cT, ISO N. 3d. 
Sander Garret, brick yard, b29 Adams. 
Sander Wm. P. \vii<;"n maker, 801 State. 
Sanford Mrs. Ann, widow, 21fi N. 12th. 
Sanftleben .lohn. photographer, 11th s of Adame. 
Sass John, teamster, lOl.'j Payf'on ave. 
Saseenbach, Edward, miller, 8th s of Payson ave. 
Sattelmeicr Wm. wa;:on maker, S2."i Jefferson. 
SattboiT John, laborer, cor. 9th and Washington. 
Savaue Mrs. Elizabeth 52" Brondway. 
Savage Wm. T. minister, 713 Broadway. 
Sawyer I. li. apent Mallory * Co's 0yBter8.414 N. 5th 
Sawyer James T. boards at Revere House. 
Saxaner Chas. carpenter, 71 1 State. 
Seeper Wm. chair maker, 1250 Vermont. 
Schachsick Gottlieb, 829 Washington. 
Schachsick Wm. cooper, 8lh s of Ohio. 
Schachsick Wm. laborer. 829 WaehiDgton. 

8€1IAFER ^VIMIKI.M. black- 
smith, southeast corner of 10th and State 
streets; residence same. He was born in 
Niderkeinsbach, Hesse Darmstadt, Europe, 
June 13, 1832, and emigrated to America, 
landing at New Orleans, La. ; from tliat city 



to Quincy, arriving there May 3, 1849 ; mar- 
ried Miss Elizabeth Merker, in Quincy, May 
3, 1854. She was born in Pennsylvania, in 
1834. Four children : Sarah aged 16 years, 
Frederick 14, Maria 12, and Lydia six years 
of age. Religion, ProtesUmt. Politics, 
Republican. Real and personal proiierty 
valued at $6,000. 
Scbaefer Geo. cooper, 647 State. 

SCIIAFFER F. W„ groceries, dry 
goods, boots, shoes .and saloon, corner of 8th 
and Monroe streets. He was born near 
Preus-Minden, Westphalia, Europe, Jan. 10, 
1840, and emigrated with his paront.s to 
America in 1§.')2, coming directly to Quincy, 
HI. He married Miss Louise Ruttermeier, 
M.iy 21, 1864. She was born in Sholmar, 
Lippe-Dedmont, Europe, May 28, 1836. 
Three children: Anna Emelia, aged 14 
years; Amanda J., 9 years, and George H., 
2 years of age. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, 
Republican. Has Iiad a store for eleven 
years. Is a member of the Protestant Benev- 
olent Association of Quincy, 111. Real and 
personal property valued at $15,000. 

Schaeffer John M. agent Odd Fellows Benevolent 

Assoc ation, 227 State. 
Schaeffer Peter, blacksmith, 1S.33 Jersey. 
Schafer Geo. cabinet maker, cor. Ohio and 1.3th. 
SchatTer F. W. groceries, etc., cor. 8th and Monroe. 
Schuffer Henry, carpent^'r, 927 Jefferson. 
Schafer Wm. blacksmith. 1002 State. ■ 
Schalk Barney, cal)inet maker, cor. 9th and Cherry. 
Schalk V. tailor, 47 8. 7th. 

K€HAL1^KK FRED., wholesale 
liquors, 020 Hampshire street; residence 
Hampshire, between 6th and 7th streets; 
born in Germany, in 1833; came to the 
United States in 1844; located in Quincy in 
1864; married Miss Maiy Frohme in 1858. 
She was born in Germany in 1839. Six chil- 
dren : Fred. George. Lizzie, Saidie Clarie, 
and Oscar. They are Lutherans. Independent 
in politics. He is a member of the Uruids. 
He has been in the wholesale business since 
1863, and is doing an extensive business. 
Schaller Geo. C. tinner, cor. 14th and Elm. 
Scfaaithorst. Fred, laborer, 72.'> Jt-ffereon. 
Schanz G. 167 S. 6th. 
Schanz Wm. 1042 State. 
Schapp Henry. Lind w of 12th. 
Scbardon Mr^. M. Monroe e of 9th. 
Scharlach Geo. laborer, 1256 Hampshire. 
Schanb Mrs. .Margaret, Olive n of Vine. 
Scbelner Mrs. Ann, wid»w, 21 S. 6th. 
SchelperingC. H. stoves, etc., 930 Ohio. 



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SCHELL, MRS. BARBARA, 

residence between 8tli and 9th, on Kentucky 
street; was born in Bavaria, April 4, 1799; 
married Jolin Scliell in 1817; came to New 
York, in 1834, and to Quincy in 1835. Mr. 
Scbell was a blacksmith, and worked at his 
trade the greater part of his time until he 
died, whicli occurred the 15th of Feb., 1864. 
They have four children living; George, 
Aplonia, Pha?be and Mary, and eight dead. 
John built what is known as Schells' Dis- 
tillery, near the head of Quincy bay, in 1856, 
but discontinued the business in 1858, after 
expending a great deal of money. He died 
Christmas Eve., in 1876. Peter died March 
13, 1857, leaving two sons, Reinhold and 
Peter. Mrs. Schell has thirty-three grand 
children and fourteen great grand children. 
When she aud'her husband settled in Quincy, 
there was^not a brick building in the place ; 
could not get brick to build chimneys. Thej' 
built a log house on the northwest corner of 
6th and Kentucky streets. She afterward 
traded for property between 8th and 9th ou 
Kentucky, where she now lives. Property 
valued at $3,000. 
Schell Mrs. Cecelia, widow, 1218 Vermont. 

SCHELL GEORGE (of Schell & 
Hellhake), boots and shoes, 716 Maine street; 
born in Baden, Germany, in 1845 ; came to 
the United States Jan. 1, 1869, and located in 
Quincy. He married Elizabeth Stalf in 
1873. She was born in Germany in 1848. 
They have two children, Christiana and 
Theodore. Are members of the Catholic 
Church. He worked at his trade until 1875, 
when he went into business for himself with 
Mr. Hellhake. They are young and enter- 
prising men, worthy the patronage of the 
community. 

Sctielp Fred, varDieher, 831 Madison. 

SCHEMPP JACOB, bridge-builder 
and contractor, Jefferson between 11th and 
12th streets ; residence, same. He was born 
in Urach, Kingdom of Wiirtemburg, Europe, 
April 6, 1836, and came to the United States, 
reaching New York City in 1854, staying 
one year, then going to Henry county, Illi- 
nois, remaining five years; followed his 
trade and then came to Quincy, where he 
opened his present large business. He 
maiTied Miss Christina Wagner in Quincy, 
May 3, 1860. She was born in Quincy, 111., 



Sept. 9, 1843. They have six children : Anna 
Maria Margaretta, born Dec. 19, I860; 
Maria Christina, born April 6, 1863 ; Johan 
Jacob, born May 29, 1865; John Christian 
Heurich, bom Aug. 29, 1867 ; Carl Wilhelm, 
born Feb. 5, 1870, and Henrich Wilhelm, 
born Dec. 4, 1873. • Religion, Lutheran. 
Politics, Democrat. Real and personal 
property estimated at $10,000. 

Schenk Henry, carpenter, 8.3.3 Kentncky. 

Schepers Geo. laborer, eth a of Maple. 

Scherman Adolph, brickmpker, 934 Adams. 

Schermerhorn F. D. gen. supt. Q. M. & P. R. R. cor. 
8tli iiid Sycamore. 

Scbermerhrrn 51 rs. Isabi.!. cor. 13th and Sprirg. 

Schidt F. laborer, Jackson w of 13th. 

Scliildmann V,'m. cigar maker, cor. ISth and Ohio. 

Schill Frank X. prop. Bi ff Brewery, two miles 
nurth of Union depot. 

Schimmick Ilenjy. laborer, llth n of Cedar. 

Schiner John . I. barkeeper, cor. 2d and Maiden Lane. 

Schlag Mrs, Elizabeth, 1124 Jersey. 

Schlag Miss Kate, 84 S. 13th. 

Schlange Bernard, 7th s of Elm. 

Schlange Mrs. Lena, 7lh n of Vine. 

Schlecter Philip, laborer, 15th bet. Ohio and Pay- 
son ave. 

Schley Henry, salooo, 70 N. Front. 

Schlichter Andreas, laborer, 820 Madison. 

Schlottman B. teamster, 1026 .Jersey. 

Hcbmeadskamp August, 5th s of Ohio. 

SCHMEIDING AITGITST, retired 
minister; residence, 304 South 6th street. 
He was born in Westphalia, Prussia, March 
16, 1804; came to America in 1851. He 
married Margaret Schreader. She was born 
in Prussia April 9, 1809, and died Sept. 24, 
1844. She was mother of si.x children, vi?. : 
Mar}', Caroline, Charles, Rudolph, Minnie 
and Theresa. Are members of the Evan- 
gelical Lutheran Church. He commenced 
his studies in the University at Halle River, 
Saale, and is a thorough scholar in all the 
classics. He commenced his pastorship in 
the .year 1859. His first charge was at 
Loehne; was there nine years. In 1851 he 
came to the United States and to Quincy, 
where he has since resided. When he first 
came his congregation consisted of ten 
families. His first meetings were held in a 
public .school-house; at the time he retired 
he had 185 families. The first church was 
built in 1852, and in 1866 a church was built 
on the corner of 8th and Washington streets, 
callcJl the St. James' Church. Through the 
influence of Mr. Schmciding the church is 
in a prosperous condition, and his coming to 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



this country caused maiiv "f hischurcli peo- 
ple to follow liim. 

Schmld Basel, saloon. 027 Maine 
Schmidt Adam, tcams'er, aota n of Oak. 
Scbmldl .John, physician. ci>r. lOlh aud Ktntncky. 
Schmidt J(ie teamster. Elm e of -"Olh. 
Schmidt Peter, laborer, cor. 20:h and Broadway. 
Schmlts Geo carpenter, cor. llth find Cedar. 
Schmlts .lohD. carpenter. 168 N. llib. 
Schmltt Alvle, ahoemakcr. 7th • of Payson ave. 
■Schmltl .Mrs. Elizabeth. 100.i Maine. 
•Schmitt Mrs. Elizabeth, saloon, S34 Maine. 
Schmitt Lcnhart. .Ir. book-keeper, 810 Hampehire. 
Schmitt Lcnhart, carpenter, 810 Ilamp^ire 
Schnarr Mrs. Mnry, widow, lOOT Maine. 
Schneider I'has. laborer, 835 .Jefferson. 
Schneider Edward, plasterer, 809 Adams. 
Schneider .Iaco'5, saloon, 3i N. Front. 
Schneider Jacob, laborer, Oth n of .Jnckson. 

»4CHXEIDKU J.\C«B, capitalist, 
8th between Adams and Jackson streets. He 
was born in Steinbaeh, Regierungs-bezirk.Er- 
ford, Prussia, March 15, 183G, and emigrated 
to America with his parents; landed at New 
Orleans in 1846, coming to Quincy in Uic 
fall of 18-47. He married Miss Anna Maria 
Kurk in Quincy, Oct. 6, 1863. She was 
born in Quincy, Oct. 4, 1846. Eight chil- 
dren, four dead and four living: Bertha, 
born Dec. ll,18f)4; Edward, born Nov. 15, 
1873; Henr}', born March 14, 1875, and 
Katie Louise, born .July 14, 1878. Religion, 
Roman Catholic. Politics, Democrat. Mrs. 
Schneider's parents are still living, and re- 
side on Adams between 8th and 9lh streets. 

Schneider Joseph, carpenter, 639 .\damB. 

Schneider Moritz, laborer, S09 Adame. 

Schneider Wm. plasterer, et.*) Adams. 

Schneiders Albert, btick mason, Spring w of iSth. 

Schneiders Clemens, S13 Jersey. 

Schneiders Mrs. Theresa, SS S. Hth. 

Schneller Chas. laborer, 718 Jefferson. 

Schneller Herman, engineer, 512 .\daros. 

Schnider Joseph, brick mason, 508 Adams. 

Schnier Geo. A. blacksmith, cor. 12th and LInd. 

Schnous Mrs. Anna, widow, 25 N. Oth. 

Schocn O. P. shoemaker, boards at Occidental Hotel. 

Schoeneberg Henry, plasterer, Madison near 16th. 

SCHOFIKLD F. L.., Attorney-at- 
Law, over post-otlice ; was born in >[ounds- 
ville, Va., in 1849; moved to Lewis County, 
Mo., in 1850, with his parents, and to this 
city in 1878. He studied law in Missouri, 
and was admitted to the bar, in 1870; mar- 
ried Miss Annie E. High, in 1872. She was 
born in Lewis County, Mo., in 1853. Their 
children are: Madison C, John A., and 
Thomas O. Members of Christian Church. 



A Democrat. He was Superintendent of 
Public Schools, in Lewis county. Mo., one 
term, and States Attorney for that county 
two terms. He and his wife graduated at 
Christian University, Canton, Mo. Mrs. 
Schofield was the adopted d;iughter of the 
late Hon. Madison C. Hawkins, of Lewis 
county. Mo. Mr. Schofield is High Priest 
of Canton Chapter No. 88, Slissouri Royal 
Arch Masons. 

Schofield Mrs. S. E. widow, 822 8. Oth. 
Schonhoff I,, brickmak r, Oth S. of Harrison. 
Schonhorst Fred, carpenter, 8;i.j Jefferson. 
Schno'.ey Mrs. M. J. dressmaker, ti3 S. 5th. 
Schott John B. saddlers' hardware, 613 and 615 

Hampshire. 
Schraag Geo. W. farmer, 9M Slate. 
Schraae W. L. painter, cor. l.">th and Stale. 
Scbrage Henty, '•arpentcr. 1002 Elm. 
Schragc John L. post olbcedep. 514 Washington. 
Scbrage Mrs. M.ry, millinery, etc.. 624 .\dams. 
Schriber Mrs. .\n..a, 53:)\VBshingion. 
Schriber Cha^. boiler maker, 7ih s of Washington. 
Schroeder Albert, cabinet maker, 712 Madison. 
Schroeder F. W. carpenter, 10th n of Payson ave. 
Schroeder G. H. labo.er, 70S Madison. 
Schrieder Henry H. 1500 Vermont. 
Schroeder Herman, druggis', 1022 Kentucky. 
Schroer Mrs. Cithe.ine, liiO Hampshire. 
Sthroer Henry, carriage painter, 1113 Uroadway. 
Schroer Joseph, randy maker, 192 N. 10th 
^chucking Mrs. Mary, widow, cor. Wh and Maple 
Schucking Herman, Vine bet 18th and 20th. 
SchukrafI Jacob, laborer, 615 Oak. 
Schukraft .lohn G. machinist, lith sof Sprnce. 
Schnlllen lialtes, cirpenter, 1117 Jersey. 
SchuUien Inozent, machinist, 1113 Hampshire. 

Schnlte A. grocer, 400 Slate. 

Schulte Mrs. Louisa, 1031 K,'ntucky. 

Schnltenz .Martin, shoemaker. 4th n of Oak. 

Schnllheia Adam, moider, 4:)0 Kentucky. 

Schultheis Fred, mail agent. 620 Vermont. 

Schultheis Mrs. Marijaret, 620 Vermont. 

Schultheis Wm. F cashier, 217 N 4th. 

Schalize Frank, stonemason, Monroe e of llth. 

Schumacher Bernard, cooper, 436 N. 51h. 

Schumacher Joseph, shjemaker. 1128 Hampshire. 

Schumacker F. blacksmith, llth n of Washington. 

Srhnmacker Wm. machinist, 712 Monroe. 

Schumacker Herman, carpenter, 805 Jackson. 

Schupp Mrs. Benedict, widow, 1101 Hampshire. 

Schurfeld Henry, carpenter, Jefferson e of llth. 

Schurfeid Heury, stonecuiter, 929 Washington. 

Schiirmau Gottlieb, farmer, 1031 Ohio. 

Schurman Peter, laborer, 619 Madison. 

Schurman Wm. brick maker 829 Jefftrson. 

Schurman Wm. cupola tender. 1115 Washington. 

Schutte Mrs. Adelaide, cor. 13th and Elm. 

SCIIIfTTE FRED., contractor and 
builder, corner of llth and Washington 
streets; residence same; was born in 
Eidenghausen, Regierungs-bezirk, Preus 



QUINCT DIRECTORY. 



691 



.Minder], Europe. JIarch 18, 1842; emi- 
grated to America via Xew Orleans, in 
1860, coming direct to Quincy, following 
his trade; married Miss Jlaria Lange, in 
Quincy, July 19, 1874. She was born in 
Dahlinghaiisen, Hanover, July 3, 1849, and 
emigrated to America, witU her brother 
Gerhard, via New York City, in 1873, com- 
ing direct to Quincy. Three children: 
Wilhelm, born Dec. 33, 1800; Edward, born 
Feb. 28, 1869, (children by his first wife); 
August Fredericl^, born Jlay 4, 1877. Re- 
ligion, Lutlieran. Enlisted in Co. C, 10th 
Regt. 111. Inf., in 1804; served until the end 
of the rebellion ; was honorably discharged 
at Camp Douglas, Chicago. Real and per- 
sonal property estimated at $8,000. 
Schutte Henry, cabinet maker, cor. 9th and Adams. 
Schuite Herman, collar mak^ r, S.h n of Vine. 
Schutte Henry, teamster, cor. 13th and Elm. 
Schwab Casper, butcher, SiS .Maine. 
Schwab John, butcher, 316 Ohio. 
Schwab Mre. Josephine, 187 N. 11th. 
Schwade Frank, nurseryman, cor. 25th and Hamp- 
shire. 
Scbwagmeier .\. tobacconist, 53i Payson ave. 
Schwalberg Henry, cooper, cor. 8th and Monroe. 
Schwallenberg P. cooper. MS S.Sto. 
Schwarte Bernard, flour paclfer, Vermont w of I'th. 
Schwartz C, butcher. 718 Jersey. 
Schwaru Mrs. Soph. a, 1101 Washington. 

SCHWARZ ERXST, saloon and 
groceiy, southeast corner ol 7tli and State 
streets; was born in Sax Coburg Gotha, 
Germany, in 1837; came to the United 
States, in 1864, and located in MichigaEf; 
and in Quincy, in 1806; married Franciska 
Mast, in 1868. She was born in the Grand 
Duchy of Baden, in 1843. They have three 
children: Louisa, Emma, and Benjamin. 
He is a member of tlie Haragari, and Ger- 
man Widows and Orphans' Aid Society. He 
has been in business since 1869. He deals 
in groceries, country produce, and provis- 
ions. 

8CHWARZBIIRG H. «., paper 
and cigar box manufacturer, 309 Maine 
Street; residence, 12lh street, between Jer- 
sey and York streets; born in Prussia, in 
1830. He came to the United States, in 
1848, and located in Baltimore, Md., and 
I came to Quincy, in 1857. He married Eva 
1 Kcssler in 1853. She was born in Hesse 
] Cassei, Germany, in 1830. They have five 
I children : William, Lizzie, Fredrica, Fred. 
1 erick, and (.iustav. They are members of 



the Lutheran Church. He has been in his 
present business five years. He had a con- 
tract from the Government, and furnislied 
many of tlie drums used in tlie army during 
the late war. 

Schwebel Ed. engineer. York e of .Sth. 
Schwebel P. hlacksmith. 51i Jersey. 
Schweitzer Mrs. Elizabeth, 1030 Elm. 
Schwering Joeepb, confectionery. 512 Kentucky. 
Schweier John H laborer, 814 Monroe. 
Schwietere Mrs. t'hrietina, IW N. 7tb. 
Schwitrin^ Bernard, laborer, (:31 Pavson ave. 
SchwindelerFred. piinter, 305 N, 11th, 
Schwindeman B. laborer, 1013 Broadway. 
Schwindeman Geo, 1115 Hampshire, 
Schwindeman Mrs, M, 1013 Broadway. 
Scott Mrs, .Matilda. Nelson's court. 

SCOTT O. I'., photographer, north- 
cast corner 6tli and Maine streets; was born 
in Ohio; came to Adams county in 1876; 
was married to Carrie Fox, in 1874. She 
was born in 1854. Have one child: Myrtle 
Estella, born in 1876. Mr. S. commenced 
the photograph business in 1873, at Abingdon, 
111., and in Quincy in 1876; has a fine trade; 
does first-class work, -which he guarantees in 
every instance, 

Searle Mre, S,T,. 9th,u of Spruce. 
Scamon John, Maine, e of 14th. 
Seaton -Mrs, C, B„ 58 S, 6th, 
Sebastian Wm, L, ca-penter, 1*43 Jersey, 
Sechtling Aniinst, machinist, 1010 Elm, 
Sedgwick Mrs, Emma M,, fl4 N, 12th, 
Seehoper Frank, cabinet maker, 146 S, 8th. 
Seehorn Dr, E. R., coroner, 109 S, 6th, 
Seely Mrs, Angeline, 13th, n of Vermont, 

SEEI>Y CiEO. H., agent for R, G. 

Dun's Mercantile Agency, office, corner 4th 
and Maine, streets; residence, Vermont, near 
16th street ; was born in Wayne county, N.Y., 
1833 ; married Miss Alaxine E. Hare in 1864. 
She was born in Chester, England, 1843. 
She is a member of the Episcopal Church. 
He located in this city in November, 1874, as 
representative and manager of this branch of 
the above agency. Republican, 

Seely Henry J, salesman, 13th, n of Vermont. 
Seger Chas, traveling salesman, Vermont, bet. 13th 

and 14lh, 
Seger C. Edwin, wholesale grocer. Locnst. bet, 6th 

and 7th, 
Seger Frank, grocer. Locust, e of fith, 

SEGER ^^AinilEIi E., uliolcsale 
grocer. Hi North 4th street, residence between 
6th and 7tli, on Locust street; l)orn in New 
York City, 1826; came with liis parents to 
Quincy, 1836. He married Miss Sarali E. 



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IIISTOUY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Thompson, 1847. She was tiorn in New 
York, 1828. Three children; Charles E., 
Frank ami Elmer E. He is Repuhlican; 
commeneed the retail business, 1858, and the 
wholesale busine.ss, 1801, and at this date has 
the largest wholesale establishment in his 
line in Quincy. He is member of the fol. 
lowini; orders: Ma.sonic, of whieh he is 
Treasurer of Beausant Commandery No. 11 ; 
Quincy R. A. Chapter No. 5; also director of 
Illinois Masonic Benevolent Society of 
Princeton, HI. He is also President of the 
Odd Fellows' Benevolent Association, and a, 
member of the A. O. U. W., and the Knights 
of Honor, and of the I. O. M. A., and Grand 
Treasurer for the same for the Stale, 
K. of P. and of the V. A. O. D., and 
Treasurer of Adams Grove No. 2. He is a 
gentlemen of marked politeness and business 
relinemcnt, of wejl-developed capabilities. 
SiberB Theodore, laborer. Vine, e of 2')th. 
Seidel Fred, carriage trimmer, (13.') State. 
Setmon Henry, laborer, SOI Monrje. 
Selmiie Mrs. S. B. widow, 1411 Maine. 
Sellner Albert, Vi-^i .li-rsey. 
Bend Mre. Blizabetb, widow. Elm, e of l*.ith. 
Sender Fred, cabinet mailer, \'iue, w of^lh. 
Seteln<; Ad.)liib, latiurer, Vine, e of 13tli. 
Sbuuataau Mrs Margaret, 827 Jersey. 
Sbanahan ratrick, contractor, 1S4 X. 11th, 

SH.\X.4HAX J. J., contractor and 
builder, alley bciwecn .5th and Oak streets, 
and Jtaiue and Jersey streets; residence, 8th 
street, between Vine and Oak streets; was 
born in Adams county. 111., Dec. 5, 1844; 
commenced liis apprenticeship as carpen- 
ter with '\\'illiamson & Jones, April 27, 
1863. On Dec. 30, 1871, he was appointed 
foreman of buildings on the K. C, St. 
Joe & C. B. R. R.; held that position 
until June 30, 1874, when he resigned. 
In the fall of 1874, he returned to Quincy, 
working at his trade, and on Feb. 1."), 1878, 
went into busine.ss for himself; married 
Miss Mary McCabe, at St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 
30, 1873. She wius born in the County 
Monaghan, Ireland, July 4, 18.51, and emi- 
grated to America via New York City, with 
her mother and brother, in 1804, going to St. 
Louis, Mo. ; remained eight years; from there 
^o St. Jo.seph, Mo. ; came with her husband to 
Quincy. He is a member of the Firemeiis' 
Benevolent Association of Quincy, and was 
foreman of No. 1 Hose Company from 1860 
till 1867; took the second running prize on 
the Fair Grounds at Quincy, III., it being the 



only prize ever taken by No. 1 Ilose Company 
for running. R«-ligion, Roman Catholic. 
Politics, Democrat. 

Sbanahan Thomas, laborer, 24 S. 9tb. 
Shanders 11. cupola tender. 612 Payson are. 
Shank Wm, laborer, cor. IDth and Cnerry. 
Shanks Mrs. widow, 109 N. Vth. 
Shannon Major Warren, .S13 Maine. 
Sharkey Mrs. wid jw, 400 State. 

SHAWUO J. B., Physician and 
Surgeon, ollice and residence 121 South 4th 
street; born in Muskegon county, Mich., 
1842; moved to Fultcm county, 111., 18.55, and 
to Hudson county, 1857. He studied in New 
York and t'hicago; graduated at Bennett 
Medical College, 1877. He enlisted and was 
appointed .sixiut, at the breaking out of the 
war, and did good service for the govern- 
ment in that capacity, in Tennessee, Georgia, 
Alabama and North Carolina; was mustered 
out at close of the war, after many hair- 
breadth escapes. He taught school twelve 
years, in dift'erent grades; was Professor of 
mathematics in Bonaparte College, Iowa,1870 
and 1871; was Superintendent of schools at 
Camp Point, one year, and filled similar 
positions in Bushncll, three years. He holds 
a diploma from Abingdon College. He 
married Miss Ada Kirkpatrick, at La Ilarpe, 
111., in 1875. She was born in Kentucky, in 
1845. They have two children: Kirk and 
Ethel. He is a Democrat and a member of 
the I. O. M. A. and A. O, U. W.; also a 
Iljason ; commenced study of medicine in 1871. 

Shay Jeremiah, laborer, 1222 Hampshire. 
Sheehan Michael, milk dairy, cor. 3d and Chestnut. 
Sheeban Tbos. laborer. Elm. w of 2d. 
.Shemkemper Henry tailor. 8th, n of Vine. 
Sheridan Edward, molder, 817 State. 
Sheridan TOos. laborer. Nelson's conrt. 
Sherman S. C. gardner, cor. 24tb and Chestnut. 
Snerwood Mrs. E.. cor. 10th and Hampshire. 
SbifferReinhart. carpenter, :)d, u of Broadway. 
Shinn C. \\*. foreman White's foundry, 522 York. 
Shinn Wm. loreman li. D. ,.t Co., Ohio, bet. Sth and 

6th. 
Sbively Mrs. Margaret, widow, Nelson's.court. 
Slageck Wm. laborer, corlSth and Spring, 
shoemaker John, carpenter, cor. 4tb and C'edar. 
Shoenemau Mrs. Anna, Ui4 Maine. I 

Sh6trldge l.«vi. laborer, Cbestnut, c of 9th. 
Shontz Mrs. .Vbsaiom, 204 S. 3d. 
Shroeder A. II. merchant taiior.cor 12lh and Jefferson. 
Shumaeher Jubst. laborer. 805 Jackson. 
Shurini; Henry, laborer. Spring, w of 12th. 
Shutto John, tel. operator. 107 N. 4ih. 
Slbbinj; Henry, laborer, 9th, n of Spruce. 
Sibley Hon. Joseph, Judge Appellate Court, cor. 8th 

and Spruce. 



QUINCY DIEECTOKY. 



693 



SickiDger August, farmer, cor 22d and Spruce. 
Sickmann Mrs Kate, 8th, n of Jefferson. 
Sickmann Win. teamster, 830 Jefferson. 
Sidoer Martin, laborer, lOlli Spring. 

SIEBK liOUIS, wagou manufacturer, 
corner 9th and Slate streets; residence 9th, 
and Ohio streets. He was born in Blasheim, 
Kreis Lubbeke, Regieriings-bezirk, Minden, 
Europe, Sept. 2, 1847, and emigrated to 
America, landing at New Orleans, La., in 
1867 ; went to St. Louis, Mo., and remained 
there seven months, working at his trade, and 
■ then came to Quincy, 111. ; married Miss 
Frederika Gendemann in Quincy, Kov. 18, 

1869. She was born in Elverdisen, near 
Herford, Europe, Sept. 30, 1847. One child : 
Hannah Wilhelmina Eliza, born Oct, 15, 

1870. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, Inde- 
pendent. Property, real and personal, valued 
at $1,000. 

Sibers Bernard, brewer, cor. 12th and Monroe. 
Sieckmann, Henry, laborer. 813 Jackson. 
Sieckmann Henry, saloon, 801 State. 
Siefer Mrs. Anna, 5th, n of Ohio. 
Siek \Vm. molder. 1101 Wash ngton. 
Sielemann Henry, laborer, 1105 Payson ave. 
Sien Mrs. Christina, widow, fi35 Oak. 
Sien Cha?. E. stoves, etc. 337 Hampshire. 
Sien Ernest, locksmith, 25 S. 4th. 

SIEX MRS. FREDERICKA, 

residence, 1011 Oak street; was born in Prus- 
sia, in 1823; came to Quinc}'', in 1845; 
married Charles Sien in 1843. He was 
born in Brunswick, Germany. They have 
five children: Fred, Charles, Frederika, 
Louis, and William. They are Lutherans. 
Mr. Sien went to Germany in 1875. He 
was a brass finisher by trade, and worked in 
Quincy thirty years. 
Siepker Bernard, laborer. 1118 Spring. 
Siepker Mrs. Ellen, 1035 Vermont. 

SIEPKER JOHX A., "Park" 
saloon, 31 North 5th street; residence, 1246 
Vermont street; born in St. Louis, Mo., in 
1848; came to Quincy, in 1851, with his 
parents ; he is a marble cutter by trade, and 
worked at that business seven years in this 
city, up to 1874, when he wont to attend bar. 
He opened his piesent commodious place, 
fronting on the public park, in 1877, where 
all the comforts of the inner man can be pro- 
cured, pure and i)al.itable.2]Democrat, and 



ClUi 

eft 



Itholic. 

Sigsbee -Arthur, com. mer.;625 Vine. 
Sllberman Mrs. A. widow, .")34 Jersey. 



Simmonds Georce, attorney at law, 1118 Vermont. 
Simmons Daniel, carpenter, 1013 Jefferson. 
Simmons H. L, carpenter, cor. 5th and Cedar. 
Simmons Mrs. Mattie, 403 Broadway. 
Simon Bernard, blacksmith. 918 Hampshire. 
Simon Mrs. Catharine, cor. 6th aud Ohio. 
Simon Mrs. John, widow, Lind, e of 9th. 

SIMPSOX WILIilAM D., train 
dispatcher, Hannibal and St. Joe Railroad, 
Quincy, 111.; born in Philadelphia, 1843; 
commenced his railroad life as telegraph 
operator on the Pennsylvania Central Rail- 
road in 1863; was appointed train dis- 
patcher of the Hannibal and St. .Joe Rail- 
road in 1870; worked at St. Joe, Mo.; Han- 
nibal, and Brookfield, in that capacity; 
married Julia Carter, daughter of Thomas 
Carter, one of Adams county's oldest resi- 
dents, in 1871. She was born in this county. 
They had four children (deceased). Are 
members of the Presbyterian Church. Dem- 
ocrat. Member of the Masonic Order, and 
Royal Ai'canum. 
Sinclair Mrs. Lizzie. Oak, w ofSd. 

SISTERS OF XOTRE DAME, 

northwest cornui- of 8th aud Vermont streets. 
Skinner A. C. carriage trimmer, 12(i0 Hampshire. 
Skinner J. R. book merchant, 611 Broadway. 
Skinner Mrs. Mary U. 611 Broadway. 
Skinner Mrs. O. C. cor. 0th and Cherry. 

SLIX«iERLA:^D H. V., drug- 
gist, 627 Hampshire street; residence, 1011 
Vine; was born in Albany county, N. Y., 
in 1840. He located in Quincy in 1861, and 
married Miss Celestine Lewis in 1871. She 
was born in this county. They have one 
child : May. Mrs. Slingerland is a member 
of the Baptist Church. Mr. S. is Independ- 
ent in politics. He has been in business 
since 1871, and has a well and carefully 
conducted drug store at the above location, 
witli a physician's office. Dr. Bassett is 
located in the rear of the store. 

Slack Chas. C. blacksmith, fi06 Broadway. 

Slack Mrs. Mary, widow, 426 Spring. 

Slater J. D. shoemaker. Elm, bet. 5th and 6th. 

Slee Mrs. Martha, 0th, s of Ohio. 

Sliney D. detective, Lind, e of 6th. 

Sliney John, boiler maker, cor. 8th and Kim. 

Sliney John, laborer, Chestnut, w of 9th. 

Slinger Miss Fannie A. aith andiLind. 

Slinkmau Henry, lime burner, r2th, n of Monroe. 

SMEKiill O. H., ornamental painter, 
605 Hampshire street; residence, same; 
born in Newport, Perry county, Penn., in 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTT. 



1837 ; enlisted in the 9th Regt. Pa. Inf., Co. C, 
Sept. 14, 1861; served to close o( the war; 
went with Sherman to Atlanta, Ga. ; was 
Sergeant of his company; mustered out at 
SpringfiilJ, 111., at the dose of the war, and 
located in Quiniy, in 18(55, where he worked 
at his trade until 1877. He tlien went 
into business for himself. Rci)ubiican in 
politics. He is Regimental Quartermaster 
of the 8th Regt. State N. G., and was Lieu- 
tenant of Co. B. of the regiment when it was 
at East St. Louis, in the July riots of 1877. 
Smiedeekamp Fritz, iaboier. 930 Payson ave. 
Smiedei-kamp Mre. Uicka, 729 Ohio. ' 

Smiede«kanip Wm. laborer, F08 Wa-liincton. 
Smith Mrs. A. D. widow, Hampsliirc, e of 45th. 
Smith Mrs. Bridget. 3U0 S. 7th. 

SmiTH CEYI.OX. foundry and 
machine shop, corner o('nh and Ohio streets; 
residence, 190 North Glh street; was born in 
Cheshire county, New Hampshire, in 1828; 
moved to Alton, III., in 183.5, and to this city 
in 1857, where he established his present 
business. He married Rosala Lee, in 1853. 
She was born in Hamixlen county, JIass., in 
1830. They are members of the Baptist 
Church. They have one child, named Ella 
May. He manufactures steam enjtiues, and 
house elevators. He emphiys thirty men. 
Smith C. H., carpenter, ror. 8th and Chestnut. 
Smith C. n., engineer. 4,'.-) York. 
Smith Chas. W., cor. ■Jth and Sycamore. 
Smith .Mrs. C. M., I.i5 N. 7th. 
Smith Mrs. Ellen, wiilow, 112S Maine. 
Smith Emmett K., saloon keeper, 131 N. 7th. 
Smith Mrs. E-(her. widow. 251 N. Ilth. 
Smith .Mrs. Francis, 3d N. ot Broadway. 

S:fllTII H, J., dentist, 17 South 5th 
street; born in Blair county Pa., 18-10;| lo- 
cated in Ibis county, 18G6. He studied in 
Philadelphia, and commenced practice in 
1859 in Huntingdon county. Pa ; married Miss 
Cornelia Keyes, daughter of Willard Keyes 
(deceased), an old resident of this county, in 
1870. She was born in this counly. They 
have one child, Henry Iv. The doctor is a 
Republican, and a member of the jNIasonic 
Order. He enlisted in the 53d Regt. Pa. 
Inf. Co. C. in 18C1 ; promoted to 2d Lieutenant 
May 9, lH(i2, and to Captain, Dec. 4, 1862; 
served on the stalf of Gen'l .J. R Brooke 
until captured at Petersburg in 18li4; was pa- 
roled and resigned Jlay, 1865; was wounded 
at Fair Oaks, Fredericksburg, and at Get- 
tysburg. He has been practicing in this 
city since 1866. 



SniTH J.\rOU M., pork packer 
309 Market Square; Wiis born in Monroe 
county Va., 1826; came to this county, 
March, 1840, and to this city 1851 ; was in 
the general mercantile business and pork 
l)acking until 1859. He married Miss Zip- 
py Hanks, 1851. She was bora in Wa.shiug- 
ton county, N. Y., 1833. Three children: 
Marj' C, M. L. and Florence K. He was 
Mayor of Quincy one term, and is Alderman 
of the 5lh Ward at the present time. He is 
a member of the Masonic Order. Capacity 
of his house, 15,000 hogs; sold and packed 
12,000, 187 -8. 
Smith .lames II.. 173 N. 3d. 

»«mTH JAMEM R,, Superintendent 
Western Union Telegraph Co. at Quincy, of 
flee, corner 4th and Maine streets, residence, 
28 South 5lh; born in Jlorgan county. 111. ,1847; 
located in Quincy, 1869. He married Miss 
Ella Wells, .lanuary, 1877. She was born in 
Quincy, in 1853. They have one child, Myra 
W. They attend the Unitarian Church. He 
was first connected with telegraphing in 
1865 as operator, and was appointed Super- 
intendent of the depart nent at Quincy in 
186!l. He is a .'^lason. Mr. Smith is a thor- 
ough business man, active and industrious, 
with the interests of his employers always 
in view. 

Smith John A., 320 Spring 
Smith J. A., coutractor, 903. York. 
Smiih J. .)., painter, Oak, e of 18th. 
Smith Joel H., toliacconist, 412 Pay»"n ave. 
Smith Joseph, pilot, cor. Front and Jersey. 
Smith Mrs. Mary, widow. 71 S r.th. 
Smith Mrs. Mary, widow. 143 N. 7th. 
Smith Morris, 1400 Vermont. 

$$]TIITII Jl. W.. assistant agent Blue 
Line, 22 Norlli4lh street, was born in Bed- 
ford counly, Va., 1833; located in this city 
in 18.55. He married Miss Annie E. Watson, 
18,57. She was born in AVashington county, 
N. Y., in 1810. They have one child. Charles 
W. They attend the Unitarian church. He is 
Republican. He was foreman in the pork 
packing house of his brother for eleven years, 
was railroading b.dance of the time imtil 
appoinlcd to his present position, June 1878. 

SniTIi «>VEX A., saloon, 916 
JIaine sirett; born in C(mnty Caven, Ire- 
land, in 1842; located in Brooklyn, N. Y., a 
short time, and permanently in Quincy in 
1847. Married Elizabeth Monaghan in 1867 



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She was born in County Caven also. They 
have five children : Margeret E., Eugene, 
Mary J., Susan and Elizabeth, all members 
of the Catholic church. He is a Democrat. 
He is a harness maker by trade, which he 
followed for si.Yteen years, until 1876, when 
he went into his present business. 
Smith Owen, laborer, cor. 4th and Spruce. 
Smith Patrick, laliorer. Cedar, e of 4th. 
Smith Thoe. booli lieeper, 8-.^ Jersey. 
Smith Thoe. H., stone cutter, 521 Hampshire. 
Smith W'm. M. bools keeper, U3N. 7th. 
Smyth Hugh, 419 Broadway. 

SMYTHK REV. XEW.HAN, 

pastor Fir.st Presbyterian Church, residence, 
909 Broadway- : born in Cumberland county 
Maine, 1843. He studied Theology at An- 
dover College and graduated, and was or- 
dained In Providence, R. I,, in 1867. He 
organized Co. A. of the 16th Regt., Maine 
Inf; went out as 1st Lieutenant. He served 
until the close of the war. He was detailed 
for duty and served as Quartermaster dur- 
ing the latter months of his service. He 
was present and took part in the grand 
review at Washington at close of the war ; 
married Miss Anna M. Aver, in 1870. She 
was born in Bangor, Me., in 185J. Two 
children : Mary W. and Nathan A. Mr. 
Smythe came to Quincy and took charge of 
his congregation, May, 18TG. 
Snaoder Andreae, nurBeryman, Broadway w of 23d. 
SncUbaker John W. >2:JMadiBon. 

(iiXITJEK 1>KIKII!>« Sr., retiied; 
residence 416 Kentucky street ; born in Han- 
over, Germany, in 1805; came to the United 
States in 18.54, via New Orleans, St. Louis, 
and located in Quincy in 1863. He married 
Johanna Kuiper in 1829. She was born in 
Amsterdam, Holland, in 1804. Have live 
children: Michael A., Annie, Lena E., Mary 
and Dedrick Jr. They are members of the 
Presbyterian Church, and Democrats. Ded- 
rick Jr. married Mi.ss Fannie Bonney, 
daughter of Dr. J. W. Bonney, of Quincy. 

Snlijcr D. .Jr. eew. mach. agt. Maine w of 16ih. 
Snyder Mrn. Elizabeth, 195 N. 10th. 
Snyder II. wood yard, 113 S. 4th. 
Snyd' r Henrv, laborer, 1!I5 N . 10th. 
Soebbiug O. 103 8. 3d. 

N4»EBBI^'«,i HEKBY, hats and 

caps, 510 Maine street; residence 103 S. 3d 
street; bom in Quincy in 1853; married 
Miss Mary Schlag in 1878. She was bom 
in Quincy in 1855. Arc members of St. Bon- 



iface Catholic Church. His father, Gerhard 
Soebbing, located in Quincy in 1838, and 
was in the cooperage business. Henry has 
been in business with his brother, as Soeb- 
bing Bros'., since 1868. 

Soebbinir Herman, cabinet maker, 1013 0«k. 
Soebbing John, 103 S. 3d. 

SOH]n E1>\VARD (of the firm of 

Ridder & Co ;, wholesale and retail crock- 
cry, glass and queensware, 423 Hampshire 
street; residence 73 S. 3d street; born in this 
countj- Oct. 2, 1845; married Miss Barbara 
Helmer Aug. 10, 1868. She was born in St. 
Louis, Mo., May 4, 1847. Their children 
are: Katie R., Willi;im H., Helena T., and 
Emma. Members of the Catholic Church. 
He is a Democrat. He is the elder son of 
Pantaloon Sohm, who located in Quincy in 
1838, and is still a resident of this city. Mr. 
Edward Sohm is Treasurer of the Germania 
Publishing Company, of Quincy. 
Sohm John A. York w o[ 3d. 
Sohm Joseph H. trav. sale^tman, York w of 3d. 
Sohm Pautaloon. grocer, 80 8. 3d. 
Sohm Chae. policeman, 401 Ohio. 
Sohm Ferdinand, stone cutter, 610 Jeflfcrson. 
.Sommer Aldo. druggist, cor. 7th and Broadway. 
Sommer Mr.^. Anna, widow, 1105 Oak. 
Sommer H rman, green house, cor. 30th and Maine. 
Sonderman VV'm 'aborer, 15, h s of Ohio. 
Sonnenechein Fred W. saloon, 404 N. 5lh. 

SONXET FBAXK, bakery and 
confectionery, 610 Maine street; residence 
same; born in Germ:iny in 1848; came to 
the United States in 1869 ; a thorough master 
of his business. He located in Quincy, and 
married Miss Christina Mast in 1875, daugh- 
ter of one of Quincy 's oldest residents. She 
was born in CJuincy in 1854, and presides 
over the store, assisted by her only sis- 
ter, Miss Lizzie Mast, as sweet looking as 
the delicacies she is surrounded by. She, 
also, w^as born in Quincy. They are mem- 
bers of the ("atholic Church. They are doing 
a lucrative and growing business, and are 
deserving of tlie public patronage. 
Sontag Andrew, laborer, 909 Ohio. 
Sontag Peter, lalinrer, 8th s of State. 
Sawell Mis. Tynlhia, 1037 Spring. 
Spaalding Francis K. molder, 13th s of Payson ave. 
Spauldlng M C. miller, whio e of 5th. 
Specht Mrs. Catherine, 1021 Hampshire. 
Specht Fred, coo; er, Ohio w of 12th. 
Specht Louis, 1117 Payson ave. 
Speckart Chas. tobacconist, 51(i .Jersey. 
Speckman Gottlieb, teamster. B15 Washington. 
Spencer C. H. yird master, Wabash Ry., 359 N. .5th. 



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Spencer Mrs. E. R. Oak e of IStb. 
Spencer tin. Knnice, widow, S09 State. 
Spencer Mrs. Sarah, cor. 5th and State. 
Spencer Wm. miller, 802 Kcntucliy. 

SPIEI.R1'HL,ER JOHX ii., ^ro. 
eery stori', nortlnvcst coriur of 7th and Ohio 
street.'^; n-sulence, siime. He was born in 
Thurnau Ober Franken, Bairen, Kiirope, 
Feb. 13, 1815, and emigrated to America, 
landing at New York City, July 25, 1848 ; 
going from thence to Nashville, Tenn., where 
he remained five years, and arrived at Quincy, 
111., in 1854, where he followed his profes- 
sion of stone cutter. He married Miss 
Theresa Surlage in Quincy, Feb. 15, 1856. 
She was born In Waterslo, Westphalia, Eu- 
rope, June 28, 1825. She came to America, 
and landed at New Orleans in 1854, staying 
one year in St. Louis, JIo., and then came to 
Quincy, 111. Four children; three dead, 
one living, named Anna. She was born in 
Quincy, Dec. 4, 18G1. He is a Lutheran. 
Mother and daughter are Roman Catholics. 
Politics, Independent. Was a soldier in the 
Albert Papenheim Regiment of Bairen from 
1836 till 1842. Property, real and i)ersonal, 
not estimated. 

S$PIE$« JOM4X. blacksmith, 027 
State street. He was born in Marihilf, hers- 
chaft Fumuhle Ober Faltz Bairen, Europe, 
July 3, 1810, and emigrated to America; 
landed at Philadelphia in 1838, remaining 
three years, following his trade, after wliich 
he went to Bedford Co., Penn., where he re- 
mained two years,and in 1843 came to Quincy, 
111. In 1849 he crossed the plains to Cali- 
fornia, remaining three years; then returned 
to Quincy. He married Miss Barbara Nes in 
Pennsylvania in 1842. She was born on tlie 
river JIain in dorf Brodshelden, Europe, Dec. 
3, 1817, and emigrated to America; landed at 
Philadelphia in 1842. Eight children : one 
dead, John, who dieil at Baton Rouge, La., 
April 1877 ; lisang are Mathilda, aged 30years, 
now the widow Hilgenbrink; Sopliie, aged 
29, now Mrs. Haxel ; Fritz, aged 27 ; Charles, 
aged 23; Mary, aged 22 years, now Mrs. 
Waller; Willie, aged 19 years, and Joseph, 
aged 15 years. Mr. Spies caiue to tjuiiicy 
■without any properly. The first work he 
did was to work on tlie road, laboring for 
road tax for other parlies. Religion, Roman 
Catholic. Politics, Deiuocrat. Isaniember 
of the General Benevolent Association of 



Quincy. Real and personal property estima- 
ted at 16,000. 

Spilker Henry, teameter, 8f6 Jeffereon. 
Spilker Henry. e;one mason, tltb u of Waebinston. 
Spilker Herman, painter, Adame w of 10th. 
Spiilmeyer Fred, varnieher, S15 Monroe. 

iiiPIXDI.KR FRAXK JOSEPH, 

butcher, St. Louis Meat .Market, Adams 
Street between 7th and 8tli ; residence, same. 
He was born in Herbol.-Jjeim, ainpt Ettcn- 
heim, Baden, March 19, 1857; came to the 
United States, arriving at New York City in 
1872, going direct to Quincy, and accepted 
a position as butcher for Conrad Kauder, 
for whom he worked three years, after which 
he took a i)leasure trip South, and after five 
months he returned, and after a short sojourn 
among his friends made a trip to Europe, re- 
maining six months. On his return to Quincy 
he opened tlie present store. Married Miss 
Carolina Kappner in Quincy, Nov. 5, 1878. 
She was born in Adams Co., 111., Aug. 25, 
1851. Religion, Roman Catholic. Politics, 
Democrat. Real and pei-soual property esti- 
mated at $600. 

Spo'lcr Herman Sr. fence maker, 715 Oak. 
Spoeler Herman Jr. painter, 715 Oak. 
Spoeler .lohan, butcher, Kansas City. 
Spreen Frederick, cor. lilh ind Vermont. 
Sprick Gottlieb, laborer, 904 Monroe. 

SJiPRIdidi J.4MES XEWFIEI.D, 

Attorney at Law, olliee, southwest corner 0th 
and Maine; born in Seliuyler Co., 111., Aug. 
15,18.50; graduated at Harvard University 
law school and admitted to tlie bar in Mass., 
1876; commenced practice in Quincy same 
year. Mr. Sprigg is a young man of finished 
education, possessing magnetic influence 
over his hearers to an unusual extent, yet of 
a retiring and unobtrusive nature, shunning 
notoriety. 

St. Clair Mrs. A. T. 414 Maine. 

St. Clair Mrs. Liirina, nr> Vermont. 

Stackelbeck Fred, laborer, 82.1 Adams 

Stackelbeck Wm. stone cufr, llth nof Washington. 

Stahlhat Cbristian. teamster, 930 State. 

Stair Adam, mulder, 7lh and Jefferson. 

Stalf Leouhard. laborer, cor. 7th and Madtson. 

Standhard Chas. cabinet maker, 196 S. Oth. 

Starman Aaeust, painter, llth bet. Vermont and 

Hampshire. 
Steffen Caspar, stone cutter. 2S5 S Tth. 
Steffen Henry J. pressman. 7th • of Payaon »ve. 
Steffner .los.pb. teamster, 8J4 Madison. 
Stejjeman Henry, laborer, Vermont w of 16th. 
Stegmann John, cigar maker. 6S1 Vine. 



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STEWrBAlH JOHN A., Chief 
Engineer Fire Department; residence 624 
State street; born in Shelby county, Mo., in 
1847; located in this city with his parents 
in 1848. He commenced the business of 
briclilaying at 15 years of age, and followed 
building and contracting until 1874, when 
he was appointed to his present position. 
He was a volunteer tireraan at the age of 15. 
He married Miss Barbara Weisenberger in 
1868. She was born in Germany in 1850. 
Their children are: Leonora A. M., Delia S. 
C, Mary, John A., and Jacob E. T. He is a 
Democrat, and a member of the K. of P., 
A. O. U. W., and of the Druids. 

ST E 11% BACH PHILIP »r., 

contractor and brick-mason; otiice and resi- 
dence 6-3 State street. He was born near 
Strasburg, Alsace, Germany, March 5, 1828, 
and emigrated to America with liis parents 
■when about three weeks old, settling in Ohio; 
in 1S45 he went to Shelby county, Mo., and 
came to Quincy in 1848, following his trade. 
He married Mrs. Mary Rebecca Steinbach 
(whose maiden name was Schied) at Quincy, 
in October, 1854. She was born in Pitts- 
burg, Pa., Dec. 8, 1825. Previous to marriage 
with her present husband she had two chil- 
dren: John A., aged 31 yeJirs, and Philip 
D., aged 29, who died April 27, 1879, being 
sons of John A. Steinbach (deceased), brother 
to Philip Steinbach Sr. Si.x children have 
been the issue of the present marriage: 
Mary, aged 24 (now Mrs. Groscli) ; Lena M., 
aged 22 (now Mrs. Leise); Wm. A., aged 20; 
Bertha, aged 17 ; Amanda, aged 14, and Cora, 
aged 8 years. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, 
Democrat. Was elected Alderman under 
the administration of Mayors Lane and Ber- 
rian, scr\-ing two years; one term under 
Mayor Rowland, and one term under Mayors 
Rearick and Smith. Is a member of the 
German Benevolent Association of Quincyi 
of which he was President in 1876; was 
President of St. Peter's (Lutheran) Church 
from 1801 until 1876. Is now the oldest con- 
tractor in this city. During all his business 
transactions has never been sued in any 
court. Real and personal property estimated 
at $7,000. 

btelncgeweg J. laborer, 8th s of Ilarrlson. 
Sleinhart Mrs, Henrietta, 94 N. .5th. 

STRIS^KAMP HERXARD 

(H. A. VandenBoom&Co.), furniture factory. 



corner 10th and Vermont streets ; residence 
1034 Broadway ; born in Koesfeld, Prussia, 
in 1842; came to the United States in 1860, 
and located in Quincy; married Elizabeth 
Roever in 1866. She was born in Quincy. 
They have three children: Annie, Lizzie 
and Bernard. Are members of the Catholic 
Church. Is a Democrat. Have been in 
business since 1868. They employ seventy 
men constantl}'; own and occupy a large 
four-story brick building, with steam power, 
for their factor}-. Common chairs and bed- 
steads a specialty. 
Steinkamp Mrs. C. widow, 817 Kentucky. 
Steinkamp Henry, brick maker, 1037 Vine. 

STEIXKAMP HEJfBY, saddles, 
harness and dealer in hides, 709 State street; 
residence same; born in Prussia in 1837; 
came to the United States in 1858, and lo- 
cated in this city ; married Mary A. Terlies- 
ner in 1863. She was born in Prussia in 
1841. They have three children: Henry, 
Mary and Bernaid. They are members of 
the Catholic Church. He is a Democrat. 
He was 2d Assistant Engineer in 1870-71, 
City Marshal in 1872, City Collector in 1875 
and '76, and Town Collector of Quincy in 
1879. He manufactures whips of a superior 
quality, which he warrants, and deals in all 
goods in his line. He is a reliable business 
man. 

Steinkamp .Joseph, laborer, 1021 Kentucky. 
Steinmetz Jacob, laborer, 614 York. 

STEIN\%'EDEtI. WII>L,IA1I, 

retired; residence, 168 Nor'li 8th street. 
He was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1827; 
came to the United States in 1^49 ; arrived in 
Quincy in June of that year. He married 
Miss Louisa Morphy in 1859. She was 
born in New Orleans in 1841. Thej' have 
four " children : Elise, Lilia, William and 
George. He is a Democrat. He organized 
a military company the week after the at- 
tack on Fort, Sumter, and served as volun- 
teer under Gen. Pope in securing the money 
of the banks of Lagrange and Canton, Mo., 
which he delivered at the sub-treasury in St- 
Louis, bj' order of Major Gen. Fremont. He 
p;irticipated in the attack on Monroe Sta- 
tion, Mo., for the relief of the 16th Regt. 111. 
Inf., besieged there at the outbreak of the 
war. He escorted the arms for the Iowa 
Volunteers from Quincy to Keokuk. They 
served as a city guard until 1864, when he 



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disbanded the company, niiicli did s"'"' 
service for tlie government at a critical time 
when firmness, good judgment, and unfalter- 
ing bravery were reijuired. He or his men 
received no rcnumeralion from the govern- 
ment for their valuable services rendered. 
His firm of Bertschinger <& Stelnwedell im- 
ported the first goods direct from Europe to 
Quincy in the hardware line, and paid the 
first duly to the Collector of the Port ; he 
was one of the Electors for Greeley in 1872. 
He is a stockholder iu the First National 
Bank; is a membir of the I. (J. O. F., also 
German Turners stockholder and director, 
and one of the leading Germans of Quincy. 

Stengel Theophelie, honec mover, 023 Mniue. 

Stern Henry, pain"er. llOt! Vine. 

Stern Joseph. coo|ier, 1114 Vine. 

Siern Louia, boolc keeper, cor. 1 Itli and Oalj. 

Stntcrmann George, wagon malier, 1180 Washington. 

Stevens .Martin 8. Oali e of ISlh. 

Stewart Albert, farmer, 515 Jact:80D. 

STEWART A. M.. proprietor 
Quincy Uity Steam Dye Works, 316 Maine 
street. He was born in Monmouth county, 
N. J., in 1833, and located in CJiiincy iu 183G. 
He married Margaret KUsvs'orth in 18.53. 
She was born in Virginia in 183 >. Have nine 
children, Effle E., Mary M., Gcorgi..na, 
John, Susan B., E. M., Florence E., Henry 
L. and Daisy. Republican. . Belongs to 
M. E. Church. He is a member of the 
I. O. O. F. Is a silk and woolen dyer and 
scourer. Gents' coats, vests and pants are 
dyed, cleaned and repaired by their great 
chemical process. Every spot of grease, 
paint, was and tar, together with all other 
blemishes to which the above garments are 
liable, are entirely removed, and he warrants 
the spot not to re-appear. If he fails to 
please you no charge will be made. Ladies' 
shawls, ribbons, silk and woolen dresses, 
kid gloves, etc., a specialty. Feathers 
cleaned, dyed and curled. All colors war- 
ranted fast. Remember the place, 316 Maine 
street, Quincy, III. All goods sent by ex- 
press will receive prompt attention. Hats 
cleaned and made new, and warrantedNo. 1. 
Stewart Mrs. .Vnn, 705 Broadway. 
Stewart Mr?. Ann. cor. 4lh and Payson ave. 
Stewart Jackson, teamster, cor. 3d and Elm. 
Stewart James. Jr. switchman, 2Hi Sprlns. 
Stewart James W. com. merchant, ISOS Maine. 
Stewart John, clerk in post-otttce, 705 Broadway. 
Stewart Mrs. Maggie J. dressmaker. 1117 Vine. 

STEWART ROBERT, Harbor 



Master, 39 Front street; residence, 203 
Maine street. He was born in Edinburgh, 
Scotland, in 1831 ; came to this country in 
1840, and located in this city in 1857. He , 

married Miss Marian .larrett in 18.").5. She 
was bom in Scotland. They liave three 
children: James A., Minnie B. and Robert 
F. Are members of the Unitarian Church. 
He is a Democrat. He went into the ice 
business in this city in 18.50, and continued 
until the present time. He has been Harbor 
Master four j'cars. Is a member of the Ma- 
sons, Druids and Odd Fellows' societies. 
Stewart Sara, laborer, E'm, c of 9th. 
StiDe Christian. c<>oper, 37'j S. 6tb. 
Stinne't Wm. R. laborer, li57 Maine. 

STIPP ATGI^ST H., cigar luan- 
ufactuier, northwest corner of (ith and 
Adams street:*. He was born in Herford, 
Westphalia. Europe, Jan. 31, 1847; came to 
America in 18GG; remaining one year in the 
State of Missouri, and arrived in Quincy, 
111., Sept. 1, 1807; married Prederika Vorn- 
dam, in Quincy, III., Jan. 8, 18(i0; was 
born in Ijippinghausen, Europe, Feb. 17, 
18.50. Religion, Lutheran. Property, valued 
at 11,500. 

Stipp Frank, laborer, 815 Washington. 
Stipp Herman, laborer, Madison, e ofStb. 
Stobie Alexander, laborer, *Ji5 N. 5th. 
Stock John, cooper. MO Madison. 

STOCKHEKKR HERM.VX, 

wood merchant ; rcsidriue. 3(1.") South 8th 
street; wa.s born in Germany, Jan. 1, 1846. 
His father died when he was 2 years old; 
six years later his mother came to America, 
and settled in Quiney, where he has since 
lived. He enlisted in the army in Co. A, 
43d Regt. 111. Inf. in 1864; served till 
the close of the war. He married Anna 
Fleer, in September, 1800. She was born in 
Germany. They had five childiin, four 
living: Anna, Herman, Ida, iind William. 
He owns residence and lot, No. 305 South 
8th street, and 400 acres timber land in Pike 
county. 111. 

Stocksfeik Fred, carpenter, Monroe, e of 10th. 
Stockton T. S. blacksmith, 9is Ilampehirc. 
Stockwell W. W. collector. •Hi state. 
BtotlB Mrs. .Mary, widow, 307 Kentacky. 
Stourbahn Kred. shoemaker. IJ'.'l Vermont. 
Stoeckie Alex, blacksmith, if, N. 10th. 

ST<»E1 KliE EDWARD, whole- 
sale liquors, 6'24 Maine street; born in 
Baden, Germany, in 1835; came to the 



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United States, Nov. 15, 18t51, and located in 
Quincy. He married Elizabetha Bart, in 
1866. She Wiis born in Wisconsin. Tliey 
have four children: Maggie, Edward, Gus- 
tav, and John. They are members of the 
Catholic Church. He has been in business 
for himself twelve years in the liquor 
business. 

Stoeckle Gnetav, boots and shoes, &U Maine. 
Stall John, carpenter, 923 York. 
Stone A. T. 309 N. ath. 
iitone Albert Jr. 1W8 Maine. 

STONE E. K., Superintendent of 
the Quincy Horse Railway and Carrying 
Company; was born in Worcester count}-, 
Mass., in 1818; moved to this State, in 
1838, and located in this city in 1839. 
and went into the boots and, shoe business, 
which he continued in until 1865. He 
became a stockholder, and superintendent of 
the above company in 1870, and has had the 
management of it since. 
Stoppe Joseph, shoemaker, 31 S. 10th. 
Storck F. carpenter, cor. State and 13th. 
Stork Henry, furniture manufacturer, 713 State. 
Stork llermtin, teamster, lUfi Payson ave. 
Stork Mrs. Mena, widow, 82.5 Jefferson. 

STORK & PAITEKO, contractors 
and builders, corner of 12lh and State streets. 
Frederick Stork was born near Herford, 
Regierungs-bazirk Preus-Minden, Europe, 
Nov. 15, 1814, and came to America, arriv- 
ing at New Orleans, with his parents, in 
1854, coming direct to Quincy, 111. He 
married Miss Wilhelmina Drege, at Quincj', 
111.. Aug. 4, 1874. She was born in Oldes- 
hausen Kegierungs-bezirk, Osterrode, Prus- 
sia, March 29, 18.53, and came to America 
with her mother, in August, 1871, going 
direct to Quincy. They had three children : 
Frank Henry Edward, born July 1, 1870 (by 
a former wife) ; Peter Henry Frederick, born 
May 22, 1875, and Herman Ludwig, born July 
10, 1877. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, 
Democrat. Enlisted at Quincy, 111., Aug. 
15, 1862, in Co. A, 119th Regt., 111. Inf., 
and was honorably discharged at Mobile, 
Ala., Aug. 26, 1865, and participated in all the 
battles in which his regiment was engaged. 
lie is a member of the Protestant Widows 
and Orphans' Society of Quincy, 111. Real 
and personal property estimated at $7,000. 

Stormer Gottlieb, carpenler, 1110 Washington. 
Stormer llenry, brick maker, Monroe e of 12th. 
Stormer Wm. laborer, 920 Monroe. 



Stormer Wm. Adams bet. 10th and 11th. 
Stowberg Valentine, teamster, 537 Wasbiugton. 
Siraley Joseph, harness maker, 431 Kentui-ky. 
St' atman C. F. carpenter, cor. Bih and Payson ave. 
Slranss M. exprefs, cor. 7th and Jefferson. 
Stronger 111 nry, laborer, 828 Waehingtun. 
Strenger Henry, laborer, SH Jeff rson. 
Strengho^ner Wm. laborer, '00 .Madison. 
Stroad Mrs. Cnjcy, uidow, ;):!0 stale. 

STRICKL,IN« H. h\, grocery, 
northwest corner of 11th and Broadway; res- 
idence, same; born in Belmontcounty, Ohio, 
in 1849. He went to Nebraska in 1865, and 
was actively engaged in frontier life until 
1868; taught school and kept store, when he 
enlisted at Fort McPherson in tlic 2d Reg. 
Ca\-., in which he served on Ihe jjlains actively 
until his time expired in 1873, when he was 
honorably discharged. He located in Jack- 
sonville, Morgan county, in this state, 1873, 
and married Miss Laura Clark, daugliter of 
Geo. W. Clark, of that city, in 1876. She 
was born there, 1855. They located in 
Quincy, 1878, when he went into his present 
business, and is carrying on a large and 
profitable trade. He is a young man of good 
appearance and address, with the health of 
frontier life visible. He is a Democrat. 
Siroot John, cjoper, 50 N. llih. 
Slrouse Henry, mail agt. IW N. 5th. 
Strub Joseph, stone mason, S3S Kvntucky. 
Strank Peter, laborer, 1109 Oak. 
Stuckenburg Ueury, 1019 Vermont. 
Sinckman Gnet. clerk, 830 Wnsbin^tou. 
Stuckman Henry, carpenter, llih n of Payson ave. 
Stnckman Joseph, laborer, Kim e of 9th. 
Stake H. laborer, 72tj Jackson. 
Sturgiss Mrs. Margaret, widow, I>li3 Broadway. 

STURGISS SAMUEL, M., den- 
tist, north-east corner of 5th and Hampshire; 
born in Chester county. Pa., 1828; moved to 
this county, 1852; studied in Westchester 
county. Pa. He married Miss Mary Ko- 
nanlz, 18.55. Slie was born in this city. He 
has lliree children living: Emma J., Marj^ 
ami Flora. Mrs. Sturgiss died Jan. 2, 1862. 
He married his second wife, Rcbeccti Reeder, 
1863. Have two boys: Edward K., and Wil- 
liam R. The doctor is President of the Illi- 
nois State Dental Society, composed of the 
leading dentists of the Slate. He is a Dem- 
ocrat in politics. 
Sturhahn Fred, laborer, 713 Madieon. 
Sturhahn Gnst. tobacconist, MO Washington. 
Sturhahn Herman, laborer, Jefferson w of lOth. 

SXrRHAHlf I.EOPOL.D, black- 
smith, 1009 Payson Ave. He was born in 



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Lippe-DepenhoUl, Europe, October, 18, 1850, 
and emigrated to Ainerica, landing at New 
York City, Oct., 1303. He came direct with 
his parents to Qiiincy, III. He inarried Miss 
Anna Beiiiuer in Quincy, Nov. 16, 1871. She 
■wa-s born near Eriord, Westphalia, Europe, 
Sept. 1, 1850. and emigrated to America with 
her parentis in 1850, going direct to Quincy. 
They have bad two children : one dead, 
Anialia H. W., aged two ycar,^, five months 
and eleven days; living, Amalia, two years 
of age. Religion, Protestant. Property, real 
and personal, valued at ^2,000. 
Starmer G. teamster, Monroe c of 5th. 
StQItenburg Joseph, teamster, cor. of id and Lind. 
Sallivan U. V. H~ Vermont. 
Sanderman Mrs. A. \. widow, 180 S. 6th. 
Surlage Frank, printer, cor. 9th and Monroe. 
Sormeyer Henry, pork paclier, 1018 Broadway. 
Sarmeyer Mrs. T. widjw, iM N. 8ih. 
Snthus Theo. cooper, Jackson w of lOth. 
Swabel \Vm. laborer, cor. 13th and Spring. 
Swaueon Andras, laborer, 4th a of Sycamore. 
Swapsher Henry, laborer, Olive n of Vine. 
Swartwoat A. C. pork packer, 910 Vermont. 

SWAKTWOIIT A, M., retired; 
residence, 910 Vermont street; born in 
Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1817; moved to 
New York City in 1828, and to Quincy in 
1837; married Mi.ss Mary Elizabeth Alexan- 
der, daughter of Col. Alexander, of the United 
States Land Office, in 1849. She was born in 
Quincy. One son, Alexander C 3Irs. 
Swartwout died four months after the birth 
of her son. Mr. Swartwout was in the lum- 
ber business from 1865 to 1875, when he re- 
tired from active business. Republican. 
His son, A. C, is in partnership with A. J. 
F. Prevost in the pork packing business in 
this city. 

SwartzbaoEh Mrs. Myra, lOS Hampshire. 
Sweetring John, molder, 528 Kentucky. 

SWEXKY' JAllKS «., farrier; 26 
South 4lh street ; residence, York, between 
2d and 3d; born in City Londonderry, 
Ireland, 1844; came to the United States 
1849, and located in Quincy with bis fatlier 
in 1851 ; married Lizzie Dodia in 1805. She 
was born in St. Louis in 1846. Their chil- 
dren arc: John C, James B., Lillie, Edward 
D., Emmet, and Clara B. His father, Daniel 
Sweney, established his business in 1851, 
when he came to Quincy, and is well and 
favorably known all over the stale as a farrier 
and horse shoer; has been in business since 
1866. 



Swimmrr Harris, bides, etc. 60 S. 6tb. 
Swinney Elijah A. carpenter, 1031 Broadway. 
Swinnuy Mrs, Scott, Hampshire, w of 20lh. 

SYKKS S. M., engineer Fire Depart- 
meut, steamer No, 3, 8tli between .fersey and 
Maine streets; residence, same; born in 
Greene county, 111., 1840; located in this city 
1844; has been in the Fire Department since 
1871. He enlisted in Uie United States Navy 
as 2d Assistant Engineer in the Western Gulf 
Squadron, May 1804. and was honorably 
discharged Dec. 4, 1865. He is a licensed 
river engineer. He is a reliable and trust- 
worthy officer of the department in which 
he serves. 

Sylvester John, blacksmith, 4th n of Sprace. 
Sylvester John A., blacksmith, 4tb bet. Maple and 
Sycamore. 



Tacke Mrs. CaroMne, boardlnt'.'cor. 3d and Vermont. 

TA€KK \*1LHKI.M, groceries 
and provisions, corner 4th and Ohio streets; 
residence, same. He was born in Grabe 
Ampt Ottenstein, Regierungs-bezirk, Holz- 
Minden, Braunschweig, Europe, on April 
16, 1829, and emigrated to America, arriv- 
ing at New York in 1853; from there he 
went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and then to Law- 
renceburg, Ind., remained three years; from 
there he went to Louisville, Ky., remained 
six months; thence to St. Louis, Mo , an^l 
from there to Quincy, 111., where he arrived 
August 9, 1803. He married Miss Katherina 
Hax in St. I.x)uis, Mo., July 30, 1859. She 
was born in Grosz Umstadt, Darmstadt, 
Europe, on May 2, 1826, and emigrated to 
America, landing in New Orleans, in 1858. 
Three children : Amelia, born Dec. 20, 1802; 
Karl, born Oct. 17, 18ii4, and Willielm, born 
Jan. 22. 1869. Religion, Lutheran. Politics, 
Democrat. Real and personal property not 
estimated. 

Talcott Mrs. Martha, widow, "Hi Jersey. 
Talkin Henry, Vine w of iSd. 
Taneman Au^nst, wood dealer, 14r» S. 8tb. 
Jansraan Fred. 1005 Hampshire. 
Tansmsn Herman, wood yard. 8th u of State. 
Tansman Mrs. Joannah, widow. 805 State. 

TAXSMAX >VILLIAM H.. wood 
dealer, Maine street, near 3d; residence, 
142 South Eighth street; born in Germany, 
■ near Berlin, in 1839; located in this city in 
1840; married Miss Kate Sundermann in 
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Theu- children are; William H., John H., 
Freddie H., and Annie C. They are Luther- 
ans. He was a Republican in 1802; was 
elected Alderman of the 4th Ward that year 
on the Republican ticket, and re-elected in 
1866 by the Democrats, he having become a 
Democrat in the meantime. He was ap- 
pointed a member of the Board of Edu- 
cation in 1807, and reappointed Supervisor 
in 1870. He is a Mason, and also a member 
of the German Benevolent Widows and 
Orphans' Society. 

Tappe Wm. D. painter, 1114 Vermont. 
TalhB MichaL'l, school teacher, 527 Adame. 
Taylor Mrs. Elizabeth, Vine e of 5lh. 
Taylor ieorge, macliiuist, Locust w of 4th. 
Taylor Mrs. Isabel, widow, 24 N. U. 
Taylor John, molder, Jctfereon e of 11th. 
Taylor Mrs. Lizzie. 7i)0 Jackson. 
Tebbe Mrs. Elizabeth, widow, 811 Jersey. 
Tebben Mrs. Elizabeth, 67 N. 12th. 
Teichert Wm. farmir, 310 Ohio. 
Teigeler Barney, barber, n end of 6th. 
Tellbusch Aairnst,. molder, 32"2 Washington. 
Tempe Mrs. Angtline, Elm e of 18th. 
Tempe Bernard, 18th bet. Elm and Lind. 

TEMPE J. B., flour, feed and fruit 
store, corner of 11th and Hampshire streets; 
born in Quincy, Feb. 1, 1853; married Caro- 
line Ahrens, May 11, 1875. She was born 
in Germany. They have one child: Matilda, 
born March 14, 1877. He is a Democrat. 
He has been in business for himself since 
1875. He is a son of Bernard Tempe, one of 
the early settlers in Quincy, who died Sept. 
3, 1869. He is an active, intelligent young 
business man. 

Tempelman J. H. plasterer, 153 S. 8th. 
Tempelman Bernard, bds. a) N. 91h. 

TENK HEN KY (H. & J. H. Tcnk), 
hardware, 512 Maine street ; residence, south- 
west corner of 3d and Jersey streets; bom 
in Prussia in 1829; came to the United 
States in 1844; located in Quincy in 1840; 
married Gertrude Venvertloh in 1868. She 
was born in Prussia in 1837. Three chil- 
dren ; Elizabeth, Henry R., and Frank J. 
They are members of the Catholic Church. 
Independent in politics. He commenced 
business in this city for himself in 1863, as 
H. & J. H. Tenk. They carry a very large 
stock of general hardware. 

TEXM. HENRY, Jr., rope walk, 
corner of 21st and Vine streets; residence, 
corner 11th and Oak streets. He was born 



in Quincy, 111., April 17, 1848, and after re- 
ceiving a common school education he 
served his apprenticeship as a rope-manu- 
facturer with Ben. II. Goodnow. He mar- 
ried Miss Elizabeth Develius, in Quincy, 
July 17, 1866. She was' born in St. Louis, 
Mo., April 12, 1849; came to Quincy with 
her pureuts when one year of age. Onechild, 
Rosa; born July 17, 1867. Religion, Ro- 
man Catholic. Politics, Democrat. Was a 
member of Neptune Fire Company, No. 4, 
of Quincy, from 1860 till 1862. ; is the junior 
partner of tlie firm of J. H. Wavering & Co. 
Has been in business for one year. Real 
and personal property eslimated at $500. 
Tenk John II. cutlery, etc. 515 Oak. 

TERI>EN«E GEORGE, drug- 
gist. No. 502 Maine street; residence, 27 
South 10th street. 
Terford Henry, carpenter, 719 Oak. 
Tcrford Wm. contractor, ISfi N. 12th. 
Terry Mrs. Maiia T. 1124 Oak. 
Teretriep Herman, carpenter, 38ii N. lOth. 
Terwelp Anton, boxmaker, 1232 Hampshire. 
Terwelp Wm. 1232 Hampshire. 
Terwische Mr-^. Francis, (j24 Hampshire. 
Ternische J. H. harness maker, 208 N. 8th. 
Terwische Louis, carpenter, 189 S. 6th. 
Thale Herman H. laborer. 1106 Ohio. 
Thales Frank, cabinetmaker, 937 State. 

THAYER MRS. E., residence, 87 
North 8th street. She was born in Halifax 
county, Va., in 1825 ; married Reason Cross 
in 1840. He died in 1852, leaving one 
child, Lizzie (now Mrs. Blakeslee). She 
married Lynas Thayer, in 1853. He died 
in 1858. He was a land agent speculator. 
Mrs. Thayer's daughter married Willis 
Blakeslee, who is pilot on the Mississippi 
river. They htive one child, Willis, born in 
1867. 

Theis Mrs. 8. widow, 510 Kentucky. 
Thenhaus Chas. laborer, 92ti Payson ave. 
Thenbausen Henry, carpenter, 804 Monroe. 
Thenish Mrs. Sophia, Chestnut e of 10th. 
Thesen Fred, carpenter, 1023 Ohio. 
Thesen Herman II. teamster, 1020 Ohio. 
Thesen Mrs. Lotta, widow, 1023 Ohio. 
Thesen Wm. cooper, 710 Washington. 
Thiemann Bernard, harnessmaker, 92^3 .Teffereon. 
Thier B. barber and thoemaker, 710 York. 
Thorn Owen, miller, 91^ Broadway. 
Thomas Mrs. Anna, cor. 2d and Elm. 

THOMAS CHRIST (deceased); 
born in Ntissau, Germany, in 1832; came to 
the United States in 1852, and married 



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Lucy Biirnes in 1856. She was born in 
Hanover, Germany. He died in January, 
1869, leaving four children: Charlie, Ed- 
ward, William, and Louisa. He left his 
widow comfortahly provided for. He was a 
realeslate and insurance agent (life), and 
was a member of the I. O. (). F. She owns 
her residence, 410 Kentucky street, and a 
vineyard of five acres, worth |.5,00l). 

Thomas Mrs. Francis, widow. 175 N. inth. 

ThomseMre. .1 alia. '.1th n of Vine. 

Thomas Mrs. Mary K. eeametrees, 115 N. 4tb. 

THOMAS PHILIP, stave and, 
heading factory, Quincy bay ; residence, 
15th and State streets; born in Bavaria in 
1812; came to the United States, in 1837, 
and located in Baltimore, Md.; went to 
New Orleans, La. ; thence to Iowa, in 1840, 
and located in Quincy (after being live 
years in Warsaw, where he carried on the 
cooper's business) in 1842. He has con- 
ducted a successful cooperag-i business 
since, assisted by his son, on 2d street. He 
established his .stave mill, in 1863; capacity, 
15,000 staves per day. He is a member of 
the I. O. <). F., and a Lutheran. 

Thomasmeyer Fred. cor. 9th and State. 
Thompson Mrs. Celia, widow, lOlS Vermont. 
Thompson Mrs. Elizabeth, cor. 20th and Oak. 
Thompson F. C. ins. agt. 88 N. :id 
Thompson F. W. life ins .igt. cor. 25th and High. 
Thompson Isaac N. dep'ity sheriff, 1«5 Maine. 
Thompson T. teamster, cor. 7th and Maple. 
Thompson J.;Scph, first miller Eagle Mills, 4i» Oak. 

THOMPSON JOSEPH C, Attor- 
ney, 506 Hamp.sliire street; residence, 631 
Hampshire street ; was born in Blairsville, 
Penn., Sept. 18, 18-36; was married to Miss 
Emeline P. Bells, Sept. 3, 1856. She was 
born in Cornwall, Vt., May 18, 1829. They 
have two children : S. Culbertson and Joseph 
E. He studied his profession at Lebanon, 
Ohio, and graduated at the law school of 
Bloomington, Ind. ; came to this city in 
July, 18'>8, and opened an office to i)ractice 
his profession. He w:is elected County 
Judge in 1873, and served one term. He has 
by close attention to his profession built up 
an enviable reputation, and very lucrative 
business. He is Democratic in politics, and 
one of the most energetic and go-ahead 
workers in the ranks, 

Tlemann II. barnossmaker. Jefferson, bet. 0th <£ lOtb. 
Tiemanu Fred. cor. ISlb and Kentncky. 
Tiemann Fred, laborer, cor. 15tb and Washington. 



Tiemann Henry, teamster, 901 .lefTereon. 
Tiemann Mrs. Lizetta, widow. 10J7 Kentncky. 
Tiemsun W'm stone-cutter, 9i2 Monroe. 

TILI.SOX GRXKKAL JOHTV, 

was born at Hillsboro, 111., Oct. 12, 1825. 
He is the second son of John and Christiana 
Holmes Tillson, the former a native of Hal- 
ifax, the latter of Kingston, Plymouth 
county, Mass. Mr. Till.son, the elder, was 
one of the most prominent men of the State 
during its first thirty years, and came to 
Illinoi.s, in 18IU, landing at Shawneetown, 
at the same time with Governor John Wood, 
whose daughter is now the wife of General 
Tillson. He settled in Hillsboro, and came to 
Quincy in 1843, where his business interests 
had long been. Mr. Tillson wiis noted for 
his high business sagacity, and his philan- 
thropic character. He early acquired a 
fortune, the largest in the State, which was 
generously bestowed. To religious and 
educational interests he was a munificent, 
and yet unpretentious patron. He built 
"Hillsboro Academy"; was one of the 
founders of the Illinois and Shurlleff Col- 
leges, and erected the " Quincy House" in 
1836, then the finest hotel west of Pittsburgh, 
at a cost of over 1100,000. He died in 1853, 
at Peoria, instantly, of heart disease, as had 
his father and grandfather before him. 
General Tillson, his son, was educated, 
first by private tuition at home, and after, 
ward at South Reading, [Mass., and Hills- 
boro Acadamies, and Illinois College. The 
subject of this sketch read law, and attended 
two courses at the Transylvania Law School 
in Lexington, Ky., and graduated there in 
1847, having been chosen speaker for the 
class. He practiced law at Quincy, the lat- 
ter part of the time being in partnership 
with the late A. Jonas. In 1851, himself 
and " Uncle" Smith organized the land 
agency firm of Tillson & Kingman. In 
1850, he was the Republican candidate for 
State Representative, and in 1858 for State 
Senator. When the rebellion rose, he, with 
other Lieutentints, and B. M. Prentiss, 
Orderly Sergeant of the Quincy City Guards, 
offered the company to Governor Yates; 
two companies were at once raised, which 
were the first to be present, and mustered in at 
Springfield, and Captain Prentiss and Cap- 
tain Tillson received the first commissions 
issued by Governor Yates. The 10th Regt., 
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attai-hed, after the organization at Cairo, in 
April, 1S61, elected Captain Tillson, success- 
ively Major, Lieut. Colonel, and Coloueb 
and the 10th 111. Regt. remained under his 
command, either as regimental or brigade 
commander, from the time it left Illinois, 
until the final muster-out, on July 4, 1865. 
Twice, during the earlier part of the war, 
General Tillson declined the offer of pro- 
motion to the Colonelcy of another regiment, 
prefering to remain with the 10th Regt. to 
the close. His regiment participated in the 
movements against New Madrid, Island 
No. 10, Corinth, Mission Ridge, and in the 
Sherman battles toward Atlanta. On the 
fall of the last-named city. General Tillson 
commanded a brigade in the 17th Army 
Corps. He received the "star" as a Brig- 
adier while on the march to the sea, and 
was mustered out of the volunteer service 
.July 21, 1865 ; remained in the regular army 
as Captain (to which he had been appointed 
in 1861), and was Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 
in the regular army, on recruiting duty, 
until February, 1866, when he resigned. Not 
long after%\'ard he took a partnership in the 
Quincy Whiff, after which the presidency of 
the railroad being built from Quincy to 
Keokuk ; and in 1873, was elected a State 
Representative, to fill a vacancy, having 
the comfortable distinction of being the 
only Republican ever chosen to the 
House of Representatives (except under 
the minority system); resigned, to become 
United States Revenue Collector, in June, 
1873. He was elected City Alderman, in 
1867, for two years, and again in 1869 and 
1871 ; was a member and President of the 
Board of Trustees of the Jacksonville In- 
sane Asj'lum for several years. In 1851^ 
General Tillson married Ann E., eldest 
daughter of Governor John Wood. They 
have three children ; two daughters and one 
son. General Tillson's tastes have been 
mainly literary — not political, or business. 
He has the largest miscellaneous private 
library in the city of Quincy, much of which 
existed before there was any " Gem City," 
and to that his interests are greatly directed. 
In " old-time matters" lie is a reference, on 
mithority, and a chronicler. 

TILLSON ROBERT, real estate 
dealer, corner of 4th and Maine streets; res- 
idence, 426 Jersey street ; born in Plymouth 



county. Mass, in 1800; came to Montgom- 
ery county, 1822; clerked for his brother in 
the land office there until 1827, when he 
went into mercantile business with Charles 
Holmes, in St. Louis. In 1828 they packed 
their goods, and shipped by a keel-boat, to 
this city, where he continued the mercantile 
business until 1840. He was appointed 
postmaster at Quincj', by President Jackson, 
which he held twelve consecutive years. In 
1852 he sold out his mercantile business and 
went into the real estate. In 1834 he married 
Miss Charlotte F. Topi iff. She was born in 
Westfield, Mass., in 1811. Their children 
are: Emily, William H., Sarah, Edward, 
and Priscilla. They are members of the 
Presbyterian Church. Republican. 
Timmerwilke Joseph, plasterer, cor. 1 1th and Cedar. 

TOBIAS FRANK, gunsmith, 609 
Hampshire street; residence, same; born in 
Hungary in 1822; came to Quincy in 1852; 
married Miss Matilda Boettitche in 1833. 
She was born in Germany. They are mem- 
bers of the Presbyterian Church. His 
father was a gun maker in Hungaiy, and he 
has been at the business since a boy. 
Tobin Mrs. E. B. widow, cor. 9th and Cherry. 
Todd Francip, gtone mason, cor. 7th and Chestnut. 
Tofall Anton, clerk, cor. 14th and Spring. 
Tommamichel Peter, cigar maker, 935 Maine. 
Towui! M. 0. yard master K. R. 10th, n of Sycamore. 
Tracy ^Irs. Ann, cor. 8th and York. 
Trapp Anion, laborer. 203 N. 5lh. 
Trapp .Tohn, tailor, 930 Maine. 
Travilla Mrs. M. widow, 501 Walnut alley. 
Travilla Wm. carpenter, 173 N. 5th. 
Travis Mrs. C. widow, 338 State. 
Treer Auron, hides, etc. 53 S. 6th. 
Tricketts .John, carpenter, 396 N. 5th. 
Triener Mrs. Anna M. 303 N. 5th. 
Trimble Heury B. trav. salesman, 69 N. 13th. 
Tripp Thomas, grocer, 630 Broadway. 
Trott Ale.';, teamster, Lind. w of 30th. 
Trowbridgs Charles H. (Bonnet, Duffy & Co.) 102S 

Vermont. 
Trowbridge W. teamster, 436 Y'ork. 
Trower Chas. painter, 1305 Vermont. 
Troy Edward, laborer, 19 S. 10th. 
Troy .James, laborer, 839 Jersey. 
Trulock Ed. blacksmith, rear li57 Maine. 
Tubbesing Prank R. architect, 88 S. 10th. 
Tucker Wm. laborer, 8th, n of Locust. 
Turner Hon. Edwin H. pres. Gem City Tobacco 

Works. 3:30 Jersey. 
Turner Mrs. Caroline, 1133 Vermont. 
Turner Otis A. real est. dealer, 711 Hampshire. 

TliRXER R. K., Attorney at Law 
office, 425 Ilamiishire; was born in Morgan 
county. 111., 1836; graduated in Illinois Col- 



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lege Jacksonville, 1857, with the highest 
honors of his class; studied law in New 
Haven, Conn. ; was professor of a colU'ge in 
New Orleans in 1858-59, and admitted to the 
bar, Nov. 8, 1860; practiced law in Bloom- 
ington. 111., till fall of 1804 when he came to 
Quincy. He had a very large practice in 
real estate cases in United Slates Courts at 
Cliicago and Springfield, and been an exten- 
sive land owner in Illinois, Missouri, and 
other slates ; now in active practice of law 
at Quincy. 

Tamer Wm. carpenter, <lth n of Sycamore. ^ 

Turner Joseph F. 800 n Sth. 

Tuiney Wm. E. carpenter, 4th bet. Sycamore anil 

Maple. 
TDshaaii J. II. grocer, 713 Hampshire. 
Tushaus John 11. laborer, Lind e of VHh. 
Twiehuus .\ndrew, liibortr, cor. sth and Hampshire. 
TwiehauB Uenry, laborer, tl38 Ohio. 
Tyrer Mrs. Caroline, widow, 90 S. 3d. 
Tyrer Louis, blackamttb, 7tb S. of Washington. 



u 



Uhbing Mrs. Mary, cor. 11th and Dampebire. 
Uebner JoQn, carpenter, cor. 12th and Stale. 
Uehleiu Joieph, laborer, 1017 Jersey. 
Chlenbrock Ilonry, laborer, 13th n of Jefferson. 
Ublenbrock Joseph, 8hoemaker,fcor. nth and Maiden 
Lane. 

ITL,I.MAX MIC'HAKIi, grocery 
corner 5th and Loeiist; resilience, same; 
born in Wisconsin near Milwaukee, .luly 
1849 ; moved to Mankato, Blue Earth county, 
Minn., in 18.56, and to tjuincy iu 1868. He 
married Mary Schepers in September, 1870. 
She was born in Germany. They have one 
child, George M., living, and one deceased. 
They are members of the Catholic churc 
He is a nemocral, Inus been in business since 
1871; he clcrckid up to that time. He is an 
active, energetic business man, and is doing 
a lucrative business. 
Ullrich Ernst, varnisher, Ohio, e of LMh. 
Ulwenoski John, brick maker, Monroe eof 12tb. 
Unkerbacb John, lirewer, UO S. 10th. 

UNVERZAGT IIKXRY, bakerj 
and confectionary, 502 York street: born in 
Nassau, Prussia, l,8;i4; came to United States 
in 1857, and located in St. Louis, Mo ; en- 
listed in Co. A., 1st Regt. Mo. Inf., 1861, 
which was re-organi/.ed as 1st Mo. Light Ar- 
tillery ; was wounded at Wilson's Creek, Mo. 
and sent to hospital ; soon recovered suffi- 
ciently to join his regiment, with which he 

rved until 1863 when he was discharged 



through disability. He married Mrs. Eliza- 
beth Gartman (maiden name Kruppe) 18li6. 
She was born in Germany. They have three 
children: Hannah, George, and Theo- 
dore. He is a Democrat. A member of the 
I. O. O. F. He has been in business tbr him- 
self seven years: came tot^uincy in 1864. 

Uplander Andrew, wagon maker, IHl S. 7th. 
Upton James W. hotel and saloon, -15 N. Front. 
Urich Fred, milkman, 10 li n of Llnd. 



Vable August, upholsterer, «09 Adams. 
Vahle Bernard, stone mason, 837 Jackson, 

VAHIjK F. G., ''ry goods, groceries, 
i|iieens\vaie, flour and feed, merchant tailor, 
imd saloon, corner 8lh ami Adams streets; 
w.is born near Herford, Regierungs-bezirk 
Preus-Mindeii, Europe, Miiich i8, 1846; emi- 
grated to America, landing at Baltimore, 
Md., 1803, coming direct to Quincy, 111; 
married Anna Maria Wollbrink, in Quincy, 
April 12, 1868. She was born near Herford, 
Westphalia, Europe, .June 14, 1851; came to 
America with her parents in 1852, coming 
direct to t^uiucy via New Orleans. Five 
children : Anna Frederika Louise, born Feb. 
16, 186!); Johaii Herman August, born Feb. 
8, 1871: Anna F. S., boiii April 28, 1873; 
Oscar, born March 1.3, 1875, and Wilhelm 
Heinrich, born Sept. 1!), 1877. He took a 
position as clerk and cutter in F. W. Schaf- 
fer's store in 1872,/where he remained three 
years imd two months ; then bought house 
and lot on corner of Adams and 8th streets, 
on which at that time was located a small 
dwelling, which he had removed and built 
on it the present large store. Religion, Lu- 
theran. Is a membcrof the Protestant Orphan 
and Benevolent Association, Marquette 
Lodge No. 36, I. O. O. F., Quincy Grove 
No. 21, U. A. O. D., and Humboldt Lodge 
No. 61, A. O. U. W. 

Vahle Ilenry. stone mason, .Vdams w of lOtb. 
Vable Herman, cooper, 61tt .-Vdams. 
Vahle Peter, laborer, (ilO Adums. 
Vahle Wm. cabinet maker. H37 Jackson. 
iValent .Xugnst, tailor, Ith s of Washington. 
Valkenbers John, i,'ardner, Isth s of .Maine. 

VAKTUFiNBOO.^l V. A., <>( the tirm 
of Vandenboom iV Hlonier, pork packers, cor. 
of 10th and Broadway ; residence, 12!) N. 10th : 
born in Prussia, 1818; located in Cincinnati 
1848, and in Quincy, 1851. He married Ger- 
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Prussia. Their children are : Henry, Louisa, 
Joseph, Lizzie, August, and Paulina. Mrs. 
Vandenbooin died in 1801. He married 
Elizabeth Ellers in 1862. Six children by 
this marriage : Slary, Bernard, Gertrude, 
William, Annie, and Katie. He was Alder- 
man of this city for eight years. He has 
been in the pork packing business since 1870, 
and was in the furniture manufactory eighteen 
j'ears preceding. 

Vandenboom Henry, Vine near 23d. 

VAXDEXBOOM H. A., furniture 
manufacturer, corner lOtli and Vermont 
streets; residence, 1029 Spring street; born 
in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1848; located in Quincy, 
1850 ; married Mary E. Geise, 18G9. She was 
born in Altanburg, Germany, 1848. They 
have five children: Henry A., Ellie, Joseph 
H., Bernard H., and Henry F. Members of 
the Catholic Church. He is a Democrat. 
The house was established by his father in 
1850. He manufactures chairs and bedsteads 
of a common and medium qualitj'. Employs 
seventy men. 

TAKDEXBOOM J. H„ luml^er 
merchant, 636 Vermont street, Quincy ; resi- 
dence, 218 Broadway; was born in this city 
in 1854. He married Miss Amelia Kaltz in 
1876. She was bom in this city in 1853. 
They have one child, Arthur, bom in 1877. 
They are members of the Catholic church. 
!Mr. Vandenboom's father located in this city 
1840, and was elected to the city council two 
terms. Mrs. Vandenboom's parents were 
amongthe verv earliest settlers of this county, 
having located here when there were but a 
few families in the city. The firm of Moller 
& Vandenboom carry about two million 
feet of lumber, as well as a full assort- 
ment of laths, shingles, pickets, etc. etc. 

VASEX GEORGE, general insur- 
ance, real estate and loan agent, corner of 
6th and Maine; residence, 533 Chestnut 
street; born in Germany in 1833, and came 
to the United States in 1852 ; located in this 
city in 1866 ; married Miss Katie Eshner in 
1856. She was born in Bohemia in 1830. 
Their children are Benjamin G., Aaron, 
Abraham M., David, Nathan, Jacob, Gustav, 
Sarah and Philip. Are members of Hebrew 
Church. He is a Democrat, and member of 
the Masons, O. F., A. O. U. W., I. O. B. B. 
and L O. R. M. He represents the following 



insurance companies: Buffalo; German of 
Buflalo, .X. Y. ; Agricultural, of AVatertown, 
N. Y. ; Fireman's Fund of Xew York ; Ger- 
man, of Peoria, 111. ; Knickerbocker Casual- 
ty of New York. He is a Notarj' Public. 
Vanderwall Mrs. Mary, 10th 8 of Cedar. 
Van Doom Geo. C. boofc-kceper, 720 Spring 
Van Doom .James A. lumber merchaptfcor. 2d and 
State. f 

VAX DOOKX MRS. J. K,, 

retired; residence, 152 Xorth 8th street; bom 
in Hartford county, Conn., in 1821; married 
John K.Van Doom in 1841. He was born in 
Templeton, Mass., in I>il4; died in 1875, in 
leaving three children : George C, Helen M. 
(now Mrs. Morgan), and Anna G. (now Mrs. 
F. H. Long). They are members of the 
Congregational Church. Mr. Van Doom 
has been in the lumber business since 1852 
in Quincy. During the war, when refugees 
were pouring into Illinois from Missouri, 
he was appointed United States Commis- 
sary to distribute provisions to the destitute 
people, which position he filled with credit 
to himself, and satisfaction of all concerned. 
He was loved and respected by all who knew 
him. His son, George C, teller, was in the 
First National Bank of Quincy six years, 
and was appointed United States Pension 
Agent at Quincy, which position he held foi 
several years. 

Van Fleet Jame9. blacksmith, 1036 Hampshire. 
Van Frank C. D. fish, oysters, etc., 6th n of Spring. 
Vanholt Gerhard, p'asterer, 3.34 X. 10th. 
Vanholt Wm. laborer, 900 State. 
Vaeen George, insurance agent, 52.3 Chestnut. 
Veach Edward, nurseryman, Hampshire e of 35th. 
Vennler John, laborer. :5:!0 N. 10th. 
Venns Wm. laborer, 1010 Oak. 
Venvertlohs Henry, carpenter. 704 Adams. 
Venvertloh Bemard, contractor and builder, 913 Oak. 
Vlehmeyer Louis, cigar maker, 882 Payson ave. 
Voeth Robert, book-keeper, 225 State. 
Vogel Fred, laborer. S21 Madison. 
Voges Clemens, laborer, Lind w of 11th. 

VOJLK CORXELIIS G., sculptor, 
architect and designer: born in Sussex 
county, N. J., in 1822 ; studied in Boston and 
Philadelphia; came west in 1848, and 
located in this city; married Martha L. 
Barlow in 1845. She was born in Bethany, 
Geneseo county, N. Y., in 1828. Two sons : 
Byron H. and Cornelius G. Mr. Volk is 
the designer of a beautiful monument of 
"Lincoln," and one of "Lovejoy;" neither 
of which were adopted, owing to their ex- 
pensive construction. His marble bust of 



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I IS Tc IKY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 



" Sweet Sixteen," purclmsetl by Gencrnl 
Braymiui, is a gem of beauty iincqualed in 
fine arts. He has in liis studio a lite size 
mold in clay, of ex-Governor John Wood. 

Volm I'liillp, cnblnet maker, Hi S. 10th. 
Von HiiHKum Franlt. laborer, 1112 Oak. 
Von Durtiiir Oeo. brick layer, 110 S. 10th. 
Von Wledenl>auor, Mip. Loutea, lOl.'i Jera> y. 
Voots Joaeph, cooper, 1004 Vino. 

VOKXUAM CANFKK H.. 

griK'cTirs iinil .saliion, conuT of 7lh and 
Adam.s. lie was lioin in l-i|>pinliausen, 
Europe, Sept. 15, 1H44, and emigrated to 
America in 18.")2, coming to (^uiuey .same 
year. Mr. Vorndam worl<ed at the car- 
penter trade sixteen years, and has been 
in the grocery trade since May, 1878; 
married Miss A:iii:i Wolfnieier, Dec. 23, 
1867. Slie was hor i in Golnbeck, Europe, 
Dec. 17, 1850. They have three children: 
Anna, 7 years ; Ida ;i years and 6 months, 
and Frank 3 months old. Heligion, Luth- 
eran. Served in the Police Department of 
Quincy, under the administration of L. I). 
White, Mayor (1877) one year. Keal and 
personal property valued at if 2,000. 

Vorndam C. II . carpenter, .527 Adame. 
Vorndam C. n. molder. TOi> MndlKon. 
Vorndam C. 11. tt)bacconlt«t, .V2'2 .Tackaon. 
■Vorndam -lohn IT. stone ma-on, H07 .^daina. 
Vorndam Mrs. LonUa, SOI Adams. 
VoriKlani Wm laborer. 585 Adams. 
Vosomer Knd. \V., carpenter, JulTersou bet. 5th 
and I'lth. 



w 



Waack John, laborer, I5ih, n of Payson ave. 
Wachcnhcimer .\dam, butcbt:r, 101 1 Uampsblre. 
Wachinheira Ambrose, •toneniason, rear 1029 Maine. 
Wachtel Jacob, blacksmith, cor. l'.itb and Pay- 
son ave 
Wade .)o«eph, laborer, 115 Vermont. 
Wagner .-Vnyust. Krocenes. etc., ViVi Qampshlre. 
Wagner, Mrs. Caroline, widow, .HOT State. 
Walbring laspar. laborer. 829 .letlerson. 
Walbrtng Henry, nnrsi'ryman, cor, 21th and Ltnd. 
Walbrin'.; Wm. brick layer, Sprliii; w of iii. 
Walby Mrs. Ilonora. widow, 1027 .lersey. 

YFALDH.Vr»« UKOKGE V., 

groceries and saloon, corner Otli and Wash- 
ington streets. He was born May 23, 1819, 
in Hesse-Darmstadt, Europe; emigrated to 
America in 1837, landing at New Orleans, 
La.; came to Quincy in .July, 1838; married 
Miss ^lary Oasser, at Quincy, in 1840. She 
was born in Baden, Europe, in 1834. Seven 



children, named respectively: Henry W. 
Mary B., Katie, George P., Wilhelmina, Ed- 
ward and Emma. lieligion, Lutheran. Poli- 
tics. Democrat. Was City Marshal of Quincy 
in 1854 and '55, City Collector in '5<i and '57, 
City Treasurer in '58 and '59, Mayor one 
year, trom '05 to 'C(i; Supervisor of the 3d 
Ward five years in succession, from '74 until 
'79. Cooper by profession, which he fol- 
lowed from 1840 to 18(i0. 

Waldhaas II. W. clerk, .'iSI iVashlngton 

Waldhaus John, machinist, 712 Kentucky. 

Waldln Mrs. widow, 200 X. mh, 

Waldin Helnhold, Jjweler, «3« Broadway. 

Waldo Chas. A. dairy, cor. lOtli and Sycamore. 

Walford Henry, laborer, cor. 10th and Cedar. 

Walker ('. A. physician, bds. liiHi Kentucky. 

Walki-r Mrs. Harriet, widow. Lliid eof 9th. 

Walker James E. farmer, :l:i4 Stale. 

Walker Mrs. I.ouisu, Maine e of Sth. 

Wall Mrs. Mary, widow, IWl Jersey. 

Wallace Mrs. J. K. cor. 18ih and Maine. 

W Bller Bd. It. grain buyer, 10:il Vermont. 

Wallstjidt (has. boots and shoes, 813 Ohio. 

Walsh Thomas P. cliTk, 1711 N. :)d. 

Walters Jacob C. seeds and fruits, 209 N. 4th. 

Waltbcr Thekla. widow, 9:M Payson ave. 

Walton U. P. groceries, 51 S. 3d. 

Wnlz Mrs. Helen, widow, KIS M^lne. 

Walz Martin, blacksmith, Payson ave. w of 12th. 

Walter .Mrs. Catharine, 9S2 Maine. 

Waiiiker Miss Louisa, 401 Washington. 

Wand Clirtftlan, dry goods, 718 Maine. 

WAXD \¥1 I.I.I A^l, retired; resi- 
lience corner 18th and Oak streets; was born 
in Prussia, Aug. 2, 1820 ; received his early 
education in the schools of his native coun- 
try; in 1840 emigrated to the United States, 
and settled in Marion county, Mo., where he 
lived about three years ; then went to Cali- 
fornia on a gold-hunting expedition, and 
moderately succeeded. After being gone 
one and a half years returned home, and in 
1853 settled in Melrose township, on section 
34, where his son .John now lives. In Octo- 
ber, 1847, he married Miss Margaretta Beck- 
man. She was born in Germany, and came 
to this country in 1840. They have six chil- 
dren, four sons and two daughters: Henry 
W., Collector of Melrose towushii); Chris- 
tian, a merch;int on JIaine street ; John, 
Enoch, Mary and Margaretta. 

He owns 414 acres of land, in a high state 
of cultivation, well improved, and with 
abundance of fruit, and very valuable. Dem- 
ocratic in politics, and member of the Homan 
Catholic church. Has been Commissioner 
of Higliways for live years. In fall of 1878 



QUINOV DIKECTOKY. 



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he built an elegant residence in Quincy, and 
retired from active life, previous to which 
time he has been numbered among the 
largest well-to-do farmers of the county, not- 
withstanding he liegan life poor. 
WsnelnK Geo. lubDrcr, 1004 Oak. 
Warning John H. laborer, I'M N. lOih. 
Ward Uenj. F, laborer, cor. 3d and Maple. 
Ward Geo. plaHlerer, 1107 Vine. 
Ward Mrs. .(eniilc, nume, *1 N. Bth. 
Ward LoalB, 2,r,- N. .'ith. 

Ward Kobert D. lobacconiet, cor 4th and State. 
WarHeld A. Kim w of 2.llh. 
War«eld W. R. saleeman, Wl N. 4th. 
Warlleld W'ra. S. wbol. grocer, 411 Elm. 
Wannker Ml»» Carrie, dreaamaker. cor. 4th and 

Waahlngtori. 
Warmker Charles, atone niaaon, cor. WaHhington 

and ."ith. 
Warner A. M- photographer, (i.'iO Broadway. 
Warner Mre. Fannie, Chentniit w of 10th. 
Warren Calvin .V. attorney at law, 012 Vermont. 

"iVAIMtKX & 4;iL.:nKie, Attor. 
neys at l^aw, ollice southeast comer 5lh and 
Hampshire streets. Mr. Warren was born 
in Essex county, N. Y.,.June 3, 1807 ; studied 
law in Hamilton county, Ohio, and grad- 
uated in the Transylvania University, Lex- 
ington, iCy., in 18;}4. He located in this 
county in l>-36, and commenced the practice 
of law. He was Prosecuting Attorney six- 
teen years, and has been United States Com- 
missioner since 1803; was in the firm of 
Ralston, Warren & Wheat, also Warren & 
Skinner, also Warren & Edmonds, and War- 
ren & Wheat, and in 1873 formed a co-part- 
nership as AVarren & (iilmer. 

Mr. Gilmer was born in this county in 
1844; studied law and graduated in Transyl- 
vania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1808, 
and commenced the practice of law in 1870. 
He is a Xotary Public. 

Waabbarn C. C. palBt«r, cor. 8th and Llnd. 
Waahlneton Geo. porter, 12.') Hampahlre. 
WaHblngtou Mr«. Margaret, 'JUH .Maine. 
Water Terrence, laborer, Btm e of »d. 
Watklua .1 . 11. grocorlca, IHS 8, ad. 
Wavering Mr . Kllzaheth, 123ii Hampahlre. 
Wavering John il. alderman 6th ward, cor. Vine 

and 2x'd. 
Wayne Jacob 8. 29 N. 5th. 
Wear David C. 71 N. 3d. 

Weaver Michael, engineer. Vine bet. 2d and 3d. 
Weh'i George, farmer, Llnd e of 9th. 
Weber Frank, painter, IfX« Spring. 
Weber .Mra. Agatha, widow, S19 Maine. 
Weber Chrlal, aergt. police. SWie « of 6th. 
Weber Fred, laborer, 5tn n of Washington. 
Weber Fred, wof>d dealer, 1(X;H Ohio. 
Weber Mre. John, millinery, iVih Maine. 



Weber Mra. Lonlaa, cor. !jth and Ilarrlaon. 
Weber Otto, carpenter, liia t'edar. 
Weber I'eter, muKliian, HOC Hampahlre. 
Weber Thco. HI!) Maine. 

WEilKK WKXni'^LI X(deceased); 
residence of widow, 811t Maine street. He 
was born in Hesse-Darmstadt in 1821; came 
to the United States in 1850, and located in 
Quincy; married Miss Agatha Piders in 
18f).'5. She was born in Uaden, town of Re- 
gal, in 1838, and came to the United States 
with her jjarenls when only 5 years old. Mr. 
Weber died March \2, 1873, leaving one son, 
Theodon;, born in 18-')0. He was a stone- 
mason by trade, and followed contracting on 
railroads anil buildings in and around Quin- 
cy. Was a Catholic. So al.so is Mrs. Weber. 
He was an Alderman of the <;ity for several 
years, and very popular and much beloved 
by all who knew him. Was a member of 
several benevolent societies. 
Webater J. K. 41K York. 
Wcchtcr Peter, laborer, cor. 12th and Monroe. 
Wechtcr Wm. worka In foundry, SJO Monroe. 
Wedemeler Chaa. brewer, (;23 State. 
Weeks Fred H. clerk, cor. 4th and Maine. 
Wcems Milton K. clerk, (iI4 Jer>.ey. 
Wegcl Brrnurd, plumber, lOOB State. 
Wchbrock Anton, farmer, 12th n of Spruce. 
Wehkamp Bernard, curpi-nter, 10th n of Cherry. 
Webkamp Wm. carpenier, UKi V^ne. 
Wehmhoener Fred, tobacconlat, 61!) Adama. 
Wehmhoener John, Wft Adama. 
Wehrahoerer Wm. laborer, fil!) Adarna. 
Wehrman Herman, teamater. Ohio w of 11th. 
Wchrman Heter. teamater, .RBerBon e of 8th. 
Wehrman Wm. H30 Waihlnglon. 
Welbrlng Joaeph, vak bet. ISth and 20th. 
Welbrlng Wm. teamater, Oak e of !8th. 
Weldeman H. H. 4th a of Wuahlngton. 
Weldling Mra. Cbrlatlin, .100 York. 
Weldner I>oul«, laborer, 12th n of Hurrlaon. 

WKII.KK J<»II!V (of the firm of 

Koenig & Milb-r;, cirriage manufacturers, 
corner 0th and Kentucky streets; residence, 
102 Soutli Olh street. He was born in Ham- 
ilt»n county, Ohio, in 184.'), and located in 
this city in 1804. He married Miss Mary 
Spies in 1873. She was born in Quincy in 
1852. They have two chililreii, .John and 
Lillia. Independent in politics. 'I'licy 
manufacture all kinds of buggies, carriages 
and H|iring wagons. 

Welgel Wm. H. carriage trimmer, 1006 SUte. 
Welaeman Cbrlatlan, tailor. 905 Kentucky. 
Welaenborn C. teamater, 13th and KentUfky. 
Welsenburger Adam, barber, Adama e of Kth. 
Welsenbarger B. wagon maker, 253 S. Ctb. 
Welsenburger Chaa. laborer, 617 Jefferson. 



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HISTOBT OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Weisenbarger Daniel, labor, r. SS State. 
WeUenbttrger George, laborer, 6*6 Adams. 
WeUenbarger Jacob, laborer, cor. tith and Van 

Bcren. 
Weisenhom Frank. 18S S. 7tb. 
Weiss John il. groceries, Si WashingtoB . 
Weiss Joseph, contractor and bailder, 7ch s of Ken- 

tncky. 
Welhoener John, teamster, 9tb n of Elm. 
Wellenreiie.- Loais, wood worker. '30 State. 
Wellman Frank B. painter. 1U>2 Hampshire. 
Wellman Fred. Chestnut w of ■Si. 
Wellman John, painter, cor. 22d and Chestnot. 
Wellman John. Chestnut w of iJd. 
Wells Albert W. attorneyat-law, cor. 5th and 

Chestnut. 

VTELtS MBS. AXXA, widow: 
retired: residence. 1131 Vine street. She 
was Ixim in Berkshire coiintT. Miss , Sept. 
26. 1802: moved to Bradford county, Pa., 
with her parents in 1807: thence to St. 
Clair county. 111., in 1818. She was married 
to Levi WelTs in 1821. He was bom in 
Wethersfield, Conn., Sept. 4, 1793, and died 
in Quiacy, July 11, 1857. They came to 
Quincy in 1824: then there were no houses 
where Quincy now is : but one log cabin 
near where the Tellico Mills are, whicn was 
occupied by John Wood, and one by Mr. 
Keyes, father of C. W. Keyes : this was on 
the quarter section on which the court-house 
was afterivard located, and in it was held 
the first meeting of the first County Commis- 
sioners — Levi Wells, Williard Keyes, and 
Wm. Journey. 5Ir. Wells went on his farm 
for a short time, and then moved to cJalena. 
Joe Daviess county, in 1828, but retume<l in 
1829. He then went into the mercantile 
btisiness, having erected a frame store and 
dwelling on the comer of 5th and Maine 
streets, where Bull's bank now stands : there 
he kept one of the first dry goods and gro- 
cery stores ever kept in Quincy, exclusively 
on the finance principle. They had ten 
children, eight of whom are dead. Caroline 
(now Mrs. Benneson) and Ann E. (now .the 
widow of the late P. C. Keller) are living. 
They are members of the Presbyterian 
Church. Mrs. Wells was a member of the 
first regularly organized church in Quincy. 
which is now the First Union Congregation- 
al. Mrs. Wells possesses an excellent mem- 
ory. 

Wells Mrs. cor. i^lh and Hampshire. 
Wells Frank, merchant. 421 Jersey. 
Welper Bernard, narserymui. Elm e of Ml. 
Welsh Mrs. Marxaret. SS3 Jersey. 
Welsh Wm. P. laborer, SSO X. 6lh. 



Weltin Mrs. Johanna, lOST Hampebire. 
Weltin John E salesman. 1240 Vermont. 
Weltin Mathias, 1C8 S. Sib. 
Weltin Michael. US. 11th. 
Weltin Theodore. KKT Maine. 
Wemhoener J. F. laborer. «19 Adam:'. 
Wemhoener Wm Kentucky e of 9th. 
Wencier John, teamster. 330 >'. 10th. 
Wenslng Wm laborer. Oak e of SHh, 
Wenzel Alei. carpenter, SS Ohio. 
Wenzel Miss Amelia, Kentucky e of 13th. 
Wenzel John, laborer. Kentucky e of Igtb. 

"WEAZEL. J. P. (Of J. P. W. & Co.). 
manufacturers of farm an__d spring wagons, 
906 Maine street; residence, 63 Xorth 12th 
street. He was bora in Melrose township, 
Adams coimty, Oct. 7, 1839. and located in 
Quincy in 1858. He married Caroline W. 
Heilmann in 186:5. She was bom in Quincy. 
They have one child. Lydia A. Mrs. Wen- 
zel died in 1S«>7. He married Anne M. I*il- 
ger in 1869. She was bom in Burlington, 
Iowa. They have four children: Amelia 
M., Laura M, John E. and Henrj" Albert 
Are Methodists. He is Republican. Has 
been in business for himself fourteen years 
— horse-shoeing :md general repairing. 
Wenzing Henry, carpenter, 15 S. 9th. 

M'ERIIKEK CHARLES, stone 

mason: residence, 4<il Washington street; 
bom in Prussia, in 1817: came to the 
United States, in l&t7; located in St Louis; 
came to Quincy in 1851 ; married Jliss 
Kate Weisbnxl. in 18.'52. She was lorn in 
Germany. Their children are: Mary, 
Caroline, Wiimie, Kate. Louisa, Henry, 
P^ank. and Willie. Are members of the 
Presbyterian church. Republican. He is 
an industrious, honest man, a skillful and 
reliable mechanic, and a liberal supporter 
of wonhy local enterprises. 
Wermker Charles, sand dealer, cor. 11th and Ohio. 
Wermker Frank, laborer, cor. Tth and Madison. 
Werner Mrs. Barbara, Vine e of ISth. 
Werner George J. tinner. 16th nof Kentucky 
Werner Mrs. Sophia, widow, sa Jersey. 
Werneth Pantaleon. butcher, cor. Sihand Jersey 
Wemeth Simon, butcher, cor. 5th and Vine. 
Wetcott Fred, farmer. lOOl Vermont. 
Weskens Henry, cooper, cor. Ttb and Jackson 
Weese! Cbrlet, laborer. Jefferson w of 11th. 

UTESSELiS JOHX. confectioner 
and cracker manufacturer. 525 Hampshire 
street: residence, corner of 15th and State 
streets: born m Hanover, Germany, in 1840; 
came to the United Slates, in 1854. and lo- 
cated in this cotmtT ; worked on a farm un- 



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til 1861. He enlisted in the -3d Missouri 
Cav., Co. C. Xovember. lt?»>l ; was 
wounded in a skirmish in Boone county. 
Mo., same rear; mustered out in St. Louis, 
in 1865 : located in Clayton, in this county 
tmtU 1S66: moved to Quincy and took a 
course at the Commercial College; kept 
books in the s >ap factory for eleven months ; 
traveled for the same house awhile ; went 
into the insurance business afterward ; kept 
books for Warlield awhile: traveled for 
Meyer & Kespohl seven years, and com- 
menced his present business in ISTo. Jlar- 
ried Miss Anna P. Herlemaim, in 1876. 
Have one child. Ida Josie. Are • members 
of the Methodist Episcopal church. He 
has been Superintendent of the Seavey 
MLssioQ Sunday-school since 1867 ; also, ol 
the Salem Sunday-school. Mrs. Katherine 
Herleman. mother of >Irs. Wessels, cooked 
in the old log-house that stood where the 
Quincy House now is. 
Wessells John. Sr.. 16* Tort. 
Westenfeld Fred, laborer. S33 Jackson. 
Weererbeck Fred. carp«nler. 101-2 Paysou ave. 
Wester^reea Cha?. laborer, cor. Spring and Olive. 
Westermann F. W. groceriea, etc., cor. Slli and Jef- 
ferson 
Westermann Fred, chair-maker. Sth n of Xadison. 
Westermann L. laborer, cor. "i^d and Spring. 
Wette Fred, brick maker, cor. Itich and Jefferson. 
Wewf rs Aa;rust. laborer. 14^ S. 5;h. 
Wewers Bernard. 114 S. Tih. 
Wewars Bernard, paver, "ias Kenincky. 
Wewers Geo book-keeper, SS9 State. 
Wewers Joseph. lliS Jer ey. 
Wewers Matthias, clerk. 151 Si. 3d 
Wewers Theo. paver. Hi S. Ttb. 
Wewers Wm. 'iST Keniacky. 
Weyer Mrs. Mary. S24 Hampshire. 
Whalen Mrs. Bridget, S S- 9th. 
Whalen Mrs Mary, widow. Oak wof 3d. 
Whalen Michael, laborer, cor. Sth and York. 
Wheat Alti. E. attorney at law. S25 Vermont. 
Wheat Almeron. attorney at law. 99 N. Sth. 
Wheeler Miss .\bbie I, .Joliet, III. 
Wheeler Mrs. Catharine, widow. 14 S. 4th. 
Wheeler Chas. F. c erk. 614 Hampshire. 
WLeeler Henry, baker. Cherry e of Sth. 
Wheeler John. 413 Vermont. 
Wheeler John M. blacksmith. 157 S. 5th. 
Wheeler Joseph B. baker, 614 Hampshire. 
Wheeler J. H. notions, etc., bds. at Qilncy House. 
Wheeler Mrs. — , widow, TJO Kentacky. 

WHITBBEAD JOHX, meat 
market, corner of lltU street and Bro;id- 
way; residence, 10"23 Spring street : born in 
the City of London, England, in 1830; 
came to the L'nited States, with his parents, 
and stopped in Mendon, his father havinz 



retumeil to England for his mother. He 
came to Quincy, and soon after moved to 
Madison county. 111., in 1849, and in 1853 
returned to Qumcy. He marriei.1 Elizabeth 
Bywater, in 18.5o. She was born in Wales, 
in 1834. They hare three children : Ellen 
F. (now Mrs. Parker), George, and Susan 
Ellen (now Mrs. Francis). They are Epis- 
copalians. He is a Republican; was Al- 
derman two years. He has a slaughter- 
house in connection with his business, and 
kills his own beeves. He has a large and 
paying business established. 
Whitcomb Mrs. Helen, 606 Broadway. 

WHITE HOX. li. D.. wholesale 
and retail tinners' stock and stoves, 633 
Hampshire street : residence, same ; bom in 
Scotland (Peasley) in 1828; came to the 
United States, and located in Quincy, in 
1851. He married Miss ilaria Atkinson in 
1851. She was born in England in 1S39. 
They have two chUtlren : Katie and Frank, 
Are members of the Presbyterian church. 
Democrat, Mason, and Knight Templar. 
He was Alderman, in 1875-76, and Mayor 
of Quincy, in 1877-78. He carries a full 
stock of goods in his line. His is. the 
largest establishment of the kind west of 
Chicago. 

WHITE THOMAS, foundry, 
stoves and hollow ware, corner of Sth and 
York streets: residence, 18th street and 
Broadway; born in Scotland, in 1825; came 
to this coimtry in 1851, and went to work as 
pattern maker for Allen Comstock, where 
he worked for twelve years. He started his 
present busmess in 1862; married Miss 
Mary Bowman in 1849. She was born in 
Scotland in 1828. They have six children : 
Marion W., Esther W., Mary B., Robert B., 
Thomas, and Laura J. Are members of 
the First Union Congregational Church. 
Republican. Capacity of foundry about 
10,000 stoves a year. 

Whitehead Lazarns. clothier. 149 S. 4th. 
Whitman C. H. farmer. Vermont e of 16th. 
Whitmore Fred. M. clerk. 1644 Maine. 
Whitmore Henry. Maine e o' IBih.. 
Whitney A. H. orzan manf. 819 Spring. 
Whitney John C. fla::man. 154 N. 3d. 
Whyer-* Wm. -.216 ^tate. 
Wich John, Chestnut e of 6th 

^^CH3IAXX AXTOX. sal.ion, 
Maine street between Sth and 6th ; residence 



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HIS-l-ORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



same; was born in Germany, 1823; came to 
United States in 186G and lot-ated in Quincy ; 
married Anna Menning in 1845. They have 
five cliildren: Annie, Anton, Christina. Kate 
and Louisa. They are members of the Catho- 
lic church and a Democrat. He Ujis been in 
business since 1806. and keeps a quiet and 
very select place of public resort at the above 
location. 

WIDMAIER B., saloon. 302 Hamp. 
shire street, residence same; born in Ger- 
many, 184;^: came to N. Y. state 18l!l ; went 
to Philadelphia in 18(i2, and to this city 1864; 
married Charlotte Young, 1870. She was 
born in Germsmy, 1849. Have three children . 
Henry, ,Tohn and Agnes. Are Catholics. 
Independent in politics. He has built up a 
good business by attention to it, and is one 
of the representative meu in bis line. 

Wiebrack Fred, Monroe e ol 5th. 
Wieeand Herman, dye works, lOlti Maine. 
Wiehmer Joseph, laborer. 7lh e of Cedar. 
Wiesermau Henry, laborer. T08 Adame. 
Wieters Mrs. Anna, widow. SlO State. 
Wlgeine James, ehoemaktr, cor. '35th and Hamp- 
ehire. 

WELCOX CHESTER A., pro- 
prietor of the (Jitiiici/ Whig. Hampshire 
street. 

M'rLCOX UAVID, was nearly .58 
years of age at the time of his death. He 
was born in Providence, K. I., in September, 
1820. and in 1854 he removed from Cortland 
county, X. Y., to the cily of Janesville, AVis. 
He soon thereafter became one of the pro- 
prietors of the Janes: ille Daily Gazette, and 
in 1870 he removed to Jlilwaukee, where be 
became one of the stockholders of the'JTiV- 
waukee Sentinel, and its business manager. 
Disposing of his interest in the Sentinel in 
1872, he removed to Quincy iu .January, 
1874, having purchased the Quincy Whig, 
of which paper he was proprietor at the 
time of his death. May 19, 1878, having been 
engaged in the publishing business almost 
continuously for a period of about twenty 
years. 

From early manhood until a short time 
before his death, Jlr. AVilcox had been eon- 
stimtly employed in active business pursuits. 
He W!is a man of thorough business qualifi- 
cations, and was possessed of unusual en- 
ergy and executive force. He never sought 



public position, but nevertheless alwaj-s man- 
ifested an active interest in all public aftairs, 
both general and local. 

In manner he was genial, yet frank and 
outspoken, leaving no one iu doubt as to 
his views upon any subject whatsoever. He 
was a m;m of the strictest integritj* in all 
his dealings, and he was actuated by none 
but the most honorable motives in all his 
relations with men. He po.-«essed a gener- 
ous imd sympathetic nature, and was a man 
of warm personal attachments, and of tm- 
sweri'ing fidelity to his friends. 

Wilde Henry, teamster, 0)6 Madison. 

Wiley Benjamin, foreman, bds at Qoincy House. 

Wilaenbus Hernard, carpenter. IftJS .\dams. 

WilhelmA. B. saddler. 130 X.'sth. 

Wilhelm Frank, miller, Jefferon. e of 7th. 

Wilke Herman, laborer, cor. 3lh and Madison 

'WIl.K.ES T. A., florist, corner ot 
24th and Vermont : born in Leicestershire, 
England, in 1839: came to United States in 
1848; marrietl Miss Hannah McMinn in 
1857. She was born in Ohio in 1840. Have 
five children : William, Ellen, Emma, Lillie, 
and Thomas Edgar. He has been in the 
nursery and greenhouse business since he 
came to Quincy, part of the time as manager 
for Sommer & Co. He has been in his pres- 
ent location, on his own account, since 1875. 
He is a thorough, practical tlorist, familiar 
with the most intricate and delicate parts 
of his business. 

Wilkes Wm. A., farmer, cor. a4th and Vermont. 
Wil.enbrock Henry, laborer. ii36 Adame. 

1¥ILLIAMS BEXJ.4.MIX F., 

carriage and house painter, northwest cor- 
ner of 5th and Locust streets; was born in 
Calloway coimty. Mo., Sept. 5. 1834. and 
came to Mason county. 111., in 1843, imd to 
Fulton county in 1850, ;md to Adams county 
in 1859; enlisted in 1861 for three years, 
under Capt. Ralston, Co.A, 16th Regt.Ill. Inf. : 
married Feb. 14, 1864, to Louisa Miller. 
The fruit of this marriage is two children: 
Charles AT., born Oct. 18, 1871; Ben. F., 
born July 25, 1870. Owns a house and lot 
in Quincy, worth |2.000. 

Williams C. F. salesman, cor. Ath and Lind. 

Williams C. H. teamster. 11»4 Broadway. 

Williams David, S* Maine. 

Williams David G. wrappin:: paper, etc.. '.227 Stale. 

Williams Jacob, miller. »t S. 6th. 

Williams James, porter. Elm e of Olive. 



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>VII.LIA:HS JOHN, foundry and 
machine shop, Xos. 40 and 51 Front street ; 
residence, Jersey, between fith and 7th Sts. ; 
was born in Derry county. Ireland, in 18"39; 
came to this country in 18oS. and located 
with his parents in St. Louis. Mo. He 
married Miss Eliza Redmond in 1872. She 
was born in this city in :8-50. They have 
two children : John J. and Mary G. Mem- 
bers of the Catholic church. Is a Democrat. 
He located in this city in 1855, and estab- 
lished a copper and sheet iron works ; afler- 
wanl started a boiler-making shop. In 
1S()2 he established his present works. He 
is a member of the Board of Supervisors. 
In 1850 he went to Xew Orleans; in Janu- 
ary. 1851, went to Psmama on the Corps of 
Engineers.' Panama R. R. ; took sick and 
went to San Francisco, and returned in 1855. 
Williams -John H. atty. at law, cor. nth and Sprnce. 
Williams M.-s. Martha. 10th s of Chestnut. 
Will.ams Thos. H. engineer. WT Pavson ave. 
Williamson Geo. salesman. S2S York. 

■\VIl,L,IAMSOX L.. v.. brass foun- 
der and model maker, northeast corner of 
3d and Maine streets ; was born in Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. Aug. 8, 1840 ; came to Quincy, 
Jan. 21, 1869, and engaged in the above 
business ; married Miss Annie Mueller, Oct. 
4. 1SG9. She was born in Xorden, Germany. 
Have two children : .\jma Telletta, and Les- 
lie C. He does all kinds of brass casting, 
model making, :md machine repairing, on 
short notice and at low rates. • 

"WILLiIAMSOX H. A., commission 
and oil merchant. 121 Hampshire street: 
residence, 933 Hampshire street; l)orn in 
Armstrong county. Pa., in 1828; located in 
Quincy in the spring of 1859, and went into 
business in 1S60: married Eliza il. Robin- 
son in 1858. She was born in Penns3ivania. 
They have three children : Helen M., Charles 
H.. and Walter E. Are members of the 
Episcopal church. Republican. He is a 
wholesale dealer in oils, salt, cement, lime, 
etc. He -was one of the organizers, and the 
first President of the Quincy Building and 
Homestead Association, established in 1874. 
Willing Mrs. .\nna. widow. «8 S. 8th. 
Willis Geo. saloon, cor. Front and Spring. 
Willis Lafayette, hroom manf. 34 N. 14th. 
Willie W L. trav. salesman, 1217 Vermont. 
Wilper Ge hard, carpenter. Cherry w of 10th. 
Wllpers Herman, cooper, 510 Walnut alley. 
Wilson Mrs. Adel.ne. 1107 Vine. 
Wllaon J. T. physician, 147 N. Tth. 



>VIL,SOJf J.4MES. proprietor 
AVilson's European Hotel. 4th street, between 
Hampshire and Vermont ; was born in 
County Donegal, Ireland, 1812. He served as 
valet to a nobleman for several years, and 
came to the United States, 1840. He married 
Emma SIcDonald in 1850. She was born in 
Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1801. She married a 
ilr. Hutchins in 1817, in the city of London. 
He was a lawyer by profession. He died in 
1832, leaving seven children, whom she also 
lost by the cholera, in Montreal, Ciinada, the 
same year. They opened the Wilson House, 
on the European phin, in 1809, which is con- 
ducted as a lirst-class house on that phin, 
equal to any west of Chicago or in that city. 
Prices reasonable. He is a Democrat. 
Wilson Mrs. Jane, widow. Vine, e of 40i. 
Wilson Mrs. Sarah. E. cor. 5th anfl State. 
Wilson Thoma', boarding house. 606 Mair.e. 
Winans Mrs. Johanna. 403 Vermont. 
Winchester Mrs. C. P. 61 S. (ith. 
NA'indau Henry, laborer. 832 Payson ave. 
Wingert Geo. mach nist. Wi S. 8th. 
Winget J. P. groceries, etc., HampsMre, e of 30th. 
Winget W. C. carpenter. Hampshire, w of 20th. 
Wiukeljohann Aug. grocer, etc.. cor. 12th and Vine. 
Winkelman Frank, carpenter. 903 Kentucky. 
Winkelmaa Mrs. Wm. cor. 9th aud Kentucky. 
Winking Bernard, cjoper. 1103 Oak. 
Winking Mrs. C. 1034 Hampshire. 
Winking Henry B. laborer. 10th. s of Cedar. 
Winking John, groceries, etc., ccr. 11th and Vine. 

WINTER C.41»T. JOHN B., 

Milwaukee saloon. No. 27 North 6th street; 
born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. Nov. 19. 
1836; came to the L'nited States, June 1, 
18o2, and located in New York ; went to St. 
Louis, Mo., 1853. He followed steamboating 
on the Mississippi river and tributaries, as 
clerk, pilot and captain, until the breaking 
out of the rebellion, 1861. His boat was 
slopped at Memphis, April, 1861, and the 
crew and officers taken up to swear alle- 
giance to the Confederate flag. Captain 
AVinter happened to be asleep in his room, 
after his watch, and was overlooked, until 
the return of the vigilance committee, when 
they ordered him to get up and take the 
oath to sustain the Rebel flag. He told them 
he knew no flag but the Stars and Stripes, 
and with a revolver in his hand, he drove the 
committee ofi' his boat. They then went for 
reinforcements, and did bring a whole 
company of armed soldiers, to bring him up 
dead or alive. There was another boat 
going up the river, and,' at the earnest re- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTy. 



quest of the captain, he went aboard, and 
was landed at a point fifteen miles up, on 
the opposite side r)f the river from Memphis. 
He was guided bj- a colored man to Bird's 
Point, opposite Cairo, and from there he 
went to St. Louis, to find General Frank P. 
Blair and several Union men barricaded in 
Turner Ilall, whom he immediately jomed, 
and enrolled in the first Union military com- 
pany organized in St. Louis, Co. A., 1st Mo. Inf. 
(Colonel, F. P. Blair). He was present at the 
capture of Camp Jackson, St. Louis, battles of 
Booneville, Mo , Duck Springs and Wilson's 
Creek, where his regiment lost i;!0 killed aifd 
410 wounded, himself included, receiving 
nine buckshot in his body. He came back 
to St. Louis with his regiment, which was 
re-organized as the 1st Mo. Light Artillery. 
He was transferred to the navy, with the 
rank of First Master and Pilot ; was present 
at the organization of the Mississippi S(iuad- 
ron, at Cairo, and took command of the 
propeller La\iral : was at the battles of Ft. 
Henry, and towed the gun-boat Essex out of 
range of rebel guns, after she was disabled, 
and towed her to Mound Citj'; was at the 
reconnoissance of Columbus, Ky., 1861-6'2: 
also at the siege of Island No. 10 and Ft. 
Pillow. His propeller caught fire there and 
rendered unservireable; after refitting her, 
he took part in the naval fight at Memphis, 
where they captured three rebel gun-boats 
and destroyed tour. He went with the fleet 
to Helena. Ark., then up White river, where 
the United States steamer Mound City, 
Captain Ketty, was exploded by a rebel shot 
and the Captain wounded. He Avent with 
Captain Welke's exjiedition to Yazoo river, 
1862, and remained there until the fall of 
Vicksburg ; was at the capture of Arkansiis 
Post ; was soon after transferred to the gun- 
boat Tyler, in which he was engaged in a 
continuous gurerilla warfare with bush, 
whackers, keeping communications open. 
He was mustered out at Mound City, 1865; 
returned to St. Louis ;md assumed his old 
avocation of steamboating. He married Liz- 
zetta Thomas in Quiney, Feb. '2'i, 1866. 
and located in Quiney, 1873: was first clerk 
at the Tremont House one and one-half years : 
has been in business since 1875. His chil- 
dren are : Jennette,Willie, Albert and Edith. 
He is a Republican. 
Winter Wm. etnnc quarry, 805 Obio. 
Winters .iHmcs W. painter. Oak, e of lid. 



Winters S. molder, cor llth and Waahington. 
Wirmer Bernard, tinner. Chestnut bet. Bth and 7th. 
Wtrth Gottlieb, stone cutler. 733 State. 
Wise Ctirist, eali^sman, cor. 14th and State. 
Wiener Ira S. family medicines. i4 N. 3d. 
Wissing Theodore. c<.oper, 628 Walnut alley. 
Wissing William, porter, 525 Kentucky. 

"W1SSWAXX Gl'ST, livery imd 
sale stable, 108!l Main street; residence 
same; born in Prussia in 1849; came to the 
United States in 1854, and located in Quiney 
with his mother. He first opened a feed 
store ; iu 1875 he went into the livery busi- 
ness, and iu '76 opened a saloon in connec- 
tion with his other business, corner of llth 
and Maine streets. Deals in horees and live- 
stock generally. He is an active, energetic, 
enterprising business man. . 

Wissman Reinnold, blacksmith, 12t2 Hampshire. 
Wlttland Casper, laborer. 8G9 Madiscn. 
Wittland Fred, cooper. 1001 .Adams. 
Wlttland H. H. engineer, IOCS Payson ave. 
Wittland Wm. grave -dijzser, 508 Monroe. 
Wittier Henry, laborer, cor. 10th and Ohio. 
Wolcott George, civil engineer, cor. a4th and Hamp- 
shire. 

"WOLF FRKD. meat markets, 637 
Hampshire street, and York and 7th streets; 
residence 8th street, between Maine and 
Hampshire: born in Germany in 1851 ; came 
to the United States in 1871, and located in 
Quiney, where he went into business, and 
has two prosperous markets located as above. 
He is a Democrat. He is Secretan,- of the 
Butchers' Society, and a member of several 
societies and sodalities, including St. Jo- 
seph's Young Men's Benevolent Society, and 
St. Nicholas" Benevolent Association. He 
is a young man of good business capacity. 
WolfPhilip. barber. 1111 Vermont. 
Wolf Mrs. Ricka, widow. Jefferson e:of 9th. 
Wolfe Jacob, laburer. :« >«. llth. 
Woltmeier Hatiie, domestic. 411 Kim. 
Wollebcr Mrs. Lncinda. 5th s of O^io. 

W^OLLKXT FRKD, grocery, 
northeast corner lOtli and Chestnut streets: 
residence same: born in Prussia in 183'3; 
came to the L'nited States in 1846, and lo- 
cated at Galveston, Texas; and in Quiney in 
1851; married Marj- A. PoUay in 1855. 
Their two children were: Francisco and 
Sarah. She died in 1860. He married Mar)- 
Battan in 1861. John. Sophia and Mary 
were the fruits of this marriage. He was a 
member of the I. O. O. P., K. of P., Druids, 
and Haragari Societies. He is still a mem 



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berof the I. O. O. F.. and K. of P. Has 

bei-n in bu~ine«s since 1S63. 

Waltermano Wm. cbair maker, cor. Tth and Spring. 

^VOtTMA^rX HEXRY. grocer. 
northeast corner 10th and Oalj streets: resi- 
dence same; bom in Germany in 1816; 
came to the United States in 1848. and loca- 
ted in St. Louis; came to Quincy in 1854. 
He married Elizabeth 3Iiddendorf in 1850. 
She was born in Germany in 1828. Hare 
seven children: Henry. John. Elizabeth, 
Bemadina, Herman, Caroline and Frank. 
Are members of the Catholic church. He 
■was a shoemaker, and followed the business 
until 1868. when he went into the grocery 
business, and has been in it ever since. 

/ WOOD JOHX, was bom in Moravia. 
Cayuga county. X. Y.. Dec. 20, 1T98. He 
was the second child and only son of Dr. 
Daniel Wood and Catherine (Crouse) 'VVood. 
His mother died when he was but five years 
of age. His father, a Surgeon and Captain 
during the Revolutionary war, was a man of 
unusual attainments as a scholar andlinguist. 
He died at the ripe age of ninety-two, and is 
buried In Woodland Cemetery at Quincy, — 
probably being the only Revolutionary Sol- 
dier whose remains rest in Illinois soil. 

John Wood left his home for the West, 
Kov. 2, 181S, with the half-formed intention 
of settling in the Tennessee valley of Xorthern 
Alabama. He passed the following winter 
in Cincinnati, came to Shawneetown, Illinois, 
in the summer of 1819, and spent the suc- 
ceeding winter in Calhoun (then part of 
Madison) coimty. In ilarch, 1820, in com- 
pany with Willard Keyes, he located in Pike 
county, thirtj- miles southeast of Quincy, and 
"farmed it '' for over two years. 
In 1821 he visited the present site of Quincy— 
then uninhabited — and pleased with its pros- 
pects, soon after purchased a quarter section 
of land near by, and in the following fall 
(1822) erected near theriver a small cabin, 18 
by 20 feet — the lirst building in Quincy — of 
•which he then became the first and for some 
months the only occupant. 

In 1824 he gave a newspaper notice, as the 
law then prescribed, of his intention to apply 
to the General Assembl}- for the formation of 
a new county. This was done the following 
winter, resulting in the establishment ot the 
present Adams county. During the next 
summer Quincy was selected as the County 



Seat — it then containing but four adult male 
residents, ;uid half that number of females. 

Since that period Mr. Wood has continuous- 
ly resided in the home of his early adoption 
— where he h;»s been necessarily and promi- 
nently identified with every measure of its 
progress and historj" — and almost constantly 
kept in public positions. 

He was one of the early Town Trustees; 
has been often a member of the City Coimcil ; 
many times elected Mayor ; in 1850 was elect- 
ed to the State Senate ; in 1856 was chosen 
Lieutenant Governor, and on the death of 
Governor Bissell in 1859, succeeded to the 
Chief Executive chair; was one of the five 
delegates from Illinois in Feb., 1861, to 
the Peace Convention at Washington; and 
on the breaking out of the Rebellion was ap- 
pointed Quarter-Master General of the State, 
— which position he held throughout the war. 
In 1864 he took command, as Colonel, of the 
137 th Regt. 111. Inf. with which he served imtU 
the period of enlistment expired. 

Gov. Wood has been twice married ; first in 
January, 1826, to Miss Ann M. Streeter, 
daughter of Joshua Streeter. formerly ot 
Salem, Washington Co., X. T. They had 
eight children, four of whom are now living: 
Ann E., wife of John Tillson; Daniel C, 
married to Mary J. Abernethy; John Jr._ 
married to Josephine Skinner, and Joshua 
S., married to Ann ie Bradley. 

Mrs. Wood died on the 8th of October, 
1863, and in June, 1865, Gov. Wood married 
3Irs. Mary A. Holmes, widow of Rev. Joseph 
T. Holmes. 

Gov. Wood still lives, at the age of 78, on 
the site ot his old wilderness home— the pio- 
neer settler of his city and county, and the 
only now living m;ui who was resident when 
the city and coimty were formed. Politically^ 
he has always been actively identified with 
the Whig, and since its disbandment with 
the Republican party. 

Few men have, in personal experience, 
comprehended so many surprising and ad- 
vancing local changes as vest in the more 
than half century recollections of Governor 
Wood. Fifty-four years ago a solitarj' set- 
tler, having no neighbor within a score of 
mUes, the world of civilization away behind 
him, and the strolling Indian almost his only 
visitant, he has lived to see growing around 
him, and imder his auspices and aid, over- 



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HISTOET OF ADAMS COrXTT. 



spreading the vanished wild grass and forest, 
a teeming citr. second in size to but one in 
the State, and SQrj>assed nowhere in lieauty, 
prosperity, and promise: whose i>eople rec- 
ognize, as with a single voice, the proverbial 
honor and liberality that attach to the name 
and lengthened life of their PtosEKR 
Settler — " The Old Governor." 
WoneUdorf CbriM. cooper. 6th e of Msloe- 
Womeledurf Loni$, miller, 5th e of Ohio. 
Wonniog Ernst, carpenter. 916 Parson sve. 
Wood Geo. W. hats. cap?, e'c. I47T Maine. 
Wood .John. Jr.. trav. salesman. 14*2 N. uih. 
Wood John W. 146 N. Sth. 
Wood Joshua S. sajcr-ey. ' 

M'OOD ROD]riA\ R^ grain and 
commission merchant, comer 12th and 
Broadway streets: residence. 3<1 and Spring 
streets : was bom in Bncks county. Pa., in 
181" : located in Quincy in 1S4S. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth Lee in 1S4.5. She was bom 
in Wilmington, Del., May 11. 1829. Have 
seven children: William S.. Leonora J., 
Julia A.. Joshua. Eva, Viol.i, and Emma. 
Are Methodists. He has been in the grain 
and commission business since 1853, except 
a short time in the army, Co. F, 16th HI. 
Vol^ in 1861, and remained until discharged 
for disability. He is a cooper by trade. 

Wood Samael, salesman. &^ Washington. 
Wood Wm. W. SC6 X. 6th. 
Woodhnll John, engineer. 3T S. Sth. 
Woolms Mrs. Mary, widow, cor. -M and Elm. 
Woodraff F. T. farmer, cor. id and Maine. 
Woodruff James. Si5 Broadway. 
Woodruff Joseph M. cor. 6:h and Locnst. 
Woodruff L. M- minis:er. 96 X. 7th. 
Woodruff T. D. music St.. re. IS X. 4th. 
Woodmfl Thos. T. Maine e of 14th. 
Woods Mrs. M. M. D.. Spruce e of 6:h. 
Woods Samn<.l. ait'y at law. Chestnut e of 4th. 
Woodworth Xels.m. Iabv>rer. cor iSd and Vine. 
Woolers. Edward R. car, enter. lOS: Vermont. 
Wor.h Christian, molder. 613 Monrwe. 
Worth John C. salesman. SS State. 
Wortmau Fred, laborer. Monroe n of 14th. 
Wraj Lane, biic!^ mason. Ii55 Hampshire. 
Wray Mrs. U A. widow. Bim w of 10th. 
Wright James 77. machinist, cor. 7th and Vine. 
Wright M. W. 96 S. lith. 
Wrisht Mrs. Kactael, (.>ak w of 3id. 
WUifme.rer H. stone mason, Jefferson w of 7th. 
Walfmeyer Herman, laborer, 5J7 Adams. 
Wu.fmeyer Henry, tailor, iliand il4 York. 

WIRST CHKISiTlAX C stove 
and tin store, comer of Tth and State streets : 
residence. South 164 Tth street; was bom 
near Heilbrunn am Xeckar, Wurtenbery, 
Oct. 19, 1834: emigrated to America via 



New York City, Jan. 1, 1^4. remaining one 
year: going from there to Oquawka, re. 
maining sixteen months: then came to 
Quincy, 111., in Xovember, 1856. following 
his trade : after a short stay went to Pal- 
myra. Mo., remaining there two years : then 
took a pleasure trip, and located at Mendon, 
ni., in August, 1859, where he oi>ened a tin 
shop, remaining seven years; then returned 
to Quincy, opening present large store; 
married Miss Kate Wolf at Quincy, April 3, 
1861. She was bom in Prussia, Germany, 
March 5, 1838, and emigrated to America 
via Xew Orleans, in 1855, going direct to 
Quincy. Five children: Augusta, bom 
March 23, 1862: Emelia, Feb. 12. 1864: 
Henry, April, 1865: -Ubert, July 3, 1869; 
and Flora, Oct. 30. 18"75. Is a member ot 
the General Benevolent Association of 
Quincy. Mcthixiist. 

^riRTZ R.4.RT C^ barber. Xo. 40 
Front street : bom in Baden, Germany, in 
1849 : came to the United States in 1853, and 
located m Quincy: married MoUie Hilde^ 
brand in 18T3. She was bom in Ad;ims 
county. They have three children: Ella, 
Johnnie, and Joisepb. He is a member of 
the Barber's Society. Has been in business 
in this city since ISTl. 

Tl IRTZ FRAXK J., saloon, 335 
Hampshire street : residence, same. He was 
bom in Germany in 1842: came to the 
United States in 1850, and located in St 
Louis : moved to Quincy in 1854. He mar- 
ried Sarah J. Buck in 1865. She was bora 
in Springfield, IIU in 1844: one child, 
Robert, is the fruit of their marriage. He 
is independent in politic* and religion His 
trade was that of a barber, which he t". •'. voi 
for twenty-two years in Quincy. EstaM : sht-d 
his saloon in 1877. He is a man of good 
business qualities. 

Wjatt Barney, laborer. »± n of Chestnut. 
Wyekoff Chas. S. l-;4.^ Vermont. 
Wynne Patnclt. laborer. 44S K. Mh. 



Taekle Philip, hnckstei. soaih end Front. 
Teager Mrs. Harriet, 9» Oak. 
Teager Jerome. Iil7 Hampshire. 
Yelzini; .\ntoa. carpenter. 10£i Spring. 
Tncbs Michael, cooper. ^ s of Vermont. 
Tocnm John J. brmer. cor ±M and Broadway. 
Tochnmsen Geo. engineer. 192 s Sd. 
Toang -K. D. carpenter, cor. liih and Ohio. 




QriKCT PtRIXTOET. 715 

£r, «?. 3d aal TeiBcat. gin^m aM iiiTh T M ii t ii i 'ili TiTTiir \< 

-^ Okia. TiM»iii»»« Ckas. i. agns. etc- lOt S. T^h. 

Jaeok. mtltrinrrr'T. 71$ Jsc^so::- 

I ABloa, tatter. K & Stk. 
I Ctes. A. W. SK Firsoa are. 
■ A. W. pkrataaa. es Hiiiie. 
ITlMMUMni Heuy. biadsaitk. Had e of M. 

Trial ■■■■III His. J. viiav, 3U KeUackT. 
TTiBMiiw^^i P. hbc^sBitk. TIS Jactecm. 
ITiMii— ■■T>i V« f^fcVf Tnilr «iia TTrnnrtT 
K^ee I> cooper, 3t Faj-soa «i«. 
Znla^ acoard!«a repaiicr. OB Tort 
XoBe Fear. toeB aad skws. 90 S. sa. 
Zoikc DnM. kntec 7kk s of WaskiaetOB. 
ZdlvTaloaGaa. tascker, TA a of Jc«fe«aa. 
Koaa Hearr, aw i M e r. ACS S:aaB- 
Zbmsks GeoL mMer. K9 Pajsoa »e. 
ZnkaAe Benr. tnaec. Xovoe e of IjA. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



ELLINGTON TOTVNSHIP. 



Allen Robt. farmer; eec. 1; P. O. Quincy. 
Allmeyer John, farmer; etc. 10; P. O. Qaincy. 
AUenheim Fred, farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Qaincy. 

AXEAXS FRAXCIS A., farmer; 
Sec. 10; P. O. Fowler; born in Boone counly, 
Mo.,()ct. 30, 1826 ; came to this county in 1832, 
with his parents and settled on Sec. 5 of this 
township. His father, liowevcr, only lived one 
year, as he fell a victim to Asiatic cholera in 
1833. Mr. Ancals was married to Miss Al- 
mira Frost, in Dec, 1847. She was bom in 
Athens county, Ohio, June 5, 1827. Ilave 
three children, one boj- and two girls. He 
has held various important offices in the 
township. He owns 270 acres of land, nearly 
all of which is in a high state of cultivation, 
stocked with fruit. He is one of the early 
and enterprising citizens; Republiciui in 
politics and a member of the M. E. Chiu-ch. 

AXTWTiIL,ER PHIM<IP, ho- 

tel; Sec. 2.1; P. O. (Quincy; bom May 14, 
1819, in Germany, and came to this county 
in 18C7; was married to Abalina Koch in 
1845. She was bom in Germany. They have 
two children: Phillip, bom Sept. 7, 1847; 
Anna, bom Oct. 24, 1857. He owns three 
acres of land worth about $0,000 which 
adjoins the city of Quincy, on which he has 
a very valuable vineyard in connection with 
the fiiraiers' and travelers' Home Hotel. He 
is beautifully located on 12th street road 
where it intersects Cedar Creek. 
Arrowemith John, farmer; 8ec. 31; P. O. QalDCy. 
Arrowsmitb Geo. farmer, sec. 31; P. O. Qaincy. 



BAKGERT CARL., farmer; Sec. 16; 
P. O. Quincy; bom in Genuany, Oct. 18, 
1834; came to tliis county in 1853 and settled 
in Melrose township, where he resided about 
six years ; then moved to Concord township, 
where he resided three years, after which 
time he moved to this township. He was 
married to Miss Mary VTolcott. She was 
born in Germany. Thej- have eight children, 



four boys and four girls. He has held dif. 
ferent local offices in the township. He has 
120 acres of land in a high state of cultiva. 
tion, well improveil and slocked abundantly 
with Iruit, and very vjduable. Democratic 
in politics, and member of the German Lu- 
theran cliurch of Quincy. 

BARR MRS. ELIZABETH S., 

retired; .Sec. 13; P. O. Quincy; bom in Wor- 
cester county, Mass.. Xov. 20, 1827 ; came to 
this county in 1858, but did not locate per- 
manently until 1859. She was married to 
Elizah Barr May 26, 1859. She has one 
child. 3Iay A., born April 29. 1865. Mr. 
Barr was, during life, one of the most enter- 
prising and energetic of the county's citizens, 
and one of those to whom it is indebted for 
its present prosperous and flourishing condi- 
tion. He died Oct. 10. 1864. 
Barr H. E. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Qaincy. 
Barr H. F. farmer; fee. 3; P. O. Qaincy. 

BARR XEWTOX H., fanner; 
Sec. S: P. O. Quincy; bom on the place 
where he now resides in 1853. His latlier 
emigrated from Lancaster county. Pa., to 
this county, in 1840. He held various local 
offices in the county ; was independent in 
politics, and was numbered amongst the 
early and enterprising citizens who worked 
so nobly to make the county what it now is, 
and died after attaining his 61st year, in 1876. 
The subject of tliis sketch and his brother, 
Geo. F. Barr, arc now cultivating the old 
homestead which contains 120 acres, in a high 
state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. He 
is Democratic in politics, and usually at- 
tends the Methodist church. 
Bartlett Mary K eec. il; P. O. Qnincy. 

BEATTV JOHX B., fanner imd 
fruit grower; Sec. 30; P. O. Quincy; was 
born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 1828, and 
came to this county with his piu-ents in 1831. 
His father, F. B. Beatty, took a firm stand in 
the politics of the county, and died as he 
had lived a firm Democrat. His first settle- 
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the time of his death he was numbered among 
the early settlers of the county. Mr. J. B. 
Beatty has SO acres of land in a high state of 
cultivation, well stocked with the various 
species of fruit. Democratic in politics, and 
a member of the Episcopal church. 

BECK AUGUST, farmer: Sec. 18; 
P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch 
was born in Germany, June 5. 1827 ; was ed- 
ucated in the schools of his native country, 
and in 1855 emigrated to the United States 
and settled in this cotmty. He was married 
in 1857 to Miss Annie Toltbrink. She was 
also bom in Germany. They have four chil- 
dren : two sons and two daughters. He owns 
152 acres of land iri a high state of cultiva- 
tion, abvindantly supplied with fruit. He is 
Bepublican in politics, and a member of the 
Evangelical Lutheran church, and one of 
the most energetic and industrious citizens 
of the township. 
Beckman L. farmer, sec. 26: P. O. Qaincy. 

BEERS JAMES K., farmer and 
firuit grower; Sec. 3-3; P. O. Quincy; was 
bom in Knox county, Ohio, in 1815; came 
to this county in 1858 : was married to Miss 
Paulina Farris in 1835. She was bom in 
the state of New York in 1814. They have 
three children : Roseltha, Ursula, and John 
P. He owns twenty-five acres of land ad- 
joining the city of Quincy, in a high state of 
cultivation, adundantly stocked with fruit 
and ver}- valuable. Republican in politics, 
and a member of the Methodist church. 

BERXBROCK FREDERICK. 

farmer: Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy: was bom in 
Prussia in 1825; came to this countri,- in 
1&45 and settled in Mobile Ala., where he 
remained tmtil 1849 He returned to Europe 
for a short stay, and married Miss Gertrude 
Rolf iind returned to Xew Orleans, where he 
remained until 1851. Then he came to 
Quincy and went into general merchandising, 
pork packing and brewing, in which he con- 
tinued tmtil 1871, after which time and up 
to the present, he has lived a retired life on 
his beautiful suburban farm near Quincy. 
His home is elegantly improved, abundantly 
stocked with fruit, ;\nd very valuable. Tliey 
have had two children, both now dead. 
Democratic in politics, and a member of the 
Catholic church. 



Berrifln C. farmer, sec. 3S; P. O. Qnincy. 
BerrianMary C. sec. U: P. O. Quincy. 
Benson John, farmer, sec. 3i; P. O. Qaincy. 

BIMSOX ROBERT, dairyman; 
Sec. 26: P. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was liorn in England, Xov. 11, 1830; 
was educated in the schools of his native 
coimtry, and in 1847 emigrated to the United 
States and settled in this county. In 1850 
he was married to Miss .Jane Carlyle. She 
was bom in Carlyle, England, April 15, 1830. 
They have seven children : four sons and 
three daughters. After coming to this county, 
he began the manufacture of lumber in the 
old primitive way with a whip-saw, in which 
business he continued some twelve years, 
and for the next six years he watered the 
streets around the square in Quincy, and 
then began the dairj- business in which he 
is now engaged. He owns and occupies a 
beautiful surburban residence property con- 
taining six acres, splendidly located on the 
12th street road, one mile north of the city 
limits. He is one of the most extensive and 
prosperous dainrman of the cotmty notwith- 
standing he began life on a small scale. He 
has one son, Wm. H., in Co. "G"' of the 
1.5th United States Infantry : he has been in 
the service for the past seven years. Mr. B. 
is Republican in politics, and a member of 
the M. E. Church. 
Bittleston Harriet, sec. IT; P. O. Quincy. 

BLAK£SL,EE ^I'lIil.ABD, 

fruit grower; Sec. 23; P. O. Quincy; was 
bom in Ohio. July 10, 1829; came to Quincy 
when only 7 years of age ; has been a pilot 
on the Mississippi river, nearly all his life, 
in the trade between St. Louis and St. Paul ; 
was married to Mrs Tan Doom in 1856. 
She was bom in Hartford, Coim.. in 1829. 
She was a Miss Fanny Miller, whose father, 
Joseph Miller, was a soldier in the War of 
1812, and drew a pension until his death ; 
he also received a warrant tor 160 acres of 
land in Iowa. He died in Quincy, in 1873 ; 
was one of a family of ten children, who are 
all dead, he being the last. Mrs. B. has one 
child, William H., by a former marriage. 
Mr. B. has twenty acres in fruit, and on 
account of its proximity to Quincy, is very 
valuable. Republican in politics, and 
attends the Congregational Church. 
Blessing G. farmer, see. 36 ; P. O. Qoinrv, 



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mSTOKV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



KOWI.KS HOIiKmAX, lanner; 
Sec. I'i; P. O. Quimy. 111.; was bom in this 
township, Feb. 17, 184:5 ; was married to Miss 
Lydia L. Barr in 186G. They have two 
children: Annie E. and Arthur E. His 
father came to tliis county in an early daj- 
from ]5ourbon county, Ky., and hjis always 
been identified with its prosperity. Took a 
firm stand in the Democratic rank of politics, 
and died in 1871, in his 5(ith year. Mr. H. 
Bowles has 120 acres of land well improved, 
in ahigli state of cultivation, and very valu- 
able, lie is Democratic ill politics. ' 

BOWLKS ItOUKKT L., farmer; 
Sec. 7 ; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was bora in Ellington township, 
June 2, 1851. He is the second son of A. E. 
Bowles (deceased), one of the early settlers 
of Ellington township. His early educji- 
tion was received at La Grange College, 
LaGrange, Mo. He is Democratic in 
politics (having followed in the footsteps of 
his father, who was, during life, one of the 
leaders of the party in this county). He 
owns eighty-seven and one-half acres of land, 
which for fertility of soil and improvements 
will compare favorablj' with any in the 
township; and is one of the young, ener- 
getic, and industrious sons of the county, to 
whom it looks for a continuance of its present 
prosperity. His home is known through- 
out the county iis the "Locust Groce Fdrm." 

HRADBrRY JOXATHASTD., 

farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Quincy; was born in 
Franklin county, Maine, Jan. !), 1810, and 
came to this county May 1, 1838; was 
married twice; his first wife was Miss Sarah 
H. Merrick. She was born in Somerset 
county, Maine. They had two children. 
She died Aug. 27, 184!). His second, and 
present wife, was Mrs. Ann Huntington. 
She was bom in Oxford county, Maine. 
They have one child. He has held numer- 
ous local offices in the township, and is now 
Township Assessor. He is one of the early 
and enterprising citizens who have made the 
county in its present prosperous condition. 
He owns about 500 acres of land, most of 
which is in a highly cultivated and well- 
improved condition. Republican in i>olitics, 
:uk1 a member of the Free Ba|iti.st Church. 

BRKDGWEO JOHX ii. H., 

dairyman; Sec. 23; P. O. Quinc}-; was born 



in Hanover, Aug 34, 1819; at the age of 17 
lie went to Holland, and engaged in dairy 
business. On June 9, 1842, lie landed in 
Quincy, and in 184:! went into the dairy 
business with Albert G. Pearson, who con- 
tinued as Mr. B.'s partner tor three years; 
since which time he has been engaged in 
the business for himself, and has been very 
successful. He stands to-day the oldest 
dairyman in this part of the country; wa> 
married to Miss Hannah W. Stighost in 
1851. She was born near Bielefeld, Pru.- 
sia. They have seven children, two boy« 
and five girls. He owns between 800 and 
900 acres of land in this county, 300 of 
which he now resides on. It is in a high 
state of cultivation, and elegantly improved; 
he having just finished one of the finest 
suburban residences in this part of the 
country. Republican in politics, and a 
member of the German Lutheran church. 
Bridle Julin, P. O. Quincy. 
BrintuD Wm. P. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Qnincy. 
Brome .\rnold, farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Qoiocy. 
Brome Samuel, farmer; sec. 13; P O. Fowler. 
Brown Eliza, »ec. 2J; P. O. Quiucy. 
Brown J. T. farmer; eec. 24; P. (). Quincy. 
Brown Samuel, farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Quincy. 

BYWATER CiEORGE. farmer 
and fruit grower; Sec. 23; P. O. Quincy; 
was born in England, March 25, 1838; came 
to this country when quite young.' His 
father settled on the farm on which he now 
resides, in 1838. He was married to Eliza- 
beth Frazier in 1868. She was born in Ursa 
township, this county. He enlisted in the 
2d Regt. 111. Cav. in 1801, and served four 
years, during which time the regiment was 
actively employed through the western 
south, taking part in the engagements during 
Grierson's Raid, Island No. 10, and others too 
numerous to mention. He has forty- three 
acres of land in a high state of cultivation. 
Is Republican in politics. 

CAROIi.45r .VXDRElrV, farmer; 
Sec. 2 ; P. f ). Fowler ; was born in the County 
Cavan, Ireland, in Sept. 1817, and emi- 
grated to this country in 1847, and settled in 
New York ; moved from there to this 
county in 1851 ; was married to Jliss 
Bridget Riley, Jan. 15. She was bora in 
the same county as her husband. They have 
seven children, four boys and three girls. 
He owns eightj'-one and one-fourth acres of 
land in a high state of cultivation, abundant- 




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ly stocked with fruit. Democrat iu politics. 

They are members of the Roman Catholic 

church. 

CaiT»llThos. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Qaincy. 

Castle E. G. retired; sec. 31: P. O. Quincy. 

C'ATJG BEXJAJirSr, gardener and 
fruil grower; Sec. '2o; P. O. Quincy, was 
bom in Durham. Js'ew Hampshire, June 18, 
1812; came to Quincy, May 1, 1837; was 
married to Debora Wood Thompson, la Feb- 
ruary, 1841. She was born in Livermore, 
O.xford county, Me. They have had eight 
children: Florinda T., born Aug. 2.5, 18-13; 
Em;mda, born March 13, 18-tl; Mary Jane, 
born July 1,1846; Roswell, born April 26, 
1848; Ellen, Jan. 31, 1850; Otis T., Oct. 23, 
18r)0: "Walter, Dec. 30, 1855; Austin, May 
24, 1858. Mr. Gate owns forty-three acres of 
land, worth about $150 per acre. The fami. 
ly are members of the Baptist church. 

CATHER JFDGE \¥Jl. M., 

retired ; Sec. 32 ; P. O. Quincy ; was born in 
Waynesburg, Greene county, Pa., June 4, 
1813: studied law in that town, and emi- 
grated to Quincy in 1837, and for a number 
of years engaged in farming. In 1853 was 
elected County Judge, and served four years ; 
was re-elected in 1857, and served up to 
1861; after which time he resumed the 
practice of law, and continued at it until 
1866, then retired to his beautiful suburban 
residence at " Ellington Heights." Has 
beenv intimately connected with the prosperi- 
ty of the county ever since his settlement in 
it. Has been for a number of years past 
amusing himself with his bees, and attend- 
ing to his beautiful vegetable garden , the 
products of which has taken the first pre- 
mium at both state and county fairs every 
year for the last ten. He possesses a 
splendid library, and one of the best, if not 
the best, furnished houses outside the city of 
Quincy, in the county. He was married to 
Miss Amanda French Davis, daughter of 
Dr. Isaac Davis,of Xew Jersey, in 1848. The 
home place contains fifteen acres ; fruits of 
every variety. Democrat. Catholic. 

I CHAPMAX ASA W,, farmer; 
] Sec. 12 ; p. O. Quincy ; was born on the place 
Ion whicU he now resides in 1854. His father 
■ came to this county in 1838, and was num- 
(bered among its early and enterprising 
I citizens, who labored to make the county 



what it is, and died on Dec. 24, 1866. Asa W. 
was educated in Quincy, and is one of a 
familj- of six children, five boys and one 
girl. His mother is still living, is in good 
health, and bids ftiir to live a number of 
years yet. They have 100 acres of land on 
the Warsaw road, about five miles north of 
Quincy, well improved and stocked with 
the ditfereut varieties of fruit, and very val- 
uable. Republican in politics. 

CHAPMAX EKASTUS W. 

(deceased) ; was born in Ellington, Tolland 
county. Conn., Aug. 27, 1814, (his father, 
Thos. W. Chapman being a farmer). He 
lived in Ellington until the spring of 1837, 
when he came to Illinois, and settled in 
Adams county. He purchased the farm on 
which he lived until his death, being a very 
successful farmer. He was married in 1840 to 
Miss Mary Henderson. They had nine 
children, are six still living. "When the 
county was organized into townships, he 
named his township Ellington, after his 
old town in Connecticut, and was elected 
first To-n-n Clerk; held same for thirteen 
years, and then was elected Supervisor, 
which oflSce he held until his death, 
which occurred in Dec. 24, 1866 at the 
age of fifty-two years. He was much re- 
spected by all that knew him, and a great 
loss to his family. 

Ctiapman Frank, farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Qnincy. 
Chjpman M. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Qnincy. 
Chapman Mary, farmer; sec. U\ P. O. Qoincy. 
Chase Leri. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Fowler. 

CHASE MBS. REBECCA, far- 
mer; Sec. 4: P. O. Quincy; was born in 
Greene county. Pa., in 1809, and came to 
this covmty in 1830; was married to Charles 
Chase in 1827. They are amongst the earli- 
est settlers of the county, and have always 
been members of the " Old Settlers Society," 
who have their meetings at Clayton. Mr. 
Chase died Sept. 29, 1876, in this township. 
Mrs. Ch:ise still resides on the old home- 
stead, and has been, and is now, enjoying 
good health, with a prospect of quite a num- 
ber of years yet. The estate consists of 560 
acres of laud, most of which is in a high 
state of cultivation, well improved, stocked 
with fruit. She has been a member of the 
Methodist church for about fifty years. She 
has seven children, five boys and two girls. 
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the exception of one, who is a Presbyterian. 
Chaee Rebecca, sec. 4; P. O. Qoincy. 

CHAIi^E ROBEBT. farmer; Sec. 9; 
P.O.Quincy ; was born on the place adjoining 
the one he now occupies, Aug. 29, 1833. 
His father, Charles Chase, came to the 
coimty in 1830, from ^yashington county, 
Pa., and has always been numbered amongst 
the early and enterprising citizens who have 
labored so hard to make the coimty what it 
is. He was a Democrat in politics, and 
died Sept. 29, 1870. Robert Chase has 1.50 
acres of land elegantly improved, well 
stocked with fruit, and valuable. He was 
married to Miss Irene A. Frazer in Septem- 
ber, 1850. She was born in this county. 
They have three children, all girls. He is a 
Democrat in politics, and a member of the 
Methodist church. 

CliEA VELAXD GEO.W..farmer ; 
Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy : was born in Boston, 
Mass., Feb. 10, 1828. and came to this county 
in the fall of 1834, with his parents ; settled 
on the farm he now owns ; was married to 
Mrs. Pauline Lynch in Feb. 1874. She was 
born in Brown county. 111., March 4, 1847. 
They have one child, Clara B. He owns 
about eighty acres of land, stocked -with 
fruit. He has been identitied with the 
covmty's prosperity ever since he has been a 
citizen of it. His father, John Cleveland, 
was the principal builder in Quincy during 
its younger days. George AV. is a Green- 
backer in politics, and a free thinker in re- 
ligion. 

Cook Mrs Ann. farmer: sec. i9; P O. Quincy. 
Cook Jobn, farmer; sec. '29; P. O. Qaincy. 
Cook 9. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Qniucy. 
Cook S. X. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Qnincy. 
Cosjan George, farmer: sec. 26; P. O Qaincy. 
Coajan Henry, plasterer: P. O. Qnincy. 
Crew J. C. farmer: block 9; P. O. Quincy. 
Crow Eliz.Hbeth. sec. T; P. O. Qaincy. 
Crow U. M. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Quincy. 
Currier L. H. P. O Qaincy. 



D.4VIS EDi;»'ARD F.. n»rmer: 
Sec. 3 ; P. O. Fowler ; was born in Halifax 
county, Va., July 17, 1831; came to this 
county in 1859 ; was married to Miss An- 
toinette V. Thomas in 1849. She was bom 
in Lauderdale county, Ala., Oct. 25, 1830. 
Thev have four children : Edwanl A., John 



B., William E., and George R. Mr. Da^:- 
was postmaster at Bloomfield up to th' 
time of its discontinuance; the office, hov 
ever, was known as Ulm. He owns sevent_\ 
three and a half acre^ of land in a high state 
of cultivation, abundantly stocked with 
fruit, and very valuable. Democrat in poli- 
tics, and members of the Methodist church. 

Dedert William, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Qaln-y. 
Delescbnze £. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Quiacy, 
Dempsey Edward, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Fowler. 

DEMPSEY nARK. farmer; St 
8; P. O. Quincy; was born in the Coun 
Londonderry, Ireland; came tothiscouni: 
and settled in Leheigh county. Pa., in ISi" 
and engaged in the manufacture of iron, ah,; 
moved to this county in 1855. He has been 
married twice. His firsl wife was Miss 
Margaret Hartmtm. They had three cU: 
dren: Emma, Edward, and Margaret. Si 
died in October, 1805. His second wife w 
Miss Margaret Marion. They had tbr 
children: Marcus, Thomas, and M.iry. J-i; 
died Dec. 24, 1872. He has 173 acres of Ian i 
in a high state of cultivation, well stocke J 
with fruit. Is Democratic in politics, and a 
member of the Roman Catholic church. 
Dempsey .lames, fanner; sec. S; P.O. Fowler. 
Dickson W, W. farmer: sec. 26; P. O. Quincy. 

DUDLEY EDWARD A., retired; 
Sec. 26 ; P. O. Quincy ; was born in Fayette 
county, Ky., in 1807; came to this county. 
February, 1851. After the passage of the 
Nebr.aska bill in Congress, Sir. D. twik an 
active part in the politics of the country up 
to the close of the rebellion, since which 
time he has withdrawn entirely from tht 
political world. He was a member of the 
Kentucky Legislature before coming to this 
State. Is a graduate of the Transylvania 
University of Lexington, Ky. He was mar- 
ried twice. His first wife was a daughter of 
Isham Talbot, United States Senator froi:. 
Kentucky. His second smd present wife i- 
the daughter of Thos. A. Russell, of Fayett 
county, Ky. He is a Republican in politic- 
Duncan F. M. farmer; sec. 6: P. O. Qaincy. 
Duncan J. W. farmer; sec. 6; P. O Qoincy. 

DUXCAX MlLiLABD A., farmer: 
Sec. 0; P. O. Quincy; was born Aug. 24. 
IKO (which was his father's 48th birlliday . 
on the place on which he now i-eside.- , 
was married to Miss Emma Lehman. M«y 
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this county. They have' one child, Alta 
Lelia. His father, Gavin Bennett Duncan, 
came to Quincy April, 1829, and was, dur- 
ing his life, numbered amongst the early 
and enterprising citizens who have labored 
so hard to make the coimty what it is. He 
was Republican in politics, and died May 
20, 1876. M. A. Dimcan has forty-six and a 
half acres of land on the Warsaw road, im- 
proved, well stocked with fruit, tmd very 
valuable. Is Republican in politics. 
Doncan W. H. farmer; sec. T; P. O. Qaincy. 



EDWARDS PAIX. farmer; Sec. 
24; p. O. Quincy; was born in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, Feb. 12. 1$20; came to this county in 
1837 ; has held several local offices in the 
coimty; was married to Miss Mary Ellen 
Piatt, May 28, 1818, who was also born in 
Cincinnati. They have been living on their 
present farm for over twenty-two years. 
Have live children: Rachel Edna, bom 
Sept. 10, 1858; Mary Leuellew, Aug. 31, 
1861; William Alanson, March 6, 1865; 
Carrie Piatt, Oct. 19, 1868 ; Xina Belle, Nov. 
11, 1872. He has tifty-eight acres of , land in 
a high state of cultivation, worth about |250 
per acre. Republican in politics, and mem- 
bers of the Baptist church. 
\ Bratt Wm. farmer; block 10; P. O. Qnincy. 



F 

FUlom J. W. P. O. QaincT. 

FARREIil. 3IRS. .4.XX. farmer; 
Sec. 11 ; P. O. Fowler; was lx>rn in Mason 
county, Ky.. Jsm. -1, 1822; was married to 
Edward Farrell in 1816. They came to this 
county in 1852. They h*-e two children : 
William and Henry. Mr. Farrell was one 
of the old and enterprising citizens who 
has been identified with the industries and 
enterprises that have been so conducive to 
the county's welfare up to the time of his 
death, which occurred July 18, 1876. The 
estate contains about 500 acres of land, most 
of which is in a high state of cultivation, 
stocked with fruit, and very valuable. She 
is a member of the Christian church. 
Fknst .Jacob, P. O. Qaincy. 
FHeler Anton, farmer; eec. 27: P. O. Qaincy. 



Fogle LndBig, P. O. Quincy. 

Folkrod George, farmer; eec. 19; P. O. Qaincy. 

FOOTE THOMAS W^., fruit 
grower; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy; was born 
in Oneida coimty, X. Y., in 1830 ; came to 
this county in 1840, smd settled with his 
p.arents in Quincy; was married to Miss 
Kehlenbrink in 1852. She was born near 
Berlin. Prussia. They have eight children, 
five boys and three girls. He moved out to 
his beautiful suburban fruit-farm, known as 
"The Pines," in 1869, where he now resides ; 
it contains fifty acres, well stocked with all 
the diS'erent varieties of fruit. Ten years 
ago, it received the State premium for being 
the most fancy fifty-acre tract in the State. 

Forli AUi^sta ; eec. 33; P. O. Quincy. 
Fork John, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Qaincy. 
Francis Mrs. Ellen ; block 11; P. O. Qaincy. 

FR.4ZER MISS MALIXDA 
JAXE, retired; Sec. 4; P. O. Quincy; 
was born in St. Charles county. Mo., in 1835, 
and came to this county in 1857, with her 
father, James Frazer. He has been identi- 
fied with the prosperity of the county from 
the time of his settlement until his death, 
which occurred Oct. 23. 1877, in his S2nd 
year. He was Republican in politics. Miss 
Frazer owns 200 acres of land, improved, 
well stocked with fruit, and very valuable. 
She is a member of the Methodist church. 

FRESE liOnS, fruit grower; Sec. 
24; P. O. Quincy; was born in Quincy 
Oct. 14, 1856, and was there educated. He 
moved out to his present location, with his 
father. Joseph Frese, in 1873. and engaged 
in fruit growing. The farm he cultivates is 
one of the oldest fruit farms in the township, 
and is a source of very considerable revenue 
to him. His father was born in Germany, 
March 19, 1S31. and married Miss Tresa 
Ink in 1853, who was also bom in German)'. 
They have seven children, four boys and 
three girls. They are all Democratic in 
politics, and members of the German Cath- 
olic church. 
Fatterer Frank, farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Qaincy. 



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Gay Robert, farmer; sec. IT; P. O. Qaincy. 
Gramke J. B. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Qnincy. 
Grant Peter, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Qaincy. 
Grant Richard. P. O Qaincy. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Grimes M. P. O Qolncy. 
6utU Anton, farmer; eec. a.'; l". O. Quincy 
BuiU' y D. farmer; eec. 7; P. O. Quincy. 
Outtory Mrs. D. sec. 13; P. O. Quincy. 



Hall Sarah E. sec. 31; P. O. Quincy. 

I1.\KVEY GEOKCSK, fanner; Si-c. 
88; P. O. Quincy; was bom near Kingston, 
Ca'nnila, lu 1847; caim' to tliis county in 
185:!; was married to Miss Ilaunah Pick- 
hul, of Quincy. in 1873. They liave three 
chililreu living anil one ileail. He luis helcf 
various local offices in tlie county: owns 
forty acres of land in a hisrh state of culti- 
vation, and very valuable. Republican in 
politics. 

Harvi-y Joseph, farmer; sec. 4S; P.O. Quincy. 
Harvey Samuel, farmer; s-cc. 31 ; P. O. Qalncy. 
HirvvoodE'.l; block 10; P.O. Quincy. 
Hayle W. B. farmer; nee. *•; P O. Quincy. 
Hedge's James, farmer; eec. 5; P. O. Quincy 
Heidbrcder John, farm.r; sec. l(i; P. O. Qttlncy 
Helmbold L«wis, farmer; sec Sii; P. O. Quincy. 
Henhoff Fred, farmer; eec. T; P.O Quincy. 
Herman GattUeb, farmer; sec. »: P. O. Quincy. 
nirth Jacob, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Quincy. 
Uocsravc A. f.rmer; sec. 14; P. O. Fowler. 
HocgravB S. farmer; sec. ai; P. O. Quincy. 
Uoiian Thos. P. O. Quincy. 
Uog:in Geo. farmer; sec. «; P. O. Quincy. 
HoUman G. H. farmer: sec. -X ; P. 0. Quincy. 
Homiu Mary, sec 11 : P O Quincy. 
Uopke Fred, farmer; sec. --S; P. O. Quincy. 

HlILi^K JOHX t'.Jaruier; Sec. 11; 
P O. Cliola: wa.- born on the place where he 
uow resides, Sept. -^2, 1847. His father, Wm. 
llulse, settled on the place in 1840; was 
aiuoiiR the early settlers who have been so 
conduciv:^' to the country's prosperity, :ind 
died on Nov. 11, 187.5. in his 52d year. He 
held v.irious local offices in the township and 
look :i tirm stand in the Oeniocratic ranks. 
Uis mother is still living on the old home- 
stead, and bids fair to remain among her 
children for a number otyears to come. Mr. 
J. C. llulse is one of a family of five children, 
two boys and three girls. They have 300 
acres of land in high state of cultivation. 

HVXTKK JA5IKS. farmer; Sec. 8; 
P O. Quincy: was born in the County Lon- 
donderry, Ireland, in ISiO, and came to this 
country" in 1840, and assisted in making the 
first iron that was made in this country from 
hard coal, in Leluigh county. Penn. He 
came to this county in 18o0: was married to 



Jliss Martha Logan, who was also born in 
County Londonderry, Ireland. They have 
Ave children, three girls and two boys. He 
has held local offices in the township. Has 
240 acres of land well improved, stocked with 
fruit, and very valuable. Democrat in poll- 
tics. They are members of the Presbyterian 
church. 
Hyman Frank, farmer: eec. 3; P. O. Quincy. 



IX4>illR.V:TI TIIOIIAS, farmer; 

Sec. 10; P.O. (.liola; was born in Greene 
county, Penn., Aug. 15, 1809; came to this 
county, .Ian. !», 1839; was married to Misa 
Lucy C'ather in 1832. She was born in 
Greene county, Penn. They have one child ; 
Wm. Robert, born Oct. 10, 1852. Mr. Ingh- 
ram has been identified with the county's 
prosperity ever since his settlement in it. He 
owns about 1,000 acres of land, most of which 
is in a high state of cultivation, elegantly 
improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, 
and very valuable. He deals extensively in 
cattle and hogs, and has always been success- 
ful, and has accumulated considerable means. 
Is Independent in politics. 



JAMESOX COI.. SAMl EI., tar 

mer; Sec. 30; P.O. Quincy; was born about 
six miles norlh of Korlh Bend and west of 
Fort Washington (now Cincinnati, Ohio) in 
October 1800. His grandfather .lamesou came 
from Scotland in 1750. His uncle, .lohn 
.lameson. had command of the post at New 
York that M:ijor Andre was turned over to 
when taken prisoner. His mother's brother, 
James Rankin, crossed the ice on the Dela- 
ware with General Washington the night ol 
the battle of Trenton, and was with Washing- 
ton when Lord Cornwallis was taken prison 
er. Her •>ther brother, Wm. Rankin, wiis in 
CrawloRfs defeat in 1782. Mr. Jameson's 
father served in Wayne's army threr years, 
helped to build Port Wayne, Fort Recovery, 
and Fort Defiance. His mother came down 
the Ohio on a little flat boat, with old Mrs. 
Benham and two other families (but having 
aboard onlv one man), and lauded M Fort 
Washington in I'i^o. and there met her hus 
band, w^io was mustered out of Wayne's 
army. His Aimt Pallie. wife of Jas. Rankin, 



El.r.I NGTON l)IKi;C'lX)RY. 



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drew a pension about fifty years, and a pcirtion 
of tlie time Captain's pay. His father's 
cousin, Mary Jameson, was the only survivor 
in a massacre sometime during Dunmorc's 
war, the balance of the family were all 
killed, and she taken prisoner, afterward 
marryinu a chief called Hickatoo, by whom 
she had three children, and at the "biu; tree " 
treaty in New York was given a large reser- 
vation of land on Geneseo flats, on which she 
resided until her death. Mr. J. had two 
brothers in the war of 181".3, and a brother-in- 
law, Daniel Me Daniel, was in Hull's sur- 
render anil Perry's victory. Col. Jameson 
came to this county in 1843; was married to 
Miss Nancy Mars, who was born in Pliila- 
delpliia and died in 187G. They had nine 
children. He has IGO acres of land, valued 
at sfl.'iO per acre: is Democratic in politics ; 
was formerly an old line Wlug. 

JOXES t'OI.. KII.KK K., Sec '20 ; 

P. O. Quincy, retired; was born in Hanover 
Chautauqua county N. Y. April 13, 182r); 
married to Miss Ambolena Hanson in 1851. 
She was born in Norway August 33, 1827. 
Eiglit children, six of whom are still living, 
three sons and three daughters. 

His father, William Jones, came to Chica- 
go in an early day and was during life a 
touch valued citizen of that city. Col. 
Jones learned tlie printers' trade in early life 
and established the paper known as the 
"Gem of the Prairie" at Chicago, which 
afterward merged into the Chicago Trib- 
une, but being possessed of an unusual 
amount of ambition, and believing "one 
iron not eiiougli in the fire," he began 
branching out in other directions, building 
ft large pier and grain elevator, and also sev- 
eral vessels. He began the grain forwarding 
and commission business, in whicli he con- 
tinned for years, and which proved a pecu- 
niarj' success. His donations anil contribu- 
tions have been the most generous and liberal, 
to which the elegant Jones library, with its 
building and grounds at Manitowoc, Wis., 
pointconclusively, as also the library of the 
high school at Camp Point, which was 
presented Ity Col. Jones, in May, 1809, as 
a nucleus for one of larger size, but by 
neglect, or carelessness, or both, on the part 
of those most interested, has not increased 
beyond the ^300 worth of standard volumes 
BO generously donated by liim. He was, on 



the 2(ilh of SepKMubiT 18(11, appointed by 
the Hon. Ale.\ W. Randall, Governor of 
Wis.,Lieutenaut Colonel of the I'tlh (Scan- 
dinavian), Regt. of Wis. Inf, and on the first 
of January, 1863, was mustered into tlie Ser- 
vice of the United States. 

Ever since his residence here he has been 
one of the most energetic and active of 
citizens. Commenced the constructiim of 
the splendid gravel road out 13th street, and 
kepi agitating the subject until we are the 
best supplied county in the state with free 
gravel roads. Republican in politics and 
one of the strongest advocates of those jirin- 
ciples. 

Jones Mrs. K. K. eec. iii; P. O. Quincy. 



Kapke Fred, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. liuincy. 
K»ppus J. G. P. O. (iulncy. 
Keller Ann E. ecc.'JS; P. O. Qnlncy. 
Kelley .lohii, farracjr; bci-. ii; P. O. IJiiincy. 

KK]T[P IlKINItV STKWAKT., 

farmer; Sec. 31 ; P. O. Quincy; was born in 
Hourbon county, Ky., August 18, 181'2. His 
father and several of his uncles served in 
the war of 1813. He came to this county in 
the spring of 1831 ; Lieutenant of militia 
during the Black Hawk war; luis tilled 
numerous local offices in the county, and has 
always been numbered amongst the moat 
enterprising, . as well as the early, settlers 
who have laliored so energetically to make 
the county what it is; was married to Sliss 
Caroline V. Laughlin, of Clark county, Ky. 
They have four children, three boys and 
one girl. He has about 700 acres of land in 
this county, in a high .state of cultivation; 
improved, and well stocked with fruit. He 
has always been an old line Whig u|) to 
the birth of the Republican party, which he 
joined, and has given it his support ever 
since. He is a member of Ibe Christian 
church. 

KKXMAI^I. I^KVVIS, fanner; Sec. 
23; P. (). Quincy; was born in Louden 
county, Va., in 1810, came to this county in 
1843, and settled east of Quincy; in 1844 he 
moved to the place he now resitles on ; was 
married to Miss Sarah Watson in 1831. 
Slie was born in Claremont county, Ohia 
They have eight children, seven girls and 
one boy. He has about eighty acres of land 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



in a high statu of cultivation, adjoining the 
city of Quincy, well stoclved with the dif- 
ferent varieties of fruit. Hepul)liciin in poli- 
tics, lie started out as a Whig of the old 
line order when Henry Clay began advocat- 
ing those principles and still adheres to 
those political doctrines. 

KEUT HEXKY, farmer; Sec. 12; 
P. O. Quincy; was born in Schenectady, 
N. Y., April 22, ITilT and came to this county, 
April 1, 1838; was married in Danbury, Conn^ 
to Miss Nancy C. Spear, of Springfield, Pa., 
in 1825. He has been engaged in packing 
pork luid beef since 184:!, and in that year 
made a trip to New York by water, via New 
Orleans, and in 18-18, in company with his 
wife, in his carriage, made a trip overland to 
Pennsylvania. He has traveled a great deal, 
having visited nearly every state in the Union, 
and down nearly all the navigable water- 
courses. Is Democrat in politics and has 
always tiiken a firm staml in advocacy of 
those principles. Owns 250 acres of land, 
elegantly improved; member of the Episco- 
pal cliureh. 

KIDNKY THO^AH, fruit grower; 
See. 31 ; P. O. Quincy. He was born in 
Luzerne county, Pa., in 1822; came to this 
county in the fall of 1837, and engaged in 
farming, in which he continued until ISGS, 
when he purchased a portion of (he place 
he now lives on, and commenced the culti- 
vation of fruit, which he has succeeded in 
bringing to a high state of perfection. In 
1873 he built a magnificent residence which 
he now occupies. His ))l,ice is suburban in 
location, and his farm abundantly stocked 
with every variety of fruit, which is a source 
of very considerable revenue. He was mar- 
ried to Miss Sophia L. Herrian in 184G. 
She was born in New York State. They 
have three children, two boj-s and one girl. 
Republican in politics, and a member of 
the Congregational church. 

KIMBAI.Ii GEO, E.. fanner; Sec. 
31; P. O. Quincy. He was born in Huston, 
Mass., Feb. 5, 1821, and came to this county 
in October of the same year. He married 
Miss Susan E. Airowsmith in Sept., 1800. 
They have four children, three boys and one 
girl. Has a home of three acres adjoining 



the city of Quincy, in a high state of culti- 
vation, and very valuable. His father is 
amongst the earliest settlers of the county, 
and built the first mill. He is Republican 
in politics, and a member of the Congrega- 
tional church of Quincy. 
Kimball SaeaD E. gee. 81 : P. O. Qnincy. 
KlDcadtt Elizabetb, farmer; nee. 4; P. O. Qalncy. 

KINCADE J.AnE!!« F. farmer; 
Sec. 4; P. O. Quincy. He was born in this 
county in 1845, in Honey Creek township. 
His father, Joseph Kincade, came to this 
county in 1840; was married to Elizabeth 
Frazier in 1842. Jas F. Kincade is one of 
a family of six children, three boys and 
three girls. He owns a valuable farm of 
100 acres in a high state of cultivation. Re- 
publican in politics. 

Klrtcher T. A. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Qaincy. 
Knorr Fred, farmer; sec. 10 ; P. O. Fowler. 
Knorr Jacob, farmer; tec. 13; P. O. Fowler. 
Knoi S. farmer; fee. 11; P.O. Qaincy. 
Kraber C. L. farmer; sec 'JO; P. O Quincy. 

KKABEK W3f. A., farmer and 
fruit grower; Sec. 20; P. O. Quincy. He 
was born in Quincy, Feb. 13, 1845. His 
father, Augustus Kraber, came to this 
county from Pennsylviuiia in 1837, and toojt 
a firm stand in i"avor of temperance in the 
early historj' of the county. He was closely 
connected with the Sons of Temperance, 
and held an oflice in that order for a num- 
ber of years. He was in early years a Dem- 
ocrat, but after maturing somewhat in years, 
left that party .and became a Whig, of the 
Henry Clay order, which party he remained 
with up to the birth of the Republican 
party which he joined, and advocated those 
princijiles until his death, which occurred 
April 22, 1878. He has always been num- 
bered amongst the old and energetic citizens 
who have worked so nobly to make the 
county what it is. Win. A. Kraber is culti- 
vating the homestead, which contains 
seventy acres, most of which is highly cul- 
tiv;Ued and stocked with the diftereut varie- 
ties of fruit- He was married to Miss Mar- 
tha Hunter in Dec. 1874. They have two 
children, George L. and Harry A. He i.~ 
Republican in politics, and a member of the 
Presbyterian church. 
Erase B. K. farmer; tec. 18; P.O. Qaincy 





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liACKE BESXHARDJ.. 

farmiT: Sec. 34; P. O. Quincy. He was 
born in Germany, in ISW. and came to this 
county in 1861. He was married to Mrs. 
Bernanditna 'Wilier in July, 1877. She was 
born in Germany. They have five children 
by former maniages. He owns about ten 
acres of land, well improved and in a high 
state of cultivation, stocked with fruit and 
verv valuable. Democratic in politics, and 
are members of the Catholic church. 
Laughlin FraDC's, sec. ^4; P. O. Qnincy. 
Leise Margaret, P. O. Qnincy. 

I>EWIS EBER. farmer; Sec. 30; 
P. O. Quincy; born in TjTingham, Berk- 
shire county, Mass., Xovember, 1812, and 
moved with his parents to Ohio, and to 
this county in 1832. He has held several 
local offices in the township ; commenced in 
March, 1833, to improve the farm on which 
he now resides. He was married to Miss 
Elizabeth Greeser, who was born in this 
county. He owns eighty acres of land, well 
stocked with fruit, and valuable. He is Re- 
publican in polities and attends the Presby- 
terian church. 

Limb Jas., Jr. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Quincy. 
Lincoln Mrs. Anna, sec. 7; P. O. Quincy. 
Linthxnm J. D. P. O. Qnincy. 
Lohmeyer H. farmer ; sec. IS ; P. O. Quincy. 
Long Robert, farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Quincy. 
Lyford Wm. farmer; sec 1; P. O. Quincy. 

LiYXE JOHN CHI RCH. farmer; 

Sec. 11; P. O. Fowler; born in County 
Derry, Ireland, June 26, 1824 ; came to this 
country in 1847 and settled in Pennsylvania, 
where he remained up to 1850, when he 
moved to this counlj'. He was married to 
Miss Martha McLane in 1852. She was born 
in the same county as her husband. They 
have one child. Margaret, who is now 22 
years old. He owns ninety acres of land in 
a high state of cultivation, stocked with 
truit. Republican in politics. Members of 
the Ellington Presbyterian church. 

M 

HcCann Michael, P. O Qnincy. 

McCLiEEEAX MRS. MARY A„ 

farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Quincy; born in Kno.x 
county, Delaware, Aug. 10, 1824, and was 
married to Samuel McClellan in 1842. He 



was born in Pennsylvania. She came to this 
county in 1835. She has eleven children, 
three boys and eight girls. Jlr. McClellan, 
with the other early citizens, labored hard to 
make the county in its present prosperous 
condition; was Democratic in politics, and a 
member cf the Methodist church, and died in 
August, 1869. Mrs. McClellan still resides 
on the homestead, which contains 205 acres, 
of which she owns fortj'-five, in a high state 
of cultivation, elegantly improved, stocked 
with fruit, and valuable. She is a member 
of the Methodist church. 

McCOY ROBERT, lumber dealer; 
Sec. 31 ; P. O. Quincy ; born in Carlyle, Pa., 
in 1821 ; went to Wheeling, West Va., and 
became interested in the b;\nking business, 
and from there came to this county in 1846, 
and settled in Beverl}', where he remained 
some eighteen years, after which time he 
came to Quincy, and engaged in lumbering, 
and has run an extensive saw mill in West 
Quincy for a number of years, which he re- 
cently moved to Wisconsin. He was married 
in '\^^lceling, Va., to Miss Elmira Weaver in 
1840. She was born in 'Olieeling. They 
have four children, three girls and one boy. 
Mr. McCoy occupies and owns a beautiful 
suburban residence, which adjoins the city 
of Quincy, elegantly improved and very val- 
uable. Democratic in politics. 
McFadon John W. farmer; Sec. 31 ; P. O. Quincy. 
McGeeS. farmer; Sec. 23; P.O. Quincy. 

M.\HOXEY COtEMAX. farmer; 
Sec. 35; P.O. Quincy; born in Waterford 
county, Ireland. March 1, 1810; came to this 
country in 1845 and settled in Boston, Mass., 
and remained there until 1854. at which time 
he moved to this county, and in 1858 he pur- 
chased the farm he now lives on. He was 
manied to 3Iiss Elizabeth Lyons. She was 
born in the County Cork, Ireland. They 
have eight children, three boys and five girls. 
He has been identified with the county's 
prosperity ever since be came to it. He 
owns 105 acres of land in a high state of cul- 
tivation, stocked with fruit. Democratic in 
politics, ilembers of the Roman Catholic 
church. 
Markley H. A. retired; block 8;P. O. Qnincy. 

MAR^ JOHX \*^HIPPS. farmer; 
Sec. 6 ; P. O. Quincy ; born in Oldham county, 
Ky., in 1833, and with his grandfather and 
mother moved to this cotmty, April 7, 1843, 



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HlSTl^RY OF AD.VVS COIXTT. 



»inc« irhirh tim« h« ha$ l>«<« % valuablr cit- 
i»m. \\c h*s occupi*»l rarions Uyal ofl5«is 
in ihr lo«m$hi|v am) b at thr prcs<^l lim« 
tHif of the s«i*frvj<*»Ts << 'hf c^^iTirr. H* 
was marricvl to M -- :' .;i. .^f 

Shi* CiMiniy. in '.^' ,lr.l- 

dren, Kliralirth .1. >,,... - Wil. 

liam. lit owns IW acn^ i»f lanvl. in » hisrh 
s<atr of c«lliraji<»n and xrrr vAluaMo Re- 
publican in jwliUi-s. MMnl*r> of the M. E- 
church. 



Xrti JokB, ftim; mc. -jl: P. O. «i«!cf.T 
X<r»r Kn»t. (knarr; 9M. 40: P O. tji'.ocr 
)l*;w O. rmwr: ««c. 14: P. O. c:)<v *^ 
XcjiH B«aiT. Iknacr; m< 13: P O. Fo''f«r 
Mayan Ruacj, lk>««r; »r< M: P. O ij«!b«t. 
XarMr Cka*^ ftoaw; tcc. 11 : P. O <j-iikt 

MITl'HKU. HI (;H HOKt^AX. 

fanner ajh.1 fruit jrr\>\vi r ; Sv, C . T. O. Oliola : 
was bom in Ohio i\>«nty, \Vc*t Va, Aug. 19, 
ISSl. ami caitie lo this o>unty in 1S*.V ami set- 
tled ne*r CVwtsbursr, where he remainevi about 
fiT» wars, arter whieh time ho moTwi to this 
!owr.>-'- ■• —;-"■•-•' ■■■ m^w owns. 

He « - ^s w ife was 

Mi*: , .> he was 

marm\i at iNVi. Tiicv h«.i ihix^e children. 
She died, Ausr- 31. l!«l. His jw.hh1 ami 

- "■ ■ 'r»-, to 

was 
child. 
Mr, M. has^ uunns: the eariy dars ot his life, 
moTeii sN><H s !rn>st (>e«l !»■>» fi»T t^^ pj^^ 
twe: same 

plav. in a 

hisrt: > - , ,. ;; the 

difterent rs: :imt Terr ralnable. 

Is OetMiX-rs; 

)lh(k«il J. W. farmw: Me. il: P. O. «)ai*«7. 

"MOORK JOHX I.„ burner. $e<>. W; 
P. O. QiiinoT ; wn«s '.>^^^ in New York CSrr, 

JaBuarr. l>->- ■ '- -'^ 

winter of ^ 
Ha$ue in > 

afterward niAxritii to Mi!» ii- K. Ikhm^ in 
Januarr. l;*fvv Ther hare «>ne chiKi a firi ; 
•re members of the Episn-N^jvU chur\-h. lie 
owns about s«'TirnJA"-nre .si-rt-s <■>!" lanU. which 
•4}oin$ the city, and c\His«>i^«rti!ly, with the 
improrenieBtSs retr eaiuabie. The ht^we- 
stead is known ihn-Miehoul the counlir as 
• Fawky Place-" 
Uutti* Bmit. fcnMr: Me. t: P, O. <)a!acT. 



MORRIS na\. iN.\Ae x^ .vt- 

tomev; r. <>. vjuincy; w,v< bom in B«'liel, 

Clermont county. Ohio, Jan. 53. ISlS ; • 

to this orMintT ir^ !•***! «rn< -v.^irn-H :-' ^ -< 

Mary A R - 

New In>" 

Maivh 1. ;^.; 

all sons. He ca- - - 

amireprpseatexiti; - 

CVvtipires. during siic i^iun K;;^:!^^;^;-. ad- 

nitnis<ratit«. Detm^craiie in politics^ 

Moni? MaiT A.: Mc. SI: P. a «)atM7. 
XarpbT VTb. fanxr^MC IX: P. O. Powlar. 



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XmIt Jm. lk(««r: mc. 9«: P. O «)«iBCT. 
Scim«;w B. A. tanrar: hKKk $: P. O. ^alof t 
Xicoli Hearr- farawr; w«. S: P. O- <)alBCT 



OkarttatBcar;. kna«r; »«: 'S^:r O t^'- 
OXiaaaor Joka. tanaw: »K. «i: P. >. 
(Mumta* Jota G. krvMr: Me. IT: r 



Paul J. V farsM-r: ^k * ; P O QaiiKy 

PAYXK THO]ll.\S«. K-ir.V: r 

p. t>. Quincy: was U»ra in '^ 
county- Ky. lV< 4. ^^\^: Ves- 
dlerN ... 
in > 

S^K^r 

men, 

corn: 

lie movwi :o <j.:;:u\v, aiiU :u;< : 
tew ye*K he returned to M . 
there - " "•^■" -■ ^ 

«f ^ 

one of the finest in Uie county : hxs Ik 

rie<i three timeis His first wifr w 



Pennsylrania. Slie had sis v 
three of wh<vin are miw deaii. li - 
present wife was Miss Mary IVas-^:. 
hare three children. Ho owns abiw.: 

acrr< ' . • - ■..:.. •>,;, 

He 

sacv - 

the h^Wy<<^ ^M v.aiui;ua£ 

boy. and by bein$ <^;: 



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KU.INHTON HIHUImKY. 



oliv-i'ly to his bu-iinoss, Usjs amassod n luuul- 
eomc lorlmio. 1 lo hsis iiUvrtx-s dono u sival iloal 
(if tivuliiij: oiilsulo of his rcjrular uioiviinlilo 
hiisiivcss, imd ovrry liuu' ciimo out Iho !";iiii<'r. 
llo is at pn'scKt, ami lias hoou for yoais. in tho 
bankitiir husim'ss. Ho is MonuH-ralic in 
polinos ami a nu'iuhor of tho rhristiau 
chuivh. III" owns a vast amount of valnahio 
propoity in tho oity of Ijuinoy. 
PsHbinly \. 15. fiirmcr; st>c '01. IV O ijulncv. 

1*F Alton V JOII\ I.K>VI»«. 

farmiT: Sec. II; T, (•. v^nincy ; was lunn on 
tho plaoo ho now rosiilos, on .lannary 10, 
18;W. Ho onlistod in ISC.l in Iho W HI. Cav- 
iilry. t.\>. I... known as Dolano's l)n>jn>ons, 
ami sorvinl thrt"o yoars as oomiuissary : was 
marritnl in IStiJ to Miss Aunio Hakor, who 
was born in Shoridan county Mo., in ISM. 
Thoy havo flvo ohiKlr<n; Lilly H.. born 
April ",>•,>. 18t!8; Oni G,. .Vpril 10. 1870; Thos. 
A„ l>ct. :». IS71: C\mlolia A., ,Inno5, IST«. 
axul .lohn I.owis, Jr.. Sopi, 4. 1S7T. llo has 
tit^v six ami a half noivs of lai\il worth about 
I'.HHl por aoiv. Kopublican in polilios, :uul 
is a minibcr of ilu' I'hrisiian ohuivh. 

1*KXU<»»«E KUWIX, tarmor; Soo, 
IS; V. O. Quinoy: was born ill HoiUonl 
count V, Ponn., in 18;H); camo to this state in 
18-t'>. anil to IJuinoy in tho -sprinar of 184ti. 
Was marriotl to Miss .Vilolaido Stono in 
18(m. Sho was born in Hrisrhton. but niisod 
noar t'atnbridjro. Mass;. Thoy havo ono ohiUl : 
Edwin Thomas. >[r. V. has UK) aoros of 
land in a high siato of cultivation, olojrantly 
inipnivod and vory valuable. Uopul>Hc!»n 
in politios, and a mombor of tho First Pros- 
bytori;in riuuvli of Ijninoy, Uis f;ithor"s 
family woro among tho soo.oml batch of otn- 
igrants that camo to this country with Wil- 
liam Poi\n, and settled in Chester county. Pa. 
Perry .loshim. fi>riiu>r; 9<<c. .il; P. O ijninoy. 

PF.\ X KC II :?! I l>T 4 ' II A It I . F. »« 

v.. farn\er; Sec. I!."!; P. O. Ijuincy; was 
born in Prussia, January ;!0, 1S;!1. and camo 
to this county in I8;tt and settled on the 
place he now tK'cupies. Was married to 
Mary Limb, Oct. 14, 1853; she was born in 
Enshuul. Thoy have ten children; three 
iKiys. and seven irirls. His father was one of 
the early settlors and w;is assix-iatod with tho 
enterprises of ilie cmmty vip l<> his death, 
which <H.-curn'«l in n few years alter his com- 
ing herv, Mr. P ownos 140 acres of laud in 



a hijth stale of cnltivalion, well intproved, 
slocked with iVnit, and very valuable. He is 
Kopublican in politics, and has hold several 
local odices in llio lovvnship. 

rFAXsni n i i»t ii f. it it \ ^ 

v., farmer; Sec. ;!.">; P. t>. Ijuincy; was 
born in Prussia. M.ircli 8, I8',\'i; can\elolliis 
county in I8;r>, and .soltlod in IJuincy. Was 
married to AHss Charlolto Weiso, Dec. 10, 
1847; she was born in Prussia, ^larch 1!», 
18'Jti. They have six children; Kdwaitl, 
William, Paulina, t?oorgi\ .Vmanda. and 
Laura, He owns ;!30 acres of land, improved, 
well stiH'kod with fruit. He has been ami 
is to day om> of the most enlorprisinir citi- 
zens of the county, and has tioon idenlitled 
with a jrreat many of the enterprises tluU 
have been so condusivo to its prospi-rily. 
He is Kopublican in politics, and attends lln- 
Methodisi church. 

I'fau .lohB I. Sr,, rariiior; sec. :W; P. O. ijuliuy. 
riiolp* I'lms fiirmi'r; soo 'Jl; P. i> ijivliuy. 

I* II F. I. PK ii F. <». It <» l» \ F. V. 

fruit sritiwor; Sec, 14; P. O. IJiinicy; was 
born in Clernumt counly, l^liio, in 1^34; 
camo to this county in 18;i4; has hold va- 
rious liH'al ofttcos in live county. Hi' was 
married to >[iss Mary .Viuanda Poahoily, 
whoditnl in 1858. Thoy h;id four children: 
Kmuia, Charles, Annie and Wallaeo, He 
aflervvard married Miss Kmma C. KUis, his 
pn-sont wife. Thev have two children; Lot- 
tie 11., and Poarloy Myrtle. Ho ha.s forty- 
seven acres of land, worth about ifStX) per 
acre, ami in a high state of cultivation. 
Their home is known Ihroughout (he counly 
as " Fair Glen." Ho is Kopublican in poli- 
tics, and a mombor of the society of Pro. 
grossionists. 

Potter Frsiik. fiirmor; soo. 1.1; P. O. Kiibiiiiks 
Potter PowlKii, f.irmor; soo. l.i; II. O. Kulmiilie. 

rOTTF.lt MRS. llAltV. larnur; 
See. 15; P.O. Kubanks; was born in Hiown 
county, Ind., in 1818 ; can\o to this counly 
with her parents in 18!t0; was married to 
John Potter in 182x8. Ho was born near 
Wheeling, Penn., April 33, 1810, and was 
idenlitiod with Iho onlorpriiies and industries 
of the county up to his death which occnrred 
in Sept. 1871. They have live children: thivo 
1h>\-s, and two girls. Mrs. P. still resides on 
the homestead which contains oighly-four 
acres, improved, in a high slate of cultiva 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



tion. She is a member of the Christian 
church. 

P«YI^EI.I>, GEORCiEW., tanner; 
Sec. 3; P. O. Fowler; was liorn in Kent 
county, Delaware, May 24, 1811, and came to 
this county, November, 1833; was married 
to Miss Mary Ann Beatty in November, 
1836. Slie was born in Ireland. They have 
si.v cliildren, four boys and two girls. She 
died in January, 1854. He has held local 
offices at different times in the township. 
Pie owns 100 acres of land, abundantly 
stoclced with fruit, and very valuable. He 
took a firm stand in the Democratic 
ranks of politics in early life, and is still to 
be found there. He is one of the early and 
enterprising citiz.cns who have been so con- 
ducive to the county's prosperity. 

l»OWEL,L< JOIIX, farmer; Sec. 28; 
P.O. (Juincy; was bom June i:!. 1803, in 
Kent county, Delaware; emigrated to this 
county in tlie fall of 1832 ; was married to 
Miss Mary Lewis, June 3, 1827. She was 
born in Kent county, Delaware, March 10, 
1809. They have had fifteen children, five 
of whom are dead. He has always led a re- 
tired life, and not courtetl any political noto- 
riety. He has labored hard to make the 
coimty prosperous ; owns a valuable farm of 
300 acres, the greater part of which is in a 
high state of cultivation; stocked with the 
dillirent varieties of fruit. Republican in 
politics, and a member of the Christian 
church. 

POWELL, WM. €., farmer; Sec. 22; 
P. O. Eubanks; was born in Kent county, 
Delaware, Oct. 20, 1798, and came to this 
county Oct. 5, 1830; has been a resident ever 
since; was married to Miss Elizabeth 
Williams, Aug. 24, 1828. She was born in 
Franklin county, Ky., Dec. 2.5, 1804. They 
have six cliildren: Drusilla, Johannafi, 
George W., Charles K., Mary, and Hattie. 
He has been identified with the industries 
and enterprises that liave been so conducive 
to t lie country's prosperity. He is a mem- 
ber of the Old Settlers' Society. He owns 
940 acres of land, about one-h;ilf of which is 
in a high state of cultivation, elegantly im- 
proved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and 
is known as " Pleasant View." He is Dem- 
ocratic in politics. 
PrentUs H.^., farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Eabank". 



PUTNAM BUFLS WILLIAM, 

farmer ; Sec. 8 ; P. O. Quincy; was born on 
the farm he now lives on, in 1833. His 
father came to this county in 1818 or 1819, 
when it was little more than a wilderness, 
and purchased the farm on which his son R. 
W. now resides. Mr. P. was married to 
Miss Melissa Simmons in 185.5. She was 
also born in this county. They have six 
children; William II., Emma L., Minnie, 
Fanny, Annie, and Edith. He has held 
various local offices in the county ; has 250 
acres of land. Republican in politics, and 
a member of Presbyterian church. 



R 

REDMONB J.4MES, farmer; Sec. 
30; P. O. Quincy; was born in Quincy, Feb. 
2, 1839. His father came to this county in 
an early daj'. He was married to Charlotte 
E. Gay, of Quincy, June 16, 1878. He owns 
eighty acres of land in a high state of culti- 
vation, and very valuable! Democratic in 
politics, and a member of the Roman Cath- 
olic church. 
RicheyThos., P. O. Qnincy. 
Rossman B. farmer; sec. 2i>; P.O. Quincy. 
Kotbman Camper, farmer; sec. 2«; P. O. Qaiucy. 
labbolk H., farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Quincy. 
Rathoff S., farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Quincy. 



Salmon Ella, block 8; P. O. Quincy. 

SAVAGE CHARLES ALEX- 
ANDER was born in Hangor, Me., Oct. 
26, 1814, and is the thinl son of Alexander 
and Priscilla (Thomas) Savage. 

Fitted in the schools of his native city, he 
entered Bowdoin College in the fall of 1833, 
and graduated in regular course in 1837, in 
the same class with John A. Andrew, the 
War Governor of Sliissaehusetts ; the Rev. 
Doctors Field and Fiske, and other men of 
mark. After studying law in the office of 
William Abbott, Esq., of Bangor, he was 
admitted to the Penobscot b;ir in 1839, and 
in the same year he came to the West, set- 
tled at Quincy, and entered on the practice 
of his profession. 

In 1840 he received the appointment of 
Illinois agent of the Muun Land Company, 
located in New York, in which capacity, to- 
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land agency, he has been actively engaged 
up to a recent date. 

The old State Bank of Illinois had closed 
up its business, and there was no institution 
north of St. Louis, on the river, furnishing 
banliing facilities, when, in 1848, Mr. Sav- 
age, in company with Messrs. Newton, 
Flagg and 1. O. Woodruff, established a 
banliing house at Quincy, and many years 
prosecuted that business with great vigor. 

Having formed a wide acquaintance with 
the country, its leading men and its business 
interests, he quickly appreciated the grand 
capabilities of the Mississippi valley yet to 
be developed, and the agency railroads were 
to have in the work, and threw himself with 
rare energy and public spirit into this de- 
partment. He was directly connected with 
the origin and actual construction of all, or 
nearly all, the railroads and railroad bridges 
that have so largely aided the growth and 
prosperity of Quincy. He was one of the 
original movers in building the Quincy & 
Toledo, the Quincy «& Palmyra, and the 
Quiucy & Chicago railroads, having been 
for several years President of the first, Di- 
rector of the second, and Treasurer of the 
third of these corporations. 

Mr. Savage was the leading power in the 
organization of the Meredosia Bridge Com- 
panj-, to form a pathway for railroad trains 
acro.ss the Hlinois river, and was President 
of that company. With other promineut 
citizens he took the initiatory steps in or- 
ganizing the Illinois and Missouri Railroad 
Bridge Companies. Of these he was one 
of the first directors, and, after their consoli- 
dation, he was Secretary of the imited com- 
pany till the completion of the grand struc- 
ture which spans the Mississippi river at 
Quincy. This was the first iron bridge 
ever thrown across that river, and on the 
question of chartering the company to build 
it there was a spirited conflict in the Legis- 
latures at Springfield and Jefferson City, and 
in the Congress at Washington, between the 
steamboat and the railroad interests in- 
volved. The charters were drafted by Mr. 
Savage, and the cause of the bridge was ably 
managed by him at the State capitals, and by 
Governor Wood at Wa.shington. 

In addition to such enterprises, which in 
their success have become monuments of his 
sagacity and energy, he has since filled the 



position of Secretary of the Quincy & 
Warsaw Railroad: has been President of 
the Quincy, Alton & St. Louis Railway 
Company; has acted as Director of the 
Toledo, Wabash & Western ; and from its 
first incorporation down to 1873 he was 
President of the Quincy, Missouri & 
Pacific Railway. In all these positions Mr. 
Savage has acted with uniform integrity and 
intelligence, and with an overruling public 
spirit universally admired wherever exhibit- 
ed among men. 

In politics Mr. Savage was a member of 
the old Whig part}-, and when that disap- 
peared he joined the rising ranks of the Re- 
publican organization, to which he has 
adhered, without faltering, to the present. 

In the civil war he was one of the most 
prompt and zealous in support of the insti- 
tutions and authority of the Republic. At 
its outbreak he happened to be General 
Manager of the Quincy & Toledo Railroad 
on behalf of its bondholders ; and it is in- 
teresting to hear him tell of Grant's first 
command — the 21st Regt. 111. Inf., after hav- 
ing been marched from Springfield afoot — 
how he took the Colonel and his men from 
Naples to Quincy by rail, and, with many 
another, ran over the city to hunt up guns to 
supply them with arms, that they might 
drop down into Palmyra, Mo., and suddenly 
squelch the spirit of rebellion rapidly rising 
there; or, to hear him describe how six 
companies were dispatched from Quincy by 
steamboat, under sealed orders from Gov- 
ernor Yates to drop down to Hannibal and 
stop the casting of rebel cannon in the foun- 
dries there ; and how the rebel flags, flying 
from numerous houses, disappeared as, with 
drum and fife, the column marched through 
the streets and took position on a height 
commanding the city ; or how he got posses- 
sion, at Rushville, of brass twelve-pounders, 
owned by the Government and wanted for 
its /lefense, but held, forsooth, by beautiful 
patriots to fire salutes withal; and how at 
midnight, by horse, they were drawn through 
the sleeping town, rushed by rail over to 
Springfield, and thence, without delay, dis- 
patched to Cairo, to be the first mounted 
ordnance in defense of that important and 
imperiled point. The railroads of Illinois 
did noble service for the old flag, in the hoi 
haste of that unanticipated war. 



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IlISTOKY (IK ADAMS COII.TT. 



Absorbed as Mr. Savage has always been 
in special lines (if ctt"ort, lie has yet tminil 
time to act — and has been second to none in 
zeal — tor the moral and social advancciucnl 
of Quiucy. Long a member of the First 
Presbyterian Church (to quote from a liislory 
of Quincy), "lie is a Cliristian gentlcnmn of 
the noblest type. He has munificently aided 
the charitable, educational and religious in- 
stitutions of our city, and has at all times 
been the friend of science and art. Of afia- 
ble address, of rare judgment, and a saga- 
cious observer, he wields a large influence 
with the leading men of Quincy, and is ad- 
mired and esteemed Ijy all wlio know him." 
This testimony is true. 

Mr. Savage was lii-st married Oct. 3, 1842, 
to Miss Elvey Wells, daughter of Levy Wells, 
Esq. She died July 1!), 1873. He was again 
married, Dec. 29, 187.'), to Mrs. Olivia T. 
Murjiliy, nee Thomas, daughter of AVilliam 
Thomas, M. D., late of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Such is a brief outline of the life history 
of one whose life has been marked by that 
enterprise and devotion to principle ■which 
must inevitably lead to honorable success. 
Schafer Henry, farmer; sec. iO; P. O. Qolncy. 

iSiCHILIi FRAXK X„ proprietor 
of Bluff" Brewery; Sec 2:i; P. O. (Juincy; 
born in Baden, Germany, in 1841; came to 
the United States in 18G2; located in Quincy; 
married Theresa Binkect in 1865. She was 
born in Quincy in 184.5. They have three 
children : Frank, Kate and Bertha. He has 
been in the brewing business since 1841. He 
purcha.sed the Bluff Brew(Ty, which he is 
now running, from Mr. Ruff, in January, 
1874. He manufactures a first-class article 
of beer, and can be found always at home by 
his customers. 

Scbofller A. farmer; sec. '2S; P. O. Qaincy. 
Scbrader Benry. farmer; eec. :tS; P. U. Qaincy. 
Schroeder G. H. farmer; eec. 13; P. O. Fowler. 

SCHU€HMAN JOHN P., farmer; 
Sec. ly ; P. O. Quincy ; was born in Mel- 
rose township, this county, Nov. 13, 1847; 
was married May IG, 187G, to Miss Carrie 
Hcndricker, who was born in Cass county, 
this State. They have one child : Edwin, 
bom July 33, 1877. He has fifty-five acres of 
land, worth about ^!25 per acre. Is Repub- 
lican in politics, and a member of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal church. 



Schnlluff Anton, farmer; tec. 23; P. O. Quincy. 
Scbnite George, farmer; eec.[*i4; P. O. Qaincy. 
Schwartz •Io«eph, farmer; ecc. rW; P. O. Qaincy. 
SbannahaD \Vm. farmer; sec. Si; P. O. Qaincy. 

8HAKI> JOHN, farmer; Sec. 33: 
P. O. Quincy; was born in Yorkshire, Eng., 
Oct. 8, 1800, and emigrated to the United 
States in 1819, and settled in Baltimore. Md. ; 
in Fcliruary, 1825, moved to New York and 
engaged in livery business, at whicli he con- 
tinued until May, 1837, when he was maiTied 
to Margaret Prazer, and moved to this coun- 
ty. She was born in New York. They have 
two cliildren: Emma and Robert C. Mr. S., 
has been identified with nearly all of the 
enterprises tliat have done so much for the 
prosperity of the county. He owns 180 acres 
of land, under good cultivation, well im- 
proved, stocked with fruit, and valuable. He 
is Republieau in politics. 
Sherman G. farmer; sec. i$; P. O. Qnincy. 

i^KiiKItKE BAI>TI}>». farmer; 
Sec. 19; P. O. tjuincy; wa^ born in Alliany 
countj-, N. Y., in 183G; came to this county 
in 1859; was married twice. His first wife 
was Miss Palmyra Jackson, to wliom he was 
married in 1848. They had two children. 
After her death be married his second and 
present wife, who was Miss Sarah Rogers, of 
New York. 

He has been County Super\-isor for three 
years, and has held various local offices in 
the township. He has about fiftj' acres of 
land, well stocked with the different varieties 
of fruit, and consequently very valuable. 
Republican in politics. ;ind a member of the 
Presbyterian cliurcli. 

Sm.lIONi^ FRANCIS M„ farmer; 

.Sec. 6; P. O. Quincy; Wiis born in Morgan 
county, 111., in 1833, and moved to this 
county with his parents in 1833; was mar- 
ried to Miss JIary A. Campbell in 18CI. 
She was born in this county. They hare 
four children, two boys and two girls. His 
wife's father, Clayburn Campbell, was about 
the earliest settler in this coimty, having 
come while the Indians were still here, and 
her cousin, Jackson Campbell, w;is the first 
child born in Adams county. His lather. 
Enos Simmons, came to Morgan county, 
from Bullett county, Ky., and from that to 
this county in 1833, when it was in its 
infancy. Mr. F. M. Simmons has U« acres 
of land, well improved, stocked with fruit, 



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aud very valuable. Rcpublicau in politics, 
and ;t member of the Methodist church. 

S!»IMilIOXS THOMAS S., farmer; 
Sec. 6 ; P. O. Quincy ; was bom in Ken- 
tucky, Jan. 23, 1835 ; moved to this county 
in an early day ; was married to Miss V. 
Fansher, Aug. .5, 1860, in Onasco, Mo. She 
was born in Tennessee. Thcj' had one son, 
who died in 1864. He owns fortj'-three acres 
of land, well improved, in a good state of 
cultivation ; very valuable. Republican in 
politics, and a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church. 

SIXOLETOX GEX. JAS. W. 

The subject of this sketch at present resides 
at his beautiful home, near the city of 
Quiney, known as " Boscobel Stock Farm ;" 
Sec. :i3; P. O. Quincy, and gives his at^ 
tention exclusively to the rearing of fine 
stock. He is a native of Virginia, and was 
born at Paxton, the country residence of his 
father, in Frederick county, Va., Nov. 23, 
1811, and received his education at the Win- 
chester, Va., Academy. He took up his 
residence at Mt. Sterling, Schuyler county, 
(now Brown count}') in 1834; was admitted 
to the bar m 1838; represented Brown 
county several times in the Legislature, and 
also in the convention that formed the Con- 
stitution of 1847. He was elected Brigadier- 
General of the 4th Brigade, 5th Division, 
HI. Militia, in 1844, and was commissioned 
by Gov. Thomas Ford . He acted a con- 
spicuous i)art in the so-called Mormon dif- 
ficulties of the times; was elected to the 
Legislature from Brown and Adams coun- 
ties in 1850, and again in 1852. He removed 
from Brown county to the city of Quincy in 
the spring of 1854, and practiced law until 
1860, when he was elected to the Legislature 
from the county of Adams ; and in 1861 a 
delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 
that year. In 1863, he was appointed by 
Gov Yates, under authority of an act of the 
General Assembly of the State, one of a com- 
mission to visit, and confer with, the British 
and Canadian authorities on the subject of 
establishing a continuous water communi- 
cation between the two countries. In 1868, 
he was nominated by the Democratic con- 
vention at Monmouth, for Congress, aud ran 
against Mr. John B. Hawley, the Republi- 
can candidate, and present Assistant Treas- 
urer of the United States. The district at 



the time being very overwhelm inglj- Re- 
publican, he was of course defeated, l)ul re- 
ceived the largest vote ever given to a 
Democratic candidate in the district before 
or since, but lost the election by a greatly 
reduced and small majority. In 1878, he 
was again nominated by the Democrats for 
Congress, being supported by all parties. 
He carried the city of Quincy by the unpre- 
cedented majority of 1,733 out of 3,000 votes, 
receiving large majorities in every couuty in 
the district; was of course elected, and is 
now the Representative in Congress of the 
Eleventh Di-strict. It is a peculiarity of 
Gen. Singleton's life, worthy of remark, that 
he has never permitted political diflerences 
to interrupt his social intercourse and en- 
joyment. Although an active, political 
opponent of President Lincoln and Gov. 
Yates, and at the same time opposed to the 
war, he was the warm and respected per- 
sonal friend of both, and retains many 
valuable testimonials of their confidence and 
esteem. 

Sinnock Eliza, sec. 25; P. O. Quincy. 
SinnockThoa. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Qaincy. 
SmallshoS John, farmer; eec. 3"; P. O. Quincy. 
Smith H. B. farmer; block 10; P. O. Quincy. 
Smith Jjimes, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Fowler. 
Smith John, P. O. Quincy, 

SMITH PETER, civil engineer; 
Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy; was born Feb. 24, 
1816. in the County Meath, Ireland; 
studied civil engineering in that country, 
and emigrated to the United States, Feb. 19, 
1848; was engaged a few days after his ar- 
rival in New York as civil engineer on 
what was then the Morgan & Sangamon, 
now part of the T., W. & W. R. R., one of 
the fir.st built in the State. After quitting 
that road his next engagement was on the 
construction of what was then known as the 
Northern Cross, now the C, B. & Q. R. R., 
and there remained until its completion in 
1856, immediately after which time he took 
cliarge of the Quincy & Palmyra, now part 
of the Hannibal & St. Joe R. R. In 1861, 
he was elected County Surveyor, and occu- 
l)ied that position until 1869, from which 
time, until 1873, he was principal assistant 
engineer in the construction of the Q., M. & 
P. R. R. From 1873 until 1876, he had 
principal charge of the engineer depart- 
ment of the Hannibal & St. Joe R. R., after 
which date, and up to the present, he has led 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS C<;iCNTY. 



a retired life at his beautiful suburban villa 
adjoining the city of Quincy, devoting his 
time to his splendid vegetable garden, his 
fruits, and flowers, of which he has an 
abundance. He was married to 5Iiss Celia 
R. Blake, of the County Gahvay, Ireland. 
They have had but one child, a daughter, 
who died after attaining her loth year. 
Democrat, and a member of the Roman 
Catholic church. 

Spooner L. farmer; sec. 20; P. o. Qnincy. 

Streater Daniel, farmer; Bee. 25; P. O. Quincy. 

KTERXE JOHN WALLER, 

farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Quincy; was born in 
Staflbrd county, Va., April 11, 1793, and 
came to this county in 1829. He served in 
the war of 1813, under Gen. Harrison, in 
Col. Richard JI. Johnson's regiment of 
mounted volunteers. When Mr. Sterne 
came to this county he settled in Quincy, 
which was then in a deplorable condition 
on account of sickness, there being about 
500 citizens, two-thirds of whom were sick, 
in wliat is now a city of 4.5,000 inhabitants; 
held the office of County Treasurer in 1830, 
but his aspirations have not been toward 
ofBce-holding ; was married to Miss Eliza- 
beth Duncan, of Pendleton county, Ky., in 
1834. She was born Jan. 3.5, 1801. They 
have one child, Wm. C. W., born Dec. 3, 
1834 ; has 345 acres of land in a high state 
of cultivation, and very valuable. Repub- 
lican in politics; has always been an old 
line Whiir up to the birth of the Republican 
party, which he joined. Is Universalist in 
belief 

STERXE \*^LLIAM €HAS. 
WILLI>*, farmer; Sec. .5; P. O. Quincy; 
was born in Pendleton county, Ky., Dec. 3, 
1834 ; came to this county, with his father, 
whose biograph}' appcaI^s in this work, in 
1839; was married to Miss Elizabeth Pen- 
rose, March 13, 1851. They have three 
children: John Francis W., Susie E., and 
Charles Thomas. His wife died July 3, 1808, 
after which he married his second and 
present wife, Miss Sarah F. Benson, Feb. 26, 
1873. They have one child, jVnna Gertrude. 
He owns a valuable farm of 045 acres, 
which is splendidly imiiroved. Is Repub- 
lican in politics. They are members of the 
Presbyterian church. 



STREETER THO^IAS J., 

farmer; Sec. 3.5; P. O. Quincy; was born 
in 1848, on the place he now resides on. His 
father came from New York in an early 
day, and has been associated with the enter- 
prises of Quincy and Adams coimty dur- 
ing their growth from infancy; was a mem- 
ber of the Old Settlers' Society up to the 
time of his death, which occurred in 1864 
Mr. Streeter owns eighteen acres of the old 
homestead, worth about $340 per acre, on 
which is a valuable nui-sery of young fruit- 
trees. He is one of a family of nine chil- 
dren, ;dl living. He attends the Baptist 
church. 

STEWART HOX. JOSEPH 

HOWARD, farmer :ind fruit grower; 
Sec. 35; P.O. Quincy; was born in Wash, 
ington county. Me., Nov. 23, 1838; came 
to this county in 1836 ; was married in Pay- 
son to Miss Elizabeth Hyman, Nov. 39, 
1854. She was born in crossing the Atlantic, 
as her parents were emigrating from Ger- 
many to this countr}'. Mr. Stewart is one 
of a family of ten sons and four daughters, 
all of whom are now living, with the ex- 
ception of one daughter, who, at her de- 
cease, left a family of live children. Hers 
has been the only death, with the exception 
of Mr. Stewart's father, that has occurred in 
the family. On Thanksgiving day of 1877 
the family had a re-union, at which five gen- 
erations of the family were represented 
Mr. and Jlrs. Stewart have five children: 
Anna B., born Sept. 23, 1850; Clara M., May 
17,1800; Cora E., Nov. 34,1807; William 
H.,Dec. 13, 1869; Junie C, June 17, 1876. 
Mr. Stewart has about 700 acres of land, all 
of which is verj' valuable. He has been a 
member of the Legislature of this State. 

STROTHOFF R E R N A R I>. 

farmer ; Sec. 36 ; P. O. Quincy ; was born in 
Prussia, Oct. 6, 18'34; was married to Miss 
Catharine Roth, Dec. 14, 1855; came to this 
county in 1848, and in 1851, he went to Cali- 
fornia, and remained four yeai'S, after which 
he returned, and purchased the farm he now 
lives on. He has eight children, four boys 
and four girls. He owns 550 acres of land, 
one-half of which is cultivated, abundantly 
stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He 
has one of the finest houses in the county. 



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outside the city. Democratic in politics, 
and a member of the Roman Catholic church. 

SUMMERS RICHARD, farmer; 
Sec. 13; P. O. Quiucy;was horn in Harrison 
coimty, Ky., May 12, 1818; came to this 
county May, 1835, and settled in Melrose 
to'mishiii ; married Miss Louisa Triplett, of 
Pike county, Mo, They have ei^ht children, 
three boys and live girls. He purchased 
and settled on the place he now occupies, in 
March, 1856. He has held various local 
offices in the township. He owns 330 acres 
of land, in a high state of cultivation, ele- 
gantly improved, well stocked with fruit, 
and very valuable. He is a Republican, and 
attends the Methodist church 



Taylor Anthony, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Qnincy. 
Tempe Joseph, larmer; sec. 34; P. O. Quincy. 
Terwische Henry, farmer; sec. 33; P, O, Quincy. 
Tucker H,, farmer; block S; P. O. Qnincy, 
Tully Patrick, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Fowler. 

TUBXER JOHX T., farmer; Sec. 
5; P. O. Quinc\'; was born in Androscoggin 
count}', Maine, in 1820, and came to this 
county in 1334; was married to Miss Harriet 
Barnes in 1842. She was born in Connecti- 
cut. They have live children, two boys and 
three girls. He has held numerous local 
offices in the coimty. He has been Super- 
visor twelve or fourteen years. He has 174 
acres of land in a high state of cultivation, 
elegantly improved, well stocked with fruit, 
and very valuable, on which he has lived 
since 183-5. He is Republican in politics, 
and a member of the Baptist church. 
Turner S. B. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Quincy. 
Tyson Z. farmer: sec. S3; P. O. Quincy. 



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Upschulte B. H., farmer; sec. .30; P. U.'Qaincy, 
Upschulte Geo., farmer; sec. 30; P. O, Quincy. 



VANDERWAAl, PETER, 

fruit grower; Sec, 30; P. O. Quincy; was 
born in Holland, in 1835 ; came to this 
country in 186T, and to this county in 1870 ; 
was married to Miss Eureka Vanderheyden 
in 1873. She was also born in Holland. He 
has been engaged in growing fruit and veg- 
etables ever since he came to this country, 



and has the reputation of producing as fine 
varieties as come to the Quincy markets. 
He has been very successful in his business. 
He is Independent in politics, and a mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian church. 

VOKDERHEIDE JOH:sr B., 

farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Quincy; was born in 
Hanover, Germany,Doc. 6,1819 ; was educated 
in the schools of his native country, and also 
of this county. In 1837 he emigrated to 
this country, and settled in Virginia, where 
he lived till 1839, and then removed to this 
county. On the 19th of August, 1845, he 
was married to Miss Mary Anna Giese. She 
was born iu Hanover, also ; and came to this 
country the same year as her husband. 
They have had twelve children, eight of 
whom are still living; three sons and five 
daughters. He owns about sevent}' acres of 
land, besides considerable property in 
Quincy. The home place contains forty- 
four and one-half acres, which for location, 
fertility of soil, and improvement, will com- 
pare favorably with any in the township. 
He was, in former years, an old line Whig, 
but is now politically. Independent, and a 
member of the Roman Catholic church. He 
was, in years gone by, Street Commissioner 
in Quincy, and is one of the old energetic 
and industrious citizens who have been so 
conducive to the county's present prosperous 
condition. 
Voorhees J. L. hlacksmith; sec. 31 ; P. O. Quincy. 

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Wagner P. H. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Quincy. 
Watson Lewis, block 10; P. O. Qnincy. 
Weaver A. farmer; sec. 11 ; P. O. Qnincy. 
Wenniog B. farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Qnincy, 
Wermker C. farmer; sec, 27; P. O. Quincy. 

^VILL,ER CliEMEXS, gardener; 
Sec, 31 ; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Germany, June 22, 1822 ; 
received his early education in the schools 
of his native country, and in 1849 emigrated 
to the United States, and settled in St. Louis, 
Mo., where he lived some six or seven years. 
In November, 1857, he was married to Miss 
Annie Upshulty. She was born in Germany. 
They have eight children, six sons and two 
(laughters. He owns forty acres of land 
near the city of Quincy, which, for fertility 
of soil and improvement, will compare with 
any in the township. He is a Democrat; and 



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a member of the Roman Catholic churc-h, 
anil one of the most energetic anil indus- 
trious sons of the township. 

Wllll«m» Mrs. A. P. O. Qulncy. 

Williams. L. W. farmer; block 8; P. O. ijQincy. 

Williams Richard, farmer: sec. 44; P. O. Qnlncy. 



Wilper K. farmer; sec. *i; P. O. Qilncy. 
Wilson Lucy W. Sec. 1 ; P O. Fowler. 
Wllsou P T. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Fowler. 
WIndkamp .\. f:irmer; sec. «; P. O. Qulncy. 
Wood Charles, farmir; sec. 4; P. O. Qalncy. 
Wood C. H. larmer; sec. 4; P. O. Quincy. 
Woollen J. .\. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Fowler 
Wnriz M. farmer; sec. 44; P. O. Qalncy. 



CLAYTO>; T0WX8UIP. 



Allen G. W. plasterer; P. O. Clayton. 
Ambler Robert, farmer; sec JS; P. O. Clayton. 

AN DKRSOX J A M K S W'., 

division carpenter of the Waliasli Hailway; 
re;-idence, Chiylon; son of .losiah Baud 
Frsmcis Audei-son; was born in Brown 
county, 111., Jan. 27, 1832; worked at black- 
smithing a number of years in early life; 
came to Clayton in 18.54, wliere he con- 
tinued the business for ten yeai-s. Enlisted 
in Co. B,50th Regt. 111. Inf , in August, 1801 ; 
went as Orderly Sergeant ; was promoted to 
2d Lieutenant, June, 1862 ; was Aid-de-Cami> 
on Gen. Vandivee's stafl"; was mustered out 
Jan. 27, 1865. After leaving the service, en- 
gaged m the drug business in Clayton for 
twelve years, then li;indled sewing machines 
for a time, and finally entered the employ of 
the Wabash Railway Company, May, 1878. 
He was first married to Elizabeth Davis, of 
Virginia, March 21, 1852. She died in De- 
cember, 1S'j4, leaving live children; four are 
living: Amanda, Sept. 6, 1855; Elmore D., 
Dec.^17, 1857; Lillie L., Dec. 29, 1*59; 
Edgar, May 22, 1862; oldest child dii-d July 
31, 1854. Married again Sept. 26. 1865, to 
Annie Wheatley, of Kentucky. She has one 
child, Robert L., born Jan. 19,1866. Mr. 
Anderson is a member of the I. O. O. F. 
Encampment; owns a house and two lots in 
Clayton. 
Angelo W. T. atndent; P. O. Clayton. 



Babh Monroe, laborer: P. O Clayton. 

KALIi EL.I BK.\I»LEY, book- 
keeper; residence Clayton; is the son of 
Nathan and Mary (Buell) Ball ; the father 



was horn in Massachusetts, the mother iii 
Vermont. The subject of this sketch was 
born in Greece, Monroe county, X. Y., Oct. 
2, 1842; came to Illinois and settled in 
Montgomery, Kane county, in 1867; thence 
to Clayton, Adams county, in 1868. He has 
been in the emidoy of the Wabiish Railway 
for ten years, six years sis carpenter, four 
years as clerk of the roadmaster's depart- 
ment. He was married in June, 1863, to 
Emily Simmons, who was born in .New 
York. She died in September, 1875, leaving 
one child, John E., born Dec. 29, 1866. His 
second marriage took place in October, 1876. 
to Aurie Jones, a native of Delaware county, 
Ohio. He is a member of the Masonic and 
Odd Fellows' Orders, KnightjfTcmplar. Owns 
a house and lot in Clayton. 
Baker S. .1. farmer; eec. 34; P. O. Clayton. 
Bakerbower .1 . M. harness maker; P. O. Clayton. 

BAIXOW IIOX. OII.4RliES. 

Justice of the Peace, Clayton; was born in 
Williamson county, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1818. 
He is the son of William H. and Priscilla 
(Manier) Ballow; the former born in Vir- 
ginia, Oct., 10, 178;5, the bitter in Kentucky, 
March 4. 1788. He came with his parents 
to Morgan county, 111., in 1827, and to 
Adams county, in November, 1837. He 
married Aramiuta P. Berry, Oct. 3, 1848, 
who died Jan. 13, 1870, leaving two children : 
Charles B. and Martha Jane. Mr. Ballon- 
was elected Justice ot the Peace in 1850. and 
has held the otllce most of the time since. 
He was elected a member of the House in 
the General Assembly of Illinois, for the 
year 1873 and 1874; served as postmaster 
in Clayton, from 1855 to I860.' He has been 
an elder in the Presbyterian church for 
many years. Politics, Democratic. 



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Bartholomew E. L. general agent; P. O. Clayton. 
Bartlett Henry, grocer; P. O. Clayton. 
Bartlett Laura, P. O. Clayton. 

BECKETT . JAMES A..' farmer; 
Sec. 17; P. O. Keokuk Junction; is the son 
of Robert A. and Mary Beckett, now living 
in Clayton township. He was born at the 
homestead in Adams county, April 24, 1840 ; 
enlisted Aug. 15, 18G3, in Co. G, T8th Regt. 
111. Inf. ; participated in a number of hard- 
fought battles; was slightly wounded at 
Kennesaw Mountain : accompanied Gen. 
Sherman in the march to the sea; was 
mustered out June 7, 186.5. He was married 
Jan. 29, 1801, to Mary E. Black; born in 
Adams county, Aug. 27, 1841. Five children: 
Lizzie L., Hattie L., Harr}' E., Delia Fre- 
donia and Ureth Lovenia. Member of the 
Masonic Order, and of the M. E. church ; 
wife, member of the Presbyterian church. 
He is 1st Lieutenant of the Keokuk Junction 
Guards. Owns 300 acres of improved land, 
and fifty acres of timber, worth $40 per ficre. 

BECKETT BOBERT A., farmer; 
Sec. 18; P. O. Camp Point; was bora in 
Cl.irk Co. Ind., Jan. 18, 1818; parents were 
William and Jane Beckett, of Penn. They 
itemoved to Kentucky about 1792, and to In- 
'diana in 1802. Mr. B. came to Illinois and set- 
tled in Adams Co. In 1835 ; came to where he 
now lives forty-one years ago. There were 
only five houses between there and Quincy, 
a distance of twenty-five miles ; wild deer 
could be counted by the score from his door ; 
wolves roamed about the premises carr3'ing 
oft" fowls and young animals at will. Mar- 
ried Mary Downing, Feb., 27, 1834. She was 
born in Virginia, March 13, 1813. Twelve 
children, eight living : Joseph, bom Dec. 2, 
1834; William, May 2, 1836; Sarah J., Jan. 
10, 1838; Harriet, Jan. 34, 1839; James A., 
(killed at Jonesbprough); John S. and Rea- 
son D. (twins) ; Nancy A., Ann M., Robert 
A., and Cornelius L. William died from the 
etticts of a wound received at the battle of 
Chickamauga; was .shot through the arm and 
body, the ball passing clear through him, 
after which he walked si.K miles and lay 
twenty-four hours without attention. Robert 
A., Jr., born July 19, 1849, attended the high 
schools at Camp Point and Quincy ; has taught 
school for several years. Mr. and Mrs. 
Beckett's famil}', save one, are members of 
the M. E. church. Own 200 acres of land in 
47 



Clayton and 100 in Camp Point, mostly im- 
proved, worth $40 per acre. 
Behrens H. F. farmer; eec. 1 ; I'. O. Keokuk .Junction. 
Behrens U. farmer; eec. 2; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
BenhofTP. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Clayton. 
Bennett Robert, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Clayton. 

BEXXETT Z. F., farmer; Sec. 26; 
P. O. Clayton ; was born in Adams Co., 111., 
Dec. 16, 1835. He is the son of Otha H. and 
Nancy (Ferguson) Bennett, the former a 
native of Virginia, the latter of Indiana. Mr. 
B. was reared on a f;irm, and has led a farmers 
life. He enlisted in the w;ir as a member of 
Co. I. 119th 111. Inf., in August 1802; was 
promoted to Sergeant in October, 1863 ; was 
discharged in August 1865 ; married Nov. 30, 
1865, to Sarah .1. Marrett, who was born in 
Adams Co., Jan. 24, 1846. They have one 
child: Lillian Fredonia, born Oct. 30, 1867. 
Mr. B. is a member of both Masonic and Odd 
Fellow's Orders. Wife is a member of the 
Christian church. They own 160 acres of 
improved laud in Clayton township worth 
$45 per acre, and twenty acres timber in 
Concord township. 

Bentel Wm. farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Black Amy, Clayton. 
Black S. N. farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Clayton. 

BLrACK THOMAS G., Physician; 
residence, Claj'ton ; was born in Tenn. June 
1, 1825. He is the son of William and Maiy 
S. (Vaughn) Black; father was a native of 
Georgia, mother of Virginia. He came to 
Illinois with his parents and settled in Mor- 
gan county in 1834, and read medicine and 
graduated from the medical department of 
the L'niversitj- of Louisville ; came to Clay- 
ton and began practice in the Spring of 1849. 
In April of that year he married Martha F. 
Nance, of Linn. They have four children; 
Jlary Ellen (wife of Dr. Robt. Briggs), Mar- 
tha F., Edwin T., and Joseph N. Dr. Black 
entered the United States seiTice Sept. 1861, 
as Captain of Co. C. 3d Mo. Cav. ; was pro- 
moted to Lieutenant Colonel in the fall of 
1862 ; had command of the regiment during 
the remainder of his term of service; was 
mustered out in the fall of 1864. He was 
elected to the House of Representatives in the 
Illinois Legislature, on the Republican ticket, 
November 1870, and served with distinction; 
has been actively identified with the politics, 
and has been one of the recognized leaders 
of the Republican party in Adams county for 
a number of years. He has also been zealous 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



in advancing the social and pecuniary inter- 
est of Clayton and vicinity. Is a member of 
the Masonic and Odd Fellow's Orders, and 
Eminent Commander of Delta Comniandry. 
He and wife are members of the Christian 
church. 

BRIGOS ROBKRT, Physician ; 
residence, Clayton; is the son of William 
and Sarah Ann (Brake) Briggs. His father 
was a native ot North Carolina. His mother 
was bom in Kentucky. He wa.s born in 
Linn Co., Mo., Jan. 23, 1847. He removed 
with his parents to Brown Co., 111., in 184^; 
came to Clayton in 18(i6 and studied medi- 
cince with Dr. T. G. Black. He attended 
lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 
in 1868 and 180i), at which time he graduated 
from that institution. After practicing medi- 
cine five years he attended a course of 
lectures at Bellevue Hospital College, N. Y., 
from which he graduated in the spring of 
1873, smd resumed practice in Clayton. He 
married Mar>' E. Black, Dec. fi, 1870. They 
have one son : Willie E., born Aug. 9, 1872. 
He is a member of both Odd Fellow's and 
Masonic Orders, and also of the Adams 
County and Illinois State Medical Societies. 
Politics, Democrat. 

Bowman R. farmer; sec. :!; F. O. Eeuknk JanctiuD. 
Bradley Benj. farmer; sec. 85; P. O. Cluyton. 
Breeden L. farmer; sec. i7; P.O. Clayton. 
Brown A. retired merchant; P. O. Clayton. 
Burscsser <i. banker; P. O. riayton. 
Busbbohn .\. farmer; sec. Ifi ; P. O. Clayton. 

Bl'SS GKRI> H., farmer; Sec. 5; 
P. O. Keokuk Junction : is the son of Henry 
G. and Gertie Buss, of Hanover, Germany. 
He was born in the same place, Oct. 22, 
1830 ; came to America in the spring of '51, 
and settled in Clayton township, Adams 
county. 111. He was married to Alty Fran- 
zen, July 3, 1852. She was born in Germany, 
Oct. 21,1828. Eight children: Henry, Harm, 
Anke, John, Richard, George, Gertie and 
Martha. He and wife are members of the 
Lutheran church. He owns 340 acres of 
well improved land (house cost $4,800), 
worth $60 per acre, and two houses and lots 
in Keokuk Junction, worth $1,200. He also 
has ;>.>0 acres in K;insas, on which he sowed 
200 ;icres of whesit this year. He carried on 
merchandising, together with farming, from 
18G2 to 18i>6. He began life without a dol- 
lar. Makes a specialty of live cattle and 
hogs. 



BrSS' IIKXRY J., farmer; Sec. 4; 
P. O. Keokuk Junction; is the son of John 
G. and Jokke (Eilerts) Buss, of Hanover, 
Germany, where the subject of this sketch 
was born, Dec. 15, 1847. He came witli his 
parents to America in 184.8, and settled on 
the farm where he now lives. He was mar- 
ried to Foolke Laathoff, March 2!), 186i). She 
was born in Germany, .\ug. 8, 1848. Four 
children: John, born Feb. 2, 1870; Hannah, 
born Sept. 9, '72; Catharine, born Aug. 16. 
'74 ; and Fanny, born Aug. 28, '70. He and 
wife are members of the Lutheran church. 
He owns ninety acres of land in Clayton 
township (eighty improved) worth $45 per 
acre. 

Bass Ike. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Eeoknk Janciion. 
Buss J. J. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Keokuk .lunction. 
Bass R. W. farmer; sec. 2; P. O- Keokuk Junction. 



CATS PHlIilP, farmer; Sec. 9; 
P.O. Clivyton; is the son of Philip Cain and, 
Ruth (ilcad) Cain, now living at Keokuk 
Junction. His father was born in Ohio. 
His mother in Maryland. He was born in 
Adams county, 111., Feb. 9, 1800, and was 
brought u]) on a farm. March 8, 1872, he 
married Casanda Naylor. She was born in. 
North Carolina. Have three children: Cal- 
vin L., born July 2-5, 1873; George E., born 
July 11, 1876; and Orpha, born Feb. 8, 1878. 
He removed to the farm where he now lives 
in the spring of 1861. He owns sixty acres 
(forty imjiroved) in Clayton township, worth 
$40 per acre. 

C.4MPBELL, JA1IE5S, fanner; 
Sec. 21 ; P. O. Clayton ; son of David JI. and 
Jane Campbell, of Kentucky ; wius born in 
Muhlenburg county, Ky., June 16, 1826. The 
family came to Adams county,, 111., in ls:JO, 
with all their etVects in a cart drawn by a 
yoke of three-year-old cattle; settled on a farm 
two miles northwest from Clayton. His 
father erected the log cabin, 16x16. w ich 
was to be the future residence, and served as 
a hotel five years, in which many of the 
prominent men of Adams and adjoining 
counties were entertained by the hosiiitable 
Mrs. Campbell. In this house, during four 
weeks, while her busbtrnd was absent in 
Kentucky, in the fall of 1832, she madt 
money enough to buy forty acres of land 
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737 



soon after it was laid out, and then returned 
to the farm. Mr. C.'s opportunities for pro- 
curing an education in those pioneer days 
.were verj' meager. Tlie first district school 
he attended was in Brown county, to which 
he and his brother WMlked, live miles and 
back, each day. Married Elizabeth Brad- 
ney, Jan. 18, 1849. She was born in Ohio 
Oct. 26, 1829. Eleven children ; ten living: 
John S., Thomas A., Julia A., Allen D., Bar- 
bara E., Henry B., James E., Minnie J., and 
Charles O. Mr. C.'s father ivas the second 
man who settled in Clayton township. lie 
is the oldest settler now living in it. He is 
a member of the I. O. O. F. Both he and 
wife are members of the M. E. church, of 
Clayton. Owns 230 acres (220 well im- 
proved) in Claj-ton township, worth .$.50 per 
acre ; also 160 acres in Brown county. Mr. 
C. and brother went across the plains to Cal- 
ifornia in 18.50; remained two years; while 
there he ran the first threshing machine in 
the San Jose valle}-, and laid brick on the 
walls of the tirst M. E. church erected in 
the valley. 

Camp L. W. farmer; see. 34; P. O. Clayton. 

CARLIX ^VM,, farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. 
Camp Point ; is the son of Josiah and Eliza- 
beth Carlin, of Maryland. He was born in 
same State, Oct. 18 ,1837. He settled in Adams 
county, HI. in 1809. He was married Jan. 
20, 18.58, to Delilah Slade, of Maryland. Had 
four children : Elizabeth, John W., Thomas 
and George. Mrs. Carlin died Feb. 20, 1870. 
Mr. Carlin was married again Sept. 19, 1871, 
to Matilda Lyon, born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 
20, 1840. They have two children: Harry 
and AVilliani. Mr. and Mrs. Carlin are mem- 
bers of the M. E. church; own ninety acres 
of land, mostly improved, in Clayton town- 
ship, worth .$40 per acre. 

CARSTEXS GARRETT, farmer; 
Sec. 9; P. O. Keokuk Junction; was born in 
Germany, ilarch 30, 1828 ; came to America 
and settled in Adams county, HI., in 18.57 ; 
removed to where he now resides in 1808. 
He married Lucy Bauer, of Germany, Oct. 
13,1802. Have seven children: Anna, Min- 
nie, Dick, Herman, John Gotlieb, William 
Christ and Paul Fredrick ; are both members 
of the Lutheran church. He served in the 
German army six years, and went through 
the war with Denmark. He is a Republican ; 



owns 100 acres of land, eighty acres im- 
proved, worth $30 per acre. 
Caretens Wm. farmer ; sec. 10; P.O. Keokuk Janction. 
Caughenonr 11. raiiiistcr; P. O. Clayton. 
Chanaman C. farmer; sec. 4; P.O. Keokuk Junction. 
Clark Hugh, plasterer; P. O. Clayton. 
Clark James, farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Clayton. 
Coe H. P. hardware; P. O. Clayton. 

COE JAMES KISSELIi, hard- 
ware and tinner; residence, Clayton; is the 
son of Henry P. and Mary Ellen (Bissell) 
Coe. His grand parents on his father's side 
were Heniy Coe and Sophronia Elmar, of 
Connecticut, in which State his father was 
born, Nov. 20, 1817. He came to Ohio in 
1837, and from there to Hlinois in 1842. He 
was a traveling salesman for a number of 
years. He located in Clayton and embarked 
in the hardware and tin trade, in 1800, in 
which business he is now engaged. James 
B. was born in Concord township, Adams 
county, 111., June 2.5, 1853. He was educated 
in the schools of Clayton ; is a member of 
the Masonic Order, Lodge 147, Chapter 104, 
and Delta Commandery 53. He is also 1st 
Sergeant of the Clayton Guards; is at present 
in business with his father. 

COIiEGATE OlilVERW., 

teacher; residence, Clayton; is the son of 
Richard and Elizabeth Colegate; both born 
in Pennsylvania. He was born in same 
State, April 3, 1851. He was educated at 
Juniatta Collegiate Institute, and chose the 
profession of teaching, in which he has been 
engaged for nine years; came to Clayton, 
Adams county, 111., in 1872. He was elected 
principal of the schools in Clayton, in 1876, 
and filled that position for two years. 
He has been quite extensively engaged in 
holding Normal Institutes, in Brown and 
other counties. He married Emma L. Van- 
slavoren, Aug. 28, 1877, who was born Aug. 
9, 1859, in Iowa. They have an infant son: 
Benjamin Vanslavoren, born June 15, 1878. 
He and his wife are both members of the 
Presbyterian church. 
Connor C. C. wagon maker; P. o. Clayton. 
Connor Chas. wood worker; P. O, Clayton. 
Courtney Wm. farmer; P. O. Clayton. 
Cowau J. D. laborer; P. O. Clayton. 

COX GEO. W., Physician ; residence, 
Clayton ; is the .son of Charles and Rachel 
(Craig) Co.v. His fatlicr was a native of 
Kentucky. His mother of Scott county, Ind. 
He was born in Morgan couuly. III., July 4, 



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HISTORY OF AUAMS COUXTY. 



1843; removed with his parents to Hancock 
county in 1850; was educated at Keokuk, la.; 
read medicine with Dr. D. L. McGuu'cn of 
that place, and attended lectures at the Iowa 
State University of Medicine — now College 
of Physicians and Surjrions — graduated in 
18C5. He began practice at Liberty, Adams 
eotmty, 111., the same year; came to Clayton, 
in 1867. He maiTied JIary V. Hessey, June 
n, 1868, who was born in St. Louis, Mo., 
Aug. 7, 1845. They have one child, Charles 
Hessey, bom March 28, 1870. Dr. Cox is a 
member of the Masonic Order and of tl/e 
A. O. U. W. Is medical examiner of 
the Masonic Relief Association and of the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen. He and 
bis wife are both members of the Presby- 
terian church. Politics, Democrat. 

CRAIG HEXRY V., fanner and 
bimker; residence, Clayton: born July 2, 
1818, in Scott county, Ind. His parents 
were John and Priscilla (Crafton) Craig, 
toth of Kentucky. He remo\ed with his 
parents to Adams county, 111., and settled in 
Liberty township, in 1829. They had only 
©ne neighbor on the east for twenty miles, 
and three on the west for the same distance. 
There was but one store in Quincy, kept by 
a Mr. Anderson, in a log cabin 14x10 feet in 
Bize. Mr Craig has always lived on a farm 
except the years 1807 and 18G8, when he 
held the office of Sherifl', and resided in 
Quincy. He has also filled the office of Su- 
pervisor and other local offices for many 
years. He maiTied Virginia Farmer, >Iarch 
12, 1837. They have had twelve children, 
8ve living: Margaret A., Emily S., Lucinda 
K., Lizzie and Warren F. Mrs. Craig was 
born in Alabama, Sept. 2, 1819. They re- 
moved to Clayton in 1809. Mr. Craig <ls a 
member of the Masonic Order. He started 
in life with no caiiital but a good head and 
willing hands, and now owns a joint interest 
in the Clayton bank and 50U acres of farm- 
ing lands. 

ClIRKY RKXJ. A., farmer and 
merchant; residence, Clayton; is the son of 
TlKimas and JIatilda (Murjiliy) Curry, Imth 
of Kentucky, and now living in Clayton. 
He was born in the same state. May S, 1825; 
inme to Illinois and settled in Clayton town- 
ship, Adams county, in 1807; has always 
firmed, and has been engaged a number of 
resirs in general merchandising, also in the 



manufacture of scales for live years, from 
1864 : was also engaged in the wagon-making 
business two yeare. He married ^lary .iVnn 
Major, Oct. 10, 1850. ShewasfromOhio. She 
died in 1804, leaving three children : Malin- 
da A., Dora A. and Maiy Kllen. He married 
for his second wife, Lucy J. Hoskins, March 
28, 1805. She was born in Ohio, Jan. 5, 1837. 
They have three children: Kdgar Thomas, 
Charles Samuel and CaiTie Eva. He has 
held several local offices; was Supervisor of 
Clayton for two terms; owns 520 acres of 
improved land in Clayton townshiii, in all, 
070 acres in Illinois. He started in life 
without any capital. He purchased his first 
piece of land in 1850; made a payment of 
$150, f 75 of which he borrowed. He is one 
of the energetic and enterprising citizens of 
the township. 

IVRRY CHRISTOPHKR S., 
farmer: Sec. ;!2 ; P. O. Clayton; .-nii nf Thos. 
and Slalinda (Murphy) Curry, of Kcntuck}-^ 
now residents of Clajton. He was born in 
Jefferson county, Ky., Nov. 9, 1836; came 
with his parents to Adams county. 111., in 
the fall of 1837 ; married Elizabeth Bennett, 
May 20, 1859. She was born in Adams 
county. Oct. 24, 18;37. They have ten chil- 
dren, all living: Charley T., born Feb. 20, 
1800; Benjamin A., July 25. 1801 ; William 
B., Feb. 28, 18113; Luella, June 14, 1SK4; 
James S. July 30, 1805 ; Laura, Nov. 10, 1867; 
Loran O. Sept. 11, 1869; EfVa, Aug. 6, 1871; 
Bertie, April 11, 1873, and Otlia H., Oct. 19, 
1875. 3Ir. Curry is a member of the I. O. O F. ; 
is serving the third time as Ro:id Commis- 
sioner; owns 147 acres of improved land in' 
Clayton township, worth $50 per acre, and 
twenty-one acres of timber in Concord town- 
ship, worth |il5 per acre. Republican. 

CURRY HENRY H., farmer; 
Sec. 32; P. O. Clayton. !!<■ was born in 
Clayton township, Adams county. 111., July 
8, 1841. He is the son of Thomas and Malinda 
(JIurphy) Curry, natives of Kentucky, and 
now living in Clayton. He enlisted in the 
Union army, Slay 34, 1861, in Co. B, lOtb 
Regt. 111. Inf. ; served three years and was 
mustered out at Chattanooga, Tenn., -June 
11, 1804. Nov. 17, 1804, he married Ella 
McMurry, who was born in Adams county, 
April 8, 1845. They have had five children, 
three living: George E., born Aug. 2. 1805: 
Clarence H., born March 13, 1870; Pauline, 



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born Oct. IS), 1873 (died Dec. 29, 1874) ; \iiiy 
L., born Oct. 11, 1875: Granville B., born 
Maj- 31, 1878 (died July 16, 1878). He is a 
member of the I. O. O. F., and both are 
rnembers of the Christian church. They 
own 100 acres of improved land in Clayton 
township, of the old homestead (on which 
the skeleton of the oid log house, built by 
Grandfather Curry in 1837, still stands), and 
fort}' acres of timber in Columbu.s township. 

Cl'RRY RICHARD S., farmer; 
Sec. 32; P. O. Clayton. He is the son of 
Thomas and Malinda (Murphy) Curry, na- 
tives of Keutuck}'. He was born in the 
.same state, .Jan. 32, 1830. He came with his 
parents to Illinois, and settled in Clayton 
township, Adams county, in 1837, where he 
has since resided. He married Mary V. 
Booth, Sept. 1, 18.53, who was born in Vir- 
ginia, March 24, 1834; seven children, .six 
living: Susanah.J., born May 18, 1854; Anna 
M., born .Ian. 12, 1858 (died .Ian. 30, 187.5); 
.John M., born Dec. 7, 1861 ; Sarah E., born 
Oct. 14, 1863; Harriet M., born March 13, 
1866; Lottie B., born Dec. 12, 1867, and Des- 
demona, born Sept. 3, 1874. Jlr. Curry is a 
member of the I. 0.0. F. He and wife 
are members of the Christian church. He 
owns 165 acres of improved land in Cl:iy- 
ton township, and twenty acres of timber 
land in Concord township. 
Cniry Thos. retired farmer; P. O. Clayton. 

CURRY IrVILiL-IAM M., farmer; 
Sec. 31; P. O. Camp Point. He is the son 
of Daniel and Susan (Statlbrd) Curry, na- 
lives of .lefferson county, Ky. He was born 
in Oldham county of the same state, June 
9, 1819 ; settled in Clayton township, Adams 
county. 111., in 1837. April 3, 1844, he mar- 
ried Elizabeth Curl, who was born in Ken- 
tucky, Feb. 17, 1824. They have ten chil- 
dren, eight living: Clara A., Susan C, 
Mildred E. (deceased), Daniel W., John T., 
Sarah M., Samuel W., Flora E. and Flor- 
ence (twins), and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. 
Curry are members of the Christian church. 
He started in life without a dollar; now he 
owns 500 acres in the home farm lying in 
Clayton, Camp Point, Columbus, and Con- 
cord townships, and eighty acres in another 
place in Columbus township. Mr. Curry is 
a great fancier of animals and birds; has a 
fine deer park in which he has a half-score of 
those beautiful denizens of the forest, and 



until recently has kept some antelopes and 
buftalos. He has provided houses for birds 
and squirrels by scores among the trees 
on his farm, and knowingly will not permit 
any interference with their rights. His po- 
litical views are Republican. 



DAVIS DAVID A., druggist; resi- 
dence. Clayton. He is the son of Washing- 
ton J. and Nancy (Chipman) Davis; the 
father born in Virginia, the mother in North 
Carolina. He was born in' Clayton town- 
ship, Adams county. 111., Dec. 24, 1846; 
farmed all his life until he entered the drug 
business, in 1874. He married Sarah M. 
Merett, May 7, 1867. She was born at Na- 
ples, 111., Aug. 3, 1843. They have three 
children : Jennie C, Clara C, and Nancy 
Ella. Mr. Davis is a member of the I. O. 

0. F., and himself and wife are both mem- 
bers of the Baptist church. He is Demo- 
cratic in politics. 

Davis .J. G. farmer; eec. 36; P. O. Claytou. 

Davis .J. M. miller; P. O. Clayton 

Dav:s J. r. farmer; sec. iS; P. O. Clajton. 

Davis Xancy, sec. 35; P. O. Clayton. 

Dodd n. H. marshall; Clayton. 

Dorn T. H. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Keok ilv .Juuctioc. 

Dowell Abner, retired merchant; Clayton. 

DOWXIXCi AMOS R., merchant; 
residence, Clayton ; is the son of E. C. and 
Elizabeth Downing; father born in Virginia, 
mother in Indiana; both are living. Mr. 
Downing was born in Adams county, 111., 
]\Iarch 15, 1850. He began merchandising in 
Camp Point in 1873, came to Clayton in 1874, 
and was engaged in milling business for three 
years, then re-embarked in mercantile pur- 
suits as . a member of the firm of Oliver & 
Downing. He married Mary 31. Oliver, 
Sept. 9, 1873. They have two children: 
Clarence O., born Dec. 17, 1874, and Oscar 
Julian, born Jan. 20, 1877. Mr. D. is a mem- 
ber of the Masonic order, and of the Com- 
mandry, and of the A. O. U. W., and the 

1. O. O. F. ; and is 1st Lieut, of the Clayton 
Guards. He is connected with the M. E. 
church, and his wife with the Presbyterian 
church. 



EMMIXGA HARM H., miller; 
Sec. 6 ; P. O. Keokuk Junction ; is the son of 
Henry R. and Margret Emminga, of Hano- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



ver, Germany. He was born in same place, 
Dec. 25, 1850. He came with his parents to 
America and settled in Clayton township in 
1851. They were the seventh family who 
settled in the German neighborhood of Claj-- 
ton and Xorth East townshiii. His parents 
were married in 1848. Mr. E. has been en- 
gaged in the milling business from his boy- 
hood. His father erected the mill known as 
the Custom Mill east of Keokuk Junction, 
propelled by wind power, with two run of 
stone, in 1854, which supplied a pressing 
need in the way of breadstuffs to the early 
settlers in that vicinity. Sir. E. Sr., returned 
to Germany in 1863, remained nine years, 
when he came back to America. He and the 
subject of this sketch erected the Prairie Mills 
immediately south of Keokuk .Junction in 
187o. Thej' are propelled by wind power, 
have three run of stone, and grind from 200 
bushels upwards. The immense fans which 
furnish the power have a capacity of fifty 
hoise power, with a good strong breeze. 
Mr. E. was raarriedjNov. 5, 1873, to Mary 
Gembler, born in Texas, Dec. 14, 1854. Two 
children : Margret and .John .Jacob. He and 
wife are connected with the Lutheran church. 
He owns the FVairie mills, and forty acres 
of improved land in Clayton township. 

Emm ngaU. R. farmer; eec. 6; P. O. Keokak Janc- 

tioo. 
Edmon8tOD A. farmer; eec. 12; P. O. Clayton. 
Eyman Mrs. Sarab. eec. '^i; P. O. Clayton. 



FLAC;C} T.HOMAS P., farmer; 
Sec. 27; P. O. Clayton; wa.* born in Mari- 
etta, Washmgton county, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1812. 
He is the son of James Flagg (a captain in 
the war of 1812) and Sarah Flagg. Mr. 
Flagg moved to Delaware county, Ohio, in 
1851. He came to Clayton township in 1875. 
He married Sarah Comer for his first wife, 
who was also a native of AVashington county, 
Ohio; had seven children, four living: 
George C, David II., Melville C, and Eva E. 
Mrs. Flagg died Sept. 5, 1864. He married 
again Aug. 34, 1865, to Caroline J. Jones, 
born in Worthingtou, Franklin county, 
Ohio, July 8, 1831. She was first married 
to Solomon Jones by whom she had two chil- 
dren, Aurie, and Carrie Jones. Jlr. Jones 
was in the United States army at Arlington 
Heights June 11, 18G4. Mr. and Jlrs. Flagg 



have two children. Homer H., and Lucius 
C. S. Mr. Flagg was for eight j'ears cngagetl 
in the ferry business at McConnelsville, Ohio, 
and was agent for the C. C. C. & I. Hy.. 
twelve years, the rest of his life has been 
spent in farming; are members of the Pre> 
byterian church ; owns 120 acres i>f land in 
Clayton township, worth $.50 per acre, thirty 
two and a half acres in the corporate limit^■ 
of Clayton, and a good house and three lot? 
in the town. 

Fleming Jamee, farmer; eec. 27; P. O. Clayton. 
Plashner J. H. farmer; eec. 4; P.O. Keokak Jane. 
Flaehner W.H. farmer; eec. 14; P.O. Keokuk Jnuc. 

FI.ESSXER HKXRY M., farmer; 
Sec. 4; P.O. Keokut Junction; is the son 
of Minke and Antil Flessner, of Germany. 
He was born in that country, March 8, 1816; 
came to America and settled in Livingston 
county, 111., in 18G8; removed to Clayton 
township, Adams county, in 1875. He was 
first married, in 1840, to Volke Berherend. 
Eight children: Antye, Gertie, Volke, 
Minkie, Gerd, Henry, Venlye, and Anna. 
His wile died in 1805. He married Icke 
(Gerdes) Buss, Jan. 2, 1875, who had been 
previously married to John Buss (deceased) 
in 1858, by whom she had seven children: 
Gerd, Elsecatrine, Henry, John, Jennie, 
Weert, and Eilert. }Ir. Flessner and wife are 
members of the Lutheran church. They 
own eighty acres of improved land, worth 
$40 per acre. 
Flynn Dennis, barber; P. O. Clayton.- 

FLYXX .lOIIX. baggage master at 
Clayton, for \V:ibash Ry. Co.; residence, 
Claj'ton; is the son of James and Margaret 
(Sullivan) Flynn, natives of Ireland. Tlicy 
came to America early in life, and were 
married in lihode Island, whence they re- 
moved to Illinois and settled in Brown 
county, where tfie subject of this sketch was 
born, Nov. 23, 1843. He lived on alarm till 
1867 ; came to Clayton and engaged in the 
employ of the Wabash Ry. Co. in 1S68, 
as trackman for eight years, since which 
time he has been baggage master. He was 
married June 36, 1861), to Anna Crummy, 
born in Ireland. They have four children: 
Mary Agnes, John J., Margaret E., and 
C;ilharinc. Are members of the Catholic 
church. They own ii house and lot in Clay- 
ton. His mother died in 1877 ; father .still 
lives in Brown county. 
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G 

GAR9fER CHARLES W., far 

mer; See. 30; P. O. Clayton; is the sou of 
Robert R. and Harriett Garner, Indiana. 
He was born in Clayton tovrnsliip, Adams 
county, 111., Oct. 3, 1855 ; has spent his life 
on a farm in the same county. Feb. 28, 1878, 
he married Samantha Summers McParland. 
She was born in same county, Jan. 28, 1857. 
Mr. Garner's father died Sept. 17, 1875. His 
mother is still living in Clayton township. 
His wife is a member of the M. E. church. 
He owns eighty acres of improved land in 
Clayton township, worth §35 per acre. 
Garner Harriett, sec. 15; P. O. Clayton. 

OARNBR JOHX M., farmer; Sec. 
17; P. O. Claj-ton ; was born in Adams 
county, 111., March 3, 1844. His parents 
were Robert R. and Harriet (Downing) Gar- 
ner, natives of Indiana. He always lived 
on a farm in Clayton township, except five 
years, from 1870 to 1875, when he lived in 
Hancock <;ounty. Oct. 18, 1864, he married 
Ann M. Beckett, who was born in Adams 
county, May 17, 1844. She died Sept. 25, 1875, 
leaving three children, two of whom have 
since died. The living son is Edwin C, 
born Oct. 11, 1865. Mr. G. is a member of 
the Masonic Order, and of the M. E. church. 
He owns a farm of eighty acres in Hancock 
county, worth .«;3,000. 
Gamer L. N. farmer; sec. IG; P. O. C'lajton. 
Garren C. M. farmer; sec. 30: P. O. Clayton. 
Garr tt E. farmer; eec. 8; P, O. Keokuk .Junction. 
Garrett D. J. farmer: sec. 16; P. O. Keoljuk Junc- 
tion. 
Gay A. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Clayton. 
Gibson O. D., minister; P. O. Clayton. 
Gilbert Louisa; P. O. C!ay;ou. 

GIL.BIRD!!$ C. II., roadmaster on 
the Wabash Railway ; residence, Clayton ; 
was born in Yates county, N.Y., May 2, 1834. 
He is the son of John and Sarah (Freelove) 
Gilbirds; his father was a native of Eng- 
land, his mother of Vermont ; both dead. 
In 1846 he removed to Michigan., where he 
remained one year; then returned to Mon- 
roe countj-, X. Y., lived there two years; 
then removed to Toledo, O., thence to Lo- 
gansjiort, Ind., thence to Lafayette, Ind., 
thence to Brown county, 111., in 1858, and 
flnidly settled in Clayton, Adams county, in 
1865. He has been engaged in railroading 
since 1853, ou the same road, never missing 



a day from duty in twenty-five years. He 
now has charge of the Wabash road in all 
its branches, from Springfield, 111., west; 
in all 225 miles of main line and sixty-five 
miles of side track. Through his instru- 
meutalitj' a shop has been established at 
Clayton for sawing off defective parts of 
defective rails, and dressing up worn rails, 
by which many thousand dollars are saved 
to the Company yearly. He married Min- 
erva J. Stiner, April 9, 1863. They have one 
child. Lulu, born in August, 1805. He is 
a member of the Masonic Oi'der, of the 
Commandry, and the Knight Templars. 
He lives in one of the prettiest homes in 
Adams county, surrounded with birds, flow- 
ers and natural curiosities, mineral collec- 
tions, etc. 

GIiA!$8 GEORGE H., farmer; 
Sec. 33; P. O. Claj'ton, (the son of Alfred 
E. and Lydia M. Glass, of Jefferson county, 
N. Y.); was born in that county, Bee.. 
29, 1845 ; came with his parents to Schuyler 
county, 111., in 1861 ; after having lived three 
years in Mo., Mr. G. enlisted in Co. B., 
7th Mo. Cavalry, in _ August, 1861 ; served 
one year; re-enlisted in the 78th Regt. 111. 
Inf., in January, 1864; was transferred in 
June, 1805, to the Veteran Inf. ; was taken 
prisoner at Independence, Mo., August 11, 
1802; was exchanged immediately; was 
wounded— skull fractured by a piece of 
shell at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain ; 
was mustered out July 17, 1865. He mar- 
ried Mary A Veach, of Adams count)^ 111., 
July 1, 1869. She died January 22, 1872, 
leaving two children, Wiley M. and James 
A. (dead). He married Rachel F. Billings, 
March 14, 1876. She was born in Schuyler 
county. 111., August 10, 1848; have one son, 
Fred Irwin, born Jan. 3, 1877. Both mem- 
bers of the First Presbyterian Church, in 
Clayton ; own forty acres of land in Sec. 33, 
a large portion of which is in orchard. 

GRIFFITH SAMUEL, farmer; 
Sec. 7; P. O. Keokuk Junction,; is the son 
of Jefferson and Cordelia (McGruder) Grif- 
fith, of JIaryland. He was born in the same 
state, July 4, 1832; came from there to 
Adams county, in the spring of 1837 ; settled 
on the farm where he now lives in the 
spring of 1805; was married, April 16, 1863, 
to Mary Jane Wallace, who was born in 
Adams county, August 22, 1839, died July 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



2, 1871, leaving two chiUlren, Elizabeth, 
born March 10, 1863, and Oliver, born No- 
vember 2, 18GS; Mr. G. is a member of the 
M. E. church. He owns 106 acres of land 
in Clayton township, ninety-five improved, 
worth fi40 per acre. 
Oroes Heorietia. mnsic teacber; P. U. Clayton. 



Baley John, laborer; P. O. Clayton. 
Hamilton E. O. carpenter; P. O. Clayton. 
Hamilton J. E. merchant; P. O. Clayton. ^ 

Harbinson A. produce dealer; P. O. Clayton. 

UARBISOSi' JOHN C, conductor 
on the Wabash Railway; residence, Clajton ; 
■was born in Monroe county, Ind., Nov. 8, 
1845. He is the son of John C. and Eliza- 
beth W. (Millen) Harbison, natives of North 
Carolina. Mr. H. came to Adams county, 
111., with his parents in 1855; began rail- 
roading in the employ of the F. W. & W., 
now the Wabash Railway, in 18G0 ; has been 
a conductor on the same railroad since March 
15, 1878. He was married Feb. 17, 1870, to 
Caroline Hughes, who was born in Adams 
county. HI., Feb. 5, 1852. They have 
two children : Clarance Ellsworth, born 
April 29, 1872, and John Oscar, born Nov. 
20, 1877. . Mr. and Mrs. H. are both members 
of the M. E. church. 

H.4RTM.4N RD-WARD. lumber 
merchant; residence. Clayton ; was born Dec. 
12. 1837, in Hancock county, HI. He is the 
son of Peter and Elizabeth (Miller) Hart- 
man, both horn in Pennsylvania, but brought 
up in Ohio. They came to Hancock county, 
111., in 1837, thence to Adams county, in 
1839. He spent his early life on a farm, and 
after he attained his majority, farmed sum- 
mers and taught school winters, for seven or 
eight years; thence came to Clayton and en- 
gaged in the lumber trade, in the spring of 
1869, and now owns the only lumber yard in 
the place. April 9, 1861, he married Sarah 
Rice, who was born in New York State, in 
1834. He is a member of the Masonic 
Order, Lodge and C'ommandery, and is local 
correspondent for several newspapers. Mrs. 
H. is a member of the M. E. church. 

HAWES JOSEPH W.. agent for 
T. W. it W. K. R. at Clayton. He is tlie son 
of William and Sophia Hawes; both born 
in Massachusetts; father is living in Provi- 



dence, R. I.; mother died in 18.54. Was 
born in Providence. R. I., May 4, 1852. He 
came West as a book-keeper for a giain- 
shipi)ing company, and settled at Tolono, 
HI., in 1871; remained two years; thence to 
Decatur one year; then to Clayton in 1876; 
was educated in Providence. Mass.; was 
cashier at Decatur. The position he fills, 
being at the junction of two branches of the 
Wabash Railway, is an important one. 
Hazlett .John, merchant ; P. O Clayton. 

H.4ZL,ETT JAMES, general 
merchandise and agricultural implements, 
residence Clayton. His parents were John 
and Charlotte (Davis) Hazlett, born in 
County Down, Ireland. Mr. H. was born 
in same place July 4, 1829. He came to 
United States in 1849; lived in New York 
city till 18.55, when he came West and settled 
in Clayton, Adams County, 111., Nov. 10, 
1855. He worked at the mason trade for 
eight years, then bought and shipjied grain 
for ten years, and finally embarked in gen- 
eral mercantile business in March, 1874. 
Oct. 10, 18-52, he married Elizabeth Rankin, 
who was born in Ireland in 1830; they have 
seven children: Martha, Mary Lovena, Eliz- 
abeth C, William J., Thomas G., Anna P., 
and Charles G. He is a Knight Templar in 
the JIasonic Order, anil he and wife are 
connected with the Presbyterian church; 
politics. Republican. He came to Clayton 
with |;13,.50; his last invoice was $35,000. 
Hazeett.John, butcher; P. O. Clayton. 
HesieyMancy: P.O.Clayton, 
nedenborg Mre. ; P. O. Clayton. 
Hcinick Carl, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

HEXICKA HEXRY, farmer; See. 
16 ; P. O. Keokuk Junction. He is the son of 
Carl and Catharine (Hirk) Henicka. of 
Germany. He was born in Adams county, 
111., April 19, 18.52. and was married Oct. 
13, 1873, to Trinka Shem, born in Adams 
county. They have two children. Carl and 
Catharine. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members 
of the Lutheran church. They have lived 
on the farm of eighty aci^s, where they now 
reside, since 1873. 

Ilermctet P. J. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Clayton. 
HlDBon s. B. laborer; P. O. Clayton. 
Hoke Craven, larmer; sec. -JS; P. O. Clayton. 

HOKE JOHN A., farmer; Sec. 31; 
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Nov. 28, 1814. (His parents were Leonard 
and Barbara Hoke, natives of Pennsylvania.) 
He settled in Adams county, 111., in March, 
1844. He has always "been a sort of a 
farmer." Nov. 22, 1840, he married Eunice 
AVelsh, of Kentuclcy. They have had tliree 
children : Mary C, born Aug. 31, 1842 (died 
Oct. 14, 1869); Robert W., born Nov. 12, 
1846: Leonard G., born Aug. 12, 1848; a 
grand-daughter, living with them (child of 
Mary C), who was born May 18, 1869. Mr. 
H. and wife are botii members of the 
Christian church. Thcv own forty acres in 
the home place, and 12-5 in Columbus and 
Camp Point townships. 

HOKE L.E09fARD H., farmer; 

Sec. 31 ; P. O. Camp Point; (son of John A. 
and Eunice Hoke, of Jefferson county, Ky.) ; 
was born in Adams county. 111., Aug. 12, 
1848; married Alice B. Funk, Dec. 10, 1874. 
She was born in Jeft'orson county, Ky., Dec. 
11,1852. Have three children : Minuie E., 
born Nov. 14, 1876 ; Walter A. and Warren 
H. (twins), born Dec. 10, 1877. The twins 
were exhibited at the Quincy Fair Exposi- 
tion iu September, 1878, in competition with 
others from various parts, and drew a prize 
of l|40 in gold, as the handsomest twin 
babies. He has spent all his life on a farm. 
They are members of the Christian church. 
He owns 1.50 acres of improved land in 
Clayton town.ship, valued at f 40 per acre; 
eighty .acres pasture and timber in Concord, 
worth §25 per acre, and 100 acres in Colum- 
bus township, worth |20 per acre. 
Hopper H. B. farmer; sec. ;J6; P. O. Clayton. 

HOI Xill DAYTON E., engineer 
on the Wabash Railway; residence, Clay- 
ton ; (is the son of Josiiih and Laura Hough, 
natives of Connecticut). He was born near 
New Haven, in that State, June 18, 1837. 
He left there July 4, 1859; came west, and 
settled in Springfield for a short time; then 
went to Jolict in the employ of the Chicago 
and Alton Railroad Company; thence to 
Marshall, Mich., and ran on the Michigan 
Central Railroad for three years. He also 
ran on the Rockford and Rock Island Road 
for three years, and has been on the Wabash 
Road for over three years. He has had 
charge of an engine since July 4, 1861. He 
married first in November, 1860, to Ara- 
menta Johnson, of Joliet, 111. They had 
two children: Frank, born Oct. 25, 1862; 



Gilbert, born Feb. 10, 1868. He married 
Leila Ransom, Nov. 30, 1873. She was born 
in New York State, Dec. 11, 1849. Tliey 
have two children : Ella B., born April 30, 
1875, and Arthur, born Sept. 30, 1877. Mr. 
H. is a member of the Brotherhood of Loco- 
motive Engineers, 

HOUGH GEORGE R., conduct.ir 
on the Wabash Railway; residence, Clay- 
ton; was born near New Haven, Conu., 
March 19, 1835. He is the son of Josiah M. / 

and Laura Hough, natives of Connecticut, 
and both now deceased. Mr. Hough came 
to Illinois, and settled in Springfield, in 
1857. He began railroading as fireman, on 
the N. Y. & N. H. R. R., in 1851 ; engaged 
in the employ of the Wabash Railway Com- 
pany immediately after coming west, and 
has continued on the same road since. He 
ran an engine on the road for nearly twenty 
years; changed ofl to passenger conductor 
in March, 1878. He married Georgianna 
Pringle, March 21, 1858. She was born in 
Ohio, Jan. 22, 1837. Is a member of the 
Presbyterian church. They have seven 
children : Laura E., Sophia M., John E., 
Charles R., Nettie E., Harry H., and 
JIaggie L. Mr. Hough is a member of the 
Masonic Order, and of the Brotherhood of 
Locomotive Engineers. He has run a p;is- 
senger train for seventeen years, and has 
never been the means of drawing a drop of 
blood from a passenger. 

HOWARD JOHN WESLEY, 

farmer; Sec. 25; P.O. Clayton; is the son 
of John and Sarah Ann (Warner) Howard, 
the former born in North Carolina, the latter 
iu Virginia. jNIr. Howard was born in Mis- 
souri, June 2, 1842; came with his parents, 
and settled in Hancock county. 111., in 1849. 
He came to Adams county in 1866. He en- 
listed July 14, 1862, in Co. D, 73th Regt. 
111. Inf; was promoted to Corporal; was 
wounded in the chin, by a buck-shot, in the 
battle of Chickamauga; was mustered out at 
Nashville, May 29, 1865 ; was married Fel). 
15, 1866, to Ann Hartman, who was born iu 
Adams county. 111., Sept. 18, 1843. They 
have six children, three living: Joseph L., 
born Nov. 18,1867; Peter H., born Oct. 26. 
1868, and Edmond, born Nov. 10, 1875. Mr. 
Howard owns forty-five acres of improved 
land, in Clayton township, worth $40 per 



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HISTORY OF AHAMS COUNTY. 



aero. H(< miikos n speciiilty o( Incoiliug 

Piilmul Cliinii hogs, 

Honev Oliver, farmer; sec. S(i; P. O. (."layton. 



lltWDV S. nil.TOX, Supeiin- 
tciul.nl flnytonsi-liools; residence, Clayton; 
was born in Ohio, Feb. 20, 18J."). He is the 
sou or Wesley and Mary ,1. (Boon) Irwiu. 
llis father was ii native of Ohio, luid his 
mother of Pennsylvania. Mr. Irwin has 
been en<:ageil in tenrhins '"ost of the tiu« 
siuee 18(if>. lie came to Illinoi.s, and settled 
in Clayton. March 13, lt!(!7, since which 
time he has tanyht eighteen terms in the 
State. He married Susan Koss, Jan. 12, 
ISlhi, who was horn in Pennsylvania, Dec. 
13. 184S. They have one child, Ora, born 
June 20, 1873. Mr. Irwin is 3d Lieutenant 
of the Cl.ivton Guanls, known as Co. I 8th 
Heirt., I. X. G. 



JKck»on B, F. rsllrosder; P. O, Clayton. 
Jamison John, teacher; P. O. Clayton. 
Jones Wm. retired; P. o. Clayton. 



Kendrick Wm. Uboror, P. O. Clayton. 

KERN JACOB R., Constable; 
residence, Clayton; son of Jo.^eph ai>d 
Eli/abelh (Smith) Kern; natives of Penn- 
sylvania; was born in Mouongehala county, 
West Va., March 16, 1828. He came to 
Quiucy, Adams county. III., in 1S40, and to 
Clayton, in 1871 ; has been a farmer all his 
life, until 1872, since which time he has 
held the office of Constable in Clayton. 
Dec. 24, 1850, he married Sarah E. Kirk- 
pal rick, who was born in Saugsimon county, 
111, Oct. 10, 1828; came to Adams county 
when two years old. They have no living 
children. Mr. Kern is a niember of the 
I. O O. F., and of the A. O. V. \V. He .Hud 
his wife are both members of the M. E. 
chui-ch. Politics, Greenback Republican. 
His mother is still living, 78 years of age. 
Kirkpatrick Jamee; sec, »l; P. O. Clayton. 
Klrkpatrlik .Mary, eeo. iS; P. O. Clayton, 
Klrkpatrlrk M. B rarmcr; sec. M; P. O. Clayton. 

KIjKIX carl, cooper; residence 
Clayton; is the sou of John and Martha 
Klein, both bom in Germany. He was bom 



in same county, Jan. 12, 1887. He came to 
America in 1857 via New Orleans to 
Quincy: settled in Pike county, 111., for 
three years; thence to Iowa, one year; 
thence to Hancix-k county. 111., one year; 
thence to Quincy till isii'l, when he came to 
Clayton. He learned the cooper's trade in 
Germany, and has always followed it. April 
23, 1861, he married Caroline Grciser, born 
in Haltimore, Md., June 14, 1836 They 
have six children : Charlie, Harry C, Louisa, 
Leonard L., Elmar £., and an infant son. 
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of 
the A. 0. U. W. Owns forty acres of land 
in Ellington township, and lot, house and 
shop in Clayton, in which he employs live 
men. 

Kollm-n U. L. fiirmer; sec. 10; P. O Kcokak 
Junction. 



Lackey .A.M. mercbanl; P. O. C ayton. 
Lackey .Mre. R. E.. P. O. Clayton. 

liACKKY T HO 71 AS. retired 
farmer, Clayton. He is the son of John and 
Susan Lackey, of Washington county, Pa, 
and was l>orn in that county, Oct. 23, 1800. 
He came with his parents to Koss county, 
Ohio, when eight years of age;' and from 
there to Jlorgan county. 111 . in 1823. After 
living there ten years, ihey removeil to 
Brouni county; thence to Clayton, Adams 
county, in 1874. Mr. Lackey has been a 
farmer all his life. April 18, 1822, be mar- 
riwl Elizabeth Sleritt, who was born May 
11, 1801. They have thive living children: 
Abel M. (in Clayton); William II. (in Kan- 
sas); and Mary Ellen Hayes (in Xel>raska). 
They had eleven children in all. His wife 
diwl Aug. 28. 1871. Mr. Lackey is a 
memberof the Presbyterian church. PoliticB, 
llepublican. 

Lvpar Jesae. r.iriner; sec. 10: P. O. Kebkak Junction. 
Loaper Jesse, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Clayton. 

l.ei!i.i«K COL. JOHX B., 

proprietor .Vd;ims House. Clayton; was bora 
near Montreal, Canada, Dec. 29. 1824; and is 
the son of John B. and M;irgret E., 
(Prudon) ; Le Sage, of Canada East. He 
came to the United States in 1^3'.), and to 
Quincy, Adams county. 111., in 1841*. He 
enlisted as a Regular in the United States 
army in 1841, and allcr serving live years_ 
re-enlistwl, and went through the war with 



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Mexico, during which he received several 
slight wounds. He settled In Adams county, 
in 1863. In August, 18G3, he went into the 
United States army as Captain of Co. A, of 
tlie lOlsf Regt. 111. Inf. ; was promoted to 
Colonel of the same regiment in the spring 
of 1804, and mustered out in July, 1865; 
married Amanda Brown April 14, ISol, who 
was born in Ill.,in April, ISiJl. They have two 
children: Nellie and Ora. Mr. Le Sage was 
engaged in steamboating from 1832 to 1859; 
has kept hotel in Claj'ton since 1865. 

IiE!)»TER JOHX W., telegraph 
operator; resideuce Clayton; is the sou of 
George W. Lester, Sr., and Elizabeth (Hart) 
Lester, both boru in Kentucky, and now 
living in Clayton. John was born in Adams 
county. 111., March 1, 1831, and has alwaj's 
lived in tlie county. He came to Clayton 
Feb. 1, 18T4; began telegraphing m 1867, 
has been the operator for the Wabash Rail- 
way comi)any, at Cla_ytou, for five 3'ears; 
married Miss Lizzie R. Craig, daughter of 
N. C. and V. C. Craig, Jan. 12, 1879, at 
the M. E. church in Claj-ton. He is a 
member of the Masons, the I. O. O. F., and 
the Druids; and also of the Masonic Relief 
Association of Clayton, and of the Iowa 
Masonic Relief Association at Keokuk. 
Lewis H. M. f»mer; sec. 20; P. O. Camp Point. 
Lewis.Iohu, farmer: sec. 10; P. O. Camp Point. 

L,EWIS WILLIAM M., farmer; 
See. 30; P. (J. Camp Puint; is the sou of 
Henry M. and Sarah (Kelley) Lewis, n:itives 
of Kentuck}-. He was born in Claj-ton 
township, Adams Co., 111., July 23, 1851 ; was 
reared on a farm. He married, Dec. 37, 1870, 
Mar\ A. ]^Iills, who was born in Kj-., Oct. 4, 
1837. They have one cliild, Herbert H., 
boru Oct. 33, 1877. >Ir. and Mrs. Lewis an- 
members of the Christian church. His par- 
euts are living in Clayton township. He 
owns eighty acres of land (sixty improved) 
in Clayton township woith »-45 per acre, and 
twenty.four acres nf tinilicr land in Colum- 
bus township, wdrtli *10 per acre. 

lilTTLK JOIIX T. miller; resi- 
deiii'c, Chiyton ; wa> Imm in Adams Co. 111. 
Sept. 18, 1849. His parents were Joseph and 
Mary Little, the former of Peuusylvania, the 
latter of Kentucky. Mr. L. began the mill- 
ing business in Camp Point in 1809; came 
to Clayton in March, 1863, since which time 



he has had charge of the large mill there. 
He married Josephine Mathews, Mar. 34, 
1870. She was born in Missouri, Feb. 3, 1850 
He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the 
A. O. U. W. Both he and wife are members 
of the Cliristiau church. His father resides 
at Camp Point. 
Logue John, farmer ;;eec. 24; P. O. Clayton. 

LOGUE JOHX C, farmer; resi- 
dence, Clayton. His father was a native ot 
Pickaway Co., Ohio, and his mother, Eliza- 
beth (Mahan) Logue, was a native of Brook 
Co., West Virginia, in which county he was 
born, Feb. 17, 1843. He came from there to 
Clayton, Adams Co., 111., in 1855, where he 
has since lived. His only educational ad- 
vantages were such as the district schools 
afford. He entered the United States army 
in the war of the Rebellion, as a private in 
Co. 'I. 84th Regt. HI. Inf., in August, 1863; 
was promoted to Corporal before going to 
the front ; to 4th Sergeant in November of 
that 3'ear ; to 3nd Lieutenant, in Feb. 
1803, and to 1st Lieutenant in March. He 
resigned from disability in Dec. 1803. He 
married Francina Campbell, Dec. 17, 1867. 
She was born in Prebel Co., Ohio, Dec. 30, 
184.5. They have four children : Jessie W., 
Mary C, Wilbur C, and Laura Belle. He 
has held the office of Town Trustee, was 
Chairman of th;it Board, and was the Green- 
back candidate for Representative to the Ill- 
inois Legislature. He and wife are both 
members of the Baptist church, and he is a 
member of the Masonic Order and of the 
A. O. U. W. He lives in a residence that cost 
ii!3,000, and owns twenty acres in the corpor- 
ation of Chiyton. 
Lojjue Wm. farmer; sec. 2*:i. 

LOGUE WILLIAM M., farmer; 
Sec. 34; P. O. Clayton; is the son of John 
and Elizabeth (Mahan) Logue, of West Vir- 
ginia. He was born in that slate, July 8, 
1839; came with his parents to Illinois and 
settled in Adams, county in 1853. He was 
married Oct. 17, 1861, to Harriet E. Davis; 
boru in Illinois, Jan. 6, 1844. Five children, 
four living; Curreu E., born Aug. 31, 1863; 
Juli:i v., born Jan. 11, 1863 (deceased); 
Niiunie C, born Oct. 8, 1867, William C, 
born Feb. 33, 1869, and Lizzie, born July 33, 
1870. Mr. L. is a member of the A. O. U. W , 
and both he and wife are members of 
the Baptist church e has an interest in 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



his father's estate of 560 acres (486 improved) 
in Clayton townsliip, and 100 in Brown 
county. He owns forty acres in Claj'ton 
_township. He is one of two brothers now liv- 
ing of a family of eight children, five of 
whom died in the months'of .Vpril and May 
in 185-5, and one in November, ISOO. His 
father, now living with him, on the home- 
stead, was born Dec. 35, 1810. His mother 
was born March 7, 181G; died March 16, 
1875. They were married March 8, 1838. 
Long J B. farmer; sec. 27: P. O Clayton, 
l.oyd E. carpenter; P.O. Clayton. 

L,ITKER JOHX C proprietor 
Hampton House, Clayton: son of William 
C. and Mary (Shrader) Luker; the father 
born in New York, the mother in Pennsyl- 
vania. He was born in Alleirhany Co., Penn., 
March 5, 1818; moved to Oliio in 1833, to 
Missouri in 1876, and to Claj'ton, Adams 
Co., Ill in 1878. For many years he con- 
ducted a chair manufactory in New Concord, 
Muskingum Co., Ohio; went on a farm in 
184^; removed to Hocking Co., Ohio, in 
1850 ; thence to Knox Co , Mo. Has been in 
the hotel business si.x years. He married 
Caroline E. White, Nov. 3, 1842, who was born 
in the State of Delaware, in 1822. They have 
two living children: Jo.seph Henry and 
Mamie (Luker) sells. He and wife arc 
both members of the Prl'sbyterian church. 
Politics, Republican. 
Lnng J. B. retired; P. 0.;ciayton. 

M 

McBrftdney Samnel, mercaant: P. O. Clayton. 
.McBr.itneyMrs. L. M. millln.r; P. O. Clajton. 
McBratney Hnbert. farmer; eec. 30; P. O. Clayton. 
McBrdtney Thomas, butcher; P. O. (.'layton. 
MtCarty Wm. farmer: sec, '^T; P. O i.layton. 
Mc -lain Robert, farmer; seel*; P, O. Clayton. 
McClintock Wm. J. farmer; see. ,18;|P. O. Camp 

Point. 
McClintock Mrs. M. P. O. Clayton. 
McClintock Wm. M. farmer; sec. 17; P.O.Camp 

Point. 
McCoy B. \V. anctionef r; P. O. Clayton. 
McCoy Emeline; P.O.Clayton. 

MeC'OY JOII]IV D.. farmer and 
breeder of Durham cattle; Sec. 34: P. O. 
Clayton; son of John and Martha McCoy, 
both of Kentuckj'. They came to Hlinois 
and settled in Concord township, Adams 
county, in 1833. Mr. McCoy was bom in 
that township, March 13,1844; removed to 
Brown county in 1872 ; remained there until 



the spring of 1878, then removed to Clayton ; 
married Eliza Hoskins, Sept. 6, 1804. She 
was bom in Pickaway county, Ohio, Feb. 
14, 1845. Have two children: Pearl L., bom 
March 23. '68, and Mary E., born March 18, 
1873. Enlisted in Co, E, lOlh Regt. HI. Inf, 
April 17. 1801 (w;is the seventeentli man 
enlisted in the state by Gen. Prentiss); 
served one year; re-enlisted in Co. E, 70th 
Regt. 111. Inf; served tour months; again 
re-enlisted, Feb. 5, 1805, in Co.K, 151st Regt. 
111. Inf ; served one year, and was mus- 
tered out, Feb. 8, 1806. He owns sixty-eight 
acres of bind ; devotes special attention to 
breeding blooded cattle. 
-McCoy F. laborer; P. O. Clavton. 
McCoy .John, stock-dealer. P. 0. Clayton. 
McCoy T. laborer; P. O. Clayton. 
McDowell A. S. secy. .Masonic Relief Society; P O. 

Clayton. 
McFarland .Joseph, farmer; sec. 16; P. 0. Camp 

Point. 
McMullen 'William: P. O. Cliyton. 

MfMlTRRAY JOSEIMf C„ 

farmer; Sec. 23; P.O. Clayton: is the son 
of George and Elizabeth (Waller) McMur- 
ray, natives of Kentucky. He was born in 
Clayton township, Adams county, i 111., on 
the farm where he now resides, Oct. 20, 1851 ; 
was reared a farmer, and hits made that the 
occupation of his life, lleman-ied, FeV). 13, 
1873, Mattic Carter, who was born in North 
Carolina Oct. 6, 1*55. They have two chil- 
dren : Freddie M., born Jan. 15, 1874, and 
Roy, bom June 20, 1877. .Mr. McMurray 
owns 100 acres of the old homestead, lying 
in section 23, Clayton township, worth $40 
per acre. 
McMurray J. H. farmer; see. 14; P. O. Clayton. 

McMlTRRV WILMAM F., 

farmer: Sec. .jo; P. (). Cbiyton; was born in 
Alton, 111., Dec. 0. 1840. His parents were 
Wilson Smith McMurry and George Ann 
(Parish) McMurry, natives of Kentucky. 
His father, who was an itinerant minister in 
the yi. E. church, died in 1851. ' Mr. Mc- 
Murry came to Clayton township in August, 
1851 ; went to Hancock county in 1868, 
wlien he returned to Clayton townshij). He 
enlisted in Co. L. 2d Regt. 111. Cav., July 13, 
1861 ; went in as a private and was promoted 
to Sergeant. He served in the Army of the 
Tennessee: was mustered out, Aug. 13, 1864. 
He was married, March 13, 1867, to Sarah 
A. Cromwell, who was born in Kentucky, 



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Dec. 36, 1843. Two cliildren ; Bertha, born 
May 31,1869; Leona, born Aug. 37, 1872. 
He and wife are members of the M. E. 
church. He owns eighty-five acres of im- 
proved land in Clayton township, worth $iO 
per acre; also twenty of timber in Brown 
county. 

MAGNER JO HUT, section fore- 
man on Wabash Railwa}'; residence, Clay- 
ton. He is the son of Thomas and Nancy 
(O'Neil) Magner, of Ireland. He was born 
in .the same country, Dec. 36, 1810; came to 
America in 1847 : spent six months in Massa- 
chusetts, and then went to Maine, where he 
remained till the spring of 1849; came to 
Cincinnati, Ohio; engaged in railroading for 
the C, H. & D. R. R. Co. for three .years, 
and was in the employ of the O. & M. R. R. 
for four years on construction, and one j-ear 
as section foreman. He came to Illinois 
in June, 1857; engaged as track-layer on 
what is now the Wabash Railway, on 
which road he has been emplo3'ed chiefly 
since. He has been in his present position 
since the 31st of Maj', 1863. He was mar- 
ried April 30, 1851, to Bridget Begley, of 
Ireland. Five children: Thomas W., Mary 
Ann, James B., Catharine and Margaret. 
Are members of the Catholic church. He 
owns a house and one-half acre of land in 
Clayton. He was a member of the Con- 
stabulary Corps, a police organization for 
the protection of society, in Ireland, for 
three years. 

Mantaollan Samnel, farmer; eec. 30; P. O. Camp 
Point. 

Marrett Catharine, sec. 35; P. O. Clayton. 

Marrctt Samael, sec. 35; P. 0. Clayton. 

Marshall Elizabeth, sec. 2J; P. O. Clayton. 

Head Margaret, P. O. Clayton. 

Meats Wm. laborer; P. O. Clayton. 

Meatherin<;ham Wm. farmer; Bee. 29; P. 0. Clayton. 

Meint? Fred, farmer; eec. 3; P. O. Keoknli Junction. 

Meintz.John, farmer; sec. 3; P.O. Keokuk Junction. 

Mellon Francie, teacher; P. 0. Clayton. 

Metz John, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Clayton. 

Miller Benj. laborer; P. O. Clayton. 

Miller Daniel, farmer; eec. 30; P. O. Clayton. 

M Her Fred, fjrmer; sec. 11; P. O. Clayton. 

Miller George, farmer; eec. 10; P. O: Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

Miller Gerd. farmer; sec. 3; P, O. Keokuk Junction. 

Miller Jacob, wagon maker; P. O. Clayton, 

ItlUjTM JACOB, wagon manu- 
farturer; residence, Clayton. His parents 
Wire John and Elizabeth Miller, of Saxony, 
■Cermany. He was born in the same place. 



June 1, 1829 ; came to America in 1848 ; set- 
tled in Baltimore, Md., one year; removed 
to Summersett county. Pa., one year, and 
thence to Quiucy, 111., in 1853; from there 
to Brown county in 1856 ; thence to Clayton 
in 1858. He has followed this business all 
his life. 3Iarried Catharine Faust, April 
33, 1853, who died in 1868, leaving three 
children : Henry, Louisa and Emma. He 
married Catharine Fraelisch in the fall of 
1869. They have one child, Jennie. His 
first wife was born in Pennsylvania, Feb. 33, 
1834. Mr. Miller is a member of the I. O. 
O. F., and of the benefit association of that 
order. He started business with five dollars, 
and is now worth over |10,000; is Town 
Trustee. 

MIIiLER JAMES A., farmer; 
Sec. 25; P. O Clayton. He is the son of 
John N. and Ehuior (McClain) Miller. He 
was born in IMarion county, Va., Sept. 24, 
1841 ; came with his parents to Adams 
county. 111., in 1855, and settled in Clayton 
township in 1866. He enlisted Aug. 13, 1863, 
in Co. B, 78th Regt. 111. Inf , as private; was 
promoted to Corporal ; taken prisoner atMul- 
den's Hill, Ky., by John Morgan, but was at 
once paroled; discharged June 31, 1865. He 
was married March 4, 1869, to Jane Lierle 
She was born in Adams coimty, July 14 
1848. They ha%-e four children: John W. 
born Dec. 9, 1869 ; Leona C, born Sept. 29, 
1871; Alberta, born Aug. 36, 1873, and James 
L., born Dec. 29, 1875. He owns seventy- 
five acres of improved land, worth $40 per 
acre. He makes a specialty of breeding 
Poland China hogs. 

MILLiEB JOHN, farmer; Sec. 29; 
P. O. Camp Point; son of Nathan and Ele- 
nor Miller; was born in Miami count}', Ohio, 
Aug. 4, 1835; came to Adams county and 
settled in Clayton township in 1863; married 
Martha Wilson, Dec. 34, 1857. She was 
born in Ohio, Oct. 7, 1836; four children: 
three living; William Howard, Moulton 
Edwin, Franklin Alva; own eighty acres in 
Clayton, all improved, worth $50 per acre; 
seventeen acres of timber in Concord town- 
ship. Republican in politics. 

Miller Joseph, farmer; sec. 89; P. O. Clayton. 
Moonhill Mary, P. O. Clayton. 

MOXTGOMEKY GEOR6E W, 

druggist and bunker; Clayton. He is the 



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HISTORY OF ADA3IS COUNTY. 



son of Daniel and Julia (Mnlian) Montgom- 
ery. His father was born in Pennsylvania, 
mother in Baltimore, >Id. Jlr. Montgom- 
ery was born in Brook county, \V. Va., Feb. 
24, IS-tl ; came from there to Clayton, Adams 
county. 111., in 1865; engaged in the dry 
goods trade till 1867, when he changed to 
the drug business. In 1877 he in company 
with Mr. Craig, embarked in the banking 
business and continues in both. December 
27, 1871, he mamed Laura A. Nance, bom 
in Kentucky, in 1850. They have one son, 
Flint, so named by his grandfather, for Df. 
Flint of Louisville, Ky. Sir. Montgomery 
is a member of the Second Advent church, 
of the I. (). O. P., and the order of A. O. 
U. W. Politics, Democratic. 
Montgomery J. B. carpenter; P. O. Cluyton. 

MOXTGOMKR Y >V 1 1. L, I A M, 

real estate and loan agency; Cl.iyton ; was 
born in Hamilton county, Ohio, Dec. 15, 
1839. He is the son of William and Jane 
(Patterson) Montgomery, both born in Ire- 
land. He came with his parents to Brown 
county 111., in 1840. He was brought up on 
a farm and Ibllowed it till 1850. Mr. Mont- 
gomery removed from Jit. Sterling to Clay- 
ton in 18-15. In 18.50 he engaged in a general 
merchandising business, and also dealt in 
live stock, and did something in the milling 
business. He and two other men purchased 
the woolen mill then in operation in Clayton, 
and conducted it for two years, at the end of 
which time it was destroyed by fire in 1873. 
Mr. Montgomery abandoned the mercimtile 
business in 186C, and since then has a real 
estate and loan agency in Adams and adjoin- 
ing counties. September 18, 18.55, he mar- 
ried Roxana Chapman, who was born in 
Clayton, Adams county. 111.. Sept. 27, 1837. 
They have three children living: AddieJ., 
born Sept. 8, 1858, Mary Elva, born July 3, 
1863, and William Ehnar, born July 8, 1874; 
Emery B., was born Oct. 4, 1856, dieil July 
31, 1873. Mr. Jlontgomery is a member of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and 
he and wife are connected with the 31. E. 
church. He owns a farm of 100 acres in 
Brown county, and a fine property in Clay- 
ton. 

MOREY SETH J., Justice of the 
Peace and surveyor ; residence, Clayton; was 
born in Columbia county, New York, Jim. 



23, 1815. He is the son of Joshua and 
Thankful (Smith) Alorey. His father was a 
native of New York, his mother of Connec- 
ticut. Mr. Morey was educated at Lewis 
county Seminarj-, New York. He came to 
Illinois and settled in Adams county, in 
1838. He followed teaching for eight years 
after locating in the west, then farmed for 
two years. He was elected deputy surveyor 
which office he filled for a number of years. 
He was married March 30, 1843, to Jane A. 
Wallace, born in Garrard county, Ky., Jan. 
8, 1817 ; came with her parents to Adams 
county. 111., in 1835, when there was only 
one house in Clayton. Mr. Alorey has held 
every local office in the gift of the people, 
and has filled from one to three offices ever 
since. He was examiner of teachers in this 
part 'of the county for a number of years; 
was Deputy Provost JIarshal during the 
rebellion ; has been Magistrate for fourteen 
years; is now Township Treasurer; mem- 
ber of the Masonic Order; Republican in 
politics. His wife is a member of the United 
Presbyterian Church. He owns Ibrty acres 
of laud half of which lies in the town of 
Clayton, and a good house which cost it!4,000' 
Hotter n. R. banker; P. O. Clayton. 

N 

NEWHOrSE SAM I' EL., farmer; 
Sec. 21 ; P. O. Clayton ; is the son of John 
and Alary Xewhouse, Ohio. He w;is bom 
in Delaware county, Ohio, Alay 1, 1835. He 
came to Illinois in the fall ot 1866, and set 
tied in Clayton township in the spring of 
1867. He enlisted in the one hundred days' 
service in Co. C. 145th Regt. Ohio luf , and 
was discharged at the expiration of three 
months. Oct. 27, 185i). He married Nancy 
Newhouse, who was also born in Ohio, Sept. 
17, 1839. They have had nine children, 
seven living: Olive AI.,-U)n Virginia, (dead) 
George, (de;id) Frank M., Arthur N., John 
C., Bertice W., and Alary F. ; both members 
of the AI. E. church. They own 100 acres 
in the home farm worth $45 per acre, and 
80 acres in Sec. 22, worth ^'So per acre. 



OnEK JACOB, retired farmer; sec. 
34 ; P. O. Clayton ; (son of Peter and Rebecca 
Omcr, of Kentucky). He was born in the 




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same State, March S3, 1820; came west, and 
settled iu Clayton townsliip in 1851, He" 
was married April 10, 1845, to Mary J. 
Farmer. She was born in Indiana, Nov. 
30, 1823. Have two children living: Alex- 
ander, born March 5, 1850, and Anna, born 
Aug. 32, 1853; two dead: William, bom 
Jan. 21, 1846, died Feb.-27, 1857 ; Elizabeth, 
born April 24, 1857; died Aug. 13, 1878. 
Mr. and Mrs. O. are members of the M. E. 
church; began life with no capital but will- 
ing hands, now owns 200 acres of land in 
Clayton township. 

09I£R PETER, farmer; Sec. 34; 
P. O. Clayton : was born in Jefl'erson county, 
Ky., March 25, 1822. He is the son of Peter 
and Rebecca Omer; the former born in 
Pennsylvania, the latter born in Maryland. 
Mr. O. came to Illinois, and settled in Adams 
county, in 1847; married Barbara Hoke, of 
Kentucky, in 1847. She died in 1853, leav. 
ing one sou, John Irwin; married Sarah 
Ann Marsh in 1854. They had eight child- 
ren, live living: Charles H., Sarah J., Will- 
iam E., Arthur M., and AnnaE. His second 
wife died in August, 1870. He married Julia 
C. Wilson, April 4, 1878, who was born in 
Keokuk, Iowa, in August, 1848. They are 
members of the M. E. church. He owns 
320 acres of land, all in Clayton township, 
Sec. 34: also twenty .acres of timber land in 
Concord township. 

OSTERMAJT JOHN, farmer; Sec. 
6; P. O. Keokuk Junction. His parents 
were Habbo and Gracie Osterman, of Ger- 
many, now living in Northeast township. 
Mr. Osterman was born in Hanover, Ger- 
many, in 1843 ; came to America, and settled 
in Adams county, 1855 ; was married in 
December, 1868, to Anna Woid, born also 
in Germany, in 1847. They have five 
children: Habbo, William, Grecan, Hattie, 
and John. He and wife are members of the 
Lutheran church. He owns 108 acres of 
improved land in Clayton township, worth 
$40 per acre ; has lived on the farm he now 
owns, since 1874. 



Parker Edgar, harneeemaker; P. O. Clayton. 
Parker Jamee, hotel keeper; P. O. Clayton. 
Parker W. R. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Clayton. 
Perehouee Elnor, P. O. Clayton. 
Perehonse J. B. blacksmith; P. O. Clayion. 



Pierce John, peddler; P. O. Clayton. 

Post Gerd, farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Keokak Junction. 

POTTER JOHSr W., mail agent 
on the 'Wabash Railway ; residence, Clayt^on ; 
is a descendant from English parentage. 
His paternal ancestry have held official 
positions in every War waged in the North 
American Continent. His parents were 
William and Olive (Wortman) Potter; the 
former was liorn in Nova Scotia, and the 
latter in England; both were reared near 
Eastport, Maine. He was born while they 
were on a visit in New Brunswick, May 26, 
1821. His early life was spent in Massa- 
chusetts, where he was educated. He was 
employed for a time in a bank, afterward 
learned book-binding; followed it for a 
number of years ; came west, and settled in 
Mendon, in 1851, where he devoted some at- 
tention to the study of law ; afterward de- 
cided to enter the medical profession ; read 
with Dr. Mason, of Mendon ; began practice 
in Camden, Schuyler county; married Julia 
Plunkett, of same county. She was born 
Sept. 28, 1833. They have two children: 
Edgar S., born June 1, 1857, and John W. Jr., 
born May 29, 1859. Dr. P. enlisted Sept. 11, 
1861, as private in Co. B, 3d Regt. Mo. Cav. ; 
was appointed Provost Marshal, afterward 
Adjutant, and finally transferred to the med- 
ical department; was mustered out June, 
1805; settled in Clayton, in 1867. Soon 
after bought the Clayton Standard, which he 
published a year; sold it to T. J. Mitchell, 
and entered the Postal service Dec. 17, 1869. 
He owns a house and seven acres of laud in 
Clayton. 

Powers A. W.. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Clayton. 

REATH HENRY, proprietor Clay- 
ton House, Clayton; is the son of Henry 
and Catherine Reath, both born in Ger- 
many ; father died in 1840 and mother in 
1843. He was born in same coimtry, May 
15, 1834 ; came to America, with his parents, 
in 1838, and settled in Louisville, Ky. ; re- 
moved to Indiana, in 1841, thence to Jack- 
sonville, 111., in 1866. He enlisted as a 
private in the United States army in the 
war of the Rebellion, in Co. I, 120th Regt. 
Ind. Inf., in September, 1863; was promoted 
to 2d Lieutenant in the fall of 1803; re- 
signed from disability in thefallof 1864. He 
has worked at the harness trade since he was 
sixteen years old ; came from Mount Ster- 



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ling, Brown county, to Clayton, in tlic sum- 
mer of 1878; married Miss Sarah Smith, 
April 8, 1857. She was born in Orange 
county, Ind., Nov. 3, 183'J. They have five 
children: Ida, Josephine, Gertrude, Cath- 
erine, and Frederick. Mr. Reath is a mem- 
ber of the I. O. O. F., and they are both 
connected with the the M. E. church. Pol- 
itics, Kepublican. 

Kobinson J. retired farmer; P. O Clayton. 
Roe S. L. merchaut; P. O. Clayton. 
Rntledge W. H. farmer; eec. iO: P. O. Clayton. 

s 

Snattiofr Menke, farmer; eec. 12; P. O. Keokuk 

Jnnction. 
Salthaase Thos. farmer; sec. 11; P.O.Clayton. 
Sclioene O. farmer; sec.'i; P O. Keokok Junction. 
Seiton Effa A. ; sec. 30; P. O. Camp Point. 
Shackley L. S. cooper; P. O. Clayton. 
Shall William, farmer; eec. Hi; V. O. Clayton. 
Simmonds J. R. farmer; tec. 10; P. O. Cjmp Point 
Simpson Mrs.; P. O. Clayton. 
Slocum L. hardware; P. O. Clayton. 

SMITH DANIKL W., farmer; 
Sell. 11; P. O. Clayton; is the son of Kat- 
chft" and Nancy (Dorsetj Smith, of North 
Carolina. He was born in the same state, 
and came to Adams county, 111., in the fall 
of 1849; removed to Missouri in 1866, 
where he lived till 1873. He returned to 
Adams county, Feb. 20, 18.5o. He married 
Miss Susan E. Hinson, who was also born 
in North Carolina. They have had three 
children, one living, Emery, born Dec. 1, 
1871. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are connected 
with the Presbyterian church. They own 
100 acres of land in Clayton township, fifty 
of which is improved. 
Smith J. C. farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Clayton. 
Smith I. N. laborer; P. O. Clayton. 
Smith J. K. retired farmer; P. O. Clayton. 
Smith J. \V. blacksmith; P. O. Clayton. 
Smith R M. bla ksmith ; P. O. Clayton. 

KniTH THOMAS C, farmer; Sec. 
2.S; P. O. Clayton; is tlio son of James and 
Mary (Curry) Smith, natives of Kentucky. 
He was born in Adams county. 111., Sept. 
20, 1845; has spent his life on a farm. He 
enlisted in the Union army, in Co. B, 137th 
Regt. 111. Inf. — hundred-day service— May 
25. 1863 ; went out as a Corporal ; was proi- 
mi>ted to Sergeant; was mustered out in 
October of the same year; Dec. 14, 1863, he 
married Miss Mary A. Foster, who was born 



in Kentucky, Sept. 23, 1845. They have two 
children, Elmer Ellsworth and Eluora. 
Mr. Smith is a member of the I. O. O. F., 
and liis wife of the Christian church. He 
is Republican. 
Smith Wm. B. ez-meeeenger;P. O. Clayton. 

STAILKR ll^LIilAH, general 
insurance agent ; residence, Clayton ; was 
Ijorn in Loughborrow county, Canada, Feb. 
27, 1832. His parents, C. R. Staker, and 
Elizabeth J. (Boyce) Staker, were natives of 
the same place. They removed to Morgan 
county. 111., in 1830. Jlr. Smith learned the 
carpenter trade, and divided his attention 
between that and farming, prior to 1865. 
He married Miss P. A. Da^nson, June 1, 
18-55. He was born in Clermont county, 
Ohio, Aug. 20, 1830. Their union has re- 
sulted in three children: James L., Mary 
Adda M., and Hattie Gertrude. They re- 
moved to Adams county, and settled in 
Beverlj' one season ; then came to Clayton, 
in December, 1865. In April, 1871, they re- 
moved to Mound Station, where they re- 
mained until 1873, when they returned to 
Clayton. Mr. Smith is a member of the 
I. 6. O. F. and A. O. U. W. He and his 
wife are members of the Christian church. 
Tliey own a residence and eight acres of 
land, in Clayton, and thirty-seven acres in 
Concord township. 

STEWAKT ENOS F., stock 
dealer, residence Clayton ; son of Martin 
and Sarah (Thompson) Stewart, both of 
Athens, Ohio; was born in Adams county, 
111., March 20, 1840; since the age of twenty 
he has been engaged in buying and shipping 
live stock. AVhen the war of the Rebellion 
broke out he enlisted, in April, 186:, as a 
private in Co. B., 16th Regt. 111. Inf., and 
was mustered out in July, 1865. March 13, 
1830, he married Ella Powell. He is a mem- 
ber of the Order of Good Templars, and in 
politics is Republican. 

STOUT MRS. C.4THKKIXE, 

P. O. (.'hiyton; widow of Williiiin Stout, 
who was born Jan. 27, 1825, in Kentucky, 
and died in Clayton township March 14, 
1877. SIi-s. Stout is the daughter of Peter 
and Rebecca (Hawes) Omer, and wsis born 
in Kentucky. Nov. 14, 1821). They were 
married Sept. 25, 1851 ; came to Illinois and 
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nine children, seven living: John R., Kliza 
C. Sarah E., Mary F., William P., Oliver S., 
and Florence F. Mrs. Stout owns ten acres 
of improved land, with house and other 
buildings, on Sec. 34, in Clayton town- 
ship. She is a member of the Christian 
church. 

SW^OPB AI.BERT F., farmer; 
Sec. 28 ; P. O. Clayton ; was born in Shelby 
County, Ky., March 10, 1810. lie is the sou 
of Michael and Jane (Ringo) Swopc. Mr. 
Swope came west and settled in Indiana in 
1839 ; remained till 1857, when he removed 
to Clayton town.ship; Sepb' 20, 18-12, he 
married Caroline T. Sulliv:m, who was born 
in JetFerson County, Ind., July 1.5, 1815. 
Seven children, five living: John M., Susan 
J. (dead), Mary E. (dead), Michael, Homer 
M., William A., and Charlotte E. Mr. 
Swope is a member of the Masonic Order, 
Conimandry and Knight Templars ; is Mas- 
ter Overseer in the Chapter and Swordbearer 
in the Commandry. He and wife are con- 
nected with the Presbyterian church. They 
own 274 acres of finely improved land in 
Clayton township, worth $65 per acre, a 
house costing over 15,000, and torty-three 
acres of timber in Columbus township, worth 
$20 per ;icre. 
Swope John, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Clayton. 



I ■* 

iTerrUl James C. merchant; P. O. Clayton. 

jTttomas Mrs. P. O. Clayton. 

i THOM.AS Elil R., farmer; Sec. 18; 

P. O. Keokuk Junction; was born in Clark 

founty, Ind., Aug. 1,5, 183.5. His parents 

Jwere Josiah and Mary Thomas, the father 

worn in Virginia, the mother in Kentucky. 

\Mr. Thomas came to Illinois and settled in 

Adams county in the spring of 18.50. May 

p!), 1801, he married Mary A. Beckett, who 

ras born in Adams county, Jan. 36, 1840. 

ave three children : Ida May, born Feb. 26, 

864; Curtis M., born June 3, 1868; and 

oseph Lorm, born Nov. 23, 1872. He and 

ffife are members of the M. E. church; own 
ighty acres of improved land in Clayton 
1own.ship, worth $4') per acre, and twenty 
.'■res of timber in Camp Point township, 
jvorth $30 per acre, 
hbbetts Isabella. P. O. Claylon. 
ftTalentine Nelson, farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Camp 
' Point. 



w 

Wagner Thomas, laborer; P. O. Clayton. 

Wallace Mary. P. O. Clayton. 

Wallace M. E. farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Camp Point. 

W^AI.L,ACE HASOJ^f B., farmer; 
Sec. 7; P. O. Keokuk Junction; is the son 
of William M. and Elizabeth (Reed) Wal- 
lace, of Kentucky. He was born in Clayton 
township Oct. 3, 1844; has alvfays lived on 
the farm where he was born. He was mar- 
ried, March 7, 1872, to Angeline Wallace 
Turner, born in Concord township Oct. 3, 
1844. Mr. Wallace has always followed 
farming. He is a member of the Auti- 
Horse-thief Association at Camp Point. He 
and wife are members of the United Pres- 
byterian church. He owns 140 acres of 
land in Clayton township, and seventy-one 
acres in Camp Point township (130 improved) , 
worth $40 per acre. 

'WAIiliACE ORI6EX, farmer and 
breeder of blooded stock; Sec. 34; P. O. 
Clayton; was born in Garrard county, Ky., 
Dec. 31, 1817. His parents were Allen and 
Ann Wallace, the former born in Virginia, 
the latter in Kentucky. His mother's father 
served seven years in the Revolutionary 
War. He came to Illinois and settled on 
the farm where he now lives, in 1851. He 
married Nancy Weir, Sept. 13, 1853. She 
was born in South Caroliua, Dec. 21, 1836. 
They have had six children, five living: 
John W., Cylon O. (dead), Samuel A., Ann 
Allen, William T., and James S. Mr. Wal- 
lace has paid special attention to breeding 
the celebrated Magie hogs for nearly twenty 
years. He exhibited the first lot of this 
stock ever shown at a State Fair in Illinois; 
and to him is largely due the dissemination 
of this valuable breed in many of the West- 
ern States. He owns 160 acres in the home 
farm, on Sec. 34, 150 acres in Concord town- 
ship, on Sec. 3, and twenty acres in Sec. 7 of 
same township. 

VTATSOX MAR€irS H., dru^ 
gist, Clayton, is the .son of David K. and 
Ruth A. (Kirkpatrick) Watson, natives of 
Pickaway county, Ohio. They came from 
Ohio to Illinois and settled in Brown county, 
where the subject of this sketch was born, 
Sept. 35, 18.54, the third child, there bein,;; 
one brother and sister older. He was brought 
up on a farm, wh"re ho rem:\ineil u;i(il 1877 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



•when he purchased an interest in the drug 
business in Clayton, and is now conducting 
it under the firm name of Davis &, "Watson. 
Weaver Malinda, P. O. Clayton. 
WertzEilert, farmer; eec. 9; P. O. Keoknk Jane. 
Wenz Poke, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Keoknk .Tunc. 
Werlz Hye, farJier; Bcc. 10: P. O. Keokuk Jane. 
West Edward, farmer; sec. 34: P. O. Clayton. 

WEST REV. WILLIAM T., 

pastor Christian church; r.sidcncc, Clay- 
ton; ^vasborn Aug. 1, 1842, in North Caro- 
lina. He is the son of John ;ind .Jane (Ed- 
wards) West, both born in that state, rfe 
was educated at Christian University, Lewis 
county, Mo. He came to Hlinois in 18G9; 
began the ministry as pastor of the church 
at Camp Point, Adams county, in 1875. He 
came to Clayton, Oct. 15, 1878. He married 
Nancy Tout, April 11, 1871. She was born 
in Adams county. 111., March 10, 1853. They 
have four children: William Brownlow, 
Adelia May, Winthrop H., and Winslow M., 
the last twins. Mr. West enlisted in the 
United States army, April 2, 1803, as a pri- 
vate in Co. A, 2d Regt. N. C. Mounted Inf.; 
was promoted Orderly Sergeant in June of 
same year, and served as Quartermaster and 
Sergeant Major ; was mustered out Aug. 19, 
1865 ; received a slight wound at the battle 
of Stone River. Politics, Republican. 

WHITFORI) HEXRY *«•. far 
mer; Sec. 7; P. O. Keokuk Junction; is the 
son of Thomas and Martha (Staliord) Whit- 
ford, of Rhode Island. He was born in that 
state, Dec. 0,1808; learned the tailors' trade 
in Providence, R. I.; followed it for 
nine years; came to Illinois and settled in 
Clayton township in the spring of 1833; 
built the house and located where he now 
resides, in 1859; married Mary James, of 
Rhode Island, Oct. 20, 1830; had one child, 
Mary C, now living in Rhode Island; lUiir- 
ried the second time to Sarah A. Downing, 
Jan. 16, 1840. She was born in Clark county, 
Ind., in 1820. This union resulted in nine 
children: Albert R., James T., Aseneth (de- 
ceased), Lydia A., Charles G. (deceased), 
Edward C.', John S., Harriet E. (deceased), 
and Nancy JI. (deceased). Mrs. Whitford 
died May 0, 1850. His third .uarriage took 
place Feb. 7, 1S61, to Myra C. Clark. She 
was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., 
March 7, 1839. Have five children : Henry 
B., Alice E., Dora A., Fannie C, and Daniel 
W. Mr. Whitford is a member of the M. E. 



church, and Mrs. Whitford of the Presby- 
terian church. He came to Illinois when 
the country about him was the habitation of 
the deer and wolf, and Indian. Little of the 
soil had been disturbed by the white man. 
He started in life unaided: has by industry 
and business tact been quite successful, be- 
sides helping each child to some $1,400 as a 
start in life on arriving at their majority. 
He now owns 720 acres of land, most of it 
finely improved. His father was a sea cap- 
tain, and lost his life on the briny deep in 
1810. His mother came west and died in 
Adams county in Jan. 27, 1872. 

WIGIiE SOLOMON, farmer; resi- 
dence Clayton ; was born in Union county, 
111., April 20, 1816, Q\e is the son of John 
and Margaret Wigle, both born in Pennsyl- 
vania); came with his parents to Adams 
county in 1826; when they settled there 
were only fifteen families in the county, 
their nearest neighbor was seven, and the 
next ten, miles distant. The first Monday 
in August of that year, an election was held 
at Millville, when the whole voting popu- 
lation of the county attended; The total 
number of votes polled was twenty-eight. 
The Wigle family first settled in Liberty 
township, where Solomon renvained until 
1867, when he removed to Clayton. E.\-Gov- 
crnor Wood and Abram Stone are the only 
persons living, who were in the county 
when they came. He married Nancy Potter, 
Dec. 17, 1838. She was born in Pennsyl- 
vania, Aug. 11, 1811, and died March 29, 
1864, leaving one child. James. He mar- 
ried Hellen A. Hughes, for his second wife, 
Dec. 8, 1864. They hiive two children, Lo- 
rena D., and Charlie S. Mr. W. is a mem- 
ber of the Masonic Order. He and wife are 
members of the Christian church. He was 
Collector, and made the first tax returns 
under the township organization. He owns 
twenty-nine acres of bmd in the corporation 
of Clayton, and 219 acres altogether. 

Williams F. M. farmer; eec. 30; P. O. Camp Point. 
Williams P. M. laborer; P. O. Clayton. 
Williams Tbos. laborer: P. O. Clayton. 
Williams, W. C. photographer: P. O. Clayton. 
Williamson -Jas., laborer: P.O. Clayto=. 
Willey \Vm., laborer; P. O. Clayton. 

WISEH.4RT WILLI.4M X- T 

farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Camp Point; is th 
son of James and Eliza (Curry) Wischar 





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natives of Kentucky. He was born in Co- 
lumbus township, Adams county. 111., Feb. 9, 
18J9; came to Clayton township in 1873. 
Dec. 2.5, 1873, he married Joan Lewis, born 
in Clajton township, Ad.iras count}', Oct. 23, 
1854. They have had three children, two 
living: William Earnest, born Sept. 27, 1875, 
and Perley Ardena, born July S, 1878. Mr. 
and Mrs. Wischart are members of the Chris- 
tian church. They own fifty-eight acres of 
land, worth !j!(io per acre. 

M^O«l> JESSE D., Postmaster; 
Clayton ; born in Lawrence county, Ind. 
Feb. 6, 1831. His parents were John and 
Nancy (Davidson) "Wood, of North Carolina. 
His early life, to the age of twenty years, was 
spent on a farm. He removed to Mount 
Pleasant, Iowa ; remained nine years ; learned 



the trade of plasterer and worked at it for a 
number of years, in summers, and taught 
school winters. He entered the army, Aug. 
13, 1863, in Co. I., 119th Regt,, Iowa Inf ; was 
1st Sergeant of the company during his 
whole term of service; was mustered out 
Sept. 9, 1865. He was married April 8, 1869, 
to Mary Ellen Rice, born in Schuyler county, 
111.. March 10, 1844. They have four chil- 
dren, Hettie L., Charles E., Clara M. and 
Stella J. They removed to Clayton in 
1861. He held the office of Town Col- 
lector one year ; was appointed Postmaster 
in May, 1809, has held the office since. He 
is a member of the Masonic Order, and he 
and his wife are members of the M. E. 
church. 
Wing Stephen, farmer; Sec. .36; P. O. Clayton. 



CAMP POINT TOWNSHIP. 



Adams John, farmer; sec. 22; P. O Camp Point. 
Allen Isaac, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 

ASTDERS JOHK, farmer and stock- 
dealer; Sec. 35; P. O. Camp Point; is the 
son of Adam and Nancy Anders, of Mary- 
land, in which State they were married, and 
removed to Hamilton county, Ohio, where 
he was born, April 12, 1819. The school dis- 
tricts in the county at that time were twelve 
miles square, and his parents lived eight 
• miles from a school-house, with a river be- 
tween, consequently his opportunities for 
attending school were very meager. He left 
that county and went to Dearborn county, 
Ind., when he was 24 years old, at a time 
when the settlers in that county were obliged 
to go eighty miles to mill, carrying their 
grists on horses. He came from there to 
Columbus totv-nship, Adams county, 111. He 
lost his team on the way, and, not being able 
to buy another, he carried the rails to fence 
his first crop. He was married, Feb. 10, 
1840, to Elva Wood, who was bornlin Ham- 
ilton county, Ohio. She died in the spring 
of 18.55, leaving three children : Elizabeth 
Lewis, Martha J. Simmons, and George An- 



ders. He was married again, in December, 
1856, to Mildred Curl, of Kentucky. They 
have one child, Elva Anders. They came to 
Camp Point township in 18G8. H • has al- 
ways devoted his attention to farming, and 
for twenty-five years has dealt quite exten- 
sively in live stock ; owns 138 acres of im- 
proved laud in Camp Point, worth $40 per 
acre, and KiO (half improved) in Columbus 
township, worth $25 per acre. 

Anderson W. W. teamster; P. O. Camp P..int. 
Asher Bartlett, constable; P. O. Camp Point. 
Asher Jasper, carpenter: P. O. Camp Poiijt. 
AuU Joseph, farmer; sfc. i; P. O. Camp Point. 



Baker J. T. merchant ; P. O. Camp Point. 

BAII.EY THOM.4.S, banker; 
residence Camp Point ; was born in the town 
of Poland, Cumberland (now Andro.scoggin) 
county, Maine, Oct. 8, 1817 ; had no advan- 
tages for an education, except those obtained 
in the common schools of that State, from 
two to three months in the winter; left home 
on foot shortly after he was 21 years of age, 
with his entire outfit and assets tied up in a 
cotton handkerchief; went to Boston, and 
worked on a farm and in a brickyard in the 



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HISTiiRV OF ADAMj. OifNTY. 



vicinity until late in the tall, when he started 
for Illinois with a young man by the name 
of Drake; arriving at Buffalo, N. Y., they 
Jisiigreed as to the route they should go, and 
.s«'parated. Jlr. Bailey stopped in Geauga 
connty, Ohio, and taught school during the 
winter; early in the spring he traveled to 
the Ohio river and took deck passage to 
Cincinnati; thence to St. Louis and up to 
Quincy, arriving in the latter city March 20, 
1840; walked out to Columbus, then a flour- 
ishing village, and secured a school two, 
miles west of the now village ot' Camp 
Point; taught sdio^il five years in Camp 
Point, Fall Creek, Ursa, and Concord ; pur- 
chased the idace on which he now resides in 
the fall of 1843; in 184 "> he marrieil Rebecca 
Scaton, and settled on his place the same 
yetvr. Mr. Bailey has been identitied, to 
some extent, in the improvement of the vil- 
lage of Camp Point ; in 1855 he laid otf a 
ftul of the town, and built several houses 
and stores; erected the foundry and machine 
slinp ; was one of four who bull' the Casco 
Hcxiring mill ; has been engaged in tarming, 
nwrchandise and banking. In the winter of 
R*7:S, in connection with G. W. Cyrus, Es*!., 
he purchased the material of the Knl(rprt»e, 
»nd commencetl the publication of theCump 
Point Journal. lie disposed of his interest 
lo Mr. CjTUS in the summer of 187(i. In 1850 
Mr. Rtiley was elected the tirst Supervisor, 
ind held the oftice four yeai-s ; in 187(5-8 was 
Chairman of the Boani and one of the Build- 
iaig Committee of the new Court House; in 
tSW Mr. Bailey was elected Justice of the 
Peace, and has continuously held the office 
■ mil the present time. 
Iiiitj Arthur. Ubcr.r; P O. Csm)) Pjint 
B» rd C. W., laborer: P. O. Cimp Point 
Bair I J. U., laborer; P. 0. Camp Point 
Baiad J. B.. laborer; P. U. Camp Point. 
Sartells G. C. drnggiet; P. O. Camp Point. 

BATKS FRAXCIS H.. engineer. 
A'sidenee Camp l*oin!: \va> born in Boone 
roiinty, Kv., -May !•"), 18;{!t. His parents 
wen) Horace and Mary (Carpenteri Bates. 
They removed to Brown county. III., when 
tine subject of this sketch was eight years 
•Id. His father being a carpenter, he learned 
the trade in youth, and workeil at it for a 
number of years; then took up mechanical 
I ngineering, and has pursued that business 
for twelve years, nine years as engineer of 
the Eagle Mills of Camp Point. He en- 



listed in August, 1862, in Co. I. 84th 111. Inf., 
as Corporal of ihe company ; was mustereil 
out in January, 18(i3. He married Mary J. 
Scott, daughter of William Scott, of Camp 
Point, Oct. 31, 18(!1. She was born in ( ' 
ton, Adams county, March l.«, 1843. 11 
had four children, two living: Frances .M 
born March 23, 18<i6. and William N. 
born l»ct. 29, 1809. He is a men 
of the I. O. O. F.; has held some ! 
offices; owns a house and two lots in ( :i 
Point. 

BATKS THOHAN J., farmer; ^., 
20; P. O. Camp Point; owns 410 acres of 
land ; was bom in Itlorgan coimty. 111., 
Feb. 21. 1833; came to tltis county with his 
parents in April, 1847; was married to 
Lenora Willson, of Hancock county. 111., 
Nov. 6, 1859. They have seven children: 
Melgar M. (deceased), John E., Henson E., 
Henry 31., Carrie, Nora, and Mary. Mr.. 
Bates was elected Supervisor four years, juid 
resigned the oliiee in 1874 on account of 
being elected to the State Legislature, serv. 
ing two years. His wife is a member of the 
Christian church. He is a member of the 
Presbyterian church. 

B.4TSCHY C'Ai^PKR. builder and 
lumliiT dealer, residence Camp Point ; is the 
son of John jmd Veronica Batschy, natives 
of Switzerland, in which country he was 
bom, on the (Jth of July, 1824. He remained 
there until thirty-two years of age. when he 
came to America. He learned the carpen- 
ters' trade of his father when young, but 
was chiefly engaged in farming and teaching 
school. In that couitry the teachers are 
examineil by slate officials, and the success- 
ful applicants are awarded diplomas; Mr. 
Balsehj- slill retains his. He was married to 
Barbara Bernhart. Oct. 29, 1848. They have 
two chililren, Veronica and Uora Emma. 
On arriving in this country, Mr. Batschy 
settled in Washington City for a short time; 
then came to (Quincy, where he remained' 
working at his trade for a year, after which 
he removeti to Camp Point in July, 1857. 
He continueil in the building business, and 
in ISCl he entered into partnership with 
I). E. Liggett, with whom he is slill as.soci- 
ated. In lSti.5 he made a visit to Switzer- 
land, which consumed altout a year. The 
tirm of Li^'iritl & Balschv is Ihe oldest 



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business firm in the place, and has Uiken 
the lead in the building business for years: 
lliey have the only lumber yard in the town. 
-Mr. Batschy owns 100 acres of improred 
laud in Honey Creek township, worth $4j 
jH-r acre, and residence and three lots in the 
villajre of Camp Point. He is a member of 
hmh the .Masonic and Odd Fellows' Orders. 
Bsaman John, wagon maker; P. O. Camp Point. 

B.\rGHMAX SAMrEL K., 

postal clerk ot railway m.iil service; resi- 
dence. Camp Point: is the son of George 
and Sarah Baughman, of Baltimore county, 
5Id. They came to Quincy in 1S3H, where 
the subject of this sketch was born. Jan. 21, 
1843. .and h.as been a resident of the county 
all his life. He learned the carpenters' 
trade in youth. The day following the fall 
of Fon Sumter, April l.i, 1861, he enlisted 
ill Co. C. 10th Regt. HI. Inf (the first com- 
pany raised in the state). He went into the 
service as a private; was promoted to 2d 
Lieutenant, in May. 1863, and to 1st 
Lieutenant, in September, 1t<(H; was ap- 
pointed to duty as Adjntant-General, and 
serveil on Brig..Gon. Tillson's statl' during 
the la.st year of the war. He was wounded 
by a jiiece of shell, in the shoulder, at the 
battle of Kenesaw mountain, June 27, 1864. 
On the 13th of Februaiw, 186.5, he received 
a scalp wound, while in charge of the skir- 
mish line, when t'lirdiag the Salkiehatchie 
river: was mustered out of service, July 11, 
1865, after which he engaged in the mercan- 
tile business, for two years, in La Prairie ; 
Wi»s burned out, losing everything. He was 
appointed to the Postal service in January, 
1870, on the Wabash Rjiilway, from Quincy 
to Lafayette, Ind. For six years since, he has 
run on the C, B. & Q., from Galesburg to 
Quincy. He was married Dec. 10, 1867, to 
Louvina Simpson, who was l>orn in Adams 
county. They have three children: Charles 
O., Cora A., and Katie. He is a member of 
•the 1. O.O. F., and M. E. church. 
Beckett Eiizaboth; sec. 14; P. O. Camp Pjlnt. 

BECKETT OEORUE K., 

farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Camp Point; was 
born in Camp Point township. May 21, 1849. 
His parents were Joseph ami Elizalieth F. 
(Todd) Beckett. Mr. Joseph Beckett was 
born in Clark county, Ind., where he mar- 
ried Miss Todd, Feb. 9, 1837. Two years 
later they came to Adams county, HI., and 



to the farm where George and his mother 
now live in 1841. They had a family of si.x; 
children, four of whom are living: William 
T., Mary A. (now Mrs. Thomas), Joseph A., 
and George R. James Marion Beckett lost 
his life in the war of the rebellion, being 
mortally woimdcd at the battle of Benton- 
ville, March 19. 186.") : died March 27, 186.5; 
wiis Corporal in the 78th Regt. HI. Inf. 
William T., a member of the same com- 
pany, was woundetl at the battle of Atlanta, 
being shot through the wrist and thigh. 
Mr. Beckett, Sr. carried on coopering quite 
extensively; also, farming for many years. 
He died, Ocl. 19. 1878. George R. Beckett 
married Miss Mary S. Taylor, April 1, 
1870, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Tay- 
lor. She was born in York county, Penn., 
J.an. 8, 18.51 ; had three children, one living, 
Lola F., born Feb. 11, 1871 (died J.an. 24, 
1876): Frank P., born April 26, 1876 (died 
Nov. 3, 1878); Edith A., born Sept. 34, 1878. 
He owns l'2o acres of improved land, in 
Schuyler coimty. III., worth ^35 per acre, 
and sixty jicres in Camp Point, worth $45 
per acre. Mrs. Beckett owns forty-five acres, 
worth the same. 

Beckett James, farmer; sec. JS: P. O. Camp Point. 
Beer Andrew, farmer: sec. 11 ; P. O. Camp Point. 
Beer Saraael. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. C.imp Poinr. 
Beban John, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
BeldiD Lacinda; P. O. Camp iNint. 
Benn>-tt C. S. farmer; sec. 41; P. O. Cimp Pjin:. 

BIi.4CKMAX R. L,.. agent at 
Camp Point for the C, B. * Q. R. R.; is the 
son of Spalding and C:iroline (Morgan) 
Blackman, natives of New York. He was 
born in that state, July 5, 1848. He spent 
his early life, and was educated in the 
schools of the Empire State. He engaged 
in the mercantile business for three years, 
in Caledonia, X. Y.; began telegraiihing 
in I860: was operator on the Lake Shore 
Railroad for three years; came trim there 
to his present position, at Camp Point, in 
May, 1873. He was married November 16, 
1873, to Jliss Dora Sisson. who w.as born in 
St. Louis, Mo., July 9, 18.55. The union re- 
sulted in two children, Frederick Wni., 
bom Sept. 38. 1875, and Frankie, born July 
9, 1877. He owns a house and lot in Camp 
Point. Republican. 

Bobbitt Ella R. P. O. Camp PoiLt. 
Boger Fred merchant; P. O. Camp Point 
Booth Francis, retired; P. O. Camp Point 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Bottorff J. A. farmer; sec. 1; P. 0. Eeokak Jane. 
Boltorff T. P. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Keokak Jane. 
Bottorff Wm. retired; P. O. Ciim]) Point. 
Brady Patrick, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 

1tKK\%'EK ELIZABETH, res- 
idciicf, Camp Point; is the daughter of 
Cornelius and Magdaline Deniarce (Bircaw), 
of -Vdaras county, Pcnn. Slic was born in 
Banie county, May 26, 1814. Her parents 
moved to Warren county, Ohio, wlien she 
was four years of age, wlicrc she spent her 
early life ; was married to Peter Brewer, .June 
7, 1831. He was horn in Mercer countj',' 
Ky., July 2, 1802 ; died Jan. 16, 1863. They 
had eleven children, seven living: Stephen 
v., John C, Christian, Pha-be J., Mary E., 
David W., and Lorie. Those dead are: 
Cornelius, Joseph H., Peter D., and Olive. 
Mrs. B. removed to Camp Point in 1868. 
She owns three houses and lots in that vil- 
lairc. She is a member of the Presbyterian 
church. 

Bruoks J. G. farmer: sec. 3-i; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Brjunt Josephine, P. O. Camp Point. 



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Campbell G. S. blacksmith; P. O. Camp Point. 
Cannon M. W. teamster; P. O. Oamp Point. 
CafHe Margaret. P. O Camp Point. 
Cavile li. W. laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Chandler Amelia, sec. 31 : P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Chare D. W. farmer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Cha-e M. C. merchant; P. O. Carap Point. 
Childs f. L. teachi-r; P. O. Camp Point. 
Childs D. T. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Camp Point. 
Child.? n. W. carpenter; P. O. Camp Point. 

«'HK1STIAX JOHN, residence, 
Camp I'oiut; is tlieson of John and Maliuda 
(Briicllcy) Christian, of Virjiinia. He was 
born in that state, in 1839. His parents 
removed to Jellerson county, Iowa, in 1840, 
and three years later to Van BuTen county. 
The Indians were about, them, and one of the 
earliest incidents he remembers, is a visit of 
a si|uaw to the house on baking-day, and 
asking his mother in her broken accent, 
and by signs, to bake the dough she was 
preparing, and divide with her. After he 
bcc;inie of age, he, with several young men, 
took a trii)toKansa.s, prospecting for homes. 
Being there when the War of the Rebellion 
broke out, he enlisted, on the 2od of April, 
1863, in Co. A- 12th Regt. Kau. Inf., Col. 
Adams commanding. His regiment was 
assigned to service in Kansas and Missouri. 



He, witli ten comrades, witnessed the burn- 
ing of Lawrence, and the massacre of its 
inhabitants at dawn, Aug. 16, 1863, by 
Quantrill's guerrillas, they being on the op- 
posite hank of the river at the time. Quan- 
trill, whose real name was Charles Hart, 
had been a school teacher in the vicinity, 
and made his home at one of the hotels in 
Lawrence. The Lieutenant commanding 
their squad, having staid over in town the 
previous night, was surprised and captured, 
but effected his escape by leaping a high 
fence, with nothing on but the clothing in 
which he slept. Mr. C. being the first up in 
the morning, aroused his comrades, and by 
the use of their Enfield rifles, saved two 
residences from the incendiary's torches. 
Mr. C. was discharged because of the loss 
of his eyesight, March 28, 1865. He re- 
turned to Iowa, where he married Mrs. 
Lizzie (Gibb) Bell, June 19, 1873. She 
was born in Montreal, Canada, March 28, 
1837, and brought up in New York City. 
She first married Henry X. Bell, who died, 
leaving four children: Margaret J., Emma 
E., Walter S., and William N. Mr. and 
Mrs. C. have one child, John Lawrence, 
born May 12, 1873. They came to Camp 
Point in 187.5. They own a house and lot 
in the village, and one in Iowa. They are 
members of the Christian church. 
Christie J. B. retired; P. O. Camp Point. 
CofHeld John, farmer; sec.ii; P. O. Camp Point 
Colwell Catherine, P. O. Cnmp Point. 
Colwill J. W. wagon maker; P. O. Camp Point. 
Collier G. S. laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Cooper Wm. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Camp Point. 

COX J(»HN v., farmer; Sec. 16; is 
the only living son of a family of si.\ chil- 
dren that lived loadult age, of George W., and 
Elvira (Crawford; Cox, the father a native of 
Virginia, the mother of Kentucky. They 
were married in the latter state and removed 
to Illinois; and settleil in Honey CYeek town- 
ship, Adams county, where John was born 
Jan. 4, 1838. He was rearetl on a farm; 
learned the trade of house carpenter and fol- 
lowed that business for fourteen years. He 
served the Government during the war of 
the rebellion as a member of Co. L., 2d Regt. 
111. Cav. He entered the army Aug. 11, 1861, 
as Corporal ; wtis mustered out, Aug. 1 1, 1864, 
asSergeant; was married in September, 1863, 
while home on a furlough, to Lucy J. Miller, 
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They have had two children, one living, 
George E.. born Oct. 1, 1871, and William 
>I.. born April 15, 1873, died Feb. 18, 1876. 
In 1!S71 and 1872 Mr. Cox was engaged in 
express business, in the employ of the Amer- 
ican and United States Express Companys. 
He was Constable in 1S6.5 and Collector in 
1876, of Camp Point township. 
Craig A. D. laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Cram Uenry, farmer; fee. 18; P. O. Coatebarg. 
Craver M. D. L. tailor; P. O. Camp Point. 

t'RIFPIX SAMlJEIi T.., farmer 
and stock raiser ; Sec. 33 ; P. O. Camp Point ; 
born in Accomae county, Va., in 1833; came 
to this count}' with his parents, July 4, 1843, 
and located in Gilmer township. Mr. Crip- 
pen, at the age of twent^'-one years, went to 
Quincy, and learned the carpenters trade, and 
followed it eight years ; was married in Au- 
gust, 1857, to Miss Xancy Wilks, daughter of 
Daniel and .Jane Wilks, after which he en- 
gaged again in farm pursuits. Have sis 
children, three boys: Nye, Daniel Wilks, 
and John Prince ; three girls : Mary Eleanor, 
Eliza Jane, Rosana Lippencott. Mr. Crip- 
pen is a successful stock breeder, and dealer 
in horses of the Hambletonian imported, 
Royal Geojge and Messenger crosses, form- 
ing a compound of bloods, muscle and bone, 
for lastitude and strength surpassed by none ; 
also of the imported French Xorman and 
Royal George crosses, that are of a superior 
quality as draft horses, with good action 
and style; has cattle of the best imported 
short-horn families ; Poland china hogs ex- 
celled bj' none ; South Down sheep as pure 
and good as can be found east or west. All 
of the above stock have never failed to carry 
off their share of premiums at the various 
fairs through Illinois, Iowa and Mis.souri. 
He has stock in the Adams County Fair As- 
sociation. He is a member of the Christian 
church ; belongs to the I. O. O. F., and is 
proud to say that hs is a live Republican. 
He established a principle to live for the 
good of his fellow man, and is one of those 
pushing, fearless kind who dares to do right. 
The place on which he resides is known as 
Hickory Orchard Stock Farm. He owns 
780 acres of land in Adams and Hancock 
countys, 111., that is worth on an average 
138 per acre. 

Cross James, farmer; P.O. Camp Point. 

CUMMINS BEXJAMIX, farmer; 



Sec. .36; P. O. Camp Point; was born in 
Clark county, Ky., Feb. 14, 1828. He sprang 
from southern parentage, George W. Cum- 
mins, his sire, having been born in Virginia, 
and brought up in Kentucky from the age 
of one year. His mother, whose maiden 
name was Elizabeth Ferris, was born in the 
latter state. They removed to Hendricks 
cotmty, Ind., where Benjamin remained 
until 1839. In October, same year, he re- 
moved to Camp Point township, Adams 
count)'. When the call was made for volun- 
teers for the war with Mexico, he enlisted in 
the 1st Indiana regiment, in 1846; served 
not quite a year when he was discharged for 
disability, from the hospital at Point Isabel. 
After regaining health, he re-enlisted, but the 
war ended before he reached the field. He 
was married Dec. 30, 1852 to Catherine C. 
Parrish, of Kentucky. Thi y have six chil- 
dren : Barnett P., Ida, Maggie, Laura, Ira B., 
and Thomas Bailey. From 1848 to 1859, 
Mr. Cummins worked at mechanical engi- 
neering, in Indiana. He is an Odd Fellow ; 
was the organizer of the Encampment in 
Camp Point. He owns -167 acres of land, 
worth .'5;40 per acre. 
Curl David, retired; P. O. Camp Point. 
Cnrleas Samuel, constable; P. O. Camp Point. 

CURTIS ELiAM B., merchant; 
Camp Point ; was born in Onondaga county. 
New York, Jan. 10, 1818. He was educated 
at Monroe Academy, Eklridge, N. Y. He 
came with his parents to Illinois and settled 
at Woodville, Adams county, at the age of 
eighteen j-ears. He spent several years in 
teaching school and farming while there. 
He removed thence to Columbus where he 
remained five years, and was engaged in the 
mercantile business in the employ of F. Col- 
lins; came to Camp Point and embarked 
in merchandising on his own account, in 
1854. He was first married, Feb. 2. 1842 to 
Nancy Carrol, who was bom in Ohio. She 
died in 1855, leaving one son, WaiTen C, 
born Feb. 15, 1843. He died Sept. 11, 1868. 
Mr. Cummins was married again to Ann 51. 
(Clark) Carroll, in November 1857. He and 
wife are members of the Presbyterian church 
in Camp Point, of which he is elder, and one 
of the original organizers. He owns a house, 
store, and two lots in Camp Pomt. 

CYItrS GEOBOE ^\'., publisher 
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HISTORY OF ADAMS COL-.NTY. 



Houston township, Adamscounty, 111., March 
15, 1842, bfin^ the third son of Henry A- 
Cyrus, and Atbaliah G. Ruddell. llis father 
died in 1847, leaving his widow the care of 
five children, the oldest being ten. His 
mother struggled heroically to rear her fam- 
ily and pay the debt on the farm, which she 
eventually accomplished, and has the satis- 
faction of knowing that her children all 
became respectable members of society. In 
the spring of 18.58, George went west and 
remained at Kansas City until the l)ieaking 
out of the rebellion, earning his living anO 
valuable experience b)' daily labor. During 
ISCl, he returned to Illinois and engaged in 
teaching school and farming; was married 
Sept. 22, 1863 to Emily C. Strickler, of 
Houston township. In 18GT he moved to 
Camp Point, where he entered the drug and 
stationary trade, first as a member of the 
firm of Sawj-er & Cyrus, then Strickler 
& Cyrus, Cyrus & Gaj-, and Cyrus & 
Bailey. He was the Republican candidate 
for Circuit Clerk in 1808, hut was defeated 
by John W. Moorehead, the county being 
Democratic by 800 majority. In April, 18C9, 
he received the appointment of Postmaster 
at Camp Point, which position he continues 
to hold. .January, 1873, in connection with 
Thomas Bailey, he purchased the material 
of the dcfimct Enterprise newspaper office 
and established the Ciniip Point Journal, of 
which he is now sole proprietor. He has 
been prominent in Masonic circles, having 
served as Master of Benjamin Lodge, No. 
297, for five years, and for several j-ears an 
officer ot the Grand Lodge, and member of 
committies. His family consists of his wife 
and two daugliters. 



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DaTiB George, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
David Thos. farmer; nee !i; P. O. Camp Point. 
DL-hav^n J. farmer; sec. il; P. O. Camp Point. 
Deour Robert, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 

DEW£ir L.OREXZO DOW, mil- 
ler; residence. Camp Point; is the son of 
Russel and Elizabetli (Meeks) Dewey. His 
father was a native of New Vork. His 
mother, of Lancaster county. Pa. They 
were married in Lancaster county, Ohio. Lo- 
renzo Dow wjis born in Chautauqua county, 
N. Y., on the 13th of August, 1827 ; Russell 
Dewey was a miller by trade, and a 



clergyman in the M. E. church. He 
was an intimate friend of the celebrated 
itinerent preacher Lorenzo Dow, for whom 
the subject of this sketch was named. Rev. 
Dow appreciated the honor, and presented his 
namesake with five sheep, which he, Mr. Dow, 
put in the hands of a farmer, to he kept by 
him for the benefit of young Dewey, the 
number to be doubled everj' three years. The 
tanner becoming tired of the contract, the 
sheep were turned over to Dewey, Sr., who 
had charge of his son's (lock until he at- 
tained the age of nineteen years, when they 
completed an arrangement by which the 
father paid the son $3.50 in cash, and gave 
two years of his time for his interest in the 
sheep, and young Dewey came west, to Ohio, 
where he remained two years. From there 
he removed to Adams county. 111., in 1848, 
under an engagement to complete and take 
charge of the Fletcher Mill, then partly 
built, on Bear Creek, in Honey Creek town- 
ship. He ran this mill for fifteen years, a 
portion of the time was sole owner. He re- 
moved from there to the city of CJuincy, 
where he lived two years, dealing in grain. 
He then purchased a farm iu Mendou, and 
removing thence conducted th;U business for 
years. He came from the farm to take 
charge of the Casco Mills in Camp Point, a 
position he still holds. He was marrie<l, 
Feb. 28, 1847, to Amanda Fletcher, who was 
born in Clermont county, Ohio, April 14, 
1827. The union has resulted in six chil- 
dren, four living: William F., Alvin .^., 
Jessie Bell, and Arthur Elmer. Mr. Dewey 
is a Ma.ster Mason in the Order, and is vice- 
President in the Blue Ribbon Club of Camp 
Point; was at one time Collector. He owns 
120 acres of land, highly improved, in 
Columbus township; 141 acres in Honey 
Creek township, worth $50 per acre, and a 
fine house and four lots, which cost over 
$5,000 in the village of Camp Point; was 
Collector one term in Honey CYeek township. 

Downing Elizabeth ; P. O. Camp Poini. 
Downing E. C. farmer; aec. 11; P. O. Camp Poiiil. 

DOWXIXG «EORGE Y., mer- 
chant; residence, Camp Point; is the son of 
Ebon C. and Elizabeth (Robertson) Down- 
ing; w:is born in Camp Point township, 
Adams county, Dec. 8, 1851 ; is the second of 
five living children. He was reared on a 
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within the past three years, during which he 
has been in the mercantile business in the 
store of Oliver & Son. Nov. 7, ISTU, he 
married Alma E. Oliver, daughter of Wil- 
liam L., and Zerilda E. (McClarey) Oliver, 
now residing in Camp Point. Alma was 
born in Kentucky, Nov. 19, 1854. Mr. 
Downing is a member of the I. O. O. F., 
and of the M. E. church. His wife or the 
Presbyterian church. They own a residence 
and lot in the village. 

Downing J. E. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Camp Point. 
Downing Rezin, farmer; sec. lU; P. o. Camp Pdint. 
Downing \Vm. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Camp Point. 
Drally Henry, farmer; sfc. 30; P. O. Coat&bnrs. 
Durbin Louisa, P. O. Camp Point. 



Prussia, Nov. 25, 1835 ; was brought up on a 
farm and he has always followed that occu- 
pation. He was married to Hannah Weis- 
man in 1863, a native of Prussia. They emi- 
grated to America in 1806 and settled in 
Adams county, HI., April 30, same year, 
where they have since lived. Their union 
has resulted in one child, Fred, born -Jan. 
26, 1864. His real estate consists of twenty- 
si.v acres of land in Sec. 22, Camp Point 
township, worth $30 per acre. Mr. Brdsiek 
has held some local offices in the township. 
Ertel John, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Camp Point. 



Karl -J. J. rarpenter; P. O. Camp Point. 

Earel A. B. farmer: gee. 3G; P. O. Camp Point. 

EASITM I'H ARI.es A., farmer; 
Sec. 24 ; P. O. Camp Point ; is the oldest of 
ten children of "William and Catharine 
(Tyler) Easum. His father was born in 
Maryland, mother in Jeflerson county, Ky. 
They were very large in stature. Her grand- 
father weighed over 4U0 pounds in moderate 
flesh. She weighed 260, and has a daughter 
who turns the balance at 230 pounds. The 
subject of this sketch was born in Jetferson 
county, Ky., Oct. 3, 1820. Ten years later 
his parents came to Adams county, HI. His 
father is said to have built the first school- 
house in the coimty, outside of Quiucy. Mr. 
Easum came from Liberty township to Camp 
Point township, his present residence, in the 
fall of 1847. He was first married, Dec. 12, 
laiO, to Eliza McFarhmd, who died the 30th 
of the same month. He was married again, 
Oct.31, 1853,to Prudence Castle, born in Green 
county, HI. They have four children: Re- 
becca A., Emma, Nellie B., and Samuel. 
Mr. Easum is a member of the Masonic 
Fraternity. He owns eighty acres of im- 
proved land in Camp Point township, worth 
$50 per acre, and twenty acres of timber in 
Columbus township, worth f 10 per acre. 
Englehart S. farmer: sec. 30; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
Bneminger F laborer; P. 0. Camp Point. 
Kneminger Henry, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
EDsminger Jane. P. O. Camp Point. 
Brdman Henry, farmer: fee. I'J; P. O. Camp Point. 
Erdman S. A. f»rnier; eee. 5; P. O. Camp Point. 

ERD8IEK HEXRY, farmer: Sec. 
22; P. O. Camp Point. He was born in 



Fjrlow Samnel, stock dealer: P. O. Camp Point. . 
Farlow Verlinda, P. O. Camp Point. 
Felleman Lewis, farmer: see. 3i; P. O. Coatebiirg. 
Fessler Wm. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
Folekemer Henry, merchant: P. O. Camp Point. 
Folckemer O. E. merchant; P. O. C.imp Point. 

FRANCIS JOHN H.. Sec 27: 

P. O. Camp Point. He was born in Steven- 
son county, Ala., April 22, 1827. He is the 
son of William and Sarah (Martin) Francis, 
of Kentuckj'. His father died the same 
year, leaving his mother with six children 
and very little properly, except a team and 
wagon. She gave one horse and the wagon 
to her uncle for moving her to Kentucky, 
in 1827. The next year she removed to 
Putnam county, Ind., where she nianied 
again. In October, 1842, he came to Quincy. 
Being then 15 years old, and having a strong 
desire for obtaining an education, he w orked 
mornings and evenings and attended school 
until he was 22 years of age. His e)-es then 
failed and he was obliged to abandon study; 
spent a year traveling as a salesman, after 
which he contracted with a Mr. McQuarter 
to assist him across the plains to California, 
and besides to pay him f 100 for taking him 
through. He was gone twenty-five months, 
and returned to Quincy in May, 1^52. lu 
April, 1855, went to Nebraska, and settled in 
Fontenelle; spent four years in farming; 
then freighted from Omaha to Denver lor 
several years; returned to Moline in 1862. 
He went into the army as sutllcr for three 
years ; returned in June, 1865, and went into 
the livery business and merchandising for 
four years. He then sold out and came to 
Camp Point; entered into partnership witli 
E. B. Curtis in the mercantile business; 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COCXTT. 



after three years he sold out and again went 
into a livery. Soon after he purchased the 
farm where he now lives, and sold out and 
removed to it in April, 1874. He was mar 
ried June 6, 1852, to Maria Curtis, boru in 
Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1832, and came 
to Adams county when four years old. They 
have had five children, two living: .James 
T., now living in Moline, and Mary, at 
home. Mr. Francis is a member of the Ma- 
sonic and Odd Fellows' Orders, also a Sir 
Knight. He owns a ninety acre farm con- 
tiguous to the village of Camp Point, worth 
$65 per acre. 

PR.4.XCIS SAMUEL, proprietor 
Adams House, Camp Point; (son of Vincent 
and Amelia Francis of Bedfordshire, Eng- 
land); he was born in that place, Oct. 21st, 
1817, remained there until he was thirty 
years of age, learned the shoemakers' trade, 
and pursued it until he came to America, in 
1848. and for some years after. On arriving 
in this country, settled in Adams county, 
111., came to Camp Point in 18.5G. He pur- 
chased the Adams House in 1861, has been 
proprietor since, e.\cept a year and a half. 
Married Mary Ann Cox, (daughter of George 
W. and Alvira Co.x), December, 18r)0. She 
was born in Adams county, near Quincy, 
March 18, 1831. Three children : Sarah C, 
boru Sept. 7, 1851,; George AV.. Feb. 2, 1*53, 
John T., Dec. 27, 1855. The Adams House 
is a two story brick structure, 56x56 feet, 
contains twenty-four rooms, centrally lo- 
cated and well conducted. 
Frost -lohn, farmer; »ec. 3; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 

G 

Garlet David, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Camp Point. 
Garrett A. A. farmer; sec. .35; P. O. Camp Point. 

G.4.RRETT ELIZABETH, 

residence Camp Point; is the widow of 
Peter Booth Garrett, who was the son of Si- 
las and Judith (Booth) of Virginia. He was 
born in that state Nov. 3. 1809, went from 
there to Kentucky, wlierc he was married to 
Elizabeth Welsh, djuightcr of Robert and 
]*Iary (Guthrie) Welsh, who was Iwrn in 
Jerterson county of that State, April 30, 1813. 
They were married Feb. 16, 1832. They re- 
moved to Camp Point, Adams county. 111, 
in 1835; settled in the midst of the unbro- 
ken prairie and laid the foundation for the 



future pleasant home, in which they were 
to spend the rest of their earthly career to- 
gether. They had eleven children, ten of 
whom are living; Silas, born April 20, 1833; 
MaryW., born April 11,1835; Robert W., 
born March 24, 1837 ; Richard S., born Aug. 
25, 1838; Susanah H., born Oct. 29, 1840; 
Sarah E., born Dec. 12, 1842; Judith E., 
born July 10, 1846 ; George W., born Dec. 24, 
1847; Christopher B., born July 28, 1849; 
John H., born Dec. 14, 1850; Alvira A., born 
March 16, 1856. Mr. G. was a man of more 
than ordinary character and intelligence; 
served the people of -Vdams county in the 
General Assembly of 111., in 1842 and 1843; 
was an elder in the Christian church at the 
time of his death, which occurred Jan. 18, 
1865. 

Richard was killed Oct. 17, 1862, iu the 
army, near Island No. 10. while in pursuit 
of guerrillas. He was a Corporal in Co. L. 
2d 111. Cavalry. Mrs. G"s children are all 
married, and she has thirty-six grand- 
children. She owns 200 acres of the old 
homestead, worth *55 per acre. Is a mem- 
ber of the Christian church. 
Garrett G. W. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Camp Point. 
Garrett .J. H merchant; P. O. Camp Point. 
Garrett R. W. merchant ; P. O. Camp Point. 

G.AY MRS. .\t'HSA B., Sec. 9; 
P. O. Camp Point; is the widow of Visen 
B. Gay. and daughter of William and Welthy 
(Makepeace) Blakeslee. Her father was bom 
in Connecticut. Uer mother in Massachusetts, 
and are still living, in Quincy. Mrs. Gay 
was born in Cataraugus Co., X. Y., Aug. 30, 
1823. Her parents removed to Ohio when 
she was but three years of age; seven years 
later to Missouri, and in 1836 to Adams Co., 
111.; settled in Quincy, where she lived 
nineteen years. She married Mr. Gay. June 
3, 1855, and removed to the farm where she 
now lives. Mr. Gay was born of English 
parentage in Muskingum Co., Ohio. July 31. 
1814. He came to Illinois and settled in 
Camp Point township. Two children : Wil- 
liam H. and Welthy M. Gay. 5Ir. Gay had 
three children by a former marriage: Albert 
P., Charles V., and Sophronia A. McGill. 
Mr. G. died Sept. 19, 1877. Mrs. G. ownf 
160 acres (100 improved) of land in Camp 
Point township, worth 1*5 per acre. 
Gay Chaa. V. farmer; sac. 11; P. O. Camp Point. 
Gay Wm. H. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Camp Point. 




HOUSTON TOWNSHIP ^ 



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GREEXH AI.OH AV I L, T I A HI, 

house painter anJ decorator, Camp Point; 
was born in Lancashire England, Feb. 15, 
1818. His parents were James and Hannah 
(King) Greenhalgh. He emigrated to Ameri- 
ca in the Spring of 1842, and settled in 
Schuyler Co., 111., where he engaged in 
selling dry goods in Rushville, seven years; 
then turned his attention to farming for six 
years. He removed to Camp Point in 1855, 
and again embarked in merchandising in 
company with his brother until 185'J, when 
he sold out and hired as salesman in the 
store of Silas Bailey, and afterward in the 
employ of Mr. Sawyer till 1870. Since that 
he has been engaged in house painting and 
decorating. He was married in April, 185lt, 
to Eliza Cole, who was born ni Kentucky. 
Five children, three living : Hannah, Nevada, 
and Edgar. He is now Collector for Camp 
Point township. He owns a fine residence 
and four lots in the village. 
Groome Wm. farmer; sec. 2.3; P. O. Camp Point. 
Qrnnv George, merchant; P. O. Camp Point. 

GUKXTHER liOUIS, farmer; 

I Sec. •iO; P. O. Coatsburg; is the son of 
C!harles and .Justina (Renschel), of Ger- 
many, where they were married, and lived 
until after Louis was born, on April 5, 1847, 
They came to America when he was (J years 

j of age, via New Orleans, where they stopped 
six mouths; then came up the Mississippi 
to Quincy, and settled in Honey Creek 
township, where his father now lives. Louis 
is the youngest of sis children, and has 
always followed farming. He married 
Caroline Girky, April 4, 180i», who was born 
in Adams county. She died July 2G, 1870. 
He married Susan Hochgraver, a native of 
Adams county, Oct. 2C, 1871. They have 
had three children, two living: Simon Ed- 
mond, born July 12, 1874, and Clara May, 
born March 22, 1877. 



Haley C. bricklayer; P. O. Camp Point. 
( Hale5 Jane, P. 0. Camp Point. 
Hagcrtv J. T. merchant; P. O. Camp Point. 
Habn Ulram S. brick maker; P. U. Camp Point. 

H 4L,I. CHARLES R., engineer; 

residence. Camp Point ; is the son of George 

and Adel (Baker) Hall, of Maine. He was 

born in Alfred, in that state, Oct. 13, 1838. 

I His parents emigrated to Michigan, in his 



infancy, where he lived till 18G1. He learned 
mechanical engineering, and has always 
followed it. When the War of the Rebellion 
broke out he enlisted May 1, 1861, in Co. E, 
16th Regt. HI. Inf., was the seventh man 
who enlisted in Brown county; was pro- 
moted to Sergeant in the fall of 1863. He 
received two wounds, in the hand and thigh, 
by the explosion of a shell on a gunboat at 
Vicksburg, in December, 1864, He married 
Harriet R. Lindsey, March 2, 1865, of 
Brown county, 111. They removed to Camp 
Point, in January, 1870, since which lime he 
has run the engine at the Casco Mills. He 
is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows 
and Encampment. He owns a house and 
lot in Camp Point, and a house and lot in 
Claj'ton. 

HAXL PROF. SAMUEL, F., 

residence, Sec. 37; P. O. Camp Point; 
was born in the city of Oswego, N. Y., on 
the 14th of November, 1838. He is the 
third of a family of five sons and six 
daughters. His parents were John Hall and 
Elizabeth (Maxwell) Hall, both born in Ire- 
land, but reared in America, their parents 
having emigrated to this country when they 
were quite young. John Hall's parents 
settled in New York, where he still lives, 
and engaged m farming. Elizabeth Max- 
well's parents settled in Canada, where she 
was living, when John having gone there for 
a time, formed her acquaintance, and married 
her. They settled in Livingston county, 
N. Y. ; but soon removed to Oswego. After 
the subject of this sketch was born they re- 
turned to Livingston county, where his 
childhood years were spent on a farm. His . 
luother died when he was 12 years old, and 
the home was broken up, and he worked 
about among the farmers in summer, and 
attended the district schools of the neghbor- 
hood in winter. At the age of 17 an aspi- 
ration was awakened in his mind for a more 
extended education than these rural schools 
artbrded, and he resolved to go Nunda 
Academy for the purpose of fitting himself 
for teaehiug. When he reached the place his 
entire capital was $1 .50, and no books with 
which to prosecute his studies. He went to 
the professor and slated the situation. He 
kindly oflered to loan him books, and to 
wait for the tuition till he could earn the 
money to pay it. He entered school and 



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llivroin OF ADAMS CiiUNTY. 



cast about to find I'lnploj-inciit for leisure 
tiours,,bv which to farn a liviu';. He found 
people willins to encourage him in his 
efforts to acquire knowledge, hy giving him 
jobs of sawing wood, and spading gardens. 
By the close of the term he had earned suffi- 
cient to defray current expenses, ami pay 
tuition, lie then taught a term, and 
thereafter alternated Irom student to 
teacher until he finished the academ- 
ic course; but in the mean time that 
institution had burned, and he finished jt 
Danville, under the tutorage of Dr. Scager, 
ex-President of Genessec College. Mr. Hall 
taught five j-ears in his native State, and 
then came to Illmois'and settled in Prince- 
ton in March. 1861 The second school he 
taught he took it on condition that if he 
succeeded in governing it he was to receive 
$40 per month, and, if he failed, he was to 
get nothing, — it being a notoriously bad 
school. The ruling price then was from $15 
to .$20 per month. He taught it that year 
and the next. While engaged in his chosen 
vocation he became acquainted with Arte- 
misia Burrough.s, daughter of Jeirerson ;>nd 
Ziltha (Manchester) Burroughs, who was 
born in Wyoming county, N. Y., Sept. l;!, 
1841. She was a teacher, and is a lady of 
superior culture and amiability of character. 
Their friendship ripened into love, and they 
were married Sept. 8, 1861. They removed 
to Princeton, Bureau county, 111., the next 
spring after their marriage; they both en- 
gaged as teachers in the schools of that place 
the following fall — he as principal, she as 
assistant — and retained their positions for 
five years. During these years the schools 
were visited by many of the leading edu- 
cators of the country, and ])ronounced among 
the very best. 

On the eve of the completion of the Maple- 
wood High School building, at Camp Point 
(erected at a cost of about |;;50,000), through 
the recommendation of Prof. AV. H. V. Ray- 
mond the local Board wrote to Jlr. Hall, and 
entered into negotiations which resulted in 
his coming to that place and taking charge 
of their schools. He organized the schools 
upon the phm of a thorough graded system. 
The school grew rapidly in numbers and 
popularity under his ellicient management, 
imtil now, in the tenth year of his supenn- 
tendency. it ranks among the very first in the 
State, and has had as high as .500 pupils en- 



rolled. He took charge of it in October 
1867. At the end of five years he resigned 
his position and was chosen Superintend- 
ent of the Payson school, which position hr 
held for two years, when, at the solicit: 
of the School Board of Camp Point, li 
turned to his former charge there. His |i" 
ficiency as a disciplinarian and instructor 
IS spoken of by leading educators in terms 
of the highest commendation. 

Their marital union has resulted in ^ n 
children; six living: Louis A., born Xon. li, 
1864; Nina B.. born Nov. 1, 18(>6; Angle E., 
born July 12, 1869 (died Sept. 26, 1872); 
Maggie M., born Oct. 25,1871; Edith E., 
born Feb. 26, 1874, S. Fred, Jr.. born Oct. 7, 
1875, and Bessie A., born Oct. 1, 1877. 

Prof. Hall was unanimously nominated by 
the Republican parly for County Superin- 
tendent of Schools, in 1877, which honor he 
peremptorily declined. He owns a nice 
home and eight acres of land just outside 
the corporate limits of the village. 
Hamrick F. farmer; Sec. 3C; P. O. Camp Poin' 
nanke William, retired; P. O. Camp P. int. 

iiarria'<.;tox ai.fred l., 

farmer; Sec. ;i(i; P. O. Camp Point; is the 
youngest of eleven children of Brooks and 
Betsy (Ilazen) Harrington, natives of Con- 
necticut. He was born in JelVerson couiiiy, 
N. Y., Nov. 27, 1824. His father died when 
he was eighteen months old. His mother 
came to Illinois, and settled near Mendoa, 
Adams county; she afterwards moved to 
the north part of the countj', and tiiudly 
broke up hou.sekeeping, and he lived for a 
time with his brother in Columbus township. 
He was educated at Jacksonville College, 
graduated in 184t<, prepared for the ministry, 
and was installed as the jiastor of the Con- 
gregational church at Peru, La Salle comity^ 
where he preached for four years, when his 
health failed; and he resigned his charge 
and went on to a farm in that county, and 
remained eighteen j-ears ; removed to Camp 
Point township in 1875. He was married 
Aug. 6, 18.50, to Julia A. Collins, daughter of 
Frederick and Mary (.\.llen) Collins, who 
settled in CoUinsville, Madison county. III., 
her father's family being the founders of the 
town, and where she was born Dec 8, 1829. 
Six children : Ella W. (wife of Rev. T. D 
Davis), Frederick C, Lewis W., George A., 
Julia .\., and Louise. Mr. Harrington filled 
the office of Supervisor in La Salle county 



CAM!' POINT DIKKOTORY. 



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oue term. He owus 270 acres (300 improved) 
in ('.imp Point township, worth |i50 per acre- 
Han T. W. cooper ; P. O. Camp Point. 
Hart li. M. cooper; P. O. Camp Poiut. 
Benton Elizabeth: Sec. 36; P. O. Camp Point. 
Henrv Samnel. physician; P. O. Camp Point. 
Heet'T John, farmer; Sec. 7; P O. Camp Point. 
Holden E. B. laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 

HOXXOLiD MAKY E., (widow of 
Kev. Robert Hounold), residence Camp 
Point, is the daughter of W. W. and Cath- 
erine (Slabler) Norris. Her parents were 
natives of Baltimore county, Md., where she 
was born April 11, 1843. They came to 
Illinois, and settled in Gilmer township, 
Adams county. Her father still lives. She 
was married, March 9, 1871, to Rev. Robert 
Hounold, born in Lee count}-, Iowa, Oct. 14, 
1839. He was educated at Springfield Col- 
lege with a view to enter the legal profes- 
sion ; taught school for some time, and then, 
changing liis mind, studied for the ministry; 
w;is licensed to exhort b.v the Illinois M. E. 
Conference at the age of twenty, and was 
regularlj' ordained in October, 1860. His 
first regular pastorate was at Chatham. 
Failing health comijelled him to abandon 
liis chosen calling in December, 1873. His 
disease (cancer) graduall)' grew worse until 
July, 1870, when he died. He was first mar- 
ried to Sarah Ernest, of Indiana, Sept. 22, 
1864. She died May 9, 1870, leaving two 
children, Willie Lincoln and Mary. His 
second marriage resulted in two children, 
Maggie and Nellie. He enlisted in August, 
1^63, in Co. K, 91st 111. Inf. ; was Orderly 
Sergeant of the regiment; was discharged 
for disability at the end of three months. 
Tliey removed to Camp Point in October, 
1875, where Mrs. Honnold has since lived- 
Sue owns a residence and several lots in the 
village and a farm in Shelby county, III 

HnberSol. aborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Hunter James retired; P. O. Camp Point. 



JACOBS JAMES H., mail con. 
tractor; residence at Camp Point; is the son 
of Price and Mary C, (Wisehart), Jacobs of 
Ki ntucky. He was born in JeflFerson 
coimly,of that State, the 0th, day of Jan. 1831. 
He came to Adams county, 111., at the age of 
( ightcen j-ears, and settled near Columbus. 
He was engaged in farming until 18 J9. He 
settled in Camp Point in IjOw; took the 



contract to carry the mail from Richfield to 
Seehorn, and from Camp Point to Wood- 
ville, and for conveying the mails from the 
depot to the post-oflice in the village, sev- 
eral years ago. He was married, Jan. 11, 
1853, to Mary C. Bayne, of Adams county 
They have had seven children, three are liv- 
ing; George Milton, Barbara A. and Wil- 
liam P. Mr. J. owns u dwelling and three 
lots in Camp Point. 

Johneon James sec. -29; P. O. Camp Point. 
Jo-eph J. F. laborer; P. O. Camp I'oii^t. 



Kamp J. M. farmer; sec 18; P. o. Camp Point. 
Kelley A. B. nursery and jeweler; P. O. Camp 

Point. 
Kelley Ellen D. P. O. Camp Point. 

KEMP BHODA C, residence 
Camp Point ; is the third child of John and 
Elizabeth Ham. She was born in Caloway 
county. Mo., Nov. 33, 1830. When she was 
ten years of age her parents removed to 
Adams county, and settled near Quincy, 
and a few years later settled near C'<jlumbus. 
where she was married to Samuel Smith, 
June 24, 1843. Mr. S. was a son of John 
and Jane Smith, of Kentucky, where he was 
born Oct. 27, 1808. He was engaged in mer- 
cantile pursuits in Columbus for a time, 
but chiefly farmed. They had two children, 
one living, Ella A. Smith. Mr. Smith died 
Dec. 5, 1850. Matthew Kemp, her second 
husband, was born in Ireland, and came to 
America in early life. They were married 
in October, 1857 ; had three children, two 
of whom are living, Stephen H., and Lizzie 
A. Kemp. They removed to Concord town- 
^ ship where they lived ten years ; from there 
they went to Iowa and lived there until 
Mr. K.'s death, July 9, 1870, after which 
Mrs. K. rem;iined there several years and 
came to Camp Point in 1875. She has two 
grandchildren, of the daughter Ella Smith, 
deceased, George W. and Rosella Paruella. 
Mrs. K. owns a residence and lot in Camp 
Point, and a farm in Iowa. 
Kessler Chas. farmer; see. 5; P. O. Camp Point 
Kirkpatrick A. B. retired; P. O. Camp Point. 
Kline J. E. farmer; sec. •-'■J; P. O. Camp Point. 
Kobil Jacjb, farmer; »ec. 31); P. O. Camp Point. 
Kobil Jacob, retired; P. O. Camp Point. 

KOBIIi MARY A., residence, 
Camp Piiint She i< llie daughter of R. 



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lUSTOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



M. Hedges and Cliirinda (Booth), the former 
a native of New York, and the bitter of 
Kentucky. Mrs. Kobil was born in Adams 
county, 111., March 16, 1837. She was mar- 
ried, March G, 185C, to Hichard JeflTrey, Jr., 
son of Richanl and Mary A. (Black) Jeftrey. 
Mr. Jctt'rey was born in Eiisiland, and 
came to America in his childhood and set- 
tled in Adams county. 111. Six children 
were tlie fruits of their union, three living: 
Clara .1:, Franklin E. and Mary B. Mr. 
Jeffrey died Nov. 16, 1869. She was married 
again to Jacob C. Kobil. November, 1876, by' 
whom she hsis one child, Stella Kobil. Mr. 
Kobil was born in Germany in 1815, and 
came to America when '20 years old. She 
owns a house and lot in Camp Point. Is a 
nicmVier of the M. E. thurch. 
Knoble Bernard, masoo; P. O. Camp Point. 



Laning Ja». farmer; sec. 18; P. U. Coatsbarg. 
Lasley J. P. larmer: P. O. Camp Point. 
Lasley M. W. retired; P. O. I'amp Point. 
LavelleManiu, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Lewis S. K. firmer; sec. 25; P. O Camp Point. 
Liggett D. E. carpenter; P. O. Camp Point, 
Linn J. F. farmer: eec. 15; P. O. Camp Point. 
Little Joiiepb. lalwrer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Livingeton Bciy. carpenter; P. o. Camp Point. 
LockelJacob.blacksmitb; P. O Camp Point. 
Lnsk J. J. druggist; P. O. Camp Point. 

L.YOX T H O M A S A., residence, 
Camp Point. He is the son of AVilliam S. 
and Eliza (Askin) Lyon, natives of Frank- 
lin county. Pa. They resided in the town of 
Concord, and his father was Justice of the 
Peace in that place, which office he tilled 
for thirteen years, when the subject of this 
sketch was born, Jan. 29, 1831. His parents 
moved onto a farm in 1840, where he re- 
mained for ten years, during which time he 
received a good English eilucation. He 
then enteretl a dry g<vids store as clerk for 
four years; then he liegan the study of 
dentistry in Huntingdon with E. L. Miller; 
after being there two years he attended the 
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgerj- in 
1856-7. He commenced practice in Kittau- 
ning, Armstrong county; remained there 
oncyear.when he located in McConnellsburg, 
Fulton county. He came to Clayton. Adams 
county. 111., in 18.59, but returned to Pennsyl- 
vania, and was married July 27, 1860, to 
IJebccca C. Leighty, of Center county, of 



that State. They came back west and set- 
tled in Camp Point in November of that 
year, where the doctor has since practiced. 
Their marri.Hge resulted in six children, three 
living: Ida E., Ella F., and John F. His 
wife died Oct. 13, 1871. He was married again- 
March ft, 1873, to Clarissa L. Christie, born 
in Adams county. They have had three 
children, two living (twins): Emma and 
Edith, bom Oct. 22, 1875. Dr. Lyon is a 
member of the Masonic Fraternity-. He 
and wife ;ire members of the M. E. church, 
of which he is trustee and steward. Feel- 
ing a deep interest in education he was one 
of the prime movers in founding the Maple- 
wood High School at Camp Point, he being 
one of the local School Board during the 
projecting and erection of their high sclujol 
building, one of the tinest in the State. He 
was presented with a beautiful silver card 
receiver by the teachers and pupils of the 
school as a slight token of their appreciation 
of his services. He owns a residence and 
lot in Camp Point. 



M 



McAnntty Samuel, retired; P. O. Camp Point. 

McBRATXEY THOMAS, far- 
mer; Sec. 24: P. O. Camp Point; is a de- 
scendent of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His jia- 
rents were John and Nancy (Montgomery) 
McBratney, of Ireland, in which country he 
was born Sept. 30, 1826. He emigrated to 
America at the age of seven years and came 
to Adams county, Illinois, where he has 
since lived. His mother is living in (lay- 
ton. He was married on Uie 26th of April, 
1855. to Margret A. Wilby; bom in Ken- 
tucky, May 25, 1834. They have three 
children; Georgianna, a teacher: Mary 
Alice, .ind Charlie Day. Mr. and Mrs. 
Bratney are members of the M. E. church. 
They own seventy nine acres in Camp Point 
toAvnship, worth i|45 per acre. 

McCannT. J. farmer; eic. 27; P. O. Camp Po it 
McClintock Nancy, sec. 15; P. O Camp Point 
McCllutock Tiios. retired; P. O. Cimp Polnl 
McCliutock ,\Vm. farmer; sec. 2; P. O. KeoW k 
JuDCtion. 

McFARLAXD C. C, faraier; S.c. 
13; P. O. Camp Point: is the oldest of four 
brothers and two sisters, children of Joseph 
H., and Amanda O. (Willard) McFarbiud. 
His father was born in Green countv, Ohio, 



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and his mother in Tennessee. Christopher 
C. McFarland w:»s born in Adams county, 
111.. Sept. 25. 1S4S. atid brought up on a 
farm. He was marrieil I>oc. 20, 1S61, to 
Marj- J. AMiitforxl. daughter of Thomas and 
Ruth (Bniwn^ Aniitfoni. and was liorn in 
Adams county. Sept. 16. l$4'i. They had 
three childn>n : Ruth A., Thomas J., and 
Oliver E. They settled on the farm where 
they now live, in 1S6'J: own a tarm of tifty 
acrt^s omprove*i> in Camp Point towniship, 
worth ^0 per acre. Mr. McFarland makes 
specialty of raising thoroughbrtil loug- 
\ ool sheep, and fowls. 

McFARL.4Xl> D AX IK I. «.. 

farmer: Sec. i:!; P. O. Camp Point: owns 
"10 acres of land, probable value :f6,tXX"': 
'rn in this township, Sept. '26. 18;?4. and is 
the oldest man now living born in this town- 
ship. His parents came to this township in 
the fall of 1S32. Jlr. ilcFarlaud w.is mar- 
ried in July, 1855, to Martha, daughter of 
Arthur McFarland, of Green county, Ohio. 
They have five children ; George R,. John 
A., Rosa, Minnie, and Susie. Mr. and Mrs. 
McFarland are members ot the M. E, church. 

McFARI..\Xl> I-EWIS. retired 
farmer; Sec. o: P. O. Camp Point; was 
lx)m in Harrison county, Ky.. in 1S06. His 
pan-nls moved from there to Ohio when he 
W.1S two years of ago, where he remained 
until the spring of 1S31, when he came to 
Illinois, and Ux'ated on Sec. .3, Camp 
Point township, where he made some im- 
provements, then returned to Ohio, and in 
the fall of same year married Miss Jane 
Dunlap. She was born in Virginia, in 1807. 
She died in July, 1834. He married Jlargivret 
Siinsom, in 18;}7. She was born in Virginia, 
in 1806. Have one child, Octavia, born in 
1843 (now Mrs. Stewart). Mr. McFarland 
held the office of Justice of the Peace for 
thirty-six years. He came to the county in 
an early day, and is one of the oldest settlers 
in it. He has experienced many of the 
haniships and trials of early pioneer life. 
He imd wife are members of the Presby- 
terian church. Republican. Owns 290 acres 
of land, valued at 4:12,000. 

McGartlsnd Wm. farmer; sec. 8: P. O. C»mp Poim. 
McG ughejr W. H. farmer; P. O. Camp Point. 
McGinley Wm. farmer; sec. G; P. O. Coatebnrg. 
Mauard .K. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
Manard Daniel, fatmer; sec 8; P.O. Camp Point. 



Manard J. L. farmer; sec 8; P. O. Coatsbnt?. 
Manard Wm. f.aimer; sec. 8; P. O. Camp Point. 

MARTIX EDM'AKD G.. pottery: 
Camp Point : is the son of Gale and Manila 
(Hayesl Martin, the former fRim Xew York, 
the latter frxnn t5hio. now living in Camp 
Point. Edwaixl was Vtorn in Brownt county, 
HI., Sept. 7, 1850. He learned the potters' 
trade of his father, who worked at it moi« 
than tifty years, and came to Camp Point in 
the spring of 1877, and took charge of the 
pottery in that place, which was established 
that same year by Nathan Miller. Mr. Mil- 
ler died in Nov., 1877. since which time !Mr. 
Martin has had sole control of the works. 
He procures the clay for his waiv at Rar- 
dolpli, in McDonough county. Two tons of 
material per day is uscl: from eleven to 
tifieeu men employed, and 10,(XX) gallons ot 
crockery per month turned out, consisting of 
crocks, jugs and jars of all si7.es, from one 
ti> twilve gallons. He supplies the local 
trade, smd ships large quantities to 5[issouri 
and Kansas. His wife, formerly Nancy A. 
Miller, w:\s the daughter of Nathan Miller, 
and Elenor (Enyart) Miller, was lioru in 
Ohio, whom he married Nov. 18, 1877. He 
had been formerly married to Malvina Sny- 
der, of Pike county, who died leaving him 
one child. Lulu L. Mrs. Martin owns fifty- 
six acres of land in Camp Point township, 
worth ^45 per acre, and the pottery. 

MKLVIX THOllAS A., night 
tclegr.iph operator for the C, B. & tj. R. R. 
at Camp Point, is the son of Jehu Jeft'ersou 
and Margaret (Campbell) Melvin. His father 
was a nsUive of Tennessee; his mother of 
Franklin county. Ohio. He was born in 
Fulton county, 111., Jan 16, 1854 ; removed 
with his parents to Bushnell, McDonough 
county. 111., in 1864, where he remained six 
years and attended school. He began tele- 
graphing in 1873; came to Camp Point in 
December, 1875. and has since been em- 
ployed in his present position. His father 
dietl in November, 18G8. His mother lives 
in Bushnell. He is a member of the Ma.sou- 
ic Order. Lodge 297. 

Milebam Samnel. physician; P.O. Camp Point. 
Miller Eleanor; P. O. Camp Point. 
Miller .1. L. retired; P. O. Camp Point. 
Mile.* Alice. P. O. Camp Point. 
Mitchell Eliza, sec. 21 ; P. O. Camp Point. 
Moore Jas. retired; P. O. Camp Point. 
MuUcr Henry, blacksmith; P. O. Camp Point. 



TiJC 



HlsTuKY UF ADAMS CoUXl'V. 



N 



Nevine John, retired; P. O. Camp Point. 
Newman J. P. rarmer; 8«c. IS; P. O. CosUbiirg. 
Nlcoloy Christ, rarmer: tec. Jfl; P. O. t'o-tehurg. 

AiOULK OUMOXD, retired miller; 
residence Camp Point ; was l)orn in Wayne 
county, N. Y., March 29, 1827. His parents 
were William and Klizabcth (Sherinau) No- 
ble; father was a native of Vermont; mother 
of New York. His early life wa.s sjjeut in 
Wayne county; tarsi business was rtiuning a 
stave-cnlting machine and the manufacture 
of barrels. He came to Hliuois and settled 
in Camp Point in the spring of 1857. He 
engaged in the milling business, in connec- 
tion with the Kajjlc Mills, and later as one 
of the founders and jiroprietors of theCasco 
.Mills. He was married, Dec. 11, 1850, to 
Harriet M. Danforth, who was bom in New 
York, June l;i, 1829. Mr. Noble has held 
several local offices, among them Assessor, 
in 187f) and 1877; is a member of the Ma- 
sonic Fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Noble have 
adopted and reared two children: M:iry L. 
Alter, daughter of Charles Alter, born Jan. 
2. 1855 (whom they ado])tcd at 12 years of 
age, and educated at Camp Point and Ober- 
lin), is now teaching in Adams county; and 
Mattie Jl. Merritl, daughter of Martm ;ind 
Mary J. Merritt, born April 11, 185'J, and 
adopted by them in 1875. Owns 100 acres 
of improved land in Columbus township, 
worth !?;U) per acre, and a residence and two 
lots in Camp Point. 

N KIT MAX JACOB, proprietor 
Neuman Hotel, Cainji Point, is the son of 
(jcorge and Catharine Newman, of Germany. 
Ho was born in that country, Nov. 2. 1826, 
and came with his parents to America the 
nt'Xt year, and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
where he remained till 1840, when he came 
to Adams county, HI. He settled in Camp 
F^)int in 1855; was formeily a wagtm and 
carriage manufacturer. He began keeping 
hotel in 1873, and purchased the Neuman 
Hotel two years later; was married, Sept. 5, 
18,54, to Martha J. Cox. .She was born in 
Illinois. They have had three children; two 
living: William Henrj-, born Jan. 12, 1859, 
and Emma Luella, born Jan. 1, 1863. 

The Neuman Hotel is centrally located ; 
contains nineteen rooms. It is a frame build- 
ing, mostly erected by Mr. Neuman. 
Nortm EIiz»: P.O. Camp Point. 



OBrien Jas. laborer; P. O.Camp Point. 
OtinemUB C. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Coatsburg 
Oliver T. L merchant; P. O. Camp Point. 

OLIVER M'lLLIAM L.., resi 
dence. Camp Point; was born in Lincoln 
county, Ky., Jan. 27, 1822. He is the son of 
David and Jemima (Frith) Oliver. Hi- 
fatlier was a native of North Carolina, hi- 
mother of Virginia. Mr. O. went to the 
tailors' trade at the age of ten years, and 
followed it for sixteen years, after which he 
turned his attention to farming for six years 
before leaving that State. He left there in 
the fall of 1854, and, after spending some 
time in Indiana and Missouri, he settled in 
Camp Point township, Adams county. 111., 
in 1856, and has lived in the village since 
the following spring. He continued in the 
tailoring business for a year; then, in com- 
pany with H. T. Kcenaw, erected a ware- 
house, and embarked in a general produce 
business. At the end of a year, he became 
sole proprietor, and combined with it the 
lumber trade. After two years, he formed a 
partnership with Silas Bailey for a year 
when they two, in company with Thomas 
Bailey and Ormand Noble, purchased a site 
and erected the Casco Mill, in 1865. Mr. 
O. bought the interests of his partners, 
one after another, until he became the sole 
owner in 1872. In 1862, he purchased a 
stock of general merchandise, and has since 
managed that business, also, until September, 
1877. He formed a partnership with L. 
Oliver, under the firm name of Oliver & 
Son. He bought the mill at Clayton in 
March, 1875, for $7,000, which he still 
owns. He also purchased a stock of 
groceries of Mr. Bryant, in that place, in 
1877, and, adding a stock of general mer 
chandise, he took his son-in-law in partner- 
ship, and the business is run under the firm 
name of Oliver «fc Downing. He has bet r 
engaged in dealing and shipping live stock 
for the past fifteen years, heavily. He wa? 
married, Feb. 13, 1845, to Miss Zerelda E. 
McClarey, who was born in Kentucky, Slay 
33, 1822. They have had eight children 
six living: Mary M., Tuder L., Alma K , 
Clarence H., Elmer E., and Ada A.; di 
ceased were James D. and Wm. McCrtiry- 
Mr. O. owns eighty-nine acres of improved 
land in Camp Point township, twenty-one 



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767 



acres in Claj'ton township, and eighty acres 
of timber in Columbus township. Mr. O. 
came to Camp Point with a yoke of cattle 
and a horse, and .$700 in money, as the sum 
of his earthly possessions. He is a member of 
the Masons and I. O. O. F.; also, of Chapter 
and Encampment, and has been an active 
temperance worker for nearly twenty years. 
Three of his children are married, and he 
has three grand children. 

Omer Caroline; sec. '.M; P. O. Camp Point. 

OMER 1>AKIEL, farmer; Sec. 24; 
P. O. Camp Point ; is the son of Jacob and 
Pri.-<cilla (Curry) Omer, of Jefferson county, 
K}'., where Daniel was born, Sept. 5, 1828. 
He was brought up on a farm, and has fol- 
lowed that vocation through life. He came 
to Adams county. 111., in 185.5, and settled 
on the farm where he now lives. He mar- 
ried Delilah Hoke, who was also born in 
Kentucky, the daughter of Leonard and 
Barbra Hoke, in July, 1851. The_vhave had 
.seven children, five living: Robert Ayers, 
J;imes Edward, Oscar Elsworth, Ellis Rous- 
seau, and Etfic Maj-. Mr. O. owns two 
farms of 160 acres each (improved), worth 
$50 per acre, m Camp Point township, and 
sixty-four acres of timber land, in Columbus 
township, worth $25 per acre. 

OMER JAMES T., farmer; Sec. 
24; P. O. Camp Point; was born, March 8, 
1848, in Union county, K}-. He is the son 
of Lewis S. and Susan H. (Taylor) Omer, 
natives of that state. His early life was 
si)ent there, till he was eighteen years old, 
when he came to Adams county, HI., in 
18(i6. From 1867 to 1870, inclusive, he 
traveled, during which time he visited nine- 
teen states and territories ; spent one year 
fighting Indians on the frontier, and, for 
awhile, engaged in freighting across the 
plains, west from Nebraska City. He re- 
turned to Adams county in 1870, and mar- 
ried Miss Mary J. Seaton, daughter of Ken- 
ncr Seaton, June 5, of that year. They re- 
moved to Kansas in 1873, remained one 
season, and returned to Adams county. 
They have four children : Kenner S., Lewis 
S., James S., and Frank P. Mr. O. is a 
member of the I. O. O. F. 

Owen C. J. dairy; P. O. Camp Point 
49 



PARMEXTER A. v., teacher, 
residence Camp Point ; was born in Franklin 
county, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1830; came to this 
county in the fall of 1866; married Sarah 
Howell. She was born in Polk county, 
Tenn., June, 1837. Two children: Edajno 
C, Sabina L. Members of the M. E. church 
of Camp Point. His father was a native of 
Massachusetts and his mother of Vermont ; 
were married in Rutland county, Vermont, 
and emigrated to Franklin county, N. Y.. 
where the subject of this sketch was born. 
In 1834 they removed to Medina county, 
Ohio; and in 1850 to Berrian county, Mich., 
where they both died in the fall of 1866. 
Mr. Parmenter enlisted in the 12th Mich. 
Inf, Co. E; was at the battles of Pitts- 
burg Landing ; Boliver, Tenn. ; luka. Miss. ; 
Florence, Ark. ; etc. ; was mustered out at 
Balls Bluff, Ark., Jan. 8, 1864; re-enlisted, on 
Feb. 20, 1864, in Hancock Vet. Res. Corps, 
Co. A; was stationed at "Washington most 
of the time, doing guard duty ; was in the 
service four years, for which he has two 
honorable discharges; taught school most 
of the time since he was twenty-two years of 
age. 

Parr Sam. sec. 32; P. O. Camp Point. 

Perfater G. si. blacksmith ; P. O. Camp Point. 

Pierce William, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Camp Point. 

Piles Sarah, P.O. Camp Point. 

Pond George O. retired physician; P.O. Camp Point. 

Pratt Z. S. clerlj; P. O. Camp Point. 

Pretty tuan Isaac, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 

Prettyman .John, shoemaker; P. O. Camp Point. 

Prettyman J. R. shoemaker; P. O. Camp Point. 

R 

RaimcT Hiram, larmer; P. O. Camp Point. 

REDDIBfCr DAVID A., butcher, 
residence Camp Point ; is tlie son of James 
and Fanny Redding, of Hamilton county, 
Ohio, where he was born, Feb. 14, 1845. He 
lived there until he was twelve years old. 
His fiither having died four .years before, his 
mother removed to Stark county, 111., and 
afterward to Camp Point, Adams county, 
where she married A. B. Kirkpatrick, in 
1864. When the last call for three months 
men was m;ide, Mr. Redding enlisted in Co- 
B, 137th 111. Inf, served four months, and 
was honorably discharged. He married 
Alice Boyer, Nov. 22, 1874. She was born 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



in Schuyler county, 111., Sept, 2, 1857. He 
has been in the butchering business ever 
since he came out of the army ; before that 
WHS farming. He owns a liou.sc and lot in 
village of Camp Point, where he lias lived 
for nine years. 

farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Keokuk Junction; 
was born >Iarch 6, 1834, in Litchfield, 
Conn.; is the youngest sou of ten chil- 
dren of Horace and Anna (Culver) Rey- 
nolds, of that State, and now residing , 
in Houston township, Adams county, at 
very advanced ages; father was born 
Jan. 27, 1790, and mother Sept. 30, 1792. 
They removed to Adams county when George 
was one year old. His father being a black- 
smith, he learned the trade, and worked at 
it from eighteenth'to twenty-eighth year of 
lijs age; since, he has been engaged in farm- 
ing. He married Margret Simpson, daugh- 
ter of John and Margret (McComb) Simp- 
son, Jan. 10, 18(i2. She was born in 
Rushville, Schuyler county, HI., Oct. 31, 
1835. Had six children, five living: Anna 
M., George S., Henry G., Horace B., John 
O., and Elodie :M. Mr. Reynolds owns 287 
acres of improved land in Camp Point 
township, and LOO acres in Houston town- 
ship, worth |40 per acre. Mr. Reynolds' 
grandfather, Charles Reynolds, went into 
the army of the revolution at thirteen years 
of age and served eight years. 

Riley M. L. Isborer; P. (J. Camp Point. 

RoberteoD James, police magistrate; P. O. Camp 

Point. 
Robertson J. F. agent Waba?h R. R. ; P. O. Camp 

Point. 
Robertson Maria; eec. li; P.O. Camp Point. 

BOKFiBTSOX BKZIX D., Sec. 
l:! ; P. O. Camp Point ; is tlic youngest of five 
livingchildren of John and JIari.i (Downing) 
Robertson ; was born in Camp Point town- 
ship, Adams county. 111., ]Maich 17, 18.")7. He 
now lives on the old liomestead, eighty acres 
of which he owns, worth f.50 per acre. John 
Robertson was the son of Eli and Elizabeth 
(Sbawhorn) Robertson, born in Kentucky. 
He was born in Indiana, May 4, 1837, and 
remained there until he married Maria 
Downing, who was born in Virginia, Nov. 
14, 1811, but came to Indiana when .she was 
eleven years old. She is the oldest daughter 
of Reason and Nancy (Turner) Downing, 
now living in Camp Point township. She 



married Mr. Robertson, Sept. 2, 1830. They 
remained in Indiana for several j-ears after 
marriage, after which they removed to 
Adams county, and settled in Camp Point 
township in 1834. They had seven children, 
all of whom lived to adult age; five now 
living; Joseph, Nancy J., Mary E. (the la.-t 
two deceased), Eli F., Charlotte A. M., John 
C, and Rezin D. Mr. liobertson died Nov. 
11, 1803. Mrs. Robertson owns 110 acres of 
the home farm, worth l-'JO per acre. 

BOCiERi^ HEMBY C, mechanic: 
residence. Camp Point; is the son o( Henry 
and Malinda (Perry), natives of Indiana ; 
was born in Clark county, of that State, Feb. 
10, 1843; came from there, and settled in 
Camp Point, Adams county. 111., in 1808. 
He learned the plasterer's trade in Indiana, 
and has followed it for a livelihood. He 
enlisted in the Union army in July. 1861, in 
Co. E, 23d Regt. Ind. Inf.; was taken pris- 
oner at Bruin's Landing, below Vicksbursr, 
on the 7th of April, 1803; was sent to Jack- 
son ; from there to Libby Prison, Richmouil, 
where he remained till June 27, when he 
was paroled; was exchanged, and joined 
his regiment, Sept. 26, at Vicksburg; was 
mustered out July 29, 1865. He was married. 
Sept. 26, 1865, to Mary Sylvester, a native of 
Indiana. They have three children ; Emma 
B., Ettie May, and George O. Is a member 
of the I. O. (). F., and Encampment. 

BOTH MB!S. APPAIILOXIA. 

widow of John A. Roth ; residence. Camp 
Point; was born in Bavaria, May 2, 1819. 
She came with her parents to America, in 
. 1831. She remained in New York si.\ years, 
when she came to Quincy. There she 
became acquainted with Mr. Roth, and 
married him, Aug. 13, 1838. Mr. R. was 
born in Bavaria, April 11, 1814, and came to 
America in 1830. He came to Quincy, and 
went to work at the cabinet trade. He was 
among the first to cross the plains to Cali. 
fornia during the gold excitement in 1849. 
He was gone three years, when he returned 
to Adams county; after which he again went 
to the gold fields, and remained over two 
years. Upon his return to Adams county, 
they removed to Camp Point, in 1856. They 
have had ten children, seven living: Josepli, 
Katie, Pauline W., Theodore P., Anna P., 
John W., and Ella H. Mr. Roth died 
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merchandising for nearly twenty-five years ; 
was a member of the first brass band organ- 
ized in Quincy. He was a Sir Knight, and 
was the prime mover in organizing the 
Masonic Lodge in Camp Point. Mrs. R. 
returned to Europe at the age of sixteen, as a 
companion for a lady tourist, because of 
her familiarity with the French, German, 
and English languages. She owns a tine 
residence with two lots, and two other 
houses and lots in Camp Point. 
Roeeberry L. B. carpenter; P. O. Camp Point. 

s 

SAWYER EPHRAin E. B,, 

general insurance agent; residence, Camp 
Point; is the eldest son of Ephraim and 
Elizabeth (Small) Sawyer, of Maine, where 
they are still living. He was born in York 
county of that State, May 14, 1836 ; was edu- 
cated in the public schools there, and follow- 
ed teaching for several years before coming 
west. He came to Clayton in IS.'jS, and taught 
school there three years as principal. He re- 
moved to Camp Point in 1861 ; engaged in the 
mercantile business till 1878. Meeting with 
some financial reverses, he closed out and 
turned over everj- dollar of his assets to his 
creditors. He was one of the founders of 
the Camp Point Enterprise; he afterward 
became editor and sole proprietor, and con- 
ducted the paper successfully from 1866 to 
1871, when it passed into the hands of Kirk- 
patrick Bros. In 1873 he embarked in the 
insurance business. He has devoted his entire 
attention to it; is now the leading insurance 
man in the place, and is writing risks in sev- 
eral counties, represents a number of the 
most reliable companies in the country. 
March 11, 1861, he married Esther Bailey, of 
-Maine, born Feb. 4, 1833. Have four chil- 
dren : Abbie E., Joseph L., Hattie E., and Levi 
E. Mrs. Sawyer died, July 37, 1878. Mr. S. 
is a member of the Presbyterian church. 

SCOTT CAPT. >VIIiL,lAM, 

miller; residence. Camp Point; born Sept. t>, 
1813, in Champaign county, Ohio, where he 
commenced his pursuits in life as a miller, 
when about 24 years of age ; enlisted in the 
regular army May 37, 1837, and served three 
years in the Florida war, after which he 
came to this State, and was married July 31, 
1842, to Miss Eleanor Misenhimer, wliere he 



followed farming for about eight years, and 
in 1846 raised a company for the war with 
Mexico; located in this county in March, 
1854. and engaged in the milling business in 
1863. Mr. Scott raised a company for the 
United States service, but was only out nine 
months on account of ill health. He has 
since been a miller. 

SCOTT ^VINFIEL<D H., miller, 
residence. Camp Point ; was born in Clay Co., 
111., Jan. 1, 1848. He learned the miller's 
trade with his father, and has made it his 
life work, except the years 1869 to 1872, when 
he was engaged in selling' boots and shoes in 
St. Louis. He came to Camp Point in Jan- 
uary, 1873, and engaged for his father in the 
Eagle Mills, which he had purchased a year 
prior. He became a joint owner in the mills 
in December, 1877. He was married, Dec. 
24, 1874, to Miss A. L. Hubcr, of Quincy, 
born March 11, 1857. They have one child: 
Verckler A. Scott, bom Dec. 16, 1877. Mr. 
S. is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has 
been a member of the Board of Town Trus- 
tees for two years. The Eagle Mills have 
two run of burrs, and have a capacity of 
seventy-five barrels per day. They make a 
specialty of custom work. 
Sears H. M. laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
SeatoD J. S. farmer ; sec. 36; P. O. Camp Point. 

SEATON RICHARD, banker; 
born in Camp Point townshiji, Dec. 19, 1835; 
was married to Nancy E., (laughter of Thos» 
Curry, of Clayton, Oct. 15, 1857. Six chil- 
dren: William M., born Dec. 34, 18.58; Flor- 
ence I., born Aug. 25, 1860; Kenner, born 
May 7, 1892; Thomas, born May 24, 1870; 
Hattie M., born July 3, 1876 (died Oct. 19, 
1877); Edward E., born May 6, 1878. 
Seaton Sarah A. P. O. Camp Point. 
Seelis; Hiram, blacksmith: P. O. Camp Point. 
Schroeder L. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Camp Point. 
Schlepman H. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Shake A. J. farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Coatsbarg. 
SkattsMrs. J. H. P. O. Camp Point. 

SHARP JAMES, farmer; Sec. 28; 
P. O. Camp Point ; is the son of John and 
Ann (Thompson) Shar|), of Ireland, where he 
was born Dec. 17, 1837 ; is tlie only sou of a 
family of three children, all living in Adams 
county. His father died when he was two 
years of age. His mother emigrated to 
America in 1839 ; stopped in Oliio, where she 
lived two years, then remnvc 1 to Illinois, 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COU-VTV. 



;iinl settled where Mr. Sliarp now lives. He 
started in life an orphan boy, without pecu- 
uiiiry aid, and chose the life of a farmer. He 
married Permelia .1. Bates, April 21, 18(i4, 
daughter of Joseph H. and Nancy (Goodpas- 
tifre) Bates, the fifth of ten living children. 
Have three children: John Fletcher, born 
JIarch 2, 186.5 ; James Baxter, born Sept. 29, 
1868, and JIarvin Bates, born May 29, 1871 : 
are members of the M. E. cliiireh. Thej- 
own 169 acres of land, worth $50 per acre. 

Sloan John, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Coataburg. 
Slimeker Martha, sec. B; P. O. Big Neck. 
Siultb Q. W. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Camp Point. 
Smith l,etltia, P. (). Camp Point. 
Smith Rehccca A. P. O. Csmp Point. 
Stevens .V. K. l.iBorer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Stewart M. L. firmer; sec. i. P/ O. Camp Point. 
Strickler Anna, P. O. Camp Point. 
Swett James, farmer; sec. »0; P.O. Ccatsbnrg. 

SWKTT ORM>X G., farmer; Sec. 
30; P. <). Coatsburg, is the third son of a 
family of si.\ living children, of James and 
Cynthia (Elmer) Swett, natives of Xew Eng- 
land, where Orson was born. June 2.5, 1837. 
His parents came to Hlinois and settled in 
Adams county, in 1843. He was married to 
Mary E. Bettes, a native of Ohio, who died, 
leaving one child, Mary Alice Fcllsm;m, born 
Sept. 17, 1862. He was married again, Aug. 
2.5, 1865, lo Julia A. Guitrell, born Sept. 17, 
1841, in Tenn. Have had five children, four 
living: Lilburn R., born 8ei)t. 9, 1866; Wil- 
liam F., Oct. 2, 1868; John D., Jan. 9, 1870; 
Harvey J., Jan. 2, 1872, and Susan J. (de- 
ceased), born Jan. 3, 1874. Mr. Swett owns 
forty acres of improved land in Camp Point 
townshii), worth $25 \ht acre. 

SWETT WILLIAM, farmer; Sec. 
30; P. O. Coatsburg; is the fourth son of si.v 
living children of James and Cynthia (Elmer) 
Swett, of New England. He was born in 
A<Iatns county, HI., 3Iarch 1, 1846, and 
brought up on a farm. He went into the 
army during the War of the Rebellion, in 
August, 1862, as a member of Co. F., 78th 
Regt- HI. Inf.; was taken sick and dis- 
charged for disability in June, 1863. He 
was mjirried, Dec. 26, 1867, to Elizabeth Can- 
trell, born Sept. 11,1844. Their union has 
resulted in one child: Marcus DeLafayette, 
born July 28, 1868. Mr. Swett owns forty 
acres of improved land in Camp Point town- 
ship, worth $25 per acre. 



TAYLOR JACOB K.. farmer and 
mechanic; Sec. 13; P. (J. Camp Point; son 
of Libni and Mary Taylor, of York county. 
Pa.; born, June 4, 1825. He learned the black- 
smiths' trade, and followed it until 1869; then 
turned his attention to agriculture. He was 
married, March 4, 18.50, to Elizabeth Kline, 
daughter of Philip and Sophia Kline, born in 
York county. Pa.. Nov. 27, 1827. They re- 
moved to Camp Point, Adams county. 111., in 
J859, and to the farm where they now live, in 
1865; had six children, five living: Mary 
S., Scott, John T., Frank P., and Elizabeth 
E; own 183 acres of improved land in 
Camp Point, worth $60 per acre, and 160 in 
Adair count}', Mo. Mr. Taylor is an ex-' 
tensive wheat grower, and is one of the most 
thorough fanners in the township. 
Terry Wm. farmer: sec. 5; P. O. Camp Point. 
Thonia" David, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. (-'amp Poiit. 
Todd R. S. retired; P O. Camp Point. 
Tomlinson Jas. shoemaker; P. O. Camp Point. 
Tomlinson J. B. carpenter. P. O Camp Point. 
Tawson Uicfaael, laboror; P. O, Camp Point 



Underwood Peter, merchant; P. O. Camp Point. 



VavalerA. L. farmer; aac. 30; P.O. Coatabarg. 
Vanartsdalen D. laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Vance Mo8e°. farmer; sac. S2; P. O. Oamp Point. 

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Wallace A R. farmer; sec. J; P. O. Camp Point. 

WALLACE J All EN A., farmer; 
Sec. 1; P. O. Camp Point; was born in 
Garrard coimty, Ky., March 28, 1821, where 
he lived until fourteen years of age, when 
he came to this State with his mother. His 
father died when James was quite young- 
He and his mother located in this township, 
on Sec. 2, where he remained until 1851 ; 
was married in August, 1846, to Miss Vir- 
ginia Cromwell, of Kentucky. She died in 
1855, leaving one child. In 1859 he was 
married to his present wife. Miss Mary P. 
Black, of Perry county. Pa. They are mem- 
bers of the United Presbyterian church. He 
is 8 Republican ; owns 540 acres of land in 
Camp Point and Houston townships. Mr. 
Wallace has been identified to some extent 
in the township, having been Supervisor, 



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and always ready to assist in promotiug 
the interests of the county. 

Wallace J. S. farm»r; Sec. 13; P. O. Keokok June. 

\VAL,L,ACE MARY E., residence, 
Camp Point; is the daughter of Rev. Jesse 
Cromwell and Hester (Moore) Cromwell, of 
the Districf of Columhia. She was borri in 
the same place, July 17, 182G. At the age of 
nine years she removed with her parents to 
Kentucky, where her father preached as an 
itinerant minister in the M. E. church until 
1847, when they removed to Adams county, 
111., where her father died in 1866, only clos- 
ing his ministerial labors with his life. She 
married Allen Wallace, Oct. 5, 1859. He 
was born in Kentucky, June 18, 1809 ; was 
the son of Josiah and Mary (Mason) Wal- 
lace. He had four children by a former 
marriage; Julian, James M., Mary R., and 
Francis A. Mrs. Wallace was first married 
to James A. Armstrong, of Kentucky, Jime 
18, 1847. The}" resided in Concord, in that 
State, until his death, in September, 1852_ 
Mr. Wallace died June 17, 1876. He was a 
farmer by occupation. Mrs. Wallace owns 
forty acres of improved land in Clayton 
township, worth $40 per acre, a fine resi- 
dence, and one and a quarter acres in Camp 
Point, and several lots in Keokuk Jimction. 
She is a member of the M. E. church. 
Wallace M. R. farmer; eec. 12; P. O. KeoknkJunc. 

\% ALIiACE RICHARD A., far- 
mer and stock dealer; Sec. ia ; P. O. Camp 
Point; bom in this township, May 17, 1844. 
His parents located in this township, where 
he now resides, in the spring of 1836. Mr. 
Wallace was married, Jan. 10, 1869, to Miss 
Harriet Heaton, of Liberty township. They 
have one daughter. Mr. Wallace is a man 
of untiring energ)% and is engaged extensively 
in farming and stock raising. He enlisted 
in the spring of 1864 in Co. E, 50th Regt. 
HI. Inf. ; served one year and a half; 
was honorably discharged at Louisville, 
Ky. He is a member of the L O. O. F., and 
owns 150 acres of land, well improved. 

Wallace Wm. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 
Ward J. W. teamster; P. O. Camp Poii.t. 
Ward O. B. teamster; P. O. Camp Point. 
Warren Lydia C. P. O. Camp Point. 
Welsh H. C. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Camp Point. 

WEIiSH JAMES G., farmer; Sec. 
27; P. O. Camp Point. He was born in 



Jefferson county, Ky., June 25, 1811 ; is the 
oldest of twelve children of Robert and 
Mary (Guthrie) Welsh, the latter a native of 
that State, the father of Pennsylvania. He 
remained there until he was nearly 24 years 
of age, when he came to Adams county, and 
spent a year and a half in Columbus town- 
ship, and then removed to his present home 
in the spring of 1836. He was married in 
Kentucky, Aug. 14, 1834, to Sarah Booth, a 
native of Shelby county, Ky. Have eight 
children: Robert G., Mary J., Benjamin H., 
George W., Sarah E., John M. C, Eunice 
A., and Margaret E. Mr. Welsh has held 
several local offices in the township. He 
owns 130 acres of improved land, worth $50 
per acre. 

WEE8H MOSES C„ farmer; Sec. 
34; P. O. Camp Point. Ho is the sixth of 
twelve children of Robert and Mary (Guth- 
rie) Welsh, and was born in Jefferson 
county, Ky., Jan. 8, 1820. Robert Welsh 
was born in Pennsylvania, but his parents 
removed to Kentucky when he was three 
years old, where he married Jlary Guthrie, 
of that State. His father came from Ireland 
to America just prior to the beginning of 
the War of the Revolution. His mother was 
a Pennsylvania German. Moses C. Welsh 
came from Kentucky to Adams county, 111., 
in the spring of 1848, and settled where he 
now lives in 1849. He was married to 
Angeline E. Taylor, Dec. 1, 1842, who was 
born in Spencer county, Ky., March 11, 1822. 
Have seven children living : JUavy A., James 
T., Henry C, William T., Thomas L., Martha 
E., and Moses G. Mr. Welsh was Com- 
missioner of Highways for many years; 
was Collector in 1851-2, ;ind is now Presi- 
dent of the Camp Point Mutual Fire In. 
surance Company. Himself and wife are 
members of the Christian church. They 
own 350 acres of land in Camp Point town- 
ship, worth $40 per acre. 

White J. E. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Camp Point. 
Wilcox M. mechanic; P. O. Camp Point. 
Wilks Cordelia, P. O. Camp Point. 
Williams John, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Wilson Clark, laborer; P. O. Camp Point. 
Wisehart J. H. farmer; sec. 39; P. O. Camp Point. 

WYIiE DANIEL, H., faruier; Sec. 
15; P. O. Camp Point. He was born in 
Butler county, Ohio, June 19, 1849, and 
moved to this State with his parents when 



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about nine yoars of ago. Iwaling in Burton 
township in October, 18.58, after whicli he 
moved to this towushij), and was married to 
Nancy A. Williams, April 1, 1974. They 
have two children, Annie W. and OUie W. 
Mr. Wyle owns 150 acres of land, well im- 
proved, probable value, fS.OOO. 



Yamell Charlotte, P. O. Camp Point. 



Zl«gler Lorantz, grocer; P. O. Camp Po'lnt. 



MELROSE TOWNSHIP. 



Ackeiman Jae. (Hrmtr; sec. T; P. O. Quincy. 

ABKIi €HRlSTIA7«f, farmer; Sec. 
9 ; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch 
was born in Germany, Aujj. 2;S, 1812; was 
educated in the schools of his native coun- 
try, and, at the age of 25, emigrated to this 
country, and settled in Quincy, where he 
lived live years, and then moved to Jlelrose 
township. In 1839 lie was married to Miss 
C'harlotia VVedir. 8he was born in the same 
country as her husband, Nov. 22, 1S18, and 
came to this country in 1837. They have 
had nine children, four of whom arc now 
living, three sons and one daughter: Wil- 
liam, George, .Joseph, and Matilda. He owns 
about 300 acres of land, which, for fertility 
of soil and improvement, will compare 
favorably with any in the county. He is 
Democratic in politics, and a member of the 
Methwlist church. He is at present School 
Director, which ofHce he has held for twcnt}'- 
two years, and lias been Commissioner of 
Highways for eight years. 
Albrink Adolpli. farmer; fee 13; P. O. Quincy. 

AI>f:XASil>EK 1»KKRY, farmer; 
Sec. 18; P. O. Quincy; was born in Pope 
coimty, HI., 1820; located in Adams county, 
Sept. I, 1832; married ^largaret llunsaker 
in 1857. She was born in Adams county. 
They liave five children : Margaret E., 
Perry, Susan, Sarah, and Mabel. Mrs. 
Alexander is a memlwr of the Christian 
churc-h. lie is a Dcnuxrat. He has been 
Supervisor thirteen years; owns 5(i0 acres 
of land, with good improvements. 
Altheide H. farmer; aec.'JS; P. O. Qninov. 
AlimggeT. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Quincy 
Anderson Albert, farmer: sec. 9; P. O. Quincy. 



Anderson R. W. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Quincy. 
Ai'cnds Fred, farmer; sec. 1.3; P. O. Quincy. 
Arthur J. H. P. O. Quincy. 
Aten John, farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Quincy. 
Austin Robert, P. O. Quincy. 



Bachman L. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Qnincy. 
Baker C. farmer; s;c. 7; P. O. Quincy. 
Bani;ert£. farmer; sec. 30: P. O. Qnincy. 
Baneert Wm. farmer; sec. 29; P. 0. Quincy 
Barry C. farmer; sec. I; P. O. Burton. 
Barry E. farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Burton. 
Barry L. farmer; sec. 12; P.O. Burton. 
Barry M. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Burton. 
Barry Owen, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Burton. 
Barry Wm. farmer; sec. i:J; P. O. Burton. 
Barry W. G. fariner;sec. 2; P. O. Burton. 

BART JOHN, wine-grower and 
gardener; Sec. 7; P. O. Quincy; was born in 
Germany, Dec. IS, 1816; was married twice 
His first wife was Miss Catherine Otto, to 
whom he was married in 184G. His second, 
and present wife, was Mrs. Elizabeth Hoff- 
man (widow of Frederick Hoffman, to whom 
he was married in AVisconsin, in 1853). .She 
was born in Germany, Dec. 4, 1823. By this 
marriage there are three children: John, 
Christina, and Mary Ann. Mrs. Bart had, 
by her former marriage, four children: 
Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, and Julia. He 
came to this country, Feb. 1.5, 1849, and 
settled in Joliet, HI., where he lived two 
years; then moved to Wisconsin, and lived 
there until 1860, when he removed to Quincy. 
and landed here the same day that Jlr. 
Lincoln was elected President. He was 
elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1877. 
which office he now holds. He owns and 
occupies a beautiful suburban residence 
adjoining the city of Quincy. on which is a 
splendid vineyard, and also an abimdauceof 



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the different varieties of fruit, and very 
valuable. He is a Democrat, and one of the 
most ardent workers in the ranks, and a 
member of the Roman Catholic church. 

Baxton Wm. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Qnincy. 
Beilftein George, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Quincy. 

BEIIiSTEOf GEO. P., farmer; 
- r. 21 ; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
-lo tch was bom in Germany, Aug. 15, 180.5; 
received his education in the schools of hiSy 
native country. In his early manhood he 
traveled a great deal over Europe, Palestine 
and the Holy Land, having in the mean time 
visited Jerusalem and many other places of 
interest, and at the age of twenty-one went 
into the German army and served six years 
and seven months. In 1831 he emigrated to 
this country and settled in Carlisle, Cumber- 
land county, Pa., where he was man-led the 
same year to Miss Elizabeth Clingland, a 
native of Germany, also. After living in Car- 
lisle some twelve years, he removed to this 
county in 1843, and settled on his present 
farm. In August, 1867, his wife died, leaving 
him five children, two sons and three daugh- 
ters. He owns 189 acres of land, which will 
compare favorably with any in this town- 
ship. He is Democratic in politics, and is 
a member of the Evangelical Lutheran 
church. 

Mr. B. is now one of the large and ^^■ell 
to do farmers of the county. 
Belter G. farmer; sec S ; P. O. QaiDCy. 

BEXTOX l>AXIEL, C, horticultur- 
ist Sec. 8, Range 8; P. O. Quincy; was born 
in Mendon township, ^Nlay 34, 1844, moved to 
this township with his parents in 1853, and 
settled on the place he now owns and oc- 
cupies; was married to Miss Ellen T. 
Furness in 1864. She was born in this 
county, also. They have four children, 
three sons and one daughter. She died in 
September, 1877. His place, which contains 
over 100 acres, is known as " Fruit Hill 
Farm," and nurseries, to which he devotes 
his entire time and attention, and has 
brought it up to a state ot perfection rarely 
equaled, and not surpassed, in this county. 
The productions of this place have taken 
first premiums at the State Fair on two oc- 
c;isions, and several times at the county 
fair. He is Republican. 

Benton Mre. E. P. O. Quincy. 



Benton Mrs. S. M. : P. O. Qnincy. 
Benz Mrs. P. O. Quincy. 

BENZ JOSEPH, (deceased). The 
subject of this sketch was born in Germany, 
March 19, 1819, and received his early edu- 
cation in the schools of his native country. 
In 1847 he emigrated to this country and 
settled in Quincy, where he lived about four 
years, and moved to Melrose township. In 
the same year he came to the country he 
was married to Miss Kressensia Nodler. 
She was born in Germany, Jlay 31, 1824. 

They have had nine children, eight of 
whom are now living, three sous and five 
daughters. He died October 11, 1869, leav- 
ing a large estate ; the home place contains 
300 acres, which for fertility of soil and im- 
provement will compare with any in the 
township. He was Democratic in poli- 
tics and a member of the Roman Catholic 
church. 
Bergdorff Wm. farmer; sec. 3: P. O. Quincy. 

BERGMAXX HEXRY. farmer; 
Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Prussia, Aug. 14, 1834. 
He received his early education in the 
schools of his native country, and, at the 
age of nineteen years, emigrated to this 
country with ' his parents, and settled in 
Marion county. Mo., where he lived «bout 
one year; and, in 1846, he enlisted in the 
Mexican Volunteers, in Capt. Willock's 
company, under Col. Price, who was after- 
ward made Brigadier General, and Capt. 
Willock was made the regiment's Colonel. 
Mr. B. ser\-ed about two years, and then re- 
turned to Missouri, but, after remaining at 
home about one year, he again started off— 
this time to California, where he lived one 
year. In 1850 he moved to this county, 
where he has lived ever since. He was mar- 
ried in May, 1853, to Miss Lizzie Schneider. 
She was born in Prussia, Feb. 10, 1831, and 
came to this country in 1846. They have 
five children, four sons and one daughter. 
He owns 187 acres of land, the most of 
which is in a high stale of cultivation ; the 
home place is elegantly improved, supplied 
with fruit, splencUdly located, three miles 
south of Quincy, and very valuable. He is 
Democratic in politics, and a member of 
the Roman C'atliolic church. He has been 
school director for about twelve years, and 
has held other offices of a local nature. 



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HISTOKT OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Bernrick Anton, farmer; eec. 9; P. O Qalncy. 
BUncctt Jared. Tarmer; sec. 5; P. O. Qaincy. 
Blanchard J. C. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Quincy. 
Blckban H. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Qnincy. 
Bllckhan .Joseph, farmer; sec. l:i; P. O. Bart)0. 

BIKIIOP J.VC'OB H., fanuci and 
fruit grower; Sec. 30; P. O. Quincy; was 
born in Licking county, Oliio, Juno 7, 1835, 
and removed to this county, with his parents, 
in 1830; received his education in the 
schools of this county, and, in 18.5.>, was 
married to Miss Selina B. Reeder (daughter 
of the late Daniel Reeder, of this township). 
They have had three children, two of whom 
are still living, Charles W. and Mattie A. 
Ho owns twenty-si.x acres of land, which, 
for fertility of soil, degree of culture, and 
improvement, will compare with any in the 
county. He is Republican in politics, and a 
member of the M. E. church. He has been 
Justice of the Peace for eight years ; is at 
present school trustee, and has held other 
local offices. 
Bishop O. II. farmer: sec. 20; P. O. Qnincy. 

BINHOP SAMCEI. B., firmer; 

Sec. 19 ; P. O. Quincy ; was born in Licking 
county, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1832; came to this 
county, with his parents, in ISIM, and settled 
in Melrose township ; was educated in the 
schools of this county, and, in 1854, was 
married to Miss Malinda Hughes. She was 
born in this county, and died in ISoT. By 
this marriage lie has two children, one son 
and one daughter. He married his second, 
and present, wife in 1807. She was Miss 
Mary C. Hughes, of "Wisconsin. They have 
three children, two sons and one daughter. 
He owns 119 acres of land, which, for soil 
and improvement, will compare favorably 
with any in the township. He is Inde- 
pendent in politics, and one of the most 
energetic and industrious of the county's 
citizens. 

BLASI9b« Bt^KXABD, farmer; 
Sec. 12; P. O. Quincy; was born in Ger- 
many, Feb. 1-4, 1828; came to this country, 
with his parents, in 184-5, and setted in this 
county; was married to ^liss J[ary G. 
Kroner in 1854. She was- born in Germany, 
Jan. 11, 1837. They htive ten children, five 
sons and five daughters. He owns fifty, 
three acres of land, in a high state of cul- 
tivation, well improved, abundantly sup- 
plied with fruit, and very valuable. He is 



Democratic in politics, and a member of the 
Roman Catholic church. Ho has been a 
valued citizen of the township ever since his 
settlement in it; is energetic and enterpris- 
ing, and one of those to whom the county 
looks for a continuance of. its present pros- 
peiity. 

BOCK DANIEL, fanner; Sec. 33; 
P. O. Quincy; was born in Gerraanj', Feb. 
2,1828; was educated in the schools of his 
native country, and. in 1854, emigrated to 
this countr3', and settled in Melrose town- 
ship; was married Feb. 7, 18.58, to Miss 
Fredrika Gasscr. She was born in Ger- 
many, March 14, 1838. They have eight 
children, five sons and three daughters. He 
owns 100 acres of land, in a high state of 
cultivation, elegantly improved, abundantly 
supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He 
is Democratic in politics, and a member of 
the German Lutheran church, of Fall Creek 
township. Mr. Bock is one of the most 
energetic and industrious citizens of the 
township, and is, to-thy, numbered among 
the large and well-to-tlo farmers, notwith- 
standing he began life poor. 

BOEHL JOHX M., farmer; Sec. 
24; p. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Prussia, Nov. 14, 1835. 
At the age of eight 3-ears he, with his parents, 
emigrated to this country, and settled in this 
county, where he received his early educa- 
tion, and in 185C was married to Miss AVil- 
hemina Wagner. She was born in Prussia, 
and died in 1860. By this marriage he h:is 
four children, three sons and one daughter. 
In 1807 he was married to his second, and 
present wife, who was Jliss Eva Becker. 
She was born in Prussia, Sept. 3, 1843. By 
this marriage there are four children, two 
sons and two daughters. He owns si.xiy- 
three acres of land, in a high state of culti' 
vation, well improved, supplied with fruit, 
and very valuable. He is Republican in 
politics, and a member of the Evangelical 
Lutheran churcli. 

Boebl Michael, farmer; eec. 13; P. O. Qnincy. 
Bollman H. farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Qnincy. 
Borman John, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Quincy. 

BBANDK$« CHRISTI.4.N, gar- 
dener; Sec. 7; P. O. Quincy; was bom in 
Hanover, Germany, Aug. 3, 1823, and educa- 
ted in the schools of his native country. In 



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1843 he emigrated to this country, stayed a 
few days in St. Louis, Mo., where he was 
married to Miss Martha E. Flaekamp, a 
native of Germany, born Oct. 9, 1823, and 
came to this country in the same party as 
her husband. They then started up the Illi- 
nois River and settled in Green county, 111., 
where they lived about one year, and removed 
til this county in the spring of 1847. They 
have had nine children, four of whom are 
nnw living; three sons, and one daughter 
( 11' iw the wife of Albert Gedo Jansen). He 
owns twenty-four acres of laud adjoining the 
city of Quincy, the productions of which 
rank among the finest that come to market- 
He is Democratic in politics, and a member 
of the German Evangelical Lutheran church, 
and one of the most prosperous citizens of 
the township. 

Bride H. farmer: sec. lb; P. O. Qaincy. 
Brink Henry, farmer; sec. 13: P. O. Quincy. 
Brinkman A. B. farmer: eec. 9; P. O. Qaincy. 
Brlnkman B. farmer; eec. 4; P, O. Quiocy. 
Brocksmith A. farmer; eec. il ; P. O. Qiiincy. 
Brocksmith J- farmer; eec. 17; P. O. Qiiincy. 
Brockemith S. farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Qnincy. 
Broderick A. farmer; eec. 16; P. O. Quincy. 
Backin^bam G. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Bnrton. 

R1JRGDORFF CHARLIES H., 

market gardener; Sec. .5; P. O. Quincy; was 
born in Germany, June 15, 1836; came to 
this countrj' in 18.54 and settled in this 
county; was married to Miss Fredrika 
Tresse, June 4, 186.5. She was born in Ger- 
many, Oct. 2, 1844. They have ten children, 
two sons and eight daughters. He owns six 
and three-quarters acres of land, in a high 
state of cultivation, elegantly improved, 
worth probably $3,000. He is Democratic 
in politics. He enlisted in Co. A. of the 
Lewis Co. Mo. Militia, and served about 
eighteen months during the late war. He is 
one of the most energetic citizens of the 
township, and devotes his entire time and 
;Utention to his splendid vegetable g:irden, 
which can not be .surpa.ssed in this locality 
for the quality and quantity nf its produc- 
tions. 

Bnrgdorff Jas. farmer; sect*; P. O. Qaincy. 

Bnrgdorff .Jane, P. O. Qaincy 

Burgdorff \V farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Qniucy. 

Burman Maggie, P- O. Qair-cy. 

Burns Aognet, farmer; eec, 1-*; P. O. Quincy. 

rurroiic;h»$ r e n j a 3I i n, 

farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 0; P. 0. Quin- 



cy. The subject of this sketch was born in 
Clermont count}-, Oliio, Sept. 14, 1833; re- 
ceived his early education in the schools of 
his native county. He was married to Miss 
Elizabeth J. Boone in 1862. She was born 
in Pennsylvania, and died in 1869, leaving 
four children, all daughters. He came to 
Adams county in 1863. In 1872 he was mar- 
ried to his second and present wife, who was 
Miss Harriet J. Randall, a native of southern 
Indiana, born Dec. 29, 1849. By this mar- 
riage there are four children, one son and 
three daughters. He owns seventy-five acres 
of land, which, for fertility of soil, and ele- 
gance of improvement, will compare favora- 
bly w-ith any in the county. He is Republi- 
can in politics, and a member of the Presliy- 
terian church. He is one of the most 
energetic and industrious of the enterprising 
citizens of the county. 



CHASE MARCELiIiUS I,., 

fruit grower and farmer; See. 20; P.O. 
Quincy; was born in Ellington township, 
JIarch 27.1837; received his education at 
JIcKendree College, Lebanon, 111. ; was m;ir- 
ried, in 1860, to Miss Adelia S. Horner, 
daughter of Nathan Horner, of Leljanon, 
111. By this marriage he had seven children, 
three of whom are still living, all boys. She 
died in Jackson county. 111., April 14, 1870. 
His second, and present, wife was Miss Eliza 
J. Reeder, d;uighter of Daniel Reeder, late 
of this township, to whom he was married, 
April 3, 1876. He owns sixty acres of land, 
which, for fertility of soil, advancement of 
culture and improvement, is not excelled in 
this county. He is Republican in politics, 
and a member of the it. E. church. He is 
at present School Director, which office he 
has held for the past two years ; has also 
held other local offices. 
Childers Mary, P. O. Burton. 
Childere Joseph, farmer; sec. 1-; P. O. Burton. 
Cobb Mrs. P. P O. Quincy. 
Coe Ira K. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Qaincy. 
Cramer C. farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Bnrton. 
Croeon A. farmer; eec. 32; P. O. Qa ncy. 



Deakin .\lb.rt, farmer; sec. 11 ; P. O. Quincy. 
Delim .Jacob, farmer; sec. 11 ; P. O. Qaincy. 
Deitrich Jacob, farmer; eec. 11 ; P. O. Qaincy. 
Demaree Mrs. L. P. O. Qaincy. 



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Dlckhat G. K. farmet; fee. 17; P. O. Qulncy 
Dldmcier c. farmer; eec. 15; P. O. Quincy 
Darand Krauk, farmer; sec. 21; H. o. Quincy 
Dyer Chas. H. farmer; sec. ■,':; P. o. Quincy. 
Dyer E. B. farmtr; sec. 39; P. Q. QqIdct 
Dyer Henry, farmer; eec. 20; P. o Qolncy 



Kbert-racob. farmer; sec. 11; P. o. Quincy. 
Eean .las. farmer; sec. 10; p. o. Quincy. 
Ehe Uilllam, farmer; sec. 21; p. o. Quincy 
EmoryKmilyA. P. O. Quincy. 
Emery Jane, P. O. Quincy. 
Emery J. p farmer; sec. 10; P. Q. Quincy. 
Emery Jas. L. farmer; sec. 10; P. o. Quincy. 
Erliard G. farmer; eec. 2; P. O. Quincy. 
Erke William, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Quincy. 

KRKST CHRI»!iTI.\I¥, wine- 
gron-iT ;uui propriitor of tlir William Tell 
salo.m; Sec. 7, Range 8; P. O. Quincy; was 
born in Baden, Germany, Sept. .5, 1828 ; em- 
igrated to this country in 1854, and settled 
in Quincy; was married. Doc. 9, 1854, to 
Mi,s Maria M. Gasser. She was born' in 
the same place as her husband, and died 
Feb. 28, 1857. By this marriage \n- had two 
children, one of whom is now living: Lud- 
wig C. His second, and present, wife was 
Miss Christina Fees, to wliom he was mar- 
ried in 1857. They have five children, two 
sons and three daughters. He is proprietor 
of the William Ttll saloon, between 5th and 
6th, on Hampshire street, Quincv, and lives 
on his beautiful suburban place, on which 
lie lias expended much time and money to 
bring it up to the high standard of perfection 
to which it has attained, lie has about 
three and a half acres of vineyard which 
will compare favorably with any in the 
county. He is a Democrat, and one of the 
mo.st valued citizens of Quincy and Melrose 
township. 
Ewald M. farmer; sec, 35; 1', O. Paysofl. 



Feil Georee, farmer; sec, 1; P, o, Quincy. 

FELT JKKEniAII A., farmer; 
Sec. 18; P.O. Quincy; wa.s l.orn in A'ew 
Ipswich, N. II., May 2, 1817; moved to this 
county in June, 1830, with his parents; was 
married to Miss Adriana II. Leach, Dec. .5, 
18:i!) (a daughter of Mathias Leach, of Bos- 
ton, Mass,). She was born Dec. 8, 1819. 
They have had eleven children, eight of 
whom are now living, four .sons and four 
daughters. He owns eighty acres of laud. 



which, for location and improvement, will 
compare with any in the county. He is Re- 
publican in politics; has been School Direc- 
tor .md Trustee for about thirty years; ha* 
also been Commissioner of Highways. ' 

His father, Peter Felt, was born in Xew 
Hamipshiie, Dec. 1, 17>:<4, and died .July 31, 
1806, in this county. The family rank to-day 
among the earliest of the early citizens of 
the coimt}'. 

Plechs W. farmer; sec. 5; P. o. Quincy. 
Pinke Chas. farmer; eec. 36; P. O. MlUville. 
, Fischer Henry, farmer; eec. 9; P. O, Quincy. 
Fischer Herman, farmer: sec. 10: P, O. Quincy. 
Fischer Wm. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Quincy. 

POKGY H.\KDI\ W.. farmer and 
teacher; Sec. .35; P. O. Payson; father and 
mother living: attended the common dis- 
trict school until 1873, then commenced a 
practical course of study at Barry, Pike 
county; since completing his studies has 
been engaged in teaching school and farm- 
ing— f;irming in summer and teaching in 
the winter; married to Letitia Hoskins in 
1874. She was born in 1855; has two chil- 
dren: Elizabeth Mertie, born in 1875; Irena, 
borji in 1878. Mr. Forgy also teaches sing-' 
ing-school in his section of the county. He 
and Mrs. Forgy are members of the" M. E, 
church, and politically he is a Republican. 
Frederick L. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Quincy. 
Freiling Henry, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Quincy. 
Freilding Henry, farmer; sec. Hi; p. o, Quincy. 
Fromme George, farmer; sec. 31; p, 0, Quincy. 

G 

Cianse Arnold, farmer: sec. 12; P, O, Quincy, 

C;iBBIS HEXHY B.(decea.sed): w.is 
born ill Androscoggin county, Maine, Nov, 
18, 1813; came to this county in 1838, and 
was a citizen of it up to the time of his 
death, which occurred Sept. 17, 1878, in his 
65th year. He was first married in Quincy 
to Miss Abby A. Greene ; by this marriage 
there is one child, Martha Ann (now the 
wife of D. W. AVestgate). His second wife is 
still living. She was Miss Mary Ann Par- 
sons, daughter of Mathias Parsons, of Foun- 
tain county. Ind., to whom he was married 
in Quincy in .\ugust, 1*52. The fruit of this 
marriage is one child, Wm. H., born May 3 
1853. ' 

GEISEL HEXKY, farmer; Sec, 
12; P. O. Burton; was born in Hessen, Ger- 



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many, Sept. 20, 1830 ; was educated in the 
schools of his native country, and in 1842 
emigrated to this country and settled in this 
county; was married in 1846 to Miss Mary 
Eisel. She was born in Saxony, March 14, 
1834. They have had ten children, seven of 
whom arc now living — three sons and four 
daughters. He owns 233 acres of land, in a 
high st^ite of cultivation, elegantly improved, 
abundantly supplied with fruit, and very 
valuable. He is a Kepublican in politics, 
and member of the German Lutheran 
church. He is one of the old and energetic 
citizens who have labored so hard for the 
township's advancement, and one of those to 
whom it owes its present prosperous and 
flourishing condition. 

GiddingB Fred, farmer ; sec. T ; P. O. Qaincy. 
Grieebaum M. farmer; see. 30; P. U. Quincy. 
Gilmer Geo. A. farmer; see. ti; P. 0. (Jaincy. 
Grimmer 31. farmer; eec. 20; P. O. Qaincy. 
Grimmer Saml. farmer; eec. 11; P. O. Qaincy. 

GBUETTER GEORGE, farmer; 
Sec. 4; P. O. Quincj'; was boru in Cxermany, 
Oct. 20, 1826; came to this country in 1844, 
and settled in Baltimore, Md., where he 
lived three years, and removed to Cincinnati, 
Ohio, for ten months; then to St. Louis, 
Mo., where he was married, in 1851, to Miss 
Louisa Tribbe, a native of Germany. They 
have five children, three sons and two 
daughters. In 1860 he removed to this 
county, and settled on the farm on which lie 
now resides, which contains about sixty-six 
acres in a high state ot cultivation, well im- 
proved, and supplied with fruit, and very 
valuable. He is a Republican in politics, 
and a member of the German M. E. church. 
He has held the office of School Director 
eleven j'ears, and is a man possessing great 
energy, and among the most enterprising 
citizens of Melrose township. 

H 

HAXH.8 JOSEPH, farmer; Sec. 17 ; 
P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch 
was born in Crawford county, Ind., May 14, 
1825. His parents moved the same year ,to 
Sangamon county. 111., where they lived 
three j'cars, and in thi; fall of 1828 removed 
to this county, and settled in Melrose town- 
ship; was educated in the schools of this 
county, and on the 14th of May, 1851. was 
married to Miss Martha Hartholamew, a 



native of Indiana. They have had ten chil- 
dren, nine of whom are now living — seven 
sons and two daughters. He owns sixty 
acres of land, which, for fertilitj' of soil and 
improvement, will compare favorably with 
any in the coimty. He is a Democrat in 
politics, and a member of the M. E. church. 
He is at present Commissioner of Highways ; 
has been Constable for eight years, and held 
other offices of trust and importance. 

HASTINGS AXDKEW S., 

farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy. The sub- 
ject of this sketch was born on his present 
farm, Oct, 13, 1849, and received his educa- 
tion in the schools of the count}' ; was mar- 
ried, Sept. 10, 1874, to Miss Edith A. Reeder, 
daughter of John Reeder, of this township. 
She was born March 19, 1853. They have 
two children: Curtiss Reeder and Andrew 
Leroy. He owns fortj^ acres of land which, 
for fertility of soil and improvement, will 
compare with any in the township. He has 
been Clerk of the township for four years. 
He is a Democrat, and a member of the M. 
E. church, and is one of the young, energetic 
and industrious sons of the county to whom 
it looks for a continuance of its present 
prosperous and flourishing condition. 

HASTINGS SAMUEL. R., 

farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Quincy. The subject 
of this sketch was bom in Sussex county, 
Del., Oct. 2,--1820, and at the age of six years 
he, with his parents, moved to* Somerset 
county, Md., and received his education in 
the schools of that county. In jSTovember, 
1835, he removed to this county; was 
married, Feb. 2, 1843, to Miss Martha Ann 
Anderson, a native of Montgomeiy county, 
Ky. She was born Oct. 20, 1810, aiid settled 
in this county in 1829. Her father, John 
Anderson, born Jan. 13, i794, is still living, 
and enjoying good health for one of his 
advanced years. Have had seven children, 
five of whom are still living, four sons ami 
one daughter. He owns 200 acres of land 
which, for fertility of soil and improvement, 
will compare favorably with an}' in the 
county. He is Democratic in politics, and 
has been Township Commissioner for seven 
years. 

HECKLE JOSEPH, farmer ami 
fruit grower ; Sec. 13, Range 9 ; P. O. Quini^y. 
The subject of this sketch was born in 



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HISiOKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Baden, Germany, Feb. 8. 1837 ; was educated 
ill the schools of his native countrj-, and in 
1851 emi^M-ated to this country and settled in 
Detroit, Mich., where he remained three 
years, and moved to Scott county, Iowa; 
and after living there until the fall" of 1858, 
he removed to this county. lu 1800 he was 
married to iliss ^Vnna JI. Mast, daughter of 
Casper Mast. She was born Aug. 4, 1843. 
They have seven chililren, .dl daughters. 
He owns about sixty-si.\- acres of land, wliich 
will compare favorably witli any in the 
township, and on whicli there is an abyn. 
dance of the different varieties of fruit. He 
IS a Democrat and a member of the Roman 
Catholic church ; is at present Commissioner 
of Highways in this township, and has been 
School Trustee for about five years. 
Ileckenkamp T. W. farmer; eec. Ifi; P. O. Qaincy. 
nein Adam, farmer; eec. 24; P. O. Quincy. 
Helmbolt L. farmer; sec. I; P. 0. Burton, 
HeLcc Fraok. farmer; sec. 12; P. 0. ntinoD. 
Herald Geo. farmer; fee. 21 ; P. O. Quincy. 
Herleman L. larmcr; sec. 2S; P. O. (iuincy. 

HERI.E:UAXX Wn. X.. tanner; 
Sec. U; P. O. C^uiucy. Tlie subject of this 
sketch was Iwrn on the jilace he now resides 
on, June 2, 1852; was educated in the schools 
of this county, and graduated at tlie college 
at Warrenton, ilo. On the 20th of October, 
1875, he was married to Miss Emma C. 
Dickhut, daughter of C. C. Dickhut, of 
(iuincy. She was born July 5, 1855. They 
have two^ children: Katie Alice, born Nov. 
20, 1876; the baby, born Aug. 20, 1878. He 
owns 360 acres of land which, for fertility of 
soil and improvement, will compare favor, 
ably with any in the township. He is Re- 
IHiblican in politics. His father, Nicholas 
llerlemajin, was among tlie earliest settlers 
of the township, and is one of the large and 
well-to-do farmers of ilelrose township. 
Herr D. B. firmer; eec. 3; P. O. Quincy. 
liibner David, farmer; eec. 35; P. O. Quincy. 
Iiieblng Henry, farmer; sec. 15; P. 0. Quincy. 

HOFFllEIJSTER HENRY, gar- 
deuer and IVuitgrower; Sec. 0, Hange 8; 
P. O. Quincy; was born in Germany, May 
8, 1834; came to this country in 1850 and 
settled iu Xew York, and moved to this 
county in 1860; was married to Mi'-s Dena 
Jlyer in 1862. She was born in (iermany, 
also. They have si.\ children, one sou and 
five daughters. He owns twenty-four acres of 
land, in a hich state of cultivation, well 



improved, abundantly supplied wiili fruii, 
and worth proliably *200 per acre. He is a 
Democrat, and a member of the German 
Lutheran church. He is one of the energetir 
and industrious citizens of this township tc 
whom it owes its present prosperity. 
Hokamp Henry, farmer; eec. 10; P. O. Qnincy. 
Ho.lander A. farmer; eec. 11 ; P. O. Quincy. 
HolyokcM. B. farmer; eec. C; P. O. Quincy. 
Howe David, farmer; eec. ai; P. O. Qnincy. 
Huber Adam, larmer; sec. ii; P. O. Quincy. 
Hnber L. farmer; »• c. 31; P. O. Quincy. 
Hughes Miee .\. P. O. Quincy. 
Hnehc! Geo. farmer; fee. 19: P. O. Qnincy. 
Humphrey A. A. f.rmcr; eec. JO: P. O. Quincy. 

HU.TIPHREV EDW.4RD F., 

farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Quincy; was bom in 
Simsburg, Conn., Nov. 25, 1823; was educa- 
ted in the schools of his native town, and 
moved to this county with his father, Ale.ic- 
ander Humphrey, iu 1840, and settled (m the 
place he and his brother now own and oc- 
cupj', which for fertility of soil and improve- 
ment, will compare favoral)ly with any in 
the county. In the winter of his 19th j-ear 
he taught school, and contiliued to teach for 
about ten years. He taught in the schools 
of Quincy forsi.x years, two years of which 
time he was principal of the liigh school. 
He was married to Miss Mary Ann Keycs, 
daughter of Willard Keyes, of Quincy, in 
laiO, who died April 20, 1853. On the 18th 
of Deceiuljer, 1861, he was married to his 
present wife, Jlrs. M. E. Carey (widow of 
Thos. DeWitt Carey, of Hancock county). 
She was born, Sept. 0, 1833, and came to this 
State in 1858. They have had three children, 
two of wliom are .still living: M. Louis.a, 
and Edward D. After quitting teacliing Mr. 
H. turned his attention to the lumber busi- 
ness, taking charge of the mills situated in 
Hamilton, Hancock count}-. After the death 
of his father, which occurred Jlaj' 1, 1865, he 
moved to the old homestead and began farm- 
ing with his brother. While residing at 
Hamilton he was Mayor of the city for five 
years. In the Spring of 1878 he was elected 
Supervisor of Melrose township, whicli ntlice 
he now liidds. He is a Hepublican in politics, 
and lie ;ind his wife are Ivotli members of the 
M. E. church. He has been Sabbath-school 
superintendent for the past twenty-five years. 

IILXX.4KKR ALEX.\>I>ER, 

mercliant and miller; Sec. 11 ; P. O. Burton. 
The suliject of this sketcli was born in Ken- 



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tucky, Oct. 16, 1824, and, with bis parents, 
moved to this count)' in the fall of 1839, and 
settled in Libertj- township ; was educated in 
the schools of this county-, and in 1840 was 
married to Miss Mary L. Freeman, a native 
of New York. They have had eleven chil- 
dren, ten of whom are still living, one son 
and nine daughters. At the age of si.xteeu he 
bt-san learning the blacksmiths' trade at 
Liberty, and worked at it up to 1864, when, 
owing to impaired health, he was forced to 
abandon his trade, since which time he has 
been engaged in general mercantile and mill- 
ing business, at what is known as Havauah 
Mills, in Melrose township. His father, 
John Hunsaker, born Dec. 17, 1794, is still 
living, and a citizen of Burton township, en- 
joying excellent health for one of his ad- 
vanced years. The subject of this sketch is 
Democratic in politics, has been township 
collector for two terms in Melrose, and one 
term in Burton, and has been school direc- 
tor for twelve years. He owns eighty acres 
of land which, for location, fertility of soil, 
and improvement, will compare with any in 
the county. 

Httfeman P. farmer; sec S; P. O. Qiiincy. 
Hanter J. farmer; eec. 8; P. O. Qnincy. 



Janning Job. farmer; eec. 11; P. 0. Qnincy. 
Jansen Albert, P. O. Qnincy. 

JOHXSTOX FREDERICK G., 

farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Quincy. The subject 
of this sketch was born in Lancaster Co., 
Penn., April 5, 181.5. In 1837 he moved to 
this county and settled in Quinc}-, and in 
1845 was married to Miss Sally Ann Alexan- 
der, daughter of Samuel Alexander, born in 
Lexington, Ind., Jan. 16, 1818, and came to 
this county with her parents, Sept. 1, 1833. 
They have two children : Jacob Perry, born 
June 28, 1847, and Frederick Geo., born Aug. 
23, 1857. He owns 127 acres of land which, 
for location, soil, and improvement, will 
compare favorably with any in the county. 
He is Democratic in politics; has been 
Treasurer of the county, and held other offices 
of trust and importance, and is one of the old, 
energetic, and industrious citizens, whohiive 
been so conducive to the county's prosperity, 
.io-lyn H. R. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Quincy. 



K 

Kamphouei.' J. larmer; sec. Sb; P. O. Quincy. 
Kane John, farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Burton. 
Kapp .lacoli, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Quincy. 
KapprerChrietian, farmer; eec. 30; P. O. Quincy. 
Karch Jacob, farmer; eec. 20; P. O. (Qnincy. 
Karner Adolph, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Qnincy. 
Keller ilathew, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Quincy. 

KENNEDY JAMES W., farmer 
and fruit gi'ower; Sec. 0, Range 8; P. O. 
Quincy ; was born in the County Antrim, Ire- 
land, June 13, 1833 ; came to this country m 
June, 1848, and to this county, Feb. 17, 1853 ; 
was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Rankin in 
1855. She was born in Dubois Co., Ind., 
Nov. 21, 1838, but has lived in Quincy for the 
last thirty-four j-ears. They have six children, 
four sons and two daughters. He owns forty 
acres of land in a high state of cultivation, 
elegantly improved, abundantly supplied 
with fruit, and worth, probably, $200 per 
acre. Republican in politics, and one of the 
enterprising and energetic citizens to whom 
the township is indebted for its present, and 
looks for its future, prosperity. He is at 
present School Director, and has held the 
office for the past seven years. 

KIEITI VAIiENTIlT, farmer; Sec. 
9; P. O. Quincy; was born in Germany. 
March G, 1828 ; was educated in the schools 
of his native country, and in 1847, emigrated 
to this cotintry, and settled on his present 
farm in Melrose to.wnship. On the 23d of 
February, 1851, he was married to Miss 
Mary Ulrich, a native of the same place as 
her husband, and born Oct. 6, 1833. They 
have h;id five children, four of whom are 
now living, three sons and one daughter. . 
He owns 160 acres of land, which, for 
fertility of soil and improvement, will com- 
pare favorably with any in the township. 
He is Democratic in politics, and a mem- 
ber of the Evangelical Lutheran church of 
Quincy, and is one of the old energetic and 
industrious citizens to whom the county 
looks for a continuance of its present pros- 
perity. 

King Nichola", farmer; eec. 27; P. O. Qnincy. 
Kirmeier Fred, farmer; sec. 10;.P. O. Quincy. 
Kirk Fritz, farmer; sec. 23; P.O. Quincy. 
Klanonberg Wm. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Quincy. 
Kliaechmidt C. farmer; sec. 1: P. O. Burton. 
Klingel L. H. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Quincy. 
Klingel L. G. farmer; eec. 13; P. O. Quincy. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COVNTY. 



KI.1 SM EVER JOHN F., farmer : 
Sec. 7 : P. O. Quinoy ; was horn in WcsU 
plialia, Prussia, July 15, 1821; came to this 
country in 1851, and settled on the place he 
now owns; was married to Miss ReikeMena 
Holtl%amper, in 1856. She was horn in the 
same place Feb. 2, 1823. They have two 
children : William, born Jan. 17, 1857, and 
Amelia, born Feb. 6, 1866. He owns sixty 
acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, 
abundantly supplied with fruit, and very 
v.iluahle. He is Republican in politics,,and 
a member of the German Lutheran Church, 
corner of 8th and Washinfrton streets, 
Quincy. He ha,s always been one of the 
most energetic and industrious citizens of 
the township, and highly respected in the 
community in which he resides. 
Koch C. G. farmer; sec. 2; P. O. CJnlncy. 
Koch licnry, farmpr; P. O. Qninoy. 

KOHL L.EO\AKD. farmer; Sec. 
• !l; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Germany, in November, 
1820; was educated in the schools of his 
native country, and at the age of 27 years, 
emigrated to this country, and settled in 
Adams county. In 1801, he was married to 
Miss Mary Kline. She was born in Ger- 
many, also, July 25, 1814, and came to this 
( ountry ii} 1833. They have two children: 
Philip, born Feb. 16, 1855, and Leonard, 
bom Oct. 30, 1856. He owns 160 acres of 
land, which, for fertility of soil and im- 
provement, will compare with any in the 
township. He is Democratic in politics, 
find a member of the Roman Catholic 
church; and his wife and sons are members 
of the German Lutheran church. He is 
now one of the well-to-do farmers of the 
township. 
Kramer C. farmer; seclH; P. o. Quincy. 

KROXEK GEKHAKD. gardener; 
Sec. 11; P.O. Quincy; was born in Han- 
over, Germanj', JIarch 9, 1816; emigrated to 
this country in 1840, and settled in this 
county. In 1841, he was married to Miss 
Marj' Starman. By this marriage he has 
had three children, two of whom are now 
living, one son and one daughter. She died, 
in 1851. In 1853 he was married to his 
second, and present, wife, wlio was Miss 
Mary Iloeddinghaus. She was born in 
Germany, June 5, 1884. They have had 
thirteen children, only three of whom are 



now living, one son and two daughtc'J'^f . 
owns sixty acres of land, in a high stateol* 
cultivation, well improved, supplied wiih 
fruit, and valuable. He is Democratic in 
politics, and a memlier of the Roman Cath- 
olic church. He is one of the energetic arl 
enterprising citizens of the township, wLo 
have been so conducive to its welfare. 

KROliER JOHX H., farmer ai,I 
fruit-grower; Sec. 13; P. O. Quincy; ^' 
born in this township. May 10,1847; 
educated in the schools of the county; 
on the 28th of January, 1869, wasmarri(< 
Miss Sarah J. Felt. She was born on ' 
place they now reside on, July 7, 1849. Tin . 
have four children, two sons and two dan. i 
ters: Albert T., born Jan. 7, 1871 ; John - 
born Feb. 7, 1873 : Marj' A., born Aul' 
1875, and Cora J., born Nov. 11, 1877. 
owns thirty acres of land, which, for ferti 
of soil and improvement, will com] 
favoriibly with any in the township. lb 
Democratic in politics, and a member ol 
Roman Catholic church. 



Lake HermaD, farmer; pec. 3: I*. O. Qnincy. 
Lake Joseph, farmer; sec. '20; P. O. Quincy. 
Lamber .Joseph, farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Quincy. 
Lajman J. P. farmer: sec. 5; P. O. Qnincy. 
Lee Annies. P. O. Quincy. 
Lentz Nicholas, farmer; sec. 2B; P. O. Quincy. 
Lepper Frederick, farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Qnino' 
Linnemanii J. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Ouincy. 

L.OOS GEORGE F., farmer; > 
34 ; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this ski 
was born on the section adjoining the on 
which he now resides, Aug. 10, 1848; " 
educated in the schools of this county, .i;., 
on Nov. 16, 1869, was married to Miss Ercli i 
Louisa Ileidenrich, (daughter of Henry H 
denrich,) of Quincy. She was born Fi i 
1851. They have three children: Willi; 
Charles and Frank. He owns 103 acri ■ 
land in a high state of cultivation, well 
proved and supplied with fruit and very 
uable. lie is a Democrat in politics ni 
memlxT of the German Lutheran chui 
He is at present School Director, which m' 
he has held for the past six years, and is i 
of the enterprising and well-to-do farmers oi 
the township. 

L.OOS M'lLLIAM, farmer; Sec. 33; 
P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch 



MELROSE DIRECTORY. 



781 



was born on the farm he now owns and oc- 
, cupies, Oct. 35, 1852. He received his edu- 
. cation in the schools of this county, and also 
of La Grange, Mo. He is the third son of 
, Michael Loos, one of the early settlers of the 
township. He assisted his father in his 
farming operations up to the time of his 
death, which occurred in March, 1872. Mr. 
I Loos owns 118 acres of land, which for fer- 
' tilify of soil .and improvement, will compare 
favorably with any in the township. He is 
' Democratic in politics and a member of the 
] German Evangelical Lutheran church. He 
Lis Constable of the township, which office he 
has held for the past two years, and is one 
of the young, energetic and industrious citi- 
zens of the county, to whom it looks for a 
'continuance of its present prosperity. 
^Lnbbe C. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Quincy. 

M 

'UcCormick J. F. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Qnincy. 

McDonald H. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Qnincy. 

Mclntyre C. E. farmer: sec. 5; P. O. Quincy. 
[Mclntyre Mrs. M. P. O. Qnincy. 

McIJfTYRE RORERT (deceased). 
•The subject of this sketch was born in Don- 
legal, Ireland,' April 12, 1814; emigrated to 
this country in 1837, and settled in Mauch 
Chunk, Pa., where he lived two years and 
then moved to Lehigh county, and contracted 
(to raise iron ore for the Crane Iron Company, 
in which business he continued for a num- 
|ber of years. He was married to Miss Maria 
;nbody, a native of Mauch Chunk, in 1844, 
?ho, with seven children, survives her hus- 
land. From 1841 until 1858 he was em- 
iloyed at the Catasaqua Furnaces, and also 
^n the Lehigh Valley R. R., Doylestown 
Branch of the N. P. R. R., and others. In 
J1858 he was awarded the contract for build- 
pg the "Cabin John" bridge, at Wasbing- 
;on, D. C, and was engaged for eight years 
n the completion of this prodigious under- 
aking. In 1864 he moved to Quincy, 
where he resided up to the time of his death, 
Avhich occurred, March 12, 1876. Before his 
pi-moval to this county he made large pur- 
jeliases of real estate in the immediate vicin- 
'ity of the city, which became very valuable. 
'He was a man of remarkably cheerful dis- 
position, and his courtesy and aflability were 
(the sunshine of many social gatherings. He 
igave his personal supervision to his farming 



here, and which, while it occupied all his 
time, gave him pleasant emploj-ment. He 
was at his own request, hurried with Masonic 
honors, having been a member of the Order 
for a long time. As a public spirited man 
he was always ready to do anything or assist 
any enterprise, if deserving, by contributions 
of time and money. No hand outstretched 
to him for needed aid was ever turned away 
empty. 

Mass G. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Qnincy. 
Magane J. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Qnincy. 
Manigold H. farmer; S3C. 27; P.O. Quincy. 
Manigold M. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Qnincy. 
Manigold W. farmer; sec. 2i; P.O. Qnincy. 
Marker Jolin, farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Qnincy. 
Marks L. P. 0. Quincy. 
Mast August, farmer ; sec. 37; P. O. Quincy. 

MAST CHRISTIAIS F. farmer; 
Sec. 18; P. O. Quincy. The subject of 
this sketch was born in this township, 
.Tan. 15, 1850 ; was educated in the schools of 
the county, and in Feb. 1870, was married to 
Miss Mary E. Freese, (daughter of Wm.- 
Freese,) of Quincy, born Aug. 1, 1850. They 
have had four children, two of whom are 
now living: Joseph C. W. and Benjamin C. 
He owns thirty-nine acres of land in a high 
state of cultivation, He is Democratic in 
politics and a member of the Roman Catho- 
lic church. He is clerk of Melrose township, 
which oflice he has held for the past two 
years. He is one of the energetic and indus- 
trious sons of the county, to whom she looks 
for a continuance of its present prosperity. 
Mast J. B. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Qnincy. 
Meacliam Samuel, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Burton. 
Merer .\ugu6t, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Quincy. 
Merer Fred, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Qnincy. 
•Meister Chas. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Quincy. 
Melvering B.Jfarmer; sec. 18; P. O. Qnincy. 

MERKER 5ri€HOIiAS, farmer; 
Sec. 30; P. O. Quinc}'; was born in this 
township, on his present farm, March 27, 
1842. He received his education in the 
schools of the county, and in 1865 was mar- 
ried to Miss Elizabeth Voth, a native of 
Germany. They have two children : Casper 
Geo. F. and Marj'. He owns about 130 acres 
of land, which, for soil and improvement, 
will compare with any in the township. He 
is Republican in politics, and a member of 
the German Lutheran church. He has been 
School Director for nine years, and is now 
one of the large and well-to-do farmers of 
the county, and one of those to whom it 



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looks for a conliouancc of its iiroscnt pros- 

licrit^'. His father, George Mcrlccr, came to 

the county, from Germany, in a very early 

thiy, and settled the farm on which Nicholas 

uowliTes. 

Miller Samut'l, farmer; eec. T; P. O. (^iiincy. 

MOXTAG GEORGE C, larmer; 
Sec. 25; P. O. Quincy; was born in the vil- 
lage of Ilosmer, Prussia, Dec. 29, 182.1 ; was 
educated in the schoolsof his nativecountry, 
and on the 31st day of October, 1851, emi- 
grated to this country, and settled in this # 
county. On August 20, 18(12, he enlisted in 
Co. H, 2d Hegt. 111. Art., and served three 
years. In 186(1 he was married to Miss Bar- 
bara Ertal. She was born and raised in 
Havana. They have six children, three sous 
and three daughters. lie owns seventy acres 
of land in a high state of cultivation, well 
imjiroved and supplied with fruit, and very 
valuable. He is a Democrat in politics, and 
a member of the German Lutheran church. 
He is, at present, Township Assessor, which 
otHce he has held for four years ; has been 
Collector of the towiishiji for two years. He 
is also member of the Democratic Central 
<"ommittee. 

MontiR Henry, farmer; eec. 25; IV O. Qoincy. 
Moore George C. farmer; eec. «; P. (J. Qnlncy. 



N 



Nelson Mrs. A P. O. Quincy. 

Newman George, farmer; see. 31 ; P. o. Quincy 

Nlekamp Fred, faimer; eec. 3.'; P. O. Quincy. 



OCTenbeiger L. farmer; eec. 35; P; O. Payson. 
Umlnert Casper, farmer: sec. :.': P. O. Quincy. 
OXeal W. farmer: sec. 17: P. O Quincy. 
Oehom C. C. farmer; eec. 4; P.O. Qalncy. 



PAPE FREDERICK, miller; 
See. 28: P.O. Quincy; was born in Han- 
over, Prussia, Aug. 2-i, 1S20; was educated in 
the schools of his uativecountrj-. At the age 
of sixleeu began the milling business. In 
1847 he emigrated to this country, and, sifter 
working in some of the mills of Quincy, 111., 
Dubuque, Iowa, and other places, for about 
two years, he settled in Payson, this county, 
and bought what is known as the Payson 
Windmill. In 1851 he was married to Miss 



Margaret Eaton, a native of Scotland. She 
was born in April, 1826, and died in Payson, 
July 14, 18C2. By this marriage he had six 
children, three of whom are still living, one 
son and two daughters. In June, 1864. he 
purchased and began running the Jlelrose 
Mills, where he manufactures some choice 
brands of flour. On the 5th of June, 1878, 
he married his second, and present, wife, who 
was Mrs. Jennet Palmer (widow of John 
Palmer). She was born in Scotland. M:iy 1, 
1828. She has, by her previous marriage, 
three children, two sons and one daughter. 
He is a Democrat in jwlilics, and a member 
of the Evangelical Lutheran church, of 
Quincy. She and the rest of the family are 
members of tlic Payson Congregational 
church. 

Pareone I. farmer; eec. 12: P. O. Qnlncy. 
Perkins Jacob, farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Quincy 
Perkins William, farmer; eec. 8; P. O. Quincy. 
Peter .loeeph, farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Quincy. 
Peters Barney, farmer: sec. 14: P.O. Quincy. 
Peters Jacob, farmer; sec. io; P. O. Quincy 
Peters John, firmer, eec. 13; P. O. Quincy. 
Petere J. M. farmer, eec. «; P. O. Quincy. 

PPEIFFER FREDERICK. 

farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Quincy; was born in 
Germany, Sept. 10, 1828; emigrated to this 
country in 1854, and settled in this county; 
was married to Miss Elizabeth .Schan/, in 
May, 1857 (daughter of Philip Schanz, of 
Melrose township). They have had twelve 
children, six of whom are still living, three 
sons and three daughters. He owns 160 
acres of land, which, for fertility of soil jind 
improvement, will compare with any in 
the county. He is Democratic in politics, 
and a member of the German Lutheran 
church. He is School Director at jiresent, 
and has held other local offices, and is one 
of the most energetic and enterprising citi- 
zens of the townshi]), and one of those to 
wnom the county looks for a continuance of 
its i)reseut jirosperity. 
Pflenger William, farmer; sec. 9; P. 0. Quincy. 

POLITSCH HEXRY, farmer; 
Sec. 32; P. (). Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Germany, Oct. 30, 1809, 
and was educated in the schools of his na- 
tive country. In 1836 he was married to 
Miss Christiana Ruhl, a native of the .same 
l>lace as her husband, born Oct. 16, 1816. In 
1840, he, with his wife and two children, em- 
igrated to this country, and settled in Pitts- 



MELROSE DIRKCTORY. 



783 



burg, Pa., where he lived some two years, 
aud theu removed to Illinois and settled m 
Adams county. He has had eight children, 
four of whom are now living, three sons and 
one daughter : Charles, JIary (now the wife 
of F. J. Wilson, of Pike county), Thomas, 
and William. He owns 185 acres of laud; 
the home place contains 160 acres which for 
soil and improvement, will compare favor- 
ably with any in the township. He is Dem- 
ocratic in politics, and a member of the 
Germau Lutheran church, and one of the 
large and well-to-do farmers of the county. 
Powell Man- R. P. O. Quincy. 

R 

Rapp .John, farmer; sec. ■27; P. O. Qnincy. 
Re ner Geo. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Quincy. 
Redner Mary, farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Quincy. 
Reed Robt. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Burton. 

KF.EDER DANIEL, A., farmer; 
Sec. lit ; P. O. Quiucy. He was born on the 
farm he now owns, April 14, 18ol ; received 
his education in the schools of this county. 
In March, 1874, he was married to Miss 
Susan V. Croson (daughter of Alexander 
Croson, of Fall Creek township), born Sept. 
8, 18o0. They have two children: Albert, 
born March 19, 1875, and Ora E., born Aug. 
Ut, 1878; He owns seventy-two acres of 
laud, in a high state of cultivation, well im- 
proved, supplied with fruit, and very valua- 
ble. He is Republican in politics, aud 
attends the M. E. church. His father, Dan- 
iel Reeder, came to this county from Todd 
county, Ky., in 1830; was during life one of 
the most valued and highl}' esteemed citi- 
zens of the toW'Uship. He died in this town- 
ship in 18(il. 
Keeder F. S. farmer; sec. 10; P. U, Quincy. 

REEUER JOHN J., farmer; Sec. 
10; P. O. Quincy. He was born in Todd 
county, Ky., Feb. 20, 1826. In the spring of 
1S3(J he lauded in this county with his pa- 
rents, and settled on the section he now re- 
sides on; was educated in the schools of 
this county, and in May, 1853, was married 
to Miss Mary R. Demaree, daughter of 
Samuel Demaree. She was born in Stark 
county ,01iio, June 1,1830. Nine children, 
five ot whom are now living: Edith, Al- 
bert, Fanny, Daniel, and Jesse. He owns 
264 acres of land, the greater part of which 
50 



is in a high state of cultivation and elegant- 
ly improved, on which he has one of the 
tinest, if not the finest, orchards in the 
couuty. He is Republican, and a member 
of the M. E. church. Mr. Reeder is one of 
the very few early settlers now left. His 
father, Daniel Reeder, was during life one of 
the most energetic aud industrious citizens 
of the township ; one of those to whom she 
owes her present prosperous and flourishing 
condition. He died Nov. 16, 1860, in his 
6oth year, leaving his widow, who is still 
living. 

Reeder Wm. farmer; sec. IT; P. O. Quincy. 
Reinhart Jacob, farmer; sec. U; P. O. Quincy. 

REIi« >VIIil.IAM, farmer; Sec. 34; 
P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch 
was born in Butler county, Ohio, Oct. 8, 
1845. In his early boyhood he, with his 
father, G-eo. Keis, and the balance of the 
family, moved to this county, where he re- 
ceived his early education, aud in 1870 was 
married to Miss Lizzie J. Berberet. She 
was born in Ohio county, W. Va., Feb. 11, 
1853. They have two children, Emma and 
Augusta. He owns sixty and one-half acres 
of land, which -will compare favorably with 
any in the county. He is Democratic in pol- 
itics, and a member of the Roman Catholic 
church, and is one of the young, energetic 
and industrious sons of the county. 

Renter Wm. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Qnincy. 
Richard Louiea, P. O. Quincy. 
Richard A. U. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Quincy. 
Robbins J. P. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Quincy. 
Rolh Urb,<in. farmer; sec. 12: P. O.jBurton. 
Ruby Wm. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Quincy. 

RIIPP HENRY, farmer; Sec. 37; 
P. 0. Quincy. He was born on the farm he 
now occupies, Dec. 21, 1851. His father, 
John Rupp, came to this county in a very 
early day, and settled in Melrose township. 
He has live children, one of whom is the 
subject of this sketch. He received his 
early education in the public schools of this 
county, and at St. Anthony's school in this 
township. On the 10th of Oct. 1876, he wiis 
married to Miss Mary Jacoby (daughter of 
Lewis Jacoby, of Marion county. Mo.), 
where she was born in November, 1852. 
They have one child, Frank J., born June 
30, 1878. He is cultivating his'father's farm, 
containing ninety-flve acres on Mill Creek, 
which for fertility of soil and improvements 



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JIISTOEY OK ADAMS COUNTY. 



will compare with any in Uie township, lie 
is Democratic in politics, and a member of 
the Roman Catholic church of this town- 
ship. 



Sanders . I. U. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. ijaincy. 
SchafferWm. farmer: eec. 85; P. O. Qnlccy. 
SchallDct L farmer; sec. 31;?P. O. Ijnincj-. 
Schnrllbecker .1. farmer: gee. 36; P. O. .Millville. 
Schnellbccker J. W. farmer; sec. 35: P. O. Payson. 
Schnellbecker W. farmer; sec. ;U ; P. O. quincy. 
Schneider .4<iam. farmer; tec.JIO: P. O. (^uincy. 
Schrecke B. farmer; sec. 84: P. O. (iuincy. 
Scbrecke F farmer; sec. 34; P. O. liaincy. 
Schrocder C. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Qaincy. 
Schrood^T Simon, farmer: sec. 3: P. 0. Quincy. 
Schuchman H. farmer; sec. 'iS; P. O. Qnincy. 
Sheer Peter, farmer; seclSC; P. O. Payson. 
Sherrick Lticy P. P. O. (Qaincy. 
StaarrioK .^. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Qulncy. 
Sieber.I. f.irmer; sec. 14: I'. O. Qulncy. 
Slebrasee Wm farmer; eec. lf>: P. O. Qaincy. 
SittlerJ.J. farmer: sec. 14: P. 0.|Barton. 

SCHHIDT CHAKLKS. farmer; 
Sec. :!G; P. O. Qiiiucy; was born in Ger- 
many, Oct. 1, 1829; was educated in the 
schools of his native coimtrj', and, on Feb. 
22, 18-57, he was married to Miss Yetta 
Reese, and emigrated to this country. May 
28 of the same year, and settled in Hancock 
county, where he lived nine years, and 
then removed to this county. They have 
si.\ children, four sons and two daughters. 
He owns 120 acres of land, in a high state 
of cultivation, elegantly improved, and 
■which, for quality and quantity of its pro- 
duclions, will compare witli anj- in the 
county. He is Republican in politics, and 
a member of the Evangelical church. He 
is at present school director, which position 
he has held fur three yeiirs iiast. 

S€HX EIDER BARTHOL- 

MEW. farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Quincy ; 
was born in Bavaria, Prussia, Dec. 15, 1809; 
came to this country in 1833, and settled in 
New Jersey, where he lived three years, 
and, in 1830, moved to this county, where he 
has resided ever since; was married in New 
Jersey to Miss Dorathy Strowmenger, in 
the same year he came to this county. She 
was born in Germany. Aug. 31, 181.'). They 
have nine children, two sons and seven 
daughters. He owns 12.5 acres of land, in a 
high state of cultivation, well improved, 
abundantly supplied with fruit, and very 
valuable. He is Democratic in politics, and 



a member of the Roman Catholic church. 
His son, John, whose biography appears 
in this work, enlisted in Co. K, of the 30th 
Regt. 111. Inf., and served three years. 

$$CIIXEI1>ER JOHX. fanuer; 
Sec. 24; I'. O. Quincy; was born in this 
township. Aug. 1-5, 18.50; was educated in 
the schools of this county, and, in 1874, was 
married to Miss.Frances Twische. She was 
born in Ellington township, Jan. 30, 18-50. 
They have two children : Henry, born May 
' 21, 1875, and George, born Aug. 27, 1878. 
He owns eighty-one acres of land, in a high 
state of cultivation, well improved, supplied 
abundantl3' with fruit, and vciy valuable. 
He is Independent in politics, and a mem- 
ber of the Roman Catholic church. He en- 
listed in the 30th U. S. Inf., in Septem- 
her, 1807, which was afterward consolidated 
with the 7th, and still bears that mimber. 
He served three years on the western frontier, 
doing good service in the Indian troubles. 

S$€HXEL.Ii JOHN, farmer; Sec. 
33 ; P. O. Quincy ; was born in Germany, July 
25, 1833. He received his early education 
in the schools of his native country, and. at 
the age of twenty years, emigrated to this 
country, and settled in this township; was 
married, in 18G8, to Jliss Helen Struck 
(daughter of Mr. Struck, deceased, of Lo- 
raine). They have three children ; Lizzie, 
Anna and August. He owns eighty acres 
of land, in a high state of cultivation, well 
improved, and very valuable. He is Demo- 
cratic in politics, and a member of the Ger- 
man Lutheran church, of Fall Creek town- 
ship. He is at present school director, and 
is one of the large and well-to-do farmers 
who began life in the township poor. 

SHEER DAVID, farmer; Sec. 24; 
P. O. JJurton. The subject of this sketch 
was born in Butl'alo, N. Y., Ocl. 10, 1828. 
When he was about two years old, his 
p;irents moved to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, 
where he received his early education. In 
1845, he, with the balance of his father's 
family, removed to this county, and settled 
in Melrose township. In the spring of 1.S.50, 
he made lui overland trip to California, and 
returned home in January, 1852, and, in 
February of the same year, he was married 
to Miss Eliza Herleman, a native of Penn- 
sylvania. They have eight children, four 



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785 



sons and four daughters. Shortly after his 
marriage, he piu'chased the farm on which 
he now resides, which contains 430 acres, 
which, for fertility of soil and improve- 
ment, is rarely equaled, and not excelled, in 
the county. As a stock raiser, he has been 
a success, and pays a great deal of attention 
to the raising of fine blooded cattle and 
liogs. He was raised a Democrat, but flew 
the track, and voted for Mr. Lincoln for 
President '>nth times, and then returned to 
the Democratic ranks, where he may be 
found to-day. He has represented Melrose 
township for seven terms in the county 
Board of Supervisors, and is numbered 
among the largest and most enterprising 
farmers of the county, notwithstanding he 
began life poor. 

Smith Charlotte; P. O. Qaincy. 

Smith F. L. larmer; sec. S; P. O. Qnincy. 

SMYTH WIIil^IAM, farmer; Sec. 
!>; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch 
was born in County Donegal, -Ireland, in 
the vicinity of Londonderry, Aug. 13, 183.5. 
He was educated in the schools of his native 
country, and, in 1840, emigrated to this 
countr}', and settled in Melrose township. 
In 1864 he was married to Miss Barbara 
Wraj', a native of the same county as her 
liusband, and born May 13, 1843. They 
have five children: Emily A., born Aug. 
l(i, 1867 ; Lizzie B., born Jan. 38, 18C9 ; 
Alice C, born March 9, 1873; Wm. J., born 
Jan. 35, 187.5, and Edith, born April 20, 
1878. He has been school director and road 
commissioner each, for several terms. He 
owns 37-5 acres of land, in a high state of 
cultivation, which, for fertile soil and im- 
provement, will compare with any in the 
county. He is Democratic in politics, and 
cine of the large and well-to-do farmers of 
the county, notwithstanding he began life 
poor. 

Stafford Mary A. P. O. Qnincy. 
SteadermSD P farmer: eec. 13; P. O. Barton. 

STEWART REV. WILL,IA3I, 

horticulturist: Sec. 13; P. U. Quincy. The 
subject of this sketch was born in Cutler, 
Washington county, Maine, June 18, 1830; 
moved to this county with his father in the 
spring of 183C, and settled in Payson. He 
received his education in the public schools 
of Payson, and at the Madison University at 



Hamilton, Madison county, N. T. He was 
married in 1850 to Miss Sarah E. Kay, 
daughter of Gabriel Kay, of Payson. She 
died in 1860. By this marriage he had four 
children, three of whom are now living — two 
sons and one daughter. In 1856 he was or- 
dained to the ministry of the Baptist church, 
at Payson. In 1861 he was again married, 
this time to Miss Maggie R. Kay, daughter 
of Robert Kay, of Payson. By this marriage 
lie has had four children, three of whom are 
now living — one son and two daughters. 
The first six years of his ministerial life was 
spent as pastor for different congregations, 
since which time his services have been to 
iill intents and purposes gratuitous, he hav- 
ing received no pecuniary reward to amount 
to anything. In the spring of 1851 he en- 
tered into a partnership with his father in 
the nursery business, at Payson, and in the 
fall of the same year they purchased what is 
now known as the "Fawley Place" (then 
known as the " Pinney Place"), and started 
the Quincy Nursery in the spring of 1853 ; 
and in 1853 they purchased the Hannibal 
Nursery, making in all three nurseries they 
owned and operated. In 1854 he sold his 
interest out to his brother. In 1853, he, as 
temporary secretary, in company with his 
father, Edward Everett, and others, organ- 
ized the first agricultural society of the 
county, and held the first fair in the county. 
In the fall of the same year they exhibited 
some of their fruit at the State Fair, and 
were awarded several first premiums. The 
first horticultural society of the county was 
organized with Mr. Stewart as Secretary and 
Treasurer, which position he occupied for a 
number of years. In the spring of 1863 he 
purchased and commenced improving the 
beautiful suburban place he now occupies, 
and has succeeded in bringing it to a degree 
of perfection rarely equaled, and not sur- 
passed, in the countj'. Its productions rank 
among the finest that come to the Quincy 
market, and have taken numerous first pre- 
miums at state and county fairs. He is In- 
dependent in politics, and one of the most 
valued of the county's citizens. 
Stormer J. W. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Qaincy. 
Summers Mris. E. L. P. O. Quincy. 

SITMJIERS HEXRY, farmer; Sec. 
19; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Harrison county, Ky., 



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IllSTOKY OF ADAMS COL-NTY. 



Dec. 12, 1815. He received his early edu- 
cation in tlie seliools of his native county, 
anil on May 1, IS'i'S, landeil in this county 
ami settled on his i>resent farm ; was married 
in 1843 to Miss Precilla Young, a native of 
Pike county, Mo. By this marriage she 
liad two children, hotii of whom are dead. 
She died Nov. 9, 18G1. On the 29th of Jan- 
uary, 18C3, he was again married to Jliss 
Martha Alexander. She was a native of 
Scotland county, Mo., by whom he has had 
eight children, si.xof whom are still living — 
two sons and four daughters: .lessie X., 
George, John, Amy, Annie, and Kva. He 
owns 130 acres of land, which, for fertility of 
soil and improvement, will comjiarc with 
any in the township. He is Democratic 
in politics; is at present School Director; 
has been Commissioner of Highways for 
fourteen years. 

Summers Jas. Tarmer; sec. IS; P. O. Quiney. 
Sninmere Maggie, P. O. Qaiocy. 
Suiamerj N. farmer; eec. 13; P. (_) IJaincy. 



Taller J. B. farmer; tec. 16; P. O. Quincy. 
Taueman 11. farmer; eec. 36; P. 0. Millvllle. 
Tempc Job. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. (iuiocy. 
Terwische.IO!'. farmer; eec. 8; P. O. Quincy 
TbompeOD N. C. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Payeon. 
Tlirig Uenry, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Quincy. 
Tyrrr E. P. farmer; eec. 12; P. O. Qalncy. 
Tyr.T Chloe, P. (J. Quincy. 
Tyrer G. W. farmer; eec. 12; P. O. Quincy 
Tyrer W. L. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Quincy. 



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X'pebnltcr J. O. former; eec. IS; P. O. Qalncy. 



Vi.gel Elizabeth, P O. (Jaincy 

VOI.I.KATH JOHN, farmer; Sec. 
23; P. O. Quiney. The suhject of this 
sketch was born in Germany, June 28, 1816; 
received his education in the schools ot his 
native countrj'; and ou the 11th of July, 
1840. emigrated to this country and settled 
in New Orleans, where he lived si.x years 
and taught school. In May, 1840, he re- 
moved to Adams county. 111., where he was 
marriexl, on Dec. 10, 1847, to Miss Mary 
Kirkniann.a native of Germany, liorn March 
31, 1824. They have had eight children, 
seien of whom are now living, three sons 
3Hid four daughters. In 1849 he purchased 
and began improving the beautiful farm on 



which he now resides, which contains 167 
acres, of fine soil and well improved, and 
will compare with any in the county. He 
is Republican in politics, and a member of 
the M. E. church. He has been School 
Director for some eighteen years, has also 
been Justice of the Peace for Melrose town- 
shij), and is now one of the enterprising 
farmers of the county. He began life poor. 
Has been Sui)eriutendent of the Sabbath 
School since his settlement here, with the 
exception of a few years. He is also holding 
numerous other church offices. 
Voth Casper, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Quincy. 

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WAGXER JACOB, farmer: Sec. 
29; P. (>. l^uincy. The .-ubject of this 
sketch was born in Lebanon county, Penn., 
Feb. 2.J, 1810, where he received his early 
education, and learned to read both the 
English ;ind German while living on his 
father's farm. On the 12tli of May, 1837, 
he landed at Hannibal, JIo., and lived there 
nearly two years. In December, 1838, he 
settled on his present farm. He is a mill- 
wright by trade, at which he worked for a 
few years after coming west. He was mar- 
ried, Sept. 21, 1841, to Miss Mary Ann Brown, 
of Jlissouri, born in Shenandoah county, 
Va., Oct. 1."), 1824. They have had eight 
children, five of whom are still living. He 
began life poor, but is now numbered among 
the large and well-to-do f:irmers of the town- 
ship. Republic;!!! in politics: and he and 
his family are members of the Methodist 
church, he for nearly fifty years, and his wife 
since 1840. IlewasastrongUnion man during 
the rebellion. He cast his first vote for Gen- 
eral Harrison for President, and speaks with 
pride of having voted both times for Abra- 
ham Lincoln. Owns 264 acres of land. 

Wiigner Peter, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Quincy. 
Waldron c G. farmer; eec. 3; P. O. Quincy. 
Walker John, farmer; eec. 21 ; P. O. Quincy 
Walter' E. R. larmer: eec. 2: P. O. Quincy. 
Walters John, farmer; eec. 2; P. O. Quincy. 
Ward 11. W. farmer; eec. 34; P.O Quiucy. 
Ward Joseph, farmer; eec. 21 ; P. O. Quincy. 
Warren C. A. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Quincy. 
Weber Fred, farmer; eec. 3b; P. O. Millvllle. 
Weber Loulea. P. O. Quincy. 
Weitarlng B. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Quincy. 
Wcidman B. faimer; eec. 11; P. O. Quincy. 
WelmsQ Anton, farmer; see. 14; P. O. Quincy. 
Weleenberger O. farmer; eec. 2T ; P. O. Qalncy. 




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Weitcrs Fred, farmer; sec. H: P. O. Qnincy. 
Wellman Wm. farmer: sec. 33; P. O. Qiiincy. 
Welltin C. farmer; sec. 31 ; P. O. Quincy. 
Werner Mrs. M. .\. P. O. QaiDcy. 
Wheeler JohD, farmer; sec. IT; P. O. Qnincy. 
Westman Louis, farmer; sec. Hi; P. O. Qnincy. 
Wengel J. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Qnincy. 

WISKERCHEX HENRY, 

farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Quiucy. The subject 
of this sketch was boru in Germany, Dec. 
IT, 1818. Was educated in the schools of 
bis native counti-j', and in 1843 emigrated to 
tliis country and settled on his present farm 
in Melrose township. In June, 1853, he was 
married to Miss Emelia Fendrick. She w.as 
born in German}-, Dec. 8, 1829, and came to 
this country in 1S54. They hare had ten 
children, nine of whom are still living, 
seven sons and two daughters. He owns 220 



acres of land, the most of which is in a high 
state of cultivation, and for fertility of soil 
and improvement, will compare favorably 
with any in the county. He is Democratic 
in politics and a member of the Roman 
Catholic church, and is one of the large and 
well-to-do farmers of the county, notwith- 
standing he began life poor. 
Wiskcrchen P. J. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Qaincy. 
Wolf John, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Burlon. 
Wolfe Wm. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Q:;iocy. 



Tonng. Jacob, farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Quincy. 

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Zopp Adam, farmer; eec. "23; P. O. Qnincy. 



MENDON TOW^s'SHIP. 



Adair Jas. farmer; sec. iH; P. O. ilarcelline. 
.\llieon Henry, teamster; P. O. Mendon. 
Anderson E. teamster; P. O. Jlendon. 

AXDREW JAMES, farmer; Sec. 
2.j: p. O. Mendon: was born in Adams 
county, Penn., Dec. 1, 1823; was manied to 
Miss ^Margaret L. Seabrooks in 1849. She 
vas born Jan. 4, 1818. They have five chil- 
iren: Patience E., born Sept. 7, 1847; TVil- 
liam, born Oct. 17, 1849; James M., born 
Jan. 31, 1854; John, born Oct. 23, 1856, and 
Virginia, born April 29, 18G0. He came to 
this county in February, 1854. He owns 
435 acres of land, most of which is highly 
cultivated, well improved, stocked with fruit, 
and very valuable. He is a Reinihlican in 
politics, and his family are members of the 
Lutheran church. 

Arnold Mrs. Elizabeth, P. O. Mendon. 
Aehcr I'rcPton, farmer; sec. 34: P.O. Mendon, 
Aiwater Mrs. E. P. O. Mendon. 
Vnstin J. C. farmer; sec. 25; P. 0. Mendon. 
Aastin Wm. B. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Mendon. 



Baker J. O. farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Mendon. 
Baldwin G. D. farmer; sec. II; P. O. Mendon. 



Baldwin H. B. capitalist; P. 0. Mendon. 
Barclay Daniel, farmer; sec. 25; V. O. Mendon. 
Barclay Mrs. E. A. P. O. Mendon. 
Barclay Ira. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Mendon. 
Barclay W. P. farmer ; sec. 2; P. O. Mendon. 
Barnett Davis, re'ired; P. O. Mendon. 
Barnett Wm. farmer; sec. 28; P. 0. Marcelline. 
Barry G. faimer; sec. 22; P. O. Mendon. 
Barry G. B. fajraer; sec. 2'j; P. O. Mendon. 
Battell Mrs. Kichard, P. O. Mecdon. 

BEHRIKGER G£0R4];E F., 

clergyman! ; P. O. Mendon: was born in 
New York City, Oct. 13, 1840: taught in the 
city grammar schools there from 18G3 to 1866 ; 
studied at Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, 
from 1866 to 1868; graduated at the Cornell 
University at Ithaca, New York, as the first 
graduate in 1869; was appointed Assistant 
Professor of German Language and Litany 
at the Cornell University, 1869 to 1870; 
spent three years at the German and French 
LTniversities abroad, finishing at Leipzig, in 
1873 ; returned home and received the ap- 
pointment of acting Professor of Rhetoric 
and modern languages at Howard University, 
in Washington, D. C, in 1874; received 
and accepted a call from the Evangelical 
Lutheran church at Indianapolis, December 
1876 ; accepted a call to the Salem Evangel- 
ical Lutheran Church in Mendon, September 



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HiSTURV OF ADAMS COL'XTV. 



1878; married Mar>- Jane Vail Colburn of 
New York CItj-, Nov. 26, 1874. Slie was 
born July 15, I8.-1I. Two children: George 
Frederick, boni Aug. 16, 1875 ; Jennie Louise, 
l">rn Nov. 2S, 1877. 

BKXTON ABRAHAM, general 
merchant; P. O. Meudon ; was born in Xew 
Haven county, Conn., Nov. 9, 1810; came 
to this county in 1834; was married to Miss 
Sarah T). Chittenden in I8:i8. She was born 
in the same county. They have two chil- 
dren: Sarah Jane, and Kuth Frances. Mr. 
Benton is one of the early and enteriirisinjr 
cili/ens who have used their energies toward 
the county's advancement and improvement, 
and to whom it owes its present flourishing 
condition. He has been a merchant in Men- 
don for forty-four years, and has met with 
most remarkable success. He started in a 
small way, and has accumulated \ery con- 
siderable means. Is Republican in politics, 
and a member of the Congregational church. 
Ilelis C. E. farmer; P. O. Men don. 
lictts Janief, farmer; sec. 11 ; P O. Mendon. 
liortfi .lohn M. coofectioner. P. O. MendoD. 
Bowers Wm. farmer: sec. 13; P. O. Mendou. 

KB.\ULEV DAXIEL (deceased) 
was one of theearly settlers of Adams county. 
He was a native of Connecticut; having 
been born in the tfiwn of East Havcu, in 
that State in the year 1810. He came to 
Illinois with his father's family, and in 
company with Col. John B. Chittenden and 
family, in the year 1831, located in what is 
now Mendon township, and purchased in 
the Pi.rinp ol 1832. thefarm now occupied 
l)y Peter Wible, snd made it his home until 
the spring of 18.j'2, when he rcmoveil to the 
village of Meudon, where, with the excep- 
tion of one year, he continued to reside the 
remainder of liis life, being most of the 
time engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 
the spring of 1860 lie. purchased an interest 
in the flouring mill located in Jlendon, 
then, and now known as the " Pearl Mills," 
and was the piincip:il owner of the same at 
the time of bis death, which occurred in the 
early part of 1807. During the fourth year of 
his residence in this State, 1834. Mr. Bradley 
married Josephine B. Brown, of New York, 
a niite of .leremiah Rose, and Rufus 
Brown, Ijoth of whom were among the earl- 
iest settlers of Quincy. Mr and Mi-s. Brad- 
ley had seven children. Mrs. Br.idley and four 



of the children are still living. In the year 
1834, 3Ir. Bradley made a profession of re- 
ligion, and united with the Congregational 
church of Jlendon, of which he was ever 
afterward a faithful and consistent member, 
striving to live eminently a practical, as well 
as a professed Christian life. Politically, 
Mr. Bradley in early life acted with the 
Whig party; in later years with the old Free 
Soil i)arty, and finally, upon the general dis- 
ruption of old parties, he took an active part 
ip the organization of the Republican party 
in Adams county, of which party he re- 
mained a leading member as long as he 
lived. He was a man of strict integrity, hon- 
orable in all his transactions, acting always 
from principle rather than policy; gener- 
ously benevolent and public-spirited, he was 
always ready to encourage, and assist any 
enterprise calculated to result in good, or to 
advance the true interests of the community 
in which he lived. These qualities, in which 
be excelled, were characteristic of the early 
settlors of Meudon, and have left their im- 
press, never to be obliterated. Their results 
are to be seen to-day in the enterprise of its 
citizens; its moral sentiment; the liberal 
support given to its various churches; its 
public schools, and the almost universal 
respect shown for law and order. 
Bradley I). .V. miller; P. O. MendoD. 

BK.4DL.K\' ». H,, merchant milki 
Mendon. He was boru in Mendon, Oct. 11, 
1838; engaged in the milling business with 
his father in 1806, and is now doing a tine 
business, being the only merchant miller in 
the town. His father, Daniel Bradley, 
came to the place in 1.832, and during life 
was numbered among the earliest settlers of 
the town and township. He owns some very 
valuable property in Mendon, not the least 
of which is the magnificent and e.Mensive 
flourini' mill which he now runs. He i^ 
Republican in politics, and one of the enter- 
prising citizens who add to the prosiieriiy 
and enterprise of Jlcndon. 

Bray D. C. larmer; sec. 1 : P. O. Mendou. 
Bray .tohn, retired; P. O. Mendon. 
Bredaway G. farmer: sec. 'iS; P.;o. Mendou. 
Brecner Henry, farmer: sec. 25; P. 0. Mtndon. 

BROWX Ij. -F., phj-sician and sur- 
geon, Mendon. He was born in Grant 
county. Wis., Feb. 3, 1841; was "raised on a 




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farm; enlistedjuly, 1862, -in the 30th Regt., 
Wis. Inf., and served until the close of the 
war. He married JIiss Angie L. King, of 
HaDiilton, Hancock county, HI., July 1, 186G; 
grailuated from the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, in Keokuk, Iowa, in class of 
1874. and located in ileudon. July 0th of the 
same year, where he still continues in ac- 
tive practice to present date. 
Brown Mary P. P. O. MeDdon. 
Brown W. J. merchant; P. O. Mendon. 
Bryant Hiram, farmer: sec. 4: P. O. Mendon. 



CA:XXEL.L. ROBERT. larmer; 
Sec. 27 ; P. O. Mendon. He was born in the 
Parish of Kirk Braddau, Baldwyn, Balla- 
weileu, Isle of Man, Dec. 18, 1830; came to 
this country and settled in Quincy in 1853, 
where he remained one year; then went on 
the C, R. I. & P. R. R. as locomotive en- 
gineer for about fifteen months ; after which 
he returned to the county, and lived in El 
lington township till the breaking out of the 
war, when he was employed in the Commis- 
sary Department for about six mouths. He 
then returned to the county and has made 
Mendon townsliip his home ever since. He 
was married to iliss Ellen Shoaf in 1867. 
She was boru in Elizabeth township, Alle- 
ghany county. Pa. They have three chil- 
dren, one boy and two girls: Marj- A., born 
Jan, 10, 1868; Nevada, .born Oct. 31,1869, 
and Robert A., boru March 25, 1878. He 
owns eighty-five acres of land, in a good state 
of cultivation, stocked with fruit and valu- 
able. He is Democratic in jjolitics, and a 
member of the Episcopal church. He is 
one of the enterprising citizens, alwa3-s 
looking after tlie county's prosperity and 
advancement. 

Carl David, farmer; aec. 3;1P. O. Mendon. 
CarrollJohn. farmer: sec. ;!6: P. 0. Fowler. 
CasleyMrs. P. O. Mendon. 
Cask-y Jacob, farmer; sec. B; P. O. Mendon. 
Cbidsey Miss F. SI. school teacher; P. O. Mendon. 

CHITTEXDEN ABRAHAII, 

Sr., farmer; Sec. o6; P. O. Meudun. He 
■was born in Guilford, Conn., Dec. 1-5, 1834. 
He was married lo Miss Letitia Biirclay, iu 
December, 1852. She was born in Lyons, 
N. Y. They have three children : Henry 
F., Sarah E. and Abrali;im, Jr. He owns 
155 acres of improved land, abundantly 
stocked with fruit; was Republican in pol- 



itics up to the passage of the Resumption 
Act, which measure he did not consider con- 
tlucive to tlie best interests of the country. 
He left the party and joined the American 
National Greenback parly. He is also a 
member of the Congregational church. His 
father, John B. Chittenden, came to this 
county in December, 1831, and was, during 
life, one of the most energetic and enterpris- 
ing of its citizens, to whom it owes its pres- 
ent prosperous condition, and died in 1803. 

CHITTEXDEX CHARLES A,, 

farmer and stock dealer; Sec. 30; P. O. 
Mendon; was born on the farm on which 
he now lives, April 7, 1857. His father, 
John A. Chittenden, w;is one of the early 
settlers of Mendon; w;is boru in Guilford 
county, Conn., and removed to Mendon in 
1831, where he resided until his death, 
which occurred Oct, 20, 1873. He was an 
enterprising man, ever having the good of 
the communitj' at heart. He left a well- 
improved farm, ot which his sou, Charles A., 
since his death, has charge. 
Chitti'nden Mrs. E. sec. IS; P. O. Mendon. 

CHITTENDEX COL,. JOHX B. 

(deceased), the founder of the village of 
Jlendon, and one of the early settlers of 
Adams county, was born at Guilford, Conn., 
Jan. 16, 1790, and was the fourth of seven 
children of Deacon Abraham Chittenden, of 
that place. His early life was spent chiefly 
iu agricultural pursuits in his native phice. 
At an early age he became an active member 
of the Congregational church of Guilford, 
and in his twenty-first year was chosen 
deacon, which oflic;p he continually held 
until he removed to the valley of the Mis- 
sissippi, in the fall of 1831. He intermar- 
ried with Eliza Robinson, daughter of Col. 
Samuel Robinson, of Guilford, on the 13lh 
day of January, 1814, by whom was born to 
him seven children, three of whom are now 
living. In September, 1831, with his wife 
and their four boys in a two-horse covered 
wagon, he started f;or Illinois, Quincy being 
his objective point, and was joined by Mr. 
Samuel Bradley and family, and others, at 
East Haven, Conn., making, iu all, au emi- 
grant train of five wagons and thirty-six per- 
sons, all bound for the same destination. In 
this undertaking he had two distinct objects 
in view ; first, to establish, strengthen, and 
extend, the Christian religion, by the organ- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



izalion of churches, Sundiiy-sthools, Bible 
classes, etc.; second, to better provide for his 
family of boys in a new country. 

After some three months of trials and 
hardships incident to such travel at that 
time, he found himself and family frozen in 
on the Mississippi river at " Scipeo," near 
Hannibal, Mo., from whence, after waiting 
three weeks, a team was secured from 
Quiney: and linally the family arrived at 
Quiucy in safet)-, by way of the river, on the 
ice, in December, 1831, where they were 
entertained the first night most hospitably 
by Governor .John Wood, in his then log 
cabin residence under the bluff below town. 
Passing the residue of the winter of 1831-33 
at Quiney, the subject of this sketch visited 
several portions of Adams county, with a 
view to location; and finally, March 3, 1S32, 
purchased of .Jacob Gorshong;anold French 
settler) the southwest of eleven, one north, 
eight west, near the present site of Mendon, 
which was then a trackless prairie. There 
was a field of about ten acres, and a log 
house, on the place bought of Gorshong, to 
which place he removed with his family 
immediately after purchase. 

It was here that his daughter Sarah was 
born, April 19, 1833; and it was in this same 
log house that the Congregational church of 
Mendon was formed, the same being the 
ftnt Ciinijreyatioiial chuirh orr/aiiized in the 
State of Illinois. 

In February, 1833, he purchased the north- 
cast (|Uarter of the same section eleven, and 
soon after laid out and platted the village of 
Mendon, building himself a house on lot 
thirteen, which he occupied three years. 

Subsequently he sold out all his iuterest 
in the village, and retired to his farm, ten 
miles north of Mfndon, where he continued 
to live in comfort :md ease, with pleasant 
surroundings, until the death of his excel- 
lent wife, on the 30th day of October. 1862. 
A passing notice of this most estimable 
woman is necessai-y here to this sketch. 
Mrs. Eliza Chittenden was a most exemplary 
lady, whose entire life was even and tranquil 
like a May morning. Iler law was the law 
of kindness. .She never allowed liereelf to 
speak an unkind word of anyone ; T^as an 
earnest, sympathizing Christian, and was 
honored and beloved by all. 

None knew her but to love her. 
None named her bat to praise. 



The loss of such a wife in his decliuiiig 
years overwhelmed him with grief; and this 
bereavement was the chief cause of his rapid 
decline and death from nervous exhaustion 
in less than three months after the death of 
his wife. He had a clear and logical mind, 
was i\n able'reasoner, and was a fluent and in- 
teresting public speaker; an earnest worker 
in all causes of reform, unselfish in every- 
thing, seeking always to promote the happi- 
ness of others. His faith in, and love for, the 
church was unbounded. He was an honest, 
Upright man, and a sincere, consistent Chris- 
tian. His last effort at articulation was to 
try to catch part of the air of Pleyels Hymn, 
a favorite piece of devotional music; and in 
a few moments he passed to his rewanl, .Tan. 
23, 1863, aged 73 years, there to receive the 
eulogistic commendation, "Well done, good 
and faithful servant: enter thou into the joy 
of thy Lord." 
Chittenden John R. inerchaut; P. O. Mendon. 

CIIITTEXDEX HOX. S.VM- 

L'Eli B. may with propriety be regarded 
as one of the prominent citizens of Adams 
county. He was born at Guilford, Conn. 
Oct. 2, 1817, and was the second of seven 
children of .John B. and Eliza Chittenden. 
He came to Illinois, with his parents, in the 
fall of 1S31, who, in March following, settled 
in the immediate vicinity of the present vil- 
lage of Mendon, in which village he has been 
a successful merchant since 1840. On the 
2d of.Tanuary, 1844, he was marrieil to Caro- 
line B. Frisbie, of Mendon, by whom he has 
three sons: John R., Samuel F., and George 
R., all now living. Mr. Chittenden is one of 
the substantial, solid men of the county, and 
is highly esteemed for his general intelligence 
and moral character, as well as for his social 
qualities and generous hospitality. Politi- 
cally he is a decided Democrat, and his party 
have shown their appreciation of his ability 
and political integrity in various ways, more 
particularly in making him State Senator, 
and also a member of the National Demo- 
cratic Convention at St. Louis. 
Clair David, farmer; sec. 2"; P. O. Mendon. 
Clark James, farmer; sec '2ti\ P. O. Mendon. 
Clark Mary. sec. 23; P. O. Mendon. 
Conger W. .\. farmer; ecc. *;; P. O. Fowler. 
Cook .^. D. retired; P. O. Mendon. 
Cook D. B. farmer; P. O. Mendon. 
Copelin J. R. retired; Mendon. 
Copelin R. S. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Mendon. 




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CORT PETER, farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. 
Miudou; was lioru in AVestmoreland Co., 
Penn., June 20, 1820; came to this county in 
lSo5 ; was married to Miss Margaret White. 
Iir'ad in 1S45. Slie was born in the same 
i 'iinty, June 24, 1824, and died March 4, 1803. 
Ihey have eight children, one boy and seven 
girls. He owns 329 acres of land, most of 
which is cultivated, stocked with fruit, and 
very valuable. Democratic in politics, and 
a member of the Lutheran church. He is 
one of the enterprising citizens, and labors 
hard for the county's advancement. 

Cramer H. P. W. constable; P. O. Mendon. 
Cramer W. R. clerk; P. O. Mendon. 

CRAXK ELIJAH X., farmer; Sec. 
20 ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in this count}', 
near the farm he now owns, Dec. 28, 183.') ; 
was married to Miss Maria L. Poling in 
1854. She was born in New York. They 
have four children : Cornelius, Bertha E., Ann 
E., and Susan E. He owns 100 acres of land, 
in a high state of cultivation, abundantly 
stocked with fruit, and very valuable. Dem- 
ocratic in politics, and a member of the 
Christian church. 

Crank J. P. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Mendon. 
Crawford John, laborer; P. O. Jleadm. 
Crilley J. W. farmer; sec. J3; P. O. Mendon. 



DARBY DANIEL, IL, general mer- 
chandise and dealer in agricultural imple- 
ments ; P. O. Mendon. He was born in Cats- 
kill, Green Co., New York, July, 19, 1831 ; 
located in Mendon in July, 1861 ; married 
Mary A. Hendrickson, Sept. 37, 1863. She 
was born in Middletown, Ohio, July 23, 1833. 
lie enlisted in the 119th Regt. HI. Inf , Aug. 
'J, 1863; served three years; was one of "Pap 
Smith's" guerrillas; thinks Adams county 
one of the best parts of creation, and Mendon 
lies at the upper end. A brother-in-law in 
the M. E. church. Republican all over ; wife 
is a Democrat. 

Davie George, cooper; P. 0. Mendon. 

Dean Ruth, P. O. Mendon. 

Dick Jesse, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Mendoa. 

Dickerman Frank, farmer; sec 30; P.O. -Mendon. 

Dickerman D. L., merchant; i'. O. Mendon. 

Dickerman De Witt, farmer; sec. 1; 1'. O. Mendon. 

DICKER1I.\X IRA R., farmer. 

Sec. 1 ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in New Ha- 
ven county, Conn., Aug. 7, 1814 ; was mar- 



ried to Miss Laura Smith in 1838. She was 
born in Geauga county, Ohio. They have 
three children, all boys. He came to this 
county in the spring of 1839, owns 140 acres 
of land, most of wliich is in a high state of 
cultivation, improved, stocked with fruit, 
and quite valuable. Republican in politics. 
He is one of the old and energetic citizens 
who has labored hard for the advancement 
of the county. 

Donahue Henry, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Mendon. 
Donsherty Francis, farmer; sec. 3.5; P. O. Fowler. 

DOIGHERTY JOHX. farmer, 
Sec. 20 ; P. O. Mendon ; was born in 
Count}' Derry, Ireland, in March 1818; came 
to this country in 1843 and settled in Le- 
heigh county. Pa., and engaged in the manu- 
facture of iron up to 1858, when he moved 
to this county ; was married to Miss Jane 
Eakin, in May 1854. She was born in the 
same county as her husband. They have 
six children, four boys and two girls. He 
owns 100 acres of land, in a high state of 
cultivation, well stocked with fruit. He 
is one of the enterprising citizens who 
have spent their energies and exertions to- 
ward the county's imi)rovement. Republi- 
can in politics, add a member of the Pres- 
byterian church. 

DUDLEY FRAXK P., farmer. 
Sec. 12; P. O. Mendon: was born in this 
township, Oct. 35, 1843; was married to 
Miss Elvira Moyer, Feb. 25, 1800. She was 
born in Pennsylvania. They have two 
children, Henry J. and Oscar F. He owns 
160 acres of land, highly cultivated and fine- 
ly improved, stocked with fruit and very val- 
uable. Republican, and a member of the 
Congregational church. He is one of the 
energetic and enterprising citizens who 
labor hard for the county's advancement . 

Dudley J. H., capitalist; P. O. Mendon. 
DuffluMrs. Isiac, P. O. Mendon. 
Dumbauld Uriah, farmer; P. O. Mendon. 
Dnrfee A. ,\. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Mendon. 



EVAXS GEORGE, farmer; Sec. 35; 
P. 0. Fowler; was born in Gloucester, 
Mass. Aug. 19, 1813; was married to Miss 
Mary Ann Greene in 1848. She was born 
in Maysville Ky., Dec. 17, 1830. They have 
si.\ children, three boys and three girls. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



He came to this county in 1837 and settled 
in tjuincy, where he resided until 1831, 
after which time, and up to the present, he 
has lived on the farm he now occupies and 
cultivates. He owns 170 acres of land, in a 
hijrli stiite of cultivation, and very valuable. 
He is one of the early, enterprising citizens 
of the county. He is Republican in politicj. 

Evans Jame^, fanner: eec. 13; P. O. Mecdon. 
Ely Jared, draggist; P. 0. Mendon. 
Ely H. G. P. O. .Mendon. 



B'eniiin (ieo. farmer; etc Si; P. 0. Ursa. 
Fifer John, carpenter; P. O. Mendon. 
Flack Richard, farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Mendon. 
Fletcher M. .1. farmer; see. Hi; P. O. Mendon. 
Foreythe Berry, teamster; P. O. Mendon. 
Fowler Mrs. Jenc-tte. P. O. Mendon. 
Fnincis John, farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Meiulon. 
Francis Joseph, farmer; sec. :i5; P. O. Mendon. 
Fnwicis Vincent, farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Mendon. 
Frazier Geo. farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Mendon. 
French Thos. stone mason; P. O. .Mendon. 
Frishic M. E. farmer; sec. 1:1; P. O. Mendon. 
Prosi Worthy, farmer; sec. 311; P. O. Fowler. 
Funk Saml. farmer; sec. 37; P. O. Mendon. 
Furry David, carpenter; P. O. Mendon. 
Furry Henry, farmer; sec. U; P. O. Mendou. 
Furry Lewis, farmer; sec. 2A; P. O. Mendon. 



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GaPemore Mr?. P. O. Mendon. 

Ci A It i{ E T T C .\ R K V B., mer- 
chant; \'. O. Mendon; lioiu in Ili^rhland 
county, Ohio, Jan. l.j, 1^:!.'); was married to 
Miss Frances Fowler, the fall of 1803. She 
was born in this county. They have three 
children : Arthur C, Herbert C. aud Willard 
H. He owns some very valuable property 
in Mendon, and is senior of the firm of Gar- 
rett & Lunn, dealci-s in general merchandise 
in that town. Republican in politics and a 
member of the Congregational church. He 
came to this county in September, 1861, and 
has been a very energetic citizen ever since. 

Glhbs Wm. Wacksmlth; P. O. Mendou. 

Gibson Mi»s Mary, P. O. Mendon. 

Gilleland Wm. P. farmer; sec. -H: P. O. Mendon. 

<.iIL:TIER BESfJAMIX, black- 
smith; l)orn in Alleghany county. Pa., Sept. 
32, 182.5; came to this county in November, 
1847; was married to Miss Leah Wilhelm, 
Oct. 12, 1848. She was born in Mahoning 
county, O. They have six children, three 
boys iind three girls. He is now President 
of the Town Board of Mendon ; has been en- 



gaged in the business of blacksmithing ever 
since his settlement here, and has had wagon 
making connected with it the most of the 
time. He owns some valuable town prop- 
erty, that which he lives on is splendidly 
improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, 
and in a very desirable location. He is Re- 
publican in politics, and one of the enter- 
prising citizens to whom the town of Mendon 
owes its present prosperous condition. 

, QIL.MEK F. A., butcher; P. o 
Mendon. 

Golden Mrs. J. W. sec. ai; P. O. Mendon. 
Golden John W. farmer; sec. 37; P. O. Mendou. 
Grant Richard, farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Quincy 

GRIFFIX JA^ES S., principal 
ol scliool : P. O. Mendon; born in Dodge 
county, SVh.. Dec. 2, 1849; came to this 
county in 1873; was married to Miss Emma 
Morris in 1873. She was born in Payson 
township. He has been principal of the 
schools of this aud Hancock county for the 
last five j-ears. • Mrs. Griffin's parents are 
among the early and energetic citizens who 
have been so conducive to tlie county's pros- 
perity. Mr. Griffln graduated and received 
the desrree of A. M. at Abingdon, in this 
Stale. 

Grimes S. S. farmer; sec. 31 ; P. O Mendon 
Grotz Edward, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Mendon 



Hardesty Samuel, farmer; sec. 23: P. O. Mend m 
Hardy B. farmer: sec. 1; P. O. Mendon. 

HARDV JOHX €„ farmer;* Sr 
22; P. O. Mendou; was born in Overton 
county, Tenn., Feb. 21, 1817; came to this 
county in 1830, and settled in this township; 
was married to Miss Annie Elem, in 1835. 
She was born in Alabama. They have two 
children; California E. and Nancy F. He 
owns a beautiful farm of seventy acres, 
highly cultivated, elegantly improved, well 
stocked with fruit, aud valuable. He is a 
Democrat in politics, and his family are 
members of the Christian church. He is 
one of the earliest and most enterprising of 
the county's citizens, and has labored hanl 
for ils advancement and prosperity. 
Harrison Joseph A. fhoemaker; P. O. Mendon. 
Havens Nancy J. sec. i'i; P. O. Vrea. 
Heaney Edward, farmer; stc. 15; P. O. Mendou. 
Heaney X. M. larmer; sec. 3; P.O. Mendon. 
Heany Samuel, farmer; P. O. Mendon. 



MEXDON DIRECTORY. 



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HEXDER80X J. M., miller, 
Mention, was born April 10, 1848, in Mahon- 
ing county, Ohio; moved to Allen county, 
Ind., in 1852 ; then to Adams county in 1872 ; 
married Sadie K. Blake. She was born in 
De Kalb county, Ind., Dec. 11, 1856 ; married, 
July 14, 1878. Politics, Democrat. He has 
been engaged in the milling business since 
he came to the place. 
Henderson ti. H. sale stables; P. O. Mendoa. 
HendersoD L. B. miller; P. O. Mendon. 
Hillnian Joseph, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. ilendon. 

HOFFMAX CHAS. HEXRY, 

Postmaster and dealer in hardware and gro- 
ceries, Mendon ; was born in Xew York 
City, April 23, 1824. In 1834 he went to 
North Carolina, and attended school up to 
1840 ; then moved to Boston, jMass., to learn 
the daguerreotype business under John 
Plumb (one of Daguerre's students), during 
which time he went to New York City and 
opened rooms and made the first picture 
ever made in the city according to those 
principles ; remained there a short time, and 
went to Philadelphia; opened rooms there, 
remaining just long enough to start the busi- 
ness; then went to Baltimore, and from 
there liome, for a brief period, and assisted 
one of his former pupils in starting the busi- 
ness in Washington, N. C, after which time, 
imtil 1846, he Wiis engaged in the lumber 
business in that State ; in that year he moved 
to this county, and settled in Quincy, but 
■was out of business up to the following fall, 
when he engaged in farming, on the Mound 
farm, in Ellington, until 1849. He then went 
to Californi;!, and there assisted in building 
the first frame house in Sacramento, for B. 
P. Cornwall ; returned to this State in 1855, 
since which time he has been in this town- 
ship ; for the last fifteen years has been in 
mercantile business. He was married to Miss 
Elizabeth A. Cook, in June, 1850. She was 
born in Portage county, Ohio. He is a Re- 
publican, a member of the Epi.scopal churchy 
and one of those enterprising citizens to 
whom >Iendon and Adams county owe their 
present flourishing condition. 

HORXE Ada:?! K., farmer; Sec 
25; P. O. Fowler; was born in Wcstmore 
land county. Pa., July 13, 1834 ; moved to 
Adams couutj' in 1857 ; was married in Ma- 
comb, 111., Feb. 23, 1800, to JIarIha P. Nay- 
lor, who was born at Macomb, June 8, 1839. 



Have five children : Frank C, born, Jan. 8 
1861 ; Julia N., born Dec. 21, 1861 (died June 
4,1873); Joseph E., born June 1.5, 1863; 
Adam A., born Jan. 3, 1868, and Mattie K., 
born Sept. 30, 1874. Both are members of the 
United Brethren church. Is a Republican. 
Bought 160 acres of land on section 25, range 
1 north, 8 west, worth |14,000. Is the pres- 
ent Supervisor of Mendon township. 
Howdyshell Miss E. P. O. Mendon. 



lugersoU R. A. farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. .\[endoD. 
Inraan James, larmer: 8ec.-.i-.i: P. O. Mendon. 



JOHXSOX JOHX H.. farmer; Sec. 
15 ; P. O. Jlendon ; was born in Todd count}', 
K}'., Dec. 2, 1811, and came to this county in 
1840 ;_ was married to Miss Martha Hicks 
in 1835. She was born in Barren county, 
Kentucky. They have seven children: three 
boys and four girls. He owns 1973^ acres of 
laud, improved, stocked with fruit, and very 
valuable. He is one of the early, energetic, 
and enterprising citizens who have used 
their energies and exertions toward the 
county's improvement and prosperity, and 
to whom is due its present flourishing con- 
dition. Independent in politics, and a ment- 
ber of the Christian church. 

James J. H. farmer; sec. 28; P. O. MarcelUue. 
Johns W. H. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Mendon. 
Jones Sophia, sec. 2J; P. 0. Ursa. 



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Kelly Tcomas, farmer; Sec. 3.5; P. O. Q,nlncy. 
Kennedy Mrs. E. P. O. -Mendon. 
Koch C. G. farmer; Sec. 34; P. 0. Mendon. 
Kuhn Isaac, cooper; p. O. Mendon. 



Laughlin Mrs. A. P. O. MeLdon, 
Lau(;hlin J. R. farmer; sec. 3"J; P. O. Marcelliue. 
Laughlin J. W. Sr., farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Mendon. 
LauijhUn \V. firmer; sec. :J3; P. O. Mendon. 
Langhery Mrs. Lncinda, sec. 34; P. O. Mendon. 
Laughery \Vm. teamster; P. O. Mendon. 
Lawrence Wm. farmer; sec. 2S; P. O. Slendou. 
Lelghtly John, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Mendon. 
Lingum Wm, laborer; P. O. Mendon. 

I.O^ii AXDRE^V G., farmer; Sec. 
24; P. O. Mendon; was born in Philadelphia, 
Penu., March 27, 1833; came to this county 



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HISTORY "IF ADAMS CuLNTY. 



in 1S42; was married to Miss Elizabeth A. 
Leslie, Dec. 30, 1859. She was born in this 
county. They have si.v children : Mary J., 
born Oct. 10, 1860; Annie E., born Feb. 13, 
1862; Walter W.. born July 17, 18 3; Wil- 
Ham G., born Jan. 22, ISO.'i; David A., born 
Sept. 4, 1866; Emily M., born Jan. 2."), 1S69. 
He owns eighty acres of land, stocked with 
fruit, and verj* valuable. He is Republican 
in politics, and a member of the Congrega- 
tional church. He is one of the enterprising 
citizens, and works for the advancement of 
the county. He is now township collector, 
and has held other local offices in the town- 
ship. 

LoDg Wm. farmer; sec. -.24; P. O Mendon. 
Lucking Frederick, farmer; sec. i-i P.O. Mendon. 
Lam R, S. pliyiician; P. O. Mendon. 



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McCarl David, carpenu-r; P. O. Mendon. 
McClelland James, farmer: sec 2^; P.O. Mendon. 
McClelland Thomas, farmer; sec. iS; P. O. Mendon. 
Mccormick John, carpenter; P. O. .Mendon. 
McCormick \Vm. carpenter; P. O. Mendon. 
McClnng S. H. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Mendon. 

McCL,rXti WILLIAM li.. far- 
mer; Sec. 24; P. (). ^Mendon; was born in 
Preble county, Ohio, June 24, 1!!'22; came 
to this county in March, 1851 ; was married 
to Miss Kachel Blazer in 1845. She was born 
in Fairfield countv, Penn., April 21, 1821. 
They have three children: Samuel H., Char- 
lie H., and Clara A. ' He owns 210 iicres of 
land, half of which is in a high state of cul- 
tivation, stocked with fruit, and very valua- 
ble. He is Democratic in politics, and one 
of the enterprising and stiring (^citizens of 
Mendoil township. 
McFarland •lobn, cooper; P. u. Mendon. 
McGlbbons Elizabetb. P. O. Mendon. 

ncGIBBOXfS FI'RMKX, liveiy 
stable; P. O. Mendon; was born in this 
town, Sept. 3, 184:J; was married April 13, 
1865, to Miss Lucinda Tarr, who was born 
near Marcelline, July 16, 1845. They have 
four children: John II.,Lorena, Orville R., 
and Minnetta. He owns a beautiful [prop- 
erty in the flourishing town of Mendon, 
elegantly improved. He is the i>roprietor 
of the Mendon livery stable, where is to be 
found a full line of fine turnouts of the 
most approved patterns. Republican in 
politics. 



McGibbons Geo. W. merchant; P.O. Mendon 
McOirr John, farmer; sec. M; P. O. Mendou. 

^ll-CiilKR OWEX, farmer; Sec. 34; 
P. O. Fowler; was horn in County Tyrone, 
Ireland, July 2ij, 1841; came to this country 
in 18.j0, and settled in Pawtueket, R. I., 
where he remained up to 18'i4, when he 
moved to this county, and settled on the 
beautiful farm he now owns, containing 240 
acres in a high state of cultivation, well 
improved, and stocked with fruit. Demo- 
crat in politics, and a member of the Roman 
Catholic church. He is one of the energetic 
citizens of the county. 
Mclnlyre Mrs. Alice, milliner; P. O. Mendon. 
Mclarow Corneline, farmer; sec. 2i> ; P. O. Mendon 

:MdiEAN JOHX J A C K » O X, 

farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Ursa ; was born in 
Fayette county, Penn., Feb. 17, 1817 ; came 
to this count}' in 1843 ; was married to Mi.-- 
Caroline Weisenburger, in 1848. She wa- 
born in Germany. They have four children, 
three b(\vs and one girl. He owns eighty 
acres of land, well improved and wateretl ; 
stocked with fruit, and valuable. For the 
"first five years of his residence here, he made 
steamboating his business, after which tini>' 
he engaged in the grocerj' business foraboi;' 
four years. He is one of the enterprisin. 
citizens who has labored for the county- 
improvement. He has held local offices ui 
Importance in the township. Democratic in 
politics. His family are members of the 
Roman Catholic church. 

McXay Andrew, farmer; Sec. 4; P O. Mendon. 
McXay Jumes, farme.-: Sec. it; P. O. Mendon. 
HcNact James, farmer; sec. '.2; P. O. L'rsa. 
McVay Chas. Sr. plasterer. P. O. Mendon. 
Meyer C. E. farmer; r-ec. 18; P. O. Mendon. 
Meyers .1. H. farmer; sec. M; P. O. Quincy. 
Miller D. S. farmer; see. 15; P. O. Mendon. 
Miller Wm. mail.carrler; P. O. Mendon. 
Miles \V. A. farmer; sec. ;!3; P. O. Mendon. 
Monroe W. T. merchant; P. O. Mendon. 

nOYEK MRS. ANXIE. larming; 
Sec. 30; P. (J. Fowler; was born in West- 
moreland county, Penn., March 31, isil; 
was married to Henry Moyer, Jan. 3, 1828. 
He was born in the same county, June 25. 
1802. They h;ive thirteen children, si.v boys 
and seven girls. She came to this county 
and setlletl on her present farm, June 26, 
1851. Mr. Moyer was one of the most ener 
getic and enterprising citizens who hits 
labored so hard for the county's prosperity. 




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MEXDOX DIEECTOKV. 



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aiul 10 whom it owes its present flourishing 
couilition. He took a determined stand in 
tiio Democratic ranks, and gave the party 
Lis lirm support to the time of his deatli, 
which occurred July 20, 1869. Mrs. M. 
owns 200 acres of land, in a good state of 
cultivation. She is a member of the United 
Brethren church. 

MOORE JAMES t., merchant 
:; p. O. Mendou: was born in BeaU- 

•. Monroe county, Ohio, 1856; moved to 
Marion City, with his parents, in 1862, then to 
Hannibal, Mo., 1863; thence to Palmyra, 
Mo. ; was married to Anna Cupp, Jan. 25, 
1876. She was born in 1856, in Berran, 
Kiirope: came to Palmj-ra, Mo., in 1869; 
ed \o Mendon in 1877. Are members 

he Baptist church. They have one child, 
lua Belle, born Feb. 20, 1878. He served as 
apprentice m the merchant tailor business, 
and has been doing business on his own 
account since 1875. 
SlDSgrove John, laborer: P. O. Mendon, 



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Nedrjw Juhn, butcher; P. O. Mendon. 
Nedrow Samuel, blacksmith: P. 0. Mendon. 
Xledick Frederick, farjier; sec. :i3; P. O. Mendon. 

MIEDICK H. FRED., farmer; 
Sec. 21 ; P. O. Jlendon ; was born in Ger- 
many, Aug. 21, 1835 ; came to this countrj- 
in December, 1856, and settled in this 
county; was married to Miss Anna Glieht, 
in 1859. She was born in Germany. They 
have eight children, si.x boys and two girls. 
He owns ninety-five acres of land, well im- 
proved, and stocked with fruit. Repub- 
lican, and a member of the Lutheran 
church. He is one of the live, energetic 
citizens, who have labored for the county's 
advancement. 

Nott Daniel, farmer: sec. 13; P. O. Mendon. 
Nutt Daniel lamber dealer: P. O. Mendon. 
Xatt W. .1. carpenter; P. O. Mendon. 



Oliver Mrs. John; P. O. Mendon 

Oit Henry, painter; P.O. Mendo;. 

Giving Tho9. C. farmer; see. 21 ; P. O Mendon. 



Pipple John, laborer; P. O. Mendon. 

POUXCi WM. P., tenant farmer; 
Sec. 11; P. O. Mendon; was born in Kings 



county. X. Y., Dec. 11. 1819; came to this 
county in July, 1839 ; was married to 3Iiss 
Lydia Ann Powell in 1839. She was born 
in Queens county, X. Y. They have five 
children, three girls and two boys. He has 
been identified with the county's prosperity 
for thirty-nine years. He enlisted in August, 
1802, in Co. K of the llSth Regt. 111. Inf , 
and remained with them one year, after 
which time, and up to the close of the war, 
he was in the Signal Corps. Republican, 
and a member of the Baptist church. He 
lost his two eldest sons during the war; they 
both enlisted in the same company and 
regiment as their father. 



qi'IG COKRAD. meat mttrket; 
Mendon ; born in Somerset county, Peun., 
April 26, 1818; came to Adams county, 111., 
November, 1843; married Miss ^Margaret 
Shupe, in March, 1815. She was born in 
Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1823 ; came 
to this county in 1842. They have had six 
children, two now living : Wm. B., born in 
1848, and Michael P., born in 1857 ; went to 
California in 1849; returned in 1851. He 
owns 240 acres of land, on Sec. 35 ; owns 
three houses and five lots in Mendon. They 
are members of the M. E. church since 
their marnase. 



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REES FRIEDRICH, farmer: 
Sec. 3: P. O. Mendon: was born in Ger- 
many, Aug. 26, 1820 ; came to this country. 
May 5, 1847, and settled on the farm he now 
lives on, Feb. 18, 1850 ; was married to Miss 
Polly Shupe in 1851. She was born in West- 
moreland county, Penn. They have two 
children, William and Catherine E. He 
owns 181 acres of land, in a high state of 
cultivation, and stocked with fruit. He is 
one of the energetic citizens who always 
look toward the county's improvement. He 
is Democratic in politics, and a member of 
the Lutheran church. 

RE3IPP ANDREW, farmer; Sec. 
3; P.O. Mendon; was born in Westmore- 
land county, Penn., Oct. 20, 1832 ; came to 
this county in 1858; was married to Miss 
Catherine Shupe in 18G0. She was born in 
Westmoreland county, Penn., Aug. 25, 1842. 
They have thirteeen children, eight boys 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



and five girls. He owns 210 acres of land, 
the most of which is in a high state of cul- 
tivation, elegantly improved, abundantly 
stocked with fruit, and verj' valuable. 
Democratic in politics, and a member of 
the Lutheran church. He is one of the en- 
terprising citizens of the township. 

Reynolds L. £. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Hendon. 
Rbine Daniel, blacksmith ; P. Clleodon. 

RIDDLE ORVILLK E., farmer: 
Sec. il: P. O. Mendon ; was born in this 
township, June 25, 1831. His father, Ebe- 
nezer Riddle, came to this county from 
Pendleton county, Ky., in 1829, and bought 
320 acres of land, a portion of which his son 
now owns. In that early day there was 
nothing here but a few scattering settlers, 
plenty of Indians, and deer. In 1834 he had 
the lumber sawed by h.ind, and built one of 
the first, if not the first, frame house in the 
township, which is still standing, and pretty 
nearly as good as new. He was energetic 
and enterprising, and aided very materially 
in the township's prosperity up to bis death, 
which occurred in ISU. Mr. O. E. Riddle 
was married to Miss Sarah A. Nichols in 
18)5. She was born in Ellington township, 
Oct. 25, 1835. They have one child, Charles 
C, born April 25, 1857. He owns 110 acres 
of land. Democrat, and attends the Chris- 
tian church. 
RoblDson Mrs. H. P. O. Hendon. 

ROGERS CLARK G., farmer; 
Sec. 22 ; P. O. Jleudon ; was born in Wayne 
county, N. Y., March 29, 1820; came to this 
county in 1839 with his parents, and settled 
in Lima township, and there lived up to 
1862, when he moved to the farm he now oc- 
cupies. He was married twice. His' first 
wife was Miss JIary L;iughlin. She was 
born in this county, by which marriage he 
has two children. His second, and present, 
wife was Miss Mary £. Ward, to whom he 
was married in 1870. She was born in New 
York. They have four children, three girls 
and one boy. He owns a beautiful farm of 
380 acres, highly cultivated, well improved, 
and stocked with fruit. Republican in poli- 
tics, and one of the most energetic of the 
county's citizens, and intensely interested -in 
its advancement. 
Rosenbrock lire. C P. u. Mendon. 
Rowbotham \Vm. farmer; sec. 14; P o. Mendon 



Rl'ST GV.O. WASHIXGTOX, 

farmer; Sec. 9; P. (). Mindon; was born in 
the city of Washington, .July 16, 1818; came 
to this county in November, 1834; was 
married to Miss Margaret L. Rawlings, Feb. 
14, 1850. She was born in Pendleton county, 
Ky., Nov. 28, 1830. Three children: Michael 
Newton, bom Oct. 27, 1849; Elizabeth Jose- 
phine, born Sept. 22, 1857 ; and George Ed- 
ward, born Sept. 21, 1863. He has been 
identified with the old and energetic citi- 
zens who have used their utmost endeavors 
to place the county in its present prosperous 
condition. He has held various local offices 
of importance; owns eighty acres of land, 
well improved. He enlisted during the 
Mexican war in the 1st 111. Cav. in Capt. 
James D. Morgan's company, under Col. 
Hardin; scr\'ed one year. He made the trip 
to New Orleans on the first Hat boat that ever 
left Quincy for that i)oi-l with a cargo of pro- 
visions. He also went to Wisconsin ])rior to 
the removal of the Indians from that State, 
and aided in the construction of the first saw 
mill that was built on Black River Falls; 
also helped to take the first flat boat of staves 
to Kimball's Mill that was ever taken down 
the biiy. 

Rnst Jacob, farmer; sec. 37; P. O. Hendon. 
Rnst Michael, constable; P. O. Mendon. 



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Seward Byron, farmer; e.ec. 16: P. O. Mendon. 
Shaffer Henry, carpenter; P. O. Hendon. 
Shaffer Jacob, carpen:er; P. O. Hendon. 

8HA»RAVGH D. P., grocerj and 
notions, Mendon; born at Mt. Rock, Cum- 
berland county, Pa., May 14, 1842: moved 
to Rock Island county. 111., in 1854; then to 
Adams county in 185S; enlisted in the 05th 
111. Inf, April, 1862: served three years; in 
1871 was married to Miss E. J. Gibbs, who 
was born in Adams county. Pa., Dec. 22, 
1848, and moved to this county in 18.55; 
members of the Evangelical Lutheran 
church; is the only living member of the 
family, except a brother, residing in Chicago ; 
was engaged as clerk in the post-offlce for 
eight j'ears, but is now engaged in fancy 
groceries and notions. 
Sharp Mrs, Matilda ; P. O. Mendon. 
Shepherd Samuel, farmer; sec. ti; P. O. Hendon. 
Shepherd Peter, farmer; sec. it ; P. O. Mendon. 
Shipley Jae. farmer; sec. «8; P. O. Mendon. 
Shriver Lewie, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Mendon. 



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SHIPE CHRISTOPHER, far 

mer; Sec. 35; P. O. Mendon; was born in 
Franklin county, Pa., July 18, 1815; came 
to this county in 1841 ; was married to Miss 
Mary Shultz in 1840. She was born in 
Somerset coimty, Pa., June 29, 1818. They 
have nine children, seven boys and two girls. 
He owns about GOO acres of land, the greater 
part of which is in a high state of culti- 
vation, elegantly improved, stocked with 
fruit, and very valuable. Democratic, and a 
member of the Lutheran church. He is one 
of the most enterprising citizens who lias 
labored hard for the county's advancement 
and improvement. 

Siperd Mrs. Diniel, P. O. Mendon. 
Sigebie W. physician; P. O. Mendon. 
Simmons Mrs. L. P. O. Mendon. 

SIMMMOXS WIIiWAM. farmer; 
Sec. 26; P. O. Mendon; was born in Athens 
county, Ohio, Jan. 24. 1811. Was married 
twice. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth 
Shields, to whom he was married in 1834. 
She was born, Jan. 11, 1814, in "Westmore- 
land county, Penn, His second and present 
wife was Miss Elizabeth Gray, to whom he 
was married Feb. 21, 1869. She was born in 
Pittsburg, Penn., July 11, 1828. He owns 
100 acres of land. He came to this county 
Oct. 13, 1848. He is one of the energetic 
citizens who has used their energies toward 
the county's advancement. Republican in 
politics. 

Simpson B.;njamin, farmer; P. O. Mendon. 
Slack B. F. blacksmith; P. O. Mendon. 

il^lIITH CAI.EH A., farmer; Sec. 
9; P. O. Mendon. Was born in New Haven, 
Conn., March 9, 1805, and came to this 
county in 1835 and settled on the farm he 
now lives on. Was married twice. His 
first wife was Miss Sallie Clarke. She was 
born in Pendleton county,Ky. His. second and 
present wife was Miss Mary Ann Wible, to 
whom he was married in 1871. They have 
three children, one boy and two girls. She 
was bom in Pennsylvania. He has held 
various oflices of local importance in the 
township, and has always been numbered 
among the most energetic of citizens. He 
owns about eighty acres of land, well 
stocked with fruit, and valuable. Republi- 
can, and a member of the Congregational 
church. 



Smith H. farmer; sec. 'Jl; P. O. Mendon. 
Smith John, farmer; sec. Zi; P. O. Mendon. 
Smith Patrick, farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Quincy. 
Sprinkle Mrs. P. O. Mendon. 
Sprinkle S. .J. farmer: sec. 4; P. O. Mendon. 

SPROAT PERCA% farmer; Sec. 
3; P. O. Mendon. Was born in Bethanj-, 
Genesee county, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1813 ; moved 
to Meigs county, Ohio, in 1832; remained 
there one year. In the spring of 1833. in 
company with his brother, he came to this 
county, and settled on the adjoining farm to 
the one he now lives on. Was married to 
Miss Elizabeth Crow, Sept. 1, 1836. She was 
born in St. Charles county. Mo., Oct. 27, 
1820. Si.x children : one boy and five girls. 
He owns 105 acres of land, stocked with 
fruit, and valuable. He is one of the few 
earlj' and enterjirising citizens that are now 
left, who have exerted their energies so man- 
fully for the county's advancement. He is a 
member of the National Greenback party; 
also, of the Methodist church. 
Starr R. B. farmer ; sec. 34 ; P. O. Mendon. 

ST05JE MIC A J AH, farmer; Sec. 
16; P. O. Mendon. Was born in Overton 
county, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1819; came to this 
county in the fall of 1831. Was married to 
Miss Eupheraia E. Martin in 1842. She 
was born in Lawrence count}', HI., June 27, 
1826. They have three children : Sarah M. 
I., Cassandra W., and Susan F. He owns a 
farm containing 160 acres, highly improved, 
stocked with fruit, and valuable. He has 
held various oflices of importance in the 
township, and is one of the few remaining 
early settlers who have laboied so faithfully 
for the county's advancement. He is a 
member of the American National Green- 
back party, and also of the Christian church. 

STRICKIiER CLARK, farmer; 
Sec. 4; P. O. Mendon. Was born in Fay- 
ette county, Penn., Nov. 15, 1833; moved to 
this state with his parents in 1837, and 
settled in Houston township. Was married 
to Miss Julia A. Sproat in 1863. She was 
bom in this township, Aug. 28, 1840. They 
have three children: Orville, born Feb. 19, 
1865; Minnie Myrtle, born Oct. 38, 1879; 
and the baby, born April 3, 1878. He owns 
160 acres of land, abundantly stocked with 
fruit. He is one of the most energetic and 
enterprising citizens who have exerted them- 
selves so much for the county's advance- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



ment. He is a mcmlior of tho Xational 
Greenback party. Was a Republicau up to 
the passage of the resumptiou act, but, 
thinking the measure not conducive to the 
best interests of the country, he left the 
party. 

Strickler L. L. farmer ; eec. 34 ; P. O. Mendou. 
Swan C. W. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Meodon. 



Tan Samnel; farmer; P.O. Mendon 

Tarr Charlee. farmer: sec. 33: P. O. Marcelline. 

Tarr Mrs. Wm. R. P. O. Mendou. 

Thayer F. M. retired; P. O. Mendon. 

Tliomae Wni. farmer: fee J-J; P. O. Mendon. 

Tliompgon L. barneys maker;IP. O. Mendon. 

THOMI»>*«X LKWIX. farmer; Sec. 
22; p. O. Mfuclon: was born in Clark Co., 
Ohio, Sept. (i. 1834; came to tliis county in 
1S50; was married to Miss Catherine Mc- 
Adams in 1858. She was born in Ursa town- 
ship. Tlipy have six children, two boys and 
four girls. He owns a beautiful farm, con- 
taining eighty acres, in a high state of culti- 
vation, stocked with fruit. He is Democratic 
in politics, and one of the energetic citizens 
who have done so much for the county's im- 
provement, advancement, and flourishing 
condition. 

Tliompson Wm. tinner; P. O. Mendon. 
Tittle Mra. Rachel, P. O. Mendon. 

TRinBI.E AltTHI'R H., far- 
mer; Sec. ;53; P. (). ilunenine; was born in 
Hourborn county.Keutucky, in October, 1810 ; 
wa,-; married twice. His first wife was Miss 
Olive S. Adair, to whom lie was married Feb. 
l(i, 1832. She was born in Nicholas county, 
Kentucky. They had four children, all girls. 
His second and present wife was Miss Saphro- 
na Washburn. He was married to her in 
July, 1845. She wasliorn in Harrison county, 
Iventucy, in 1824. They have three children, 
one boy and two girls. He came to this 
county in March, 1835, and owns a'beautiful 
farm of 2C0 acres, stocked with fruit. He is 
Democratic in politics, ami one of the few 
early, enterprising, and industrious citizens 
now left. He has held various important 
ortices in the county, and has represented 
this district in the Legislature for one term. 
Tucker Mrs. Jas. P. O. Mendon. 
Tiilly Patrick, farmer; see. 85; P. O. Fowler. 

TIIRXER FREDERICK C, 

civil engineer andfaruur; Sec. 21; P. O. 



Ursa; was boYn in Ursa townshij), May 17 
1839 ; was married to Miss Mary E. Fletcher 
Dec. 23, 1809. She was born on the farm 
they now live on. His father, Joseph Tur- 
ner, was born in Dedham, Mass., June 13, 
1799; moved to this county in 1834, and set- 
tled at Wesley Chapel. He was during his 
life in the county, one of the most energetic 
and enterprising of its citizens, having been 
identified with nearly everj-thing tending to 
its prosperity, and died March 16, 187G. 
They have four children, all boys. He is 
Rejiublican in politics. He studied the 
profession of civil engineering, and occupies 
part of his time in the practice of the same. 
Turner Mrs. J. P. O. Mendon. 
Tyson Herman, farmer; siC. 38; P. O. Mendon 

u 

VREC'H JACOB R., proprietor of 
tlie Mendon Dispatch. 



Van Blair C. farmer ; sec. 16; P. O. Mendou. 
Van Dyke P. C. farmer: sec. 33; P. O. Marcelline 
Van Dvke W. farmer; sec. 8S; P. O. Marcelline 



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Walker H. ('. cooper; P. O. Mendon. 
Walker .1. .\. farmer: sec. 26; P. O. Mendon. 
Walker J. 0. cooper: P.O. Mendon. 
Webb Mrs. Sarah; sec. 34; P. O. Mendon. 
Weidniau J. .\. druggist; P. O. Mendon. 
Weidner M. farmer ; ser. 27; P. O. Mendon. 
Welcome Mrs. Mary, P. O. Mendon. 
Welshonn .Toseph, miller; P. O. Mendon. 

WIBIiE AJfDREW, farmer; Sec. 
12; P. (). Mendon; was born in Westmore- 
land county. Pa., Dec. 80, 1815 : came to 
this county in 1852; was married to Miss 
Sarah Kilgore in 1839. She was born in 
Indiana county. Pa. They have five chil- 
dren, three boys and two girls. He owns 
267 acres of land in a high state of cultiva- 
tion, well improved, and stocked with fruit, 
and very valuable. He is Democratic in 
politics, and a member of the Lutheran 
Church. He is one of the enterprising citi- 
zens who has done much for the county's 
advancement and improvement. He owns 
some very valuable property in Mendou 
which is well improved. 

WIBL.K JOHN SR., farmer. Sec. 
9; P. O. Mendon; was born in Westmore. 



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land county, Pa., March 11, 18U, and came 
to this county in the spring of 1853, and set- 
tled in the same house he now occupies ; 
was married to Miss Polly Hugh, in the fall 
of 1839. She was born in the same coimty. 
They have eleven children, six boys and 
five girls, all living, the youngest of which 
is now fifteen years old. He owns 140 
aci'es of land, stocked with fruit. He has 
been identified with the coimty's prosperity 
for twenty-six j-ears, and aided in its enter- 
]>rises and industries. He is Democratic 
in politics and attends the Congrej^atioual 
church. 
Wilkins Eli, farmer; sec. 15; P.O. Mendou. 

>V1L,LIAMS JOEL, GRAKT, 

civil engineer and farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. 
Ursa ; was born in Pendleton county, Ky., 
May 14, 1804. He has been married three 
times. His first wife was Temperance Hed- 
dington, of Fayette county, Ky.; second, 
was Annie Workman, of North Carolina; 
his third and present wife was Miss Mary 
F. Bell, to whom he was married Feb. 4, 
1857. She was born in Muhlenburgh 
county, Ky., April 19, 1804. They have two 
children, one boy and one girl. He came 
to this county, Oct. 26, 1833. and settled in 
this township. He studied civil engineer- 
ing in Kentucky, and has made it his busi- 
ness ever since. He has been County Sur- 
veyor for four J'ears, and Deputj' for about 
sixteen. He owns a beautiful farm of 135 
acres, stocked with fruit, on which he has 
lived since April 1, 1834. He was ordained 
in the New Providence Church in .July, 1835, 
and was made its pastor, which he has re- 
mained up to the present lime without fee 
or reward; a portion of the time he 
preached to three congregations, one at Pay- 
son, Coatsburg and his own. He is one of 
the few remaining early citizens who have 
labored hard for the county's prosperity. 
From the attainment of his majority up 
to the passage of the Nebraska and Kansas 
bill, he was identified with the old line 
Whig party. At the time of the birth of the 
Republican party, he became a Democrat 
and has remained with that party ever since. 

Wileon Mies M. A. see. lb; P. 0. UendoD. 
Wilson .1. W. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Mendon. 
Wise Mrs. C. P. O Mendon. 
Worman .loha S. carpenter; P. O. Mendon. 



WORMAlUr HOSE IS G., farmer; 
Sec. 35 ; P. O. Fowler. He owns 397 acres of 
land; was born in Westmoreland county, 
Pa., Nov. 10, 1833, and came to this county 
in the fall of 1850. 

WRIGHT ABRAH, farmer; Sec. 
33; p. U. ^tendon. He was born in Oxford- 
shire, England, March 16, 1808; was married 
to Miss Merriam Nutt, in 1831. They have 
one child, Daniel. Mr. Wright came to this 
country in 1839, and settled in Columbiana 
county, Ohio, where he remained up to 1845. 
Then he moved to the town of Mendon, since 
which time he has been one of the most en- 
ergetic and enterprising citizens, to whose 
energies and exertions the county owes its 
present flourishing condition. He owns 112 
acres of land, well stocked with fruit, and 
very valuable. Republican, and a member 
of the Congregational church. 

IVRIGHT AL>8ERT, farmer; 
Sec. 10; P. O. Mendon. He was born in 
Prince William county, Va., Nov. 27, 1835, 
and came to this countj- in 1848. He was 
married to Miss Emily .J. Miller, Oct. 21, 
1849. They have five children, three girls 
and two boys. She was born in Washington 
county, ]Mo. He has held some local offices 
of importance in the township, and is one 
of the most enterprising of the county's citi- 
zens, to whom it owes its present prosperous 
condition. He owns HG% acres of land, 
most of which is in a high state of cultiva- 
tion, and abundantly slocked with fruit. Re- 
l)ublican in politics, and a member of the 
Congregational church. 
Wright Frederick, laborer; P. O. Mendon. 

\%"RIGHT JOHX H., farmer; Sec. 
10; P. O. Mendon; was born in Prince 
William county, Va., .July 8, 1837; came to 
this county in 1853 ; was married to Miss 
Pluma Sla}i;on, in 1851. She was born in 
this county. They have six children, three 
boys and three girls. He owns KiO acres of 
land, highly improved, and very valuable. 
He is by trade, a blacksmith, but since his 
settlement has not worked at it. He is 6ne 
of the enterprising citizens who have used 
their energies toward the county's advance- 
ment and improvement. He is a Repub- 
lican, and a member of the Methodist church 
for the last thirty -five years. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTS'. 



WRIGHT KEHKm AH. farmer: 
Sec. 23; P. O. Mention; was liorn in Oxford' 
shire, England, Nov. 4, 1823, and came to 
this country in 1839, and settled in Colum- 
biana county, Ohio, where he remained up to 
1844, at which time he moved to this county; 
was married to Miss Merriam Taylor, in 
1855. She was born in the same place as 
. her husband. They have ten children, 
seven boys and three girls. He owns fifty 
acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, 
stocked with fruit, and valuable. He is one 
of the old and enterprising citizens who' 
have used their energies and exertions 
toward the county's advancement and pros- 
perity. He is a Republican, and a member 
of the Congregational church. 



YOrXG PETER, Physician; P. O. 
Mendon ; was born in Butler county, Ohio, 
Dec. 11, 1823; came to this county Sept. 1, 
1847. He enlisted in May, 1840, in the 1st 



Ohio Regt. of on(%year volunteers, during 
the Mexican war, under Col. A. M. Mitchell, 
and during his stay there began reading 
medicine, and after returning to Ohio, re- 
mained two months, and came to this county. 
About eight years after his arrival here, he 
studied medicine, and taught school at the 
saine time, and in 1855 graduated iu the 
Medical Department of the University of 
St. Louis; was married to Miss Virginia C. 
Jliller, of Marion countj', Va. They have 
three children, one boy and two girls. He 
owns 275 acres of land, the most of which is 
in a high state of cultivation, well improved, 
abundantly stocked with fruit ; also owns 
several pieces of town property in Mention. 
His father, Moses Young, born Feb. 12, 1791, 
in Sussex county, N. J., came to this county, 
in 1875, to make his home with his son. Dr. 
Young is Democratic in politics, and a 
member of the ConsregiUional church. 



Zimmerman H. farmer; eec. '22; P. O. Mendon. 



UESA TOWKSHIP. 



Adair H. T. farmer: sec. 32; P. O. Marcelllne. 
Adair W. farmer: sec. 3J: P. O. Marcclline. 
Agard W. farmer: see. ;i5: P O. Marcelline. 

AHAL.T MRS. L,OVISA, farmer; 
Sec. 31 ; P. O. Ursa ; born on the place she 
now lives, Dec. 25, 1837; wa.s married to 
Rufus F. Ahalt, in 1847. He was born in 
Maryland, Dec. 4, 1833, ami was during life 
a very enterprising, energetic and valued 
citizen, and assisted very materially in the 
advancement and prosperity t)f the township. 
He was Democratic in politics and died 
Jan. 4, 1875. The estate contains 203 acres 
of land, a great deal of which is in a high 
state of cultivation, stocked with fruit and 
valuable. Her father, Clayburn Campbell, 
ser\ed during the Blackhawk War, and as- 
sisted very considerably in the earl}' settle- 
ment of the county, as he was one of the 
very first of it.s settlers. She has seven chil- 
dren, two sons and five daughters; is a mem- 
ber of the Melliodist church. 



Allen Jesse, farmer; sec. 81; P. O Marcclline. 
Alton Wm. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Murceltine. 



BarnettD. N. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Marcelline. 
Berlin .\. farmer; sec. 18: P. O. Ursa. 
Berlin L. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Ursa. 
Berlin S. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Urea. 
Beebe Mrs. D. sec. 13; P. O. Ursa. 
Biddluston A. farmer; sec, 14; P. O. Urea. 

BT8EI.L. WEBSTER, fanner; 
P. 0. Marcelline; born in this township, 
Sept. 4, 184<j; was married to Miss Matilda 
C. Gerard, in 1807. She was born in Miami 
couuly, U. They have one child, Wm. E., 
born Feb. 9, 18G8. He owns fifty iicies of 
land, the most of which is in a high stale 
pf cultivation, well improved, abundantly 
stocked with fruit and very valuable. He 
:ilso owns some valualjle town property in 
Marcelline, the portion of which he ociui)ies 
is elegantly improved. He is Republican in 
polities, and one of the most energetic and 
enterprising of the county's citizens. He 



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enlisted in Co. G., 58th Regt. 111. Inf., and 
served one year. 

BL,Y£iEIC BEXJAMIBf. farmer; 
Sec. o; P. O. Marcelline; born iu Cumber- 
land count}-, Pa,, Feb. 22, 1835; came to this 
Miunty in 1846; was married to Miss Eliza- 
beth Lauber, in 1854. She was born in 
Pennsylvania, April 29, 1838. They have 
had six children, five of whom are now liv- 
ing, two sons and three daughters. He owns 
200 acres of land, about half of which is in a 
high state of cultivation, well improved and 
stocked with fruit. He is a Democrat in 
politics and a member of the' United Breth- 
ren church. He is one of the energetic and 
enterprising citizens who labors hard for the 
county's advancement. 

BOOTH EMIIiY, farming; Sec. 33; 
P. O. Quiucy; was born in Shelby county, 
Ky., Sept. 36, 1835; came to this county in 
March, 1833. Her father, Stephen Booth, 
was, during life, one of the most energetic of 
the county's citizens, and one of those to 
whom it owes its prosperous condition. He 
died May 39, 1867, in his eighty-second year. 
She owns ninety acres of laud in high 
state of cultivation, elegantly improved, 
abimdantly stocked with fruit and very val- 
uable. She is a member of the Christian 
church of Ursa. 
Brewer Wes?, farmer; eec. 'XI; P. O. Marcelliue. 

BRl'GGEBOS CONRAD, farmer; 
Sec. 19;'P. O. Ursa; born in Hanover, Jan. 
19, 1815 ; came to this county May 31, 184S ; 
was married to Miss Sophie Whitefield, in 
1853. She was born in Hanover, also. They 
have two children: Emma D. and Rosa C. 
He owns 361 acres of land in a high state of 
cultivation, improved, abundantly stocked 
with fruit and valuable. He is one of the 
energetic citizens of the county, always look- 
ing after its improvement and advancement; 
is Deraoeratic in politics and a member of 
the Lutheran church. 
Burke Hiram, farmer: eec. 13: P. O. Ursa. 
Bnrke S F. farmur; eec. 30; P. O. Marcelline. 
I'.rydnt Daniel, farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Marcelline. 
Bryant David, farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Marcelline. 



f'ampbell Joseph, farmer; pec. oO; P.O. Ursa. 
Camphell L, C. farmer; sec. W; P. O. Urea. 

CAMPBELL, LEE R., retired; 
Sec. 30: P. O. Marcelline; was born in Wil- 



son county, Tenn.,July 5, 1815; came to this 
State in 1836, and settled in Jacksonville; 
moved to Quincy in 1837, where he engaged 
in building and merchandising, and assisted 
in the construction of the Quincy House 
and the old Court House; after remaining 
there until the fall of 1845, he moved to 
Marcelline and continued in merchandising. 
In 1846 he was elected Justice of the Peace, 
and held the office ten years, when he moved 
back to Quincy, still keeping in the old 
business, and was there also elected. Justice 
of the Peace. He onlj' remained, however, 
in the city until 18G1, when he returned to 
this township and retired to his beautiful 
fiirm, which adjoins Marcelline. He was 
maiTied to Miss Sarah Heberling, in 1846. 
She was born in Harrisburg, Pa. They have 
four children, two boys and two girls. He 
is Democratic in politics, and one of the old 
and energetic citizens who has labored hard 
for the county's improvement and advance- 
ment, and to whom it owes its present pros- 
perous and flourishing condition. 

CAJIPBELL MRS. MARY, 

farming; Sec. 31 ; P.O.Ursa; was born in 
Lincoln county. Mo., in May, 1811 ; came to 
this county in the fall of 1823. Her father, 
Samuel Groshong, was the first settler, and 
built the first cabin in Ursa township. She 
was married to George Campbell, in August, 
1835, bj-Willard Keyes, Justice of the Peace. 
He died, Dec. 24, 1864, in the 71st year of 
his age. This was the first marriage cele- 
brated in this county, and her son, Andrew J. 
Campbell, born Aug. 12, 1827, was the first 
white child born in the county. She has 
had eleven children, three of whom arc now 
dead. She owns 130 acres of land in a high 
state of cultivation, well improved, and 
stocked with fruit. The farm is known gen- 
erally throughout the county as the "Walnut 
Grove Farm." She is still in the enjoyment 
of good health, and bids fair to live and be 
a consolation to her children for a number 
of years to come. 

Campbell S. W. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Urea. 
Campbell Thomas, farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Ursa. 
Clark John, farmer; eec. 93; P. O. Qnincy. 

COLVIX DAVIS P., farmer; Sec. 
30; P. O. Ursa; was born in Pendleton 
county, Ky., Feb. 24, 1815; came to this 
county in 1838; Was married three times. 
His first wife was Elizabeth Booth She was 



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bom in Bourlmn county, Ky. By this mar- 
riiifrc he hail fivt^chiUlren: Isabella, Joshua, 
Z('|>LTina, Emily and 6eor<;f. His secouJ 
wilV was Caroline Kirkpatrick, who was 
born in this county. By this marriage he 
h.'id two children: James and Lilly. His 
third and present wife was Mary E. Hedge.*, 
of Bourbon county, Ky , to whom he was 
married in 1870. He owns 186 acres of land, 
in a high state of cultivation, elegantly im 
proved, and very valuable. He is Republi- 
can in politics, and one of the early, ener- 
getic, and industrious citizens to whom the 
county looks for its present and future pros, 
perity. 

I'opelin R.ley, rarmer; see. 5; P. O. Ursa. 
Cox James, rarmer; sec. 6; P. O. Harcelliue. 
Cox iSqaire, ra:mer; see. H; P. o. Ursa. 
Crimm C. fanner; sec. 30; P. O. Ursa. 



Daaiuls Kdward. tanner; sec. M; I*. O t'rsa. 

DAITGHEKTV MICHAEL, 

farmer; Sec. 2i>: P. O.Ursa; was born in 
Westmoreland county, Pa, July 1, 1810; 
came to this county in the fall of 18.50; was 
married to Miss Elizabeth Punk, in 1830. 
She was born in the same county ;is her hus- 
band, in 1807. They have seven childreu, 
five Ixiys and two girls. He owns -1.51 acres 
of land, in a high state of cultivation, ele- 
gantly improved, abundantly stocked with 
fruit, and very valuable. He is Democratic 
in politics, and a member of the Methodist 
church. JIc is one of the most energetic 
and industrious citizens of the county, to 
whom it is indebted for its present prosper- 
ous and flourishing condition. 
Daviason Mrs. F. sec. 38; I>. O. Ouincy. 
Deneoo John, farmer; sec. 7: P. O Ursa. 
DnnibanldJ. farmer; 9 3c. Jii; P.O. Ursa. 

DUNCAN JOHN W., farmer; 
Sec. 32; P. O. Quincy; was born in this 
county, July 16, 1830; was married to Miss 
Mary Booth, Dec. 1!). 1860. .She was born 
in Bourbon country. Ivy., Jan. 3, 1838. They 
have three children: Maggie, boru Dee. 5. 
1861 ; William, born May 9, 1863, and Emily, 
born Dec. 26, 1867. He owns eighty acres 
of land, in a high state of cultivation and 
stocked with fruit. He is a Republican in 
politics, and a member of the Christian 
cliurch. lie is cue of the energetic, enter- 
prising and industrious citizens of Adams 



county, alive to its inti^rests and future pros- 
perity, and is one of tnc oldest— if not the 
oldest — citizens boru in the county, that is 
now living. 



Ebirt Jacob, farmer; sec ;!1 ; P. O Marcelliue 



Fanning Enistus ; sec. Zi; P O. Quincy. 

. FAWKITMH MAKDONIM, mil 

ler; Ursa: was born in Lima, this county, 
Jan. 1, 18.51 ; was married to Miss B. Archer, 
Jan. 3, 1872. She was born in the same 
place as her husband, Feb. 20, 1855. They 
have two children. E. Clyde and Harry B. 
He is Democratic in poWtics, and a member 
of the Methodist church. He is a member 
of the firm of Shaw & Fawbush, merchant 
and custom millers at L^rsa. and mauuf:ic- 
turers of some superior brands of flour. He 
owns some valuable town property in Lima, 
eleg:intly improved, and splendidly located. 
He is one of the young, enterprising, and in- 
dustrious sons of the county, who add so 
uiateriall)' to its advancement and pros- 
perity. 

Fletcher Louisa; se:. 17; P. O. Ursa. 
Ford Foster, farmer; sec. '25; P. O. Ursa. 
Forsyih M. A. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Ursa 

F O R !S V T II M HS. .MA R Y, 

farnii'r; .Sec. S; P. (). Ursa: was born in 
Pendleton counly, Ky., Sept. 26. 1800; was 
married to Robert Forsyth, Feb. 11, 181i». 
He was born in Pennsylvania, May 16, 1794. 
They have had eleven children, six of 
whom are now living, one son and live 
daughters. She came to this county, July 
17, 1830. Mr. Forsyth was one of the old 
energetic, and industrious citizens who en- 
dured all the hardships ;uid privations of 
the earlj' settlement of the county, and to 
those the county owes its present prosper- 
ous condition. He died Feb. 12, 1875, leav- 
ing a splendid estate of upward of 300 
acres of land, well irapro\pd. He served 
during the War of 1812, for which service 
he drew a pension up to his death. Mrs 
F. is still enjoying good health, for one of 
her advanced years, and bids fair to live and 
be a comfort to her childreu for some years 
to come. She is a member of the Baptist 
church. 



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FRA2EK LEMITEL. G., farmer; 
--tc. 2!); P. (). Ursa; was born in Harrison 
>uniy, Ky., Feb. 18,1811; came to this 
iunty, April 13, IS'27 ; was married twice. 
His first wife was Miss Mary .Jane Roberts, 
<A' Butler county, Oliio, to whom he was 
married Oct. 28, 1843. Uy this marriage he 
has three children. She died March 22, 
1851. His second, and present, wife was Miss 
Eve M. Alialt. of Frederick county, Md., 
born Sept. 10, 1829, to wliom he was married, 
Aujr. 19, 18.i3. They have nine children, 
five boys and four girls. He owns 108 acres 
of limd, the greater part of which is in a 
higli state of cultivation, elegantly im- 
proved, stocked with fruit, and very valu- 
able. He is one of the few remaining early 
settlers of the county, who have labored 
hard for its improvement and advancement. 
He has been county Coroner, and has held 
other oiBces of a local nature. Is Demo- 
cratic m politics, and a member of the 
Christian church. 

FRAIZER JAMES B.. tanner; 
Sec. 31: P. O. Ursa; was born in Harrison 
county, Ky., Aug. 7, 1807; came to this 
cotmty, April 7, 1827 ; was married to Miss 
Emelia Nesbitt in 1832. She was born in 
the same county as lier husband, April 1, 
1812. They have had nine children, eight 
of whom are now living, three sons and five 
daughters. He owns 240 acres of land, in a 
high state of cultivation, well improved, 
and abundantly stocked with truit. He is 
one of the few remaining early citizens who 
have labored so nobly for the county's ad- 
vancement and improvement, and to wliom 
it owes its present prosperity. He is Demo- 
cratic In politics. His farm is one of the 
very first settled in the tovrnship, having 
been in cultivation since 1820. 
Fremao W. W. farmer; 8ec. 32; P. O. Marcelline. 



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Gerird B. F. farmer; sec. 30; P O. Marcelline. 

OXl'SE FREDERICK., farmer; 
Sec. 31 ; P. O. Ursa; was born in Prussia, 
Feb. 20. 1826; came to this country in 1851, 
and settled in this county; was married to 
Miss Henrietta Koock in 18.51. .She w;is 
born in the same place as her husband. 
They have nine children, four sons and five 
daughters. He owns 160 acres of land, in a 



iiigh state of cultivation, abundantly stocked 
with fruit, and very valuable. He is Demo- 
cratic m politics, and a member of the Ger- 
man Lutheran church. He is one of the 
most energetic of the county's citizens, to 
whom she looks for her future prosperity. 
Golden S. M farmer; sec. '">; P. O. Marcelline. 
Goodwin .John, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Marcelline. 

CrREEX JAMES, former; Sec. 8; 
P. O. Marcelline; was born in Steuben 
county. X. Y., Oct. 21, 18'29; came to this 
county in 1862 ; was mairied to Miss Cath- 
erine Black in 1862. She was born in Ire- 
land. They have two children, Laura B, 
and Cora A. He owns 300 acres of land, 
about forty of which is well improved, and 
supplied with fruit, and very valuable. He 
is Democratic in politics, and one of the 
energetic, enterprising citizens of Adams 
county. He served during the late War of 
the Rebellion in the Missouri State Militiiu 

Griggs B. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Urea. 
Grimes H. E. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. I'rsa. 
Grimes John S. farmer; sec. 1; P. O.. Marcelline. 
Grimes .J W. farmer; sec. Vi: P. O. Ursa. 
Groves Ella, sec -2; P. O. Marcelline. 
Groves J. B. farmer: sec. -2; P. O. Marcelline. 



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Hamilton H G. farmer; sec 31; P. O. Marcellitie. 
Hatton L. B. farmer; sec, 8; P. O. Urea. 
Heaton Meredith. iarmt.r; sec. 5; P.O. Marcelline. 
Hedges Wm, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Qmncy. 

HEXDRICKSOX GARRET, 

farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Marcelline; was born 
in >!'ew Jersey, March 1, 1831; came to this 
county in 1848 ; was married to Miss Eliza^ 
beth J. Swan in 1863. She was born in this 
State, .Jan. 11, 1844. They have four chil- 
dren, two of whom are now living, William, 
:uk1 .Jessie. He owns .i5.5 acres of land, 
about '.JOO of which is in a high state of cul- 
tivation, well improved, stocked with fruit, 
:md very valuable. He is Democratic in 
politics, and a member of the Christian 
church ; one of the very energetic citizens 
who have labored for the county's advance- 
ment, improvement, and prosperous condi- 
tion. 

Herbert John, farmer: sec. 8; P. O. Urea. 
Hinds M. ''armer: sec. 31 : P. O. Marcelline. 
Houghton Hiram, farmer; sec. S; P.O. Marcelline. 
Houghton .1. F. farmer; sec. 4: P. O. Marcelline. 
Hney Jordan, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Mircelline 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COlN'n'. 



IIVC;HK8 Al.BKRT. farmer; Sic. 
5; P. (). I'rsa; was born ia .lellerson county, 
Ky., Jan. 20, 1810; came to lliis county in 
1835; was inarrifil to Miss Sarah Ann Tay- 
lor, Nov. 19, 183(i. Slic was boru in Shelby 
county, Ky., Oct. 17, 1814. They have three 
children, Eliza Jane, Minerva, and Robert 
C. He owns 157 acres of land in a high 
state of cultivation, well improved, supplied 
with fruit, and very valuable. He is Demo- 
cratic in polities, and one of the old energetic 
and industrious citizens wlio has the county's 
welfare at heart, and one of those thai it may 
be proud of. 

Huglii's R. C. farmer: sec. li; P. O. Urea. 
Uughs Sarah E. eec. li; P. O. Ursa. 

H I'X TKK THO^IA»$ J., wagon 
maker and undertaker; Mareellinc; was 
born in Leheigh county, Penn., July 19, l(-46; 
came to this county in 1853; was married 
to Miss Ella Patterson in 1874. She was 
born in the town of JIarcelline. They have 
one diild, Mary J., born June 5, 1877. He 
is extensively engaged in the wagon making 
and undertaking business, and has by close 
attention built himself up a lucrative busi- 
ness. He is Republican in politics. 



Jacobr. Alexaodtr, farmer; see. 18; IV O. Urea. 

JFXKJXS WM. A., farmer; Sec. 
1; P. (). Mavcelline; w;is born in Warren 
county, Ky., March 4. 1832; came to this 
county in 1842; was married to Miss Rachel 
Price m 1857. She was born in Maryland, 
April 8, 1836. .They have five children, 
three sons and two daughters. He owns 365 
acres of land, stocked with fruit, and valua- 
ble. He is Republican in politics, and a 
member of the Christian church, and one of 
the early, enterprising and industrious citi- 
zens of the county, and one of those to whom 
it owes its flourishing condition. He enlisted 
in Co. B. of the 78th Regt. HI. Inf. during 
the late War of the Reliellion. and served 
three years. 



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K> arney K. farmer; mc 30: P.O. Marc, ilinc. 
Eerker Heiman, wee it; P. O. (inmcy. 

KINK W I L 1. 1 A M I... tanner ; 
Sec. lU; P. O. L'r>a; wa.s^ Iwrn in Pulaski 
county, Ky., April 11, 1811; came to this 



county in March 1830, and settled in Quincy ; 
remained some twenty-three years. His occu- 
pation ihirini that period was varied. He 
made the first barrel of flour that ever passed 
inspection in the county. For the tirst seven 
years of the time he worked out by the month 
and by strict economy and a firm determina- 
tion to succeed, he managed to save sufficient 
to build a small mill which he ran for a while, 
sold out, and built a distillery, sold it, since 
w'hich time he built two others on a consid- 
'erablj- larger scale. For the last twenty-five 
years of his life he has been farming on the 
beautiful place he now lives. He was mar- 
ried twice. His first wMfe was Miss Salena 
Edfcerton, of Connecticut. By this marriage 
he had three children, none living. His 
second, and present, wife was Eliza 6a11a< 
more of North Carolina, to whom he was 
married in March 1846. They had eleven 
children, nine of whom are dead. He owns 
240 acres of land in a high state of cultiva- 
tion, abundantly stocked with fruit, besides 
a great deal of very fine property in the city 
of Quincy. He is Democratic in politics, 
and is one of the most prosperous and ener- 
getic of the county's citizens. He came 
here with nothing but health and a firm de- 
termination, and is now one of the most 
wealthy citizens of the cfotinty. 
Eahne M. B. farmer: sec. 36; P. O. Qalocy. 



Lawrt-ncc Wm. farmer; sec. *J9; P. O. Ursa. 
Leachman James, fee. IS; P. O. Ursa. 
Leachman Maria, sec. 7; P. O. Ursa. 

liEAC'HlfAX THOMAS, mer 

chant, MarccUine; was born in Quincy, 
Sept. 22, 1837 ; was married to Jliss Martina 
Taylor, March 10. 1873. She was born in 
this township, Nov. 22, 1846. They have 
had two children, one of whom (Thomas M.) 
is dead, and the baby, a boy now seventeen 
months old. He engaged in mercantile 
business, iu 1873, in the firm of Walker & 
Leachman, dealers in general merchandise, 
and has, by close attention to business, and 
by fair dealing, built up an enviable reputa 
tion and a very lucrative business He is 
Democratic in politics, and is township Col- 
lector, which office he has held since 1861, 
with the exception of four terms, and has 
held various other offices of" trust and impor- 
tance in the township. 



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liEACHMAX yvn.. farmer; Sec. 
~ ; P. <). Ursa; was born in Louden county, 
Va., Oct. 22, 1802. In 1804 be emigrated 
with his parents to West Virginia, and set- 
tlfd in Wood county, where lie lived until 
182,5; then moved to .Jetfersou county. Ivy., 
where he married his lirst wife, Dec. 4, 1838, 
who was Miss Jane Taylor, of Pennsylvania, 
born Aug. IG, 180fi. By this marriage he 
has 9i.\ children, three bays and three girls. 
He lived there until 188."), when he moved to 
this county, and settled on the place where 
he now lives. His second, and present, wife 
was Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, to whom he was 
married July 5, 1840. She was born in Jef- 
ferson county, Ky., Aug. 16, 181-3. He owns 
14T'2 acres of land, the most of which is in 
a high state of cultivation, elegantly im- 
proved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and 
very valuable. He is Democratic in politics, 
and a member of the Christian church. He 
is one of the few early, enterprising and in- 
dustrious citizens now left who have lieen so 
conducive to the county's prosperity. 

LiOUCKS HEJfRY S., merchant; 
P. O. Ursa ; was born in Fayette county, Pa., 
Nov. 28, 1831; came to this county in 18.57; 
was married to Miss Caroline Wible, in 
1863. She was born in Westmoreland county, 
Pa. They have one child, Annie W., born 
Feb. 1, 1869. He is one of the firm of Rum- 
baugh & Loucks, dealers in general iner- 
chandise, at Ursa, in which town he owns 
some very valuable property, splendidly im- 
proved. He is Democratic in politics, and 
a member of the Lutheran church. He is 
one of the most energetic citizens, and adds 
to the prosperity of the town of Ursa and of 
Adams county. 

M 

3IcAD4MS >VILL,IAM, farmer; 
Sec. 18; P. U. Ur.sa; was born in Logan 
county, Ky., Aug. 1, 1815; came' to this 
county in November, 1835; was married to 
Miss Elizabeth Taylor, May 1, 1838. She 
was born in Kentucky. They have si.^c chil- 
dren, three boys and three girls. He owns 
337 acres of land, the most of which is in a 
higii state of ciiltivation, stocked with fruit, 
and very valuable. He is Democratic in pol- 
itics, and a member of the Christian church. 
He is one of the oldest and most enterprising 
citizens, and has labored hard for the coun- 



ty's advancement, and to whom it owes its 
present prosperous condition. He has held 
various offices of importance and trust in the 
township. 

McADAJIS WM. T., farmer; 
Sec. IS; P. O. Ursa; was Ijorn in this town- 
ship, May 39, 1848 ; was married to Martha 
Miller, in 1873. She was born in this town- 
ship, also. They have three children : Lela 
M., Cliarles T., and William B. He is culti- 
vating a beautiful farm of 125 acres, well 
improved, and in a high state of cultivation. 
Democratic in politics, and a member of the 
Christian church. He is one of the young, 
energetic and industrious sous of the county, 
to whom it looks for a continuation of its 
prosperity. 

McCann W. D. farmer; sec. «; P. O. MarcelUae. 
McCormack .J. W. farmer; sec. -JS; P. O. Urfa. 
McCradyP. R. farmer; sec. 1:3; V. U. .Marcelline. 
McPadon Wm. farraer; sec. 31; P. O. Jtarceliine. 
McLaughlin Biuj. F. farmer; sec. ;j;; P. O. Marccl- 
liDe. 

McIiAUGHLIX .TOH.\, hotel; 
P. O. Ursa; was born in Londonderry, Ire- 
land, iu 1826 ; was married to Jliss Catherine 
Dougherty in 1868. They have two children, 
Annie and Daniel. He came to this country 
in 1835, and settled in New York; in 1838 
he moved to Summit Hill, Carbon county, 
Pa., where he lived si.x years; then moved 
to this county, and hsis been a resident ever 
since. He owns eighty acres of land in Gil- 
mer township iu a high state of cultivation, 
elegantly improved, and very valuable. He 
is also proprietor of the Ursa Hotel, where 
the traveler may receive entertainment in 
the best of style. He is one of the most en- 
terprising citizens of the town and township, 
and is now building and about to open a 
drug store in the new tow^n of Ursa. Is a 
Democrat in politics, and a member of the 
Roman Catholic church. 
McLaughlin Samuel, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Ur?a. 

M c L, A IJ G H L, I X W M., farmer ; 
Sec. 32; P. O. Marcelline. He was born iu 
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 14, 1817; came to this 
county in June, 1837; was married to Miss 
Nancy Ann Kincade in 18-10. She was born 
in I^ichohvs county, Ky., June 7, 1819. They 
have four children, two sons and two daugh- 
ters. He owns 200 acres of land, in a fine 
state of cultivation, well improved, sup- 
plied with fruit and valuable. He is a Re- 



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IlIS'luRY <iF ADAMS CDrNTY. 



publican in politics, and a member at' the 
Christian churcli. Is one of the old ener- 
getic and enterprisinfr citizens of the county 
who have been so conducive to it« welfare. 

MA VFIKLD JA!nK»<» W.. station 
and express agent, lie was born in this 
township Jan. 22, 1842; was married to Miss 
Eva S. Mcltaber^'er, Nov. 31, 1873. She was 
born in Lima townshii*. this county. They 
have two children, Charles F. and Ora. He 
is Republican in politics, and owns some 
■valuable town property in Ursa, well im. 
proved and splcndidlj- located. He has 
been agent of both the railroad and express 
companies since May, 1873, and has, by 
strict attention to business, gentlemanly and 
pleasing address to the patrons of the com- 
panies, given imbounded satisfaction. 
Menne .John, farmer: sec. -.i; P. 0. (^Qincy. 
Metcair Sarah, sjc. S; P. O. Dri<a. 
Menger Bernard, farmer; sec. 31 ; P. O. IVIarcelline. 
Miller D. B. farmer: sec. 3: P. O. Marcelline. 
Miller E. S. farmer: sec. S.5; P. O. Marcilline. 

MILIiKR URIAH K., farmer; 
Sec. 30; P. O. Marcelline. He was born in 
Bourbon county, Ky., Dec. 16,1825; came 
to this county in 1833; was married to Miss 
Elizabeth Groves in 184(i. She was born in 
Walnish county. 111., May 17, 1830. They 
have three children: John W., Daniel B., 
and Martha A. He owns 320 acres of land 
in a high state of cultivation, improved, 
stocked with fruit, and very valuable. He 
is Democratic in politics, and a member of 
the Christian church. He is one of the early, 
enterprising and industrious citizens who 
have been so conducive to the county's pros- 
perity. He enlisted in Co. B, of the 78th 
Regt. 111. Inf , during the late War of the Re- 
bellion, and served two ;ind one-half j'ears. 

MIIXKR WM. E., farmer and stock 
dealer; Sec. 36; P.O. Marcelline. He was 
born in this township June 7, 1.835; was ed- 
ucated in the schools of the township, and 
on Jan. 7, 1858, was married to Miss Sarah 
Ann Anderson, a native of Breckenridge 
county, Ky., born Oct. 21, 1838. They have 
hiul ten children, eight of whom are now 
living, tive sons and three daughters. He 
owns 200 acres of land, which ranks among 
the most valuable and productive in the 
county. Is Democratic in politics; has 
been School Director of this district for a 
number of years. He enlisted in Co. B, of 



the 78tli Regt. 111. Inf. on the 5th of August, 
1862, and served till the close of the war. 
Miller Wm. E. farmer; sec. 3: P. O. Marcelline. 

.MTIiLICAX J.AMES, farmer; 
Sec. 25; P. O. Ursa. He was born in C:iscy 
county, Ky., Feb. 1, 1813; came to this 
county in 1836; was married to Mrs. Rachel 
Campliell in 1841. She was born in Barren 
county. Ky. Thev have four children, two 
sons and two daughters. He owns 116 acres 
of land, about one-half of which is highly 
' cultivated, abundantly supplied with fruit 
and verj' valuable. He is Democratic in 
politics, and one of the energetic, enterpris- 
ing and industrious citizens to whom 
the county is indebted for her present .nnd 
future prosperitj'. He has held various offl. 
ces of a local importance in the townshi]-. 



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XICHOIiS JAMES, farmer; Sec. 8; 
P. (). Ursa. He was born in Bourbon county, 
Ky., Sept. 11, 1799; was educated at Bryan 
Station, Faj'ette county, Ky.. and Oct. 21, 
1824, was married to Miss Margarette W;il- 
lace, a native of the same county as her hus- 
banil, born Aug. 6, 1806. She died on June 
20, 1834, leaving four children, three sons 
and one daughter. On December 22tl of the 
same year he was married to his second wife, 
who was Miss Mouring Bowles, a native of 
Bourbon county, Ky., born Oct. 25, 1812, and 
died May 29, 1849, leaving si.\ children, one 
son and five daughters. He was married 
Sept. 23, 1849, to Mrs. Catherine Hendry, 
formerly Ruddell, his third, and present 
wife, who was also a native of Bour- 
bon county, Ky.. born Sept, 28, 1814. By 
this marriage there is one child, a -ion. 
She has also two daughters, the fruits of a 
previous marriage. He owns 122 acres of 
land, which for fertility of soil and improve- 
ment will compare favorably with any in 
the county. Republican in politics, and a 
member of the Christian church. 

NICHOLS JOIIX P.. tarmer; Sec. 
8; P. O. Ursa. He was born in Bourbon 
county, Ky., April 20, 1839; came to this 
county in 1833; was married to Miss Sarah 
J. McCune, March 15. 185."!. She was born 
in Nicholas county, Ky., May 8, 1830. They 
have four children: Margaret J., born June 
10, 1856; Sadora J., born Nov. 34, 1859; El- 



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nora, born Nov. 4, 1861, and Minnie E.,born 
Nov. 14, 1865. He owns 180 acres of land, 
well cultivated, stocked with fruit and very 
valuable. He is Republican in politics, and 
one of the energetic citizens of the county. 
He is at present one of the Directors of the 
Adams County Agricultural Association, and 
also of the Ursa, Mendon and Lima Farmers' 
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a com- 
pany of home organization and for home 
benefits, with its headquarters at Ursa. He 
has also held various other offices of trust 
and importance in the township. 

XICHOIilS L.EU'IS \V., farmer; 
Sec. 17; P.O. Ursa; was born in Bourbon 
county, Ky., Jan. 29, 1826; came to this county 
in March, 18;J3; was married to Miss Frances 
J. Wood, in 1849. She was born in Mis- 
souri. They have two children : Lorenzo 
D., and John H. He owns 311 acres of 
land, the most of which is in a high state of 
cultivation, elegantly improved, abuiidantly 
stocked with fruit, smd very valuable. He 
is Republican in politics, and one of the 
most enterprising of citizens who labor so 
hard for the county's improvement and ad- 
vancement, and to whom it owes its present 
prosperous and flourishing condition. 

Nicholcon John, farmer; ecc. SO; P. O. Ursa. 
Norton G. W. farmer; etc. 3; P. O. Marcelline. 



OKR L,EAXDER, miller; P. O. 
Marcelline. The subject of this sketch was 
born in Lima township, Dec. 18, 1845. He 
is the third son of Grayson Orr, of that 
township, whose biography appears in this 
work. His early education was received in 
the schools of Lima, and in November, 
1872, he was married to Miss Sarah M. 
Baker, daughter of Dossy Baker, of West 
Virginia. She was born in Wetzel county, 
W. Va., April 2, 1851. They have two 
children : Mary E., born July 13, 1875, and 
Hattie Bell, born Sept. 7, 1878. He is one 
of the firm of Wait & Orr, merchant and 
custom millers, proprietors of the Excelsior 
Mills of Ursa township; manufacturers of 
some very superior brands of flour. He is 
Democratic in politics; has been Collector 
of Lima, and also Constable of the same 
township for two years. He is one of the 
young, energetic, and industrious sons of 



the county to whom it looks for a continu- 
ance of its present prosperitj'. 



Patterson D. H. farmtr 



. 3i; P. O. Marcelline. 



PEARSON JOMX C, Physician 
and Surgeon; P. O. Ursa; was born in Nor- 
folk, Va., in 1835; came to this county in 
1858; was married to Miss Josephine B. 
Noble, in 1854. She was born in Paris, Mo. 
They have eight children, three boys and 
five girls. He began the practice of med- 
icine in this county, and has been so engaged 
for twenty years, fifteen of which has been 
in Ursa. He is Democratic in politics, and 
owns some valuable property in Ursa, well 
improved, and .splendidly located. He is 
entirely wrapped up in his profession, and 
has, by close attention, built up an enviable 
reputation, and lucrative practice. 

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Rajph Charlotte, eec. 36; P. O. Ursa. 
Ralph Don, farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Ursa. 

RALPH MATTHIAJS, leti.vd; 
P. O. Ursa; was born in Sussex county, Dela- 
ware, July 30, 1807 ; came to this county in 
November, 1835 ; was married twice. His 
first wife was Miss Comfort Townsend, of 
Sussex county, Del., to whom he was married 
in 1826. He has by tliis marriage eleven 
children, nine boys and two girls. His sec- 
ond, ;ind present, wife was Mrs. Nancy 
Kilham, who, when she was married to 
Thomas Kilham, was among the first women 
married in Adams county. She was married 
to Mr. Ralph, June 26, 1878. He owns over 
800 acres of land, most of which is in Texas. 
He also owns and occupies a very beautiful 
residence in the flourishing town of Ursa. 
He is Republican in politics, and has been a 
member of the M. E. church for the last 
forty years. He is one of the earliest and 
most enterprising of the qounty's citizens, to 
whom it owes its present prosperous and 
flourishing condition. 

RALPH WILLIAM C, farnur; 
Sec. 31 ; P. O. Ursa; was horn in Laurel, 
Sussex county, Del., July 24, 1828: came to 
this county in 1835; was married to Miss 
Lucy A. Cadwell, March 8, 1855. She was 
born in Pall Creek township, this county, 
July 30, 1833. They have three children : 



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inSTORV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



William E., born Dec. 38, 1855 ; .Vrchibald J., 
bom Nov. 20, 1861, and Clinton C, born 
March 13, 18C7. He owns 140 acres of land, 
well improved, and sup|>licd with fruit, and 
very valuable. He is Republican in politics, 
and attends the Methodist church. He is 
one of the energetic and industrious citizens 
of the township. 
Reed .1. G. farmer; sec. 2T ; P. O. Ursa. 

RICHARD.S JOHX WESLEY, 

fanner; Sec. ;i'-'; 1'. (). Marcelliiiu; was born 
in Madison county, Ky., Oct. 10, 1835; came' 
to this county Xov. 18, 1840; was married to 
Miss Martha A. Adair, July 1. 1847. She 
was born in Boone county, Mo., March 9 
1627. They have had six children, five of 
whom are living, two sons and three daugh- 
ters. He owns 185 acres of land, the greater 
part of which is improved, abundantly 
•stocked with fruit, and very valualde. He 
is Democratic m politics, and one of the 
energetic citizens of the county who are so 
conducive to- its welfare, and to whom it 
looks for its present and future prosperity. 
He has been Constable of this township for 
twenty-two years; has also been Assessor, 
and held other offices of a local nature. 
Roan F. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Urea. 
Roan Francis, farmer; sec. i'; V. O. Ursa. 
Hoan J. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Ursa. 
Robljins Mrs. R. sec. :»; P. O. Urea. 

lltI>I>EliL JOIIX »., farmer; 
Sec. 1; p. (). Marcellinc; was born in 
Bourbon county, Ky., Sept. 28, 1812; came 
t6 this countj' Nov. 20, 1821); was married 
to Miss JIartha Dunlap, in 1832. She was 
born in Mercer county, Ky., April 28, 1813. 
Have had eleven children, five living, three 
sons and two daughters. He owns 120 acres 
of land, in a high state of cultivation, 
and stocked with fruit. He is Democratic 
in politics, a member of the Christian church, 
and one of the very few remaining early 
citizens who have been so conducive to the 
county's prosperity. He has been Super- 
visor of ihjs township for fourteen years, 
and is at present holding other offices of 
trust and importance. His sons took an 
active part in the late War of the Rebellion; 
three of them and son-in-law served through 
the entire war; Wm. D. went out as 1st 
Lieutenant in Co. \ of the 78th HI. Inf., and 
came out as Captain; John D. enlisted in 
Co. 15 of the 50th HI. Inf , and came out as 



1st Lieutenant; Geo. H. enlisted in Co. B 
of the 78th 111. Inf; and his son-in-law, J. 
W. Weistcr, also enlisted in the same com- 
pany and regiment. Mr. Ruddell served in 
Philip W. Martin's company during the 
Blackhawk War. 

RVDOIiPH i$.4.}IURIi K., black 
smith; P.O.Ursa; was born in Westmore- 
land county, Penn., Dec. 28, 1834; was mar- 
ried to Miss Mary M. Wayne in 1859. She 
was born in the same county, in March, 
1840. They have four children, two boys 
and two girls. He came to this county in 
1866, and engaged in carriage business in 
Quincy, and coutinued in it up to 1872, 
when he moved to Decatur, 111., and re- 
mained two years; then back to this county, 
and settled in Ursa, and hiis by clo.se atten- 
tion built up a lucrative business ; has ailded 
wagon-making. He enlisted iu Co. H of the 
3Gth Iowa Inf., but shortly afterward was 
promoted to Drum Major, and served about 
three and a halt years. He is Republican 
in politics. 

R1JMB.4.UGH JOi!iIAH 31., Post- 
master and merchant; P. O. Ursa; was 
born in Greensburg, Westmoreland countj-, 
Penn., Aug. 16, 1839; came to this county 
in 1867; was married to Miss Belle Turner 
in 1871. She was born in this township. 
They have one child, Alice, born June 
9, 1873. He is senior of the firm of Rum- 
baugh & Loucks, dcilers in general mer- 
chandise at New Ursa. He is postmaster, 
and Democratic in politics. He Is one of 
the enterprising citizens of the county to 
Whom the town of Ursa and Adams county 
owe their present prosperous and flourishing 
condition. He has, by close attention and 
fair dealing in business, built up an enviable 
reputation and lucrative business. 
Russell. I. F. farmer; sec. aii; P. O. Ursa. 
Russell Sarah; sec. 13; P. O. Marcelline. 

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Shaffer U. farmer; sec.iS; P. O. Ursa. 

SH.4.W JOIIX WESLEY, miller; 
P. O. Ursa : w:is liorn in Chautauiiua county, 
N. Y., Jan. i2, 1828; came to this county in 
1839; was married to Miss Harriet M. 
Simpson in March, 1846. She was bom in 
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hare two children, John E. and Willie. He 
is a Republican in politics, and a member of 
the Methodist church. He is senior of the 
firm of Shaw & Fawbusli, merchants and 
custom millers at Ursa, manufacturers of 
some verj- superior brands of flour. He 
owns some very TaUiable town property in 
Lima, elegantlj' improved and splendidly 
located. He has been a citizen of the town 
of Lima for eleven years, and been very 
prominently connected with both the inter- 
ests of town and township. 

Shepherd George, farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Ursa. 
Shepherd Peter, farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Ursa. 
Shepherd Mrs. Susan; sec. 19; P. O. Ursa. 

SCHFLTZ HENRY, farmer; Sec. 
6; P. O. Marcelline; was born in Mont- 
gomery county, Ky., April 22, 1810 ; came to 
this county in 1839; was married to Miss 
Parmelia Ribeliu in 1839. She was bom in 
the same county, Feb. 18, 1817. They have 
had ten children, eight of whom are living, 
four sons and four daughters. He owns 300 
acres of land, in a high state of cultivation, 
abundantly stocked with fruit, and verj- 
valuable. He is Democratic in politics, 
and a member of the Dunkard church, 
and^one of the industrious citizens of the 
county who laboreil hard for its advance- 
ment. 

Slack B. F. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Ursa. 
Slack L. farmer; sec 19; P. O. Ursa. 
Slater Franklin, farmer; eec. 1-2; P. O. Marcelline. 
SmiihB. .\. sec. 14; P. O. Marcelline. 

S3IITH JEHIT K,. farmer; Sec. 
32; P. O. Quiucy; was born in South 
Hadley, Mass., Oct. 31, 1821; came to this 
county in 1867. He owns 150 acres of land, 
in a high state of cultivation, elegantly im. 
proved, abundantl3- stocked with fruit, and 
very valuable. He is a Republican in poli- 
tics, and a member of the M. E. church. He 
is one of the enterprising citizens of this 
county. The former occupant of this farm 
was Mr. Joseph Turner, who settled in it in 
1834, after having traveled from the State of 
Maine in an emigrant wagon, in company 
with his father and family. 

Smith S. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Ursa. 
Smith P. firmer; sec. IS; P. O. Marcelline. 
Snjitli Wra. B. farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Ursa. 
Spears Abe. farmer; -ec. 11; P. O. Marcelline. 
Spears -John, farmer; sec. 11; P. U. Marcel inc. 
Stewart C. C. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Marcelline. 
Stone R. F. farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Ursa. 



Talcott L. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Marcelline. 

TANDY W, 3f ., Physician and Sur- 
geon ; P. O. Ursa ; was born in Carroll 
county, Ky., Feb. 6, 1815 ; was married to 
Miss Julia G. Stafford, Jan. 18, 1838. She 
was born in Owen county, Ky., May 17, 
1819. They have four children : Henry P., 
William F., H. Prank, and Martha A. He 
studied his profession under Dr. H. B. Part- 
low, in the county he was born in, and gra- 
duated in Keokuk, la. He came to this 
county in January, 1877, and has by close 
attention to his profession built up an en- 
viable reputation and lucrative business. 
His eldest son, Henry P., and his youngest, 
H. Frank, are all ministers of the gospel in " 
the Christian church. He owns some valu. 
able town property in Ursa, and is Demo- 
cratic in politics. 

Taylor Adam, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Ursa. 
Taylor Wm. L. farmer; sec. 84; P. O. Ursa. 
Thompson Huge, farmer; sec. S: P. O. Marcelline. 
Thompson O. W. farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Ursa. 
Thompson Wm. farmer; eec. 30; P. O. Marcelline. 

THOBIT RICHARD R.. farmer; 
Sec. 5; P. 0. Marcelline; was born in Dear- 
bourn county, Ind., Oct. 7, 1823 ; was mar- 
ried to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Couover, Dec. 1, 
18JU. She was born near Lynchburg, Va., 
May 27, 1831. Five children, only two of 
whom are now living — Elnora and Ferdi- 
nand. He came to this county in 1841, and 
settled in Quincy, and in JNoveraber, 1852, 
moved to the place he now occupies, which 
contains 640 acres, with about 200 in a high 
state of cultivation. The portion on which 
he built his residence is known as the " In- 
dian Grave Prairie," beautifully located on 
the east side of Indian Grave Lake, and 
dotted here and there with relics of the 
ancient Mound Builders. He has it splendidly 
improved, and with an abundance of fruit, 
is very valuable. He is Democratic in poli- 
tics, and a member of the church of the 
United Brethren. He is one of the early 
citizens. 

TINDA1.JL ARCHEEAITS D., 

farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. M;«cellinc; was born 
in Warren county, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1828 ; was 
married to Miss Agnes E. Rawlings in Feb- 
ruary, 1860. She was born in Pendleton 
county, Ky., March 6, 1839. Five children, 



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four sons and one daughter. He came to 
tbis county in 1840. He owns 158 acres of 
land, in a hieh .Mate of cultivation, im- 
proved, supplied with fniit, and very valu- 
able. He is Democratic in politics, and one 
of the energetic and indiielrioiis citizens 
who labors for the county's Jidvanceraent 
and improvement. 

Trimble E. L. F. farmer; sec. 3fi; P. O. Marcelline. 
TnrDer F C farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Urea. 

TntXER R. B., Physician and Sur- 
geon: P. (>. Marcelline: was bom in Lewfs 
county, Mo., .July 7, 1850: came to this 
county, July 25, 1S7": was married to Miss 
Mary M. Xewinan, Dec. 23, 1876. She was 
bom in Shelby county. Mo., July 12, 18-52. 
They have one child, Laura L., born Nov. 
IC, 1878. He studied medicine in Canton, 
Mo., and graduated in the Ohio Medical 
College at Cincinnati, in 1874. He has been 
engaged in the practice of his profession at 
Marcelline ever since his settlement there, 
and has by close attention built himself up 
an enviable reputation and hicrittive busi- 
ness. 



Van NeM A farmer; sec. 13; P. O Urea. 

VARXIKR MASOX C. farmer: 
Sec. 7; P.O.Ursa; was born in Gallatin 
county, III., June 22, 1828; came to this 
county in 18.'i2; was married twice. His 
first wife was Achsah L. Robertson, of Indi- 
ana. By this marriage he has two children, 
one son and one daughter. His second, and 
present, wife was Miss Emily Taylor, whom 
he married Sept. 2fi, 1858. She was born in 
this county. They have four children, two 
sons and two daughters. He owns 207 acres 
of land, well improved, sujiplied with fruit, 
and very valuable. He is Republican in 
politics, and one of the early, energetic and 
industrious citizens. 

VIXC'EXT WILiLrlAM W., 

farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Quincy; was born 
in Fayette county, Ind., Oct. 9, 1822; came 
to this county in February, 1857: was mar- 
rie<l twice. His first wife was Miss Char- 
lotte Jones, of Franklin county, Ind., to 
whom he was married in November, 1847. 
By this mariiage he had four children, none 
now living. She died in July, 1875. His 
second, and present, wife was Mis« Jane 



Shultz, of this county, to whom he was mar- 
rid July 18, 1876. They have one child, Par- 
inelia A., bora Jan. 11, 1877. He owns 
eighty acres of land, in a goml state of culti- 
vation, well improved, and abundantly 
stocked with fruit. He is Republican in 
politics, and one of the enterj>rising citizens- 

w 

Walt Allen, miller: eec. 30; P. O. Marcelline. 

WALKER GEO. H., merchant. 
Marcelline; was horn near Russcllville, Ivy., 
Dec. 2, 1839; came to th s county in 1863; 
was married to Mi.ss Mary E. Fetheringill 
in 1862. She was born m Shelby county. 
Ky. They had four children, three of whom 
are now living. She died in 1871. His sec- 
ond, and present, wife was Mildred A. Leach- 
man, of this township, to whom he was mar- 
ried in 1875. They have one child. He is 
senior of the firm of Walker & Lcachman, 
in the flourishing town of Marcelline, deal- 
ers in general merchandise. He is at present 
Supervisor from Ursa township, and has. 
during his residence, held various importani 
ofBces in the township and county. He is 
Democratic in politics, and a member of the 
Christian church. 
Washbnm H. farmer; sec. 3-2; P. O. Qalncy. 

M^ASHBIRN HARRISOK, 

farmer; Sec. 36; P.O.Ursa: was tiorn in 
Bracken county, Ky., Sept. 28, 1813; came 
to this county Jan. 9, 1833; was married to 
Miss Annie Edwards, in April, 1839. She 
was bom in Pike county. Mo., Feb. 9, 1823. 
Have had fourteen children, thirteen of 
whom are still living, eight sons and five 
daughters. He owns 370 acres of land, half 
of which is in a high state of cultivalion, 
improved, stocked with fruit, and very valu- 
able. He is Democratic in politics, and one 
of the tew remaining early, energetic citi- 
zens who have been so conducive to the 
county's prosperity. 
Weber Frederick, farmer; eec. 9; P. O. Marct-lline. 

WIIIPX BEX J. F.. farmer; Sec. 
29; P. (1. Ursa; was born in Jefferson 
county, Ky.. June 27, 1828: came to this 
county April 7. 1842; was married to Miss 
Mary E. Haney. Feb. 19, 1850. She was 
bom in Ellington township, this county. 
They have four children, three boys and one 




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girl. He owns 200 acres of land, elegant!}- 
improved, stocked with fruit, and very valu- 
able. He is Republican in politics, and one 
of the most energetic and enterprising of 
the county's citizens, to whom it owes its 
present prosperous and flourishing condition. 

WIBLE DAXIEL. farmer; Sec. 
30 ; P. O Ursa ; was born in Westmoreland 
couutj-, Pa., April 7, 1814; came to this 
couutj' in the fall of 18.52 ; was married to 
Mibs Annie C. Rumbaugh in 18i!8. She was 
born in the same county as her husband. 
They have four children, two sons and two 
daughters. He owns 200 acres of land, im- 
pro\-ed and stocked with fruit. He is Dem- 
. ocratic in politics, and a member of the 
j Evangelical Lutheran church, of Meudon. 
He is.one of the energetic and industrious 
citizens who has contributed to the county's 
advancement and improvement. 
Wilcox J. K. farmer; sec. «H; P. O Ursa. 
Wilcoien Nuncy, sec. 12 ; P. O. Marceltine. 
Williams MaryF. sec. 19; P. O. Ursa. 
Wiseman Frank, farmer, sec. ii; P. O. Qaincy 
Wood Henry, farmer, sec. li; P. O. MarcePine. 
Wood Wash., farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Marcelline. 

T%'«OD WM. H., farmer; Sec. 6; 
P.O. Marcelline; was born on the farm he 
now lives on, March 24, 1843 ; was mar- 
ried to Miss Cynthia P. Farmer in 1866. 



She was born in Pike county, 111. They 
have four children, two boys and two girls. 
He owns eighty acres of land, highly culti- 
vated, well improved, abundantly stocked 
with fruit, and very valuable. He is Re- 
publican in polities. He enlisted in Co. A. 
of tlie 50th Regt. 111. Inf., and served three 
years and four months. He is one of the 
young, energetic and enterprising citizens 
who hibors for the county's improvement. 

WOODKUFF FREExlIAX, far- 
mer; Sec. 18; P. O. Ursa; was born in But^ 
ler county, Ohio, July 22, 1822; received 
his early education in the .schools of his 
native county. In 1838 moved west and 
settled in Adams county. 111. In 1844 he . 
maiTied Miss Frances Harrison (daughter 
of .John Harrison, deceased, of this county) ; 
She was born in the same county as her 
husband, Dec. 28. 1819. They have five 
children living, two sons and three daugh- 
ters. He owns 290 acres of land, which for 
fertility of soil and improvements will com- 
pare favorably with any in the county. Re- 
iniblican in politics, and is now among the 
large and well to ilo farmers of the county, 
notwithstanding he began life poor. 
Worley W. F., farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Marcelline. 
Wray Thos., farmer; sec. 84; P. O. Ursa. 
Wren N., farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Marcelline 



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AMRISTE J. M.. farmer and stock 

raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Beverly; was born in 
Belmont county, Ohio, in 1819; came to 
Adams county in 18.57; was married to 
Miss Louisa Godfrey in 1845. She was 
bom in England in 1832. They have had 
four children ; the living are: Albert R., 
John H., and JIartha S. (now Mrs. Basin) ; 
one child dead, Alvira. He owns 373 acres 
of land, most of which is under a good state 
of cultivation, and worth $10,000. Mr. A. 
and son make farming a specialty; also, 
raises stock, such as hogs and cattle. They 
raise a considerable quantity of wheat, corn, 
and oats. Politically, Mr. A. is a Democrat. 



Amrine Robert, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Beverly. 
Apel A. H.; P. O. Kingston. 

APSIiEY McH . B., merchant and 
postmaster; residence, Kingston; P. O. 
Fairweather; was born in New London, 
Ralls county. Mo., in 1838 ; was married to 
Miss Frances Dell in 1865. She was born 
in Maryland in 1831 ; came to Kingston, 
Adams county, 111., in 1870. They have 
three children : William L., Margret, and 
Lulu. Mr. A. served as a soldier in the 8th 
111. Cav. ; was wounded five times, two of 
them being shell wounds. Is a member of 
the Baptist church, and of Kingston Lodge 
366, A. F. and A. M. Mrs. A. is a member 
of the M. E. church. He commenced busi- 
ness, in Kingston, in 1871, keeping a dry- 



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goods, boot and shoo, and grocery store; 
carries stock to the amount of $4,500. 
Politically, is a Republican. 

ASKE'W J. F;, farmer and sttx-k 
raiser: Sec. 3G; P. O. Baylis, Pike county, 
111. ; was born in Pike county. 111., in 1838 : 
parents residing in Barry, Pike county, 111. ; 
came to Adams county in ISoo; was mar- 
ried to Miss Ann Holt in 1858. She wtis 
born in England, in 18io. They have had 
six children: those living are: Hannah 
(now Mrs. Curfman): Sarah E., and Aliee 
L. ; those dead are : George S., .John A., and 
Mary E. He owns 440 acres of land in 
Beverly township, of which 200 acres are 
under a good state of cultivation: worth 
$10,000; raises a great many cattle and 
hogs. Politically, is a Democrat. 

ASKE>V "\V. P.. farmer: Sec. 3: 
P. O. Bo'erly : was l>oru in Pike county. 111., 
in 1840: came to Adams coimty in 1860; 
was married to Jliss Elizabeth Blake in 
1865. She was bom in -Bristol, R. I. 
They have two children, Charles W. and 
Richanl Green. He enlisted, Aug. 20, 1863, 
in the 78th Regt. 111. Inf., serving three 
years; was in the battles of Kenesaw 
Mountain. Ga., and Beutonville, X. C. : par- 
ticipated in Sherman's march to the sea. Is 
a member of the A. F. and A. M.. at Kings- 
ton, and a member of the Masonic Relief 
Association, of Clayton. Politically, is 
Democratic. He owns eighty acres of land, 
worth |2,000 
Ayers Joseph, farmer: P. O. Beverly. 



B«con W . F. : P. O. Kicgston. 

BASm CHRIMTOPHEK. 

farmer: Sec. 17: P. U. Beverly; was born 
in Pennsylvania, in ISlS: came to Adams 
county in 1851 ; was married to Miss Fjmnie 
Saffer in 1852. She was born- in 1818. They 
have eight children: Xsmcy (now Mrs. 
Letei; Mary (now Mrs. Harvey): Ida (now 
Mrs. Spicer): Jane (now Mrs. Burns): 
Helena (now Mrs. Xoe); George, Lizzie 
(now Mrs. Noe). and .John. He owns 320 
acres of land, under a fair state of cultiva- 
lion, worth $12,000. He has held various 
offices in the township. Mr. and Mrs. B. 



are members of the Christian church. 
Politically, he is a Republican. 
Bisim George, farmer: sec. 19; P. O. Beverly. 
Belts Chirles. farmer; P. O. Beverly. 

BEXTLEV JAMES, farmer: S.c. 
4: P. O. Fairweather; was bom in Ohio, in 
18:50; came to Adams county in 1867; was 
married to Miss Mar)- Sanders in 1856. She 
was bom in North Carolina, in 1838. They 
have four children : Alice R, Roxanna 
William, and Marj- J. He owns 110 :■. 
of land, under a fair state of cultiva- 
worth $2,000. Politically, he is a Ri; 
lican. 

BimeoaB latxirer: P. O. Kingston. 
Bimson James, farmer: sec. 3: P. O. Fairweath - 
Bimson Wm. farmer; sec 15: P. O. Beverly. 
Browning J. M. minister; sec. 10: P. O. Beveriy 
Brnner Aaron, farmer ; sec. 9 : P. O. Beverly. 
Bnffington C. farmer; sec. IS: P. O. Beverly. 
Bafflng.on Jacob, farmer ; sec. 5: P. (J. Fairweather. 
Bn.ffington Richard, farmer: sec. 13: P. O. Beverly. 
Burns James, farmer ; P. O. Beverly. 
Barton Wm. farmer: sec. *: P. O. Beverly. 



CARBAl«iH A., farmer: Sec . 
P. O. Fairweather: l)orn in Ohio, in l'-30; 
came to Adams county in 1837; married to 
Elizabeth Farmer in 1850. She was born in 
Tennessee, and died in 1854; had two chil- 
dren liy first marriage: Isabella and Eliza- 
l>eth. Then married Elizalicth Wells. She 
was born in Illinois. Have seven children 
by second marriage: Stephen A.. John H., 
J.-imes A., Addison Orlando, Alice R., Sarah 
A, and Charles P. Owns 363 acres of land 
under a fair state of cultivation, worth 
$7,200. Raises horses, cattle sheep and grain. 
A member of the A. F. & A. M. at Kings- 
ton. Politically is Democratic. 

CARBAIGH JOBX. tarmer: Sec. 
5; P.O. Fairweather: born in Ohio, 1824; 
came to Adams coimty in the fall of 1837 ; 
married to Sarah E. Hedrick in 1845. She 
was born in Xorth Carolina; have ten chil- 
dren : Harriet. Elizabeth, Margaret,Chtistin.<i, 
Josephine. Andrew Jackson, Stephen A. 
Douglas, Austin B., John and Marj- P. Owns 
220 acres of land under a fair state ot culti- 
vation, worth $6,000. He is a memlier of 
the A. F. and A. M. at Kingston, and of the 
Masonic Relief Association, of Clayton. Po- 
litically a Democrat. 



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CUusMrs.C. P. O. Kingeton. 

Climer Lcander, farmer: sec. SI ; P. O. Beverly. 

Conry John. Sr. farmer; P. O. Beverly. 

Conry .lohn, Jr. farmer; sec. 19: P. O. Beverly. 

Coven Wm. farmer; P. O. Beverly. 

Curtis Mrs. L. P. O. Kingslon. 

Cl'KLiIS 'WESLEY, farmer: Sec. 
28: P. O. Beverly: born in Ohio, in 1823; 
came to Adams county in 1851 ; was married 
to Mahala A. Harden in 1S48. She was born 
iu Ohio, in 1830; have no cliildren. Owns 
IGO acres of land under a fair state of culti- 
vation, worth $5,000. He and his wife are 
members of the Congregational church. 
Politically, is a Republican. 

CrTTER A. J., farmer; See. 22; 
P. O. Beverly : born in Middlesex county, 
N. J., in 1824; parents with four children 
came to Adams county iu 183.5, and located 
on Sec. 22; father died iu 1871 ; mother died 
in 1870. Mr. Cutter is unmarried, and his 
sister, Mrs. Lawson, husband and family re- 
side with him. Owns one-half section of 
land in Beverly township, and has about 200 
acres in ;ill, under a ^ood state of cultivatiou, 
worth $10,000. Politically is a Republican. 



der a fair state of cultivation, worth $7,000. 
Mrs. Davidson is a member of the Christian 
church. Mr. Bavidson politically is a Dem- 
ocrat. 

Deedrio Fr.ank, farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Fairweather. 
Dell E. farmer; P. O. Kingston. 

DItr.imON J. J., farmer and stock 
raiser; sec. 19; P. O. Beverly; was born in 
Cumberland county. Pa., iu 1834; came 
to Pike county, 111., and thence to Adams 
county in 1801 ; married to JIatilda Spence 
in 1840. She was born in Washiuuton 
county, Pa. Have five living children: 
Nancy Ann, James R., William Y., Charles 
L. and Abraham L.; two children dead,.Tohn 
and Etta. He owns 500 acres of land, most 
all of it under a high state of cultivatiou and 
worth $20,000. He raises a large quantity of 
stock, and does his ow(j shipping, mostly to 
the Chicago market. His wife is a meiuber 
of the Baptist chufch. Politically he is a 
Republican. 



E.Hgar Richard, farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Fairweather. 



I>AVII>S«X 11. A., farmer; Sec. la: 
P. O. Beverly: was born in Adams county, 
111. (Beverly township), in 1840. His parents 
located in the township in 1837, and followed 
farming. His father took a great interest in 
Masonry, and imtil his death, in 1870, was 
one of the best members of that fraternity in 
his section. Mr. Davidson was a member of 
the 10th Kansas Infantry, serving for a period 
of three yciirs with credit ; mustered out at 
Fort Leavenworth, in 1864; coming home 
was married during the same year to Emily 
E. Henderson. She was born in Tennessee, 
in 1848. They have live children ; Grace E., 
Earl and Pearl (twins), Blanche and Jennie. 
Owns eighty acres of land in Sec. 13, and 
two undivided shares iu his father's estate, 
worth $2,600. Politically, is Democratic. 

1>AV1I>S<»X W. H., farmer: Sec. 
26; p. o. Beverly; was born in Adams 
county, HI., iu 1840: father dead and mother 
now living; was married in 1873 to Margaret 
Staufler. She was born in 1854. They have 
two children: WalterE.,b(uu in 1870, George 
W., born in 1877. Owus 240 acres of land un- 



Fahs Henj. farmer; sec. S: P. 0. Fairweather. 
Ferree Jerome, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Beverly. 

Vimn BENJAMIN, farmer: sec. 35 ; 
P.O.Beverly; was born iu Lancashire. En- 
gland, in 1821 ; came to Adams county in 
1844: married in the same year to Miss 
Alice Buckley. She was born in Lanca- 
shire. England, in 1825; have six children: 
Jane (now Sirs. Martin). James L., Elizabeth, 
John, Mary and Alice. He owns 280 acres 
of land, under fair state of cultivation, worth 
$7,000, is classed among the best farmers of 
the township;" is liberal in all things: polit- 
ically is Republican. 

Forgy Perry M. blacksmith; P. O. Kingston. 
Frame Charles, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Beverly. 
Frame, BenJ. L. farmer: sec. 13; P. O. Beverly. 

FRAME TERRY, farmer; sec. 13; 
P.O.Beverly; was born in Adams county 
in 1837; father living and mother dead; 
married to Amelia Buffington in 1802. She 
was born in 18.39; have nine children; 
Peter O., Samuel C, Annie E., Clara M., 
and Perry E., who are living, and Christiana 
D., Melia A., Permelia and Cicero; owns 
80 acres of land, under a fair state of culti- 



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HISTORV OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



vation, worth $3,000. Mr. F. has Ht times 
followed school teaching ; has been Assessor 
ami served several terms as School Director: 
politicallj- is Democratic. Mr. F. is a mem- 
ber of the Baptist church. 

Fl'XK JAMES, wagon maker and 
plow maker, Beverly; was born in Adams 
comity. 111., in 1842; was married to An- 
neita Kelly in 18T;i. She was born in 1848. 
They have two children: Mary Frances and 
Florence Efbe; commenced the manufacture 
of wagons, carriages, plows, and all kinds of 
agricultural implements in the year 18G7 * 
makes on an average about twenty-five wag- 
ons and carriages a year; value of property 
about $1,000. Mrs. F. is a iueml)er of the 
M. E. church and he is a Republican. 

FCSTK JACOB S., undertaker and 
lumber dealer; sec. 21 ; P.O. Beverly; was 
born in Lancaster county, Penn., in 1818; 
came to Adams county in Sept. 1835 ; mar- 
ried to Mary Sykes in 18:58. She was born 
in 1815 and died in 1877; has had nine 
children, six of whom are living: Marj' A. 
(now Mrs. Shepherd;, James, 'William, .John 
Pi-iink and Nellie. Mr. F. carries on the 
undertaking and lumber business in Beverly 
and is always ready to supply the demand 
for coflins, of all sorts and sizes, at prices to 
suit the times ; also keeps a stock of the best 
Chicago lumber, which he will dispose of at 
reasonable prices; makes contr;icts for car- 
loads for otlier parties, owns 200 acres of 
land, worth $8,000; value of stock in trade 
$.5,000; is a member of the M. E. church 
and politically is a Republican. 

FUNK WILLIAM, tenant farmer; 
sec. 32; P. O. Beverly; was born in Pike 
county. 111., in 18.54; parents both dead; 
married to Alice Predmore ia 1873. She 
was born in 1858; have one child: .Jessie, 
born in 1875. Mr. F. follows farming for 
an occupation, and is classed a.s one of the 
best in the township; is a Democrat. 

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Gidding^ John W. farmer; sec. 2: P. O. Beverly, 
(.irsmmar Geo. W. farmer; see 3.'); P. O. Beverly. 

GB.VMMElt CHARLES M.. 

farmer and stock rai.ser; sec. 35; P. O. 
Baylis, Pike county. 111.; was born in 
Massachusetts, in 1827; came to the State 
of Illinois, in 1840, and to Adams county 



in 1847 ; was married in 1853 to Martha 
E. Harvey. She was born in 1834; have 
fifteen children living: L^-dia A. (now 
Mrs. Phillips), Martha, Alice (now Mrs. 
Gay), Joseph, Angel ine, Frank, Anna, An- 
drew, Morris, Edward, Marshall, Rufus 
Florence, Etfa and Stella. Mr. G. has repr.' 
sented his township as Supervisor for nin^ 
years, to the entire satisfaction of the people 
owns 380 acres of land, under cultivation : 
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and 
one of the members of the Masonic Relief 
As.sociation at Cl:iyton ; politically is a Re 
publican. 

eRAMMER SETH W.. farmer 
and stork raiser; Sec. 27; P. O. Beverly; 
was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 181!) ; 
came to Adams county in 1841 ; married in 
1846 to Ann Philpott. She was born in En- 
gland in 1819. They have had si.t children, 
five of them being married ; Lizzie (now 
Mrs. Hill), Charles Seth Thomas, Mary (now 
Mrs. Tolan), John and George. Three of the 
children have located in Iowa. Mr. Gram- 
mer held the office of School Superintendent 
for four years, and gave entire satisfaction 
to the people of the county. During the 
late war, served three 3'ears in the 78th Regt. 
111. Inf. enlisted at Quincy. and was mustered 
out at Chicago. Owns 300 acres of land 
under best of improvement, and worth 
$10,000. Politically is a Republican. 

GODFREY JOHN F., farmer 
and stock raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Beverlj'; 
was born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 
1823; came to Adams county in the fall of 
1857 ; married to Helen Thorbum in 1850. 
She was born in Ohio in 1832. They have 
eight children : Martha Amelia. Ellen Har- 
per (now Mi-s. Sykes), Josiah H., Alice. Eliz- 
abeth, George, Jennie, and John Curtis 
Dean. Owns 198 acres of land, worth $9,000 
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey are members of the 
Congregational church. Politically is Dem- 
ocratic. 



HARELSON JESSE, merchant; 
Sec. 11; P. O. Beverly; carries on a country 
store ; keeps drj* goods, groceries, boots and 
shoes, and such other goods as are usually 
kept in a country store. Has a stock of 
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and exchanges for country produce for which 
he pays good prices, thereby giving tlie pub- 
lic the benefit of a home market. Also runs 
a blacksmith shop in connection with the 
store, and is prepared to do work at reasona- 
ble rates. Owns eighty acres of land under 
a fair state of cultivation, worth $2,500. 
Politically is a Democrat. 

Hendrick Daniel, farmer; sec. 3: P. O. Beverly. 
Hoflfmister "V\'m. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Fairwealher. 

HOIiT CHARLES, farmer and 
lumber dealer; Sec. 36; P. O. Baylis, Pike 
county, 111.; was born in England in 1816; 
came to the United States and stopped in 
Patterson, New Jersey ; learned the trade of 
a machinist; leaving Patterson, went to 
several townl in New York for the purpose 
of following his trade; came to Adams 
county, Illinois, in 1848, with a wife and 
family — married to Martha Howard in 1838. 
She was bom in England in 1820, and died 
in 1854. Had three children by first mar- 
riage: Ann (now Mrs. Edwardson), Jlartha 
E. (now Mrs. Sykes), and Charles W. ; re-mar- 
ried to Elizabeth Barnes. She was born in 
Pennsylvania in 1820, and died in 1864. 
Was again married to Isabella Ewing in 
1865. She was born in Ohio in 1827. He 
has two children by last marriage, Cora 
May, and Mary Adaline. Deals in grain and 
lumber at Baylis. Keeps a large and well 
assorted stock of lumber on hand at all 
times, and can fill orders at short notice, at 
prices to suit the times. Has erected a fine 
elevator, and is prepared to buj' all kinds of 
grain for which he pays the highest cash 
price. Special inducements given to parties 
who will exchange graiu for lumber. Is also 
engaged in bee culture, has a splendid lot of 
Italian bees, the queens all having been 
tested, and warranted pure; they produce 
quite a quantity of honey. Owns 520 acres 
of land in Adams and Pike counties. Has 
three fine store rooms in Baylis, and is 
worth §18,000. Mr. and Mrs. Holt are mem- 
bers of the Presbyterian church. Politically, 
he is a Democrat. 

HOLT CHARLES W., farmer; 
Sec. 34 ; P. O. Baylis, Pike county, Illinois ; 
was born in Adams county, in 1850 ; father 
living, mother dead; married to Tabitha 
Hartman in 1877. She was born in Missouri 
in 1856, have one child, Thomas Arthur. 
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Mr. Holt is now farming his father's farm. 

Politically is Democratic. 

Hubert Mrs. E . P. O. Kingston. 

Habert Lewis, farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Beverly. 

Hl'FF JOHX. farmer and stock 
raiser; See. 34; P. O. Beverly ; was born in 
Prussia, ISli) ; came to Adams county in 
1843 ; married to Mary Bruner in 1840. 
She was born in Pennsylvania in 1824 ; have 
had sixteen children : Aaron, George, John, 
Lydia (now Mrs. Barnes), Frank, Jacob, 
James, Martha (now Mrs. Hemes), Rachel, 
Alice, Emma, and Willie E., are living, 
Mary, William, Rebecca, and Lucy, are 
dead. Owns 545 acres of land under a high 
state of cultivation, worth $18,000 ; raises 
horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs, also wheat, 
corn and oats; has a fine residence on the 
section where he resides. Are members of 
M. E. Church at Beverly. Politically, he is 
a Republican. 
Hull Samuel, farmer. Sec. 30, P. O. Beverly. 

HVLSE THOMAS, farmer; Sec. 
31 ; P. O. Beverly; was born in Kentucky in 
1816; came to Adams county in 1850; mar- 
ried to Elizabeth Hutcherson in 1842. She 
was born in Ohio in 1823; have six children 
living and one dead: Angeline (now ilrs. 
WilliauQs), Effa, Ann (now Mrs. Hankins), 
Frederick, Jonathan (died in the army), 
Josephus, and Dora. Owns 160 acres of 
land, 110 of is which under a fair state of cul- 
tivation, worth $5,000. Member of A. F. 
& A. M. at Kingston. Politically, a Dem- 
ocrat. 

Hl'ESB OTHO, farmer and stock 
raiser; Sec. 29; P.O. Beverly; was born in 
Kentucky in 1S18; came to Adams county 
in 1847 : married to Rebecca Chapman in 
1849. She Vas born in Ohio in 1825; have 
had six children : Melissa (now Mrs. Rath- 
burn), Viola (njw Mrs. Sj'kes), Almira 
Arilla, George, Nora Dean, are living ; 
Joseph is dead. Owns 185 acres of land 
under a high state of cultivation, worth 
$7,000. Politically is Democratic. 

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Kelly D. B. farmer; P. O. lieverly. 
Kelley .Jacob, laborer; P. O. Kingston. 

KELLV FRAZY, farmer; Sec. 24; 
P. O. Beverly; was bom in New Jersey in 
1818; came to Adams county in 1835, and 
located in Beverly ; married Hannah M. 



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Raymond in 1857. She was born in Bev- 
erly, Mass.; has four children: Josiah R., 
.John W , Charles ami Hannah. Owns 135 
acres of laud under a good slate of cultiva- 
tion, worth $4,700. Politically is a Democrat. 

KEI.I.Y JOH^\ farmer; Sec. 16; 
P. 0. Bevtrly ; w.is boru in New .Jersey in 
181i»; came to Adams county in 1835, and 
located in Beverly township when it was 
nothing but a wilderness. He was married 
in 1845 to Mary Staufler ; she was born in 
Ohio in 1825. They have had eight children:' 
Klizabelh, Annetta (now Mrs. Funk); Jacob, 
Nancy, .John F., and Nellie— two deceased, 
Charlotte and Howard. He owns 320 acres 
of land in Beverly township, worth .tlO.OOO. 
They are members of the M. E Church. 
Mr. R. has by his steady attention to farm- 
ing obtained quite a fortune; he is a Dem- 
ocrat. 

KEIjIiY JOHN li., auctioneer and 
hotel; residence and P. O. Beverly; was 
born in Middlesex county, N. J. ; came 
to Adams county in 1850 ; married to 'Geor- 
gia Dean in 18.59. She was born in 1844. 
Have two children: Walter Ellis, born in 
18«S; George Lewis, Ixrn in 1872. Owns 
town property worth ,^1450. Mr Kelly is a 
first-class auctioneer, giving his attention to 
that business in the counties of Adams and 
Pike, always ready upon short notice ; 
charges reasonable. Also has one of the 
finest thorough bred .lacks (" Henry Ward 
Beecher"), in the county. Mr. K. is polit- 
ically Democratic. 

KKXNEY l.l>OVI». farmer and 
stock raser; Sec 0; P. <). Fairweather; was 
born in Ohio in 1^32; came to Adams county 
in 1841 ; married to L'.icy Bolwaje in 1863. 
She was born in Pike county. 111., In 1838; 
have three children : liiinnie B., born in 
1864 ; Maiy Ella, horn l!>'66, and Zefflah 
Lilian, born in 1876. Owns 430 acres of 
land under good state of improvement, worth 
$13,000; raises a good quality of cattle and 
hogs, selling on an average one car-load per 
year. Politically is a Republican. Mrs. R. 
is a member of the M. E. cliurch. 

KIXNEYMARY A., farming; 
Sec. 18; P. O. Fairwe;Uh(r; \v;is born in 
Ohio, in 1810; married to Ik-iijaniin Kinney, 
in 1828. He was born in 1808, in Ohio; 
came to Adams county, in 1838, and located 



in Beverly township at an early day, where 
he engaged in fanning pureuits until his 
death, which occurred in 1871. They have 
had Seven children : Christina (now dead), 
Elizabeth (now Mrs. Hendricks), Lloyd, 
Caroline (now dead), John P.. Sarah (now 
Mrs. Long), and ilary E. (now Mrs. Pcney). 
Owns 320 acres of land, worth $10,000. 
Mrs. K. is a member of the Christian church. 
Klassing Joseph, farmer: see. 5: P. O. Fairweither. 



L.A'WXOX FKAXCES, farmer and 
stoek-niiser; Sec. 34; P. O. Baylis, Pike 
county, HI.; was born in Penug, in 1813; 
came to Adams county, in the fall of 1836. 
His parents are dead; was married to Mary 
J. Powell, in 1843. She wa.s bf?rn in Ten- 
nessee. Have bad fourteen children ; those 
living are: William, Frank, Jacob, George 
G., Nancy (now Mrs. Stark), Mary (now 
Mrs. Footruft"), Jane (now Mrs. Newman), 
Alice (now Mrs. Hufl'), Elizabeth (now Mrs. 
Hutl"). Those dead are: Thoma.s, Isaac, 
Wallace, Mary, and Emily. Owns 400 acres 
of land under a good state of cultivation; 
worth $15,000. Mr. L. is a breeder of good 
stock, raising a fine quality of horses and 
mules. He and his wife are members of the 
M. E. cliurch. Politically, he is a Repub. 
lican. 

Lelghton Richard, farmer; P. O. Kingston. 
Likes R. P. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Beverly. 

I..LOYl> LEMUEL, farmer; Sec. 1; 
P. O. Fishhook, Pike county, HI.; was born 
in Hocking county, Ohio, in 1846; came to 
Adams county with his parents in 1868; 
located in Beverly towushij). His father 
died in 1876. His mother is still living. 
Owns 160 acres of land, under a fair state 
of cultivation; worth $1,200. Politically, 
he is a Democrat. 



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McKINXEY CIEOICUE W., 

Physician; residence, Kingston; P. O. Fair- 
weather; ni;irried to >L'iry Potter, in 1854. 
She was born in 1835, and died in 1864; had 
four children: Elizabeth J. (now Mrs. 
Funk); M.ary Alvira (now Mrs. Barnes); 
J:imes, and Temperance; was again married 
to I>ouisa Fahs. She died in 1876; had one 
child : Louisa A. ; married again to Sarah A. 
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tlif s^tudy of medicine in 187:3, witli Dr. J. G. 
AfcKinney, of Kingston; attended two reg- 
11- courses of lectures at Rush Medical 
'lege in Chicago, in 1873 and 187-1; grad- 
uating Feb. Ui, 1875, in full course ; located 
at Kingston, for the practice of medicine , 
and has obtained a good, lucrative practice. 
Is a member of the M. E. cliui'ch. His 
wife is a member of the Baptist church. 
Politically, he is a Democrat. 
McVay Thomas, P. O. Kingston. 
Mammel John, farmer; sec. C: P. O. Fairweather. 
Itaifield i. Sr, farmer; P. O. Beverly. 

MAYFIELD ISRIAH JR., 

farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Beverly; was born in 
Beverly township, Adams county, in 1845 ; 
married to ^hiletta Jackson, in 18GG. She 
was born in Hancock county, 111., in 1848 ; 
have no children. Owns forty acres of land , 
under fair state of cultivation, with a good 
young orchard of fine fruit trees. Mr. and 
3Irs. M. are members of the M. E. church. 
Politically, he is a Republican. . Neither 
one has ever been out of the State. 

MAYFIELrD L,ETI, farmer; Sec. 
17; P. O. Beverly; was born in Beverly 
township, 1848. His father was the first 
white settler in the township ; settled there in 
18S4; married to Zurelda Mayfield, in 1872. 
She was born in 1854. They hjjve two 
children: Cora B., and Mary A. Owns 
thirty-eight acres of land, under a fair state 
of cultivation, worth $1,200. Are members 
of the M. E. church. Mr. M. is a Repub- 
lican. 
Mayfield R. farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Beverly. 

MERR£L. ABU AH, farmer; Sec. 
14 ; P. O. Fairweather ; was bom in Fayette 
county, Penn., in 1820, and raised in Coshoc- 
ton county, Ohio ; came to Adams county in 
1839; married to Priscilla Cunningham in 
1846. She was bom in Holmes count}-, 
Ohio, in 1824. Have had nine children; 
Sarah, Mary E., John A., Jessie A., William 
R., James M., Alice L., and Priscilla Isa- 
bella, living; and Henry B., dead Owns 
130 acres of land, under a fair state of cul- 
tivation, worth $4,000. Followed shoem.ik- 
ing a long time, but since coming to the 
county has devoted his time to farming. 
Mrs. Merrel is a member of the Baptist 
church. Politically, he is a Republican. 



MIXER SALiMOX. farmer; Sec. 
1; P. O. Beverly; was born in Erie coxmty, 
X. Y., in 1826 ; came to Adams county in 
1845; married to Margaret Hartman in 1851. 
She was born in Ohio in 1832. Have eight 
children : JIary E., Joseph H., Zelates, John 
A., Emma J., James W., Edna, and Albert. 
Owns 290 acres of land in Adams county, 
under a fair state of cultivation, worth §5,000. 
Member of the Baptist church, and a Re- 
publican. 

MIXER !S$ARAU, farming; Sec. 1; 
P. O. Beverly; was born in Coshocton 
county, Ohio, in 1829; parents came to 
Adams couty in 1836 ; father died in 1871 ; 
married to Daniel Mixer in 1849. He was 
born in New York in 1823, and died at 
Marshall, 111., in 1865. Have had seven 
children; the living are: .Jacob, born July 
2, 1852; Michael, born Oct. 7, 1856; Alex. 
T., born Oct. 15, 18.59; Tabitha E., bom 
Sept. 11, 1862; Daniel, born March 22, 1865; 
Edna and David are dead. Mr. ili.xer was 
drafted into the service during the late war, 
and died of typhoid fever at Nashville, 
Teun., in 1865. Owns eighty acres of land, 
most of which is under a good state of cul- 
tivation, worth §1,200. 
Moore S. A. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Beverly. 

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Noe James, farmer; Beverly. 

XOE fSMITH, fruit-grower and 
nursery; Sec. 20; P. O. Beverly; was born 
in Woodbridge county, N. J., May 26, 1838 ; 
came to Adams coimtj- in 1857 ; was married 
in 1865 to Georgianna Richardson. She 
died in 1865. Re-married, to Mary E. Dick. 
erson in 1874. She was born m 1813. Have 
three children: Mary M., Clitas D., and 
Edward. Owns thirty-five acres of land, 
with good and substantial buildings, worth 
$1,500 ; also has a nursery thereon, tlie prob- 
able value of which is |1,.500; cames on the 
nursery business, growing all kinds of fruit 
trees; has about 10,000 on hand, ready for- 
sale ; lias a very fine lot of evergreens, also,, 
which are ready for transplanting. Mr. Noe 
raises considerable fine fruit. Politically, is 
Democratic. 
Noyes E. minister; sec. 10; P. O. Beverly. 



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OGLE ISAAC J., fiirmer; Sec. 13; 
P.O. licviTly; xv;is burn in Belleville, St. 
Clair county, 111, in 1841; came to Adams 
county in 1850; married to Louisa Carbaugli 
in 1865. She was born in 1817; died in 1807. 
Re-married, to Alice Carbaugli, in 1808. She 
was born in 184!). Had one child, Alice, by 
first niarriase, and five children by second 
marriage: Louisa, Clara, Lucy, Jacob, and 
James. Owns 135 acres of land, under a 
fair state of cultivation, worth ;?5.000. En- 
listed in 5nth 111. Inf., Aug. 20, 18(;i, and was 
with the regiment in every battle and skir. 
mish in which it was engaged; wa,s wounded 
at Altoona Pass, Ga., and was unfitted for 
duty for the .space of four months; then 
retunied to his post and .seivcd until close of 
the war. Is a Republican. 

ORK M. S.. farmer ; Sec. 32 ; P. O- 
Beverly; was born in ^lonroe county. Ohio, 
in 1843. Father still living; mother dead, 
lie came to Adams county in 18.")2; married 
Dorcas McLain in 1867. She was born in 
Adams county, in 1846. Have no children. 
Enlisted in the 4Tth Regt. 111. Inf, at 5It. 
■Sterling, 111., iu March, 1864; was in numer- 
ous skirmishes during the year; was cap- 
tured by guerrillas, at Christian Landing, on 
the Tombigbee river; mustered out, at 
Springfield, 111., in 186.'). Owns sixty acres 
of land, worth f;2,400. Jlr. and Mrs. Orr are 
members of the M. E. church, at Pleasant 
Hill. Politically he is a Democrat. 



PAItRIl'K THOiTIAS. farmer 
and stock-raiser; Sec. 32; P. O. Beverly; 
was born in Kentucky, in 1833; came to 
Illinois in 1840, and to Adams county in '54; 
mai-ried JIary A. :Marlow in 1843. She was 
born in 182!), and died in 1856. Re-married to 
Mrs. Comfort Linthicuin. She was born in 
Ohio, in 183.J. 3Ir. Parrick had three chil- 
dren by his first marriage: James T., David 
31. and Margaret J. (now .Mrs. Prince). Mrs. 
Parrick had three children by her tirsi mar- 
riage, two of whom are ilejul, and one. Aurel 
Clark, living. Mr. and Mrs. Parrick, by 
their marriage, had five children, all dead. 
He served in the 99th Regt. 111. Inf, enlistr 
ing in August, 1862; discharged, iu 1863, for 
disability. His wife owns 110 acres of land. 



under a good state of cultivation, and worth 
15,000. Both are members of the (ierman 
Baptist church. Politically Mr. Parrick is 
a Democrat. 

Pate Noah, farmer; tec. 9; P. O. Fairweatber. 
Peuce.Iiffereon, laborer; P. O. Kingston. 
Pfirklns ■/.. D. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Beverly. 
Peterson Williim, farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Beverly. 
I'illing .lames, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Beverly. 
Pilling .J. T. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Beverly. 
Pottorff J. A. farmer; sec. :i5; P. O. Beverly. 

RAXI)L,E JAMES, farmer; Sec. 
35; P. O Baylis, Pike county. III.; was born 
May 3, 1818, in Lancsistershire, Eng.; left 
England, February, 1847, and landed at New 
York in April, 1847; worked for a while in 
a cotton factory; left New York and arrived 
in Adams county in 18.50; was married in 
April, 1838. Have six children: Mary H. 
(now Mrs. Hill), Jane E. (now Mrs. Winter- 
bottom), Sarah E. (now following teaching), 
Cliarlolte M., Alice C, and James T. Owns 
200 jicres of land, 110 acres of which is un- 
der a good slate of cijltivation, and worth 
$4,000; was drafted, but was discharged for 
lieafness and over age. Politically is Demo- 
cratic. 
Richardson James Jr. farmer; P. O. Beverly. 

RICHARUNOX JAMES, Sr., 

farmer; .Sec. 23; P.O. Beverly; was born in 
the city of New York, Aug. 25, 1803; came 
to Adams county in the spring of 18;M, and 
entered his land; then returned to NewYoi-k, 
and again came to Adams county in the 
spring of 1835, bringing his family of a wife 
and four children; was man-ied to Charlotte 
NVood in 1825. She was born in England, in 
18(H, and died in 1845 He had eight chil- 
dren by his first marriage: Thomas, James, 
Mary E., John, Emma M., Charlotte, Pluvbe 
M., and Georgie Ann. He married Elizabeth 
B. Wood in 1846. She was born in 1804, 
and died in 1872. Had one child by second 
marriage, Charles Wood. Owns 200 acres ot 
land, worth $10,000. Is residing ui)on the 
land he originally entered, and has made 
most of the improvements with his own 
hands, and has been a witness to the many 
and great changes through which the county 
has passed. Mr. Richardson is one of the 
old, constitutiimal Democrats. 

RICHARI>SO]V JEXNETT, 

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in Ohio in 1839; maiden name Jcnnelt 
Tliorburn ; married to Thomas Kichardson. 
He was born in New Yorlc, in 1826, and 
died in 1872. He first married Jlary E. Hu- 
ben, in 185fi, wlio was born in Massachusetts 
in 1840, and died in 18G5. He had four 
children by the first marriage : Benjamin 
W., Mary E., living ; Elizabeth and Jane L., 
dead. He had one child by second marriage, 
Alvin L. Mr. R. came to Adams county in 
1835, when Beverly was quite a wilderness; 
followed farming until bis death. Jlrs. R. 
is a member of the Congregational church. 
She owns 160 acres of land, worth $8,000. 

RICHARDSON JOHIV, tanner; 
Sec. 15; P. O. Beverly; was born iu New 
York in 1831 ; came to Adams county iu 
1834, being but three years old ; married in 
1858 to Mary Harvey. She was born in 
1839. Has six children : James H., Joseph 
A., Effie B., John F., Walter C, and Elmer 
Guy. Owns 250 acres of land, most of which 
is under a good state of cultivation, worth 
$10,000; devotes most of his time to raising 
stock. Politically is a Democrat. 

RIDGELYE. W., harness maker; 
residence, Kingston ; P. O., Fairweather; was 
born near Alton, 111., in 1850; married to A. 
A. Davis in 1875. He was born in 1853. 
Have one child living, Charles W., born in 
August, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Ridgcly are 
members of the M. E. church. He is 
neutral in politics. Commenced the manu- 
facture of harness in April, 1878; is pre- 
pared to furnish all kinds of harness' 
collars, saddles, or anything in his line, and 
can guarantee satisfaction. 
Robertson A. C. farmer; P. O. Beverly. 
Robertson H. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Beverly. 

RORERTi»$OIV JOHX R., farmer; 
Sec. 21; P (). Beverly; was born in New 
York in 1790; came to Adams coiint}' in 
1833; was married in 1815 to Catherine 
Conroy. She was born in 1798. At the time 
the}- arrived in the township, but two other 
families had settled in it, and Mr. Ridgcly 
may be considered one of the first settlers. 
When he first came to the county it was a 
common sight to see deer and buffalo roam- 
ing at will over the prairie. Has had eleven 
children, three of whom arc dead ; children 
consisted of nine boys and two girls; all of 
the children living are married, and in good 



circumstances. Mr. Ridgely has held the 
office of Postmaster at Beverly for forty 
3-ears, but has been compelled to resign the 
office on account of deafness. Politically is 
a Republican. 

Robertson James, farmer; sec. ^0; P. O. Beverly. 
Robertson X. B. farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Beverly. 
Robertson \V. ^V. farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Beverly. 

ROTH THEODORE, merchant; 
residence, Kingston; P.O., Fairweather; was 
born in Quincy, 111., in 1853; married to 
Mary H. Croniuger iu 1874. She was born 
in 1859. Have one child, William H., born 
May 30, 1878. Mr. Roth commenced busi- 
ness in Kingston, keeping a general dry 
goods store, boots and shoes, and such other 
goods as are usually kept iu a country store ; 
carries stock to the amount of $2,500. Mr. 
and Mrs. Roth are both members of the 
JI. E. (■huich, and he is neutral in politics. 
Rubart James, farmer; sec. 24; P. 0. Beverly. 
Rubart .John, farmer; sec. 1; P.O. Fishook, I'ikeco. 



Simmons Henry, hotel-keeper; P. O. Kingston. 

STAUFFER CHRIST, farmer and 
.stock raiser; Sec. 23: P. O. Beverly; was 
born in Pennsylvania in 1821 ; came to 
Adams county in 1837; married to Sarah 
Keatch in 1857. She was born in Ohio in 
1832. Had si.x: children, three of whom are 
living: Marion, Anna, and MaryE.; those 
dead are: George, Walter, and Nancy. 
Owns 949 acres of land, most of which is 
under a good state of cultivation, and worth 
$40,000. Mr. Stauffer now lives on the 
" Mound " farm, which was once occupied 
by Archibald Williams; is one of the 
wealthiest and best farmers in Beverly town- 
ship, and has his farm in a good state of im- 
proveraent. Politically he is a Republican. 

8TAITFFER W. F., farmer; Sec. 
27 ; P. O. Beverly ; was born in Pike county, 
111., in 1849 ; came to Adams county in 1861 ; 
father living, mother dead ; married to Anna 
Eliza Noyes. She was born in 1848; has. 
six children : Mareellus, Susan Ellen, James 
Ira, Christopher, Mary Ellen, and Sarah 
Ann. He enlisted in the 50th 111. Inf., 
at Quincy, 111., in 1864; mustered out at 
Springfield, 111., in 1865. Owns eighty acres 
of land, worth $3,000. Mrs. Staufter is a 
member of the M. E. church. Politically 
Mr. Stauffer is a Republican. 



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HISTORV OK ADAMS COUNTY. 



STKVKXS IIKXRV. farmer; Si-c. 
3; P. (). Bi'vorly; w;is bora iii Beverly, 
Adams cimnty. 111., in 1S47; t'uthernow re- 
sides in Wilson county, Kiin. ; mollicr dead; 
married to Rebeci^n Veach in 18fili. She 
was born in Coles count)-, 111., in 1847. Have 
five children, Jenncila, Alice and Amie 
(twins); Angelliea and James A. Enlisted 
in the ilDtli 111. Int., July 26, 18G3; was 
in the battles of Port Gibson, Jackson, and 
charged on Vicksburg, .Miss., serving under 
Grant, Sherman, and Canby ; mustereii out* 
August, 18C5. Owns 138 acres of land, 
under a fair state of cultivation, worth 
$2,800. Are members of the M. E. church. 
Mr. Stevens is a member of the A. F. & A. M. 
at Kingston, and politically a Republican. 

SYKKS .lAitlKS, Physician; P.O. 
Beverly; was born in Adams county. 111., 
May 22, 1844. After four years' study of 
medicine, the last year being employed as 
dres.ser in a military hospital, he graduated 
at the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
at Keokuk, Iowa, May 21, IKtU, being then 
but twenty years of age; was immediately 
comu\issioned Surgeon in the army of the 
Cumberland. .Vfter serving two years in the 
South, was transferred to Custer's Cavalry, 
and served one year in the campaigns 
against the Imlians on the plains, and was 
finally mustered out ;il Fort Dodge, on the 
Arkansas river, Mari-h 1, 1808. Returning 
to Beverly, he located there, and liiis at- 
tained a large and lucrative practice; was 
married to Miss Helen II. Godfrey in 1872. 
They have four children: Mary F., Eliza, 
Howard J., and Helen. 

!8¥KE« .l.\MEJ!*. farmer and stock- 
raiser; Sec. 22; P. O. Beverly; was born 
in Hudstield, Kngland, in March, 181!>; 
came to New York when two years of age, 
and to Beverly township in 1834, being at 
that time about fourteen years of age. His 
father built the second house ever erected 
in the township, in the fall of 1834, on See. 
21; mother died in 18G0, and father in 18C1; 
was married to Miss JIary Ayers in 1845). 
She W!»s born, in 1830, in Xew Jersey, and 
died April 1, 1873; was remarried to Martha 
Cunningham, in 1875. She was born in 
1832. Had, by tirst marriage, si.\ children : 
H.-innidi (now Mrs. Cunningham); Eliza- 
beth (now Mrs. ^IcClain); Jo.<eph, Emma, 
Frank, and Hatlie. lie owns 807 acres of 



land in Beverly township, 340 acres in 
Nebraska, and 3'20 acres in Minnesota; 
probable value of all, $30,0U0. Being one 
of the early settlers, by bis energj' and at- 
tention to business, he has accumulated a 
large amount of wealth. Politically, he is 
a Repulilican. 

SYKK»$ JOIIX. farmer; Sec. 21; 
P. O. Beverly; was born in New York, in 
1824; came to Adams county, in 1834, at a 
time when Beverlj' township was a vast 
wilderness, his father being among the tirst 
settlers who came into the township ; was 
married to Miss Ellen Holt in 18.5G. She 
was born in 1830. They have one child, 
Richard H., born in 1803. He owns 287 1.^ 
acres of laud, worth $10,000; also, has 470 
acres in Minnesota, wortli $2,000. Mr. S., 
having come to the county in an early daj', 
has, by his energy and industry, accumu- 
lated a valuable property. Politically, he is 
a Republican. 

SYKES JOSfiEPH. farmer; Sec. 21; 
P. O. Be^■erly; was born in Adams county, 
111., in 1854; married to Martha Holt in 
1875. She was born in 1855, in Adams 
county. Have one child, George, born Sept. 
13, 1876. Owns 100 acres of land under a 
good state of cultivation, worth $4000. Is 
a Republican. 

SYKEK WILL,I.4M. farmer; Sec. 
"28; P.O.Beverly; was born in England, 
in 1817; came to Adams countj'. 111., from 
New York with his parents in 1834. Mar- 
ried Eliza G. Raymond, in 1840; have three 
children, William R., James and John G. 
Has served as Justice of the Peace for 
twenty-three years, and been Township 
Treasurer for nearly thirty years. 



Triplett George, farmer; sec. 2; P.O. Beverly. 

TYLiEK \. W., Physician; P. O. 
Beverly; was born in Pennsylvimia in 1832, 
came to Adams county, in 1841 ; father 
dead, mother still living, in Richticld. Was 
married to Lucretia Williams in 1866; she 
was born in 1843. Commenced the study of 
medicine under Dr. Frather of Richfield, in 
1874, read with him about one year, then at- 
tended the St. Louis Medical College in 1876, 
in the meantime practicing between the terms. 




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BCVtHLYWWNSHIP 



BEVERLY PIKECTORT. 



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and graduated March 8, 1878, locating at Bev- 
erly ; "he has built up a fine practice by his 
strict attention to his profession. Served 
three years in the regular Cavalry in Ore- 
gon, was discharged at Fort Van Couver in 
1865 ; politically is a Greenbacker. 



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Weber IleDry. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Fairweather 
Wells T. M., farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Beverly. 
Whitaker .Jeflf., farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Beverly. 

WTLLIAMS EDliVAKD, farmer; 
Sec. 14 ; P. O. Beverly ; was born in Adams 
county, 111., in 1835. At that time the 
county was little more than a wilderness, 
his father was one of tlie first settlers. He 
married Maria Belee in 1859; she was born 
in Mercer county. Pa., in 1839. They have 
five children, Nettie, George W., Charley, 
Hattie and Rosa. Owns eighty acres of 



land under a fair state of cultivation, worth 
$12,000. Enlisted in the 78th Regt. 111. Inf. 
in 1862, and served three years ; took par 
in the buttle of Chickamauga and Jones- 
borough, Ga., receiving a wound in the 
thigh at the latter place ; was also engaged 
in several skirmishes; was honorably dis- 
charged in 1865. Politically is a Repnb- 
lican. 

Winner John, farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Beverly. 
Winner Thomas, farmer; eec. .33; P. O. Beverly. 
Wogan D., farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Beverly. 
Wolf John, farmer; P. O. Beverly. 

>V<>OD & ROBERTSON, mer- 
chants; P. O.Beverly. Commenced keep- 
ing a stoie in Beverly in 1877; carry an 
extensive stock of dry goods, groceries, 
hardware etc., worth $2,500, and have a 
good local trade. Are natives of Illinois 
and Adams county. Mr. Robertson is Post^ 
master. 



PAYSON TOWNSHIP. 



Ackles John, farmer ; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 

ADAM8 REV. HEXRA^ C, pas- 
tor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of 
Payson ; wasborniuTro}-,NcwYork, Jan.21, 
1836. His father. Rev. Samuel C. Adams, an 
Evangelist in the M. E. church, having been 
born in Massachusetts, and his mother, Brit- 
tanna (Cutler) Adams, in Vermont. His edu- 
cation was chiefly obtained in Yates county, 
N. Y., and completed at Cornell College, Mt_ 
Vernon. He prepared for the ministry and 
was licensed to preach just prior to entering 
the army as a member of Co. F., 20th Regt. 
Iowa Inf., in August 1862. He was with 
the regiment the first year; for fourteen 
months before he left the service he was on 
detached duty as clerk in Gen. Bank's head- 
quarters at New Orleans. He was discharged 
for disability Oct. 4th, 1864. The following 
Februarj- he entered upon ministerial work, 
as junior preacher at Wilmington, Wdl 
county. 111. He preached to his first regular 
charge the following year, at Seneca, La 



Salle county, and has been engaged in pas 
toral work every year since save one. He 
married Flora Ross, in Sept. 1865. She was 
born in Macoupin county. 111., Sept. 27, 
1843 ; is the daughter of Lieut.-Col. J. W. 
Ross, who was killed while leading the 32d 
111. in a charge at the battle of Shiloh. Mr. 
and Mrs. A. have had five children, three 
living: Hattie B., born Nov. 16, 1869, Fred- 
die C, June 16, 1872, and Flora L., Aug. 26, 
1875. Rev. A. is now in the second year of 
his pastoral labors in Payson. The society 
is very prosperous under his ministrations 
and has erected a model and commodious 
edifice, whose existence is largely due to his 
l^ersevering eftbrts. 

Allebire Joseph, physician; sec. 31; P. O. Seeborn. 
Arnold Frank, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. PajBon. 



BAKER GEORGE, farmer; Sec. 
17; P. O. Payson. He was born in Hamp- 
shire county, Va., May 19, 1803. His parents^ 
Michael Baker and Catherine (Devore) were 
natives of Pennsylvania, and were married 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COONTV. 



November, 1877, he married Mrs. Olivia 
J. Parks, daughter of Gabriel and Ann T. 
(Ma°OD) Kay, born in Adams county, Sept. 
3, 1836. Iler parents are now living in 
Adams county. Mrs. Ferguson has three 
children by Oscar M. Parks (deceased), who 
was born in Ohio, Dec. 16, 1S34. They 
were married in 18.59, and he died in 1860. 
The children are: Edgar 0., Ella T., and 
Oscar M. Mr. Ferguson owns fifty-four 
acres, two and a half miles northeast of 
Payson, worth $45 i)er acre, and forty* 
acres in Pike county, worth ^i'l per acre ; 
and Mrs. Ferguson owns a residence and lot 
in the village. They are both members of 
the Baptist church. 

Finley R. C. wagon maker; P. O. Payson. 

Foster Mies Eliza; res. Plainville; P. O. Stones 

Prairie. 
Foster .Tolin. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Stones Prairie. 
Fryer Mrs. Ilannali ; P. O. Payson. 
Fuller C. H. farmer; P. O. Payson. 

G 

Gabriel Mrs. W. R. P. O. Payson. 

Ganoe Isaac, retired; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 

Gayer J. S. physician; res. Plainyillj; P. O.Stone's 

Prairie. 
Gilbert Wm. retired mechanic ; P. O. Payson. 
Gilhaus Earnest, farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Seehorn. 
GiUsepie Charles, painter; P. O. Payson. 
Gillespie James, barber; P. O. Payson. 
Qillln Mrs. Malinda; res. Plainville; P. O.Stone's 

Prairie. 
Glass J. miller; P. O. Payson. 
Goodner.I. W. sec. 29; P. O. Payson. 
Gregory M. C. farmer; sec. S3; P.O. Stone's Prairie. 

GBIFFIX CHARLRIS C. miller; 
Sec. !»; p. O. Payson; is the son of Horace 
and Lydia (Cunningham) Griffin, natives of 
Linking county, Ohio. He is the oldest of 
ten living children ; was born there, Aug. 
16, 1839. His parents came out west and 
settled in Burton township, Adams county, 
in 1842; came to ■where they now live in 
1854. He was brought up on a farm, but 
embarked in the milling business, and has 
been a practical miller for fifteen years. 
He ran a mill seven years at Liberty ; then, 
in 1870, he and his brother bought the Pay- 
son Mills, in which he still owns a half 
interest, in partnership with his father. He 
married Jennie Shepherd, daughter of 
Samuel and Margret A. (Dildioe) Shepherd, 
in January, 1861. She was born in Ohio, 
Dec. 28, 1840. They have three children: 



Hattie E., Lydia A., and Rebecca J. lie 
owns a residence and feven acres of land, 
and a half interest in the Payson Mills, 
which were built about 1800 by Charles 
Watt. They contain two run of burrs, with 
capacity of forty barrels of flour per day. 
He also owns a saw-mill, built by Messrs. 
Griffin, which does extensive business; it is 
propelled by steam power. 
Griffin U. miller: sec. fl; P. O. Payson. 
Griggs .Mrs. Sarah, P. O. Payson. 
Grissom Wm. clerKymao; P.O. Payson. 
Gristy Joshua, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Payson . 
Groove Isaac, farmer; soc. 20; P. O. Payson. 
Grooves S. S. farmer; sec. 3ii; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 

GRrBB JAMES M.. manufac 
turer of tinware and dealer in stoves ; resi- 
dence, Payson. He was born in Crawford 
county. Pa., June 28, 1841. His parents 
were Stephen and Anna (Renner) Grubb, na- 
tives also of that State. They came west 
and settled in Liberty township, Adams 
county, when he was about a year old. He 
learned the tinners' trade in Quincy, and 
Jan. 1, 1862, he enlisted in the United States' 
service, in Co. F, 1st Regt. 111. Cavalrj^. He 
had been in the service only six months 
when the whole regiment, for some — to tliem 
— unaccountable reason, was discharged, al- 
though having mustered for three years ; 
wa.'^ mustered out July 1st at St. Louis. He 
came home and set up business at Payson in 
December, 1863. He married Emma Raw- 
lee, JIarch 3, 1804, a native of Adams 
county, and daughter of John and Nancy 
(Manary) Rawlee. They have had three 
children, two living: Lydia F., born Aug. 
'28, 1806. and Eddie J., born Oct. 16, 1868. 
Lulu was born Nov. 2!), 1870, and died Feb. 
19, 1873. Mr. Grubb owns the store and lot, 
and a residence and lot in the village. 

H 

Harris Mrs. (.'atlierine, eec. 24; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 

HABKI!!( FRANKS IX, mer- 
chant; P. O. Stone's Prairie; residence, 
Plainville. He was born in Wj'the county, 
Va., Sept. 12, 18'23. His parents, Nathaniel 
D. and Margret (Bishop) Harris, were na- 
tives of the same county. They removed 
from there to Ad:uns county when the 
subject of this sketch was seven years of 
age, and settled in what is now Richfield 
township. His lather previously bought the 



I'AISON DIRECTORY. 



827 



land in 1880. The\- had just completed tlie 
erection of their cabin and moved into it 
■when the " deep snow " of the winter of 
1831-2 fell, so memorable in the early settle- 
ment of Illinois. They had no difficulty in 
procuring an abundance of meat from the 
"wild game then so abundant, but the}' were 
compelled to pound corn for meal, and sub- 
stantiate parched corn for breadstufl"; seven 
years later they bought on Stone's Prairie, 
in Payson town.ship,aud removed there, where 
they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. 
Harris followed farming near Plainville till 
the fall of 1870, when he embarked in the 
mercantile business in the village. He mar- 
ried Emily L. Shaw, May 18, 18-t8. She 
was born in Oswego county, N. Y., in 
March. 1837, and brought up in Pike 
county. They have had seven children, three 
living: Mrs. Mary J. Robmson, Mrs. Anna 
Lee, and William F. Lucy E., their oldest 
daughter, died when fifteen years old. Mr. 
Harris was Postmaster for five years prior to 

1877. He owns 160 acres of improved land 
in Payson township, worth $50 per acre. 

HARRIS QUIKCY R., farmer; 
Sec. 20; P. O. Payson; was born Nov. 1, 
1858, in Payson township, Adams county. 
His father, .Jacob Harris (deceased), and 
Martha (Flurj') Harris were natives of York 
county, Penn. Jacob Harris was born in 
April, 1797. He was brought up, and 
learned the stone-masons' trade, in his 
native county. Martha Flury was his 
second wife. She was born in March, 1819. 
She was, also, married before. She mamed 
Mr. Harris, and had one child by her former 
husband ; and he had five children by his 
first wife. Their marriage took place Slay 
20, 1844. Mr. H. came west in 18.50, and 
brought his family to Adams county, and 
settled on the farm where his widow and the 
.subject of this sketch now live, in 1853. 
From that time he devoted his attention to 
farming. Their union resulted in four 
children : Dr. Richard F., Mrs. Ama C- 
Ruby, Linnaetta L., and Quincy R. Mr. 
Harris died Sept. 10, 1876. Quincy was 
educated in Payson and Perry. Nov. 34, 

1878, he married Miss Mary Martin, who 
W!is born in Adams county. May 5, 1857. 
He has an undivided interest in his father's 
estate of 272 acres of land, worth |50 j)cr 
acre. 



Harrington Mrs. E. E. ; P. O. Payson. 
Hartrick F. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 
Hendricks Stephen, constable; P. O. Payson. 
Herboldt George, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Kiclifleld. 

HEWES SAMUEL, E., retired 
merchant ; residence, Payson ; is the son of 
George and Sarah A. (Avise) Hewes, of 
New .Jersey. His mother is living in Pay- 
son. Samuel was born Oct. 30, 1841, in 
Hancock county. 111., from which place his 
parents removed to Payson, when he was a 
small child. He was brought up in the vil- 
lage, and educated in its schools. He began 
clerking for Mr. Keel; but, a year after, 
failing health compelled him to abandon 
that business for three years, at the end ot 
which time he had so far recovered, he 
again went as clerk for Mr. Miller for one 
year and a half He enlisted, Oct. 30, 1861, 
in Co. C, 50th Regt. 111. Inf. ; was detailed 
for detached duty in the Quartermaster's de- 
partment, and on other clerical duties. He 
was mustered out, Oct. 29, 1864, at Rome, 
Ga. After spending some time in traveling, 
he engaged in farming, with his father, for 
several years, teaching school in winters. 
He again sold goods for Mr. Keel for a year. 
Oct. 5, 1870, he married Miss Idella Kay, 
daughter of Robert G. and Cynthia M. 
(Burroughs) Kay. She was born in Adams 
county, Aug. 1, 1845. One child, Mable E., 
is the fruit of their union. She was born 
March 30, 1874. Mr. H. engaged in mer- 
chandising, in partnership with R. P. Ed- 
monds, in 1873. At the end of two years, 
Mr. E. disposed of his interest to Robert 
Kay, with whom Mr. H. continued for two 
years and a half, and then sold out. 

HIltR.4Rl> ROGER R., farmer; 
Sec. 15; P. U. Stone's Prairie; is the oldest 
of two sons and two daughters of Roger and 
Phebe (Barns) Hibbard. His father was the 
third of five sons of Roger Hibbard, and was 
born in New Hampshire. His first wife was 
a Miss Bixby, who died, leaving him one 
child. He married Miss Barns in Orange 
county, Vt., where the subject of this sketch 
was born, March 39, 1817. He was brought 
up there on a farm till nineteen years old, 
when he came with his parents and settled 
(where Nauvoo now is) in Hancock coimty, 
in 1835. In 1843 he removed to his present 
farm. April 3, 1845, he married Julia A. 
Merrill, who was born in Vermont. Her 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS CorNTY. 



parents removed to Pennsylvania when she 
was seven years old, and, five years after, to 
Adams county. Have had eleven children, 
eight of whom are livin:;: Roger M.. George 
W., Story >[., Otis B.. Levi N., Jasper B., 
Nathaniel B., and Julia A. Mr. and Mrs. 
Hibbard are members of the Free Baptist 
church, of which he is a deacon. He owns 
220 acres in home farm, worth ^C5 per acre. 
He was town clerk. 

Ilinkle Jacob, farmer; eec. 10; P. O. Paysoii. 
Hodge Mre. L. P. O. Paysou. ^ 

Hoffman Mrs. J . C. eec. 10; P. O. Payson. 
Hood .lames, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Payson. 

H001> ROBERT, slock-dealcr and 
shipper; residence Payson; is the third of a 
family of four children of James and .Vnnie 
(Elliott) Hood. His father was a native of 
Ireland; his mother, of Pennsylvania, in 
Chester county of which State he was born, 
Feb. 13, 1835. He remained there till he was 
seventeen years of ;ige, when he came to 
Adams county. He engaged in farming till 
1864, then spent four years in the milling 
business, and for the last ten years has been 
buying and shipping live stock extensively. 
He marfied Mary K. Mann, Dec. 12, 1860, 
who was also born in Pennsylvania. She 
died, April 12, 1875, having been the mother 
of six children, four of whom are living: 
Mary J., Joseph. Lillie and Josephine. Mr 
Hood was married again, Sept. 10, 18T8, to 
Augusta M. Leach. She was born in Fort 
Madison, Iowa, Feb. 14, 1847, and brought 
up in Piiyson. Her parents, Harvey Leach, 
of Ohio, and JIary (Cowley) Leach, of Vir- 
ginia, both died when she was very small. 
Howard Abram, farmer; sec. 31 ; P.O. Stone's Prairie. 
Ilaghes Daniel, retired farmer; P. O. Payson. 
IlDll Jacob, farmer; sec. 3(i; P, O. Stone's Prvrie. 
Hunter Goorge, farmer; eec. 7; P. O. Payson. 
Hupen George, eaddler; P. O. Payson. 



iuman James, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Payson. 



JACOBS SAWITKL. carrier U.S. 
mail ; residence Payson ; was born in Louis- 
ville, Ky., Feb. 38, 1837 : 'when 12 years old 
removed with his parents, Price and 'SUxry 
Jacobs, to Columbus township, Adams county 
July 26, 1862. He enlisted in Co. F, 78th 
Uegt. 111. Inf. While on picket duty, at 



Chickamauga, on the morning of the 32d of 
September, be was captured bj' the rebels 
and sent to Richmond, Va. ; was confined in 
an old tobacco factory till Feb. 17, 1864, and 
then sent to Andersonvillc ; was one oT the 
tii'st who entered that slaughter-pen, and re- 
mained there till April 1, 18G5, during whicli 
time 13,000 of his comrades in blue wen- 
carried out dead. Though he lives to tell 
the tale, he has never recovered from the ef- 
fects of what he there endured. He was 
discharged in June, 1865. He married Lillie 
Sawin, Sept. 29, 1867. She was born ifi 
Payson township, Jan. 21, 1851. Have had 
four children ; three living: John F., George 
H., and Mary E. Mr. Jacobs took the con- 
tract for carrying the mail from Richlield to 
Fall Creek, via Stone's Prairie and Payson. 
in July, 1875. They removed to Paj-son in 
March, 1877. Is a member of the I. O. O. F. 
and a radical Republican in politics. 
Johnson Cyrus, farmer; sue. 16; P. O. Payson. 

JOHKKOX JOHX T., farmer: 
Sec. 31; P. (). Scehorn; was born Oct. 17, 
1845, in Henderson county. 111. His parents, 
Thomas and Ellen P (Skelton) Johnson, 
ha\-ing settled in that county, where they 
still live, in 18;M. His father was a native 
of Kentucky and his mother of Alabama. 
They had a family of five brothers and one 
sister, of which J. T. was the second. From 
1863 to 1873 he dealt heavily in live stock ; 
since that he has, in company with other 
parties, bought and shipped grain, in con- 
nection with his farming business. He 
married Alice S. Skelton, in June 1867. She 
was born in New Orleans, La., Sept. 3, 1851. 
Their union has been blessed with three 
children ; Geneva, Frank and Eddie. They 
settled in their present home in 1874. They 
own 260 iicrcs in the home farm, worth ^(10 
per acre. It is finely supplied with spring 
water and has an inexhausiablc quarry of 
superior stone on it. 

JOl'RKKV JOSEPH W., (de- 
ceased) ; was the son of Peter and Sarah (Har- 
rison) Journey, the former of New Jersey, 
the latter of Pennsylvania. Joseph W. was 
1>orn in ilarion Co., Mo., May 4, 1813; came 
with his parents to Adams county in a very 
early day, prior to 18'i5. Peter Journey was 
elected a member of the first Board of County 
Commi.ssioners in July of that year. He 
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r.corci. in Adams county, the license was 
written on brown paper, and solemnized 
July 2(i, l!>25. Mr. Journey's lather died 
when he was twelve years old. He lived on 
a farm all his life, Joseph W. married Caro- 
line Youn.!r, Jan. 1, IS'ii), daughter of Austin 
and Margaret Young; born in Cape Gira- 
deau county, Missouri, in "TJetober, 1833; 
had ten children, five living: Peter A., James 
1'.., Andrew M., Dora S., and Mary C. They 
lived thirteen years on a farm in Pike county, 
where Mr. J. died Jan. 31, 1863. Mrs. J. re- 
moved to Paj'sou in September, 1805 ; owns 
a residence and two lots in the village; is a 
member of the Christian church. Has one 
son and two daughters that live at home and 
two other sons living in Pike county. 

K 

Kabrick Mrs. res. Plainville; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 

Kaltenbacli Wm. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Payson. 

Kay I '. W. farmer; eec. 19; P. O. Payson. 

Kay Mrs. Hattic, P. O. Payson. 

Kay S. R. farmer; sec. 20; P. O Payson. 

Kay P. L. farmer; sec. li; P. O. Payson. 

Keal Wm. postmaster; P. O. Payson. 

Kidder George, farmer; eec. 35; P. O. Stone's Prai- 
rie. 

Kidder John, teacher; P. O. Payson. 

Kidder J. F. merchant; res. Plainville; P. O. Stone's 
prairie. 

KlXCii EDMUXl) C, Physcian; 
residence, Payson ; was born in Nicholas 
county, Ky., Jan. 33, 1854, but was brouglit 
up in Bourbon county. He is the younger 
of two children of Rev. Clark and Margaret 
F. (Martin) King, the latter having died 
when he was quite a small child. Kev. 
Clark King was born in New York State; 
fitted himself for the ministry, and is still 
laboring in that capacity in the interest of 
the Baptist church in Indiana. Jlai-garet 
Martin was born in Kentucky; thus com- 
bining the blood of the Empire State with 
that of the sunny South in the doctor's veins. 
He was educated in the Kentucky Wesleyan 
University, and read medicine with Dr. S. 
W. Hurst, of Millersburg. He attended one 
course of lectures in the medical department 
of the University of Louisville, after which, 
he attended and graduated from Ohio Medical 
College in Cincinnati, in 18T6. He first lo- 
cated in Quincy, Adams county, where he 
practiced nearly two years, after which, he 
came to Payson, where he has practiced less 



than a year. He is a (jrowinr/ man in the 

profession. 

Knowel James, retired ; P. O. Payson. 



L,ARIMORK AlilSKBT \V., 

farmer; Sec. 2-1; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was 
born Dec. 11, 1839, in Hampshire county, 
Va., the birth-place of his parents, John W. 
and Elizabeth (Fahs) Larimore. They were 
married in that county, Nov. 31, 1837. Al- 
bert is the oldest of six children, five ot 
whom are living. When he was three years 
old his parents removed to Macon county. 
Mo., and three years later, being dissatisfied 
with that country, they started to return to 
their native State, but concluded to settle in 
Adams count}', near Plainville. His early 
life was spent on the faim, and at the age of 
twenty-three years he married Julia F. 
Pottle, June 5, 18C3, She is the daughter of 
Brackett and Mary (Woodruff) Pottle ; was 
born in Ailams county. They settled in 
their present home immediately after mar- 
riage. Four children, three living: Wil- 
liam, born May 36, 1863; Anna M., born 
Sejit. 14, 18(!7 (died, Sept. 4, 1868) ; Edward 
N., born March 9, 1870; Marj- N.,born Sept. 
15, 1873. They own 485 acres of land in 
home farm, worth $50 per acre. House and 
barn cost .'i!3,000. 

LARimORE ISAAC M., far- 
mer; Sec. 33; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was 
born the 35th of February, • 1844. He is 
the third of a family of four sons and two 
daughters of John W. and Elizabeth Lari- 
more, of Virginia, Hauipshire county. Tl'ey 
married there and removed to Macon county. 
Mo., in 1843, in which place the subject of 
this sketch was born two years later. In 
1845 they removed to Payson township, 
Adams county, where he was iirousht up on 
a farm, and educated in the common schools. 
March 35, 1866, he married Lydia M. 
Kenner, daughter of Peter and Jane (Pond) 
Renner, born in Crawford county. Pa., .Jan. 
25, 1845; settled on farm where they now 
live in 1867. In 1870 they removed to Ful- 
ton county. 111., where they remained till the 
fall of 1874; then returned to home farm. 
Their union is blessed with four children : 
John P., Nellie, Clarence C, and Freddie. 
Mr. Larimore is a member of the Masonic 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Fraternity. They own ]60 acres in home 
farm, worth $:{0 per acre. His parents both 
live in Plainville. 
Larlmore J. A. farmer; sec. 23: P. O. Stone's Prairie. 

LARI^IORE JOHX W., retired 
farmer; resiJenie, Plainville. P. O. Stone's 
Prairie; was born in Hampshire, Va., Dec. 
30, liSll. His parents, James anil Naomi 
(Wolverton) Larimore, were natives of the 
saiue place; John is the second of two 
broUiers and five sisters; was brought up 
Uiere on a farm. In 1842 they came west 
and settled in Macon county. Mo., where he 
remained until the fall of 1844; then came 
to Payson township, Adams county, HI. He 
boujrht a farm and settled on it, 1-emaining 
until 1874. They then removed to Plain- 
ville. He married Elizal)eth Fahs, Nov. 21, 
lS:i7. She was born and brought up in 
Hampshire county, Va.; was the daughter 
of Philip and Rebecca (Baker) Fahs. Si.\ 
children have been the fruit of their union, 
tive living: Albert W., bom Dec. 11, 1838; 
William, Dec. 20, 1840; Isaac M., born Feb. 
2.'i, 1844; Uebecca, now Mrs. Price, born 
June 9, 184S; James A., born Sept. 13, 1850; 
Naomi, born JIarch 25, 1856; William died 
April 13, 1802. from a wound received at 
the battle of Shiloh, April G, 18132. Mr. and 
Mrs. Larimore are members of the M. E. 
cliun'Ji, in which he has been a local mem- 
ber for twenty-five years. They own fitly 
acres of laud, finely improved, on Sec. 23, 
worth ^80 per acre. 
Lawrence Alfred, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Payson. 

LAWRKXt'E BLl'fH>RD. tar 

mer: See. 10; P. O. P:iyson ; the oldest of 
five sons imil three daughters, of Woodford 
and Mary (Mewmaw> Lawrence ; was born 
in Pa)-sou township, Adams county, March 
2!', 18;i2. He was brought up ou the farm 
where -born, and adhered to the extunple of 
his sire in choice ot vtx-ation. May 3, 1855, 
he married Jane A. Shephenl. daughter of 
Thomas J. and Jsme (Nickots) Shepherd, 
l>oru in Adams county, Dir. 12, 18;>8. Ten 
children have been the fruit of their union, 
eight living: Woodford Garrett, Santa Marj', 
Artliur Marion, Lillie Maj-, Levi Jefterson, 
Charles Bluford, Nora Ann and Henr)- Mil- 
l:u\i. They first settled near tlie Payson 
mill; removeil from there to their present 
home in November, 1873. Thev own eighty 



acres in the home place, worth $50 per acre. 
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence are members of the 
Christian church. 

L.AWRKXCE CHKKTKR S,, 

fanner; Sec,!); P.O. Payson; is the seventh 
of a family of five sons and three daughters, 
of Woodfon.1 and Mary (Mewmaw) Lawrence ; 
born on the farm where he now lives, March 
8, 1837. He married Hester J. Baker, in 
April, 1803, daughter of Wm. D , and Ester 
K. Baker, and was born in Maryland, Slarch 
, 29, 1845. They have five children : Cornelia 
A., Silas L., Dora T., Ora W. W., and Lydia A. 
Mr. Lawrence has held several township 
offices, taught school si.v winters; is a mem- 
ber of the Masonic Fraternity, and he and 
wife are members of the Christian church. 
He owns seventy-two acres of improved land 
in Payson township, worth $50 per acre. 
Lawrence R. larmer: sec 10; P. O. Payson. 

li A \% R E K V E WOODFORD, 

retired farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Payson; was 
born in Fauiiuier county, Va., Jan. 8, 1800; 
is the son of Uotlham and Elizabeth Law- 
rence of the same county. He went with 
his parents to Kentucky in 1810; lived there 
on a farm till 1823, then relumed to his na- 
tive county; spent three years, chiefly in 
teaching. December 17, 1820, he married 
Mary Mewmaw, born in Virginia. Jan. 29, 
ISOi. Five days after their marriage they 
started with one horse to carry them and 
their effects upon his back to Crawford 
county, Ind., where they arrived January- 21, 
having consumed a m<inth in the journey, 
and the weather being verj- cold were obliged 
to walk much of the way. Mr. Lawrence 
spent the time farming and teaching till the 
spring of 18:31, when they removed to Adams 
county, laniling at Bluff Mills, in Payson 
township in May. The first day's work he 
did in Illinois was to help James Seehorn, 
Eli Seehorn, and Robert Hudson plant corn, 
on Jime 1. Their wives dropped the corn and 
they covere<l it with hoes. Mr. Lawrence 
taught the first scho<il in Payson township; 
began in June. 1831, in a log stable, witli 
cracks between logs for windows, and lime 
bark peeliKl and laid rough side up for floor. It 
stood nearly three miles southwest of where 
Payson now is. October 9. of that year, they 
removetl to his present farm. His wife died 
Oct. 8, 1838, leaving hira with eight children, 
the oldest five days less than eleven years, 



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and the youngest but a few hours old. He 
remaini'd single till his youngest child 
lacketl but two months of twenty-one years 
ot age. and all the children were married 
but two. He then married Rachel J. W. 
Lawrence, Aug. 4. lSo9. His children are 
Mr?. >[aria L. Holman, Mrs. Susjm Elling- 
ton. Mrs. AJpha J. Mack. Bluford. Alfred, 
RiHlham, Chester S., and Wixxiford M. He 
now has forty-three living gnindohildren, 
and l.'uneen great grandchildren. He was 
a capt.iinof a Militia Company a number of 
yeaI^^. Both members of the Christian 
church. Owns 200 acres of land, worth 

I.KASE HEXRY. farmer: Si-c.36: 
P. O. Stone's Prairie. He is the thini child 
ot" 111 ee sons and two daughters of Jacob 
Lease and Pha?be iCadwalader) Lease, who 
were natives of Virginia. Henry was born 
in Hampshire county, of that State, July 9, 
1S"J2. He was brought up there on a farm 
till twenty-two years of age : came to Adams 
county in the fall of 1S47. M.arch 1, 1S49, 
he married Eliza Bumham, born in Schuyler 
county. 111.. Sept. 10. 1S30. They senled in 
Clayton township tor two years; then re- 
movetl to Pike county, where they lived for 
six years, at the end of which time they 
bought the land and settled where they now 
live, in November, 1^>61. Xine children have 
been the fruits of their marriage: William 
E., Richard, Charles. John T., Milton B.. 
Henry W.. Catherine H.. Almeda J., and 
Harriet May. They ;u^ both members of the 
M. E. church of Plainville. They own 122 
acres in the home farm, worth f50 per acre. 

I^EASE JOHN ^V^ farmer: Sec. 
•i">; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He was born in 
Hampshire county, Va., June 7, lS'i9. He 
is the tifth of a family of four brothers and 
two sisters, five of whom are now living. 
His parents. Jacob and Phffibe (Cadwalader) 
Lease, were born in Virginia. They removed 
to Adams county when John was eighteen 
years of age, where he has since lived, and 
has jilways been engaged in farming. June 
1, 1S54. he marrie<i Ellen Lewton, who was 
born in Carrol county, Dhio, in December, 
l^JS. Her father, John Lewton, removed 
with his family to Pike county, where her 
mother still lives. The next year after their 
marriage Mr. Lewton settled on their pres- 
ent farm. Eleven children are the fruits of 
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their union; ten living: William H., Mrs. 
Marietta Wagy, Susan M.. Charles E., Oeorge 
A., Margret E., Elmer, .John, Frances, and 
Daisy. They own sixty-five acres in the 
home tarm, worth s-50 per acre, sixty-six 
acres on Sec. 35, worth $.50. and forty acres 
on Sec. 3(5. worth ^40 per acre. 
Lehman Abraham, farmer; sec. 00; P. O. Payson. 

liESTER ^VLLSOX, farmer; Sec. 
35 ; p. O. Stone's Prairie. He is the third 
child and oldest son of seven children of 
Williams D. and Evaline ^Gooding) Lester; 
was born in Adams county Oct. 4, lSo4. He 
was reareil on the farm, and his educational 
opportunities limited to the common schools. 
He married ' Clara A. Benson, April 9, ld76, 
daughter of Pleasant C. and Catherine 
^Parks) Benson. Her father is a native of 
Xorth Carolina, and her mother of Pike 
county. Ill She was born in Adams county. 
May 7, 1S57. Their union is blessed with 
one child, Frances Daisy, born July "24, 1S77. 
Mrs. Lester is the only daughter, and has 
but one brother, Stephen Benson. They 
went to Kansas in the summer of 1676, in- 
tending to settle there, but returned to Adams 
county that fall. 

Lester W. D. farmer; see. i4: P. O. Stone's Prairie. 
Lewis S.D. farmer: 9ec.:i: P. O. Payson. 

L,OXCi HEXRY. farmer; P. O. Pay- 
son; was born in Hampshire (now Mineral) 
county, W. Va., Oct. '25, l!?-33, and is the 
fourth rf six children of Clawson and 
Rachel (Wagner) Lsng, natives of that 
State. He was brought up on a farm, and 
remained there until the spring of 11^9, 
when he came to Payson township. Adams 
county. 111. The fall before, Sept. 12, 1S4S, 
he marriel Etvina C. Baker, daughter of 
George and Anna (Lyon) Baker. She was 
also born in the sam" county in Virginia, 
Feb. '2, 1829 Have had eleven children, 
five of whjm are living: George W., Curtis 
B., Eugene, Anna M., and Ada V. They 
own a residence and ten acres in the village, 
and two farms, one eighty acres, worth $80 
per acre, and one ninety-eight acres, worth 
^50 per acre, lying in Payson township. 
He and wife are members of the M. E. 
church. 

Loa^n Thomas, farmer: sec 13: P.O. Pajson. 
Lotrell Mrs. H. P. O. P..jeou. 
Lj-le .lane; se:. lt>: P O. Payson. 
Lj-on K G. farmer; sec 36; P. O Stone's Pr» tie. 
Lyon P. B. farmer: «ec. »-■>: P O ^tone's Pralriv 



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HierORT OF ADAMS CCINTY. 



Lyonberger John, farmer: .ec. 28; P. O Slonee 

Prairie. 
Lytle B. F. farmer: «ec «: p.o. Stone- Pralrle 

M 

noCKORV BRIt E M.. farmer; 
See. 32; P. O. Payaon; is ihe fifth of four 
brothers and eix Bisters, and was born in 
Washington county, Penn., Dec. 24 1834 
His parents were Samuel and Hannah 
(Potts, McCrory, the former born near Phil- 
adelphia, thp latter inM-nroe county Ohio 
Mr. McCrory was brought nj. „n a farm in 
his native county, and remained there till 
he came to Adams county, in l.foT He 
learned the plastering tradp, and followed it 
from ]a53 to 1863. He ha, since been 
engaged in farming, and dealing some in 
real estate; has made a feature of raising 
thoruDghbred hogs He settled where he 
now lives in ]8.-,7. He married, Oct. tt, 1857 
Mary J. Franks, daughter of Jacob and 
Hannah Franks. She died in February 
1863, leaving one child John J. Mr. Mc- 
Crory married Mrs. Anna (Short) Shepherd 
Sept. 5, 1855. She was born in Sullivan 
county, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1840. They have 
four children: Willi., Thonms A.' Mary 
Dott.e, and Charlie 15. Taey are both con- 
nected with the church, he with the Bap- 
tists, she with the M. E. church. He is a 
member ,.f the Masonic Order. They own 
180 acres in the home farm, worth |;7.'; per 
acre, and eigh'y in Pike, worth |20 per 
acre. 



McDonald JoPf ph. fa mer; P. O. Payeon 
McDona'd S«mu-I. farmer: P. o Payeon. 

McKKXZIE Hl'«|| H.. farmer 
anu fruit grower; Sec. 3; po. Payson; was 
bom in Scotland, May 1.5, 1824. His father, 
I>amel McKenzie, was a highland Scotch- 
man, and married Mirgret 0/r. They had 
ten children, of whom Hugh i8 the 
eighth. He came over to Canada when 
eighteen years of age, and engaged in tailor- 
ing and clothing business from 1843 to 1847. 
He then came to Payson town.-ihip, Adams 
county, and has since been farming; moved 
oa his present farm in 18."^. Just prior to 
crossing the Atlantic, he marri-d Isabel 
Alien, who b.re him six children; two 
living: Daniel, and Mrs. Jane Richardson 
Mie died Avg. 20, 1856. He married Mary 
(Wrigdl) Dunlap in September, 1858, who 
was bom in Prince William couuiy, Va 



Dec. 15, 1832. She had three children by 
her first husband, Ephraim Dunlap: William 
A., John W., and James L.; and two by 
Mr. M.^Kenzie: Joseph A., and Marshal E. 
In 18.-.4, Mr. McKenzie met with a serious 
accident with a runaway team, by which he 
lost a leg and came near losing his ,ife 
He and wife are members of the Christian 
church, of which he is elder. He owns 140 
acres ia home farm, worth per acre. 
Mrs. .^IcKenzie and sons own 20.5 ^cres 
worth $40 per acre. Mr. Dunlap was boni 
in Kentucky in May, 1815; died in A.lams 
county in February, 18.56. 

McLaaghlin Samoe:, farmer: eec. 28; p. o Si„ne-, 
Pralrle. • 

.VePETKRIK ANDREW, farm- 
er; P. O. Seehorn ; residence Sec. 32; i.^ the 
son of Alexander and Xancy(^Grasey/.M(Pe- 
terie, of Virginia, where they were n.a ried 
and removed to Warren county, Ky. Andrew 
was born in that county, March 7, 1816 He 
went with his parents to Pike county Mo 
in the fall of 1829. They removed the next 
Spring to Adams county, arriving on the 
quartersectionon which he now lives, March 
17, 18;i0. On the 21st of AuguEt, 1.S31 bis 
father died. His mother lived several years 
later. They had a family of ten children 
the subject of this sketch is the fifth only 
live of them are living. He pursu. d the 
carpenters' trade for a number of years 
early in life, but for thirty years has' paid 
exclusive attention to ag-iculture. There 
were but four families in Payson township 
when Mr. McPeterie settled there: Jacob 
Weigle, James Rawlins, Ezekiel Downs 
and Daniel Liles. The country about ihem 
was an untamed wilderness, a befitting home 
cf the wild bean and the red man. Jan 
17, 1875, he marri'^d Henrietta U. Wi'oron 
born in Bullett county. Ky., March 12, I>«2.' 
They have one child, Andrew Pike McPete- 
rie, bom July it, 1878. They have 205 acres 
in the home farm, worth |65 per acre and 
iwenty-one acres in Pike county, worth $30 
per acre. Mr. McP. is now the oldest liv- 
ing settler in the township. 
•Mack .lohn. retired firmer; P. O. Payaon. 
Mann .tacob. farmer; eec. 30; P. o. Seehorn 
Mann .Iame», farmer; eic. S; P. O. Pavaon 
Mann J E blackemlth: P. O. Payaon. 
Mariin Ell. farmer; aec. .11 ; p. o. Seehorn 
Mariin Haymond. Jewvler; P. O. Payaon. 
MewmnwJ. E. farmer;«ec. 10: P o Pay»on 
MWIer Lydia; P. o. Payaon 



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niTCHEL Yk'ILLIAM A.. 

farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 7: P. O. Pay. 
son: i5 a native of Rockinaham county, 
N. C; was born Nov. 15, 1833. His parents 
were John and Susan (Burton) Mitchel. also 
of that State. They had a family of two 
sons. They moved to East Tenneisee a year 
after his birth, and lived there until he was 
twelve years old, then removed to West Vir- 
ginia. From there he came, in 18.il, to Adams 
county, 111. He has been a resident of Pay- 
son township twenty-five years. He was 
reared on a farm. On the 7th of August, 
1859, he married Elizabeth Gunn, who was 
bom in Illinois. .June '30, 1840 : was the 
daughter of William S. and Loviiia Gunn. 
She died April 12. 1873, leaving five children: 
Mary E., .Tulia E. L'lura A., Ama E. (since 
died I and Jennie. Mr. M, was married 
again Sept. 14, 1874, to Melissa Gabriel, bom 
in Missouri, .June 8, 1843, but brought up in 
Payson from two years of age. They are 
members of the M. E. church. They own 
forty acres of highly improved land in Pay- 
son township, worth $125 per acre. Mr, M, 
has been engaged in the nursery bjsiness 
until recently. 
Moore Mrs.O, J.: P. O. Payson. 
Morris W. H.: farmer: sec. 16; P. O, Payeoc. 



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NewtoB L. 1' gen. merchandise; P O P.iyson. 
Nichols. J. W. farmer: ?ec. 4; P. O. Payson. 
Nichols G. H. undertaker; P. O, Payson. 
Nicholson D. A. live stock dealer: P O. Payson. 



Orr D. W. farmer: sec. 31 : P. O. Seehom. 
Orr Mrs. J. P. O. Payson. 



Pedrick .J W. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Payson. 

PERRY li**ILL.I-4JI D.. editor 
and publisher of the County yian; resi- 
dence. Sec. 6: wa^ born in Payson, Adams 
county, 111., Sept. 30, 18:35, His parents were 
Deacon Abner and Adeline Perry: the 
former was bom in Holden, Mass., the latter 
in Rutland, Ma=s. They came to Fall 
Creek in 1843, and soon removed to Payson, 
where his father died in Auirust, 18.52, and 
his mother died Jan, 24, 1873, Mr, P. was 
married in January, 18.55, to Miss Clara F. 
Whitman. They have a family of three 
sons: Arthur H., Edward P., and George 
A., aged respectively, 21, 18, and 10, 



PIERCE JAMES, carpenter and 
builder; residence. Payson; is the son of 
James and Nancy (Frakesj Pierce, of Ken- 
tucky, He was born in Grant county, in 
that State, Sept. 24. 1834, He learned the 
carpenters' trade there, and work>-d some 
years at it: then removed to Shelby county. 
Mo,, for five years. He returned to Payson 
in 1862. He married Mary J. Gibnev, Nov. 
16. 18.53. She was born in Lexington, Ky., 
May 11, 1831. They have had two children, 
one living: Naomi A., born Aug, 26, 18.57, 
attending Chaddock College. In the eigh- 
teen years Mr, Pierce has been in Payson, 
he has erected a large number of the finest 
public and private buildings in and about 
the village; among them the school build- 
ing and the new M, E. charch, one of the 
neate«t, and best arranged structures of its 
cla»s in the county. He is a member of the 
Masonic FratTnity. He and his wife are 
connected with the M. E. church, (^wns a 
dwelling and lot in the village. 

POTTliE AL.BERT B.. firmer; 
P. O. Stone's Prairie: residen'^e, Piainvi;le. 
was born in Adams county, Feb. 5, 1846; is 
the youngest of two sons and two daughters, 
of B^ackett and Mary (Woodruff) Pottle. 
Brackett Pottle was bom in New Hamp- 
sh'r'. Mary Woodruff was born ii Con- 
necticut, The laner died some years ago, 
the formPT still lives in Payson. Albert 
was reared on a farm, and has devoted him- 
self to that calling. He married JI;iry E. 
Miller on the 27th of September, 1870. She 
is the daughter o' Israel and Lyd'a (Worth) 
Miller, and was born March 8, 1847, in 
Lancaster county; Penn. Mr. P. and wife 
first settled on the farm where he was bom, 
and which be now owns, north of Plain, 
ville, where they lived un'il Juno, 1878, 
when they removed to the village, into a fine 
residence he had erected. Tbelr union has 
resulted in lour chil'lren: Laura Emma, 
bom Feb. 7, 1872: Louis Albert, b^rn Nov 
14, 1873 ;1 Curtis Brackett, born Nov. 6, 
1875; Ada May. bom Nov. 7, 1877. >Ir. P. 
owns 220 acres of land in the Payson town- 
ship farm, worth #60 per acre, 

POTTL.E BB.4CKETT, retired 
farmer: residence, Payson; was bom in 
Stafford county, N. H , May 18, 1804, His 
parents were Dudley and Betsey (Hoil) P-«<- 
tlfc, of that State, where tbev lived ;\Dd died 



^cl4 



HISTOhV < F ADAMS COUNTY. 



a nvuiber of years since; his father huving 
served ia the War of 1812. Mr. P. remained in 
his native State until he was twenty-one years 
of age. In \S-i^> he went to the vicinity of 
Bostou, Mass., aud spent a year at Lexing- 
ton, du'ing which he saw General Lafiyette 
at Bunker Hill, and heard Daniel Webster's 
famous speech delivered there on .June 17, 
to an audience of 60,000 people. In .luly, 
1826 he saw the funeral procession of ex- 
Pre<<ident J -vhn Adams at Quincy , Mass. He 
spent ten years in and near Bo?ton, the last 
eight he worked in the city at whatever 
honorable cmploymeut he could secure. In 
the spring of 1833 he came west, and 
landed in Quincy, Adams cjuniy, and 
worked a farm for Deacon E. Kimble, 
whrre the Institute now stands. That year 
he and ex-Governor Wood, aud Mr. Kim- 
ble came down to Payson township, and en- 
tered !iOO acres of land in partnership, in- 
cluding the part of the present site of the 
village of Payson, where the public square 
is, and all east of it. The next yeir they 
divided the tract, and the portion now in 
the corporate limits fell to Mr. Kimball, 
who sold it to Deacon Albigence Scar- 
borough, apd he laid out the town in 183.3. 
Mr. Pottle married Lydia E. Thompson in 
the fall of 18;i4. She was the daughter of 
the H-v. Enos Thompson, a m.nister in the 
M E. church, from Athens county, Ohio. 
Thev settled on a farm three miles east of 
the vi'.lige, on section 14. Mrs. Pottle died 
in May, 1835. He married again in the fall 
of that year to Mary VVoodruB', daughter 
of Da:ius and Riby Woodruff, of West 
lla-lford, (JoUD. They have had four chil- 
dren three of whom are still living. Mrs. 
Pottle died in November, 1869. Their 
chi'drt-n are: Julia (Pottle) Larimore, 
Elijah Lovejoy, and Albert; the latter now 
living ID Plainville, this county. He mar- 
lied bis present wife, Sarah M. (Ramsey) 
Grifflib, Sept. 2, 1873. She was born in 
Huntington county, Penn., and reared in 
Mor -autown. Va. She has one child by h'-r 
first marriage, Lyd'a E. Griffith. .Mr. Pot- 
tle reiiioTCd to Payson in 1870. Owns 
several pieces of property in the village. 
He ear'y in life imbibed tue Congregational 
faiin of the New England fathers, and was 
aff.ong the first to transplant it in the fertile 
pr:iirie soil of Adams county. He lent his 
elTiHis to establish a church in Pavson, and 



is now the only living male constituent 
member. His wife is also a member. 
Prince Miss P. A. P. O Payson. 



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K.V^IKIC HEXRY. farmer; Se. 
2!i; P.O. Seehorn; was born March 18, 182-5, 
in Harrison county, Ohio, to which place 
his parents came before marriage. His 
father, John Ramer, was a native of Penn- 
sylvaria, and his mother, Lena (Jones) 
Ramer, was born in ilaryland. He was 
brought up in his native county, with a lim. 
ited common school educatinn. The Fall be- 
fore he was twenty-one years old he came to 
Miami couniy, Ind., and remained there till 
IS.iO. wlien he went to Californ'.a, but re- 
turned to Adams county. 111., the close of 
the same year. He hired by the month to 
Eli Siehorn, of Fall Creek township, and 
continued in his employ six years. He then 
went to Iowa, and with the savings of those 
years' labor, bought 240 acres of land. He 
married Roseana J Wells, June 12, 1856, of 
Enox county, Ky.— born Oct. 28, 1838 ; 
then removed to Illinois, rented a farm on 
the Mississippi bottom for ten years, and 
bought and settled on their i)resent farm in 
the Spring of 1870. Have had seven chil- 
dren — six living — Eli, Mrs. Martha K. 
Thompson, Margaiet L., LoU, Saiah E , and 
Henrietta. Their farm cousistsof 108 acres, 
worih $75 per acre. 
Kice Fruuk. carpet weaver; I*. U. Pay^on. 
Rice L. .J . farmer; sej 1 ; P. O. Pay.-on. 

■t<>BBIX»>» 1>AXIKI.. farmer and 
fruit grower; Sec. 18 ; P. O. Payson ; was 
bjru Oct. 15, 1813, in the town of Plymouth, 
N. H., wh'ch was also the birth place of 
his parents. Asa Robbins and Jemima 
(Brainard) Robbins. He was reared on a 
farm, and his educational advantages were 
confined to the common schools until after 
he attained bis majority, after which he 
earned money and attended at the seminary 
in Plymouth. He left school aud came 
west to seek a home, in the Pall of INW, and 
settled in Adams county. He mariied Mary 
A. Prince, daughter of Deacon David Prince, 
April 26, 1842. and settled where he now 
lives. Mrs. R. was born in Bloomfield, 
N. Y., April 1!), 1820, and came to Payson 
with her patents in 1835. Djvid Prince was 
one of the pioneers of the neighborhood. 



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835 



and one ot the founders of the Cngrega- 
tional church in Payson, and its first Dea- 
con. He died in 1873. Mr. and Jlrs. R. 
have had seven ohildren. five living. Their 
two oldest sons, Daniel E. and David Prince 
were in the Union army. The former as a 
member of Co. D, 7th Illinois Cavalry, lost 
a finger in a skirmish at CoUierville; was 
promoted toLieuteaant and Conim'ss.iry of 
the regiment. David was killed by a gun- 
shot through the head at the battle of Altoo- 
na, Oct 5, 1864 He was a member of Co. C, 
50th Regt. 111. Inf. Their other living chil- 
dren are : G«orge B.. JIary, Annie L , and 
Cephas P. Mr. and Mrs. R and family are 
members of the Congregational church, of 
which he is a deacon. They own 185 acres 
of improved land and twenty of timber, 
worth 175 per acre, in the home farm. He 
has engaged extensively in horticulture; 
shipped 7,000 boxes of peaches from his 
orchard in 1878. 
Robbine D. E., farmer ; sic. 18 ; P. O. Payeon. 

R0BERT80X GEO KG £ L.., 

mechanic : residence, Payson; was born in 
Payson township, Dec. 30. 1842. His p;i- 
rents were Andrew and Maliuda (Collins) 
Robertson; his father was born in North 
Carolina, his mother, now living near 
Kingston, Adams county, is the daughter 
of David Collins. They removed to Knox 
county, Mo., where George's father died, 
when he was a child. The year 1860, Mrs. 
R. moved back with her family to P.iyson. 
George is the third of a family of two broth- 
ers and three sisters. His father was a 
carpenter, and being left to himself, he 
chose to walk in the footsteps of his sire, 
and also selected that calling. He never 
served a regular apprenticeship, however, 
but began working at it in 186:3, and has de- 
voted his attention chiefly to it since. He 
enlisted in Co. D., T. W. Gains Captain, .50th 
Regt. 111. Inf., in August, 1861. He was 
discharged, from disability, in 1862; m 1864 
he agam went south as a Government car- 
penter; remained six mouths, and was again 
compelled by failing health to return home. 
He Wiis oB'ered the position of Drill JIaster 
of the 78th Regt. in 1863, but did not accept. 
June 24, 1804. he married Caroline Short, 
daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Jones) 
Short. She was born in Sullivan county, 
N. Y.. Aug. 11, 1843. During the winter 



months, for ten years, ilr. R. has taught 
vocal music in various parts of the county. 
WTiile working on the school building in 
Payson, in 186it, the scafiblding gavi' way, 
precipitating him twenty-eight feet, break- 
ing both his arms, which only laid liini up 
for seven weeks. He is very skillful in 
wood, as evidenced by several specimens 
of beautiful inlaid work, on tables and 
stands in Payson. He is a member of the 
Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and 
wife are connected with the M. E. church. 

Rowley John, bbicl^smUh; b3C. 13; P. O. Pay^on. 
Rowney William, laborer; P. O. Paysoc. 
Rouee N. S.. retired farmer ; P. O. Payeon . 
R'lby Mrs. Nancy, P. O. Payjon. 



Scarborough Electa. P. O. Payson. 
Scarborough Miss E. F. O. Payion. 

SCARBOROr<wH J<»EI^ H., far- 
mer; Sec. 7; P. O. Payson; was born Nov. 
12, 1824, in Brooklyn, Windham county, 
Ct. His parents, Joel and Lucretia (Smith) 
Scarborough, were born, lived, and died in 
that county. He early evinced a love of 
books, and at the age of ten he was reading 
Latin and studying algebra and geometry. 
When fourteen years of agi' he came west 
to Adams county, prior to which he had 
procured a good academic education. He 
arrived in the village of Payson in the fall 
of 1838. and for three years worked in the 
employ of his imcle. Deacon A. Scarbor- 
ough, then went to Hudson, Ohio, tlie seat 
of Western Reserve College, remained two 
years, a part of the time attending college, 
;md the rest studying at home. Returning 
to Payson in 1843, he again worked for his 
uncle until he was 21 years old. Having 
purchased the wild land on which he now 
resides, when he was fifteen, he then went 
to improving it; boarded with Mr. Edward 
Seymour for several years. In November, 
1849, married Miss Julia A. Seymour, born 
in West Hartford, Ct.. who died in January, 
1856, leaving one child, which survived her 
a few months. The following fsU he mar- 
ried his present wife, Harriet Spencer, 
daughter of Jloses Spencer, of West Hart- 
ford Ct.; her mother was Julia Flagg. Mrs. 
S. was born Jan. 1, 1820. Two children 
blessed their union, one living, Henry F. 
Scarborough, born Nov. 7, 1869. Mr. S. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS CC>UXTV. 



uoiled with the Congrcgatioual church at 
the age of seventeen. He was elected cleik 
of the church in Payson, when nineteen 
years of age, and has been re-elected each 
succeeding year since. He ha.s served as 
Superintendent of their Sabbath school since 
Jan. 1, 1808; has for many years been one 
of the Board of Trustees of the church. 
For four consecutive years he was chairman 
of the C'ouuty Sabbath-school Convention, 
and was chosen by the Congregational As- 
socialion, composed of some twenty churches, 
to represent them in the National Council 
of Churches, held in Boston, in June, 1865. 
He hiis been very active in educational in- 
terests, and It is due to his persistent zealous 
efforts and those of a few others ot like en- 
terprise that Payson hsus her present fine 
8<!iool building and prosperous school. He 
owns 24.5 acres of farming lands in Payson 
township, worth |G(I per acre, 100 in Burton, 
worth $40, eighty acres in Fall Creek, 
worth $4i, and 9.50 in Pike county, on the 
Mississippi bottom, worth $10 per acre. 

Scarborough s. R. farmer; eec. »>; P. O. Poyson. 
Schrotn H, farmer: sec 3; P. O. Paysou. 
Schwariz Mrs. H. sec. i: P O Adams. 
Scott E. C. farmer; stc. li; P. O. Payson. 
Smith .It hn. farmer: sec. 9: P. O. Payson. 
Sceborn R. M. farmer: aec 5; P. O. Payson. 

!«* II K r H K R D HEX R Y' M., 

farmer; Sec 10; P.O. Payson: is the third 
of a fiimily of three sons and one daughter 
of Richard and Elizabeth (Winfiold) Shep- 
herd, who were natives of Virginia, but 
brought up and married in Iredell county, 
N. C, where he was born July 8, 1800. His 
father liaving died, he c:uiu' with his mother 
to Payson township. Adams county, in 1835> 
and has lived there since. He married Eliz- 
abeth Waugh, Jlay 10. 1827. She is the 
daughter of John and Isabella (Irvin) 
WauL'h, also born in North Carolin:i. They 
have had eleven children, nine living: 3Irs. 
E. A Hoffman, Mrs. M. J. Kitchen, .Mrs. 
Isabella Hoffman, Warren, Henry M., Mrs. 
Emily Burdsell, Mrs. H:irriel JIcKee. 3Ir-. 
Charlotte Anderson, and Ma.ximijliaa. The 
fourth child, (ieorge, and the ne.xt younger, 
John A., died in the service of their country. 
George was killetl by the Indians, while in 
the volunteer service, on the frontier, in 
1852. John, a member of Co. E. 84tli Keurt. 
111. Inf, died at Nashville, Tenu.. in 1802. 
Mr. Shepherd had three sons, three sons-in- 



law, and a grandson in the late war. Hi' 
owns eighty acres in the home farm, wonii 
$50 per acre. He and wife are members of 
the Congregational church. 

8HEPHERD 3IAXIMIL- 

lilAX. Physician; residence Payson ; is 
the youugest child of Kichard and Elizabeth 
(Wengfield) Shepherd. They were l)orn in 
Virginia, but were living in Iredell county 
when the doctor was born, Dec. 28, 181 1 
His father died when he was quite youn^ 
His mother having married again, they r- 
uioved to Putnam county, Ind., where In 
was chiefly educated, and studied mcdiciii 
with Talbert & Cowgle, of Greencastle. H' 
attended lectures at the Louisville JIedic:i 
Institute, receiving the degree of M. D. ii 
184.). He began to practice his professio: 
in Putnam county, but left there and cam 
to Payson; is now the oldest active physi 
cian in the place. When he first settled iu 
that village his ride extended over an area > 
ten miles, in all directions. In January 
1843, he married Mary E. Humphrey, daugb 
ter of Col. John G. Humphrey, of Virgin'. ' 
where she was born, Dec. 20, 1819. Thu) 
had two children, one living; Anna Wood, 
wife of Dr. Reubin Wood, now living in 
Oakland, Col. She graduated at Brooklyn 
Heights Seminary in 1807. Dr. Wood grad 
uated from Bellevue Medical College, New 
York. Mrs. Shepherd died in Se]itembr: 
1849. Dr. Shepherd owns a nice resident ■ 
and four lots in Payson, and fifty acres near 
the village, worth $75 per acre. Is a prom- 
inent im-mber in the Congregational church. 

Sbinn Wm farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Stone's Prairie 
Shinn David. :aTmer; eec. 3<); P. O. Payson. 
Simpson Wm. farmer; res. Plainville; P. O. Stone's 

Prairie. 
Sinnock George, boots and shoes: P. O. Payson. 
Sinnocic Samuel, retired shoemaker; P. O. Payson. 

SMART Kin BALL K.. deal, r 
in stoves, tin and hardware; resilience Pay 
son ; was born in Meigs county, Ohio, Jan 
10, 18-55 ; is the youngest of a family of three 
brothers. His father, Caleb Smart, was born 
in New Hampshire; his mother. Peggy 
(Ti)wnseiid) Smart, in New York State. His 
father lived on ii farm in his native county 
till he was eleven years of age, his mother 
having died when he was eight mouths old. 
He began to learn the carpenters' trade in 
1851, and came to Payson, Adams county, in 



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the siniiig of 1852. At the end of a year he 
went to California and spent twelve years 
there — part of the time mining, and part at 
his tr..dc. He returned to the vicinity of 
Paysou in 186.1. In April, 1808, he married 
Mary E. Kay, who was born in Payson town- 
ship, ( )i't. 17, 1840. She was the daughter 
of Robert and Cynthia Kay. They removed 
to Chillicothe, Mo., in 1868, but returned to 
Payson three years after. Mr. Smart em- 
barked in the tin and hardware trade in 1873. 
They have had three children ; two living: 
Gertie -\[., born Dec. 23, 187.5, and Walter 
K , born June 18, 1878. He and wife are 
members of the Baptist church. He owns 
a residence and lot in the village. Is a Re- 
publican. 

Sniilev .1. W. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 
Smith Henry, farmer; sec. 31 ; P. O. Seehorn. 

SMITH ROBKRT, farmer; Sec. 
29; P.O. Payson; was born in Scott county 
Ky.. April 26, 1811. His father, James c! 
Smith, wiV3 born in Ireland; his mother, 
Abigail (Cunningham) Smith, was a native 
of Pennsylvania, but went, to Kentucliy in 
early life, and was married there. Robert 
was brought up in his native county on a 
farm ; from there he went to Missouri, in 
1852. ;iud the next year he came to Adams 
county, and, in 1854, settled on his present 
farm He is the youngest of a family of 
three sons and two daughters, of whom two 
are dead. Mr. Smith never married. His 
sister shares his home with him. He is a 
great lover of books, and has a tine library 
of choice works, in the companionship of 
which he finds his chief enjoyment. His 
religious connection is with the Presbyter- 
ian church. Parents both died in Kentucky. 
He owns a farm of 250 acres, worth .*13,000. 

SPKXCEB FLiAVEL, farmer and 
fruit-grower; Sec. 8; P. O. Payson; the 
second of nine children of Moses and Alma 
(FlagB) Spencei ; was born the 27th of 
November, 1814, in West Hartford. Conn., 
of which place his parents were also na- 
tiv( s. He was reared on a fami there, and 
enjoyed the educational advantages of the 
public schools. In the fall of 1839, he drove 
a icaiii through to Adims county. 111. As 
he loudi^d their household goods on board a 
ve^st 1 in the Connecticut river, he watared 
his team from that stream with a bucket; 
and watered them from the same bucket, 
af ter a 1 ,200-mile drive, with water dipped 



from the Mississippi river. He was mar- 
ried, Sept. 8, 1839, just before starting 
west, to Elizabeth Ackert, born in Connec- 
ticut, May 1, 1809. Their union resulted in 
three children; two living; David, and John 
F. David twice enlisted in the United States 
army during the late civil war; was firot dis- 
charged from disability. The Eons are now 
both with their parents. Mr. Spencer owns 
forty-five acres in the homestead, finely 
improved, worth $75 per acre. He and 
wife are members of the Congregational 
church. He sold 1,600 bc.xes of peaches 
in the fall of 1878. 

Spencer S. it. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Payeon. 
Starrett .James, retired farmer; P. O. Payson. 

STE'WART CYRITS, farmer; 
P. O. Payson; the thirteenth child of William 
and Nancy (Marston) Stewart; was born in 
Payson in July, 1849; was educated in the 
vi'lage and at Camp Point. In December, 
1869, he married Margret H. Smith, born in 
Frederick county, Va., in October, 1849. 
Have five children: Guy, Leon, John, Burg, 
and Clide. Mr. Stewart makes a specialty 
of raising thoroughbred Cotswoid sheep; 
takes great interest in the Adams County 
Agricultural Society, and is one of its 
directors. His father, William Stewart, 
was born near Belfast, Ireland, Oct. 29, 1802. 
He enjoyed superior educational advantages 
up to his fifteenth year, though he had 
to walk four miles to school. He evinced a 
love for mathematics and navigation; was 
apprenticed un board a merchantman which 
sailed between Europe and the United 
States. He became second mate, soon 
after which, the vessel was captured by 
pirates. He narrowly escaped with his life 
and abandoned the sea. He married Nancy 
Mars'on, in Maine, in May, 1823. In 1836 
they came to Payson township. When back 
on a business trip, he brought a pint of 
apple seed from New York, which he 
planted, and started the first nursery in 
that part cf the county. He took great 
pains to cultivate choice varieties of fruit- 
trees and ornamental shrubbery, and many 
of the beautiful door-yards of Adams county 
are living monuments of his enterprise and 
good taste. They had fourteen children; 
thirteen still living. He died Dec. 13, 1857. 
He and wife weie zealous m' mbers of the 
Baptist church. She owns the homestead of 
295 acres, worth $70 per acre. 



S3S 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COCXTT. 



!?tew»rt r. C. black^milh; P O. Ptyeon. 

STEWART GILBERT, farmer: 
St-c. J7 ; P. (). Stone's Prairie ; was born in 
Ireland on the 2».»th of April. i815: is the 
fifth child of five sons and one daaehter of 
John and Isabel (Vance) Stewart. His 
father having died, his brother crossed the 
Atlantic to America when Gilbert was ten 
Tears old. They first settled in )Iaine. and 
lived there about twelve years; then came 
west and settled in Adams count}-, on the 
section where Mr. Stewart now lives. His 
education was limited to a brief attendance ' 
at the common schools. May 6. 1S51, he 
married Catherine Merrill, the daughter of 
Nathaniel and Lucinda (Bassettt Merrill, 
and born Jan. 31, ISJO. in New York State. 
Soon after her birth her parents removed to 
Penngylvania. and remained there some 
eeven years : then came to Adams county- 
One daughter and six sons are the fruit of 
their union: Emily F., Gilbert V.. Charles 
W.. Russel B . Rosci>e E., George Mc, and 
Arthur M. Mr. and Mrs. Stewan are both 
members of church, he of the Free Baptist, 
she of the M. E. church. They own 160 
acres in home farm, finely improved, with 
house costing near $4,(KX), worth f65 per 
acre. 

Stewin Mr* N»oct. P. O. Payson. 

StoD« Oeonre. f»rmer: sec. 33: P. O. Stones Prairie. 

8tr»no; Jona'. farmer: »«. 35: P. O.Sione'* Prairie. 

STl'BGISS KEXXEDY. farmer; 
^. 13: P. O. P."»}-son: is th>- son of Thomas 
and Margret Sturgiss, natives of Ireland, 
where they remained till after they were 
married; came to America and settled in 
Chester county. Pa. Mr. Stursiss wiis born 
there June 6. 1?0$. and reared on a farm till 
seventeen years of age. He then went to 
learn the tailors' trade, apprenticing himself 
for four years. He continued in that busi- 
ness until he came west. in. 1S.50 He mar- 
ried Ellen Rankin. July 16. 1S47. She was 
bom in Chester county, also. Feb. 22. lS-2-4 ; 
is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth 
(Thompson) Rankin. On arriving in Adams 
county. Mr. Sturgiss workeil one season for 
Joseph Elliott, of Payson; then Ininght land 
near Payson Mill: lived on it less than a 
year, sold it, and bought and removed to 
their present farm in November. 1S51. They 
are raising an adopted child. Eugene Stur- 
giss, l<om March 4. 1?T1. Mr. and Mrs. 



Sturgiss are members of the Free Baptist 
church. They own 120 acres in the home 
farm, worth $50 per acre. 

STI RTETAXT 9 .4 R N H AL 

B., f:trmer; St-c. 26: P. O. Stones Prairie; 
was b<im in Berkshire county. Mass . < '< t. 
21. If^l!?; IS the sixth of eightc-en chiMrec of 
his father, Daniel Sturtevant, and the oM >: 
of thirteen children of his mother. Hep,-;- 
bah (Barney) Sturtevant — his father having 
five children by a former wife. His psreiiis 
were natives of that State. Only five of his 
brothers and sisters are now living. Thi-.i^:'!! 
reiired on a farm, he obtained employmi n; 
in a cotton factory when old enough. ;*::.: 
continued there till he came w-est, July 
1S48, landing in Chicago. For eight y. .r? 
they lived in Winnebago county: thvn re- 
moved to Pike county for one year, and to 
Adams county, on the farm where they now 
live, in 1S57. Oct. 6. IS-SS, he marrietl Phi- 
del la Ketchum, daughter of Solomon and 
Polly (Hemenway) Ketchum. She was ' -n 
in Dover. Cuy.ihoga county, Ohio. St-p: :^ 
1818; was brought up in Massachuxtts, 
and married there. Tliey have raised one 
ailopted child. Charles AV. Sturtevant. who 
served in the Union army as a member of the 
ll'?th Regt.lU. Inf. Mr. Sturtevant is a mem- 
ber of the Masonic Fraternity. He owns 
sixty acres in the home place, worth f T.i per 
acre, an'! >«. niv.nv.- acres in Pike- ivimv 



Taylor C. F. carpetter; rwidenee, Plainvill-: P. O. 
Stone's Prairie. 

T.4.YLOR WASHIXGTOX C. 

farmer; Sec. li); P. O. P.iy«^n; w;is li-^r:. in 
York countv. Pa., Sept. 9. 1S19. His father. 
James Taylor, was bom in Long Green, 
Md.. and his mother. .\jin (Sample) T.-tylor, 
in his native county. They lived in York 
coimty until he was nineteen years of age; 
then removed to Belmont county. Ohio, in 
the year 1S40. His father died there. In 
1S44 Mr. Taylor came to Illinois, and settled 
in Payson township. During the gold t'ever 
of 1S49 he united with what was known as 
the Seehom train, and cn>ssed the plains to 
California- He spent two years in the 
mines, and relumed to Adams county in 
1S51. In -\pril. 1852. he married H.irriet L. 
Edmonds, daushler of John Edmonds, and 



PAT50X DIKKCTVKY. 



59 



:siv:h vFSeaersdd^ Edmocds. who vras 
-n ic Tennessee, Aug. 1. iSiO They re- 
moved lo the iVuTn where ihey now live, in 
ihe spring of 1S*4. They have four chil- 
dren : Mrs- Elicibeth O-jpp. Mrs. .\.m.inda 
A. Wsgy. Maiy J_ and Laura E. Tsylor. He 
and wife are members of the M. E. ohxirch. 
of which he has been class-lesder for iu.^ny 
ye*rsw They own llS seres ia the home- 
stead. wv>rth ^'> per acre. 

1 Mm. .\, See. 1<: PO. Parsos. 



THOMPSON PH1I.O IL. :anuer; 
rtsidrnor. Piivion ; i~ the s^^i: •^! J.-iiviue". and 
Hary ElUworthi Thompson, ol Coaae\-;i- 
cuv where his father died a few years ago. 
at the adranoe-i age oi" ninety-three. Philo 
was bom in EUinston. that State. Jan. dS, 
1811 : is the oldest of eiaht children : was 
reared on a fiu-r. ' s 

good cmnmon > 

9e»«fsl touts in . ^ .> 

:wentj-.five years of age when he came west, 
in<i settled in Payson. Adams county, in 
Use spring of 1^5«5. He worked by the 
month the first year, after which he begsm 
fanning on his own acvxiuct. He married 
Miss Ellen C. Wallace, Sept. 13. l^JS. 
danghter of Xoges and Anna (Campbelli 
"Wallace. She was bom. Aug. 29. IS 1.5. in 
Pennsylvania, and brought iw in 2f ew York. 
They have eight children ; David Wallace. 
Mary C. Elliott- Ellen. Anna C, Robbins, 
Samuel. Henry W., George L, and Jennie. 
He has lived in Payson since 1S37. They 
own a fine residence in the village, and 350 
iiT - • ■ • ■ i-- ,^.re_ He mid 

w . are members 

of :_, , _; 

Thoapcoa Wm. {•mer: $«c. 33: P. O. SioBe'^ 
Prune. 

THOSPSOX ISntUAH A„ 

mechari:. : resideroe. Pay*<^n ; i> oi S<-otch 
des«.en; on ius fsther"? side, and English on 
the mother's. His ancestors came over with 
the third embarkation that landed at 
Plympcth. His parents, William and 
Snsanah t^Wood") Thompson were bom in 
Middlebury. Mass. A" - . 

moved to Maine, and " 

years, during which - :' 

this sketch was bom. Jmy is^. Iji4, in Ox- 
ford county. They came to Adams cotinty 
in 1S37. and settled in I*ayson in IS*?. He 
'earned the wa^oit-maker's trade, and has 



carried on that business for orer tw» nty-fivc 
years^ Prit* to that, he followeil teaching, 
fi* eight years: was a pioneer pedag\»g«e. in 
Pa\-son and Burton, and vicinity. In June. 
!S47. he marrievi Miss M.aria Stewan. who 
was bom in Maine. March 34, ly34: sin- 
daughter of William and Xancy vMarston < 
Stewart. Mrs Stewart is still living near 
Payson : is the oldest ot' fourteen children, 
thirteen of whom are living. Mr. T. is a 
deacon of the Baptist chttrch; they are 
both longtime members. He scrveil as 
Town Trustee and School Director for many 
\-ears. They own a house, lot. and sliop in 
Payson. When his parents removeil from 
Maine, they came with a horseaeam, «.Mn. 
suming two months in the joumey. 
TU:aas R. P. term«i; sec. a ; P. O. Psyfoo 
TobUemb Mr$. Juaes: sec. SO; P. O. Seehora. 
Towcs*Ed Wa sewing michins agt.; P. O. Parson. 



ViaccfBt J. P. blacksmith: P. U. Pi^r^oa. 
MoiB^A. B. retir«^: res:detc«- PMartlle: P- O. 
Sloae's Pnirie 



w 



W%gi BtBxy. Sr . r«t;r<rf; see. *: P. O. Siene's 

Pairie. 
Waej Jtses. £inaer: sec. «; P. O- Suoe's 



^fAGY JOHX. fiirmer: S(v. 2«: 
P. O. Stones Prsirie: was bom Oci. 53, 
ISas. in Ri>ss county, Ohio, to which place 
his parents came from their native «. '"nty 
in Virginia, before ihey were marrit^i. He 
is the son of Philip and Sarah iRiiey) 
Waay- He left Ross county when he was 
eighteen years of age, and came to Adams 
cotmty. Ill_ in 1S4T. March 3, 1S57. he 
married Miss Mary A. Baker, danghter of 
Jacob and Sarah ^Rinehart^ Baker, who was 
bom in Licking coimty. Ohio, July 1. 1!S9. 
They have nine children : Sarah A.. Emma 
Hibbard, William G., S,anford. Samuel C. 
James R., Charles A., Laura May. and H.-irry 
E. They first settled in Richfield township, 
from which place they removed to their 
present farm, in the spring of ISlQ. Tliey 
own eighty acres of land, worth ^tvi ;vr 
acre. Their farm was the first farm im- 
proved in this part of the county, by Samuel 
Stone, lor whom Stone's Prairie was named. 
His cabin stood within a few rods of Mr. 
W.'s present residence. 



840 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



IrVACiY OSKER, farmer; residence, 
Plainville; 1'. O. Stones Prairie; was born 
in Licki. g county, Ohio, Jan. IS, 1820; is 
the oiliest of a family of four sons aiul four 
daughters, live of whom are now living. 
His father, Henry Wagy, was a native of 
Virginia, but came to Licking county, Ohio, 
and iiiariicd Miss Elenor Stone, who was 
born there. They' removed from there 
when Osker was seven years of nse. and 
settletl in Quincy. His father afterward 
bought jiroperty in Kiclifield and Jlelrose 
townships. He finally traded his farm in 
Melrose for the land on which his son Osker 
now lives, and settled on it thirty-three years 
ago. Mr. W. married Jliss Rebecca J. 
Decker. Feb. 20, 1846. She was born in 
Adams county, Feb. 10. 1829; is the daugh- 
ter of .John and Elenor (Johnson) Decker. 
They first settled on his father's farm, in 
Richtiehl township. He afterward bought 
a farm on Sec. 14, in Payson township, and 
removed there in 1852. In 1809, he bought 
the land from his father, and removed to 
his present home, since which time he has 
erected a house costing $3,500, and a barn 
costing $3,000. They have nine living 
children : Adaline, Sarah A.. Orin. Henrv", 
Eliza, Robert, McClelan, Caroline, and Lew- 
ley. Mr. W. now holds the office of Justice 
of the Peace. He is a member of the 
Masonic Fraternity. His real estate con- 
sists of 104 acres in the home farm, worth 
|60 ])er acre ; 240 acres on Sees. 14 and 23, 
worth $4o per acre, and eighty-four acres in 
Pike coimty, worth $3.5 per acre. His 
parents are lK)th living in the village. 
Waey Stepben, farmer; fee. 36; P. O. stone's 

Prairie. 
Wagy \Vm. farmer; «cc. iti; P.O.Stone's Prairie. 
Wallter .Mr». Mariha, P O. Payson 
Wsrntr Petir. abonr; P. O. Payson. 
Waters l^aac. farmer: sec. 13; P O. Stone's Prairie. 
Wharton >trs. Amy. I'rop. Payson Uonse, Payson. 

WIIAKTOX H E.\ BY B., nurs. 
eryman ; residence, Payson. He was born 
in t'liester county. Pa., Sept. 17, 184.5; is the 
son of Benjamin and Anna (Smedley) Whar- 
ton, of Pennsylvania. His mother is pro- 
prietor of the hotel at Payson. He moved 
Willi his parents to 'Wayne county, Ind., 
when he was eight years old ; remained live 
years ; then moved to Payson in the fall of 
1858. He attended the common school dur- 
ing the winter and worked on the farm in 
the summer. lu 1864 he went to Colorado 



.lud spent a season at Pike's Peak, returning 
that winter. Two years later he embarked 
in the nursery business, which he has since 
followed. ^ He married Mrs. Mary A. Nich- 
olson, Feb. 0. 1873, who was born in Payson, 
Feb. 7, 1840 (widow of John W. Nicholson). 
They have three children : Reba G., bom 
Dec. 30. 1873; Harry G., born Dec. 24, 1873, 
and Arthur H.. born Feb. 27, 1878. His wife 
owns a hovtse and lot. She is a member of 
the M. E. church. He has held several lo- 
^ cal offices; is now Town Clerk. He ships 
nursery stock extensively to Missouri. 

\«'HITC03IB DAVID, farmer; 
Sec. 22; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He was born 
in Payson township, Adams county. April 
18, 1838. He is the sixth of nine children, 
seven of whom are living, of 'Wynian and 
Lury (Broekway) Whitcomb. Wyman 
Whitcouib was born in Hartford. Windsor 
county, V't., Oct. 8, 1798. Lury Broekway 
was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., Nov. 
15, 1803. They were married in TmmbuU 
county, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1823. They came 
west and settled in Payson township on the 
farm where David w.as born, in 1833, and 
where they still live. He enlisted in the 
Union army, in Co. D, .JOth Regt. HI. Inf., 
in August, 1861, as a Sergeant, in which ca. 
pacify he served one year; was then trans- 
ferred to Co. K. He was wounded in the 
shoulder, receiving a fracture of the scapula, 
at the battle of Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862 ; was 
discharged in September, 1804. He mar- 
ried Mary E. Hibbanl. Dec. 20, 1806. She 
was born in Adams county, April 23. 1840, 
and died March 10, 1867, leaving one chihi, 
Julius M. Mr. 'Wliitcomb married Char- 
lotte Hoflman, Nov. 10, 1867. She is the 
daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Murphy) 
HotTman, and w.is born in Adams county> 
Dec. 27, 1851. They have had six children 
four living: Clara, Willis, Kmma, and 
Lura. Mr. Whitcomb owns forty acres in 
the home farm, worth $65 per acre. 

Whitcomb Jasper, notary and jnstice: P.O. Payson. 
Whitcomb .Jasper. Jr., farmer; sec. Zi; P. O. Stone 'a 

Prairie. 
Whitcomb M P farmer; P. O. Payson. 
Whitcomb W. farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 
WickeoLamp Henry, farmer; sec. IT; P. O. Pay9»>n. 
Wingfleld J. P. farmer: sec '.'; P. O. Payson 



Yoaugi. . farmer. 



.2; P.O. RichSeld. 



M KKE DIRECTORY. 



841 



McKEE TOWNSHIP. 



BAIiZEK I>AXIEIi, farmer; See. 
2!l: P. O. Liberty; was born in Germany in 
1846; came to Adams count}- in 1854, and 
located on Sec. 29 ; father and mother living ; 
own? 31 T acres of land in McKee and Lib- 
erty townships, worth ^6.000; was married 
in ISfjS to Elizabeth Diehl. She was born in 
McKee township in 1848; have one child: 
Mary, born in 1869. He is School Director 
in district No. 3 ; are members of the Lu- 
theran church. Republican. 

B.4.LZKR JACOB, farmer; Sec. 33; 
P. O. Fairweather ; was born in Germany in 
1828; came to America in 1851, and lived in 
Philadelphia four years, and came to Adams 
county in 1856 ; was married in 1857 to JIary 
Weisonberger. She was born in Germimy ; 
have seven children : Jacob, Elizabeth, John, 
Micheal, Frederick, Frank and Daniel ; owns 
200 acres of laud under a fair state of culti- 
vation, worth $2,000; are members of the 
Lutheran church. Democrat. 
Balzer Talentine. farmer; sec. "Jl ; P. O. Liberty. 
Bart'jldns Joseph, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Kellerville. 
Barioldns Thereea, teacher: eec. 2; P. O. KellerviUe. 
Bellmejer Solomon, farmer; sec. 34: P. O. Fair- 
weather. 
Bim-^ou Chas. carpenter; eec. :i4; P. O. Fairweather. 

BOLIXCiER DAJIIAX. farmer 
and blacksmith; Sec. 6; P. O. Liberty; was 
born in Indiana, in 1844; came to Adams 
county in 1855, and located in Quincy, 111. ; 
followed blacksmithing for seven years, and 
moved to JIcKee township in 1869, and lo- 
cated on Sec. 6 ; follows farming and black- 
smithing; was married in 1870, to Catherine 
Eisenhower. She was born in Germany in 
1848; have three children: Eda, Christina 
and John ; owns forty acres of land, worth 
f 1,000 : are members of the Catholic church. 
Democrat. 

BO!!«$$ HEXBY% farmer and Road 
Commissioner; Sec. 14; P. (•. Kellerville; 
was born in North Carolina, in 1827; ctme 
to Brown county in 1844, and to Adams 
county in 1864; was married in 18.53 to Julia 
Jones. She was born in North Carolina; 
have never had any childn n ; owns eighty- 
tive acres of land in McKee township, worth 



$2,000; is School Director, and has held the 
office of Commissioner of Highways for four 
years. Democrat. 

BOTTORFP JOSEPH, farmer; 
Sec. 10; P. () Kellerville; was born in Clark 
count}-. Iml, 1833; c;ime to Adams county 
in 18fi5, and located in Camp Point town- 
ship, and thence to McKee township in 1875 ; 
was married to Sarah Walton, in Dec. 1859. 
She was born in. Pennsylvania in 1840. 
They have four children : Annie >I., Flora 
May, Grace A., and Charles E. He owns 
ninety acres ot land, worth |1,600. Demo- 
crat. 

Bowen J. M. farmer; sec. it; P. O Kellerville. 
Bradley Jacob, farmer: sec. 2:i: P. O. Kellerville. 
Brilt .lames, farmer: sec. S; P.O. Kellerville. 
Brjtt John L. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Kellerville. 
Britt J. S. farmer: sec. 18; P.O. Liberty. 
BaUington P. B. farmer; sec. HI : P. O. Liberty. 
Bollard John, f.imer: sec. 13; P. O. Kellerville. 



Campbell John, carpenter ; sec. "36; P. O. Beverly. 

CARTER ■%¥. p., farmer; Sec. 4; 
P. O. Kellerville; was born iu Geauga 
county, Ohio, 1825; moved to Missouri iu 
1856, and lived in Putman county all through 
the war ; came to Adams countj- in 1865, and 
located on Sec. 4, McKec township. He 
owns 106 acres of land under a fair state of 
cultivation, worth |2,000. He was married 
in 1845 to Mary J. Shoemaker. She was 
born in Ohio, in 18-24. They have ten chil- 
dren : Mahala .]., Nancy E., Sarah, Eliza, 
Elizabeth, Mary M., William, Thomas J., 
Robert L. and Henry H. Mr. Carter is 
School Director in district No. 6. He is a 
Democrat. 

Charl Nafty, wagon maker; sec. 1 : P. O. Kellerville. 
Childeis Reuben, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Kellerville. 
Click Samael. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Kellerville. 
Craft Francis, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Kellerville 
Cobarn .\masa, blacksmith; sec. :33; P. O. Fair- 
weather. 
Corner Daniel, I'armir; sec. H. P. O. Kellerville 
Cotforth Charles, farmer; sec iO: P. O. Liberty. 

CUTFORTH CiEORGE.. farmer; 
Sec. 20; P. O. Liberty ; was born in England, 
1808; came to New York. .January, 1836, and 
to Quincy, Septimber, 1838; lived near 
Quincy for one year, then in Fall Creek town- 



842 



HISTORY OF ADAMS ColNTY. 



sliip fiftcin years, ihcn l.xjiifti in McKee 
township in l«5f. when it was but a vast 
wilderness, not even orsimizeii ; was married 

in I83y to .Mrs. Rachel . She was 

born in Kcntueky; died in 1840. Thev had 
one child : James B. Married again in ia« 
to Jane Manin. She was born in Maine and 
die<i. 1871. He had eleven children by the 
second marriage: Charles, George (deceased), 
Thomas (deceased), Walter, John W., Wil- 
lOHghby (deceased), Clara J. (deceased). Mary 
E. (decased). Ivory R. (deceased). Judson, and 
Rhoda A. Then he married Mrs. Carter in 
1871. She was birn m Missouri. Thev had 
one child: William F. He owns 230 "acres 
of land in McKee townshiji, worth fj.OOO. 
They are both members of the Baptist church. 
He has held various offices in the township. 
Republican. 



Davis Catherine, fee. J: P o. Kellerville. 
Davis Isaac, teacher: sec. M: P. O Beverly. 
Deal John, larmer; sec. 30; P. O. Libert.v.' 
Deal \Vm farmer: sec. 31; P. O. Libeny. 
Dennis Mary, sec. .■»; P. O. Beverly. 
DeWiuSaitth. sec. 15: P. O Ke le'rville. 

DIERDORFF JOKEPH. larmer 
and minister: Sec. 16; 1>. «). Kellerville; was 
Iwrn in Pennsylvania, ISiO; came to Adams 
' ounty in 18(J7; was married in 1847 to Re- 
becca Me Donald. She was born in Ohio in 
1828. They have six children: Francis M 
Inrthu A., John W.. Mary J., Lucy S., and 
-Martha E., five of whom are married. Owns 
tifty-rtve acres of land in section H!, worth 
ttm. Mr. and Mrs. Dierdorrtare members 
of the United Brethren church, of which he 
is the minister. He was in the 84th Regt. 
111. Inf.; enlisted at Quincy. Illinois. 1862; 
Wiis disiibled in the battle of Stones river' 
■ind mustered out in April, 1863. on account 
: aisability :ind ill health. Republican. 

UlETRICH JACOB, farmer; Sec. 
1!»: P. O. Liberty :was born in German v in 
1844; came to Adams county in 1851 with 
his father, and located on section 11. Melrose 
township. His father died in February 1877- 
mother still living. Was married in 'l8«9 to 
Sophia Rupp. She was born in Germany in 
1845. Have six children: Liz/ie. Nicholas 
P . Annie. George Hannah, and Mary. Mr. 
D. l»cate<l in McKee township in April. 1873, 
on sec. 19. Owns leo acres of land, undei^ 
« good state of cultivation, worth ifS.OCK). 



Has held the office of Collector, and are 

members of the Catholic church. He is a 

Demix'rat. 

Dole George, farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Kellerville. 

DO<»LE JUHX H„ farmer; Sec. 12: 
P. O. Kellerville; was born in Derry county, 
Ireland, in 1839; came to Adams county in 
18.56. May 10, and worked as a farm hand 
for eighteen years; was married in 1871 to 
Mary Ann McConnel. She was born in Ire- 
^land. Had three children : the living one is 
James R.: deceased are, Hugh H., and an in- 
fant. Moved to McKee township in 1875, 
and located on sec. 12, of which there is 
170 acres of land, undivided, owned by him 
and his brother George. He is a Republican. 

Ul'RBIBT AXDREW J., farmer, 
and Justice of the Peace; .Sec. 10; P. O. 
Kellerville; was born in Maryland, in 1829; 
came to Adams county in iai4, and located 
in McKee; was married in 18.53 to Eli/.a J. 
Henthorn. She was born in Ohio, in 1831. 
Owns l.iO acres of land in McKee township, 
worth ^3.00(). Mr. Durbin was the tirst 
town clerk in the township, and now is Jus- 
lice of the Peace and schwl director. Re- 
publican. 

Dl'RBIX JAUES. farmer; Sec. 
12; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Maryland 
1791); came to Adams county 18.53, and has 
followed farming ever since he came to the 
county; was married in 1825 to Rachel Dell. 
She was born in Maryland. 18a5 ; had four- 
teen children; the living are: Cornelius, 
Henry. ^Vndrew J., Jessie, Heal, James, 
Thomas H., Elizabeth A. (now Mrs. Dewitt)', 
Lydia D. (now Mrs. Childs). Francina. Geth- 
linda (now :Mrs. John.son). The deceased 
are: John A., M;iry R.. and Sarah. Six were 
marrietl. Mr. Durbin also raiseil two of his 
grandchildren. Sarah E. Durbin, and Lewis 
H. Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Durbin have 
raised their large family and still live to see 
them enjoy the comforts of life. He owns 
120 acres of land, worth :f;4,(J0O. He is a 
Republican. 

£ 

Edwards Jabas. farmer; sec. -.T: P O. Kellerville. 
Eldridge John, farmer; sec. 3«: P. o. Beverly. 



Fairfax A. J. farmer; eec. 1; P. O. Kelicrvillc. 
Fitxpatrick Mary. eec. 15: P. O. Kellerville. 



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FliiiD Louis, ratmcr: sec. 11 ; P. O. Kellerville 
Forgey ti. C. farmer; sec. 3: P. O. Kellerville. 



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Gabrel Andrew, farmer: *ec. 14; P. O. Kellerville. 
Gallagher James, Sr., tarmer ; sec. 21 ; P. O. Liberty. 
Gallagher Samael, farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Fair- 

weaiher. 
Gallagher Tbomaa. farmer; sec. 31 : P. O. Liberty. 
Gelliui^s Uenry, farmer: sec. 5: P. O. Liberty. 
Gieger John, farmer; sec. IS: P. O. Liberty. 
Goerty Jacob, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Liberty. 
Grady Jesse, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Kellerville. 
Grady John, farmer: sec. 13; P.O. Kellerville. 
Grady JithnF. farmer; sec. 25: P.O. Kellerville. 
Gr.dy J. M. farmer; sec 13: P. O. Kellerville. 
Gr..dy W. R farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Kellerville. 

<itltrBER AXTI«»XY, in.icham 
:iu(l Postmaster; P. O. Kellerville; coin- 
meiioed business iu Kellerrille. Oct. 1877, 
and has built up a good trade in the line of 
goods kept in store, such as boots, shoes, dry 
iioods and siroceries, drugs, paints and oils, 
and iu fact, cverj'thing necessary in a coun- 
try store. Carries stock to the amount of 
^"3,000; was born iu Germany iu 1S.J1 ; came 
to Adams county in 1852 ; was married Sept. 
4. 1878, to Sallie McRoy. She was born in 
North Carolina in 1853. Democr.itic in pol- 
itics. 

Gum Lissia, sec 11: P.O. Kellerville. 



Hackney .Mary. sec. 24: P. O. Kellerville. 
Hall loseph. farmer: sec 33; P. O. Falrweathcr. 
Han-ley Mary. see. «: P.O. Kellerville. 
Harbiiur T. R hlacksnith; »:c. 27; P. O. Beverly. 
Harwood Cyrus S. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Kellerville. 
llarwood Elniina. sec. 31; P.O. Kellerville. 
Harwood Wm. farmer: sec. 3; P. O. Kellerville. 
Hedrick John, farmer; sec. 36; P. 0. Beverly. 
Htjlmrick Petter. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Liberty. 

II e.\DItICKI«i J A 31 £ »« B., 

farnuT and blacksmith; sec. it; P.O. Kel- 
lerville; was born in Cape Girardeau 
county, Mo., in 182!<; father and mother 
(deceased) came to Adams county in 1832, 
and located in Uichfield township. He 
then learned the blacksmith trade, and has 
followed it and farming ever siuce ; was 
married, in 1849, to Miss Jime Kinney. She 
was bi>rn in Adams county in 1831. They 
have five children; the living are: Benja- 
mill, .Mary E., and Anna; those dead are: 
Aduline and Ella. He owns eishtv acres of 



liiud, iu McKce township, on which he now 
resides. They are members of tlie Christian 
church. He is a Democrat. 

Hess Christian, farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Liberty. 
Hess Philip, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Liberty 
Hick-! Allen, farmer: sec. 1; P.O. Kellerville. 
Hick-* Stephen, farmer; sec. 2; P.O. Kellervtl.e. 
Hinliley R. F. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Liberty. 

HOFP.1I AX ALEXANDER, 

farmer ; Sec. 7 ; P. O. Liberty. He was born 
in Adams county, in 1844; was married iu 
1805 to Liberty A. Varuer. She was born in 
Kentucky in 1845. Have one child, Alexan- 
der R., born in 187G. He has held numer- 
ous offices iu the township ; was Collector 
for three yeai-s. School Trustee for three 
years. Constable two years, Assessor two 
years, Deputy Sheritf, under Trotter, two 
years, and School Director for five years; 
stands high amoug the citizens of this town- 
ship. Politically is Democrat. 

HOFFHAX H. H. & KKO., 

merchants, Kellerville: commenced keep- 
ing a general country store iu Kellerville, 
McKce township, in 1877; keep dry goods, 
groceries, boots and shoes, tinware and har- 
ness, saddles, and manufactures custom- 
made boots; does repairing on boots and 
shoes, and also runs, in connection with 
their store, a wagon and blacksmith shop; 
make new wagons and repair all kinds of 
work ; buy railroad ties and pay the highest 
price in trade. They carry ;ibout a |3,000 
stock. 

HOFF3I.AX JOHX. farmer and 
merchant, and stock reiser; Sec. 7; P. O.Lib 
erty; .vas boriiin New.Iersey, iu 1831; came 
tj Adams county in 183S, where he has re- 
sided ever since; was married in 1844 to Jane 
Hunsaker. She was born in 18.52, and died 
in 1870; had eleven children: Alexander, 
Marcus, Harvey, Suphena, Angeline, Albert, 
Giles, Henry, and Rosa; three dead. He 
then marriedj Elizabeth Higley, in 1872. 
She was born in New York. They have four 
children by this marriage: George, Arlow, 
Alfred, and Russell. Owns .597 acres of 
land in McKee township, worth fl3,000. 
Mr. H. also carries on a store, and has 
for twenty years supplied the surrounding 
country; keeps a general assortment of 
goods necessary to supply the 'rade. Dem- 
ocrat. 



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Hofmeistei C. farmer; sec. 31; P. 0. Fairweather. 
Hnddleelon G. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Kellerville. 
Hiighc9 Franklin, farmer; eec. 1;!; P. O. Kellerville. 

HlTCtHES GEORGE, farmer; Sec. 
11; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Washing- 
ton county, Penn., in 1830; came to Adams 
county in 1840; was married in 1858 to 
Margaret Walton. She was born in Butler 
county, Penn., in 1843. Th»y have seven 
children: Austin, John W., Sarah J., 
George W., Preston, Benjamin O., and 
Edward. Mr. Hughes moved to the town- ' 
ship in 18i6. Os'ns '-iUi acres of land in 
McKee, worth $.5,000, with giod improve- 
ments. He has held numerous offices in the 
township, and is now Township Treasurer. 
He is a Democra"^. 

UagbeB J. M. broom maker: sec. 17; P. O. Liberty. 
Holtz A farmer, sec. 5; P. O. Ke'lerviile. 
HiiltzQeo. farmer; eec. 33; P. O Fairweather. 
Hampka Conrad, farmer; eec. 0; P. O Liberty. 
Hunter John, farmer: sec. 3: P. O. Kellerville. 



in Pike county, 111., 1844. They have three 
children: Elmer E., Effie May, Otto Virgil. 
He owns eighty acres of land in McKee 
township, worth |1,600. He is a Repub- 
lican. 

.Johnson Cyrns. farmer; sec. '.25; P. O. Kellerville. 
Johnson Harris, farmer ;eec. iH; P. O. Kellerville. 

JOHN809i' IIOlTi^E. farmer and 
stock raiser; P. O. Kellerville; was born in 
Sweden in 1833; c;ime to Adams county in 
1868; was married to Eliza Johnson, in 1855. 
She was bf^rn in Sweden, in 1830. They 
have three children: John, born in 18.55; 
Annie E. (now Mrs. Anderson), in 1858, and 
Honse, born in 1862. He owns 109 acres 
land, under a fair state of cultivation, with 
a good lime kiln and stone quarry, and 
plenty of sand His farm is worth $1,000. 
He is a Republican. 

.lonee J. H. farmer; sec. 13; P. U. Kellerville ■ 
Jones Lewie, farmer; eec. IS; P. O. Kellerville. 
Jones O. farmer; eec. 14; P. O. Kellerville. 



INai.4K HENRY, farmer; Sec. 17; 
P. O. Liberty; was born in Kentucky, in 
1838; came to Adams county in 1865; was 
married same year to Mrs. Harriet Broth- 
ers. She was born in Illinois, in 1835. 
Tbey have seven children: Janie^, John, 
Robert, Daniel, Amanda, Mahala, Leonidas. 
He owns seventy acres of land in McKee 
township, worth .$1,200; was in iheSdRegt. 
Cal. Inf.; enlisted at San Francisco, Cal., 
in 1861; served three years; mustered out at 
same place in 1864. They are members of 
the German Baptist chorch at Liberty. He 
is a Democrat. 



Janeen Kred. farmer: sec. 'iO; P. O. Liberty. 

JESSITP AL.VIX, farmer; Sec. 33; 
P. 0. Fairwea'her; was born in A'lensviUe, 
Ind., in 1834; went to Iowa ?in 18.52, to 
Adams county in 1861; enlisted in Co. I, 
28th Regt. 111. Inf. Aug. 3, 1861; served three 
years; was mustered out at Natchez, Miss., 
Aug. 26, 1864; wai in the battle of Shiloh, 
Hatchee river, siege of Vicksburg, battle 
of Jackson, Miss., and numerous other 
skirnrsbcs. He was wounded in the right 
thig>> at the battle at Shiloh, left wrist at 
Jackson, Miss. He was married Jan. 88. 
1864, lo Margaret E. Lykes. She was bom 



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Kander Geo. farmer: eec. •S>: P. O. Liberty. 
Kaylor O T. farmer: sec. 28; P. O. Beverly. 
Kelley R. farmer; sec. 7: P. O. Liberty. 
Kestner F. W. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Liberty. 

KIEFER JACOB, farmer :.nd 
stonecutter; Sec. 24; P. O. Kellerville : was 
born in France in 1807; came to Adam.v 
county in 1S65, and to McKee township in 
1867. and follows farmin? and stone cuttiuir; 
has one of the line.st stone quarries in the 
township; owns 160 acres of land, worth 
$4,000. Mr. Kiefer always has on hand 
stone ready for building purpo.ses, and does 
fine stone dressing for fine work on short 
notice; was married in 1840 to Maiy .\uli. 
She was born in Ohio in 1819, and died in 
18.53. Had si.x children, the living are: 
William T., Catherine (now Mrs. Hayes., 
Elizabeth (now Mrs. Tyri). He is a Re- 
publican. 
Kingru Henry, farmer: sec. 'iG: P. O. Beverly. 

KIXMAX .lOHX S.. Physician, 
Kellerville; was born in Beverly township 
in 1845; was married in 1865 to Elizabeth 
A. Ilogan. She was horn in 1847. Have 
five cliildren, Martha R., John H P., 
Charles S., Daniel H. W., and James Mon- 
roe. Was in the 28th Regt. III. Inf.; en- 
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years ; was in the battle of Belmont, Bow- 
ling Green, and Padiicah, Ky., and Fort 
Heurj-, Fort Hymaii and Shiloh : was 
wounded at the battle of Shiloh; mustered 
out, September, 1864; commenced the study 
of medicine under Dr. T. A. Davison ; at- 
tended the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons at Keokuk, Iowa, four months, and 
graduated at the State Board of Health at 
Charleston, Coles county, 111.; has been 
practicing for three years in Adams and Pike 
counties, and now is located at Kellerville, 
McKee township, with Dr. T. A. Davison. 
Republican. 
Knntz William, blind; sec, 30; P. O. Libarty. 



Lambert Francie. farmer; tsec. 6; P. O. Liberty. 
Lambert George, farmer; sec. 26; P. O, Beverly. 

L.EACH RUTHERFORD, far- 
mer; Sec. 11; P. O. Kellerville; was born 
in Coles county, 111., in 1834 ; came to Ad- 
ams county in 1851, and located in McKee 
township; was married in 1865 to Evaline 
Putz. She was born in Kentucky in 1830. 
Have four children, .Tellico M., born in 1867 ; 
James M., 18il ; Lula E.,in lS7:i, and Nancy 
A., in 1874. He owns forty acres of land, 
under cultivation, worth if;l,000; was in 3d 
Mo. Cavalry, Co. E, under command of T. 
G. Black; served three years — enlisted Nov. 
16, 1861, and mustered out in 1864: was in 
several small skirmishes, mostly in Mis- 
souri. Is a Democrat. 

LiEAPIiEY H. C, farmer; sec. 13; 
P. O. Kellerville; was born in Maryland in 
1828; came to Adams county in 1841; lo- 
cated in Concord township, then in McKee 
in 1865; was married in 18.50 to Clarissa 
Hughes. She was born in Liberty township, 
Adams county, in 1831. Have nine chil- 
dren; the living are; Thorn O, Albert T, 
FVancis E. (now Mrs. Conrad), Mary J. (now 
Mrs. Colwell), George W., John M., and 
Sarah L. The deceased are, Annie and 
Ollie. Own eighty acres of land, worth .*20 
per acre. Is a Republican. 
Leikcs Flora, sec. 27; P. O. Beverly. 
Leonard Willard, sec. *2"2; resides in PenDeylvaoia. 

LilERLY E. W., farmer; Sec. 11; 
P. O. Kellerville; w;is born in Union county, 
111. in 1829: came to Adams oountyin 1835; 



when only six years of age father located in 
Liberty township ; was maiTied in 1851 to 
Sarah M. Hargrave. She was born in 1829. 
Have eleven children; the living are: Wil- 
liam K., Clarissa J., Andrew J., Wilson St. 
Clair, Sarah, Hettie Serina M., Nancy L., and 
Mary A.; two deceased, Thomas J. and Laura 
A. He moved to Concord township in 1853, 
and to McKee township in 1867; located on 
Sec. 11; owns 160 acres of land, under a 
fair state of cultivation ; was Justice of the 
Peace in Concord township for nine years, 
and Supervisor of McKee for two years. 
Democrat. 

Lichtendadl .J. W. farmer; sec. 25; P.O. Beverly. 
Likes Jack«on, farmer; see. 33: P. O. Fairweather. 
Likes Pbijip, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Fairweather. 

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McCoLnell Robtrt, farmer; sec. 1-J; P. U. Kellerville. 

McC05f:^EL,I. WILLIAM, 

farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Kellerville; was born 
in County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1844; came 
to Adams county in 1854, and located in 
Gilmer township; came to McKee township 
in 1869; married Marths A. Red, March, 
1868, She was born in 1843. Have three chil- 
dren: AVilliam Robert, Rebecca Jane, and 
Alice Elizabeth. He owns seventy-three acres 
of land, under good cultivation, valued at 
$2,000; has held the office of Road Com- 
missioner five years, and School Director 
eight years. Democratic. 
McKinney Evaline; sec. 2; P.O. Kellerville. 

Mc^VHERTER W. J., farmer; 
Sec. 9; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Mor- 
row county, Ohio, in 1847; parents both 
dead He came to McKee, Adams count}-, 
111., in 1865; was married in 1870 to Celia 
Piunkett. She was born in Kentucky, in 
1846; her parents are bo!h dead. They 
have three children: Annie E., born in 1870; 
Julia E., born 1874; and Riley E., born 
1878 Mr. McWherter owns ninety-one and 
a half acres of land in McKec township, 
worth $1,800. He was in the 3d Mo. En- 
rolled Militia. Politically, lis Democratic. 
.Mason Charles, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Kellerville. 
Mason Henry, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Beverly. 
Mason John, farmer; sec. IG; P. O. Keller\ille. 
Mason Peter, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Kellerville. 
Mason Samuel, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Kellerville, 
Mastergon Rotiert. farmer; sec. 36; P. O Beverly. 
Mayfield John, farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Kelle ville. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COIXTT. 



9IIVER JACOB, firmer; Sec. 24: 
P. O. Kellervil'e: was bom in Beverly 
township, Adams county, in 1S52: was 
married to Marearet Burden, in li^To. She 
was bom in Pike county, II'., in 1^5t. 
Have two children, Frederick and Edna. 
He owns ninety acres of land in Sec. '^4, 
worth (1,200; is School Director, and Re- 
publican. 

Ktxeer Joseph, farmer : sec. 36; P.O. Be>-erlj. 
Wller Wm. f»rm«; sec IS: P. O. Libert/. 

HOORE J. B„ farmer: Sec 5: P. O.' 
Liberty; was born in Kentucky in 1S30: 
came to Adams county in T>S(5, and located 
in Liberty township: moved to McKce in 
1S3?: was married, 1S5^, to Miss Emeline 
Runnels. She was bora in Vermont in 
ISSi. They have three children: Robert 
D.. Solis S., and Mary H. Mr. Moore owns 
•300aci«sof l.inl in McKee, worth ;5;4,000. 
He has held the office of Road Commis- 
sioner and School Director for eightet'n 
ye-irs- He came to the township a poor 
man. but, by his untiring industry and dili- 
gence in business, has obtained a large 
amount of property, moneys, etc. ; loans 
nf>ney on good personal security and real 
estate. He does not spend his money like 
many others in show and fine building. His 
first house still shelters him from winter's 
stonrs and summer's heat. They are both 
members of the Christian church. He is a 
Republican. 

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Neice MelTin. ftrmer; sec. S; P. O. Kellerrille 
JJeice Kicbud. fvmer: sec. IS: P. o Liberty. 
Nob'.e -\lbert. sec S: P. O Kellerrille 



r.Vl>*»ETT JOH>. farmer: Sec 
21: P.O. Kellerville; was born in Ireland in 
1S42: came to Adams county in 1S44, and 
located at Quincy. Ill . then in McKee town- 
ship, in 1853; was married in 18TT to Letilia 
Wooti. She was born in Burton township, 
Adam^ county, in 1S54. Have one child, 
Carrie May. She w.^s born October, ISTS. 
He owns 3W acres of laud in McKee town- 
ship worth $3,500; was in the 14Sth Regt. 111. 
Inf. .:Vre members of the United Brethren 
church at Spring Valley. He is Republican. 

PADGETT WILLI AS J^ 

farmer: Sec. 10: P. O. Kellerville. He was 



bom in Adams county in 1860; is the son ■ 
James and Barbara Padgett- They carae : 
Quincy in 1844: were l>orn in Cavan. Ir. 
land. His lather died in September, I8'i 
His mother is still living on Sec. 21, McK. • 
township, where they first located, in Man. .. 
1861. His father enlisted in SeptemK-: 
1861. in the late t*-ar; serveil nearly ihn 
years. Mrs. Padgett, son, and one daughter 
reside on the old homestead of 105 acr^ - 
which is under a gi>od state of cultivati< :. 
Mrs. Padsett is a member of the UnitC'l 
Bretheren church, at Spring Valley. Wil- 
liam is a Republican. 
PiTTln \Vin.;f»rmer; sec T: P. O. Libeny. 

PEACOCK SAHITEL J^ tanner 
Set.". 35: P. O. Beverly. He was l>im in 
North Carolina in 1828 : came to this State 
in 1850, and to Adams county in 18.il. He 
was married in 1853 to Elizabeth A. Frame. 
She was bora in 1832; have eight children: 
Mary A.. Perry O., John .V... Christina C. 
Samuel B., Francis E., Charles F.. and 
Emory O. : only one of them is married. 
He was in the 10th Regt.. Ill Inf. ; enlisted 
in 1864 : was at the battle of Savannah, Ga., 
Riversbridge. and Bentonsville : mustered 
out in 18<»5. He held the offices of Justice of 
the Peace, Assessor and Collector, and Town- 
ship Trustee. He owns 100 acres of land, 
under a fair state of cultivation, worth 
$3,000. Is a Democrat. 
PerrigoCharle*. ftrmer; see- Jl; P. O. Liberty 
Perrijo J J. r*rmer; sec. Si: P.O. Fainreither 
Perrifo Marr C. sec. 41 : P. O. Liberty. 
Pet<T?on Wm. firmer; sec. «; P. O. Kellerrille. 
Purpose LoaiSs farmer : sec. 4 : P. O- Kellerville 



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ShohoQC) Coraelias- turner; *ec- 30; P. O Llberij 
Shohooey H. B. farmer: sec 41 : P. O. Liberty 
Shohoney James, fanner: sec A ; P. O. Libeny. 
Simms lyrus. ftirmer; see. 15; P O KeUerrille. 
Smith EUubeth. sec. S; P. O. Liberty. 
Smith John, farmer; sec. ;^: P. O. Sprinsfleld, III. 
Smith Joseph, farmer; tec 9: P. O Libert>-. 
Smith i. C. farmer; sec S; P. O. Liberty 
Smith J M. farmer; aec. IS: P. O Kellerrille 
Smith Richard, farmer: sec S; P O. Lit>erty 
Snow Lake, farmer: sec 4*: P. O Beverly 
Sparks ,l . farmer; sec. 31 : P. O Lib-:rty. 
Sparks J W. farmer: sec. 30: P. O. Liberty 




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Spires J. L. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Pairweather. 
Stevens L. farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Kellerville. 
Syrele Geoige, farmer; sec. 3li; P. O. Beverlj'. 



Varnor R. A, farmer; sec. 4 ; P. O. Kellerville. 
Volmer George, farmer; eec. 30; P. O. Liberty. 

VOIiLMEB LiE'WIS, farmer; Sec. 
30; p. O. Fairweather. He was born in 
Germany, in 1853; father, living; motlier, 
dead. He owns sixty acres of land in Mc- 
Kee township, worth $1,800. He is a mem- 



ber of the Lutheran church at Liberty. Is a 
Republican. 

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Wauer John, farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Liberty. 
Whitehead Enoch, farmer; sec. 37; P. O, Beverly. 
Whitiker M. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Beverly. 
Wing Perry, farmer: eec. 35; P. O. Beverly. 
Willis Jane, sec. 31; P. O. Liberty. 
Wilson Nancy, sec. 3-3; P. O. Fairweather. 



ZoUer George, farmer; 



20; P. O. Liberty. 



LIMA TOWNSHIP. 



ABRAMS WM. A., notary public 
and proprietor of the Lima hotel, Lima; 
was born in Westmoreland county. Pa., 
March 23, 1823; came to this county in the 
Fall of 1851 ; was married twice. His 
first wife was Catherine Hoke, to whom he 
was married Feb. 16, 1816. She was born in 
Adams county, Pa. By this marriage four 
children were born, only two of whom are 
living, both daughters. She died Sept. 16, 
1854, in her twenty eighth year. His second, 
and present, wife was Mrs. Ellen C. Elstun, 
to whom he was married Sept. 7, 1856. She 
was born in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 10, 1832. 
By this marriage he has two children, one 
son and one daughter. He owns some 
valuable property in Lima, and 160 acres of 
land in Bates county. Mo. He is a Demo- 
crat, and a member of the M. E. church ; 
has been quite prominently connected with 
the interests of the town and township for 
a number of years; has been township Su- 
pervisor and Justice of the Peace for about 
fifteen years; is now Town Clerli and notary 
public, and has held various other offices of 
trust and importance. Has been a member 
of the Masonic Fraternity for upward of 
twenty-three years, and has always been an 
energetic and valued citizen. He is now 
treasurer of both the school and town board 
of trustees. 

.Vdams John Q. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Lima. 
.\dam8 Robert, farmer, eec. It; P. O. Lima. 
Adair Johns, farmer; sec. 13; P.O. Loraine. 
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Adair Richard, farmer; eec. 12; P. O. Loraiue. 
Adair Robert, farmer; eec. 16; P. O. Tioga. 
Adair Suean; sec. 13; P. O. Loraine. 
Allen John, farmer ; eec. 11; P.O. Loraine. 
Allen John B. farmer; sec. 3; P. 0. Lima. 
Allen J. W. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Lima. 
Archer Uarry; P. O. Lima. 



BAKRR BENJAMIN F.. farmer; 

Sec. 5; P. O. Tioga, Hanooclj county; was 
born in Tyler county. West Virginia, Jan. 
3, 1838; was educated in his native county, 
and in 1862, was married to Miss Mary 
Ann Beverlin, a native of the same county. 
In 1865, he moved west and settled in Lima 
township, Adams county. 111. He has six 
children, three sons and three daughters. 
He owns 100 acres of land, which for im- 
provements, will compare with any in the 
county. He is Democratic in politics, and 
a memberof the Christian church, lie has 
been School Director of the district in which 
he resides for the past twelve years, and is 
now one of the large and well-to-do farmers 
of the county, notwithstanding he began 
life poor. 

BEATY CiiEOBCwE. farmer; Sec. 
25; P. O. Marcelline; was born in Blount 
county, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1817. When he was 
quite young his parents moved to Bond 
county. 111., where they lived to the Fall of 
1825, when they removed to Adams county, 
making him to-day one of the very earliest 
settlers of the county. He was married to 
Mifs Elizabeth llebcrling. May 8, 1841. She 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



WHS born in Pennsylvania, May 15, 1824, 
They have had eight children, four of whom 
are now living : Cliarles Alberi, born Jan. 
13, 1S47; Roselthe, born April 2J, 1848; 
George Perry, born Dec. 3, 184!), and Fred, 
born Feb. 27, 1858. His oldesl son, William, 
enlisted in the 78th Regt. 111. luf. in the 
Spring of 1861, and was killed near Chata- 
nooga, Tenn., in the Spring of 1862. He 
owns 170 acres of land. He is Democratic 
in politics, and is one of the large and well- 
to-do farmers of the county. ' 

Barth, Henry, farmer; see. 3; P. O. Tiosa. 
Beatty Win. farmer; sec. 18; P. 0. Lima. 
Bert D. U. farmer; 8ec. l(i; P- O. Tioga. 
Bland .J. W. farmer; sec. il; P. O. Lima. 

BOI..T DAVID, farmer; Sec. 12; 
P. O. Lima ; was born in Westmoreland 
county, Pa., Dec. 17, 182!); received his 
early education in the schools of his native 
county, and in 1844, moved west and settled 
in Adams county, 111., where he has lived 
ever since. On the 24th of Nov., 185!), he 
was married to Miss Nancy Ann Howes, a 
native of Bourbon county, Ky., born .March 
30, 1840. They have five children, three 
sons and two daughters. He owns 140 acres 
of land, which, for fertility of soil and im- 
provements, will compare with any in the 
township. He is Republican in politics, 
and member of the M. E. church, and is 
now one of the large and well-to-do farmers 
ot the county. 

BOLT JOH9f. farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. 
Lima; was born in Wes'morclaud county. 
Pa., in December, 1827; received his edu- 
cation in the schools of his native county, 
and in April, 1844, moved west, and settled 
in Adams county. 111 On the 27th of Sept., 
1860, he married Miss Flora N. Hughes, a 
native of Vermont, born in -Tune, 1837. 
They had five children, four of whom are 
now living, two sons and two daughters. 
He owns 100 acres of land, which, for soil 
and improvements, will compare with any 
in the county. He is Republican in politics, 
and a member of the M. E. church. He 
has been School Director of the district in 
which he resides for three years, and is to- 
day one of the well-to-do farmers of the 
county, notwithstanding he began life poor. 

Booker Geo. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Loraine. 
Urackensick B. farmer; see. 3; P. O. Tioga. 



BKAOG KEXJAMIX, fiirm.r; 
Sec. 11; P. 0. Lima; w;i,s born iu Caldwell 
county. Mo., March 7, 1837. In 1841 the 
family moved to Springfield, HI., where 
they lived a short time and removed to 
Adams county, HI., in 1842. He received 
his early education in the schools of this 
county, and in the fall of ISoS was marri('d 
to Miss Elizabeth Leeper, of this township, 
who died, April, 1860, leaving one child, Mary 
Elizabeth. On the 29th of Nov., 1861, he wa< 
married to his second and present wife, who 
was Miss Sarah C. Ireland, born in the town of 
Lima, Oct. 20, 1840. They had six children, 
four of whom are living, three sons and one 
daughter. He o\vns eighty acres of land, 
which will compare favorably with any in 
the county. He is Republican and a mem- 
ber of the Methodist church. He is at pres- 
ent School Trustee; has been School Direc- 
tor and has held other local offices. 
Braeg Benj. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Lima. 
Brotliers.J. F. merchant; P. O. Lima. 
Brown .Martin, farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Loraine. 



Cain Jas. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Loraine. 
Carlock J. W. P. O. Lima. 
Carpenter J. W. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Tioga. 
Carpenter L. D. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Lima. 
Carpenter M. F. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Tioga. 
Clapper Alex, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Tioga. 
Clapper .) farmer; sec. ^; P. O. Tioga. 
Clapper .las. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Lima. 

CL,ARK ALrEXAXDER. farmer; 
Sec. 1 ; P. O. Lima; was born in Westmore- 
land, county. Pa., in 1817. He received his 
early education in the county of his nativity, 
and on tlie 17th day of Feb., 1842, was mar- 
ried to Miss Jane Bolt, daughter of Mary 
Bolt (who still lives with them, born May 4, 
1801). She is a native of the same county 
as her husband, and was born Dec. 3, 1823. 
Have had eight children, seven of whom arc 
now living, four sons and three daughters. 
In the spring of 1844 he emigrated west and 
settled in Adams county. 111., where he owns 
100 acres of land. He is Republican iu pol- 
itics and .1 member of the M. E. church. His 
.son William enlisted in Co. G. 119th Regt. 
111. Inf.; in the summer of 1862, and died 
Oct. 26, 1864, from disease contracted dur- 
ing a campaign up Red River. 

Clark Andrew, farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Loraine. 
Clark Joel, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Tioga. 



LIMA DIEECTORY. 



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Clyne E. P. 0. Lima. 
Clyne Elizabeth, sec. 23; P.O. Lima. 
Conover David, farmer; sec. 10: P. o. Lima. 
Conover Hester, P. O. Lima. 

COXOVER XORRIIS, farmer; Sec. 
11 ; P. O. Lima ; was Ijorii near Cineinuati, 
O., Dec. -2'.), 1831. In 1837, he with his pa- 
rents moved west and settled in Lima town- 
ship, wliere he received his early education. 
In the spring of 1854 he was married to 
Miss Sarah Bragg (daughter of Benjamin 
Bragg deceased, of this county). They have 
had seven children, four of whom are now 
living, one son and three daughters. He 
owns 160 acres of land, which for fertility ot 
soil and improvements, will compare favor- 
ably with any in the township. He is Re- 
publican, a member of the Christian church 
and is now one of the well-to-do farmers of the 
county. He began life in very moderate 
circumstances. 

Conover Robt. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Lima. 
Conover Thadden?, farmer; sec. 1»: P. O. Lima. 
Conover T. E. farmer; sec. 11: P. O. Lima. 
Corey Edward, miller; P. 0. Lima. 
Corey Martha, P. O. Lima. 

CREXSHAW THEOPHIIilTS, 

farmer, Sec. 18, P. O. Lima, whose por- 
trait appears in this work, was born in Jeft- 
erson county, 111., March 16, 1815; received 
his early eilucation in the schools of his na- 
tive county. In 1837 he moved to Adams 
county, making him to-day one of the very 
oldest citizens of the county. He was mar- 
ried in 1840 to Miss Martha Martin, a native 
of Wliite county, 111. They have had seven 
children, two of whom, both daughters, are 
still li\-ing. He learned the blacksmiths' 
trade and worked at it for several years. In 

1845 he purchased and began improving the 
beautiful farm on which he now resides. In 

1846 he started a shop in Lima, and finally 
■d hotel, which is still known as the Lima 
House. In 1833 he voUmteered for the 
Black Hawk War, and served until its close, 
and was mustered out at Macomb, the county 
seat of McDonough county. 111. In 1845 he 
was called into active service again on ac- 
l:ount of the Mormon troubles at Nauvoo, 111., 
and served until its close. He is Democratic 
in politics and a member of the M. E. church 
South, and is now one of the most prosper- 
ous and well to-do farmers of the township. 
He began life in very moderate circumstan- 



ces. He has held various local offices in the 

township. 

Crow Austin, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Lima.' 

Crow Daniel, farmer; sec. li; P. O. Lima. 

Crye Hagh, farmer; sec. U; P. O. Loraine. 



Daniels .T. O. farmer; sec. 13: P. O. Loraine. 
Daugherty M. J. P. o. Lima. 

DAVIS LiEVI, farmer. Sec. 31, 
P. O. Lima, whose portrait appears in this 
work, was born in Cumberland county, Penn. 
Feb. 18, 1828. When he was quite young 
his parents moved to Franklin county, Penn., 
where he received his early education, and, 
in 1851, moved west and settled in Adams 
county. 111. In the spring of 1853 he went 
to California, on a gold-hunting expedition, 
and returned in 1854, after being moderately 
rewarded. In the same year he was married 
to Miss Jane Bingaman, a native of Adams 
county, Penn., born in July, 1834. 

They have six children, throe sons and 
three daughters. He owns 380 acres of the 
most valu;xble land in Lima township, in a 
high state of cultivation. His improvements 
are of the first order. Politically he is Dem- 
ocratic. In 1867 he was elected Justice of 
the Peace, and served nine years. He is now 
Commissioner of Public Highways, and also 
School Treasurer, and one of the large and 
w-ell-to-do farmers of the county. 
Dazey F. M. farmer: sec. 7; P. O. Lima. 

D.4ZEV MITCHELL,, farmer; 
Sec. 7 ; P. O. Lima ; was born in Bourbon 
county, Ky., Oct. 3, 1820. In 1830 he went 
with his parents to Adams county, arriving 
there, alter a long and wearisome journey, 
the same fall, and located upon the section 
where Mr. Dazey still resides. His educa- 
tional privileges were quite limited. At that, 
early period schools were rare in Kentucky 
and Illinois. At the age of twenty years he; 
attended school in Quincy. He was engaged 
in merchandisir% two years; afterward was . 
in tlic milling business, in what is now 
known as the Lima Steam Flouring Mill ; 
continued in that over ten j'ears. This mill 
was among the first steam flouring mills ia 
that part of the county.. He was married^ 
Sept. 11, 1853, to Miss Abina Conover, 
daughter of Robert Conover, of Lima town- 
ship. She died Aug. 1, 1857, leaving one 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



child, Charles T., born Aug. 13, 1855. Mr. 
Dazcy has always been one of the leading 
citizens of Lima; held many of the public 
offices; Justice of the Peace, and Supervisor 
twice. The Dazey family have accomplished 
much good, both for Lima and the county- 
Mr. Dazey can see at a glance the benefit to 
be derived from that admirable system which 
benefits the farmer and the stock-raiser in 
common with the merchant. Much depends 
upon the leaders in society, and Lima is 
truly fortunate iu having .is her rejjresenta- ^ 
tive the warm-hearted Mitchell Dazey. 
Dickson Mary E. P. O. Lima. 
Dnrfee Stephen, farmer; sec. 7; I'. O. Lima. 



Barhart G. W. farmer; sjc. U: P. O. Lima. 
Eaaton .Tames, pliysician; P. O. Lima. 
Ehler Frank. P.O. Lima. 
Ellis G.W. P.O.Lima. 

KXSMIXGEK JOHX L.. 

farmer; Sec. 3; P.O.Lima; was born in 
Hancocli county. 111., Jan. 5, 184i); w;is edu- 
cated in the schools ot th;it county, :md in 
December, 1870, moved to Adams county 
«nd settled in Lima township, where he was 
married, Dec. 28, 1871, to Miss Ro.vana 
:Stone (daughter of Charles and Susan Stone, 
of this township), who was bi>rn March 2, 
1854, and died Feb. 9, 1879, leaving two chil- 
dren; Edward C, born Oct. 30, 1874, and 
Charles, born Oct. 15, 187G. He owns 410 
acres of land. The home place contains 
fifty acres, which, for fertility of soil, will 
compare favorably with any in the township. 
He is a Democrat. In the spring of 1877 
he was elected Justice of the Peace, which 
office he now holds; is also School Director, 
and is numbered among the well-to-do farm- 
ers of the county. 

ESHOII ANDRKW, farmer; Sec. 
19; P.O.Lima; was born in Calloway 
county. Mo., Dec. 3.5, 1829. In 1837 he, with 
his parents, moved to Adams county. 111., 
and settled in Lima, where he received his 
early education. On Oct. IG, 1856, he was 
married to Miss Eliza McAdams, daughter 
of John and Ede INIcAdams. They have 
three children: James >!.. born Dec. 31, 
1857; Albert, born Oct. 20. 18(i7. and Walter, 
born Sept. 24, 1870. He owns 110 acres of 
land, which, for fertilitj- of soil and im- 
provement, will compare with any in the 



township. He is a Republican, a member 
of the Christian church, and one of the well- 
to-do farmers of the county. 
Erthman .Tacob. farmer; see. 8: P. O. Lima. 
Ksbom John, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Lima. 
Eshom P. L. farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Lima. 



FAAVBrSH .l<»H3f H.. farmer; 
Sec. 13; P. O. Lima; was born in Washing- 
ton county, Tenn., March 19, 1815 ^ came to 
this county in 1833 ; was married three times. 
His first wife was Miss Stacy Orr, to whom 
he was married in 1834. By this marriage 
he has had six children, only four of whom 
are living. She died in August 1871. His 
second wife was Mrs. JIary Carmine, to 
whom he was married in June, 1874. By 
this marriage he had one child. She died 
in Feb., 1870. His third and present wife 
was Miss Sarah Elizabeth Richardson, to 
whom he was married in October, 1876. By 
this marriage he has one child. He owns 
160 acres of land in a high state of cultiva- 
tion, elegantly improved, abundantly sup- 
plied with fruit, and very valuable. He is 
Democratic, and one of the old, energetic 
and industrious citizens who have been so 
conducive to the county's improvement. 
FawbUBh Sarah. P. O. Lima. 
Finkhoas H. .\. farmer; sec. -J; P. O. Tioga. 

FORSKE BEXJ.4.3IIX W., 

Physician and Surgeon; P. O. Lima: was 
born in Clarlve county. Mo., Sept. 28, 1838; 
caine to this county in 1867; w.as married to 
Miss L. J. Tate, in March, 1865. She was 
born iu Scotland county, Missouri. They 
have four children, all daughters. He owns 
some valuable town property in Lima, well 
improved, supplied with fruit, and very val- 
uable. He studied his profession in Lewis 
county. Mo., and graduated in Keokuk, Iowa, 
in 1867, and also in the Missouri Medical 
College at St. Louis in 1872. He has been 
practicing his profession since 1867, and has 
by close attention built himself up an en- 
viable reputation, and lucrative business. 
He is Democratic in politics, and a member 
of the Christian church. 

Free J.N. farmer: sec. 10; P. O. Tioga. 
Fry J. •!. farmer: sec. 12; P. O. Loraine. 



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Gallemore W. D. farmer: sec. 35; P. O. Lima. 
Geier Matt, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Tioga. 



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GERHARUT GEO., farmer; Sec. 
3; P. O. Tioga, Hancock county; was born 
in Germany, Sept. 23, 1826; was educated in 
tlic schools of his native country, and also 
learned the jewelers' trade. In 1S50 he em- 
igrated to this country and settled in New- 
ark, New Jersey, where he was married in 
1852 to Miss Catherine Doel, a native of 
Germany. After a residence of nine years 
in Newark, he moved to Central City, Col- 
orado, in ltj64, and made that his home until 
1874, when he came back and settled and 
began improving the beautiful farm on 
which he now resides, containing 108 acres 
which will compare with any in the town- 
ship. He has seven children, three sons and 
four daughters. Is Republican in politicsi 
and one of the large and well-to-do farmers 
of the county. 

Olanz Jacob, farmer; sec. 2; P.O. Tioga. 
Greeley Samuel, farmer; sec. "23; P. O. Lima. 



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Hable Geo. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Lima. 
Harness Joseph, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Lin^a. 
Harness Wm. farmer; sec. ".1; P. O. Lima. 
Harris David, farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Loraine. 
Harris Wm. farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Loraine. 
Basl^iDS Oliver, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Tioga. 
Hayden (i. W. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Lima. 
Hess James, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Lima. 
Hightower Wm. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Lima. 

HIGGI?VS JAMES, farmer; Sec. 
24; P. O. Lima; was born in Dutchess 
county, New York, Nov. 18, 1847. In 1852 
he, with his parents, moved west and settled 
in Lima township, Adams county, Illinois, 
where he received his early education. In 
1870, he was married to Miss Elizabeth P. 
Orr (daughter of William and Martha Orr 
of this township). They have two children : 
JjUcy, born April 5, 1876, and the baby, born 
Oct. 28, 1878. He owns 165 acres of land, 
which will compare favorably with any in 
the county. He is a Democrat, and one of 
young, energetic, and industrious citizens of 
the county to whom it looks for a continu- 
ance of its present prosperity. 
Hill Davis, farmer; sec. i; P. O. Quincy. 

HILL. HENRY D„ farmer; Sec. 1; 
P. O. Lima; was born on the farm he now 
resides on Dec. 14, 1844. His early edu- 
cation was obtained in the schools of Lima, 
and in 1867 was married to Miss Adelia 
Leeper, of this township. They have four 



children, three sons and one daughter. He 
is cultivating the old homestead, which con- 
tains eighty acres in a high state of per- 
fection, and very valuable. He is Demo- 
cratic in politics, and a member of the 
Methodist church. He is Commissioner of 
Public Highways, and one of the young, 
energetic and industrious sons of the county 
to whom it looks for a continuance of its 
present prosperity. 

Hill J. B. P. O. Lima. 
Hoemer John, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Tioga. 
Uolden John, farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Loraine. 
Holden Wm. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Loraine. 
Hoskins Oliver, Jr. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Tioga. 
Hoskios Zelonia, sec. 17; P. O. Lima. 
Hopkins Robert, farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Lima. 
Howard R. farmer; aec 1 ; P. O. Loraine. 
Howland C. farmer; sec 1; P. O. Loraine. 

HCTCHESOX JOHN W., far- 
mer; Sec. 21; P. O. Lima; was born in 
Logan county, Ky., Jan. 5, 1844 ; when he 
was but three years old his parents moved 
west and settled in Hancock county. 111., 
where he received his early education, and 
in Nov. 24, 1868, was married to Miss Maiy 
Anna Wallace, a native of Jefferson county, 
Ky. They have two children, Hattie Flor- 
ence, and Cora Ellen. He owns 165 acres of 
land, which, for fertility of soil and im. 
provcments, will compare favorably with 
any in the township. He is Democratic in 
politics, and one of the large and well-to-do 
farmers of the county. 



Ireland Joseph, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Lima. 



Jackson Alonzo, farmer; sec. 2:3; P. O. Lima. 
Jacobs F. M. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Lima. 
Jacobs J. M. farmer; sec. 18: P. O. Lima. 
Jordan J. P. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Lima. 



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Kcath Adam, P. O. Lima. 
Kelly Aaron, farmer; sec. 2; P O. Loraine. 
Kemery Ucnry, farmer; sec. S; P. O. Lima. 
Kemery John, farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Tioga. 
Kerns Thomas, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Loraine. 
Keshler J. H. farmer; sec. 11 ; P. O. Tioga. 
Ketcham Daniel, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Tioga. 
KUIiam John, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Lima. 
Killiam Nancy, sec. 18; P. O. Lima. 

KIRKPATRICK FRANCIS 

A., merchant, Lima; was born in Ursa 
township, Dee. 8, 1844: was married to Miss 



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IIISTOEY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Cj'uthia McCrtery in September, 1875. She 
was born in Hancock county, 111. The)' 
have two children, James A. and Emma F. 
He is senior of the firm of Kirkpatrick & 
McCreery, dealers in dry goods, groceries, 
boots and shoes, etc., at Lima, and has, by 
close attention to business and fair dealing, 
built himself up an enviable reputation and 
lucrative business. He owns some valuable 
business and residence proi)erty, centrally 
located and very valuable, in Lima. He i^ 
Republican in politics, and a member of the 
Christian church, and one of the energetic 
and industrious citizens of the county. 

Erabel Geo. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Lima. 
Eropp Geo. farmer; Bcc. 4; P. O. Tioga. 



Leeper T. P. farmer; see. 3; P. O. Lima. 
Leeper J. C. farmer; sec. 2 ; P. O. Lima. 
Lemmons Sarah, eec. 21; P. O. Lima. 
Linenberger H. farmer; eec. 3; P. O. Tio^a 
Lynch Patrick, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Lima. 
Lynum S. farmer; sec. C6; I'. O. Lima. 



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McAdams F. .T. former; sec. 'At; P. O. Lima. 
Mc.\dara8 John, farmer; sec. I'.l; P.O. Lima. 
McAdams Nathan, farmer; eec. 20; P. O. Lima. 
McAdams Samuel; P. O. Lima. 
McCarl David, farmer; sec. tfi; 1'. O. Tioga. 
McCormack M. f.irmer; sec. 1; P.O. Loraiue. 
McCormick Wm. farmer; eec. 14; P. O. Loiaiuc. 
McCune Benj. farmer; eec. 10; P. O. Lima. 
McCullough Hugh, farmer; eec. ;i; P. O. Lima 
McKcnzle Wm. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Loraiue. 
MeKinney \V. .7. farmer; soc. ID: P. O. Lima. 
McWilliams .1. farmer; eec. 13; P. O. Loraine. 
Morkley M. farmer; sec. ii; P. O. Lima. 
Marehall G. W. physician; P.O.Lima. 
Martin .lohn, farmer; sec. 3: P. O. Tioga. 
Marlin .John, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Lima; ' 
MichaelJames, farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Lima. 

MITCHKIil. 1>AVII>. farmer; Sec. 
10; P.O. Tioga, ;Haucock county. The sub- 
ject of this sketch was born in the County 
Tyrone, Ireland, Feb. 20. 1S06; was edu- 
cated in the schools of his na'ive country; 
and in 1846 emigrated to this country and 
settled in Washington county, Ohio. On 
Jan. 1, 1850, he was married to Miss Re- 
becca Wakefield, of Belmont county, Ohio. 
They have four children, two fons and two 
daughters. In 1865 he removed to this 
county, and has been a citizen ever since. 
He owns 290 acres of land. lie is Demo- 
cratic in politics, and a member of the 



M. E. church; and is to-day one of the large 
and well-to-do farmers of the county, not- 
withstanding he began life poor. 

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Nash E. farmer; eec. 1"; P. O. Loraine. 
Neall Thos. farmer; sec. 20; P. O Lima. 
Neebitt .1. farmer; gee. 18; P. O. Lima. 
Neebitl Wm. M. farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Lima. 
Nicholson Mary, P. O. Lima. 
Nicholson M. A. P. O. Lima. 

NITTT ISAAC\ farmer: Sec. 10; P.O. 
Tioga, Hancock county. The subject of 
this sketch was born in Trumbull county, 
Ohio, April 15, 1820. He received his early 
education in the schools of his native coun- 
ty. He was married in 1844 to Miss Lucy 
Ann Cra)'8, a native of the same county as 
her husband. They have had nine children, 
seven sons and two daughters. In 1846 he 
moved west and settled in Adams county, 
111., where he owns 200 acres of land which, 
for fertility of soil, will compare favorably 
with any in the township. Has been Town- 
ship Collector, and also Commissioner of 
Highways, and is one of the enterprising 
and well-to-do farmers of the township. 
Niitt .John, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Tioga. 



Oatman John, farmer; sec. 1; P. 0. Loraine. 
Orr F. O. farmer; eec. 23; P. O. Lima. 

OKlt GRAYSOX, farmer; Sec. 24; 
P. O. Marcelline; was born in Bourbon 
county, Ky., Feb. 16, 1810; in the spring of 
1822, moved to Boone cdunty. Mo., where 
he lived until he removed to this county, in 
January, 1830. He was married in October, 
1838, to Miss Mary J. Wood, daughter of 
John C. Wood (deceased), of this county. 
They have five children, four sons and one 
daughter. He owns 100 acres of land which, 
for fertility of soil and improvements, will 
compare favorably with any in the township. 
He is Democratic in politics, has been 
Supervisor of Lima township for some 
eight years, and is to-day one of the well- 
to-do farmers of the township, notwith- 
standing he began life in very moderate 
circumstances. 
Orr G. W. fiirmer ; sec. IT; P. O. Lima. 

OR It S.VVIL. farmer Sec. 17; P. O. 
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Feb. 10, 1828. In 1836 he, with his parents, 
moved west and settled in Lima, where he 
received his early education. In 1849 he 
went to California, and lived there until the 
fall of 1851, when he returned home and 
went back again in 1853. this time remaining 
some eight years, meeting with moderate 
success. On March 17, 1863, he was married 
to Miss Elizabeth Eshom, daughter of Dan- 
iel Eshom, of this town.ship. They have 
four children, three sons and one daughter. 
He owns 160 acres of land, which will com- 
pare favorably with any in the township. 
He is Democratic in politics, and a member 
of the Christian church; has been School 
Trustee some four years, and is one of the 
enterprising farmers of the county. 
Orr Wm. M. farmer; sec. '23; P. O. Lima. 
Orr Willie, P. O. Lima. 
Owry A. J. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Loraine. 



Painter Sasan. eec. 3; P. O. Lima. 
Perry J. E. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Lima. 
Poller J. W. farmer; sec. 3C>\ P.O. Lima. 
Potter 8. farmer; sec. 5: P. O. Lima. 
Powell C. K. farmer; sec. -25; P. O. Lima. 
Prepot A. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Lima. 

KG.4GUK COXXER J., farmer 
and stock dealer; Sec. 13; P. O. Lima. He 
was born in Rappahannock county, Va., May 
21, 1831 ; in 1852 moved west and settled in 
Piatt county, Mo. In 1864 he moved to 
Adams county. 111., and on Jan. 25, 1871, he 
was married to Mrs. Ellen Barton, a native 
of this county. The fruit of this man-iage 
is three children, one son and two daughters. 
She had by her previous marriage four chil- 
dren, two sous and two daughters. He owns 
100 acres of laud, which for fertility of soil and 
improvement, will compare with au}- in the 
township. He is Democratic in politics, and 
a member of the Baptist church. He is also 
a member in high standing in the Masonic 
Fraternity, and one of the energetic and en- 
terprising farmers of the township. 
Reed .James, farmer; sec. 3; P.O.Tioga. 
Robertson Cyrus, farmer; sec. 13; P. 0. Loraine. 
Ross Zed. O. P.O. Lima. 



Sauble George, farmer; sec. il; P. O. Lima. 
Scbnltz John, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Tioga. 
SelbyJ. H. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Lima. 
.Sclby J. M. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Lima. 



SEI.BY LEWIS v., farmer; Sec; 
13; P. O. Lima. He was born in Bourbon 
county, Ky., Aug. 1, 1820; came to this 
county in 1841 ; was married three times. 
His first wife was Miss Milly Dazy, to whom 
he was married Sept. 15, 1843. By this mar. 
riage he had two children, one son and one 
daughter. She died in 1854. His second 
wife was Miss Annie Bolt, to whom he was 
married April 1, 1868 ; by this marriage, two 
children, one sou and one daughter. She 
died in Februar}-, 1870. His third, and pres- 
ent, wife was Miss Milly Orr, to whom he 
was married Dec. 1, 1877. She was born in 
Bourbon county, Ky., Aug. 14, 1819. He 
owns 136 acres of land, in a high state ol 
cultivation, supplied with fruit and very val- 
uable. He is Democratic in politics, and a 
member of the M. E. church, and one of the 
energetic citizens who have been conducive 
to the county's welfare. 
Seward Samuel, farmer; sec. li. P. O. Loraine. 
Shipe Isaac, farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Lima. 
Shipe Jacob, P. 0. Lima. 
Shipe J. H. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Lima. 
Shipe Daniel, larmer; sec. 1; P. O. Lima. 
Shipe Henry, farmer; sec. 0; P. O. Lima. 

SHIlLTZ HARVY B., farmer; 
See. 25; P. O. JIarcelline. He was born in 
Ursa township, Feb. 12, 1847 ; was educated 
in the schools of that township. In the 
spring of 1805 he enlisted in Co. G, of the 
58th Regt. 111. Inf , and served till the close 
of the w^ar. On the 13th of May, 1873, he 
was married to Miss Harriet M. Orr, daugh- 
ter of Grayson Orr, of this township. They 
have had two children, only one of whom is 
now living : Wm. Henry, born Feb. 23, 1874. 
He owns 110 acres of land, which for soil 
will compare with anj' in the township. He 
is Democratic in politics, and School Direc- 
tor. He has been constable of Ursa for two 
years, and is one of the young, energetic and 
industrious sons of the county. 

SliATTERY CHAS. I., farmer; 
Sec. 17 ; P O. Lima. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Hancock county, 111., 
near Warsaw, June 10, 1848. He is the only 
son of John Slattery (deceased), of Hancock 
county. In August, 1871, he moved to Lima 
township, Adams county, .and purchased 
and began improving the beautiful farm on 
which he now resides. In June of the 
same year, he was married to >Iiss Nancy 
Snyder, daughter of A. J. and Martha A. 



Sb4: 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Snyder, of this township, who was born 
July 10. 1846. They have one cliiUi Jesse, 
born Feb. 11), 1S72. He owns eiirhty-nine 
acres of hind, which will compare with any 
in the county. In ISGl, he enlisted in the 
2d Kiui. C'av., and served three years. He 
is Republican in politics, and one of the 
young and well-to^io farmers of the town- 
ship. 

Simpson Ben), farmer; sec. 13; P. O Loratne. 
Snyder A. J. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Lima. 
Snyder i'hilip, farmer; sec. 44; P. O. Lima. 

SPEXCER O. PEBRY, mcr- 
chiint; l.in\a: was horn in this township, 
March 10, ItvlT; w;is married to Miss Ela- 
dore Carter, Sept. 10, 187;1. She wsts born in 
AYalker township, Hancock county. 111., 
Dec. 12, 18.52. They have two children: 
AUie P., born June 25, 1S74, and Jessie 
Evelyn, born Oct. 1, 187(i. He owns some 
very valuable business and residence prop- 
erty in the town of I.ima, centrally locatetl. 
He is rcputilican in politics, jmd a member 
of the yi. E. church. He is one of the 
energetic and industrious citizens of the 
county, to whom it owes its present, and 
looks for its future, prosperity. He is at 
present engagetl in merchandising, in a gen- 
eral line of dry-gooils, groceries, boots and 
shoes, etc. 

Splcer Kancer, farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Loraiiie. 
Sprinkle L. farmer; sec. 15; P O. Tioga. 
Stafford .\nn; P. O. Lima. 
Stansberry Margaret; P. O. Lima. 
Stewart .lohn; P. O. Lima. 
Strickland Anna; sec. 33; P. O. Lima. 



Tripp .\lTin, farmer; sec 5: P O. Tioga. 
Tliurnton L. L. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Lima. 
Tripp RnfUs, farmer: sec ."•; P. O. Tioga. 



V.\Xt'E n.VRqi 18 1»E LA- 
FAYETTE, merchant : Lima; was 
born in this town, Oct. (i, 1840; was marrieil 
to ^liss Catherine Clarke, July 26, 1867. 
She was lH>rn in Hancock county, this State. 
They have two children, Eddie Curtis and 
Freddie. He owns a valuable business 
property, with dwelling attached, in Lima, 
and is doing a tine business in drugs, dry- 
goods, and grticeries, imd has, by close at- 
tention and fair dealing, built himself up a 



very lucrative business. He is a Repub- 
lican, and a member of the SL E. church. 
He is one of the young, energetic, and in- 
dustrious citizens who are so conducive to 
the county's welfare and prosperity. 

YAXHORX GEO. W., farmer; 
Sec. 21 ; P.O. Lima; was l>orn in Bucks 
county, Penn., June 17, 1826, where he re- 
ceived his early education. In 1845, he 
moved west, and settled in Adams county, 
111., where he wivs married, in August, 1846, 
to Miss Elizabeth Vinson, who wsis born in 
Ohio, Feb. 20, 1828. They have had twelve 
children, ten of whom are now living, three 
sons and seven daughters: Joseph M., born 
Oct. 25, 1847 (died Jan. 22, 1852) ; Geo. L., 
born Oct. 9, 1850; Mary Ann .\mclia, born 
Jan. 25, 1853; Clara D., born Jiui. 26, 1856; 
Emma E., born April 4. 1858; VCm. Jolrn 
Dajton, born May 5, 1859; Harretl Lydia, 
bom Oct, 18, 1861; Ida, bom June 9, 1864; 
Ada Ma3', born Xov. 5, 1865 : llaUane, bom 
Feb. 8, 1867 (died July 11, 1869); Luciuda 
Olive, born June 20, 1869, and Richard 
Grant, born March 9, 1871. He owns 100 
acres of land. He is Republican in politics, 
iuid a member of the M. E. chuR'h, imd is 
now one of the iironiinent farmcre of the 
township. He began life in moderate cir- 
cumstjuiccs. 

YIERHELL.ER € H A R L E i$. 

Postmaster; Lima; was born in Gcrnumy, 
Xov. 8, 18;!2; received his early education 
in the schools of his native country, and, in 
1852, emignited to this country, smd settleil 
in Columbus, Ohio, where he lived two 
years, and, for the next three years, traveled 
about from one phice to another. In 1857, 
he settled in Wiirsjiw, 111., where he was 
married, in 1858, to Miss Annie E. Ehler, a 
native of the same country as her husband. 
They liave had six children, four of wliom 
are now living, two sons and two daughters. 
His wife died. Feb. 11, 1877. He owns a 
valuable property in the town ot Lima. He 
is a Republican, find is at present Post- 
master of Lima, which office he has held 
for two years ; was commissioned 2d Lieu- 
tenant of the 8th Regt. .Mo. Inf. in June, 
1861. and was afterward promoted to 1st 
Lieutenant of the same regiment ; served 
some two years, during which time he took 
pjirt in the battles of Fort Donaldson, Rus- 
sel's House before Corinth, Champion Hill, 




cx(^^Z/t .=>/J 



LIMA TOWNSHIP 



866 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



was married to Miss Martha S. llines, a 
native ol" Wayne county, Ky. He owns 111, 
acres of very valuable laiul, well improved. 
He is Republican in politics; has been Su- 
pervisor of the township several teri\is, 
also Coiumissiouerol" Highways iu Lima for 
a number of years, and is now one of the in- 



fluential, enterprising farmers of the county. 
Workman Ph.i'ho, sec. 9; P. O. Llmi. 
Wood I(el>ecca. 1'. O. Lima. 

Y 

Yate!« Henry, ftirmi-r; sec. 16; P. O, Tlofa. 
Y«te» Jolin. farmur; sec. 14; P.O. Loraine. 
Younj! Absalom. f.irmiT; ace. W; P. O. Lima. 



KEENE TOWNSHIP. 



Achepohl, farmer: see. 11; P. O ni);Neck. 
Adair Richard, farmer; «ec. IV; P. O. I.orainc. 
AloxaDder John, farmer; sec. SO; P. O. Loralne. 
-Vnrtr.'ws David, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Loraine. 
Andrews James, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Loraine. 
AndrowsS J. farmer; «ec Si ; P. O . Loraine. 

.\XI»KI<:W8 W I 1. 1. 1 A M A.. 

farmer; Sec. ;!0; P. O. Mendon; was born 
in Adams county, Penu., dct. 17, 1S4!); 
came to this county with his parents in 1855. 
His father settled in Mendon township, 
where he bought a farm. Mr. A. married 
Sarali \Viloo.\ in 1S74. She was born in 
Adams county, in 1S.51. They had one 
child, James T., born March 10, 187,"). Mr. 
A. has ninety-six acres of land, about 
seventy-tive acres under good cultivation, 
worth |;;!,000. 

Arnold V. peddler; sec.*!; P. O. lilg Neck. 
Austin Daniel, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Loraine. 

Ai;STIX PETKR «i., farmer; Sec. 
19 ; P. O Mendon; was born in Wayne county, 
N. Y., Aug. 5, 1837; married Miss Phiebe 
J. Kly, April 7, 1864. She was born in 
Adams county, JIarch 10, 1842. They had 
four children. Mr. A.'s father tirst settled 
on section 8, Honey Creeli township, in 
April, 18311. Mr. A. can remember well 
when they did plowing with an o.\ team; 
went to mill near Quincy (Leonard JFill) 
with oxen usually, taking iwodays to make 
the tri|) (Quincy, at that lime, was their 
only market) ; remembers his father carrying 
white beans there, and only being ofl'ereii 
twenty five cents per busliel, informed them 
he would live on bean soup awhile before 
he would sell them at that price; owns 127 
acres of land, 100 under cultivation worth 
15,000. 



AirSTIX^ W1l.1.1.\n B.. farmer; 
Sec. 30; P. (). Meudon; was horn In .Vdams 
county. Sept. .">, 184(>; married Mi=s Mary 
Wilcox, Xov. 12, 1874. She was born in 
Adams county, June 5, 1855. They have 
had three children, two living. Mr. A.'s 
parents came to Adams county in 1841, from 
New York; tirst settled in -Mendon town- 
ship. They had six children, three living. 
The subject of this sketch owns 155 acres 
of land, 120 under cultivation, valued at 
|(i,200. 



lt.4II.KY AI.FltKI» K.. farmer; 
See. 3ti; P. O. Coatsburg; was born iu Kast 
Tennessee, July 25, 1835; came with his 
parents to Adams county in 1838. His 
father first settled near Coatsburg, where he 
made his tirst improvements, and raised his 
family. Mr. B. married Miss Sarah J. 
White, June, 18G1. She was born in Ala- 
bama, in 183!). They have had ten children, 
eight living. Owns 160 acres of land, 120 
under good cultivation, worth $6,400. Mr. 
H.'s father was one of the tirst settlers in 
Henry C'teek township; died JIareh 5, 187!», 
at the age of 76. Mr. 15. enlisted in .\ugust, 
1862, in Co. K., T8th Uegt. Ills. Inf.; served 
as Corporal, Sergeant iMajor, and 2il 
Lieutenant; was commissioned 1st Lieu- 
tenant in the lOSHh United States Col'd Inf.; 
Was in the service three years; was at the 
surrender of Appomatox. lie is Justice of 
the Peace. 

lt.4.XK»i JOHX .1., merchant; resi- 
dence. Loraine; was born in Adair county 
Ky., in 1833; came to Illinois with his 
parents in 1839; married Miss Margaret A. 
Thompson, \u 1854; came to Adams county 



KKKNIO I)II£K("I()ICV. 



857 



In 1H74. He bus Bcvcnty acres of land, 
nearly all unilur culllvaliou ; embarked in 
the iMcroanlile buhinoHH in 1878; keeps a 
general Hloek of dry jroodH, booU iindHboeB. 
Mr. B. cnliMled in tlie7lh Kcfl. Mo. Oiv., as 
mu8i(ti(in, and served in the, (iuarlerniablcr'H 
Deparlincnl two years; was honorably dia- 
charj-ed HepUniber, 18(15. Mr. and Mrs. 15. 
have had eiuht ohlldren, four now living. 
Ituer Nlinrort, rariiuijlcr: hoc. «1; P. O. Loralnu. 

KKMTON JOKIi, farmer; Hec. 81-, 
r. O. .Mendon; was born in Nev^ Haven 
county, Conn.,. Ian. ;M, IM12; was married to 
MiMB Lois l{. Dudley, .May 0, 18;i I. She was 
born in Conncclicul, in 1811. She died in 
AdaniH county, Nov. 1, 18liH. For his second 
wife he married Miss Celia Weld, July Si8, 
1844. Mr. n. came to the county in 18;M; 
entered the land where he now resides; 
there was but little iniprovenienlH in thai 
part of the county when he came. 'I'liere 
was a few settlers along the limber. Men- 
don was just laid out, being one black- 
smith shop, and that was what composed 
Mendon; and at Ihal lime there was only 
one frame store building in t^uincy. Mr. IJ. 
came to Keene township with some spare 
money, and has been iuslruinental in mak- 
ing, more improvements in Keene and ad- 
Joining townships than any other citizen. 
He has been Supervisor several times; was 
Justice of the I'eace eighteen years; had 
one son by first marriage, born Sept. 38, 
1835. 

Blackmail James, farmer; sec. 7; P. O, Loralne. 
Browulcy Maria, rice. 32; P. O. Lorulne. 



Cain Ellen J. nee. i;; P. O. Loraliie 

CAIX .lAMKS, .ianner; Sec. 10; 
P. O. Loraine ; was born in Coshocton county, 
Ohio, May 5, 182."); came to Adams county 
in 1849; married Miss Ellen J. Foxwell, 
Feb. 10, 1850. She was born in Gloucester 
county, Va., Jan. 18, 1820. They have hud 
four children: Aaron, born Xov. 10, 18.50; 
Isabella, born April 7, 18.0:i; John W., bom 
March 2:^, 18.55, and James H., born Oct. 25, 
18.57. Aaron died Sept. 28, 1851. Mr. Cain 
came to the place he now owns in 1800; 
has made most of the improvements. lie 
owns 700 acres of land (000 acres under cul- 
tivation), worth |80,4<K), besides jjroperty in 



liorainc. Mr. Cain came here a poor boy, 
but, by hard work and strict economy, has 
iu:cumiilated a lliii! property. 

(.'«miil)C!ll .John, fanner; nee. «; P. O. Big Neck. 
CarusKiiO. A. )uittlce of the peace; sec. 18; P. O. 

liOrulne. 
Ceill II<;riry, farmer: «ec. ID; I'. O. Loralne. 
I lark .lomq/ti. pcdilliir; ihm:, Vi: I'. O. I^oratne. 

<;<>FFII';iJ» .1 .\ :?l KM. Physician; 
P. O. Loralne; was born in Adams county, 
Aug. 21, 18:i8; attcniled iliHlrid school until 
he was twenty years old, then went to (^uincy 
College three years, un<l the next two winters 
taughtdistrictschool. He married Aurilla U. 
AUins, May4, 1805. Sin- was born in Ve- 
nango county, Penn,, Jan. '■',, 1840. ILul four 
children, two living. He began the study of 
medicine in 1871, and graduatxjd in the Cin- 
cinnati Kclectlc. Medical College in 1874. 
He practiced meilicine in Loraine in 1874. 
In the winters of 1874-5 he attended the 
medical college at Keokuk, Iowa, and prac- 
liced the next summer; also attended the 
Anwrican Medical College at St. Louis. 
Since that time he has been engaged in the 
drug business in Loraine, and pra<;ticing his 
profession. He has been Postmaster since 
1878. He owns 175 acres of land (100 under 
cultivation), worth $8,7-50. 

Conrad Adam, farmer; «ec.8; P. O. Loralne. 
Crabtrue Abel, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Woodvllle. 
Cralj; V. A. farmer; ncc 14; P. O. Loralne. 
Crank Nancy E. «cc. IS; P. O. Loralne, 
CrayuH. 11, farmer; oec. S; P. O. Loralne. 
C'rayB Martin, farmer; «cc. 1; P. O. Woodvllle. 
Crolte John W. farmer; «cc, IJ; P.O. Loralne. 
cubbage J. H, farmer; «ec II; P. O, I,or«lne, 
CnbbaKe Wm. farmer; «ec. Vi; P. O. Loratne. 
CarlenB tl, farmer; Dec. IS; P.O. Loraine. 

CI:HI-KW>* .IOIIX, farmer; Sec. 
;i2; I'. O. Loraine; was born in (/'lermont 
county, Ohio, Sept. 10, 182:); married Miss 
Kachael Seals. May 28, 1840. She was born 
in the same county, Feb. 22, 1820; had one 
child born in Ohio; came to Adams county 
in 1850. They have had eight children born 
in this county, four boys and four girls, Mr. 
Curless first settled on section -fl in Feb- 
ruary, 1879.' He owns 228 acres ol land on 
section 22 Weighty under cultivation), and 100 
in section 32, worth about $9,200. He and 
his wife are members of the M. V,. church. 
Their oldest daughter is married and lives 
in Kansas. Two sons are married and live 
on the homestead. 



858 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



Deanvester J. C. fanner; sec. 5; P. o. Loraine 
Donnelly Henry, farmer; sec. 25; P. o. Big Neck. 



Eddy Esther, section :S0; P. Q. Loraine. 
Eddy E. H. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Loraine. 
Edmonston E. farmer; sec. 31; P. Q. Loraine 



Farmer Sallie, sec. 21; P. Q. Loraine. 
Felgar John, farmer; sec. 32; P. o. Loraine 
Fletcher Ephraim, farmer; sec. 34: P. O. Loraine 
Fleming George, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Loraine 
Fleming Thomas, farmer; sec. 33; P. o. Loraine 
Foster Mrs. Wm. sec. id ; P. o. Loraine 
Frammel Eliza E. sec. 14; P. O. Loraine. 
Frederick J. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. WoodvUle. 



6 



GamerJ ames. farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Loraine. 
Gibson Jas. farmer; sec. -^4; P. O. Big Neck 
Gilmer Sarah, sec. 3->; P. o. Loraine. 
Qoodnow Henry, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Loraine 
Grosh Mrs. E. I. sec. S6; P. O. Loraine 
Gnseman D. E. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Loraine. 

GLSEMAX WIW.IAM A., far- 
mer; Sec. 17; P. O. Loraine; ^vas born in 
West Virginia, Oct. 25, 1827 ; came to Adams 
county in 1858; married Miss Laverua E 
Breneman, Dec. 8, 1868. She was born in 
West Vir-inia, Dec. 4, 1839. One child, 
Wilham II., wlio was born May 20, ISTo' 
Mr. G. lias 100 acres of land, sixty acres' imder 
good cultivation, worth .t.'f.OOO. Mr. Guse- 
man's father settled on Sec. 16, where he lived 
and died, Mr. G. remaining with him until 
his death. He then moved on to Sec. 17 
where he now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Guse- 
man are members of tlie M. E. church. Mrs 
Guseman's father and mother came to Han- 
cock county in 1843. Her mother died in 
1854, and her father in 1866. 



HAtSEY WILEY, fanner; Sec. 
2!l; P. O. Loraine; was born in Meigs Co 
Ohio, Sept., 1862; came to Adams countv in 
1846; settled on the iilace tliat lie now owns- 
married .Miss .Vnu J. Boyd. She Wiis boni 
m Indiana, and died November, 1872. Second 
marriage; Patience E. Andrew. They have 
two children: Margaret May, and Hannah 
H. Mr. H. made all the improvements on 



the homestead, and has seen the ups and 
downs of a iiew country. Owns 273 acres of 
hind, 115 under good cultivation. Has a fine 
residence, and his property is worth $11,000. 
Mr. II. recollects the first school house in 
his district, it was a log house just over the 
. line of Honey Creek townshij). 

HARDY BAPTIST, farmer; Sec. 
39; P. O. Loraine; was born ic Adams Co., 
Oct., 21, 1850; married Miss Mar>- J. Stowe' 
, March 1, 1871. She was born iii Hancock 
county in 1852. Have had four children 
three living. Mr. H. is the youn-est of a 
family of nine cliildren. His father came to 
Adams county in 1827; was among the. 
earliest settlers in this part of the county 
He died July 22, 1873. His mother died Aug. 
11, 1876. They raised their family of nine 
children, all of which are still living. Owns 
180 jicies of land, ninety under cultivation 
worth *7,000. Hiis held the office of CoL 
lector for two terms in the township. 

HARDY GEOR(JE. farmer; Sec. 
30; P. O. Loraine; was born in Tenn., Dec. 
13, 1821; came to Adams county in 1831 
with his father; settled on Sec. 30, in this 
township; married Miss Mary Frederick in 
1842. She was born on Long Island, New 
York, in 1820. Have had seven children, 
four living; two living in Kno.x county, Mis! 
souri. Mr. H. has seen the county from its 
•infancy to its present state of cultivation; 
owns 1,000 acres of land, 410 in this town- 
ship, about 300 under cultivation. Mrs. H 
is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. H. 
settled on Sec. 17 .is early as 1846, and made 
improvement-s there. 

H.\RDY J<»KEPH P., farmer; Sec. 
31: P. O. >Uiidon; was born in Adams Co., 
Jan. 6, 1837; is Ihe fifth child of Baptist 
Hardy (deceased), who came to this county 
in 1827, and settled on Sec. 31, of this town- 
ship, in 1831, where he and family lived until 
his death, which occurred July 22, 1873. 
His father entered 160 jicres of land on Sec. 
31, made the improvements, and raised a 
large family. The subject of this sketch 
married C^asandra McClung in 1858. She 
was born in Ohio, Oct. 17, 1833. Seven chil- 
dren are the fruits of of this maiTiage, five 
of wliicli are still living. Jlr. H. owns 218 
acres of l;md, MO under cultivation, worth 
#10,900. 



KEENE DIRECTORY. 



859 



Hardy Sarah, sec. 32; P. O. Loraine. 

Hart .\mo8, farmer; sec. J4: P. O. Big Neck. 

Hart II. D. farmer; sec. 22; P. O Loraine. 

H A R T M A N AI.EXAXDKR, 

farmtr; Sec. 3; P.O. Luraine; was boru in 
Adams county, May 21, 1840; married Miss 
Sarah L. Spicer. She was born in Adams 
county, Oct. 28, 184:3. They have five chil- 
dren, all living, two boys and three girls. 
Mr. Hartman was elected Supervisor first in 
1868, also held the office of Collector, Justice 
of the Peace, and is now serving his second 
term as Supervisor. They have 160 acres of 
land, 125 under good cultivation, worth 
s;.3,500. Politics, Democrat. Mr. Hartman 
can remember well when he went to school, 
and setting on slabs with four legs for 
benches, and the same was used for writing 
desks, pins drove into the wall and the slabs 
laid on them, which constituted the furniture. 
Hartman Peter, farmer ; sec. -3 ; P. O. Loraine. 
Hatton -J. B. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Loraine. 
Hatton N. P. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Loraine. 

HAT TOST SAMirEL P., black- 
.smith; P. O. Loraine; was born in Adams 
county, Feb. 15, 1836 ; enlisted in Oct., 1861, 
in 3d Cal. Inf, and served three years; re- 
enlisted Dec. 1864, in the 2d Cal. Cavalry, 
and served until Jan. 3, 1866. He married 
Miss Sarah E. Riggs, April 1868, in Pike 
county, Missouri, where she was born. They 
have five children, all living. Mr. Hatton 
started the blacksmith business at Loraine 
in 1871, where he does general repairing; owns 
a house and lot in the village. Mr. Hatton 
ser\"ed on the frontier, and had many engage- 
ments with the Indians, but got oft' without 
a scratch. 

Hayden C. R. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Loraine 
Hendrickson Wm. stonemason; sec.32; P. O. Lo- 
raine. 
Howard Reason, farmer ; sec. 6; P. O. Loraine. 

HUDSOX THOMAS S., farmer 
and miller; Sec. 16; P. O. Loraine. He 
was born in Hungtingdon countj', Pa., June 
26, 1808 ; came with his parents to Portage 
countj', Ohio, remained there until 1838, 
then came to Adams county ; maiTied Miss 
Susannah Nutt, Feb. 11, 1829. She was born 
in Geauga county, Ohio, 1808. They had 
uine children, eight living. Mr. Hudson 
taught the first school In the old school- 
house on Sec. 16. He has been an active cit- 
izen, running a farm and mill, making all 
kinds of lumber and meal ; owns 247 acres of 



and,worth $9,800. Mr. Hudson held the office 
of School Director for sixteen years, and Jus- 
tice of the Peace eight years, and other local 
offices. 

Hnghes John, farmer; sec. 4: P. O. Loraine. 



•lenkins Deborah, sec. 32; P. O. Loraine. 



KaylorWm. farmer; sec. 14; P.O. Loraine. 
Kerlin .lohn. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Loraine, 
Ketchnm Sarah, sec. 1«; P. O. Loraine. 
Klatt .Martin, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Loraine. 
Knight John, farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Loraint 



Lee John A. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Loraine. 
Linn .John, farmer; sec. 12; P.O. Chili. Hancock 
county. 

IiO'\V.4RY D. P., agriculturist; 
residence, Loraine; was born in Coshocton 
county, Ohio, in April 1846 ; came to Adams 
county in 1850 ; enlisted in Co. D, 137th 111. 
Inf., in 1864; was discharged at Springfield 
the same year; married Miss Maria Crum 
June 30, 1872. She was born in Yonkers, 
N. Y., Aug. 28, 1850. They had four chil- 
dren, two now living. Mr. Lowary is in the 
agricultural insurance, and fruit tree busi- 
ness, also deals in wood and ties. He owns 
four acres of land in Loraine. and 160 in 
Missouri, worth ^1,600. 
Lynch M. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Loraine. 



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McCrXE LrEOXARD R.. farmer; 
Sec. 6; P. O. Loraine. He was born in 
Adams county, in 1842 ; married iliss Lydia 
Elston, Sept. 12, 1866. She was born in In- 
diana in 1848. They have had six children, 
five now living. Mr. McCune came from 
Ohio, and settled in l"rsa township for a 
short time ; thence he went to Keene town- 
ship, and made improvements on Sec. 0, 
where he still lives. His father and mother 
both died on the same place. He owns forty 
acres of land of the old homestead place, 
the balance belongs to the heirs, and will be 
sold this spring. 

McCune R. S. farmer; sec. ti; P. O. Loraine. 
McGindley M. farmer; eec. 35; P. O. Loraine. 
McKeuzie \Vm. farmer sec IS; P. O. Luraine 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COCSTT. 



ManloTe John, farmer: sec. \i; P. O. Loraine. 
Markley Wm. farmer; see. S; P. O. Woodville. 
Mason Andrew, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Luraine. 
^laeon Morgan, fanner; sec. 8; P. O. Loraine. 
Mitchell Hrs. N. hotel; P. O. Loraine. 



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NeleoD tieorge. farmer; ecc. 1; P. O. Chili. 
Nelson James, farmer ; sec. 1; P. O Chili. 
Nelson Robert, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Big Neck. 
Nichols Jas. farmer; sec. 12; P.O. Loraine. 

XOK JASPER, mercbaut; resi- 
dence, Woodville. He w:is born in Cham- 
paign county, Ohio, Oct. 8,1837; went to 
California in 1867, and to Kansas in 1870. 
He married Sliss Sarah E. McClintock. She 
■was born in Buchannan county, Mo., in 
1855. They have had three children, one 
now living. He came to Adams county 
in 1875; embarked in merchandizing in 
Woodville, September, 1878, and is doing a 
fair business ; enlisted Sept. 13, 1861, in Co. 
I, 42d Regt. Ohio Inf.: discharged Xovem. 
her, 1863, for disability. He owns the lot 
and building where he now resides. 
Nntt C. H. farmer; eec. 6; P. O. Loraine. 



O'Dear K. M. farmer: sec. -X: P. O. Big Neck. 
O'Dell Albert, famer; sec. 12; P. O. Loraine. 
O'Dell A. -M. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Loraine. 
O'Dell I. H. farmer; sec. 12; I'. O. Loraine. 



followed blacksmithing until the fiiU of 1862' 
when he enlisted in Co. F, of the 99th Regt. 
El. Inf., and served three 3-ears; was dis- 
charged at Quincy in 1865. Mr. Rettig went 
to Loraine in 1878, when he again embarked 
in the blacksmith business. He has a house 
and lot in Loraine. Their daughter died in 
Beacon Ridge, Hancock county. 111. 
Fiddle G. D. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Loraine. 
Kobertson C. E. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Loraine. 
Rogers Joel, farmer; sec- 20; P. O. Loraine. 
Rosenberger Geo. farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Loraine. 
' Boeenkrantz L. farmer; sec. 2; P. O Woodville. 
Rudden P. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Loraine. 
Rnffcorn John, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Loraine. 
Rntl'corD Lewis, farmer: sec. 2^; P. O. Loraine. 

Rl'lIBAVCrll \V. H„ farmer; Sec. 
17; P. O. Loraine; was born in Westmore- 
land county. Pa., Dec. 22, 1826 ; married 
Miss Hannah Weaver. She was born in 
same county, Nov. 3, 1825. They have had 
eight children, seven living, four boys and 
three girls. Mr. R. and family went to 
Wayne county, Ohio, in 1801 ; remained 
until the Fall of 1868, when they came 
to Adams oounly. Has 160 acres of land, 
135 under culivation. Held the office 
of Trustee in Wayne county, Ohio, for three 
years. Are members of the Lutheran church. 
Runyan Wm. farmer ; sec. 35; P. O. Loraine. 
Rust C. W. farmer; sec. 21: P. O. Loraine. 



Page E. C. farmer; sec. 2-1; P. O. Loraine. 
Patton J. D. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Woodville. 
Plttman Henry, farmer; sec. S3; P. O. Loraine. 
Pittman Lewis, farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Loraine. 
Pollock John, farmer; sec. 21 ; P. O. Loraine. 
Prather .\aron, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Woodville. 
PQror Wm. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Loraine. 



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Randolph BcUy, P. O. Woodville. 
Reeae J. S. farmer: sec. 27: P. O. Loraine. 
Reese Richard, farmer: sec. 34: P. o. Loraine. 
Reese S. S. farmer: sec. 27: P. O. Loraine. 
Reese W. H. farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Loraine. 

RETTIG FRANK, blacksmith; 
P. O. Loraine. He was born in Franklin 
county. Pa., Xov. 18, 1833; came with his 
parents to Adams county in 1838. He mar- 
ried Adeline Webb in 1855. She was born 
in Morgan coimty. 111., in 1831. They have 
had five children, four living. Mr. Rettig 



Sanderson James, farmer; sec. G; P. O. Loraine. 

8E.4.L.!$ DEXXIS, farmer; Sec. 27 ; 
P. O. Loraine. He is the third child and 
oldest son of James Seals, (deceased), who 
was the father of eleven children, all lived 
to be men and women, and married, ten now 
living. The subject of this sketch was born 
in Green county. Pa., .Tan. 11, 1814; came 
to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1817, and to 
Adams county in 1S37. He married Miss 
Mary J. Farmer, Jan. 21, is38. She was 
born in Clermont county, Ohio, May 15, 
1821. Ten children, six boys and four girls, 
seven now living. Mr S. first settled on 
Sec. 22, then on 27, where he has resMed 
since, and has seen the country from a 
wilderness up to its present state of culti- 
vation. When he came here, done their 
harvesting with reaping hooks and cradles; 
used puncheons for floors, clapboards for 
tables. His parents died in Adams county. 



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SEALS CHRISTOPHER, mer- 
chant : residence Loraine ; was born in Cler- 
mont county, Oliio, Feb. 23, 1831 ; came to 
Adams county in 1851 ; married Miss Marg- 
aret M. Lookmire in August, 1833. She was 
born in same county, Oct. 27, 183.5. They 
have two children: Rebecca Ann and Charlea 
H. Mr. Seals is an active man ; is mer- 
chandising and trading in railroad ties, 
farming, and raising stock; makes a spec- 
ialty in raising horses ; owns 263 acres of 
land, 200 under good cultivation, besides, 
owns live lots and three houses in Loraine. 
Politics, Democratic. 

SEAIiS JAMES 31., farmer ; Sec. 
22; P. O. Loraine; was born in Clermont 
county, Ohio, March 27, 1833. He is the 
tenth child and sixth son of James B. Seals 
(deceased) ; came to Adams county in 1S57; 
married Miss Mary Jane Ketchum, March 
16, 1859. She was born in Clermont county, 
Ohio, in Dec. 25, 1838. Three children, two 
daughters and one son. Mr. S. came to this 
county a poor man, and now owns fifty-live 
acres of land, thirtj' acres under cultivation. 
Has held local offices of trust, and always 
taken a lively interest in township and 
covmty aifairs. Politics, Democratic. 

SEAX,S JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 22 ; 
P. O. Loraine. He is the fourth child and 
second son of James Seals (.deceased) ; was 
born in Clermont county, Ohio, March 27, 
1819 ; came to Adams county in 1839; 
walked from Shawneetown to St. Louis; 
thence to Keene township. There was but 
a few settlers on the route from Shawnee- 
town to Keene township ; there was plenty 
of deer, wolves, and wild cats. Married 
Miss Catherine Cecil, Feb. 3, 18.53. She was 
born in Kentucky in Oct. 14, 1830. Came 
withfhis parents in an early day to Knox 
county, ni. Have had four children, three 
living. When ilr. S. first came, worked at 
his trade, bricklaying and plastering. Owns 
1-5.5 acres of land, 105 under cultivation, 
worth $6,200. His first residence was a log 
cabin, 14x14, kitchen, sitting-room, and 
parlor. Used what is termed Jackson or 
Prairie bedsteads; hoop poles for bed cords, 
and puncheons for floors. His first crop of 
wheat was sold at twenty-five cents per 
bushel ; hauled it to Quincy, and traded it 
out in goods. Pork was worth $1.50 per 
hundred, and that in trade. For the first 



two years money was so scarce that they 
could not get enough to pay postage. Rat- 
tle snakss were more plenty in those days 
than greenbacks are at present. "Haw 
Buck,'' " Gee Bright," were the organs that 
wc played in those days, and hog and homr 
iny was the fare. Had to go twenty-eight 
miles to mill, eight miles southeast of 
Quincy, on Mill Creek; made the trip in two 
days. The first winter .=alt was $4 pe- 
bushel, colTee twenty-five cents per pound. 
Mr. S. was sixty years old March 27, 1879, 
and dont owe a dollar in the world. 

Seals Wm. farmer; sec. iT; P. O. Loraine. 
Seals W. H. farmer: sec. 37; P. O. Loraine. 
Sheador J. W. larmer; sec. 26; P. O. Loraine. 
Shepherd Monroe, farmer: sec. IB; P. O. Loraine. 
Simmermacher Geo. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Tiot^a. 
Smith Geo. farmer: sec. lii; P. O. Loraine. 
Smith Wm. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Loraine. 

SPICER ARCHIMADES X., 

farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Loraine; was born in 
Keene township, Adams coimty, Dec. 6, 
1845. His fiither came to the township in 
1833, when the township was a vast wilder- 
ness. He was identified with its interest 
until his death, Oct. 27, 1878. Hit mothpr 
died Feb. 18, 1870. The subject of this 
^ketch was married in 1875 to Isabella Wor- 
m;m. born in Ohio, July 17, 1845. Have two 
children; Grace, born Sept. 5, 1875; Lou, 
born July 8, 1878. He owns 370 acres of 
Innd, worth $40 per acre ; was in the 155th 
Regt. 111. Inf. ; enlisted in February, 1865, 
and discharged at the close of the war, Oct. 
18, 1865. His wife is a member of the M. E. 
chmrh. 3Ir. Sjiicer is a Republican. 
SpicerMrs. sec. 18; P.O. Lora'ne. 
Spicer Sarah, sec. 9: P. O. Tioga. Hancock county. 

STEIXER GEORGE, farmer: Sec. 
8 ; P. O. Loraine ; Avas boru in Adams countj-, 
June 6, 1848 ; married Miss Elizabeth Ann 
Humphrey in 1872. She was born in Mis- 
souri, Nov. 22, 18-54. Have four children ; 
John H., Edwin E., Michael E., and an in- 
fant. Mr. Steiner's fiither came to the coimty 
inl 1837 ; owns 150 acres of land, 120 under 
good cultivation, worth -^4,-500; held the 
office of Collector one year. His father was 
among the early settlers of Adams coimty- 
Steiner Hiram, farmer: sec. 5; P- O. Loraine. 

STEIXER .mCHAEI., farmer; 
Sec. 5; P. O. Loraine; was born in Ger- 
many, Jan. 30, 1810 ; came to New York in 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



1830 (where he saw President VanlJuren); 
thence to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he got cin- 
pU)yment on a coal boat; went to New 
Orleans; came up the river to Vicksbiirg; 
stopped one month, and to Quincy in 18:37 ; 
got a situation on the steamboat Olive 
Branch, plying between St. Louis and 
Galena, among the first boats that run on 
the Upper Mississippi ; afterward engaged 
to Jlr. Whipple in a saw mill : sawed the 
blue ash flooring that went into the first 
house that Mr. Browning built; married 
Ann Catherine Gable in 1839. She was born 
in Germany, Feb. 30, 1820. Had nine chil- 
dren, seven living — four boys and three girls ; 
has raised wheat and sold it for twenty-five 
cents per bushel. Mr. Sfeiner remembers 
the winters of 1839-40, the river froze so 
early that the merchants could not get their 
supplies, so they had to cart them from St. 
Louis ; he saw salt sold that winter for $4 
per bushel. Mr. Steiner moved on to the 
place where he now resides in 1842; has ac- 
cumulated a fine property; has at this time 
300 acres of land; gave his two married 
sons ICO acres; has 150 acres under good 
cultivation. Mr. Steiner was subpenaed as a 
witness at Macomb in 184."); made his way 
the best he could, keeping the direction, 
there being no roads in that part of the 
county. Prince Albert's father was Mr. 
Steiner's captain in the regular army in 
Germany. 

Stepnens Solon, farmer; sec. Vi; P. O. Loraine. 
Stephens Thos. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Loraine. 
Stillwell.V. •!. farmer; eec. 8; P. O. Stillwell, Han- 
cock county. 
Strickler H. W. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Lor&iue. 
Swain J. M. farmer; eec. 22; P. 0. Loraine. 
Swain John, farmer; sec. 83; P. O. Loraine. 
Swain Sam. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Loraine. 



Theiten Henry, farmer; sec. 4: P. O. Loraine. 
Thomas Belle, sec. 9; P. O. Loraine. 

THOMAS BEXJAMIN, 

farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Loraine; was born in 
Butler count}', Ohio, Sept. 3, 1831 ; came to 
Adams county in 1837, with his parents. 
They had eight children ; three were born in 
this county. He married Miss Elizabeth J. 
Slilwell in 1853. She was born in Johnson 
county, Ind., in 1834. They have had eight 
children, seven liTing. Mr. Thomas has 
148 acres of land, 125 acres of which is 



under good cultivation, worth about $5,800. 
His father is one of the oldest settlers of 
Adams county; has seen it grow from a 
wilderness up to its present state of cultiva- 
tion. 

Thompson Wm. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Big Neck. 
Thorp John, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Loraine. 
Trcach George, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Loraine. 
Treach G. W. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Loraine. 
Turner O. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Loraine. 
Turner Orilla; sec. 9; P. O. Loraine. 
Taxford James, farmer; sec. ^; P. O. Big Xeck. 

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Ury Suflau A, sec. 14; F. O. Loraine. 



Vanhorn G. farmer; sec. 21); P. O. Loraine. 

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Wade .\u8tin ; sec. 7: P. O. Loraine. 

WARD FRKDERICK, farmer; 
Sec. 20; P.O. Loraine; was born in Hancock 
county. 111., June 23, 1840; married Miss 
Sarah Cort, April 15, 1869. She was born in 
Pennsylvania in 1845. They have had five 
children, four living: Franklin, born April 
6, 1870; George, born March, 1872; Henry, 
born March, 1874; Sarah Jane, born Nov. 
28, 1875; and the baby, born March 28, 
1878. Henry was drowned in Bear 
Creek, six miles west; went with his parents 
on a visit, got lost in the woods, and his 
body was found in the water, Dec. 12, 1877. 
Mr. Ward owns eighty acres of land, three- 
fourths of a mile from the village of Lo- 
raine, forty-five of which is under good cul- 
tivation, worth $3,000. He went to Califor- 
nia in 1SU3, remaining there one year; 
returned to this county, and bought his 
present home in December, 1868. 

Ward Jerome, carpenter; sec. 10; P. O. Loraine. 
Ward P. C. farmer; eec. 28; P. O. Loraine. 
Wcidenhammer J. farmer; eec. 15; P. O. Loraine. 
Whittlesey Jlrs. sec. 18; P. O. Mendon. 
Wilson L. farmer; sec. 7; P O. Loraine. 

"WILCOX THOMAS, farmer; Sec. 
9; P.O. Loraine; was born in Oxfordshire, 
England, July 7, 1828; came to Adams 
county in 1847; his father settled in Men- 
don township, ajid settled where his father 
and mother died. Married Miss Jane Hew- 
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have eight children, four boys and four 
girls. Mr. W. came to Sec. 19, Keene town- 
ship in 1866; has 131 acres of land, 100 
under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. W. are 
members of tlie Episcopal church. Three 
of their oldest cliiUIreu are married, one 
lives in Cass county. Mo., the others live in 
this township. His father has sold pork in 
Quiucy for $1.25 per hundred, and they 
wanted him to take p^rt in goods, as they 
could not pay so much in money. Mr. W. 
and father bought fifty acres of land near 
Jlendon, paid $10 per acre for cleared, and 
§7 for timber. 
Wilson D. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Loraine. 

^VIJLSOX JOHND., farmer; Sec. 
17; P. O. Loraine; was born in Shelley 
county, Ind., Jan. 29, 1822. Married Miss 
Ann Eads, Nov. 6, 1850 ; she was born in 
Madison county, Ind., and died in 1853. 



For his second wife he married Miss Eliza 
beth A. Zinu, Dec. 6, 1855. She was born in 
Marion countj', Ya., Jan. 14, 1837. They 
have two children, Thresia B., born Sept. 
39, 1856; Charles B., born July 10, 1858. 
Mr. W. has held offices of trust in the town- 
ship; has 110 acres of land, seventy under 
cultivation. His mother was almost ninety 
years old when she died ; his father died in 
Indiana. Mr. Wilson came to Adams 
county in 1850, and to the place where he 
now resides in 1S53. 

Wilt Saninel, farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Big Neck. 
Woods James, farmer; sec 33; P. O. Loraine. 



Teuter G. A. stoct dealer; sec. 17; P. O. Loraine. 



Zinn E. D. sec. 5; P. O. Loraine. 



NOETHEAST TOWNSHIP. 



Aden C. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Aden E. fanner; sec. 3i; P. 0. Keokuk Junction. 

ADEN HEXRY M., farmer; Sec. 
22; p. O. La Prairie; was born in Hanover, 
Germany, Dec. 28, 1811 ; came to this county 
in 1858. He owns 112J^ acres of laud, val- 
ued at $5,000. Married, for his first wife, 
IMary Lennis. She was born m Germany, 
in 1844, and died May 20, 1878, leaving three 
living children: Mann, Mary and Rankin. 
For his second wife he married Maggie 
Berhnes. She was born in 1848. They be- 
long to the Lutheran church. Politics, Re- 
publican. He emigrated from Germany in 
1858, on a sailing vessel, and was nine weeks 
and four days in reaching New Orleans; 
tlience up the Mississippi river to Adams 
county, where he has resided since. Turns 
off twenty-five head of hogs, and raises thirty 
acres of corn. 

Alberts Louis, blacksmith; P. O. La Prairie. 
Alexander A. farmer; sec. 2(i; P. O. Elm Grove. 

AI.EXAXDER DANIEIi, farmer 
and stock-raiser; Sec, 24; P. O. Elm Grove; 



w;is born in Russell county, Va., Oct. 15 
1840 ; came to this county in 1839. He owus 
340 acres of land, valued at $10,000. He 
married Rachel Allen. She was born in 
Ohio. They have two children : Perdie L. 
and Sidney W. Emigrated in 1839, with his 
parents, to this county, where he has resided 
since. Turns of!' forty head of hogs, twentj' 
head of cattle, and raises 2,000 bushels of 
corn, yearly. He has held the office of Road 
Commissioner. When he first came here he 
lived in a cabin, 12x13, with nine in the 
family. There were plenty of deer, wolves, 
turkej-s, and all kinds of game. Quincy, at 
that time, was but a small place. Mr. Alex- 
ander well knows the hardships through 
which the pioneer had to pass. 

AI.EXAXDEB JOHX, farmer; 
Sec. 25 ; P. O. Elm Grove ; was born in Rus- 
.sell county, Va., Nov. 26, 1828; came to this 
county in 1834; has 170 acres of land, val- 
ued at $5,000; married, for his first wife, 
Rachel Piggott. She was born in North Car- 
olina, June"4, 1825, and died Feb. 16, 1869. 
They had seven children : Jason, born Feb. 
33, 1851; Mary E., born March 10, 1853; 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COrNTY. 



Andrew J., born Dec. 28, 1855; Keziah S., 
born Oct. 30, 18.58; Nancy A., born April 23, 
18C1 ; Philip C, born May 13, 1863. and 
Julin L., born Dec. 25, 18C5. For his second 
wife he married Catherine Jourdan. She 
was born in Virginia, Dec. 27, 184-5. They 
have two children: Eva B. and Mattie E. 
Mr. and Jlrs. Ale.xander belong to the Pres- 
byterian church. He emigrated with his 
parents to this county when he was six years 
old, and ranks among the earliest settlers of 
the township. 

AI^EXAXDER M. F.. fanner; 
Sec. 24; P. O. Elm Grove; son of JIarj- and 
William Ale.xander; was born in this county, 
.Jan. 17, 1841 ; has sixty-five acres of land, 
valued at §2,600; married Emily Shank, 
Aug. 17, 1871. She was born in Brown count.v, 
111., March 3, 1857. They have tliree chil- 
dren: Delia, born Sept. 27, 1873; Oliver W., 
born April 27, 1875, and 'William R., bom 
July 26, 1877. Are membei-s of the Pres- 
byterian church. He has held the office of 
Collector. His father, William Alexander, 
went from Virginia to Tennessee in 1838 ; 
lived there ;ibout one year, and then came to 
this county in 1840; raised a family of thir- 
teen children, who all lived to be men and 
women. His father came here poor, in an 
early day, and amassed a good jM-operty. 
The subject of this sketch has lived to see 
the wild prairies transformed into a fine 
farming country, and knows what it is to be 
a pioneer. His father w;js very poor, and 
once, when there w-as a letter in the post- 
office with charges of twentv-five cents, he 
had to borrow the money, and it was a year 
before he could pay it back. 
Alexander S. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Elm Grove. 
Alexander Wm. farmer; se:. i."); P.O. Elm Grove. 
Anderson James, farmer: sec. 7 : I'. O. La Prairie. 



BACOX R, H., merchant and 
farmer. La Prairie; was born in Cape Gi- 
rardeau county. Mo., Feb. 17, 1825; came to 
Hancock county in 1835; lived thereuntil 
1843; thence to Pulton county ; lived there 
until 1856, when he came to this county. He 
has 452 acres of land, valued at $15,000. He 
married Charlotte E. Griffin, who was born 
in Alleghany county, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1823. 
She is the mother of six children : Alice E. 
born May 1.5. 1848 (died Dec. 15, '78); Eliza 



E., born June 23, 1850 (died Dec. 4, '72) ; Ed- 
ward H., born Jan. 19, 1853; Efflie A., born 
April 1, 1855; Carlton T., born Jan. 7, 1857, 
and Lillie, born March 2, 1859. He carrion 
a stock of dry goods and groceries to tli 
amount of .s;3,000 or $4,000, and does a Im- 

nessof $12,000. His father, Benjamin Bat 

(who was born in Sunderland county, Vt.. 
May 11, 1795), married Elizabeth S. Brevard 
March 22, 1821. She was born in Iredell 
county, N. C, July 3, 1797; emigrated from 
North Carolina l)y teams over the Alleghany 
.\[ountains to Cape Girardeau county, Mo., 
in 1821, occupying between three and four 
weeks' time; moved into a log cabin witli 
puncheon floor. Mr. Bacon lived on a farm 
for about nine years, then moved to Jack>on, 
the county seat, and engaged in merchandis- 
ing, and was afterward elected County and 
Circuit Clerk. 

Bagby Wm. farmer; sec. 11 ; P. O. Angnsta. 

BAIiFOlJR J, H., farmer and stock 
raiser ; Sec. 13 ; P. O. Elm Grove ; was born 
in Randolph county, N. C, Dec. 31, 1824 ; 
came to this county in the spring of 1835; 
has 508 acres of land, valued at .$10,0iK); 
married Nancy Jane Pettijohn, 1861. Slu- 
was born in Boone county. 111., March IS, 
1842; mother of nine children: Wm. A., 
born Dec. 29, 1861 ; Edwin A., Aug. 10, 1863 ; 
Emma A., April 29, 1865 ; Mary M., Aug. 5, 
1867; Dora V., Nov. 27, 1869; Antonette, 
Jan. 29,1872; Francis P., March 37, 1874: 
Henly R,, Jan. .5, 1877; Nancy E., April 27, 
1878. They came through from North Car- 
olina with teams; was on the road seven 
weeks ; camped out and did their own cook- 
ing; moved into a log cabin, 16x16, with 
eight in the family. He has held the office 
of Overseer of Poor, School Director, ami 
lielongs to the Methodist church. Mr. Bal- 
four came here when thei« were no signs of 
civilization on the prairie, when the deer, 
wolves and turkey wandered around without 
molestation, when he could travel for miles 
without seeing a fence, and has lived to see 
it developed into one of the best farming 
countries, and has laid by enough of this 
world's goods to keep himself and family as 
long as he lives. 

Bartholomew Nancy, see. SI; P.O. Keokuk .lu ac- 
tion. 
Beckett Mrs. Wm. millinery; P. O. Keokuk Jacc- 

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Bedle John, farmer; sec. "; P. O. LaPrairie. 
BinkleyG. W. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. LaPrairie. 

BRrXER A. J., former; Sec. i: 
P. O. La Prairie: son of Joseph and Eliza- 
beth Bniner; was born in Greene county, 
East Teun., April G, 1S23 ; has 263 acres of 
land, valued at $0,000; married for his tirst 
wife, Salin;! Heyworth. They had seven 
children, six of whom are living: Elizabeth, 
John W., Marian C, Abraham L., Ida May, 
Julia B. For his second wife he married 
Julia A. Eaves. She was born in York State ; 
mother of four children : Emma, Maggie, 
Mattie and David. Mr. Bruner's father was 
born in Maryland, and emigrated to East 
Tennessee when he was ten years old, where 
he lives at the present time, at the age of 
eighty years. The subject of this sketch 
came from Tennessee to this State in 18.53; 
moved into a log cabin, 15x1.5, which had 
been used for a smoke house. Their furni- 
ture consisted of two chairs, a box for a table, 
and used what is called prairie bedsteads ; 
came here in an early day, smd by hard work 
has made a good home. 

BUCKIiE^V SA-MrEL, wheel- 
wright, P. O. La Prairie; born in Holmes 
coimty, O., Feb. 10, 1837; came to this 
county in 1830; has eighty acres of land, 
valued at $3,500 ; married for his first wife, 
Mary C. Harding, Aug. 23, 1850. They had 
four children: Eliza Ann, born June 2.5, 
1853; Martha J., Oct. 18, 18.54; Leonora, Feb. 
25, 18.58 ; one child died in infancy. For his 
second wife he married Mary Woods. She 
was born in Fayette county. Pa., Feb. 12, 1827. 
Have one child living, Edward, born Feb. 8, 
1867. Mr. Bucklew's father emigrated from 
Virginia to Holmes Co., O., where he reared 
a family of five boys and seven girls and 
died at the age of sixty-five years ; his mother 
died at the age of seventy years. Mr. and 
Mrs. Bucklew belong to the M. E. church. 
His father was in the AVar of 1813. Mr. 
Bucklew has followed the business of wagon- 
maker for the last twenty-seven years. 
Bnhr Cobas, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 
Bnrke A. B. farmer; P. O. LaPrairie. 

BURKE liEMUEIi, farmer and 
stock shipper ; Sec. 34 ; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion; was born in this township, Nov. 19, 
1833; has 543 acres of land, valued at 
■$20,000; married Anr, Robbins, d.aughter of 



Captain Robbins. She was born in North 
Carolina, 1833. They have six living chil- 
dren : Addle B., Edmitnd L., Cora Ann, Lydia 
D., Sarah E. (died in 1874), Flora and Charles 
L. His father was born in Russell county, 
Va., Nov. 20, 1809, and married Sarah Hor- 
ney Dec. 27, 1832. She was born Feb. 1, 
1812. She was mother of eight children: 
Lemuel, Sarah E., Wm. H., Lydia D., Louisa 
v., Rebecca T., Mary E., Robert L. His 
father emigrated from Virginia to Schuyler 
county, when he was t^o years old, and in 
the spring after the " big snow," 1830, lo- 
cated his land and improved some of it, and 
brought his family here in the spring of 
1832, and moved into a log shanty 16x16, 
covered with split clapboards ; cut poles in 
the woods for bedsteads, and for a table 
used a board across a sugar barrel. The 
subject of this sketch enlisted in the 119th 
Regt. 111. Inf , as 1st Sergt. ; was in the bat^ 
tie at Rutherford Station, where he was cap- 
tured by Ctcu. Forest ; paroled and sent to 
Benton barracks, St. Louis, afterward ex- 
changed ; was in the Red River Expedition, 
also in the battle of Tupelo, where they 
whipped Forest; was at Nashville, and 
fought Hood; was in the engagement at 
Fort Blakely, the last battle participated in ; 
mustered out at Mobile Ala. 

BURKE ROBERT F., breeder of 
fine stock ; Sec. 35 : P. O. Keokuk Junction ; 
was born at his place of residence. May 15, 
1850, being the youngest child of Fleming 
and Sarah Burke, who emigrated to this 
county in the year 1831 He owns 370 acres 
of land, finely improved, and valued at 
$15,000. Mr. Burke is engaged in the breed- 
ing of short-horn cattle and Poland Cliina 
hogs. In 1871-73, prior to going to Mon- 
tana in 1876, it became necessary to dispose 
of his stock. After remaining west one 
year, he returned. His desire being so 
strong for fine stock, he could not refrain 
from engaging in that business once more. 
His Elm Leaf herd of short horns are very 
choice, being represented by the following 
popular families: Louans, White Rose, 
Young Mar}''s, Young Phyllis, and others, 
including two imported cows. Primula (the 
dam of Kissinger's famous Breastplate), and 
Roseleaf oth. The herd is headed by the 
premium Young Phyllis bull Orange No- 
ble, .10,409 A. H. B., bred by J. II. Kissln- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COCXTV. 



ger «fc Co., Clarksville., Mo.; siretl by im- 
porti-d Orange Boy, 30,468; (lam Beauty 
Kolili', bred by B. B. Groom, of Kentucky. 
Oninse Noble has In-en exhibited at At- 
lanta, Logan county. 111., Bloomiugton, 111., 
Peoria, 111., Illinois Slate Fair, at Freeport, 
111., Springfield, 111 , Adams county, 111., 
Brown county. 111., and Schuyler county 
fairs, carrying oft", in almost every instance, 
the blue ribbon. He is a regular '• Murphy." 
In 1S7S, his cattle took tirst jirize as best 
herd ot any age or •breed at Adams and 
Schuyler county fairs; also, second at 
Bn)\vn county fair. He also V>reeds Berk- 
shire and Poland China swine. It is 
claimed that each breed excels the other. 
It i.s his desire to trj' both breeds, and give 
them an c(iual chance, and ascertain which 
is the best breed for farmers. He also 
breeds Cotswold sheep, eligible for entry in 
the American Cotswold reconl. The cattle 
are registered in A. H. B. Tlie swine are 
recorded in the Berkshire and Poland China 
swme books. Jlr. Burke takes a leading in- 
terest in the temperance cause — is President 
of the Elm Grove Societj-; is a yoimg man 
of sterling integrity and untiring industry, 
and is laying the foundation for a future 
prosperous and happy lite, whose influence 
will be appreciated in the community at 
large. 

BurkB Wm. farmer; eec. '^6; P. O. Elm Grove. 
BnriRtt Jae. N. farmer; sec. 19: P. O. La Prairie. 
Bufs W. J. lumber; P. O. Keoknk JuDCtion. 
BylaDil John, farmer; sec. 1; P. 0. Augasta. 



CA IX EXOS, farmer; Sec. IG; P. O. 
La Prairie ; was born in Coshocton county, 
Ohio, Sept. 23, 1808; came to this county in 
1847. He owns 134 acres of land, valued at 
$(j,(MK); married Jliss Nancy Wiling. She 
was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1810. 
They have ten children: Henry, Hannah, 
Tliomas, Mar)- Ellen, Aaron. Kebecca. John, 
Martha, Benj. Franklin, and .Tames, who 
are all living. Hannah, his eldest daughter, 
married Wm. A. Pyle, a ^lethodist minis- 
ter, who look a great interest in the Union 
cause. He recruited a comp;iny, and was 
commissioned as Captain, and afterward 
Colonel of the regiment, and, by the recom- 
mendations of Gens. Thomas and Seigel, 
was commissioned as Biigadier General; 
■was afterward elected to Congress from the 



First District of Missouri ; received the ap- 
pointment as Governor of New Mexico; 
also. Minister to South America. At the 
first election attended by >Ir. C, there were 
only twenty-two voters; came here in 
limited ciieuinstances, but, by industry and 
ecoiK>my. he has made himself and family 
a good home. 'U'hen he first came to this 
countj-, he rode from La Prairie to Carthage 
without seeing a fence or piece of ground 
broken. 

CARTER JACOK F.. farmer; 
Sec. 14; P. <). Elm Grove; was born in 
Lancaster county, Pcnn., June 24. 1838; 
came to this county in 183). He owns 
forty-six acres of land, valued at $1,800; 
married Miss Elizabeth J. Walker. She 
was born in Randolph county, N. C, Aug. 
21, Is2o. They have si.x children ; Nancy 
L.. born Aug. 5, 1851 ; John W., bom Feb. 
24,1854; Lydia D., Oct. 8, 135(5; Wm. E. 
A., Nov. 28, 1859; Jacob S., Aug. 7, 1863; 
Emma A., June 2, 1868. Mr. and Mrs. C. 
belong to the M. E. church. He enlisted in 
the 50th Regt. Ill, Inf., Co. B, Capt. Smith; 
wiis in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort 
Donaldson, and Shiloh. where he was struck 
with a musket ball in his ankle, which 
makes a cripple of him. A plug of tobacco 
once saved his life; a ball struck his box 
which the tobacco was in, and it stopped 
the force of the ball. He got his wound 
carrying Col. Bain off the field. Mr. C. 
came amongst the men who first came to 
the township ; hiis lived two winters on wild 
meat, when there was no other to be had. 
Gov. Wood lived in a log-house, when Mr. 
Carter first came to this county. 
Cliambers Ctias. farmer: P. O. La Prairie. 

CHIXA CHAS. R., druggist; 
LaPrairie: was born in Warren county. III., 
Jan. 14, 1856; is the only druggist in town; 
carries a stock of abjut |1,400; married 
Ellen McClellan. She was born in this 
county, Sie is the mother of one child: 
Ollie, born Aug. 5, 1877. Mr. China was 
employed in Quincy as engineer for Archi- 
bald Brown's cracker factory. He has spent 
most of his life in this county; does a busi- 
ness of about $1,000. 

Chushenberrjr .1. T. physician; P. O. Keokuk Judc- 

tion. 
Coole; J. general business ; P. O. La Prairie. 



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Davis B. T. stone mason ; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 

DcGROOT EDWARD, farmer 
ami stock-raiser; !?ec. V'; P. O. Augusta, 
Hancock county. 111.; was born in the city 
of New York, Oct. 4. ISlo; came to this 
county in the fall of i860; married Hannah 
AVest. She was born at Long Branch, N. J., 
March 2S, 1S17. She is mother of ten chil- 
dren: Julia A., born April i4, 1S38; John, 
born March 31, 1840; George W., born Jan. 
3, 1842; Mary E., born March 20, 1844; 
John B., born June 13, 184C; Wm. H., born 
Oct. 1, 184S; Edward, born' Nov. 7, 1850; 
Clarissa, born Jan. 3, 1853; Adell, March 16, 
1856; Eusene, April 11, 1S58. John died 
June 4, 184-3; W'm. H., Sept. 10, 1849; Clar- 
issa, June, 1878. John B. enlisted in the 
50th Regt. 111. Inf.; was with Shermon on 
his march to the sea; was wounded in North 
Carolina and sent to New York hospital, 
where he remained a few months, when he 
■was mustered out. Mr. DeGroo' has a 
good farm of 360 acres, and a comfortable 
home, valued at -$7,000, and is one of the 
sound farmers of the township. He belongs 
to the M. E. church. 

DeGKOOT JOHX, farmer and 
stock-raiser; Sec. 10; P. O. La Prairie; was 
born in the city of New York, April 8, 1808; 
came to this coun'y in the fall of 1836; mar- 
ried Margaret Harvey iu 1829. She was 
born in Monmouth county, N. J., March 23, 
1801. Seven cnildrcn: Mary, born Oct. 19, 
1830; Wm. II. and Jacob B. (twins), born 
March 17, 1832; Phrebe, May 3, 1839; John, 
April 6, 1841; Edward, July 6, 1843; Clarissa, 
Aug. 13, 1846. Jacob B., died Feb. 19, 1846. 
Mr. DeGroot emigrated from New York to 
Long Branch, N. J., in 1816: lived there 
twenty years; thence to Adams county, 
coming through from Long Branch in a two- 
horse wagon, being si.\ weeks and two 
days on the road; stopped at Quiucy one 
year, and then came to the farm where he 
now resides, moving into a log shanty,18xl 8, 
with live in the family. There was not a 
house on what is called La Prairie. Mr. De- 
Groot came here at an early day. has accu- 
mulated a fine property, having 1,440 acres 
of land, valued at -$43,200, and is the wealth- 
iest man in the township. On the way from 
Quincy to his present home, in 1836, he did 
not see a house. 



DeGroot W. H. farmer; sec. iO; P. U. La Prairie. 

BIL,IiS HEXRY D.. farmer and 
stock raiser; Sec. 1^; P. O. La Prairie; was 
born iu P:irkersburg, Va., Jan. 15, 1816; 
came to this county April 30, 1836. He has 
175 acres of land, valued at $7,000; married 
Elizabeth Thompson. She was born iu 
Athens county, Ohio, Dec. 29,1833. They 
have twelve children, ten living; William K., 
born Sept. 1, 1843; Mary E., June 4, 1844; 
Tunis E., Sept. 21, 1846; James M., Jan. 19, 
1849; Georgia A., Feb. 1, 1851; Hobart, 
April 25, 1853; Marion, Sept. 11, 1855; Clara 
L., Nov. 10, 1857; Laura C, Jan. 25, 1859; 
Harrison, Jan. 30, 1861; Waller L., March 
19, 1863; Frederick, June 10, 1805; (William 
and Georgia died in infancy). They emi- 
grated from Virginia to Ohio when he was 
two j-ears old, lived there ten years; thence 
to Adams couutj-, aud lived iu Quincy until 
1857 ; worked at the plastering business for 
twenty j'ears; worked on Gov. Woods* 
house, also the Quincy House. There were 
but few houses in the city; Iia»sliot squir- 
rels on the seminary grounds. Mi's. Dills 
was in Quincy iu 1833, when it was not 
larger than La Prairie. The Court House 
was a log house ; it was burnt down, and 
foiu- prisoners were brought to her father's 
house for safe keeping. When they came 
here their whole etlects would not amount to 
a hundred dollars. He built a house on 
iveutucky and 8tli street in 1843, which is 
still standing. He came here in limited cir- 
cumstances, by industry and economy has 
made himself and family a good home. 
Dorsett S. C. farmer; sec. 84; P. O. Elm CJiove. 

DRAKE vol.. J. M. A„ mer- 
chant; P. O. La Prairie; was born in Chat- 
ham county, N. C , head of Cape Fear river, 
April 6, 1S13; was a practicing lawyer for a 
number of years; came to this county, June, 
1858; nianied Eliza Balfour. She was born 
iu the same place. May 20, 1812. She was 
the mother of nine children; Mary E., An- 
drew B. (who was named after his great 
grandfather, who was a soldier in the Kevo- 
lutionary War, and who was killed by Ed- 
muu Fanning, a notorious rebel), Maria L., 
Archibald G., Frauds O., Margaret E., Ed- 
ward J., and two died iu infancy, ilr. Drake 
is the leading merchant in the village, carries 
a stock from three to five thousand dollars, 
and does a business of about .$10,000. He 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



was Col. of the 55tli N. C. Militia Res., ami 
held his commission under Gov. Dudley. 
Dadeu Harm, laborer; P. O. La Prairie. 
Dnse W. laborer; P. O. Keokuk Jnoction. 



Katon L. D. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Elm Grove. 
Eggan H. U. farmer; sec. -M: P. U La Prairie- 
Ekk^n M. laborer; P. O. La Prairie. 
Eilen John, laborer; P. O. Keokuk .Innct^on. 
Elliot Roth, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. La Prairie. 
Enlow F. blacksmiih ; P. O. Keokuk .Junction. 



Flereminf! Geo. farmer; sec. 9; P. 0. La Prairii-. 

Fleahner H. farmer; sec. 33; P.O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

Fleshrer Wm. farmer; sec. S4; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

Flcshuer West, farmer; sec. 31; P. O Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

Fleshlier J. farmer; sec. 33; P. O Keokuk Junc- 
tlin. 

FOSTKR CHAS. R., farmer; Sec. 
14; P.O. Augu>lii, llaiienik county. 111.; 
was born «in the city of Kew York, Dec. 8, 
1810 ; came to this county in the fall of 185.5 ; 
married Elizabeth Gordon. She was born 
in tile city of Baltimore, Md., Nov. 1. 1815. 
They had eleven children, only two living: 
John, born May 24, 1837; Rodman W., Oct. 
13, li?.58; one son died in infancy; Mary E., 
born Dec. 14, 1S35 (died March 10. 1830); 
Charles E., born May 30, 1840 (died Feb. 25, 
1843); Augustus H., born March 11, li>43 
(died May G, 18G8); Charles E.. born July 
18, 18, G (died Dec. 23, 184G); sou born Dec. 
2 (died in infancy); Gcorse B., born 
May 15, 1850 (ilied M;iroh 1), 1870); ■\Villiiim 
A., born July 23, 1853 (died Oct. 19, 1854); 
David. B., born July 7, 1801 (died Aug. 6, 
18C4). He belongs to the Baptist church, 
has been a member nearly forly-two years. 
Frank' D U. G. tailor; P. O. Kcokak Junction. 

FISAXZEX t'OBrs, miller; Sec. 
83; P O. Keokuk Jmiiiioii; was born in 
Prus.s!a, Germany, Feli. 25. 1835, and came 
to tliis couuly in Feb., 1852. He has thirty 
acres of land, valued at §5.000. He mar- 
ried Henidje Meints. She was born in Ger- 
many, Feb. 14, 1835. Tliey h;id si.x living 
children; Harm, Ida, Anke. Margarette, 
Frederick :mil C';itlierine: emigrated from 
Germany on a sailing vessel, had a big storm 
in tlie North Sea, lost their toinnast and one 
sail, and the captain thought they were going 



under; was twelve weeks in making the 
trip ; lauded at New Orleans, thence up the 
Mississippi river to St. Louis, where he 
stopped a short time, and thence to Adams 
county. He belongs to the Lutheran church. 
He has a windmill on his farm (where he 
does grinding) built by his brother-in-hiw, 
H. R. Emminga. AVhen he came here he 
was a poor man. and by industry and econ- 
omy has make a good home. 
Franzen H. H. tinner. P. O. Keokuk Juoction 
Franzen H. H. farmer; s.-c. 3i; P. O. Keokuk June. 
Frauzen J. H. firmer; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 

FRAZER JAMES, .school teacher; 
residence. La Praire; was born in South 
Scotland, Sept. 27, 1822; came to this coun- 
ty in 1850; married Emma Northey. She 
was born in the south of England, Jan. 13, 
1829; mother of two children: Alma f now 
Mrs. J. H. Robbins). and Ada. Member of 
the Prcsbyti-rian cliuich. His wife is a 
member of the Christian church. He has 
held the office of Town Clerk and Clerk of 
the corporation. Emigrated from Scotlaud 
to Sussex, England, when he was 24 ye;irs 
old; lived there ten years; thence came to 
this country; landed in New York; thence 
to Schuyler county. 111.; thence to Adams 
county, where he has resided since. 
Fruhling U. shoemaker; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Fruhling M. shoemaker; P. O. La Prairie 



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(iAIil.IHER B. X., retired farmer; 
P. (). La Pr;iiiie ; u;is born in Fleniming 
county. Ky..Oci. 1. I>i06; emigrated from Ken- 
tucky to Champaign county. III., in 1834; 
lived there about one year; came to this 
county in 1835, where he has resided since; 
has at present only fourteen acres of land ; 
sold his farm of 204 acres in 187C, for |S,325. 
In 1831 he married Margaret Laird, who 
w:is born in Lewis county. K_v. ; never had 
any children of their own, liut have raised 
several. When he came to this county, 
Quincy was nothing but a village of shanties ; 
has lived to see it develop into a city of 
40,000 inhabitants ; has known wlieat to be 
sold for twenty-five cents per bushel in 
Quitey : was the first man that built out on 
the prairie, and people thought him crazy 
at that time; people thought the prairies 
would be nothing more thau ranges for cat- 
tle. When he came to this State, he had 



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but $3.00 iu his pocket, but with ;i good 
constitution, and willing to work :U anything 
lie could get, soon made a start, and has 
accumulated a good propertj'. 

Garlde G. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Garls John, farmer; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Gembler J. farmer; sec. iti; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Gerdes J. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Gibbs O. farmer; sec. .5; P. O. La Praiiie. 

(jiORDikX GEORGE, farmer; Sec. 
2; P. I). Augusta, Hauciick county. 111. He 
was -born iu York couuty. Pa., Sept. 16, 1804; 
has loO acres of laud valued at §G,000. 
He married Louisa Jlolau Rutau, who was 
born in 1817, and died April 29, 1802, leav- 
ing eight children: Elizabeth S., Thos. J., 
Sarah A., 3Iary J., and Eliza S., who are 
living. He emigrated from Pennsylvania to 
Maryland when he was six years old ; lived 
there sixteen j'cars ; thence via. Philadelphia 
to Xew York, where he lived five years; 
thence to New Orleans, where he resided 
ten years, and from there to this coiiutj- iu 
1839. He built a shanty the same year; put 
up posts iu the ground; sided it up and 
filled in with brick; was a brick-layer bj' 
trade; served as apprentice eleven years. 
Mr. Gordon took up the raw prairie; broke 
it him.sclf, and has made a fiue larm and 
hoaii-. 
Govham Wm. farmer; s^c. 4: P. O. La Prairie. 

GOIX I> BENT A M I X, farmer ; 
Sec. 2; P. (.). Augusta, Haucock county. 111- 
He was born in Windham county. Conn., 
June 2, 1808; came to this county Jan. 24, 
1833 ; has 153 acres of land, valued at §6,000. 
He uiarrietl for his tirst wife Rebecca J. 
Jones, who was born in Pittsburg, Pa., May 
C, 1812, and died May 3. 1S74; ten children: 
Olive C, Eliza A., John H., Mary E., Eliza- 
beth C, Benjamin (died when he was fifteen 
months old), Benjamin L., Jane, Hattie E., 
and one died in infancy. Emigrated from 
Connecticut to Jacksonville; lived there a 
short time and then came to this county; 
used to go to Camp Point to elections. Mr. 
Gould built the first house in Augusta, Han- 
over county; also built the first frame build- 
ing in this township. He also lives on the 
farm where the first land was broke in the 
towusiiip,by a man by the name of Oliver. His 
son, John, was in the Union army — 72d Regt. 
111. Inf. ; taken prisoner at Franklin, Tenn., 
and was taken to Andersonville prison, 



where he was starved for two and one-half 
mouths. Mr. Gould came here among the 
earliest settlers, and can claim his right as a 
pioneer; has held the oflice of Supervisor 
four terms. Justice of the Peace seventeen 
years. Assessor, Collector, School Treasure?^ 
aud is a member of the Christian church. 

GRAHAM J. J., Postmaster, La 
Prairie; was born iu Jlonroc county, Va., 
April 18. 1815 ; came to this county in 1837 ; 
remained a few mouths and tlieu moved to 
Schuyler county; lived there until 1846, and 
has been a fixture in this CQunty since ; has 
held the oftice of Justice of the Peace since 
1848 byre-elections; has held the oflice of 
Postmaster since 1853 ; was elected Supervi- 
sor iu 1852, and held it until 1874, most of 
the time. He married May H. Waring. She 
was bom in Kentucky ; died in 1847. For 
his second wife he married Rosanna Rob- 
bins (who was a 3Irs. Horney). She was 
born in North Carolina, Jan. 28, 1831. By his 
first wife he had three children: David, 
Basil A., aud John. By his second wife he 
had three children : Sidney M., aud two died 
in infancy. When he first came to this 
couuty- there were but few signs of civiliza- 
tion—a few houses scattered along by the 
timber. ]Mr. Gould came among the earliest 
settlers, and knows what a pioneer's life is; 
had three sons in the Union army. 

GORDOX EDWIN, farmer ; .Sec. 2 ; 
P. O. Augusta, Haucock county. 111.; was 
born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 21, 1811 ; came 
to this county in 1840 ; has 260 acres of land, 
valued at $13,000 ; married Martha A. Rey- 
nolds, Nov. 21, 1833. She was born in the 
city of New Y'ork, Sept. 13, 1813. Eight 
children living: Mahala J., born Aug. 30, 
1834; George, July S, 1836 (died Mai^h 3, 
1839) ; Sarah E., bom March 15, 1839 ; Fraa- 
cis W., Feb. 8, 1841 ; Cornelia, Dec. 35, 1843; 
William R., Nov. 25, 1845; Charles B., Dec. 
31, 1848; Annie M., Oct. 8, 1851 ; Edwin H., 
May 8, 1850. Mr. aud jMrs. Gordon belong 
to the M. E. church. Emigrated from Mary- 
land to New Y'ork in 1827; lived there eleven 
years; thence to Fl. Wayne, Ind.; lived 
there a short time, tlien went to Cincinnati, 
Ohio, for nine months; thence by river to 
New Orleans, La.; thence to Adams couuty. 
■Wlien he came to the place where he now 
lives he had only a hundred dollars in his 
pocket. In 1842 he put up a double log 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COrNTY. 



cabin, and lived lu it until 1857, when he 
built the residence where he now resides: 
came here a poor man, and by industry has 
made himself a good home, and can be 
claimed one of its pioneers. 
Grovenwald H. E. faborer; P. 0. La Prairie. 
Grovenwalil T. M. carpenter; P. O. KeoljakJunc. 

H 

HEXXICK v., railroad a-ent, Keo- 
kuk .Junction; was born in Center county, 
Pa., Sept. ;J, IS-tJ; emigrated with -his p:M 
rents, in 1853 ; to Stephenson county. 111., 
where he resided until 1861, when he en- 
listed in the 40th Regt. 111. Inf., Co. B, Capt., 
R. V. Anking, of Freeport, and served four 
years, four months and twenty days; was 
in the battles of Ft. Donaldson, Shiloh, siege 
of Corinth, Hatchie, Vieksburg, and several 
skirmishes; was mustered out at Springfield, 
111., Feb. 3, 1800; is at present Captain of 
the Keokuk Junction Guards, Co. E, State 
Militia, commanded by Col. Ilanna. After 
the close of the war he returned to Center 
county, Pa., and attended school two years; 
then, in 1869, came to Adams county ; mar- 
ried Annie Rhea, Jim. 1, 1S74. She was born 
in Columbus, Adams county, April 13, 18.54. 
One child, Arthur A., born Jan. 13,187.5; 
died Aug. 10, 1877. 
Herron H. laborer; P. O. Keoknk .Junction. 
Herron John, farmer; sec. :!0; P. O. Keuknk Jane. 

HERROX S. T., farmer and stock 
shipper; Sec. 19: P. O. La Prairie (son of 
William and Margaret Herron); was born in 
Washington county, Ind., July 30, 1825, and 
came to this county, March, 1856; has 208 
acres of land, valued at ^10,400; married 
Henrietta Beckett, March 0, 1850 : born in 
Clark county, Ind., Dec. 10, 1829. Seven 
living children: Laura A., born May 18, 
1857 (died Aug. 0, 1804); John W., born 
April 30, 1*59; Cornelius' H., Feb. 18, 1801; 
Sarah 51., April 11, 1803: Martha T. and 
James C, liorn Nov. 20. 1804 ; Charles E., 
June 13, 1808; Mary E.. Feb. 14. 1872. Wil. 
Ham Herron cmigrat-.tl from Nelson county, 
Ky., to Beanlstown: thence to Washington 
county, Ind., where he raised a family of 
ten children; thence to Clark county, Ind., 
where he died at the age of 70. Mrs. Her- 
ron di-d iit the age of 00. S. T. Herron's 
graudlaiher was a njitive of Ireland ; was 
one of the first settlers in Ki-niucky: was a 
soldier in the Revolutionary AVar, and served 



eight years. His grandmother was a de- 
scendant of the Scotch; when she was eighty 
years old she could walk three miles. His 
father came to Indiana a poor man, accumu- 
lated a good property; was Captain of the 
militia, and held the office of Justice of 
the Peace for years. The subject of this 
sketch is one of the leading shippers of stock 
in the county. In 1876 he shipped Smilh & 
Farlow, of Quiucy, f.50,0lX) worth of hogs; 
came to the county in limited cirruin- 
stances, but by intlustry and economy has 
made himself and family a pleasant home, 
and is one of the live men of the township. 

Hogsett Wm. farmer; sec. Hi; P. O. La Prairie. 
Homey Jonathan, farmer; sec. .%; P. O. Elm Groye. 

HOYT CAPT. E. B., retired far- * 
mer: Sic.2; P. O. Augusta, Hancock county, 
111.; was born in Richfield, Fairfield county. 
Conn., Oct. 8,1805; Emigrated from Con- 
necticut to Orange county, X. Y., iulS2S; 
married ilary Jane Reynolds, born in Mon- 
roe county, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1809; mother of 
ten children, five living: William R., born 
Jan. 8, 1*30; Polly E., Oct. 10, 1831; J. S., 
Nov. 11, 1833; Edwin G.. Nov. 27, 1835; 
Sarah J., Sept. 10, 1837 (died July 12, 1807); 
Benjamin F.,born Nov. 9, 1839 (wjis wounded 
at the siege of Vieksburg, and died at Mem- 
phis, in the hospital ) ; Charles B., born March 
10,1843 (died July 15, 1843); Ebenezer B., 
born Sept. 20, 184:3 ; Maria, Jan. 8, 1846 (died 
Aug. 4, 1873); Ann Eliza, April 1, 1848 (died 
Nov. 2. 1849). Mr. Hoyl lived in Orange 
county ten years, two years in New York ; 
thence to Columbus county, Ohio, where he 
lived two years; then cameto Adamscouuty, 
where he has resided since; held the office 
of Assessor and Commissioner of Highways; 
is an auctioneer; has sold goods over all 
this part of the Stale; came here in an early 
day, and is one of Illinois' "old landmarks." 
J. S. Hoyt, where the captain now lives, 
owns a fine farm on Sec. 3 : born in Orange 
county. N.Y'. : emiL'ratcd to this county with 
his parents in 1840; has 212 acres of laud, 
valued at SlO.OtK); has one of the finest resi- 
dences in this part of the township; married 
Polly M. Benedict. She was born in Cay. 
uga county. N. Y., Jan. 31, 1S;55. One child, 
Ada. born May S. 18.59 (died Auir. 14, 18.59). 
Came here when lie was a boy, and has grown 
up with the country, and is one of its sound 
farmers. 



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Hoyt .1. S. farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Angufts. 

HOYT ^VIL,L,IA1I R.. farmer 
and stock shipper, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Augusta, 
Hancock couutj'. 111.; born in Orange countj-, 
N. T., Jan. 8, 1830 ; came to this county 
July 5, 1843 ; has 345 acres of land, valued at 
113,600 ; married Abbie P. Xewcomb. She 
was born in Chittenden county, Vt., .June C, 
1826. Has held the office of Town Clerk 
for twenty-live years; belongs to the Metho- 
dist church. He emigrated to this county - 
with his father; moved into a hewed log 
shanty, their furniture being of the most 
common kind; has hauled wheat to Quincy 
for forty cents ; corn was not worth the 
bother of hauling ; pork, $1.25 nett; could 
buy a good cow with calf by its side for 
|;7..50. Mr. Hoyt, the present season, is 
building himself a beautiful residence; 
came here in an earlj' day, and by economy 
and industry has made himself a line prop- 
ert}-; sold three car loads of catde and two 
of hogs this season. 

Hnbherte H. saloon ; P. O. Keoknk .1 unction. 
Huff F. M. teacher; P. O. Keokuk -J unction. 
Hughes William, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. La Prairie, 
Hinkston Samuel, farmer; sec.ti; P. O. La Prairie. 

Hl'LiEX T. T., farmer and stock 
raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Elm drove; was born 
in Randolph county. N. C , Oct. 30, 1837; 
came to this county in 1845 ; has 270 acres 
of land, valued at 810,000 ; married Mary 
Burke. She \va' born in Schuyler county, 
111., Dec. 16, 1835. Two children: Cora May, 
born June 10, 18G0; Gforge B., Dec. 21, 
1867. Mr. and Mrs. Hulen belong to the 
M. E. church. He holds the office of Post- 
master; has held the office of Highway 
Commissioner and School Director. His 
father, George P. Hulen, emigrated from 
North Carolina when he was seven years 
old ; came by wagon ; crossed the Alleghanys 
at Cumberland Gap: was six week' on the 
road, and located rn the place where he now 
resides; lived in a 1 ig cabin covered with 
clapboards, held on by weight poles; chim- 
ney made out of sods. Mr. H. came here 
at an early day, and has grown up with the 
country, and by good management has made 
himself and family a pleasant home, and is 
one of the sound farmers of the township. 



1IIXEX OXKK, merchant and real 
estate dealer: Keokuk Junction; was born 



in Germany, Dec. 23, 183~!; came to this 
country in 1857, and to this county the 
same year. Has 313 acres of land, val- 
ued at $10,900; married Jane Fleshner. 
She was born in Germany, Feb. 17, 1836. 
Si.x children : Onke, Tretti, William, 3Iai- 
garet, Jane, and John. Mr?. Ihnen was pre- 
viously married to John Burke, and bad three 
children : Sarah, Henry, and Annie. He 
emigrated with his parents from Germany, 
crossed in a sailing vessel, was on the water 
nine weeks and three days, had a nnigh 
voyage ; carries a stock of $5,000, and does 
a business of $15,000. When he came to 
this county had but a hundred dollars in his 
pocket, ond has, through industry and 
economy, made a fine property. 



.Tohnson B. sailor; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Josliu John, harness msker; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Junkir John, laborer; P. 0. La Prairie. 
Jurgans J. shoemaker; P. O. Ktokuk Junction. 
Jnrgans J. G. saloon ; P. O. Keukuk Junction. 



K 



KETCH I M >V.1I. B.. farmer and 
stock raiser, Sec. 2; P.O. .Vugusta, Han- 
cock county; was born in Orange count)', 
N. Y., May 2, 1820; came to this county 
April 9, 1847; has 334 acres of land, vJued 
at $15,000: married Eliza Colley. She was 
born in England, Jan. 14, 1814. Two living 
children: Wm H., born Dec. 19, 1847; Hol- 
ace F., July 23, 1849 ; Bertha, born March 
20, 1851, (and was burned to death JIarch 
20, 1856). Was the first Assessor oi the 
township; member of the Methodist church; 
emigrated in 1838, from Orange county, N.Y., 
to Pulaski, Hancock county. 111 , in 1S38, 
thence to this county ; turns eft' fifty head of 
hogs, and raises seventy-five acres of corn; 
also sells two car loads steers yearly. Mr. 
K. was one of twelve who was sent to Nau- 
voo to serve a summons on Joseph Smith, 
to bring him to Carthage, by orders from 
Gov. Fjid; returned, reported not found. 
But the next day Smith gave himself up to 
Christopher Yates, and was brought to 
Carthage, and two days after was murdered 
in his cell by disguised men. Mr. K. has a 
fine residence and good farm, and is one 
of the sound farmers. 

Klein)ein P Lutheran minister, P.O. Keokuk June 
tion. 



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HISTUKY 6f ADAMS COUNTV. 



Launus L. farmer; eec. 21; P. o. La Prairie. 
Lannus O. farmer; sec. il; P. O. La Prairie. 

IjVIiTj JOHN, farmer, stock and 
lumlKTtieuler; Sw. ;!i; P. O. Keokuk June 
tioa. He was buru in Ireland iu JIai-ch, 
1839; emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1847; 
lived there two years, and came to Adams 
county in ll?4!1. He married Eliza J. Simiv 
son in 1S61. Six children, four living; John 
C, Willie, Mary H., and Dora Maud : two 
died in infancy. He owns 880 acres of 
land, valued at §16,800. He held the oftices 
of Supervisor and Justice of the Peace for 
eleven years. Is at present engaged in the 
lumber and stock shipping business in com- 
pany with Oltraau & Shone ; are the leading 
shipi.ers in the township. He started out 
when he was twenty-one years old with *700, 
and has accumulated a fine property, and is 
one of the sound business men of tlie countv. 
He enlisted in Co. I, of the 110th Regt. lil. 
Inf, Captain Jlay— guarding bridges in 
Tennessee; contracted, by exposure, sinovitis 
in the knee joint: was laid up two weeks in 
the hospital, when he was captured by Gen. 
Forest, and was paroled and sent to Benton 
Barracks. St. Louis; was discharged by be- 
iflg unfit for the service, in 18Cr2. 
Lnmmis J. W. farmer: sec. 6: P. O. L» Prairie. 



M 



-McClelland \Vm. farmer; sec. •-•0; P. 0. La Prairie. 
Manlove J. B. farmer; sec. 38; P. O. Elm Grove. 
ilarliD L. A. physician: P. O. Keokuk .runction 
-Mever .1. saloon: P. 0. Keokuk Jauction. 
Miller H. G. agricultural implements; P. o. Keokuk 

Junction. 
-Mock \V. R laborer: P. O. La Prairie. 
Muuts C. carpenter: P. O. K.'okuk Janciion. 

N 

\OAKE»i T. v.. Piiysiciau and Sur- 
gion; P.O. L:i Pniirie; was born in Breck- 
enridge county. Ky.. Xov. 33. 1840; came 
to this county in May. 187.); emigrated with 
his parents from Kentucky to Clark county. 
Ind.. where he lived twenty years; thence to 
Ad;ims county; commenced the study of 
medicine in Henryville. Ind., under Dr. W. 
E. Wisner. where he remained for two years. 
Then to Cincinnati School of Medicines ;ind 
Surgery one year; thence b:ick to Indiana 
one year, with Dr. Mason; thence to Louis- 



ville University, where he gnuluatetl in 1.S73; 
practiced one year ;it Otisco, Clark county' 
Ind.: then came to Adams county, where lie 
has followed his profession since. 



OWEV D. C, merchant and Phys- 
ician: P. (). La Prairie; has practiced 
twenty-three years in Houston and North- 
east townships in this county; was three 
^yeai-s in the United States bn-pital service 
at Quiucy. 



Parker L. tinner; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Pearce Edwin R. farmer: sec. li: P. O. La Piairie 

PETTIJOIIX R. G.. farmer: Sec 
*i; P. <>. La Prairie (son of Jacol) and 
Penelope Pettijohn); was born iu Pike 
county. 111.. Sept. 3, 1839 ; came to this county 
in l8o3. He has 130 acres of land, valued 
at §,j.0(i0: married Eliza Waring. She was 
born in this county Xov. 33, 184.8, and died 
June 33. 1877. He has h.nd three children: 
Laura Bell, born Aug. 1. 1869; James Ed- 
ward, born March 3, 1873; Martha A., born 
Aug. 37, 1876 (died Feb. 8, 1877). Turns 
oft' thirty head of hogs, and raises forty-five, 
acres of corn. His father, Jacob Peltijohn, 
was born in Xorth C:iroIin:». in 1834; em- 
igrated to D;iyton. Ohio, where he lived 
until 1839. when he came to Pike county, 
III.; lived there a short time, and then canie 
to Brown county, where he remained until 
1853, when he came to this county, where he 
died iu 1809. His mother died March 3, 
1877. He enlisted in the 119th Regt. 111. Inf 
Co. K. ; was in the Red river expedition 
with Gen. Banks, and at the battles of Xash- 
ville and Mobile; wjvs taken prisoner by 
Gen. Forest, lield for a short time, and then 
paroled, and sent to St. Louis ; afterward 
was sent to his regiment in Tennessee ; was 
discharged at Mobile, Ala. 

Patton Milton, phys clan: P. O.Keokuk .Junction 
Peters Lhas. farmer; sec. ■,'■;; P. O Elm Grove. 
Poppe John, merchant: P. o. Keokuk Junction. 

Plt-4Tlf KK JOH!ir. letireil farmer; 
P. O. I,;i Prairie ; w:is born in Clark county, 
Ind.. Dec. 4, 1838; c.tme to this county in 
18.53; has forty acres of laud, valued at 
$1,600; married Maria Reynolds; born 
in Elk county. Va , Oct. 6, 1834. They have 
had eight children, three living: William 



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873 



Thomas, bom July 27, 1S31 (died Sept, 21. 
1875) ; .lames, Jan. 18, 1854 ; Sarah, Dec. 2-t, 
1851);. John, July 20, 1858. Joseph S., July 
2(3, 18(i0 (died Nov. 4, 1802); Marinda, Aug. 
28. 18G5 (died March 9, 1806); two died iu 
infaacy. He emigrated direct from Indiana to 
this county; farmed for sixteen years; 
bought and shipped stock for three years, 
then engaged in the mercantile business 
until 1877. Mr. and Mrs. P. belong to the 
M. E. church. Enlisted in the 73d Uegt. 
Ills. luf , Co. H, as Orderly Sergeant : was iu 
the battle of Perry ville. Crab Orchard, Edg- 
tield (against Jlorgun), Xashville, Murfrees- 
boro, where he had a four days' tiglit 
against Bragg, Chickiimauga, Loudau. Straw- 
berry Plains, East Tcnne,ssee : then to Chick- 
amauga and Lookout Mountain, the battle " 
above the clouds, Buzzard's Roost, Marrietta, 
Ga., and l{omo. Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, 
wa^ lield to look after Hood, while Slierman 
manheil to the sea. The last battle ]iartici- 
pali.I in was at Xashville. under Gen. 
Thomas. Was mustered out at Sprmgtield, 
111. 

R 

Hauk u S. liarness maker; I'. O. KeoKuk .Tuuctiou. 
Keiii.'.Ts Mrs. T. milliner; Keokulc Junction. 

ItOKBlXM ALKX. S., farmer; 
Sec. 10; P. O. La Prairie; was born in Guil- 
ford county, N. C, July 12, 1835; came to 
this county in 1830. He has 115 acres of 
lani, valued at |4,G0O; married Betheuy 
Julian. She was born in Randolph county, 
K. v., :March 0, 1840. She was the mother of 
three children : Julius, born Oct. 29, 1858; 
Natl:au Ale.\, born Nov. 9, 1803; James, 
born Dec. 9, 1875. Emigrated from North 
Carolma with his parents to this county 
when he was one year old, where he has 
lived for forty years. When he cam e to the 
county there was not a house on the prairie, 
and only a few in the township. AVild game 
was [ilenty, such as wild turkeys, wolves, 
deer, prairie chickens, etc. Mr. K. remem- 
l)ers living in a shanty with a cliinuiey 
made out of sods and sticks; furniture, 
the most common kind. Enlisted in the 
lliitli Regl. 111. Inf., Co. K, under Capt. 
Johnson, Col. T. J. Kinney. The first en- 
gagement he was iu was on the Red river 
expedition, at Sabine Cross Roads, skirm- 
ishes at Yellow B;iyou, and Nashville; was 



at the charge at Moliile; was taken prisoner 
at Mobile Railroad ; paroled, and sent to 
St. Louis. 

It<>l{ltl\i$ C. !»., farmer; Sec. 15; 
P.O. I, a Prairie; born iu this county, Jan. 
7, 1853. He has'lCO acres of land, valued at 
^5,000; married Delia Ross. She was born 
iu Schuyler county. 111., May 19, 18.57. She 
was the mother of two children: Hayes, 
born July 16, 1876; Clyde, born Aug. 25. 
1878. His father was one of the earliest 
settlers iu the county. 

KOltltlXS H. C. farmer; Sec. 23; 
P. (>. I. ,1 Prairie ; was Ijoru iu Adams 
county, -May 31), 1853; has 102 acres of land, 
valued at §6,480; mari-icd Miss Adell De- 
Grool. She was born in New York City, 
JIarch 16, 1850. They have three children : 
Elsie L., born Nov. 10, 1875 ; Cora A., Jau. 
7, 1876; Alta Blanch, Nov. 19,1878. His 
father, Clement Robbins, emigrated from 
North Carolina in the year 1833. He mar- 
ried Miss Leah Burke. She was born in 
Russell county, Va. They have had eleven 
children, eight living. Mr. Robbins came 
to this county in an early day, when the 
country was wild; raised a large family, and 
is one of the pioneers. Mr. Robbins, the 
subject of this sketch, outside of his fai'iu- 
iug, ships cattle and hogs. He has a fine 
farm, and has a good start for a young man. 
Itobbins Jason, lurmer; eec. '.^4; P. O. Eln) Grove. 

ItOUBlXK XATHAA, farmer and 
stock raiser and boss hunter; Sec. 21; P. O. 
La Prairie. He was born in Guilford county, 
N. C. Oct. 25, 1824; came to this county iu 
the fall of 1830. There came a snow storm on 
the 13th of December, about twenty-two 
inches deep. He now has 275 acres of 
laud, valued ;it $7,000 ; has had as high as 
1,000 acres, which he has divided among his 
sous; married Elizabeth J. Dorset. Oct. 24, 
1848. Seven children ; Jeftery H., James H., 
Commodore P., Nathan L., Ulysses ^V., Mary 
E., and Iva May. When they came here 
they went into a log shanty, 10 -X 10, with a 
sod chimney and puncheon lloor. Their 
bedsteads was made out of split poles; used 
the bo.xes they brought their goods in for 
tables. The earliest settlers were Jackson 
Wilson, Herman Ellison, Chas. Umble, El- 
liott Combs, Beuj. Gould, Jonathan Brown- 



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IIISTOKY iiF ADAMS COUNTY. 



ing, Basil AVarren, Zacli. Deau, Samuel 
Walker, Jabcz Walker, Moses Piggi>tt, Flem- 
ing Biirke. Wm. Burke, .James Uobbins, aad 
J. Avy. Mr. Kolibins came here amoug the 
earliest settlers, and has helped to make the 
town ; is one of its substantial fanners, and 
one of the best hunters in' the eounty; has 
killed more wolves and deer than any other 
man; knows what a circle-hunt is, and lias 
participated in a great many. 

ROBBIX!^ WILLI.VM. larmer;. 
Sec. 1.5: P. O. La Prairie; was born in 
Guilford eounty, X. C, Aug. 19, 1818; came 
to this county in 183C. He owns 1.57 acres 
of land, valued at !f;7,000; married Miss 
Mary Dorset. She was born in Randolph 
county, X. C, March 11, 1822. They have 
tive children: Ahi, born Sept. 4, 1843; 
John, March -1, 184.5: .lerod, March 14, 1847; 
Jason, March 14, 1847, ;ind William Mc- 
Kendie, Feb. 14, 184!). lie emigrated, with 
his parents, in 183G, to this eounty, wheti he 
was eighteen years old. They moved into a 
log-cabin, where they resided nearly a year. 
They were in limited circumsfimces, and 
used bo.xes for tables, and '-Jackson bed- 
steads." The first night they stayed in the 
county, they put up at a log-cabin, 12x14, 
where there were sixteen persons. John en- 
listetl in the .jOth Regl. 111. Inf., Capt. 
Smith. He was in sevend skirmishes; died 
in Georgia, Xov. 21, 1804, and was buried at 
Monticello. Ga., with his blanket for his 
shroud. .\.hi was a member of the oOth 
Regt. 111. Inf.; was in the march to the sea, 
and grand review at AVashiiigton. Mr. 
Robbins was among the earliest settlers, and 
can be called one of the county's pioneers. 
Mr. and .Mrs. R. belong to the M. E. church. 
Koee G. E. drugsist, P. O. Keotak -J unction. 
Roeson S. black«miih. P. o. Keokuk Junction. 



Sa pp Isaac, laborei- : P. O. La Prairie. 

Sartorls H. crain bnyer: P. O. KeoknK .Innc.ion. 

SattorS B. Uborer; P. O. La Prairie. 

Sattorff -M. retired f«rmer; V. u. Keokuk .June. 

Bcbanke A. »bo.-maker; P. O. La Prairie. 

Schwariz .John, firmer; eec. .30; P. o. Iveokiik 

Junction. 
Selby U. E. merchant; P. O. Keokuk .luDctiou. 
SclbyS. merchant. P. u. Kfokiik Janrtiun. 
Selby W. T. railroader; P. O Ke-jkiik .hinclion. 
Simpson L. farmer; sec. 5;P. O. L« Prairie. 
Stead H. r. farmer; eer. -it; P. O. Elm Grove. 



STEVEXS j.4:ties M., 1 

and stock raiser; Sec. 8; P. O. La Pr 
wjis.bornin Madison county, Ky., .1 
1820;. came to this county in 1831. Ui 
248 acres of land, valued at ^10,000: 
190 acres in Hancock county, valr. 
.$7,200; married -Miss Eliza Crain. SL 
born in Kentucky, in December, 1818. They 
have ten children, four living: Mary E., 
Emily J., Eliza Ann, and Benj. Dudley. 
He held the oftice of School Director and 
Road Commissioner. He einigrated, June 
8, 1829, to Sangamon county. 111.; lived 
there two years; thence to this county, and 
landed in an old cabin, near where Benj. 
Gould now lives; stopped there a short 
time, then came down where Mr. Combs 
first settled, and put up a shanty. There 
was no sawed lumber iU that time, and he 
had to use puncheons for floors, clapbo:u-ds 
for doors, ;md sod chimneys. He hauled 
grain to Quincy, and got twenty-five cents 
per bushel for wheat. Mr. Stevens w.as 
among the earliest settlers, and is the oldest 
settler living in the township. 
Stone James, druggist; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 

STORMIER JUHX W., 

farmer; P. O. La Prairie; Wiis boru in Mor- 
gan county. 111., Nov. 23, 1829; came to this 
county in 1837. He owns lliOacre.s of land, 
valued at ^5,000; married Miss .Margaret A. 
Wilson. She was born Sept. 16, 1834, in 
this township. They h.ive had three chil- 
dren: Alice J., born April 2, 1853, (died 
April 28, 1873); James C, born Xov. 19, 
1855 (died Dec. 27, 1858) ; Lewis, born Jan. 
0, 1858. At the age of eight years, Mr. S. 
came to this county, where he has resided 
since. He has farmed for twenty-two ye:irs, 
and then engaged in tlie mercantile busi- 
ness for five years. After one year, he 
bought a I'arm. He held the office of As- 
sessor for three years; also. Road Commis- 
sioner. Politically, he is a Republican. 
When his mother first came to the State, in 
182«5, there were plenty of Indians, and no 
houses on the prairie. WiUl game was 
plenty, such as deer and wolves, etc. He 
has participated in circle-hunts; came liere 
in an early day, and has grown up with the 
country, and knows what a pioneer's life is. 

STRAHAX PETER. farmer; 
Sec. 14; P. U. Elm Grove; was born in 




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Clayton township, Feb. 37, 1837. He owns 
eighty acres of laud, valued at $'3,500; mar- 
ried iliss Elleu Lauderback. She was born 
in this.county and towushij), Jlay 23, 1844. 
They have three children: Cora, Andrew 
Jackson, and Jlargaret. They are members 
of the United Brethren church. 
Strickler W. H. hotel; P. O. Keokak Junction 
Snttou W. T. laborer; P. O. La Prairie. 



Talbott B. F. farmer; P. O. La Prairie. 
Tarr A. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Augusta. 

TEXHAEFF C. J., farmer; Sec. 
20; P. O. La Prairie; was born in Reese, on 
the Rhine, Genuany, April 9, 1800; came to 
this country in 1855, and to this count}' in 
Nov. 17, 185 T. His first wife was Louisa 
Burke. She was born Jlarch 17, 1841, and 
died Feb. 3, 1869. For his second wife he 
married Ellen E. Bacou. She was born 
June 23, 1850, and died Dec. 3, 1873. By 
his first wife he had two children: Fredei'ick 
L., born Oct. 30, 1863, and Charles F., born 
Oct. 27, 1865. He owns 030 acres of land, 
valued at $25,000. Has held the office of 
Supervisor. Mr. Tenhaefl' takes a lively in- 
tcrest in the town, and is one of its sound 
farmers. 

TEISTHAEFF \%IL.IiIAM, 
fanner and dairyman; Sec. 17; P. O. La 
Prairie; was born in Reese, German\-, Feb. 
8,1836; came to the United States Slay 1, 
1854, and to this county in 1856. He owns 
350 acres of land, valued at $30,000. He 
married Ehi Kaufmau in 1857. She was 
born Oct. 8, 1833. She is the mother of five 
children : Annie, born Sept. 39, 1858 ; Mar}', 
born April 27, 1860 ; Alexander, born May 
35, 1863 ; Leopold, born Aug. 13, 1809, and 
Clara, Dec. 28, 1873. He crossed the ocean 
in a sailing vessel, and was si.v weeks mak- 
ing the voyage; came to St. Louis, and lived 
tliere two years ; thence to Adams county, 
where he Las resided since. He built a fine 
residence in 1867, costing $12,000. Follows 
the dairy business; keeps twenty cows, and 
.ships his milk to Quincy. He is one of the 
many substantial citizens of Northeast town- 
ship. 

TIPTON S. H., blacksmith ; P. O. 
Keokuk .Junction; was born in Shenandoah 
county.Va., Jan. 3, 1830 ; came to this county 
n the fall of 1837; married Amanda Young. 



She was born in Schuyler county, HI., March 
15, 1837. They have had si.\ children, five 
living: Charles, Frank, Annie, Nellie, Eva, 
and Fannie. Eva died July 31, 1875. His 
father, John Tipton, emigrated from Vir- 
ginia, when he was eight years old, to Han- 
cock county, and moved into a log cabin, 
16.\16, with sis in family; came through 
with two teams, and was thirty-one days in 
•making the trip; crossed the Alleghany 
Mountains ; through Ohio and Indiana ; 
camped out and did their own cooking; 
located on the wild prairie; broke land and 
raised crops, and hauled wheat to Quincy 
and sold it for tweu ty-flve cents ; also sold 
pork as low as $1.35 per 100 lbs. net. There 
was plenty of game, such as deer, wolves 
and turkeys. His father was at Carthage 
the day before Joseph Smith, the Mormon, 
was killed. Mr. Tipton came here when 
everything was in its wild state, and has seen 
the development of the country, and can 
well be called one of its early pioneers. 

Thomas E. P. farmer; P. O. La Prairie. 
Thorn; Bon John, farmer; P. O. La Prairie. 



Vertrus W. .J. laborer; P. O. La Prairie. 

w 

WAIiKER C. W., farmer; Sec. 
35; P. 0. Keokuk Junction; was born in 
Randolph county, N. C, July 3, 1837, and 
came to this county m 1836. Has 432 acres 
of land, valued at $12,900. He married Mary 
Alexander. She was born in Russell county, 
Va., June, 1833, and died Oct. 28, 1877. 
Their children are : Minerva A., Polly A., 
Sarah A., F. E., Rachel J., William D., Rob- 
ert M., and Jesse W. Two died in infancy. 
Mr. and Jlrs. Walker belonged to the Jlcth- 
odist church. He emigrated when he was 
twelve years old, with his parents, to this 
county, where he has resided since; came 
with a four-horse team ; was on the road six 
weeks; crossed through Cumberland Gap. 
The first winter he lived in a school-house; 
used a box for a tal)le ; split out puncheons 
for stools; rented a farm the first year, a 
short distance from where he n(jw lives ; af- 
terward rented of Fleming [Burke for three • 
years. He knows what a circle-hunt is ; has 
participated in a great many, and has helped 
to kill as high as six deer in a day ; came 



HISluKY OF ADAMS CUUNTV. 



here a poor boy, but by hard work and 
good judgment has made a good home. 

WALKER JKSSK. farmer; Sec. 
14; P. O. Elm Grove; born in Randolph 
county, N. C, Jan. 15, 1831 ; has 330 acres 
of land, valued at $10,000 ; married ^lary 
Dorset. She was born in Chatham county, 
N. C, 1833; died August, 18."):!. They had 
two children, Sarah E; and Samuel R. (who 
was killed by a mower, when he w^as fif- 
teen years old). For his second wife he ^ 
married Lena Pettijohn in 18G4. She was 
born in Ohio. Two children, Susan and 
Mary E. For his third wife, married Mary 
E. McCollum; born in Indiana, and died 
April 1, 18T7. Emigrated to this county di- 
rect in 1839. His father lived in a shanty, 
14x14, made of poles about as high as a 
man's head, puncheon floor, used dry goods 
boxes for tables, and had a sod chimney. 
There was plenty of game, could go out and 
kill a deer any time. Had to go twelve 
miles to mill. Has met with many trials, 
but by hard work and economy has made a 
good property and home. 

Walker Kate, P. o. La Prairie. 

Ward Edward, farmer; sec. IT; P. O. La Prairie, 



1.VARIXG J AlIES, farmer, Sec. 1.5 ; 
P. O. La Prairie; was born in Lewis county, 
Ky., Aug. 30,1835; came to this county, 
in the spring of 1835; has 167 acres of 
land, valued at f7,000; married Martha 
Robbins. She w^as born in Guilford county, 
N. C, 1839. They have had six children, 
Eliza, Nettie, Johnny, Mary, Andrew S. 
and James H.; only one is living. Mr. and 
Mrs. Waring belong to the M. E. church. 
His father emigrated from Marj'land to 
Kentucky when he was five years old, and 
lived there thirty-three years, where he 
raised a family of six children; then in 
1835 came to this county, where he lived 
until he died, at the age of seventy-tive yrars. 
He was in the War of 1813. AVhen he came 
here, moved into a shanty, 13x14 feet, on 
the land where Alanson Tarr now lives; 
used a store box for a table, for a number of 
years. Mr. Waring is one of the pioneers 
of this county. 

Weesels Fred, laborer; P. O. Keokuk Junction. 
Wileon J. H. farmer; eec. 7; P. O. La Prairie 
Witford Thomas, farmer; sec. 31 P. O. Keokak 
Jnnction. 



Zimmerman .1. R. farmer; sec. i9; P. O. La Prairie. 



LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. 



Allen E. M. farmer; P. O. Liberty. 

Arnold Gottleib, farmer; sec. .'S; P. 0. Liberty. 

Arnold W. T. farmer; sec. ii; P. O. Liberty. 



Baxter Samnel, farmer ; sec. 4 ; P. O . Liberty. 

BEliTON WM.. farmer ; Sec. G ; P. O. 
Liberty. He was born in Ireland, Sept. 15, 
1815. In 1834 he came to Pennsylvania ; in 
1836 he came to New Orleans ; in 1837 came 
to St. Louis, and in the fall returned to New 
Orleans. In 1838 he came to Ohio ; thence 
to Indiana, and was employed on public 
works as contractor and superintendent for 
sixteen years, in Indiana and Oliio. In 18G5 
he came to Adams county. He owns 175 
acres of land ; married Eliza Moore, May 10, 



1841. She was born, Sept. 31, 1831, in Mor- 
gan county, Ohio. Had twelve children, six 
living: Rachael A., Catherine, Lucy J., Thos. 
C. Susan A., and Eugenia. 
Bernard F. M. farmer; sec 12; P. 0. Liberty. 
Bernard Wm. farmer; pec. 23; P. O. Liberty. 
Blank Jonathan, farmer; sec. 14; P. 0. Liberty. 
Blank W. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Liberty. 
Benfleld George, farmer; sec. 38; P. 0. Liberty. 
Blentlinger Geo. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Liberty. 
Blentlineer W. H. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Liberty. 
Bramen Peter, farmer; sec. 2-J; P. O. Liberty. 
Booth George, farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Liberty. 
Boren B. farmer; sec. ii; P. O. Liberty. 
Bowers Chas. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Liberty. 
Bowman Fred, merchant; sec. 1; P. O. Liberty. 
Boyer.Tonas, farmer; sec. 36: P. O. Liberty. 
Buskirk W. B. farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Liberty. 

BITTZ HOX. A. W. D., capitalist; 
P. O. Liberty. The subject of this biography 
saw the light of day Aug. 10, 1809, in North- 



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ampton county, Pennsylvania. His father, 
Hon. Michael R. Buttz, was a native of Sus- 
sex county. New Jereey. He removed to 
Northampton county, where he carried on 
milling and merchandise pursuits. He rep- 
resented Northampton county in the Legis- 
lature as the Democratic representative for 
live terms. He was very successful in all 
his business pursuits. Jacob Buttz, the 
grandfather of Abraham, served during the 
War of the Revolution, and was with 'Wash- 
ington's army wlien they crossed the Dela- 
ware river on that cold Christmas night, 
when they defeated and captured the Hes- 
sians. Mr. A, H. D. Buttz received his early 
t:rtining in the schools of Nazareth, Pennsyl- 
vania, under the instruction of the Moravian 
College. In 1834 he came to Adams county, 
Illinois, and built a saw mill on McKee's 
Creek, this being the first mill in that town- 
ship. This property he afterward sold, and 
removed to Liberty, where lie engaged in 
merchandising from '30 until 'Gl. By a strict 
attention to business he acquired a handsome 
fortune. He then sold out his business to his 
sons, M. R. and A. H. D. Jr. Mr. Buttz was 
married Sept. 13, 1835, to Miss Mary E., daugh- 
ter of D. P. Meacham, who came to Adams 
county in 1839. She was born July 3, 1819, 
in Ohio. They have had eleven children, 
six are now living: M. R., their oldest son, 
died in Kansas in 187.5, aged 36 years. He 
was a graduate of the Northwestern Chris- 
tian University, Indiana. He was a lawyer 
by profession, having practiced at Quincy a 
niimber of years. The surviving children 
are : Mary, A. H. D. Jr., Jno. W., Samuel D., 
Jessie S., and Mira. Has been Postmaster 
thirteen years. He owns over 3,000 acres of 
improved laud in Adams county, also lands 
in Kansas, and property in Quincy. Repub- 
lican. Mrs. B. is a member of the Christian 
church. 

Bnttz A. H. D. Jr. miller; P. O. Liberty. 
Bnttz J. W. farmer; P. O. Liberty. 



Campbell Archie, constable; P. O. Liberty. 
Campbell John, farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Liberty. 
Carl August, farmer; sec. Vi; P. O. Liberty. 
Carter Marlon, farmer; sec. S5; P. O. Liberty. 
Carrigan James; farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Liberty. 
Carson T. E. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Liberty. 
Clark Mrs. Eliza, see. W; P. O. Liberty. 
Clark Mary, sec. 2^; P. O. Liberty. 
Clark Patrick, Sr. farmer; sec. 34; P. 0. Liberty. 



Clark Robert, sec. 3S; P. O. Fairweather. 
Clark R. J. farmer; sec. 28; P. 0. Liberty. 
Clary Edmond, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Liberty. 

COATS AVM. A., .farmer; Sec. 3; 
P. O. Liberty; born Feb. 30, 1817, in Balti- 
more county, Md.; in 1838 went to New 
York City, thence to New Orleans ; in 1844 
to Mason county Ky. ; in 18o7 came to Adams 
county: married Mrs. Ellen Gardner, daugh- 
ter of AVm. Hugle, who came to Adams 
county about 1841. He has three children 
by a former marriage: Eveline K. (now Mrs. 
Williams), Marion W. (now Mrs. Garner), 
and Emma A. (now Mrs. Gates); has one 
sot l<y present marriage, Wm. A. Mrs. Coats 
has two children by a former marriage: So- 
phia (now Mrs. Hatlow), LuelUi (now Mrs. 
Smith). Harrison and Robert served in the 
late war. Robert died April 33, 1863, in 
Louisville, Ky. 'Mr. Coats owns 180 acres 
of land. They are members of the Lutheran 
church. 

Collins O. H. farmer; s?c. 17; P. O. Liberty. 
Cook Ben j. farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Liberty. 

CORKINS P. G., Physician and 
Surgeon; P. O. Liberty; born Nov. 7, 1835, 
in Chautauqua coimty, N. Y., in 1838; came 
with his parents to Tippecanoe county, Ind., 
in 1845. He commenced the study of medi- 
cine in Yorktown, Ind.; graduated at the 
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Feb. 16, 
1853. In 1849 he commenced the practice 
of medicine at Kingston, 111., has been in 
constant practice since. He removed to 
Liberty in 1869; married Miss Amelia M. 
Babcock, Jan. 1, 1853. She was born Jan. 
2, 1834, in Chautauqua county, N. Y. ; have 
had seven children, four living: Lucinda 
(now Mrs Craig;, Jno. W., Orlando M., and 
Anna M. He owns 105 acres of land adjoin- 
ing Liberty. He represented this county in 
the Legislature from 1866 to 1868. Democrat. 
Craig Agnes, sec. 35; P.O. Fairweather. 

CRAICr JOHX (deceased), born Aug. 
10, 1873, in Kentucky; when a child he 
came with his parents to Indiana. In 1830 
he came to Liberty townsliip ; married Ag- 
nes Farmer in 1836. She was born May 18, 
1818, in Alabama. She came to Adams 
county with her father in 1835. They had 
twelve children, ten living: jMilton, Sarah A., 
Chas. W., James H., Perleta J., John C, 
Jasial, jVndrew J., Lucy E. and Malviua A. 
Milton enlisted in 1862 in the 78th Regt., 



878 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



111. Inf., and served to the end of the war. 
They own 440 acres of land. Mr. Craig died 
Aug. 28, 1877 

Craig Milton, farmer; eec. 84; P.O. Liberty. 
Craig Wm. Tarmer; see. 24; P. O. Liberty. 
Cruse Margaret, ecc. 10; P. O. Liberty, 



Delmiith Henry, fanner; eec. -H; P. O. Liberty. 
DoUL'herty Jacob, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Liberty. 
Doff Thos. sewing machine agt. P. O. Liberty. 

DLIXLAP WARRKX B., Phy 

sician and 8ur;:eon; P. O. Liln'itv; born 
Oct. 22, 1848, in G;isconade county, Mo.; 
when a child came with his mother to, 
Adams county. 111. He commenced the 
study of medicine in 1872, and graduuted :it 
the l.,ouisville, Ky., Jledical College, in 187G; 
he tirst graduated in the spring of 1872 from 
the State University at Urbima, 111; married 
JIary E. Worrell, Jlarch 9, 1870. She was 
born in 1853, in Chester county. Pa. ; have 
one child, liable May. Mrs. Dunlap is a 
member of the Presbyterian church. 5Ir. 
Dunlap is a Republican. 



Edwards Henry, farmer; eec. •^: P. O. Liberty. 
Enlow Dr. G. W. P. O. Liberty. 
Enlow Silas, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Liberty. 
Erke Fred., farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Liberty. 



Fellmer Daniel, farmer; ecc. 21; P. O. Liberty, 
Frsseuden Sarah, sec 36; Pj 0. Liberty. 
Fisher Catherine. P. O. Liberty. 

FISCHKIC HEXRY, farmer and 
blacksmith; Sec. 26; P. O. Liberty. He 
was born July 11, 1830, in Bavaria, Germany. 
In 18.54 he came to Zauusville, Ohio. In 
1860 he came to Adams county. He owns 
eighty acres of land; married Catherine 
Fessenden in Sept. 1866. She was born in 
1842, in Adams county. They have three 
children; Nettie, Charles H., and Nathan 
F. He is a member of the Lutheran church, 
she, of the Presb^'teriau church. 
Fitzgerald David, farmer; eec. 13; P. O. Liberty. 
Frey John, farmer; eec. 19; P. O. Liberty. 

FllEY T. X., druggist; P. O. Lib- 
erty; was born March 6, 1828, in Lehigh 
county, Pa. He came to Liberty township 
in 1846 ; worked at the carpenters' trade till 



1862, when he enlisted in Co. E., 78th 111. 
Inf.; served about seven months, when he 
was discharged on account of physical disa- 
bility. He then returned to Liberty and en- 
gaged in various kinds of business. In 
18G6 he engaged with B. F. Grover as clerk ; 
continued with him until 1873, when he 
commenced his present business; married 
Susan Sally, in 18.i3. She was born in 1838, 
in Liberty township; died .Ian. 4, 1804; have 
one child, Lj'dia, now Jlrs. Covert; second 
^iiarriage to Mary M. Beufield, Sept. 18, 1864. 
She was born March 7, 1844, in Crawford 
county. Pa. Have two children : Adam R., 
and Tilman X. Jr. Is Township Treasurer, 
and has been Justice of the Peace, Jind a 
member of the Christion church. Politics, 
Democrat. 

FREY WILLIAM, farmer; Sec. 
19; P. O. Liberty; was born in Lehigh 
county. Pa., in 1830 ; came to Illinois and 
located in Liberty in 18.56, and worked in a 
mill; was married Oct. 27, 1873, to Martha 
Christia Heckrodt. She was born in Adams 
county. 111., in Feb. 10, 18")4. They have 
three children : Cora Ann, born Feb., 1874; 
ElBe May, born Sept., 1870, and Malinda, 
born Sept., 1878. He bought 108 acres of 
land, paid $4,700 for it, and has it under a 
good state of cultivation ; has a large orchard 
and makes the best of cider ; raises a great 
number of cattle, sheep and hogs, and has 
as fine stock as the county affords. His farm 
is estimated to be worth $,50 per acre. Mr. 
and Mrs. Frey are members of the Lutheran 
church at Liberty. Politically he is a Dem- 
ocrat. 

G 

Gallaher J. 11. constable ; P. O. Liberty. 

tianut Julia, sec. 4; P.O. Liberty. 

Gilts Henry, miller; P. O. Liberty. 

GloHse Henry, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Liberty. 

Gordon Elizabeth, sec. 25; P. O. Liberty. 

Gordon W. W. farmer; sec. 14; P.O. Liberty. 

Gorman James, sec. 14; P. O. Liberty. 

Gorman Thomas, farmer; fee. 13; 1'. O. Liberty. 

Graff Thomas, farmer; sec. 18; P. 0. Liberty. 

Grimes J. M physician; P.O. Liberty. 

GKOYER B. P., merchant; P. 0. 
Liberty; was born Feb. 2, 1817, in Sidney, 
Maine, in 1840 ; came to Carroll county, Ky., 
in 1851 ; came to Liberty two years later, 
and commenced his present business. There 
wsis but one store when he came here. He has 



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been County Superintendent of schools. 
Town Supervisor and Treasurer, Justice of the 
Peace, etc. ; married Mary Nighswonger, in 
Oct. 1854. She was born in 1831 ; died Jan. 
18.56. Second marriage to Anna E. Ferguson, 
Sept. 20, 1856. She was born in 1837, in 
Madison county. 111. Have seven children : 
Cora, Edith, Ferguson, Leanore, Hatchel, 
Blackman, and Donald ; lost four children 
in infancy. Is a member of the Free Masons 
and Odd Fellows' societies. Politics, Dem- 
ocrat. Mrs. Grovei' is a memlier of the Pres- 
byterian church. 

Griibt) David, farmer: sec. 18: P. O. Liberty. 
Grubb Edmund, farmer; sec. IT; P. O. Liberty. 
Grnbb G. W. farmer; sec. 17: P. O. Liberty. 
Grub) Jonas, farmer; eec. IT; P. O. Liberty. 
Gralib Reuben, farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Liberty. 



pab^rline August, farmer; sec. 34; P.O. Fairweather. 
Hendrix Samuel, butcher; P. O. Liberty. 
Henry Ales, larmer; sec. 26: P. O. Liberty. 
Hessert V. farmer; sec. •?'; P. O. Liberty. 
Hotiman -Jnlius, farmer; see. 11; P. O. Liberty. 

HrDDL,ESTOX 'WM., farmer; 
Sec. 28; P. O. Liberty; was born, July 15, 
1839, in Brown county, 111.; at the age of 
thirteen he came with his parents to Adams 
county; married Nancy Deselem, Nov. 5, 
1863. She was born in 1838, in Ohio; died 
March 10, 1865. His .«econd marriage was 
to EUeasy Cook, Jan. 24, 1867. She was 
born, Dec. 31, 1843, in Tennessee. Have 
sis children : Mary E , Allen H., Chas. S., 
Emma N., Edith F., and William E. ; lost 
Cora J. in 1873, aged four years, five 
months and ten days. Mr. Huddleston 
enlisted, August, 1861, in Co. B, 50th Reat. 
111. Inf.; sei-ved till Jan. 29, '03; was dis- 
charged on account of a wound received at 
the battle of Shiloh, for which he draws a 
pension. He owns eighty-five acres of land 
in Sec. 15,Concord township, valued at $3,000. 
He is Township Supervisor, and has been 
Assessor and Collector. Democrat, and a 
Baptist. 

Ilunsaker Andrew, farmer; eec. 30; P.O. Liberty. 
ITunraker H. D. farmer; eec 80; P. O. Liberty. 
Ilnnsaker Jane; sec. 13; P. O. Liberty. 
Hunsaker John, farmer; eec. 30; P.O. Liberty. 
Hun^aker S. farmer; sec. 30: P.O.Liberty. 
Hunsaker Wm. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Liberty. 



Jamison James, farmer; eec. 28; P. O. Liberty. 
Jones Helen, dressmaker; P. O. Liberty. 



KARNEY CHAS. J., undertaker; 
P. O. Liberty; was born Oct. 18, '28, in 
Warren county, Ohio; in '57, came to Adams 
county, 111.; in '63 removed to Liberty, and 
engaged as carpenter and joiner; married 
Ann E. Tickener in '48. . She was born in 
'17, in AVarren county, Ohio. Presbyterian 
and Republican. 
Keller George, br.. farmer; eec. T: P. O. Liberty. 

KE1,L,Y II «X. aiAlTKICE, 

farmer; Sec. 35; P. 0. Liberty. 
Kelly Patrick, farmer; sec. 2T; P. O. Liberty. 
Kline Vernon, farmer; eec. 24; P. O. Liberty. 
Ko2tzel Abraham, shoemaker; P. O. Liberty. 

KUNTZ JOHKf, manufacturer of 
wagons and coffins, P. O. Liberty; was born, 
April 35, '41, near Pittsburg, Pa.; when a 
child, came with his parents to Quincy, 111.; 
enlisted, in '63, in Co. E, 78th Regt. 111. Inf., 
and served till the end of the war; then 
came to Kingston, 111., and commenced his 
present busines; in '70 he removed to Lib- 
erty; married Mary Lentz, Sept. 0, '65. She 
was born, in '46, in Adams county. Have 
five children ; four living: Katie, Frederick, 
William H., and Emma; lost Anna in in- 
fancy. Republican and Methodist. 



Leaker R. G. minister; P. O. Liberty. 

liEXTZ W. H., harness; Liberty; 
born June 15, 1848, in Kingston, 111. He 
learned his trade with A. B. Wilhelm, of 
Quincy ; he commenced his present business 
iu 1872. Married Mary M. Wiester, Nov. 3, 
1869. She was born Dec. 3, 1852, in West- 
moreland county. Pa. Have three children: 
Ernest C, aged six years; Harry C, three 
years ; and William A., eight months. Are 
members of the M. E. church. Is a Republi- 
can. 

Lierle Diana, sec. 6; P. O. Columbus. 
Lierle Richard, larmer; sec. 9; P. O. Liberty. 
Lierle Wm. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Liberty. 
Lierle W. B. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Liberty. 
Lierle W. R. farmer; sac. 27; P. O. Liberty. 
Lindcbower S. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Liberty. 
Linn Amoe, blacksmith; P. O. Liberty. 



HI 



McBride C. B. farmer; sec. 31 ; P. O. Liberty. 
McBrideS. F. farmer; eec. 31; P.O.Liberty. 
McCIintock Barbara eec. 6; P. O. Liberty. 



sso 



HI#Ti>KV OF ADAMS COCNTY. 



MoCRORY J.4JIES, farmer; Sec. 
32; p. 0. Liberty; was boru Jan. 1, 1830, in 
Wasbiugton count}', Pa. In 18.51 he came 
to Adams county, 111. He owns 240 acres 
of laml, valued at $30 per acre; married 
Letitia Job, Xov. 6, 1843. She was born 
Jan. 23, 1823, in Marshall county, Va. Had 
thirteen children, -eight living: L. E. M- 
(now Mrs. Hartshorn); M. K., M. R., J. K., 
C. L., G. B., H. G., and S. Has been four 
years Justice of the Peace; Road Commis- 
sioner, School Trustee and Director. Mem- ^ 
bcr of Presbyterian church. Is a Democrat. 

HclMAHOX JOHN, farmer; Sec. 
23 ; p. O. Liberty. He was born in 1833 in 
Ireland ; in 1855 came to Quincy ; in 1857 
removed to Liberty township ; they own 300 
acres of land. Married Mary Clark in 1858. 
She was bom in 1834 iu Ireland; in 1837 
she came with her parents to America. Her 
mother lives in this township; she was 
born in 1800. They have three children, 
John, Mary, and Julia. Her parents came 
to this county in 1833. Her father died In 
1857. 

.Ili-RAE WM, F., farmer; Sec. 28; 
P. O. Liberty; born Dec. 35, 1824, in Marion 
county. Mo.; in 1851 he came to Adams 
county. Is Township Assessor; has been 
School Director. Married Margaret Gordon, 
Nov. 33, 1848. She was born Feb. 1, 1836, 
in Kentucky; died Dec. 13, 18GG. Have 
eight children: Charles E., Elizabeth A., 
Alice J., James W., Virginia E., Melissa I., 
Henry C, and Addie F. Second marriage 
lo Ellen Gordon, Nov. 17, 1S07. She was 
born Nov. 17, 1843, iu Missouri. H;»ve two 
children: Sanford S., and Archibald D.; en- 
listed in 18G3 in Co. E, 78th Regt. 111. Inf.; 
served to the end of the war ; was wounded 
in the battle of Chickamauga, for which he 
receives a pension. Democrat. Baptist. 

Malone Rhoda, sec. 20; P. O. Liberty. 
MnloDe Sarah, sfc. i; P. O. Liberty. 

IIERC£R P. H., Postmaster, Lib- 
erty ; born Feb. 4, 1835, iu Clarion county, 
Pa.; in 185G he came to Adams county. He 
enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 78th Regt. 111. 
Inf.; served to the end of the war; was in 
the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary 
Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Sherman's March 
to the Sea, etc. ; was wounded at the battle 
of Chickamauga, Sept. 30, 18G3. He first 
enlisted as a private in 1863. He was pro- 



moted to 2d Lieutenant, imd in 1864 was 
again promoted to 1st Lieutenant. He was 
appointed Postmaster in 1874. Married Mrs. 
Mary Cams, daughter of A. H. D. Buttz, 
March 23, 1865. She was born June 36, 
1841, in Liberty township. Have two chil- 
dren: Xora B. and Glenn H. She has one 
child by her former marriage, L. T. Chris- 
tian church. Republican. 

MILiliER KEKiJ.431IA% farmer; 
Sec. 13: P.O. Liberty. Was boru iu Bur- 
ton township, Adams county, April 10, IH'M. i 
His father died in 1840; mother 1853. He | 
was married in 1857 to Nancy J. Robb. She 
was born in Missouri in 1837. They hav> 
si.x children : Caroline A., James D., Benja 
min F., Sarah A., Mary E., and Francis M. 
He located in Liberty township in 1866, on ! 
Sec. 13. He owns 130 acres of well im- 
proved land, worth §3,000. He was in Co. 
K, 3d Mo. Cav. ; enlisted November 30, 1861 ; 
served three years; was mustered out .Tan. 
19, 1865; was in tlie battles of Mount Zion, 
Chalks Bluff, and Little Rock, under com- 
mand of Col. Steele. They are mcmbeis of 
the Baptist church. He is a Republican. 
Miller Fred, farmer; eec. 35; P. O. Fairwealher. 
Miller tJottleib, farmer; see. 35; P. O. Fairwealher. 

MIXTLE A. »., farmer; Sec. 15; 
P.O. Liberty. He was born May 30, 1832, 
in Warren county, Ohio; in 18.j7 went to 
Indiana; the following year he came to 
Adams county, 111. He owns 120 acres of 
land, valued at ?40 per acre. He married 
Louisa P. Smith, Sept 13, 1854. She was 
born June 19, 1834, in Warren county, Ohio. 
They have eight children: Marston P., 
Alice J., William C, Mary May, Lucy L., 
Carrie E., Haitie 0., and Anna G. Republi- 
can. 

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Nations David, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Liberty 
Nations .1. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Liberty. 
Nations .J. S. farmer; eec. 3; P. O. Liberty. 
NaylorS. merchiint: P.O. Liberty. 



ObertF. gardner: P. O. Liberty. 
ODonnellJames. farmer; sec. 3J: P. O. Liberty. 



Pattie Henry, fanner; sec. 3J; P. O. Liberty. 
PearceG. W. farmer: sec. 26; P. O. Liberty. 
Phillips Henry, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Liberty 
Pond (.;. P. farmer; sec. 9: P. O. Liberty. 




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Potter JackBOD, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Liberty. 
Potter Jaoe, sec. 19; P. O. Liberty. 



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Reed Alex, farmer ; sec. 13; P. 0. Liberty. 
Renne C. A. farmer; sec. 4; P. 6. Liberty. 
Rhodes Jacob, farmer; sec. 30; P.O.Liberty. 

KIEDEL, jri,IlJS, bUicksmith; 
Liberty; born March 18, 1843, in Germany; 
in l>-67 came to Adams county ; in 1870 he 
removed to Liberty township. He married 
Anna Hoyer in 1S69. Slie was born in 184G 
in Bohemia. They have four children: 
Rosa, Paulina, Henry, and John. Lutheran 
church. Democrat. 

ROTH JllliirS, stoves, tin and 
h:irdware; Liberty. He was born Dec. 2.5, 
1845, in Quincy, 111. ; in 1856 he removed 
■with his pareiits to Camp Point, and in 1860 
he commenced to learn the tinning business ; 
in 1801 he returned to Quincy, and worked 
one year; then returned to Camp Point. He 
worked at this business until 1864, when he 
engaged iu the railroad business for about 
one year. He enlisted in 1865 in Co. E, 
148th Regt. 111. Inf., and served till the end 
of the war, when he returned to Camp 
Point. In 1867 he went to Montana Terri- 
tory, and engaged in the tin trade until 1870 ; 
then engaged in the railroad business till 
1872, when he returned to Hancock county, 
111., and continued at this business two and 
one-half years. In 1877 he removed to 
Liberty. ' He married Miss Maggie A. 
Thompson in 1870. She was born iu 1843, 
in Illinois ; died in 1873, leaving one child, 
Minnie E. His second wife was 3Irs. J. E. 
Green, whom he married in September, 
1875. She was born in 1843 in Pennsylvania; 
have two children, Ardella W. and Joseph 
F. She has tw-o children by a former mar- 
riage, Flora and Etta Green. She has also 
two step-children, Ellis and Ella E. Demo- 
crat. Presbyterian. 

Rowsey Mrs. sec. 3; P. O. Liberty. 

Roweey lolin, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Liberty. 



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Schaffer A. farmer; sec. 3-3; P.O. Liberty. 
Schafer Adam, blacksmith; P. O. Liberty. 
Schnell G. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Liberty. 
Schwartz Jacob, farmer; sec. 1;^P. O. Liberty. 

SCHWARTZ JOSEPH S,, 

blacksmith; Sec. 11; P. O. Liberty; was 



born in Adams county in 1842 ; father and 
mother still living. He was married Jan. 
21, 'l868, to Phebe Compton. She was bora 
in Hamilton county, Ohio. They have three 
children: Mary A., Charles O., and Bertie 
W. They moved to Kansas in 1870, and 
lived there seven years, and thence to 
Texas, where they stayed one year, then 
came back to Illinois in 1878. He has s, 
good stand for a shop in Liberty among a 
good class of people; does all kinds of work 
usually done in a country shop; his wife is 
a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr, 
S. is a Republican. 

Scott .lames, farmer; sec. '35: P. O. Liberty. 
Shohong J. B. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Liberty. 
Sirs John, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Liberty. 
Stockslager Margaret, sec. 4; P. O. Liberty. 

STRUCK JOHX & HENRY, 

farmers ; Sec. 23 ; P. O. Liberty ; John wag 
born Feb. 27, 1820, in Germany; in 1853, he 
came to Adams county ; he and his brother 
Henry own 140 acres of land. .John mar- 
ried Elizabeth Riniker in 1865. She was 
born in 1836, in Switzerland; have five chil- 
dren: Julius, John, Frederick, and Albert, 
Henry was born in July, 1842, in Germany ; 
he came to Adams county in 1857; married 
Susan Riniker in 1872. She was born in 
1842, in Switzerland. John and Henry 
served in the late war. 
Swauk Conrad, farmer ; sec. 31; P.O. Liberty. 



Taylor Charlotte; sec. 4; P. O. Liberty. 

TORREXCE ALBERT, Physi- 
cian and Surgeon, Liberty; he was born May 
35, 1838, in Alleghany county. Pa. ; when 
an infant, came with his parents to Mis- 
souri ; in 1849, came to Adams county, IlL 
His father being a physician, he studied first 
with him; in 1858, he cominenced studying 
with Dr. Bassett, of Quincj\ In the winter 
of 1863 and 1SG3, he attended the Eclectic 
Medical College at Cincinnati, and there 
graduated ; has been in active practice Eince. 
He married Jliss Annie Nichols, Nov. 13, 
1863. She was born April 24, 1844, in Co- 
lumbus, 111. They have one child, John, 
aged one and a half years Mrs F. is a mem- 
ber of the Christiiin church. He is a Dem- 
ocrat. 

TOURXEY GEO., farmer ;1 Sec. 
37 ; P. O. Liberty; he was born Feb. 14, 1833, 



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Potter Jackson, farmer; sec. 19: P. O. Liberty. 
Potter Jane, sec. 19; P. O. Liberty. 



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Reed Alex, farmer ; sec. 13; P. O. Liberty. 
Renne C. A. farmer; sec. 4 ; P.O. liberty. 
Rhodes Jacob, farmer: sec. 30: P.O.Liberty. 

KFEDfili jriillTS, blacksmith; 
Liberty; born March 18, 1843, in Germany; 
in 1S67 came to Adams county ; in 1870 he 
removed to Liberty to\\'nship. He manned 
Anna Hover in 1869. She was born in 1840 
in Bohemia. They have four children: 
Rosa, Paulina, Henry, and John. Lutheran 
church. Democrat. 

ROTH jriiirS, stoves, tin and 
hardware ; Liberty. He was born Dec. 25, 
1845, in Quincy, 111. ; in 185G he removed 
with his pareiits to Camp Point, and in ISCO 
he commenced to learn the tinning business ; 
in 1861 he returned to Quincy, and worked 
one j'ear ; then returned to Camp Point. He 
worked at this business until 1804, when he 
engaged in the railroad business for about 
one year. He enlisted in 1865 in Co. E, 
148th Regt. 111. Inf., and served till the end 
of the war, when he returned to Camp 
Point. In 1867 he went to Montana Terri- 
tory, and engaged in the tin trade until 1870 ; 
then engaged in the railroad business till 
1872, when he returned to Hancock county, 
111., and continued at this business two and 
one-half yeai-s. In 1877 he removed to 
Liberty. ' He married Miss Maggie A. 
Thompson in 1870. She was born in 1843, 
in Illinois; died in 1873, leaving one child, 
Minnie E. His second wife was Mrs. J. E. 
Green, whom he married in September, 
1875. She was bom in 1843 in Pennsylvania; 
have two children, Ardella AV. and .Joseph 
F. She has two children by a former mar- 
riage. Flora and Etta Green. She has also 
two step-children, Ellis and Ella E. Demo- 
crat. Presbyterian. 

Rowsey Mrs. sec. 3; P. O. Liberty. 

Roweey John, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Liberty. 



Schaffer A. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Liberty. 
Schafer Adam, blacksmith; P. O. Liberty, 
ijchnell G. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Liberty. 
Schwartz Jacob, farmer; sec. 1;.P. O. Liberty. 

SCHWARTZ JOSEPH S., 

blacksmith; Sec. 11; P. O. Liberty; was 



born in Adams county in 1842 ; father and 
mother still living. He was married Jan. 
21, 1868, to Phebe Compton. She was bora 
in Hamilton cnunty, Ohio. They have three 
children : Mary A., Charles O. , and Bertie 
"W. They moved to Kansas in 1870, and 
lived there seven years, and thence to 
Texas, where they stayed one year, then 
came back to Illinois in 1878. He has a 
good stand for a shop in Liberty among a 
good class of people; does all kinds of work 
usually done in a country shop; his wife is 
a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. 
S. is a Republican. 

Scott James, farmer: sec. •^: P. O. Liberty. 
Shohong J. B. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Liberty. 
Sirs John, farmer; sec. 9; P.O.Liberty. 
Stockslager Margaret, sec. 4; P. O. Liberty. 

STRUCK JOHN & HENRY, 

farmers ; Sec. 23 ; P. O. Liberty ; .John was 
born Feb. 27, 1829, in Germany; in 1853, he 
came to Adams county; he and his brother 
Henry own 140 acres of land. John mar- 
ried Elizabeth Riniker in 1865. She was 
born in 1836, in Switzerland ; have five chil- 
dren: Julius, John, Frederick, and Albert 
Henry was born in July, 1843, in Germany ; 
he came to Adams county in 1857; married 
Susan Riniker in 1873. She was born in 
1843, in Switzerland. John and Henry 
served in the late war. 

Swank Conrad, farmer ; sec. H; P.O. Liberty. 



Taylor Charlotte; sec. 4; P. O. Liberty. 

TORREXCB AI.BERT, Physi- 
cian and Surgeon, Liberty; he was born May 
35, 1838, in Alleghany county. Pa. ; when 
an infant, came with his parents to Mis- 
souri ; in 1849, came to Adams county, IlL 
His father being a physician, he studied first 
with him; in 1858, he commenced studying 
with Dr. Bassett, of Quincy. In the winter 
of 1863 and 1863, he attended the Eclectic 
Medical College at Cincinnati, and there 
graduated ; has been in active practice since. 
He married Jliss Annie Nichols, Nov. 13, 
1863. She was born April 34, 1844, in Co- 
lumbus, 111. They have one child, John, 
aged one and a half years, Mrs F. is a mem- 
ber of the Christian church. He is a Dem- 
ocrat. 

TOURNEY GEO., farmer ;; Sec 
37 ; P. O. Liberty; he was born Feb. 14, 1833, 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COC-NTY. 



Glass Albtri, farmer; *ec. 10; P.O. Richfield. 
Gayer J. S. farmer; sec. 'M; P. O. Richfield. 
GilkieG. W. teacher: sec. 19; P. O. Richtield. 
Gilkie Thos. farmer: sec. IS: P. O. Richtleld. 
Grffln James, farmer; sec IS: P. O. Kich:leU. 



Bartsborn Alvin, farmer; see. 8: P. O. Richfield 
Hastings S. f.irmer; sec. S5: P. O. Fairweather. 
Havard M. I. sec. :»; P. O. Barry. Pike comity. 
Heine GotUeib, farmer; Sec. 4; P.O. Fairweather. 

HEXDRICKS AX DREW. 

farmer ; Sfc. 27 ; P O. UiihticUl ; was born 
iu Somerset couuty, Penn., in 1807 ; came to 
Adams county in 1S44; was married to 
Mary Ann McAfee, .Tune 14, li*30, who was 
born June 14, 1811; dieil June 14. 186G, 
leaving eleven children: Jacob, born 
March 02, 1831; Elizabeth, born Dec. 18, 
1832; James, born Jan. 1, 1834; R:»chael, 
born March 3, 1837; Sarah, born June 6, 
1839; Susauah. born Sept. ti, 1841 : William, 
born Feb. 1,1845: Mary J., born March 10, 
1847; >'ancy, born April 0, 1849; Lydia A., 
liorn Oct. 2, 18.il : Leah F., born Xov. 2«, 
18-54. Wflliam and Xancy are dead. The 
remaining children are all living, married, 
and well situatetl in life. Mr. H. owns 200 
acres of land, worth |10,000. He has re- 
sided in Richfield township twenty-si.^: years, 
and is a Democrat. 

HEXDRICKS JAMES, farmer: 
Sec. 20 : P. O. Barry. Pike county, IU. ; was 
born in Ohio, in 1834; came to Illinois in 
1853 ; (father living in Richfield township) ; 
married Sarah R. Melery, in 1855. She was 
born in Illinois, in 1836 ; has had six child- 
ren, five of whom are living: John W., 
born Jan. 2G, 1850; Jacob AV. born Feb. 17, 
1858; James ■«■„ ;md Mina G. (twins), born 
Nov. 14, 1862 ; ilartin B., born March 23, 
1870: Andrew L., born March 7, 1874. James 
\V. dted Sept. 11. 1863 Mr. H. owns 160 
acres of huid, under a good state of cultiva- 
tion, worth $40 per acre. He also follows 
thrashing grain during the season. Politi- 
cally, is a Democrat. 

Hendricks J. W. farmer; sec. IJ; P. O Fairweather. 
High Geo. farmer; sec. 54 : P. O. Fairweather. 
Hinckley R. W". farmer; sec. -ii; P. O. Chicago. 
Hinck'.ey U. W. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Richfield. 
Uo'.emsn Gfo.farmer; sec. (<: P. O. Richfield. 
Hokomb Wm. firmer: sic 21: P. O R chfl. !d 

HOSKIXS MRS. EMZA, 

faruuni:; Sec. 28: F <> liarry, Pik.- (Mv:iny. 



111. Mr. Jesse Hoskins was born in Ken. 
tucky in 1817; married Miss Eliza Moyeis 
in 184;!. She was born in the State of In- 
diana. They have ten living children: 
Delia A. (now Mrs. Williams); Lawrence, 
John, Elizabeth, Letitia J., Alice and Al- 
bert (twins), Cicero, William, Alonzo, and 
Calvin D. The folU)wiug children are liead : 
Francis M., Jessie, and Addison. Mr. 
Hoskins came to Richfield township in 1858, 
and died in 1873. He owned 120 acn-s of 
'land, sill under a fair state of cultivation. 
Mrs. Hoskins now carries on the farm, the 
labor being performed by her sons. Mr. 
and Mrs. Hoskins both united with the 
Presbyterian church a number of years ago. 
Mrs. H. is still a consistent member of that 
sect. 

Howard Clarisa; sec. 17; P. O. Richfield. 
Hull J. A., farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Richfield. 
Hull J. H. farmer; sec. «: P. O. Fairweather. 
Hull John P. farmer; eec. SO; P. O. Stone's Priirie. 
Hull J. T. farmtr; sec. 15; P. O. Richfield.- 



Jamison Edward, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Fairweather. 
Jamison W. E. farmer; sec. 1: P. O. Fairweather. 



Kabrick J. H. farmer: sec. 29; P. O. Richfield. 
Klarner Eiwatd, farmer: sec. 3: P. O. Fairweather. 
Klaroer I^wis. farmer; eec. 3; P. O. Fairweather. 
Knhns George, farmer; sec. 44; P. O. Fairweather. 



LiEWTOX AliLEX, miller and 
grain dealer; Sec. 31 ; P. O. Stone's Prairie ; 
was born in Pennsylvania in 1833 ; came to 
Adams county in 1845: was married to Miss 
Ellen Lock in 1856. She was born in 15^50. 
They have no children. He has lately re- 
paired the mill at Hull's Station, and added 
the most improved machinery, with a 
splendid miller (Mr. Jackson). He is mak- 
ing an A No. 1 article of flour. Mr. L. also 
deals extensively in grain, shipping upon 
an average 125 car-loads per year from 
Hull's Station. Politically, he is a Dem.->- 
crat. 

LIL.E MRS. ELL-EX. larn.ing 
Sec. 19 ; P. O. Stones Prairie ; was Iwrn in 
Pike county. 111., in 18;}0 (daughter of 
Henry and Slarg.iret Neely, who are both 
deadi; was married to George Lile in 185.3. 
He was born in 18'28. and died in 1867. They 



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have had rivo chilih-eu: Angeline, born 
Jan. 14, 1857 (now Mrs. Williams); Elilora, 
born Aug. 7, 1858 (now Mrs. Obermiri.'); 
Henry M., born Feb. 30,1860; Lizzie M., 
born Aug. 3, 1801, and George, born June 2, 
18j64. She owns sixty-five acres of hind, all 
under cultivation, worth $40 per acre. She 
is a member of the M. E. church at Rich- 
Seld. 
Likes Lyman, farmer; sec. iS; P. O. Stone's 

Prairie. 
Lile Henry, farmer: sec. 19; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 
Likes Mrs. Samnel : fee. 26: P. O. Richfield. 

L,IKE!$ WIl.I>I.4M, farmer and 
stock-raiser; Sec. '27; P. O. Harry, Pilie 
county. 111.; was born iu Davis county, 
Ind., in 1828; came to Adams county, and 
located in Richfield township in 1841. His 
father died in 1865, and his mother in 1870; 
was married to Jliss Adaline Havard iu 
1854. She was born in 1834, and died in 
1858. He had, by his fir.st wife, two chil- 
dren: Alexander H., born in 1856, and 
Maggie, born in 1858; was again married in 
1860, to Miss Mary E. Ham. She was bom 
in 1834. He has, by his second wife, ten 
children ; John W., Annie, Abraham Lin- 
coln, Charles C, Jlixry E., Luella, Ellen, 
Stephenson T., Lizzie, and Henry, the three 
hitter being dead. He owns 478 acres of 
improved land, under the best of cultivation, 
worth $30,000. He makes a business of 
fattening cattle and hogs. Mv. L. and wife 
are members of the M. E. church, and he is, 
also, a member of the JIasonic Fraternit)'. 
Politically, he is a Republican. Alexander 
H. Likes is educating himself for a physi- 
cian, in Wesleyan University. 

L,0€K MARY, farmer, Sec. 30; 
P. O, Stone's Prairie ; was born in 1811, in 
Illinois; married to Elisha Lock in 1830. 
He was born iu 1809, in Illinois, and died 
in 1863; had two children: William, born 
in 1833 (died 1845), the other died while 
quite an infant. He 'ocated on Section 30, 
in 18.50. She owns tifty-seven acres of land 
under fair state of cultivation ; is a mem- 
ber of the M. E. church, at Shiloh. 

Lock N. E. farmer; sec. '.M; P. O Richfield. 
Lock P. farmer; sec. 'M ; P. O. Stone's Prairie. 
Lock P. S. (Hrmer: eec. :il : P. O. Stone's Prairie. 
Lock W. B. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Richfield. 

I.OXCw JAMES H., farmer; Sec. 
28; P. O. Barry, Pike county, 111 ; was born 



in Biiltimore, Md., in 180'J ; father and 
mother deceased. He came to Adams 
county, III., in 1833, and located on Sec. 
38 ; was married Nov. 10, 1848, to E'iza J. 
Noyes. She was born April 27, 1831. Have 
five children : .Michael K., Lena B., Mina 
L. (now Mrs. Abbott), William T., and Eli- 
thal. Owns 230 acres of land, worth $!5,- 
000 ; town property in Pittsfield, Pike county, 
111., worth $15,000, and has personal prop- 
erty to the amount of $10,000. Mrs. Long 
and daughters are members of the Christian 
church. Mr. L. is an unyielding Democrat. 



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Jlc.Vtee Elijah, farmer; sec. :W: P. 0. Barry, Pike 

county. 
McCarl Alexander, farmer; sec,3J; P. O. Barry. Pike 

county. 
McClaskey George, farmer; sec. 31: P. O. Richfield . 
McLain Mary E. farmer: eec. 36: P.O. Barry. Pike 

county. 
McLain Samnel, farmer; sec. ii: P. O. Fairw ather. 

MARIiOW JOHX, farmer; Sec. 
30 ; P. 0. Barry, Pike county, 111. ; was born 
in Missouri in 1833 ; came to Pike county, 
111., in 1845, and to Adams county in 18.50 ; 
was married to Araminta Stafford in 1850. 
She was born in Maryland in 1831 ; has one 
child, James, born in 18.59. Mr. M. owns 
eighty acres of land, under a fine state of 
cultivation, worth forty dollar." per acre. 
Mrs. M. is a member of the M. E. church. 
Mr 51. is a Democrat. 

Martin Benjamin, farmer; sec. 21 ; P. O. Richfield. 
Martin .J esee, farmer; section 29; P.O. Richfield. 

MARSHALL, ISABELS. .4, 

farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Fairweathcr; born 
in Pennsylvania in 1831 ; married in 18.57, 
to Robert Marshall, who was born in Ohio 
iu 1803, and died in 1878 ; has three chil- 
dren : Thomas, born in 1858; Hatlie, born 
1802; Katie, born in 1865; owns UiO acres 
of land, under cultivation, worth $30 per 
acre. Mrs. M. is member of the Bap'ist 
church. 

Metts .Jesse, farmer; sec. 24; P.O. Fairweather. 
Meyers H. farmer; sec. 12; P. O- Fairweather. 
Meyers W. B. farmer: sec. 22: P. O. Richfield. 
Michael Henry, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Fairweather. 
Miller Fred, farmer: sec. 12: P. O. Fairweather. 
Milslagel .\braham, farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Ricl field. 
Moore Green, farmer; sec. IT; P. O. Richfield. 
-Moore .T. M. farmer; sec. 1-i; P.' O. Richfield. 

MORG.IX t'II.4.RLES, farmer; 
Sec. 18; P. O. Richfield; was born in La 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COCNTY. 



Rue cduuly, Ky.. in ISOo; came to Adams 
couuty in May, 1$47 ; was married to Naucy 
Keamoud in 1831. She died April 20. iSoO. 
They liad live children. He married Eliza- 
beth Gilkey, Oct. 26. l!i>40, and had six chil- 
dren by this marriage, five of whom are 
dead. He owns 120 acres of laud, under a 
good state of cultivation, worth #40 per acre. 
Mrs. ilorgan is a member of the M. E. 
church, and Mr. Morgan a member of the 
Christian church. Politics, Republican. 

:TI0RRIM»' IIIUU H„ farmer; 
Slc. 22. P. O. Fairweather; was born in 
Sangamon couuty. 111., in 1824. His father 
was a native of Pennsylvania; his mother a 
native of Kentucky; both de.nd. In 1848 
he married Cynthia Chapman, who was 
born in Tennessee in 1824. They have nine 
children living: James D., born Dec. 4, 1850; 
Warren P., born Xov. 1, 18,">2; Lucius M., 
born Aug. 13, 1854; George B., born Aug. 
12, 1N56; John H.. born April 2, 1858; Mar- 
cus L., born Feb. 11, 1802; Lydia V., born 
Dec. l.->, 1863; Wallace W., born Nov. 28, 
180."), and Clement V., born April 3, 1S68. 
Those dead are : Louisa E., born May 8, 
1840, died Aug. 12, 1851; JIary A., born 
April 14, 1860, died Oct. lO, 1862; Xora M., 
born Oct. 6, 1870, died June oO, 1874. Mr. 
Morrison owns 160 acres of lanil, all under a 
high state of cultivation, worth, probably, 
^50 per acre. He is one of the leading men 
of the township; is a Democrat, and is rec- 
ognized as a leader of that party in his sec- 
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison are honored 
niciubers of the Baptist church at Kingston. 
Mor.-ao G. \V. rarnxr; sec. IT; P. O. Richfield. 



OitkiT Freil. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Fairweather. 

«KR THOMAS, farmer; Sec. 27; 
P. I >. Fairweather; was born in Pennsyl- 
vania in 1803; came to Adams county in 
1852; married Elizabeth Keepers in 1828. 
She died in Monroe couuty. Ohio, in 1844. 
He h;id nine children by his tirst wife. Mr. 
Orr :;fterward married Jlrs. Elizabeth Gam- 
ble, who was born in 1807, and by her had 
three children: John, Sarah Ellen, and Cyn- 
thia (decciised). All of the remaining chil- 
dnn are married, two of the sons being 
ministers of the M. E. church. Mr. Orr and 
wife have been devout members of that 



church for over a half century. He owns 
320 acres of land, which is improved, and is 
worth #40 per acre. He formerly followed 
the trade of a millwright, and in his early 
life built a great number of mills throughout 
the country. 3Ir. Orr is a Democrat. 

URUOXD PATRICK, farmer; 
Sec. 7; P. O. Richfield; was born in Water- 
ford couuty, Ireland, in 181!); came to Amer. 
ica in 1851 ; married Bridget Dalton in 
1847. She was bom in 1814. They have 
'two children: Bridget, born in 18.53. and 
John, born in 1855. He owns 292 acres of 
land, under a good state of cultivation, 
worth $30 per acre. Mr. Ormond and wife 
are members of the Catholic church at Liti- 
ertv. 111. 



Parick .lohn. farmer; sec. -iS: P O Fairweather. 
Penuy J. 11. C. farmer; sec. li; P. O. Fairweather 

PETTIT AliEX. H., farmer; 
Sec. 13; P. O. Fairweather; was born in 
Saratoga county, X. Y., in 1808; came to 
Adams county in '38, and located in Rich- 
field township, on Sec. 13; married Clarissa 
Haines in '36. She was born in Addison 
county, Vt., in 1813. Have had seven chil- 
dren: Sarah E., bo-n April 21, 1S39; James 
H.. b«rn Aug. 20, '41, died May 23, '68; 
Oatherine, born Dec. 20, "43; Harriet L., 
born Sept. 11, '47, died June 30, '73: John 
B., born Jan. 22, '50; Charles G , born June 
6, '53; William P., born July 35, '55; one 
daughter and one son married. He owns 
170 acres of land, under a good state of cul- 
tivation, worth $30 per acre. He has held 
the offije of Supeivisor for three i"ears, and 
is one ot the oldest citizens in the township. 
In politics he is a staunch Republican. 
Potter Bartholomew, farmer; sec. 33; P. O Barry, 

Pike couLty. 
Pvne \V. H. farmer; sec. li: P. O. Fairweather. 



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Rathbarn X farmer; sec. S5; P. O. Fairweather. 
Redmond John, farmer; sec. 16; P.O. Richfield. 
K qnet Michae'. farmer; sec. 'iO; P. O. Richfield 

RICE DAVID S.. farmer; Sec. 
19: P. O Richfield: was born in Dearborn 
county, Ind. ; came to Adams county iu 
1836; married to C. E. Cleavcland. She 
was boru in Jefferson county. N. Y., in 
1839. Has five children living: Jesse Davis, 





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RICHFIELD DIEECTOEY. 



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born Jan. 4, 1863; Thomas L., born Oct. 30, 
'65; Fannie F., born July 8, '73; Robert B., 
born March 24, '76; Linueas H., born Nov. 
3 '78. The eldest child, Jesse Davis, has 
evinced a great taste for sketching and 
drawing, and besides shows great natural 
talent which, with age and education, will 
develop him into a fine artist, beyond a 
doubt. Mr. Rice owns tifty acres of land, 
under a good state of cultivation; has 
devoted much attention to bee culture, and 
is now the owner of a fine apiary; has held 
numerous township offices, being one of the 
oldest inhabitants. Politically is a Demo- 
crat. 

KICJE DAVIO H., farmer and 
stcick-raiser; Sec. S; F. O. Richfield; w'as 
born in Richfield township, Sept. 5, 1855. 
Mr. Rice's father came to Adams county in 
183a, and was one of the early settlers, and 
was highly esteemed as a useful citizen; was 
born Nov. 23, 1823, and died Oct. 5, 1873; 
his widow married and removed to Scott 
County, III., where she still resides. There 
were seven children in the family, all of 
whocn are still living on the old home place, 
with the exception of one of the boys, who 
is a practicing physician in Macon counij-, 
111. The remaining children own 236 acres 
of improved laud, which is farmed for the 
support of the family; it is managed by 
Davd H., who is a young man of good 
standing. He is a member of the Clayton 
Masonic Relief Association. Iq politics is 
a Greenhacker. 

Rice Erastne. farmer; eec. 6; P. O. Adams. 
Rice loehui. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Richfleld. 

KIDGELY VIXCEXT, farmer; 
Sec. 32; P. O. Barry, Pike county, III.; was 
born in Maryland in 1S25; eldest son of N. 
H. and Olivia J. Ridgely; mother died in 
1833; father still living at Springfield, 111. 
He was married to Miss Martha J Bell. 
She died in 1853. Had two children: 
Edwin W., and Mary E. (deceased). Mr. 
Ridgely re-married, in 1855, to Adelaide I 
Long. She was born in Adams county, 111., 
in 1836. Has eight children by second 
wife: Lizzie I., born September, 1856, died 
September, 1857; Charles N., born Feb- 
ruary, '59; Vincent N., born March, '61; 
Orendorff L., born May, '64; Redick W., 
born March,'08; George II., born December, 
'69; Clarence M., born November, '71; Roy, 



born July, '74. He owns 225 acres of land, 
all under good cultivation, worth $10,000. 
Mr. Ridgely was elected a Supervisor dur- 
ing the time the new court-house was being 
built, and has served his township as Asses- 
sor a number of times. Politically is Demo- 
cratic. 

Rlckart J. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Barry, Pike county. 
Roe E. D. teacher; sec. 8: P. O. R chfield. 
RahlJohn. shoemaker; sec. 14; P. O. Fairweather. 

RYAX DEXXIS, farmer; Sec. 9; 
P. O. Richfield ; was born in Ireland, in 1825 ; 
parents both dead; came to America in 
1852; married Nancy E. Cutsinger, in 1886. 
She was born in 1836. Thej- have four 
children: 'Williara, born in 18G6; Eliza, 
born in 1867; Dennis, born in 1872; Alfred, 
born in 1878. Mr. R. and wife are mfynbers 
of the Catholic church, and politicallj', he is 
a Democrat. He owns eighty acres ol laud, 
under a fair cultivation. 



Sims Richard, farmer; sec. li; P. O. Fairweather. 
Smallschoff Jacob, farmer; sec. 10; P.O. Richfield. 
Smith Joseph, farmer; sec. :i.>; P. O. Bany. Pike Co. 
Smith.J. A. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Richfleld. 
Someller John, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Fjirweather. 
Sondermaa F. farmer; sec. 2: P. O. Richfield. 
Sparrow John, farmer; sec. il ; P. O. Fairweather. 

SPIXK >V ALTER R., farmer 
and fruit grower: Sec. 34; P. O. Bany, Pike 
county. 111.; born in Madison, N. Y., in 1823; 
came to Pike county. 111., in 1850, and to 
Adams county, in 1854, and located on Sec. 
34; was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Hos- 
mer, who was born in 1823. They have two 
children : Harvey, born Dec. 3, 1855 ; Milly, 
boru Jan. 4, 1866. Mr. S. owns 168 acres of 
laud in Adams county, and forty-five acres 
in Pike county, its probable value being 
$10,000. He has his farm under a good 
state of cultivation, with substantial build, 
ings, and is well to do. During the late 
war he was drafted, but was discharged from 
the service on account of disability and poor 
health. Both he and Mrs. S. are members 
of the M. E. church at Northeut, and in 
politics, he is a Republican. 
Stewart W. D. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Barry, Pike Co. 



TROTTER W. C, Physician 
and Surgeon ; P. O Richfield ; son of Green 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



C. and Caroliue Trotter. His tather wasone 
of the most prominent citizensof the county, 
and served as Sheriff, with credit to himself 
and the people who honored him with tlie 
trust. Dr. T. commenced the study of med- 
icine with Dr. P. G. Corkins, of Liberty, 
111., and graduated at the St. Louis ^ledical 
College in the spring of 1877; located at 
Richfield, where he quickly obtained a large 
and lucrative practice. He, also, in con- 
junction with Calvin Carter, owns a store ; 
for the sale of drugs, dry goods, groceries, 
boots and shoes ; carries a stock of about 
$800. He owns town property to the 
amount of iJ300. He married Miss Martha 
J. Tyler, in 1866. She was born in July, 
1850. They have two children : Otis, born 
in 1871 ; (Mive, born in 1874. He is a Green- 
backer, and is a member of the Masonic 
Lodge of Liberty, 111. 
Tyler Ira. farmer: sec. !>; P. o. Ric'ifleld. 

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Uhland C. farmer; ace. 5; P. O. Richfield. 



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WAGY JACOB, farmer; Sec. 30; 
P. O. Kiclilield ; was lioru in Ohio, in 1822; 
father aud mother both dead : married to 
Sarah Selege (who died in 1862) ; had three 
children by first wife: Perry, .Jane, and 
Rodie; re-married to Ssirah E. Kineheart. in 
1862, who was born in 1836, and has had 
four children by second wife : Minne Bell, 
Eddie J;tcob, Selina O., and Sarah Luella; 
Minne Bell died m ls6.j. Mr. and Mrs. W. 
are members of the M. E. church, at Shiloh. 
Politically, Mr. W. is a Democrat. He owns 
eighty-seven and one-half acres of land, 
under good cultivation, worth ^iO per acre. 
Wagy .Jona«, farmer; sec. 31; P.O. BTry, Pite 
connty. 

WEISS MARTIN ADAM, 

fanner; Sec. 4; P. (_). Liberty. He was born 
in Prussia, in 181.5; came to the United 
States in 1856. He married Elizabeth Shro- 
ver, in 1842. She was born in 1822. Have 
six children: Annie (now Mrs. Frenchman), 
Katie (now Mrs. Powers), William, Martin, 



Lizzie, and Mary. He owns ninety-seven 
acres of improved laud, worth $40 per acre. 
Mr. and Mrs. Weiss are members of the 
Lutheran church, and ilr. Weiss acts with 
the Democratic party. 
Wiseman Henry, farmer; seel: P. O. Fairweiilher. 

WILLI.AMS CHARLES, fanner; 
Sec. 10; P. U. Itichlield. He was born in 
the State of Xew Jersey in 182!); came to 
Quincy, 111. in 1830. His father and mother 
died about forty-five years ago. He was 
marrieil to Mary E. Belie, in 1873. He owns 
sixty acres of land, under cultivation, and 
worth $30 per acre ; was elected constable in 
1877, :md makes a specialty of collecting for 
the public. Politically Mr. Williams is a 
Democrat. 



YOrXCiJ JAMES F., farmer; Sec. 
29; P. O. Richfield. He was born in 1803; 
came to Adams county in 1839. He married 
Sally Conkright in 1826. She died in 18."i0. 
Has four living children by first marriage. 
He afterward married Jemima R. Cox, who 
was born in 1829 ; has four children by second 
wife : Albert W., Ada F., Scott L., and Ben- 
jamin B. All the children of the first wife 
are married. He owns 132 acres of huid, 
under a fine state of cultivation, worth ••!;40 
per acre. Mr. and Mi's. Yoimg are memliers 
of the Christian church. He is, politically, 
a Greenbacker. 

YOlTN^i POLLY, farmer; P. (.). 
Richfield. She is the daughter of Nath:miel 
Tyler and 3Ii-s. C. Howard. Her father 
was among the early settlers of the town- 
ship, and died in 1858. Her mother is still 
living. Mrs. Young has traveled consider- 
ably during her life, and seen many curiosi- 
ties and grand sights out west, and gained 
valuable information in her travels. She 
was married in 1859 to Hamilton Young. 
He was 1st Lieutenant in Co. F, 118tli Kegt. 
111. Inf. He died in 1868 of disease con- 
tracted in the army. Mrs. Young now re- 
sides with her mother in Richfield, and pro- 
fesses to take care of No. 1. 



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HOXEY CREEK TOWNSHIP. 



AAROS! CAL.EB, miller; residence, 
Coatsburg ; (sou of Wm. and Hester Aaron) ; 
was born in Warren, Kent county, Del., 
March 3, 1840; came to this county in 1864; 
married Mary C. Judy. She was born in 
Adanrs county. 111., Jlay 13, 1853. They had 
four children : Philip J., William H., Annie 
Maud, and Edna V. His father and mother 
were natives of Delaware. His mother is 
still living, at the age of lifty-seven. His 
father died in 18.57, at the age of sixty. At 
the time Mr. Aaron came to this count}', he 
,was engaged for three years in teaching 
school, and ia 1869 went into merchandising 
as the firm of Judy & Co., until 1874, when 
he engaged in the drug business for two 
years, Cstyle of firm, P. S. Judy & Co.), 
and in 1876, engaged in the milling business. 
Their capacity is 31,000 bushels, 6,000 bar- 
rels of flour or thirty barrels per day. He 
turns oS" on an averase, seventy-five head of 
cattle, and 300 head of hogs, and does a 
business of S;4.5,000 per year. Mr. Aaron is 
one of the live men of the town. 

Ackerm&n A. wool picker; P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Ackerman M. Tarmer; ace. M; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
A.dair,T.R. farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Coatebnr?. 
Adair Margaret, sec. 1; P.O. Coatsburg. 
Adair Willis, fanner; sec. IS; P. O. Coatsburg. 



in the finger with a saber, contracted a dis- 
ease, and was discharged from the army. 

BOGART JAMES H.. hotel 
keeper; P.O. Coatsburg (son of John and 
ISIary Bogart) ; was born in Mercer county, 
Ky., Aug. 36, 1831 ; came to Adams county 
in 1871 ; married for his first wife, Catherine 
Tracy. She was born in Morgan county, 
Ind., Sept. 7, 1837; has five children: Na- 
thaniel J., Mary J., John W.. James E., Jo- 
seph V. For his second wife, married Nan- 
cy Cain. She was born in Ya., July 4, 1835, 
(widow of Aaron Cain). His father died in 
Kentuck}', where his mother raised the fam- 
ily. He left Kentucky when be was nine- 
teen years old, went to Indiana, lived there 
four years, then to Missouri, CaiToll county, 
in 1856, then back to Indiana where he lived 
nine years, thence back to Missouri, six years, 
then to Adams county, where he has resided 
since. He has two children in California, 
and one in Kansas. He enlisted in the 33d 
Regt. Ind. Inf., and was in the army a short 
time on the Morgan raid. 
Bottorff Joshna, farmer; eec. 34; P. O. Paloma. 
Brady Mather, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Mendon. 
Brecht C. H. farmer; eec. 29 ; P. O. Paloma. 
Brink J. P. miller: P. O. Coatsburg. 
Brink W. H. P. O. Coatsburg. 
Broei J. A. tinner; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
Byler A. H. farmer; eec. 32; P. O. Coatsburg. 



Baldwin G. H. farmer; sec. IS; P.O. Mendon. 
Barit^n Wm. farmer: eec. 5; P. O. Mendon. 
Barlow Perry, farmer: sec. 36: P. O. Coatsburg. 
BarrThos. farmer: eec. 1: P. O. Coatsburg. 
Barry James, farmer ; sec. 21 ; P. O. Coatsburg, 
Birry John, laborer; P. O. Paloma. 
Uaiighman Fred, farmer; eec. 20; P. O. Mendon. 
Berken Geo. shoemaker; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Bittlteton John, farmer; sec. 6; P.O. Mendon. 



BIXBY 

Sec. 19; P. O. 
county, N. Y., 
county in 1865 
She was born 
mother of two 
He enlisted in 
R. R. Lackey, 
Belmont, Fort 



CiEORCtE A., farmer; 
Fowler; was born in Monroe 
July 39, 1844 ; came to this 
; married Cassandra Laugh, 
in Adams county, July 1847 ; 
children: Emma, and Annie, 
the 13th 111. Inf., Co, D, Capt, 
lie was in the battles of 
Donaldson, and was wounded 



CamererJ, W, farmer: sec. 21; P, O, Coatsburg, 
Clair Benj. farmer; sec. 8: P. O. Mendon- 
Ciuir John, farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Mendon. 
Close Wm. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Coateburg. 
Connor Henry, cooper; P.O. Coatsburg. 
Crow Daniel, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Fowler. 



Derrick J. L. farmer; sec. 2t; P. O. Coatsburg, 
De Moss C, blacksmith: P, O, Coateburg. 
Devoe H, K, farmer; eec. 8; P. O, Meodoo. 

DIX8MORE REV. J. S., mer 

chant ; Paloma ; was born in Carroll county , 
N. H., Dec. 38, 1830 ; came to this county in 
1870 ; married S. J. Paine. She was born 
in the same place, May 34, 1836. Members 
of the Baptist church; holds the office of 



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HISTOKT OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



oline E., Nellie, George S., Albert Lee. He 
has 100 acres of land, valued at |5,000. En- 
listed in Co. F.,78tli Regt. 111. Inf.; mustered 
into the service at Quincy ; was in the bat- 
tle of Chickamauga, when he, with thirty- 
three others out of his company, wore taken 
prisoners; was first taken to Richmond, Va., 
where they were kept five months ; thence 
to Andersonville, where he remained seven 
months ; thence to Millen, Ga., for a short 
time; thence to Savannah, Ga.; from there 
to Blackshire, Florida, for a few daysf 
thence to Florence, N. C. ; from there to 
Wilmington, N. C, .where he was passed 
through the lines. Out of the thirty-three 
that were captured only seven or eight with- 
stood the hardships. Their principal living 
was stock peas and corn meal, fat pork and 
mule beef The prisoners were so near 
starving that they got a dog and killed and 
cooked it; did not eat any of it for the rea- 
son that he could not get any. Has also, 
seen them eat snakes. Mr. Howell, when 
he was passed through the lines, would not 
weigh more than 100 pounds — his weight 
usually is 175 to 180 ; came so near starving 
while at Andersonville that his comrades 
thought him dead ; had a brother who 
starved to death there. 
Uanter Bngb, farmer; sec. 4: P. O. Mendou. 
Hyatt Joel, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Mendon. 



Her J. D. retired; P O. Paloma. 



.lames Griffith. P. O. Coatsburg. 
Johnson Mrs. Alice, P. O. Coatsburi. 
Johnson J. H. farmer; sec. 36: P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
Jody Wm. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Coatsbarg. 



Kelts Kicbard, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Mendon. 
Kells Robert, farmer; sec. S; P. O. Mendon. 
Kelley Amanda, P. O. Paloma. 
Knise Catherine, P. O. Coatsbarg. 



Lsngh Wm. farmer: sec. 19: P. O. Mendon. 
Leach A. constable; P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Leach Jas. laborer: P. O. Coat^bar^;. 



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McG rr Edward, farmer: tec. 3J; P O. Fowler 



lIcGl'IRE A., druggist and i^tock 
dealer; Coatsbnrg. lie was born in Hamil- 
ton county, Ohio, Sei)t. 3, 183G; came to this 
county in 18C0. He married Hannah M. 
Griffith, who was born in Guernsey county, 
Ohio, Jan. 0, 1840. Have five children: 
Arthur F., Wm. E., Chas. O., Fannie and 
Elsie. He held the offices of Justice of tli ■ 
Peace, Police Magistrate, and Notary P; 
lie; member of the order of Masonr}' sim 
1864. His father was a native ot Fayette 
county, Pa., and born in 1800; lived there 
thirty years; then went to Ohio, where he 
married Jane Sumner (niece of Gov. Lucas), 
in 1834. She was a native of Massachusetts. 
From there he went to Hamilton county, 
Ohio, where the subject of this sketch was 
born ; lived there about seven years ; thence 
to Decajur county, Ind., where they resided 
four years; then to Fountain county, Ind.; 
then in 1846 went to Pike county. Mo. ; lived 
there two years; thence to Warsaw, 111., and 
from there to Kansas, where he died at the 
age of 54. The subject of this sketch was 
in Missouri in 1854, at the time of his fa- 
ther's death ; then went to Minneapolis, 
Kan., to look after his father's business; 
thence, via Glasgow and Brunswick, to Ma- 
con City; then to Quincy, 111., and from 
there to Coatsburg. He engaged in a flour- 
ing mill, and was afterward employed as 
Station Agent at Paloma, and also at Coats- 
burg. He then entered into partnership 
with P. S. Judy, in the mercantile business, 
the only store in Coatsburg. He sold out in 
the fall of 1869, and went to farming ; then 
sold his farm and carries at present a stock 
of about $3,000. 

Mealitr James, farmer: sec. 4; P. O. Mendon. 
Mealifl Wm. farmer: sec. 4: P. O. Mendon. 
Meyers J. J. larmer; sec. 31 : P. O. Fowler. 
Meyers Wm. laborer: P.O. Paloma. 
Miller Cyrns, farmer: sec. 30; P. O. Fowler. 
Miller S. F. farmer: sec. IT; P. O. Mendon. 
Miller Mrs. S. H. P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Mond' J. D farmer; sec. 25: P. O. Coatsbarg. 

MORTON Z., farmer and stock 
raiser; Sec. 2T; P. O. Paloma ; born in But- 
ler county, Ohio, Sept. ".24, 1830 ; came to 
this county in the fall of 1845. He has 220 
acres of land, valued at |9,000. He married 
for his first wife Sarah Boyler. She was 
born in Tennessee, Feb. 15, 1828, and died 
Aug. 13, 1S64. They had four children : John 
W., born Jan. 4, 18.57; Joseph II., Aug. 30, 



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1859; Silas Z., Nov. 3, 1861; James F., July 
14. 1863. For his second wife he married 
Lydia E. Law. She was born in Clermont 
county, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1837, and died Sept. 
15, 1878; had three children: Elmer S., born 
March 13, 1867; David W., April 22, 1869 ; 
Annie M., Sept. 11, 1871. Are members of 
the M. E. church. Mr. M. has held the 
office of School Director and Road Commis- 
sioner; has lived on the place where he now 
resides for twenty-two years ; has one of the 
best farms in the township; has 200 acre, 
under good cultivation, aad good residences 
and is one of the sound farmers of the town- 
ship. 

Maryer M. merchant; P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Marrah J. C. farmer; sec. H; P. O. Coatsbarg. 

MFKRAH PETER E., farmer; 
Sec. 13 ; P. O. Coatsburg (son of John and 
Mary Murrah) ; was born in Adams county, 
111., Oct. 19, 1846 ; has 160 acres of land, 
valued at $4,000 ; married Melissa Koonlz. 
She was jborn in Virginia. Have four chil- 
dren, three living : Mary Ettie, Peter Law- 
rence, Joseph Arthur. Has held the office 
of Collector and School Director. His 
father, John Murrah, was a native of Ken- 
tucky; emigrated to Tennessee in an early 
day, where he married Mary Fite, and in the 
year 1837, came to Adams county ; came 
through with teams, arid well can be con- 
sidered one of the pioneers of the county. 



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l^'IBUHR AXTOX, farmer; Sec. 
26; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Hanover, 
CTcrmany, April 28, 1849; came to this 
country in 1870; came over in steamship; 
made the trip in eleven daj's ; landed at 
New York, where he stayed a short time, 
and then came to Adams county, where he 
has resided since. 
NeTins S. .J. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg. 



Osle Jaa. merchant; P. 0. Paloma. 
Overlander Fred, blacksmith; P. O. Coatsburg 



PETERS JOHX H., farmer; Sec. 
23; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Old- 
eaburg, Gcrmiiny, March 34, 1833; came 
to this country in 1869; has 160 acres of 



land, valued at $8,000; married Maria 
Stauffer. She was born in Hanover, 
Germany, Jan. 0, 1833; died Oct. 10, 1878; 
had eleven chiUlren, seven living : Char- 
lie, Helene, Frederick, Maria, Philip, 
Herman, Eliuora. In politics, Mr. P. is 
Democratic ; he emigrated direct from Ger- 
many to New York; was two weeks making 
the trip; stayed in New York four days, 
then came to this county, where he has 
resided since ; turns off thirty-five to forty 
head of hogs and raises fifty acres of corn 
yearly: has a farm under good cultivation, 
and is comfortably oft'. He was in the 
German army six months ; is a member of 
the Lutheran church. 

PEVEHOITSE ISAAC X„ farm- 
er; Sec. 11 ; P. O. Coatsburg; was born 'a 
Wayne county, Ky., Dec. 38, 1818 ; came to 
this county in the spring of 1835; has 480 
acres of land, v.ilued at $12,000; married 
for his first wife Edith Evans. She was 
born April 13, 1835 ; has two children : 
James H. and Louisa Jane. For his second 
wife he married Eliza Jane Clarkson. She 
was born in Morgan county. III., May 4, 
1833 ; five children, three livmg : Annie L., 
Nancy L., Samuel L. Has held the office of 
Justice of the Peace, Road Commissioner, 
etc. His father was analiveof Berks county, 
Pa. ; was born Dec. 34, 1776.. His mother, 
born July 33, 1793 ; she was a native of 
Maryland. His father married in Kentucky, 
where he raised a family of four children ; 
was among the earliest settlers there, and in 
1835 came to Adams county ; came through 
with four-horse teams, and located on what 
is known as the Dr. Darrah Place ; moved 
into a log cabin, 18x18. The subject of this 
sketch made a trip to California in 1850, 
with an ox team; was five months on the 
road; remained there until 1853, then came 
back to Adams county. Mr. P. has a good 
farm and comfortable house, and can well 
be claimed one of its pioneers. 
Phillips Silas, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Mendon. 

PerRMAXX GEORGE, mer- 

chant and stock-dealer; P.O. Coatsbiirg; 
was born in Neuburg, Bavaria, Feb. 16, 1838 ; 
came to this country in 1834; married Emily 
Grigsby. She was born in Honey Creek 
township, April 10, 1843. They have four 
children: Louisa, Fannie, George E., and 
John G. He has held the offices of Post- 



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UIsIuKV UF ADAMS COLNIV. 



master and Supervisor of Honey Creek towu- 
sliip. lie crossed the ocean in a sailiiijr 
vessel; was forty-one days crossing ; lauded 
at New Orleans ; thence up the Mississippi 
river to Quincy ; engaged in shoemaking for 
nine years; since that time has been mer- 
chandising; carries a stock of about $-5,000, 
and does a business of $20,000; does the 
leading business in the village. When he 
came to this country he was a poor man ; 
had to earn money to yrny liis passage over. 
By industry and economy he has made a* 
good property and home. 
PoUck Josepn, farmer; sec. lli; P. O. Coatsbur;;. 
Poller John, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Fowler. 

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ItEXKKN HEXRY. f.ruur; Sec. 
'io; P. O. Cuatsburg. 
Reiishell George, la'iorer; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Keushell Herman, farmer; sec. 13; P. O Coatsburg. 
Keufhell V. farmer; eec. 13; P. O Coatsburg, 
Richardeon A. H. farmer; eec. 34; P. O. Paloma. 
Kichar(l8on William, P. O. Coatsburg. 
Riley J. E. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburo. 
Roberts Barton, farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Mendon. 

ROUK HEXRY, farmer; Sec. 35; 
P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Prussia, Nov. 
8, 1S37; came to this country in I860; has 
Ibrty-live acres of land, valued at $2,000; 
m;irried Joannah Leman. She was born in 
Oldenburg, Germany, Jan. 24, 1827. They 
have two children: Henry and Mary. They 
are members of the Lutheran church, and 
he is Trustee of the same. Politics, Demo- 
cratic. He emigrated from Bremen in a 
sailing-vessel; was six weeks making the 
trip; lauded at New York; thence to Quin- 
cy, 111. He worked out a year and a half 
for $8 per month; rented two 3-ears; and in 
18(i4 bought the place where he now lives. 
.Mr. Kobe is one of the leading members of 
the Lutheran church. 
Rolie M. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Coatabur^. 



Sahland A. n. farmer; sec. 36; P. 0. Coatsburg. 
Sabland C. A. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Scbrader Herman, farmer; sec. *i; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Senior Christ, farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Mendon. 
Shoemaker A. J. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. -Mendon. 
Shoemaker D. W. farmer; sec. iO; P. O. Fowler. 

SIMOX WIJLLIAM, farmer; Sec. 
26; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Lippe, 



Germany, April 19, 1820; came to this coun- 
try, 1854. He has eighty-live acres of land 
under good cultivation, valued at $4,1)00. 
He married Jlinnie Shafter. She was born 
in the same place, Nov. 3, 1833. They have 
nine children, six boys and three girls: Au- 
gust, William, Theodore, Matilda, Johnny, 
Helene, Eddie, Charles, and Minnie. They 
are members of the Lutheran church. Pol- 
itics, Democratic. Emigrated from Bremen 
on a sailing vessel; was sixty-three days 
making the voj'age ; landed at New Orleans, 
thence up the Mississijipi river to Quincy, 
where be lived six months, and drove team 
for $8 per mouth, then rented for twelve 
years, and has been on his own place for 
eleven years. Mr. Simon has a good com- 
fortable home, and is well off; was in the 
German armj' three years. 

SIVERTSOX C. F., retired 
farmer; residence, Coatsburg; was bom in 
Copenhagen, Feb. 20, 1809; came to this 
country in 1832. He has 240 acres of land 
under good cultivation, valued at $10,000; 
married Marcia Larkin, Oct. 2, 1840. She 
was born in Whitehall, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1816. 
They have had four children : Emily F., 
borii Dec. 21, 1842 (died April 10,1862); 
William F., born Dec. 21, 1843; Mary S., 
borii March 5, 1847 ; Edgar C, born April 8, 
1853. Mr. and Sirs. S. are members of the 
Baptist church. He has held the office of 
School Treasurer since 1850. In 1832 he 
went to Russia for a short time; then sailed 
for New York, making the voyage in sixty 
days; stopped in New York about six 
mouths, and worked at ship-building; then 
came to Washington county, Ohio, where he 
worked at steamboating for a number of 
years; afterward came to Adams county, 
where he has resided since. Wm. Frederick 
was in the Union army, 124th Regt. 111. Inf., 
Co. I., what was called the Temperance Reg- 
iment ; was at the siege of Vicksburg, Battle 
of Champion Hill., etc. Sir. S. came to the 
county in an early day ; has a good property 
and home. 
Skidmore J. S. farmer; sec 31; P. O. Coatslmrg. 

SKIRVIX H, €., Physician and 
Surgeon; les. Coatsburg; is the son of Clay, 
ton and Rebecca Skirvin ; was born in Gal 
latin county, Ky., June 4, 1825; married 
Paulina Thompson. She was born in 



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Lewis county, Mo., June 1, 1837. She is 
mother of two children: Ira H., born Dec. 
23, ISS.'J; and Marian L., born Feb. 17, 1863. 
Tley are members of the Baptist church. 
Mr. Skirvin's father was a native of Ken- 
tucky and his mother of Tennessee ; they 
lived in Kentucky until 1868, when they 
both died. The subject of this sketch 
studied under Dr. Wm. H. Davidson; at- 
tended college at Louisville, Ky., two years; 
also attended lectures at New Orleans; 
and thence to Columbus. Ohio, where he 
graduated in the year 1850 He has prac- 
ticed in eight different States; has a good 
practice in Coatsburg and vicinity; attends 
the patients at the count}' farm. 
SloDiger J. fanner; see- 4; ?. O. Mendon. 
Slonit'er J. P. farmer; sec. T; P. O. Mendon. 
Sloniger James, farmer: sec. T; P. O. Mendon. 
Sloniger Joel, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. 
Spinder John, laborer : P. O. Coatsburg. 
Springer Fred, farmer; sec. iS; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Sproat Loran. farmer; see. 1; P. O. Coaisbarg. 



Talcott W. C. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. 
Taylor Christ, farmer; sec. 3: P. O. Mendon. 
Taylor Edward: sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. 
Thayer Charles, farmer; sec. 3i; P. O. Fowler. 
Thayer Horace; sec. '.K; P. O. Paloma. 
Thompson W. H. postmaster; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Thurwachter G. A. salnou; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Teneford B. farmer: sec. -,'0; P.O. Fowler. 
Tieken J. D. physician; P. O. Coatsburg. 

TIEKEX FRED, JR., farmer; 
Sec. 23; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Ger- 
many, Jan. 23, 1853; came to this country 
when he was five years old; married JIatilda 
Hammer, Dec. 2<>, 1878. She was born in 
Honey Creek township, Jan. 27, I860. In 
1873 Mr. Tieken went to Germany to attend 
the school of Oldenburg, where he stayed a 
year and a half; studied Economy of Farm- 
ing. He is a young man of industrious 
habits, and is sure to succeed. His father 
was a native of North Germany ; born Aug. 
5, 1829; came to this country in 1868: mar- 
ried Catherine Sievers. She was born in 
the same place, July 21, 1824. Eight chil- 
dren: Frederick, Deidrich, Gerhard, Wil- 
helm, Theodore, Sophia, Helene, and Anna. 
They are members of the Lutheran church. 
They emigrated on steamer " Verse,'' mak- 
ing the trip in fifteen days; landed in New 
York, where they stopped a couple of days; 
then came to Adams county. Has 325 acres 



of land, valued at $13,000; has as tine a 
farm as there is in the township. He has a 
son in St. Louis, attending the American 
College of Medicine; the third son is a 
farmer; the fourth is clerking; and the fifth 
attends school. Mr. Tieken has retired, 
and is one of the sound fanners of the 
township. 

Tieken M. C. P. O. Coatsburg. 
Tinsley Peter, farmer; sec. ti; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Tittle A. J. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Mendon. 
Tout Perry, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Mendon. 
Tout Wm. J. farmer; sec. i; P. O. Mendou. 

TOrX WIL,L,IAM S., farmer; 
Sec. 2; P. O. Mendon; was born in F!em- 
mine county, Ky., Oct. 20, 1812; emigrated 
from Kentucky to Indiana, where he lived 
si.xteen years; thence to Adams county, in 
the fall of 1840, where he hss tiuce resided; 
married Levina Garr. She was born in 
Kentucky, July 6, 1818. Have sixteen chil- 
dren; twelve living: Martha, John, Julia, 
Perry, Virenda, Willia'n, Catherine, Nancy, 
Elias, Matilda, Benjamin, and Lettie. Mem- 
bers of the M. E. church. Had two 
sons in the Union army: Anderson en- 
listed in the 50th Regt. 111. Inf., and was 
killed at the battle of Bentonville, the last 
fight of the war; William was in the satre 
regiment, and was in several battles: was 
on the big march to the sea, and at the 
grand review at Washington. Mr. Tout 
has a farm of 200 acres, valued at ft!, 000, 
under good cultivation; and one of the best 
stone quarries in the county. 
Turner D. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Turner H. A. farmer; sec. -Jl; P. O. Coatsburg. 

w 

Ward .M'chael, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Coatsburg. 
WardThos. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Mendon. 
Weed L. A. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. .Mendon. 
Wiseuberger V. wagon maker; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Werner .\dolph, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Mendon. 
While J. A. farmer: sec. 9; P. O. Coatsburg. 

WHITE EllEX, farmer; Sec. 24; 
P. O. Coaisburg; is the son of Jonathan and 
Louisa White; was born in East Tennessee, 
Nov. 8, 1824; came to this county in the 
spring of '38; married Mary E. Long, f^he 
was born in same place, June 16, It^ol. 
Nine children; five livine: Winfield S., M il- 
vina, Phu>be A., Alma A., Milvin E. The 
subject of this sketch came here when the 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS CUUNTY. 



oline E., Nellie, George S., Albert Lee. He 
has 100 acres of land, valued at $5,000. En- 
listed in Co. F., 78th Regt. 111. Int. ; mustered 
into the service at Quincy; was in the bat- 
tle of Chickamauga, when he, with thirty- 
three others out of his company, were taken 
prisoners ; was first taken to Richmond, Va., 
where they were kept five months ; thence 
to Andersonville, where he remained seven 
months ; thence to Millen, Ga., for a short 
time; thence to Savannah, Ga.; from there* 
to Blackshire, Florida, for a few days; ■ 
thence to Florence, N. C. ; from there to 
Wilmington, N. C, .wliere he was passed 
Uirough the lines. Out of the thirty-three 
that were captured only seven or eight with- 
stood the hardships. Their principal living 
was stock peas and corn meal, fat pork and 
mule beef. The prisoners were so near 
starving that they got a dog and killed and 
cooked it; did not eat any of it for the rea- 
son that he could not get any. Has also. 
seen them eat snakes. Mr. Howell, when 
he was passed through the lines, would not 
weigh more thim 100 pounds— his weight 
usually is 175 to 180 ; came so near starving 
while at Andersonville that his comrades 
thought him dead; had a brother who 
starved to death there. 
Hooter Hngb, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Mendou. 
Hyatt Joel, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Mendon. 



Her J. D. retired; P. O. Paloma. 



James Grifflth. P. O. Coatsburg. 
JobDsoD Mrs. Alice. P. O. foat^bnr^. 
Johnson J. H. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Jndy Wm. farmer; sec -iT; P. O. Coatsburg. 



Kell« Richard, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Mendon. 
Kells Robert, farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Mendon. 
Kelley Amanda, P. O. Paloma. 
Kruse Catherine, P. O. Coatsbarg. 



Langh Wm. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Mendon. 
Leach A. constable; P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Leach Jas. laborer; P. O. Coatsbnr;;. 



M 



.McG rr Edward, farmer; tec. 32; P O. Fowler. 



McfiJriRE A., druggist and Stock 
dealer ; Coatsburg. He was bom in Hamil- 
ton county, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1836 ; came to this 
county in 18C0. He married Hannah >r. 
Griffith, who was born in Guernsey county, 
Ohio, Jan. 0, 184G. Have five children : 
Arthur F., Wm. E., Chas. O., Fannie and 
Elsie. He held the offices of Justice of th.j 
Peace, Police Magistrate, and Notary Pub- 
lic ; member of the order of Masonrj- since 
1864. His father was a native of Fayette 
countj-. Pa., and born in 1800; lived thei' 
thirtj' years; then went to Ohio, where h 
married .lane Sumner (niece of Gov. Lucas i. 
in 1834. She was a native of Massachusetts. 
From there he went to Hamilton county, 
Ohio, where the subject of this sketch was 
born; lived there about seven years ; thence 
to Deciifur county, Ind., where they resided 
four years; then to Fountain county, Ind.; 
then in 1846 went to Pike countj-. Mo.; lived 
there two years; thence to Warsaw, 111., and 
from there to Kansas, where he died at the 
age of .54. The subject of this sketch was 
in Missouri in 1854, at the time of his fa- 
ther's death ; then went to Minneapolis, 
Kan., to look after his father's business; ( 
thence, via Glasgow and Brunswick, to 3Ia- 
con City; then to Quincy, 111., and from 
there to Coatsburg. He engaged in a flour- 
ing mill, and was afterward employed as 
Station Agent at Paloma, and also at Coats- 
burg. He then entered into partnership 
with P. S. Judy, in the mercantile business, 
the only store in Coatsburg. He sold out in 
the fall of 1869, and went to farming; then 
sold his farm and carries at present a stock 
of about $3,000. 

Mealiff James, farmer: sec. 4; P. O. Mendon. 
MealiS Wm. farmer: sec. 4; P. O. Mendon. 
Meyers J. J. larmer; sec. 31; P. O. Fowler. 
Meyers Wm. laborer; P. O. Paloma. 
Miller Cyrns, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Fowler. 
Miller S. F. farmer: sec. 17; P. O. Mendon. 
Miller Mrs. S. H. P. O. Coatsburg. 
Monds J. D. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Coatsbarg. 

MORTOX Z., farmer and stock 
raiser; Sec. ~~\ P. O. Paloma ; born in But- 
ler county, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1830 ; came to 
this county in the fall of 1845. He has 220 
acres of land, valued at $9,000. He married 
for his first wife Sarah Boyler. She was 
born in Tennessee, Feb. 15, 1828, and died 
Aug. 18, 1S64. They had four children : John 
W., born Jan. 4, 18.57; Joseph II., Aug. 30, 



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lSo9: Silas Z., Nov. 3, 1861; James F., July 
14. 1863. For his second wife he married 
Lydia E. Law. She was born in Clermont 
county. Ohio, Feb. 1, 1S3T, and died Sept. 
15. 18T8: had three children: EimerS.,bom 
March 13, 1867; David \V., April '«, 1S69 ; 
Annie M., Sept. 11, 1S71. Are members of 
the M. E. church. Mr. M. has held the 
office of School Director and Road Commis- 
sioner ; has lived on the place where he now 
resides for twenty-two years : has one of the 
best farms in the township; has 200 acre, 
under good cultivation, and good residences 
and is one of the sound farmers of the town- 
ship. 

Marver M. merchant: P. O. Coatsborg. 
Marrah J. C. farmer; sec. "24: P. O. Coatsbnrg. 

MIKRAH PETER E., farmer; 
Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Coatsburg (son of John and 
Mary Marrah) ; was born in Adams county, 
111., Oct. 19, 1846 ; has 160 acres of land, 
valued at |4,000 ; married Melissa Koontz. 
She was jborn in Virginia. Have four chil- 
dren, three living : Mary Ettie, Peter Law- 
rence. Joseph Arthur. Has held the office 
of Collector and School Director. His 
father, John Murrah, was a native of Ken- 
tucky; emigrated to Tennessee in an early 
day, where he married Mary Fite, and in the 
year 1837, came to Adams county ; came 
through with teams, and well can be con- 
sidered one of the pioneers of the county. 

N 

XierHR AXTOX, farmer: Sec. 
26: P. O. Coatsburg: was born in Hanover, 
Germany, April 28, 1819: came to this 
country in 1870; came over in steamship; 
made the trip in eleven daj's ; landed at 
New York, where he stayed a short time, 
and then came to Adams county, where he 
has resided since. 
Xerins S. -J. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg. 



O^k Jas. merchant; P. O. Paloma. 
Overlander Fred, blacksmith; P. O. Coatsburg 



PETERS JUHX H., farmer; Sec. 
23; P. 0. Coatsburg; was bom in Old- 
ejburg, Gcrminy. March 24, 18.32; came 
to this country in 1869: has 160 acres of 



land, valued at $3,000; married Maria 
Stauffer. She was born in Hanover, 
Germany, Jan. 6. 1833; died Oct. 10. 1878; 
had eleven chiVlren, seven living: Char- 
lie, Helene, Frederick. Maria, Philip, 
Herman, Elinora. In politics, Mr. P. i» 
Democratic ; he emigrated direct from Ger- 
many to New Tork; wa? two weeks making 
the trip; stayed in New York four days, 
then came to this county, where he has 
resided since ; turns oft" thirty-five to forty 
head of hogs and ra'ses fifty acres of corn 
yearly ; has a farm under good cultivation, 
and is comfortably off. He was in the 
German army sis months ; is a member of 
the Lutheran church. 

PEVEHOrSE ISAAC X., farm- 
er; Sec. 11 ; P. O. Coatsburg; was barn 'a 
Wiiyne count}-, Ky., Dec. 28, 1818 ; came to 
this county in the sp-ingof 1835; his 480 
acres of land, valued at |12,000; married 
for his first wife Edith Evans. She was 
bom April 13, 1825 ; has two children : 
James H. and Louisa .Jane. For his second 
wife he married Eliza Jane Clarkson. She 
was born in Morgan county. 111 , May 4, 
1833 ; five children, three livmg: Annie L,, 
Nancy L., Samuel L. Has held the office of 
Justice of the Peace, Road Commissioner, 
etc. His father was a naliveof Berks county. 
Pa. ; was bom Dec. 24, 1776. His mother, 
born July 22, 1T93 ; she wsis a native of 
Maryland. His father married in Kentucky, 
where he raised a family of four children ; 
was among the earliest settlers there, and in 
1835 came to Adams county ; came turough 
with tour-horse teams, and located on what 
is known as the Dr. Dsrrah Place ; moved 
into a log cabin, 18x18. The subject of this 
sketch made a trip to California in 1850, 
with an ox team; was five months on the 
road; remained there until lS.52, then came 
back to Adams county. Mr. P. has a good 
farm and comfortable house, and can well 
be claimed one of its pioneers. 
Phillips Silas, farmer: sec. Ift; P. O. Mendon. 

PHTRMAXX GEORGE, mer- 
chant and stock-dealer; P. O. Coatsb'irg; 
was bom in Neuburg, Bavaria, Feb. 16, 1838; 
came to this country in 1854 ; married Emily 
Grigsby. She wsis born in Honey Creek 
township, April 10, 1843. They have four 
children: Louisa, Fannie, George E., and 
John G. He has held the offices of Post- 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS ColNTV. 



master and Supervisor of Honey Creek town- 
ship. He crossed the ocean in a sailing 
vessel; was forty-one days crossing; landed 
at New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi 
river lo Quincy ; engaged in shoemaking for 
nine years; since thai lime has been mer- 
chandising; carries a stock of about $5,000, 
and <loes a business of $20,000; does the 
leading business in the village. When he 
came lo this country he was a poor man; 
had lo laru money to pay his ])assage over. 
By industry and economy he has made a 
good pri>i)erty and home. 
Pollck Josepn, farmer; sec. IK; P. O. Coaubarj;. 
Poller Joho, farmer: sec. 30; P. O. Fowler. 



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KEXKRX HEXRY. farmer; Sec. 
•■io ■ P. O. Coatsburg. 
Renshell George. la'Sorer; P. O. Coataburg. 
Renshell Herman, farmer; sec. IS; P. O Coatsbnrg. 
Reoshell V. farmer; sec. 13; P. O Coatsburg. 
Richardson A. H. farmer; sec. M: P. 0. Paloma. 
Richardson William, P. O. Coatsburg. 
Riley J. £. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatebarg. 
Robert* Barton, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Mendon. 

ROHE HEXKY. farmer; Sec. 35; 
P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Prussia, Xor. 
8, 1S27; came to this country in 1800 ; has 
forty-five acres of land, valued at $3,000; 
married Joannah Leman. She was born in 
Oldenburg, Germany, Jan. 24, 1827. They 
have two children: Henrj- and Mary. They 
are members of the Lutheran church, and 
he is Trustee of the same. Politics, Demo- 
cratic. He emigrated from Bremen in a 
sailing-vessel; was sis weeks making the 
trip; landed at New York; thence to Quin- 
cy, 111. He worked out a year and a half 
for $8 per month; rented two years; and in 
ISW bought the place where he now lives. 
Mr. Hohe is one of the leading members of 
the Lutheran church. 
Rolfc M. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Coat^bar^. 



t^ahland A. H. farmer; sec. :J0; P. 0. Coatsburg. 
Sahlund C. A. farmer;8ec. 23; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
Schradcr Herman, farmer ; sec. 2; P. o. Coatsbur". 
Senior Christ, farmer; sec. 5; P.O. Mendon. 
Shoemaker A. J. farmer; sec.S: P. O. .Mendon. 
SboemMker D. W. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Fowler. 

»«13IOX WILLIAM, farmer; Sec. 
26; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Lippe, 



Germany, April 19, 1826 ; came lo this coun- 
try, 18o4. He has eighty-tive acres of land 
under good cultivation, valued at $4,000. 
He married Minnie Shaflfer. She w;ts born 
in the same place, Nov. 3, 18:W. They have 
nine children, si.\ boys and three girls: Au- 
gust, William, Theodore, Matilda, Johnny, 
Heleue. Eddie, Charles, and Minnie. They 
are members of the Lutheran church. Pol- 
itics Democratic. Emigrated from Bremen 
on a sailing vessel; was sixty-three days 
making the voyage; landed at New Orleans, 
thence up the Mississippi river to Quincy, 
where he lived six months, and drove team 
for $8 per month, then rented for twelve 
years, and has been on his own place for 
eleven j-ears. Mr. Simon has a good com- 
fortable home, and is well off; was in the 
German army three years. 

S I Y E R T S O X C. r., retired 
farmer; residence, Coatsburg; was bom in 
Copenhagen, Feb. 20, 1809; came to this 
country in 1832. He has 240 acres of laud 
under good cultivation, v;dued at $l0.00O; 
married JIarcia Larkiu, Oct. 2, 1840. She 
was born in Whitehall, X. Y., Feb. 1. 1816. 
They have had four children: Emily F., 
borii Dec. 21, 1842 (died April 10,1862); 
William F., born Dec. 21, 1843; Marj- S., 
born March 5, 1847 ; Edgar C, born April 8, 
1853. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the 
Baptist church. He has held the office of 
School Treasurer since 18.50. In 1S32 he 
went to Russia for a short time ; then sailed 
for New York, making the voyage in sixty 
days; stopped m New York about sijo 
mouths, iind worked at ship-building; then 
came to Washington county, Ohio, where he 
worked at steamboating for a number of 
years; afterward came to Adams county, 
where he hsis resided since. Wm. Frederick 
was in the Union army. 124th Regt. 111. Inf., 
Co. I., what was called the Temperance Reg- 
iment; w:is at the siege of Vicksburg, Battle 
of Champion Hill., etc. Mr. S. came lo the 
coimty in an early day ; has a good pnjperty 
and home. 
Skidmore .J. S. farmer; sec St; P. O. Coatshnrg. 

SKIRYIX II. C Physiciai and 
Surgeon; les. Coatsburg; is the son of Clay, 
ton and Rebecca Skirvin ; was born in Gal 
latin county, Ky., June 4, 1825; married 
Paulina Thompson. She was born in 



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Lewis countT, Mo., Jnne 1, 1837. She is 
mother of two children: Ira H., bom Dec. 
23. i^o-j: and Marian L.. bom Feb. IT. 1S6-2. 
Ttey are members of the Baptist church. 
>f r Skirvin's father was a native of Ken- 
:.;cky and his mother of Tennessee; they 
;ived in Ken'ucky until 1S6^. when they 
both died. The subject of this sketch 
studied under Dr. Wm. H. Davidson; at- 

raded college at Louisville, Ky., two years; 

.-SO attended lectures at Xew Orleans; 
ind thence to Columbus. Ohio, where he 
graduated in the year 1S5"J He has prac- 
ticed in eight diflerent States; hss a good 
practice in Coatsburg and vicinity; ;.t!ends 
the patients at the county fsrm. 
Slooifer -J. laimer; sec. 4; P. O. Mendon. 
Slonirer J. P. lariuer: sec. T: P. O. MendoQ. 
SloEiger James, farmer : sec. 7 ; P. O. Mendon . 
SlPEiger Joe', farmer; sec. 7: P. O. Mendon. 
SptnderJotn. laborer: P. O. Coatsbarg. 
Springer Fred, farmer: sec. 33; P. O. Coatsborg. 
Sprou Loran. farmer: sec. 1: P. O. Costsbnrg. 



Tajco:: W. C. farmer: sec. T; P.O. Mendon. 
Tay:or Christ, farmer; sec. 3: P. O. Mendon. 
Tajlor Edward: sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. 
Thayer Charles, farmer; sec. Si; P. O. Fow'.er. 
Thayer Horace; sec. S; P. O. Paloma. 
Thompson W. H. postmaster: P. O. Coatsborg. 
Thcrwschter G. A. saloon: P. O. Coaisbnrg. 
Teneford B. farmer ; sec 20; P.O. Fowler. 
Tieken J. D. physician ; P. O. Coatsbur?. 

TIEKJEX FRED. JR.. farmer; 
Sec. -23: P. O. Coatsburg; was bom in Ger- 
many. Jan. iS. 1S53; came to this country 
when he was live years old: married >[atilda 
H.smmer, Dec. iti, ISTS. She was bom in 
Honey Creek township, Jan. 27, 1S60. In 
1873 Mr. Tieken went to (Sermany to attend 
the school of Oldeoburg, where he stayed a 
year and a half ; studied Economy of Farm- 
ing. He is a young man of industrious 
habits, and is sure to succeed. His father 
was a native of Xorth Germany: bom Aug. 
5, 1*29; came to this country in 1S6S: mar- 
ried Catherine Sievers. She was bom in 
the same place, July 21, 1S24. Eght chil 
dren: Frederick. Deidrich, Gerhard, Wil 
helm, Theodore, Sophia, Helene, and Anna 
They are members of the Lutheran church 
They emigrated iin steamer "" Verse." mak 
ing the trip in fifteen days: landed in Xew 
York, whea- they stopped a couple of days; 
; hen came to Adams county. Has 325 acres 



of land, valued at f 13.000; has as fine a 
farm as there is in the township. He has a 
son in St. Louis, attending the American 
College of Medicine; the third son is a 
farmer; the fourth is clerking; and the fifth 
attends school. Mr. Tieken has retired, 
and is one of the sound farmers of the 
townfhip, 

Tieken 31. C. P. O. Coatsburg. 
Tinsley Peter, firmer: sec. iJ; P. O. Coatsbnrj. 
Tittle A. J. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Mendon. 
Toti; Perry, fanner; sec. 15; P. O. Mendon. 
Toot Wm. J. fsrmer; sec. i; P. O. Mendon. 

TOrr TTELtlAai S.. farmer; 
Sec. 2: P. 0. Mendon; was born in Fiem- 
ming county, Ky., Oct. 20, 1S12; emigrated 
from Kentucky to Indiana, where he lived 
sixteen years; thence to Adams county, in 
the fall of 1S40, where he hss since resided; 
married Levina Garr. She was born in 
Kenturky, -July 6, ISlS. Have sixteen chil- 
dren; twelve living: Martha, John, Julia, 
Perry, Virenda, 'Willia.n, Catherine, 2f ancy, 
Elias, Matilda, Benjamin, and Lettie. Mem- 
bers of the M. E. church. Had two 
sons in the Union army: Anderson en- 
listed in the 50th Regt. HI. Inf., and was 
killed at the battle of Bentonville, the last 
fight of the war; AVilliam was in the sane 
regiment, and was in several b,<ittles: was 
on the big march to the sea. and at the 
grand review at Washiugtor, Mr. Tout 
has a farm of 200 acres, valued at fii.OOO, 
under good cultivation; and one of the best 
stone quarries in the county. 
Tnmer D. farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Coatsburg. 
Turner H. A. farmer; sec. il ; P. O. Coxtsbarg. 



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Ward M chaa:. firmer; sec. 16; P. O. Coitsburj. 
Ward Thos. farmer; sec. 9: P. O. Mendon. 
Weed L. A. farmer: sec. 7: P. O. Mendon. 
Wisenberger T. wsson maker: P. O. Coatsburg. 
Werner Ado'.ph. farmer: sec *; P. O. Mendon. 
White J. A. farmer: sec. 9: P. O. Coatsburg. 

^THITE EDEX, farmer: Sec. 24; 
P. O. Coa'sburg: is the son of Jonathan and 
Louisa VThite; was bom in East Tennessee, 
XoT. S, 1S24; csme to this county in the 
spring of "3* ; married Mary E. Long. She 
was bom in same p?ace, June 16, is;31. 
Nine children; five Uvioc: Winfield S., M il- 
vina, Phcebe A., Alma A., Melvin E. The 
subject of this sketch came here when the 



900 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COIXTY. 



prairies were wild, grew up with the county, 
ami knows what a pioneer's "ife i--; owns 
ninet}' acres of land, valued at $4,500. He 
has held the office of Collector. Mr. White's 
father was anativc of Virginia; emigrated to 
Tennessee, where he lived some time; theixce 
to Adams county, where he died at the age 
of eighty-four years, lie was at the organ- 
ization of the township; came here in 
limited circumstance?; lived in a little log 
shaniy. ISxlS; had prairie bedsteads, mud , 
flre-place, etc. 

While J. M. farmer; eec. »>; P. 0. Coatsbur;. 

WHITE JOXATHAX. farmer; 
resilience, in Coatsburg (son of Jonathan 
and Louisa AVhite); was born in Hawkins 
county, Teun., Feb. 5, 1836: came to this 
county in the spring of 1830; has UK) acres 
of land, valued at $5,000; married Amanda 
Blackburn. She was boru in Illinois, Aug. 
9. 183(i. They have live children: Rotta, 
Mabel, Clara, Ora, and Orville: one died in 
inftmcy. He held tUe office of Constable; 
also been Road Commissioner. His father 
was a native of Virginia: from there he 
came to Tennessee, suid in 1839 emigrated 
to .\dams county: locateil ou a piece of 
land on Foggj- prairie ; movetl into a hewed 
log cabin, 18x20; came through with teams; 
was in limited circumstances, but at his 
death had 150 acres of land, eighty under 
good cultivation: was here at tiie organiza- 
tion of the township, and alw.jys took a 
lively interest in the township; was among 
the earliest settlers, and well csui be claimed 



among its frontiersmen. The subject of this 
sketch came here in an early day, and grew 
up with the county. 

While Richsrd. farmer: sec. 16; P. O. toaisborj;. 
While Thos. B. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. MendoQ. 

WHITE THOHAS C. farmer; 
Sec. 14; P.O. Coatsburg (.son of Thomas 
and X:mcy White); Wiis bom in Giles 
comity. Tenn.. Aug. 16. 1831 : came to this 
county in 1833. He has ninety-six .icres of 
land, valued at $4,800; married Hannah 
Haj-worth. She was born in Vermillion 
county. 111., Starch 14, 18;53. They have six 
children living: Alonzo E.. Izarah, Rosella, 
Luella, Hugh, and Lcora. His father was 
a native of Tennessee, and his mother was 
from South Carolina; emigrated to this 
county in 18:13. He came here a poor man, 
and, by industry and economy, made a good 
property. The subject of this sketch lives 
on the old jilace where his father and mother 
lived and died. He enlisted in llie 78th 
Regt. 111. Inf. Co. F. : contracted a disease 
which caused his discharge. He came here 
when he was a year ;md one-half old ; has 
grown up with the coimty. luid knows what 
a pioneer life is. 

White Thos. C. farmer; sec. 14: P. O. CoatsbarK. 
While W. s. laborer; P. O. Coaubois. 
Whipricht .\. merdiaut: P. O. Coatsburg. 



Yoaog Simon, farmer: sec Si; P. O Paloi 



GILMKK niKKOTOUY. 



901 



GILMEll TOW^■SIII^ 



A liiiTotli U. fatmer; sec. -i; P.O. Fowler. 
Amiersoii A. .1. farmer; sec. -JS; P. O. Columbus 



leahoM Frank, ^^boi'makcr: P. V. Columbus. 
I'l;.ckm:iu A. farmer; P. O. Fowler. 
Hilger Peier, farmer; P. O. Fowler. 

KORGHOIiTHAl S ii. W., 

lioU'l-kfi'pi'i-; 1'. O. Fowl.-r (son of Fml- 
irick Will. ;iiiJ Elizabeth P.); was bom lu 
York coiiuty, Pa., Dec. 3, 1817 ; came to this 
couuty in 1838; has 164 acres of land, 
valued at ^10,000; married Sarah A. Kichio. 
She was born in Calhoun couuty, 111., Feb. 
28, 1830. Seven children, live living: Jo- 
siah K., Catherine T., John F., SamantUa 
E., and Albion H. Went Irom Pennsylvania 
to Ontario county, N. Y., in 1830; lived 
there live yesirs; thence to Franklin count}-, 
Ohio; resided there three years: then to 
Ad.ims county in 1838; moved into a double 
log house, where they lived two yeai-s; then 
built a frame house; was here at the organ- 
ization of the township; has 144 acres of 
laud under good cultivation. Ilis gr;uid- 
lailur, on his mother's side, was in the 
Utvolutionary ^\■ar, and her graudfatlier 
was in the War of 1812. At the time when 
Mrs. Brogholt liaus came, Quincy was not 
larger than Fowler. Tliej- were among the 
earliest settlers of the township. 

Booib Stephon. farmer: sec. 9; P. O. Paloma. 
Hootb \Vm. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Paloma. 
Boi.th W. A. farmer; sec. II; P. O. Columbus, 
ilrowiilug 11. clerk aud mechauic; P. O. Columbus. 
Bucbanau H. farmer; P.O. Fowler. 



Ca;e Walter, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Columbus. 
chaise Isaac, farmer; sec. "; P.O. Fowler. 

CHASE J, T., farmer; Sec. 2!i; P.O. 
Quiney (son of Jonathan aud Mary E. Chase) : 
was born in Gilmer township, Adams county. 



111., Aug. .J, 1S4S). lias 270 acres of laud, 
valued at $13,000. ilarried Emma A. Lor- 
ing, Feb. 8, 1873. She was born in Adams 
county, oil the place where she now lives, 
Nov. 15, 18.53. Three children, viz.: Etta 
Maud, Alpha A., and Lolo. Are members 
of the Christian church. His father was 
born in AV;isliington county. Pa., April 12, 
1813; came to this couuty in 1833; died in 
1808. He married for his first wife Mary 
Core. She was born May 28, 1810 ; died in 
1802. The fruit of this marriage was three 
children: Ella, Louisa, aud Theodore. For 
his second wife he married Catherine H. 
Core. Have no children. Are members of 
the Baptist cliurch. Started in life with 
twenty dollars, in a new country, luit by good 
management accumulated a good property. 
Came in an early day and could well be 
claimed one of its pioneere. 

Chase Thos. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Fowler. 
Chase Wm. farmer; sec. 7: P. O. Fov>kr. 
Chatham F. farmer; sec. U; P. O. Columbus. 
Cliug .Warn, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Fowler. 
Collins Ales, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Columbus. 
Crannsey Johu, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Burion. 



Uavlj E. .\ lelegvaph operator: P.O. Fowler. 

WECKEU K.AItlv HKIXRICH 
ADOliF. born .huie 12, 18.")I. in Rends- 
burg. Holslein, Germany : came to this coun- 
try Jlay 22, on the ste;mier Bremen, sent 
by Uev. Vilniar, president of the board of 
mission of Melsungen Kurhessen; was in 
the Theological Seminary of Wartburg, 
Chiyton cimnly, Iowa, which institute was 
moved Jlay, 1874 to Mendota Illinois; tiu- 
islied his studies there, Nov., 1874. and was 
sent to Keokuk Junction as teacher of the 
schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Imnian- 
uel's Church. In Feb., 1870.he took charge of 
the Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Church, 
of Fowler. He married. .Inly 11, in Peoria, 
Illinois, with Margarethc Elizabeth Sophie 
Mueustermann, born Jan. 0, 1852, in Hoene- 



902 



}IIST(J1:Y (IF ADAMS COUNTY. 



bach Kurhessen. She is the mother of two 
children: Christian August, born June 2."i, 
1877; Karl Heinrich Theodor, born Jan. 3, 
1879. 

Dickbnt A. farmer; eec. S; P. O. Fowltr. 
Dickbul JuhD. farmer; eec. 8; P. o. Fowler. 
Dickhut \Vm. farmer; eec 9; P. O. Fowler. 

DURECHT FK.4XK, farmer; 
See. !•; P.O. FowIit; whs born in Baden, 
Germany, Sept. '20, 182o ; came to this coun- 
try in 1852. He has 143 acres of land, val- ' 
ued at $5,720. He married Mary Griim. 
She was born in Baden, Germany, Oct. 23, 
1830. They have five children: Mary, Mar- 
garet, Katie, Bertha, John. They are mem- 
bers of the Lutheran church. Politics, 
Democratic. He emigrated from Baden; 
came across in a sailing vessel, was forty- 
eight days on the water ; landed in New York, 
thence to Buftalo where he stayed a short 
time, and thence to Cincinnati, where he 
worked in a stone quarry four years, thence 
to Quincy one year afterward. He rented 
for si.\ years, then bought a farm in Gilmer 
township, where he has resided since. 



£rke Henry, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Paloma. 
Erke J. A. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Fowler. 
£vaii8 Thoe. farmer: sec. 35; P. O. Oolumbae. 



Felt M. A. farmer; P. O. Fowler. 

Finley W. D. farmer: ftc. -.'I; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 

Fricks Fred, retired merchant; Fowler. 

Flags O. C. carpenicr; P. O. Colnmbus. 

Furgueoo Vincent larmer: sec 3.); P.O. Colambne. 

G 

Gemmell J. D. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Columbas. 

CwEXTS JOHX\ farmer; Sec. 17; 
P. O. Fowler; born in Chapelle, Germany, 
Sept. 14, 1834; came to this country in 1856: 
married JIary Micks. She was born in Ba- 
varia, May 13, 1839. They have seven chil- 
dren : Jacob, born Dec. 27, 1860 ; Katie F., 
Sept. 18. 1862; Joseph. June 29, 1866; Mary, 
July 3, 1868; Thressa, Nov. 3, IkTO; Barney 
T., July 10, 187.5, and Ellen, July 7, 1878; 
members of the Catholic church. Emigrated 



from Germany in a sailing vessel ; was ei<fht 
weeks making the trip; laudedin New York; 
thence, via Chicago, to Milwaukee, where 
he remained six weeks; thence to Wiscon- 
sin, where he remained about a year; thence 
to Quincy, and worked in a flouring mill 
twelve miles below Quincy, at $15 per month, 
afterward worked for Robert Rankin nn a 
farm, and in 18.59 married and bought the 
place where he now lives. He has eidity 
acres of land, valued at $5,000, and eighty 
acres in Wisconsin, valued at 1800. In 1867 
he superintended the building of the St. 
Joseph's Catholic Church, which cost, with 
school, $29,000, where services are held 
every moulh. When he came to this coun- 
try he had only $100, but by industry and 
economy he has made himself and family 
a good home. 

Olaeser J. C. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Colnmbus. 
Gleason Wm. farmer: P. O. Fowler. 



HAIR D. li., farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. 
Columbus; son of John and Mary Hair; 
born in Baltimore county, Jld., No\. 19, 
1820; came to this county in the spring of 
1851: married Annie Elliott. She was born 
in Buller county, O., Nov. 19, 1828. They 
have four living children : Clement, William, 
Delano and David. Mr. and Mrs. Hair are 
members of the JI. E. church. He has held 
the oflice of Supervisor for several terms, 
has also been Superintendent of the county 
farm for si.\ j-ears, also chairman of a com- 
mittee who had charge of the county house 
for a number of years. He emigrated in 
1834 to Butler countj-, O., where he married, 
and in 1>51 came to Adams county, wliere 
he has resided since. He has always taken 
a lively interest in the aflairs of the county. 
He came here in limited circumstances, but 
by good management hsis made a line prop- 
erty; owns 286 acres of land, valued :it 
$15,000. Politics Democratic. 
Haxel Philip, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Burton. 
Ueadley G. W. farmer; sec. 3; P. O Paloma 
Ueckcmaun H. farmer; sec. 17; P. O. fowler. 
Ilenning J. farmer: «fc. 8; P. O. Fowler. 
Horn .\dam. retired larmer; P. O. Fowler. 
Horni-i ker .\u(lr<-», f:irinc-r; sec. :)1 ; P. o. Biirion. 

IIITKKRT l'lf.iRI..KS!i F.. mer- 
chant ; residence. Fowler (son of Lewis and 




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foECEASEO) 
GILMER TOWNSH. 



ilLMEK DIKECTOEY. 



903 



Elizabeth Hubert): was born in Beverly, 
Mass.,. J an. 9, 1843; came to this county in 
1856 married Dorathy Frike. She was bom 
in Pike county. 111., .Jan. 16, 181.5. They 
have one child: Fred. Are members of 
the Baptist church at Kingston. He holds 
the office of Postmaster: emigrated direct 
from Massachusetts to this county, where 
he worked on a farm until 1868, when he 
engage<l in merchandising; carries a stock 
of dry goods and groceries, of 13,500, and 
does #10,000 business. He enlisted in the 
50th Regt. 111. Inf.. Co. D ; mustereil in at 
Quincy; was engaged in the battles of Fort 
Donaldson, Shiloh, Farmington, at both 
battles at Corinth, Resaca, Altoona, Snake 
Creek Gap. Bentonville, and others; entered 
as private, promoted to Sergeant Major, then 
to Adjutant; was in the big march to Wash- 
ington and review. The .50th Regt. was the 
first to enter Columbia. Mr. H. was at the 
head of the brigade; says that Wheeler's 
Cavalry s«t lire to the city; re-enlisted as 
veteran at Lynnville, Tenn , in 1864. 

HoniDg Henry, farmer; sec. IT; P. O. Fowler. 
Hasan Barney, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Fowler. 



Jeffrey Richard, farmer: stc. 10; P. O. Paloma. 
Jady P. S. farmer; sec. 15: P. O. Coatsbarg. 

JUDY PARIS T.. farmer, stock 
raiser and dealer; Sec. 28; P. O. Quincy 
(son of Winepark and Anna .Judy); was 
bom in Clark county, Ky., Dec. 4, 1811 ; has 
1,600 acres of land, 1,400 in Gilmer town- 
ship, valued at f.56.000;two hundred, valued 
at f4.000 ; whole valued at $60,000 ; married 
Nancy Maikwel!. She was born in Flem- 
ming county, Ky., .July 30, 1817. They have 
six girls and one boy : James M., Adelia A. 
(now Mrs. Wm. Finlay) ; Rebecca E. (now 
Mrs. M. B. Taylor I : Xantippe (now Mrs. L. 
E. Finlay) ; Sarah X. (now Mrs. Wm. Cres- 
well I ; Ida K., and ilandolia. Are mem- 
bers of the Christian church at Columbus. 
He held the office of Assessor, was the 
first of the township; also .Justice of the 
Peace, and School Director for twenty years. 
His grandfather and grandmother were 
natives of Germany : emigrated to Pennsyl- 
vania, where his father was born April 27, 
1770. In 1801 his father went to Clark 
county, Ky., where he died May 5, 1836, at 
the age of 66. His mother was bom in 



Frederick county, Md.. M:iy 15, 1878; came 
to Kentucky, where they married Sept. 6, 
1800. She died Aug. 6, 1844, in Adams 
county. The subject of this sketch came to 
this county when he was a young man, in 
the year 1834; taught school the first sum- 
mer in the city of Quincy, in a little log 
house, being the second school taught in the 
city. Mr. Judy located and laid out the 
village of Liberty, a flourishing little town. 
He came to this county in an early day in 
limited circumstances, but by good judg- 
ment and economy, he has accumulated a 
fine property, and is one of the sound men 
of the coimty. 

K 

Kane -J. C. wagon maker; P. O. Colnmbns. 

KE>DAL.Ii ADAM, farmei: Sec. 
18; P. 0. Fo.Tler; was born in Loudon 
county. Va., April 4, 1806; came to this 
county in 1846; has sixty acres of land, 
valued at $3,000 ; married for his first wife 
Nancy Davis. She was born in Frederick 
county, Va. She was moth-rof one child, 
Jobn. For his second wife married Isa*" ell 
Stokesbury. She was a native of Virginia, 
born July 10, 1S08; has six liviog children; 
Thomas, Ezekiel, Margaret, Nancy, Jo hua, 
Elijah. Had three sons in the army : El jah 
enlisted in the 50th Regt. HI. Inf., Co. A ; en- 
listed atQuinc}'; was in the battles of Shi'oh, 
Fort Donaldson, two battles of Corinth, 
Miss. ; was at the Siege of Atlanta, Altoona 
Pass; with Sherman to the sea; also on big 
march to Washington. D. C, and review; 
mustered out atLouisvil'e, Ky. ; was wound- 
ed at the battle of Corinth with a masket hall 
in the left arm, which lead he carries at this 
time : one brother was in the same regiment, 
and one in the 2l8t Regt. Mo. Inf. 
Kennedy Daniel, whcelright ; P. O. Colambna. 

K1X<3^ ELIJAH M., decea--ed ; 
was born in New York, June 27, 180.3. His 
father and mother (Paul and Eunice King), 
have long in died : they were of Eng- 
lish descent. Mr. King came to Adams 
county in an early day, and laid out 
the town of Burton about 1840. He 
was married in 1831, to Miss Betsey 
Wright. They had five children, all now 
dead. Mrs. King died in 1.8il. He was 
married again in 1843, to Ruth Chase. She 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



was born Sep*. 23, 1814. Thev had>a family 
of seven children, five of whom are still 
livin;;. In early days Mr. King followed 
carpentering, but finally turned hisattenliou 
to iigr culture and stock raising; he was 
identified in the township aflfairs for many 
years. He died April 'S, 18G5. Mrs. King 
still resides on the old homestead farm in 
Gilmer township. 

Eleinsinidt •'. farmer: sec. 'Xl; P. O. Fowler. 
Kn;glit Robert, farmer; P. O. Fowler. 
Koliiucyer F. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Fowler. 



Laning A.J. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Paloma. 
Lawless.!. S farmer; sec.:!!; P. O. Ci.lambus. 
Lawless .J. Q. farmer; sec. -Zi; P. O. Columbus. 
Lawless O. P. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Colambus. 
Lawless T. T. farmer; sec. li; P. O. Columbus. 
Lawless W. C. farmer; Sec.iB; P. O. Columbus. 
Leslie t'liarlee. rail road agent : P. O. Fowler; 
Leslie .liHeph. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Fowler. 
Leslie Wm. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Paloma. 
Long -I. .\. farmer; P. O. Fowler. 
Longlet E. farmer; sec. 32; P. 0. Barton. 

IilTMMI!«* P. B. farmer; Sec. 30; 
P. O. Qaincy (son of .John and Ann Lum- 
mis) ; was born in Butler county, Ohio, 
April 20, 1840; came to this county in 1844; 
resides on the old homestead of 200 acres, 
valued at ;j;l3 000; married Annie Doran. 
She was born in Adams county, Feb. 10, 
18.53; has one child, Olive Blanche. Holds 
at present the office of Supervisor of Gil- 
mer township; also has held most of the 
township offices. His father and mother were 
natives of Ohio ; emigrated to Adams county 
in the year, 1844, where his father lived 
until he died, in the year 1860. Was a mem. 
ber of the M. E. church for over forty years. 
His mother is still living, in her seventieth 
year. They came to this county in limited 
circumstances, and by good management 
made a fine property, and were among the 
pioneers of the town.ohip. 

Lummis.J. farmer; sec. 4: P.O. Palonia. 



M 



McCatrerty K. laborer; P. O. Fowler. 
McCounell .las. farmer; sec. 33; P. 0. Barton. 

McCOKMICK A. Y., Physician; 
residence, Fowler, (son of James and Mary 
McCormick); was born in Fayette Co., Pa., 
July 6, 1843; came to this county, Feb. 15, 



1868; married Fannie "Woodbury in Septem- 
ber, 1874. She was Itorn in Worcester county, 
Massachusetts, in October, 1844; members 
ol the Presbyterian church. His fatlier was 
a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of 
New Jersey. They are still living in Fayette 
county, Pennsylvania. The subject of this 
sketch studied medicine with his brother, 
Dr. Wm. H. McCormick, in Cumberland, 
Maryland, two and a half years. Then at- 
tended two courses of lecturers at Jeflcrson 
Medical College, of Philadelphia, where he 
graduated in the Spring of 1800 ; practiced 
two years in Frederick City, Marjdand; 
thence to this county, where he has followed 
his i)rofession since. 

MABTIX ORKGORV. farmer; 
Sec. 21; P. O. Columbus; was born in Lou- 
don Co,, Va., Jan. 1, 1816; came to thiscoimty 
in 184G; has eighty acres of l:md, valued at 
|o,200; married Mahala McAffee. She was 
born in South Carolina, in 182G. One living 
child : James. Emigrated to Braken county, 
Kentuckj-, where he lived ten j'ears; thence 
to Grapt county, Kentucky, in 1832, where he 
lived five years; thence, in 1837, he went to 
Alissouri, where lie married; thence back to 
this county, where he has resided, since. 
When he first came to this county there was 
but very few buildings in Quincy. 

Meckes B. former; sec. 18; P O. Fowler. 
MiddUburg Fred, farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Fowler. 
Mellcring Henry, farmer: sec. :i; P. O. Paloma 
Meyers .Jacob, farmer; sec. 23: P. 0. Columbus. 
Meyers L. L. farmer; sec. 2:); P. O. Col'imbus. 
Morton Benj. firmer: sec. 3(i; P. O. Columbus. 
Murphy J. B. farmer; sec iZ: P. O. Columbus. 

MURPHY JACOB C"., faimerand 
stock raiser; See. 10; P. O. Columbus; was 
born in Dorchester Co., Maryland, Sept. 36, 
1812; came to this county, Xov. 20, 1848; 
has uinety-six acres of land valued at |.5,000, 
and eighty-six acres valued at $1,500: mar- 
ried Maria McCalli.ster. She was born in 
Pickaway Co., Ohio, Sept. 3, 1818. Seven 
living children: Sarah, Harriet, Mary E.' 
Margaret O., Joseph 11., Martha, and James 
B. F. Are members of the M. E. church. 
In the year 1837 he emigrated from Mary- 
land to Ohio, where he lived tliree years; 
thence to Adams county, and located on the 
section where he now lives; came through 
with teams, and was four weeks making the 
trip. Mr. M. came to this county in limited 



GILMEE DIRECTORY. 



905 



circumstances, but by iudustiy and economy 
lias made a good home. Had one son, John 
"We^iley, in the army, 1st Battaliiou of Sharp 
Shooters; was at Island Xo. 10, South Caro- 
lina: contracted, while in the army, pneu- 
monia, and died at Memphis, Tennessee, in 
the year 1803. 

Murphy Wra. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Fowler. 



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Newell Jas. T. Inrmer; see. 3; P. 0. Pal.ima. 
Noodle Chas. farmer; eec. 29; P. O. Fowler. 
Norris \V. W. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Colnmbus 



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Odell Silas, retired: P. O. Columbae. 
Ogle Ed. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Paloma. 
Ogle H. farmer; sec 3; P. O. Paloma. 



PKARCE THOMAS D., farmer; 
Sec. 30; P.O. Quincy (son of David and 
Elizabeth Pearce). He was born in Butler 
county, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1836; has 1G.5 acres of 
land iu Houston township, valued at :j!6,000. 
Politics, Democrat His father was a native 
of Baltimore county, JId. ; born JIarch IS, 
ISOT. He died in Gilmer township, from a 
caui-f r on his liver, Sunday evening, Dec. 10, 
ISTS. He married Elizabeth Stabler, Feb. 
27, ISiO. This union was a happy one, and 
terminated with his death, after a lapse of 
nearly half a century. He emigrated to But- 
ler county, Ohio, in 1835, and lived there un- 
til 1848; thence to Adams county. He 
came here in limited circumstances, but by 
good management made a handsome prop- 
erty and a comfort;djle home. He united 
with the M. E. church in early life, and 
was a consistent member at his death. 
Mrs. Pearce was born in York county, Pa., 
Sept. 15, 1808 ; mother of five children, four 
living: -Mary A., Elizabeth S., Thomas D., 
and .Tolm C. 

PKTRIE (i. W., farmer; Sec. 5; 
P. <). Fowler (son of George and Dinah 
Petrie). He was born in Adams county, 
July 35, 1840. Has forty-nine acres of land, 
valued at $2,000. He married Mahala Cur- 
tis, who was born in Canada, March 5, 1844 
Five children, three living : Samuel L., Oscar 
M., and Georgie Ann. Are members of the 
M. E. church. He held the office of School 
Director; enlisted in Co. E, 16th Regt. 111. 



Inf.; mustered into the service at Quincy; 
was stationed at St. Joe, Mo.; thence at 
Cairo, Nashville, and Murfreesboro ; was 
mustered out at Rome, Ga. ; discharged 
and paid off at Springfield, 111 ; was iu the 
service three years. 

PIERCE JOSEPH, farmer; Sec. 
33; P. O. Burton (sou of Joseph and Mary 
Pierce.) He was l^orn in Frederick county, 
Va., March 18, 1815. Has 368 acres of land 
in Illinois, valued at 1 10,000, and 400 in 
Missouri, valued at $8,000. He married 
Susan Body, who was born in Kent county, 
Del., Sept. 15, 1824. Eight living children : 
Chas. F., Joseph, James H., Geo. W., Albert 
N., Mary Ann, .Jennie, and Bertha A. Emi- 
grated from Virginia when he was twenty 
years old, to Butler county, Ohio, where he 
lived twelve years; thence to Adams county, 
where he has since resided. He came here 
a single man, and in 1850 married and com- 
menced farming. He came here in limited 
circumstances, but by good management has 
accumulated a fine propertj'. 
PoUocli J. S. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Columbus. 

POWEIili JOSEPH, retired 
farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Burton; was born in 
Kent county, Del., near Dover, Nov. 19, 
1800; came to this county in the fall of 1832; 
married Phrebe Body. She was born iu 
same place, Nov. 5, 1817. Eleven children: 
Mary, Sarah, Rosanna, Josie, Jason, Laura, 
.John, Susan, Mark, William, and Martha. 
He was one of the first road commissioners 
in the township. He emigrated from Dela- 
ware, March 13, 1836, to Vicksburg, 3Iiss, 
where he remained three years, following 
the carpenter business; in 1820 went to 
Louisiana; and m the year 1833 came to 
this county. Mr. Pollock came here |in an 
early dixy, was among the early settlers, 
and can well be claimed as one of its early 
pioneers. He has 300 acres of land, valued 
at $15,000. 
Price Jemima; P. O. Columbus. 

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Reynolds P. farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Fowler. 
Riddle .1. W. farmer; sec. 5; P. 0. Fowler. 

RIGXEY REV. AMOS, resi 
dence Fowler; son of Joseph and Nancy 
Rigney; was born in Clermont county, 
Ohio, Feb. 21, 1851; came to this State in 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



1867; married Catherine Loop, Sept. 16, 
1873. She was born in Schuyler county, 
111., June 10, 1S40. One living chilil; Alta 
May. Members of the U. B. church. He 
emigrated from Ohio direct, and located in 
Lima township, where he engaged in farm- 
ing until 1869; then attended school in 
Augusta, Hancock county; was called to 
Schuyler and McDonald counties to preach 
in 1873, and was there one year; then to 
Pike county for two years; and in 1S76# 
came to Fowler, where he has charge of the 
Elm Grove, Rigney Chspel, and Indian 
Grave Lake congregations. 
Rnseell Wakefield, farmer; pec. 14; P. 0. Colambue. 
Rnthledge Benj. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Columbus. 



Samuels A. M. farmer; pec. 3; P. O. Palom.i, 
Samuels C. G. farmer; sec. 'i; P. O. Paloma. 
Sawin George, farmer; sec. 12: P. O. Columbus. 
Shepard A L. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Columbus. 

SRIRVIX HAMILTOX, farmer 
and stock raiser; Sec. 22; P. O. Paloma; 
w;is born in Grant county, Ky., Dec. 31, 
1822; came to this county in the fall of 
1833. He has 340 acres of land valued at 
$13,600. lie was married to Eliza Mark- 
well. She was born in Flemming county, 
Ky., 1823. They have one living child, 
James H. They are members of the Bap- 
tist church (old school); emigrated from 
Kentuckj- to this immediatt' neighborhood, 
where he has resided since ; came in an early 
clay when there was plenty of deer and game, 
and wild honey. His father moved into a 
little log house with David Harrison, 1G.\18, 
and there were from fit'teen to twenty in the 
family. 

Stabler J. W. carpenter; P. O. Columbus. 
Stade Clayton, ff rmer; sec. 3S: P. O. Columbus. 
Stahl Noah, farmer; svc. ti; P. O. Fowler. 
Stabler Wm. undenaker: P. O. Columbus. 
Staul Wm. farmer; P. O. Fowler. 
Stenbeck W. B. farmer; P. O. Columbus. 
Slermernagel .\. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Fowler. 

STEW.iRT JOIIX. m.-uuifacturer; 
residence. Fowler (son of William and 
Nancy Stewart); was born in Washington 
county. Me., Feb. 21, 1828; came to this 
county in 1836; has a fruit farm of forty 
acres, and valued at 1^8,000; married Mary 
H. Thomas. She was born in the city of 
Philadelphia, in 1837. They have three chil- 



dren; Olva (now Mrs. Davis); Eftic and 
Nellie, members of the First Baptist church 
of Quincy. He emigrated with his parents 
direct to this countv, and located in Payson | 
township, where his father died ; his mother 
is still living. He was one of the first to 
engage in the nursery business in the county. 
The subject of this sketch was a resident "f 
Quincy, where he was engaged in the nureery 
and grocery jobbing business, and in 18i!l 
came to Gilmer township, where he has been 
in the fruit and farming business. In 1873, 
he organized what is known as the Fowler 
branch of the Alden Fiuit Preserving Com- 
pany, and acted as superintendent and sec- ^ 
retury for four years, since then, has manufac- j 
turcd the jtearless apjjle pcaler, core and 
slicer combined. 

STRAl'B A. B., grocer ami drug- 
gist; residence Fowler; was born in Elling- 
ton township, Adams county, April 22, 1842; 
married Elizaljeth Weidenhammer. She was 
born in the same place, JIarch 24, 18.")0. 
They have six children, viz. Rosie, Edw:ird, 
Dorothy, Albert R., William and Martha. 
They are members of the yi. E. church. 
Held the oHice of Justice of the Peace for 
six years. Collector, etc. His father was a 
native of Pennsylvania; came to this county 
in 1837; came via Cairo up the Missis<ipi)i 
river to Quincy, located in Ellington town- 
ship ; was a resident of the county forty-two 
years; died Jan. 12, 1879, at the age of 
seventy-one years. His mother is still liv. 
ing, at the age of sixty-eight. The subject 
of this sketch enlisted in the .50th Regt. 111. 
Inf., Co. E., and was in the service three 
years eleven months; was in the battles of 
Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Corinth, Resaca, 
and Altoona Pass ; was on the march to the 
sea, also on the march to Washington and 
gnmd review, was mustered out at Louis- 
ville Ky. ; came home and farmed two years, 
then went to Iowa, where he engaged iu the 
diy goods and grocery business for two 
years, then came buck to Fowler. 
Straub .1. D. mercbant; P. O. Fowler. 
Strotman .\. farmer; sec 32; P. O. Bnrtou. 



Tellman Fifrt, farmer: P. O. Fowler. 
TbirsonJ.n. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. <iuincv. 
Thompson Sam'l. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Burton. 
Tilmer Fred, blacksmith; P. O. Fowler. 
Turritt Sylvester, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Columbus. 



GILMEK DIKECTOKY. 



Vanrles Natban, telegrapli operator: P. O. Fowler. 



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WaddiiU Oliver, farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Columbus. 
Weidenhamraer E. farmer; P. O. Fowler. 
Wevill U. farmer; sec. Hi; P. O. Fowler. 
Wevill Herman, farmer; sec. Hi; P. U. Fowler. 
Wheeler A. B. peddler; P. O. Columbas. 

WILLIAMS J. Cr., Physician; resi- 
dcucu Fowler (sou of J. G. and Temperance 
Williiuns); was born in thi.s county, Aug. 5, 
1834; married Millie J. Clarkson, Jan. 38, 
1868. She was born in Boone count}-, Ky., 
Dec. 33, 1833. They have two living chil- 
dren, Lee C. and Julius J, ; they are mem- 
bers of the Baptist church. His father emi- 
grated to this State in 1833, and acted as 
Deputy County Surveyor under Hans Pat- 
ton, and also held the office for four years. 
The second term in the county, located in 
Mendon township and lived there until his 
deatli, which transpired Feb. 36, 1879. The 
subject of this sketch commenced the study 
of medicine under Dr. Clarkson for three 
years, thence to the University of ■NEo., for 
two years, when he graduated in 1856; 
was assistant surgeon in the 2d 111. Cavalry 
for one year, and was at the battle of Fort 
Blakesly. In the year of 1859 went to Pikes 
Peak over land with an o.'i team ; was four 
mouths in making the trip; had an interest 
in a mining company and practiced medi- 
cine. He returned in 1868, and since that 
time has been practicing medicine. The 



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Doctor is probablj' the oldest resident born 
in the county, has a good practice and is 
one of the stirring men of the town. 
Woods George, farmer; sec. 3!; P. 0. Burton. 
Woods Jas- farmer; sec. :K; P. O. Barton. 
WrayTtos. physician; P. O. Columbus. 



Yeargan E. A. farmer; eec. 25; P. O. Columbus. 
Y-eargan J. P. farmer; sec. 27; P. O.Columbus. 
Y'eargan il. M. farmer; gee. 27; P. O. Columbus. 

YBARCIAIX HOX. WJI. T., 

farmer; Sec. 31; P. O, Quincy; was born 
in Jeflerson county, Ky., Nov. 33, 1815 ; came 
to this county in the fall of 1831 ; has 300 
acres of laud, valued at $20,000; married Eli- 
zabeth B. Laughlin. She was born in Bourbon 
county, Ky., July 35, 1818. They have 
had twelve children, eight living: Nancy E., 
Mary E., Lucy F., Ann R., Geo. M., Willie 
A., Sarah V. and James T. The family 
with the exception of James T. ; are mem- 
bers of the Christian church. Mr. Y. has 
been a member of the M. E. church since 
1833. Has held several important offices, 
Justice of the Peace, also in the year 1865 
was a member of the State Legislature. 
His father emigrated from Va. to Jefi'erson 
county Ky., March, 1815, for a short time, 
thence to Shelby county, Ky., where he 
lived tmtil 1831, when he came to Adams 
county and located where Mr. Y. now lives. 
His father died Nov. 30, 1845 ; his mother 
died April 1,1855. Thej' were among the earli- 
est settlers of the county, and can well be 
claimed as pioneers. 



FALL CREEK TOWNSHIP. 



Adams August, farmer; sec. ii; P. O. Quincy. 
Adam John, farmer; sec. 37; P. O. Fall Creek. 
Allen Ira, farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Quincy. 



Beazley J. farmer: sec. :!2; P. O. Fall Creek. 
Bennington John, farmer; sec. 1; P.O. Payson. 

BRADFI£IiU SAMUEL,, far- 
mer; Sec. 14; P. O. Payson; was born in 
Beaver county. Pa., July 23, 1830. When 



quite small the family moved to Gallia 
county, Ohio, where he received his early 
education. In 1853 he moved west and 
settled in Adams county. 111., where he was 
married, in 1863, to Miss Abigail Chatten, 
daughter of Clark Chatten, of Pall Creek 
township. They have seven children, two 
sons and five daughters. He owns eighty 
acres of land, which for fertility of soil and 
improvement, will compare favorablj' with 
any in the township. He is Republican in 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



politics, and a member of the M. E. church. 
He is at present School Treasurer, and De- 
positor and Treasurer of the American Bible 
Society, and has held other offices of trust 
and importance, and is. to-day numbered 
among the large and well-to-do farmers of 
the township. 
Boleah Ctias. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Fall Creek. 

BOWLKS WM., larmer; Sec. 3; 
P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch 
was born in Bourbon county, Ky., Sept. 27, ' 
1829; in the fall of Itm the family moved 
west and settled in Pall Creek township, 
Adams county, 111., where he received his 
education in the county schools. In 18.51 he 
was married to Miss Amanda il. Beebe 
daughter of Silas Beebe (deceased.) of this 
township. They have had nine children, 
four of whom are now living— three sons 
and one daughter. He owns 34.5 acres of 
land, which, for fertility of soil and improve- 
ment, will compare with any in the county. 
He is Democratic in politics. His lady is a 
member of the Christian church. He has 
been Township Collector for two terms, and 
Commissioner of Highways some twelve 
years. 

BOWI.E8 WM. HEXRY. far- 
mer; Sec. 3; P. O. Quincy: was born in 
Marion county, JIo., Nov. 1, 1843; was edu- 
cated in the schools of his native county, 
and in 18C3 movetl to this coimty and settled 
in Fall Creek township. On the 27th of 
December, 18G6, he was married to .Aliss 
Mary C. Carr, daughter of Nathaniel Carr, 
of this township, born Dec. 11, 1841. He 
owns forty acres of land, which, for fertility 
of soil and improvement, will compare 
favorably with tmy in the county. He is 
Democratic in politics, and a member of 
the Christian church. He is Commissioner 
of Highways, and one of the energetic and 
industrious citizens who always has the 
prosperity of the township in view. 
Brockman John, farmer; fee. 17; P. o. Fall Creek. 



Carr L. G. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Payson. 

C.\RR XATHAMEL. farmer; 
Sec. 10; P. O. Payson; was born in Chris- 
tian county, Ky., Oct. IG, 1812. In his early 
boyhood, he, with his parents, emigrated 
west and settled in Pike county, Mo., where 



he received his early education, and in the 

spring of 1832 they removed to Adams 

county, and settled on his present farm in 

Fall Creek township, where he was married, 

in 1836, to iliss Christina Van Burkleo,' 

daughter of Samuel Van Burkleo, of St,' 

Ch-arles county. Mo., born May 10, 181C, and 

moved to this county in March, 1827, from 

Boone county, Mo. They have had eight 

children, five of whom are uow living— two 

sons and three daughters : Mary, Samuel T., 

Anna, Olive, and Albert. J. He owns 5.54 

acres of land, the greater part of which is in 

a high state of cultivation. The home plaie 

contains 280 acres, elegantly improved, 

abundantly supplied with fruil, and whicli 

for fertility of soil will compare favorably 

with any in the county. He is Democrat !"■ 

in politics, and he and his wife are memiieis 

of the Christian church. He h.is Ijeen 

Supervisor of the township two terms, and 

Commissioner of Highwaj-s nearly twenty 

years. He is now one of the largest fariueis 

of the county, notwithstanding he began life 

poor. At the time of his settlement, and 

for ye.irs after, there were but tew neighbors, 

and all the disadvantages and drawbacks oi 

a new country. 

Carr Samuel, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Payson. 
Clark .las. O. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Quincy. 
Coffman .John, larmer; sec. 6; P. O. Millvillc. 
Crosen .Vies, fanner; eec. 4; P. O. Payson. 
Cufp Henry, farmer; sec. S4; P. O. Payson. 



ECKT^R.\KAMP F. W., 

farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Fall Creek. Tlie 
subject of this sketch was born in Germany, 
Feb. 4, 183.5; was educated in the schools of 
his native country, and, at the age of 
eighteen years, emigrated to this country, 
and settled in Fall Creek townshij^ this 
county. On the 25th of November, 1855, 
he was married to Miss Hannah Fleer, 
daughter of Casper Fleer, of Fall Creek 
township, who was born Sept. 5, 1837. They 
have si.\- children : Henry G., torn Feb. 10, 
1857; Vim. H., born Feb. 23, 1863; Min.nie, 
born Feb. 10. 1865; Hannah, born March 16, 
1868; John A., born Aug. 11, 1871, and 
August F., born Oct. 20, 1873. He owns 443 
acres of land, which will compare favor- 
ably with any in the township. He is 
Democratic in politics, and a niemboi- of 
the German Lutheran church, of which he 



FALL CREEK DIREGTOEY. 



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is trustee. He is also School Director, and 
one of the large and well-to-do farmers of 
the county, notwithstanding he hegau life 
in moderate circumstances. 
Edmonds R. T. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Seehorn. 
Edwards Henry, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Fall Creek. 



Featheringill F. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Millyille. 
Fell Christ, farmer; sec. 4?; P. O. Fall Crei-k. 
Fromey Geo. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Millvihe. 

FRYER JOHN, farmer; Sec. 3; 
P. O. Payson; was born in Ohio, Jnu. 19, 
1804. At an early age his parents moved to 
Gallatin count}', Ky., where he received his 
early education, and, when he was about 
fifteen years of age, the family again moved 
to Dearborn count}', Ind., near Lawrence- 
burg, where he was married, in 1830, to Miss 
I.iicy AYliitley, a native of the Isle of Wight, 
born May 16, 1810, but was mostly raised in 
Ohio. In 1842, they moved west, and settled 
in this county. They have had twelve chil- 
dren, nine of whom are still living, three 
sons and six daughters. Two of his sons 
served their country during the late War of 
the Rebellion. Andrew .J. enlisted in Co. 
K, 78th Kegt. 111. Inf , and Francis M. en- 
listed in the same company and regiment, 
and was wounded at Kenesaw Mountains, 
and died in hospital at Chattanooga, 
Tenn. Mr. Fryer owns 300 acres of land, 
which, for fertility of soil and improve- 
ment, will compare favorably with any in 
the county. He is Democratic in politics, 
and a member of the Christian church. He 
is one of the well-to-do farmers of the 
county, although he began life poor. 



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Grace Wm. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Payson. 
Grotegnth Philip, farmer; sec. *; P. O. Fall 

Creek. 
Gunseth Philip, farmer; 6ec. 38; P. O. Fall Creek. 



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Hathaway Seth, farmer; sec. 36; P' O. Paysou. 
Hantz Peter, farmer: sec. 6; P. O. Millville. 
Harris Abijah, .Jr., farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Fall 
Creek. 

HEITHOL,T JOHX H,, 

farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Fall Creek. The 
subject of this sketch was born in Ger- 
many, March 8, 1833; was educated in his 
native country, and, in 1846, emigrated to 



this country, and settled in this county. 
He was married, iu 1860, to Miss Minnie 
Groteguth, a native of Germany. She died 
in February, 18T3, leaving tive children, one 
son and four daughters. In April, 187."), he 
was man-ied to his second, and present, 
wife, who was Mrs. Elizabeth Schnell- 
becker. By this marriage there are no chil- 
dren. She had one child, a son, by her 
previous marriage. He owns 179 acres of 
land ; the home place is elegantly improved, 
and very valuable. ' He is Democratic in 
politics, and a member of the Lutheran 
church. He has been School Director and 
Highway Commissioner for a number of 
years. 

Holtman Herman, farmer; ^ec. 1 ; P.O. Mlllvll'e. 
Hood Kolla, farmer; sec. 33; P. o. Fall Creek. 

HUGHES MICHAEL, W., 

fiirmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Fall Creek; was 
born in Wexford county, Ireland, Jan. 7, 
1839; received his education in the schools 
of his native country, and, at the age of 
seventeen years, emigrated to this country, 
and settled m Fayette county, Ohio, where 
he lived about five years, and moved to 
Buchanan county. Mo., from which place 
he enlisted iu Co. I, 3d Regt. Mo. Cav., and 
served three years. After being mustered 
out for disability, in 18G4, he came to 
Adams county, 111., and settled in Fall 
Creek township, and, in the following yeai-, 
was married to Miss C. A. Thompson, 
daughter of Josiah Thompson, of this town- 
ship. She was born May 28, 1846. They 
have four children, two sons and two 
daughters. He owns 410 acres of land, the 
greater part of which is iu a high state of 
cultivation, well improved, abundantly sup- 
plied with fruit, and very valuable. He is 
Republican in politics, and Postmaster at 
Fall Creek station ; also. School Director of 
the district in which he resides, and is now 
one of the well-to-do farmers of the county. 
Huffman E. S. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Quincy. 

HlTHrSAKER DAIVIEL, Wlt- 
SO»r, farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Millville; was 
born in Union Co., 111., Sept. 3.5, 1820. At 
;m early age he, with his parents, moved to 
.Jefferson county, Missouri, where he received 
his early education, and after four years resi- 
dence there they moved to Adams county, 
Illinois, in 1834. He was married to Miss 
Frances Shuart, July 3, 1850, a native of South 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COCNTV. 



Bend, Indiana. They have one child, Geo. 
W., bom Jan. 15, 18.55. He ovras about 200 
acres of land, in a high state of cultiratioa, 
well improved, and very valuable. He is 
Democratic in politics, and one of the early, 
energetic, and industrious citizens of the 
township who have labored so hard for its 
advancement and improvement, and one of 
those to whom it looks for a continuance of 
its present prosperitj-. 



Inman J. W. farmtr; 9ec. 5; P. O. MillviUe 



Kaiser Anan?t. lanner; sec. 10; P. O. Qaincy. 
Kaiser Fred, farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Fall Creek. 
Keazel Henry, farmer; sec. 1: P. O. Payson. 
Keil George, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Fall Creek. 
Keil George Jr. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Qaincy. 
Kleemeyer H. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Fall Creek. 

KL,EE3I£YER RTDOLPH 

H. (deceased). The subject of this sketch 
was born in Germany, Sept. 29, 1S08 ; re(!eiv- 
ed his education in the scho<ils of his native 
countrj-, and in 1831 was married to Miss 
Lena Kleemeyer, a native of the same place. 
In 1852 he emigrated to this country, and 
settled in this county. In 12.);3 his wife died, 
leaving him six children, three boys and 
three girls; of these only two are now living: 
William and Minnie. In 1854 he was mar- 
ried to his second wife, who still survives 
him. She was Miss Henrietta Stokes, a 
native of Germany. By this marriage there 
are six children, four sons and two daughters. 
He died April 18, 1877, leaving a splendid 
estate, containing 470 acres, which, for fer- 
tility of soil, will compare favorably with 
any in the county. He was, up to the time of 
his death, numbered among the large and 
well-to-do farmers of the county. 

M 

McXl'TT <)^EOK<)iE I., farmer; 
Sec. 11; P.O. Payson: was born in 3[endon 
township, June 6, 1848. When he was three 
years of age the family moved to the farm he 
now owns and occupies, in Fall Creek town- 
ship. He was educated in the schools of this 
county, and in 1866 was married to Miss 
Marian Works, daughter of Asa Works, of 
this township. They have four children: 



Irvine P.. James E., Zenas V., and Albert B. 
He owns 160 acres of land, in a high state of 
cultivation, well improved, abundantly sup- 
plied with fruit, and verj' valuable. He is 
Democratic in politics, and a member of the 
Christian church. He is at present Constable 
of the township, and has been so for the past 
two years. He is one of the large and well- 
to-do farmers of the township. 

Meyer Henry, tarmer: sec. 30: P. O. Fall Creek. 
Miiler Andrew, farmer: eec. "il ; P. O. Quiaoy. 

nORRIS GEORGE (deceased). 
The subject of this .sketch was born in Pay- 
son township, this county, Aug. 1, 1839. 
His father, William Morris, was bom near 
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 18, 1797. In the 
spring of 1837. he moved to Payson town- 
ship, and was, up to his death, which oc- 
curred June 11. 1870. largely engaged in 
agricultural pursuits. The Dr. received his 
literary education, principally at the Illinois 
College at Jacksonville, and commenced the 
study of his profession in the office of Dr. 
Bane, at Pays<5n; attended lectures, and 
graduated at the Cincinnati College of Med- 
icine and Surgerj-, in March. 1861, with high 
honors. He then went to Chicago, and 
passed an examination before the Medical 
Board of the State for army surgeons, and 
was immediately after commissioned by 
Gov. Yates Assistant Surgeon of the ^fith 
Regt. 111. Inf., and ordered to report to Gren. 
McPherson, at Vicksburg, Miss. He there 
serveil one j-ear, gaining an enviable reputa- 
tion ;im'>ag the officers and men. The Gen- 
eral then ordered him to Chicago to pass an 
examination for Surgeon, after which he 
was commissioned Surgeon of the same 
regiment, and ordered to report at Himts- 
ville, Ala. After the battle of Atlanta, 
owing to ill-health and fatigue, he was com- 
pelled to resign his commission and return 
home. He then engaged in the practice of 
his profession at Payson. On the 8lh of 
June, 1865, he was married to Miss Mary E. 
Beebe, daughter ot Silas Beebe. She was 
liom .June 3, 1844, in Fall Creek township, 
this county, and educatetl at the Quincy 
College, where she attained a polished cul- 
ture. They have but one child, Alvin Alex- 
ander, born Jan. 7, 1869. Soon after mar- 
riage they settled on the old estate of Mr. 
Beebe, and continued his practice up to the 
time of his death, which occurred Feb. 6, 



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HISTORY OK ADAM.S COL'NTY. 



this count}', where he received his educa- 
tion; in October, 1846, he was married to 
Miss Nancy Blackwell. daughter of Wm. 
Blacliwell (deceaaed), of this township. 
She was born in October, 1833, and died 
May 31, '77, leaving five childreu.f our sons and 
one daughter. He owns about 21)0 acres of 
land, the greater part of which is in a high 
state of cultivation, well improved and very 
valuable. He is Democratic, and has been 
School Director for some six years. He is 
now one of the well-to-do farmois of the 
township, notwithstanding he began life 
poor. He is remarliably fond of a fox 
chase, and constantly keeps a pack of 
houndB, and has, in his time, caught a great 
many wolves and foxes. 

ROOD XATIIASflEIi P., 

farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Quincy; was born in 
Knox county, Ohio, July 8. 1820; received 
his education in the schools of his native 
county; and in the Fall of 1838 moved 
west and settled in Carroll county, Mo., 
where he lived until the Spring of 1839, 
when he moved to Adams county. 111., 
and settled in Fall Creek township ; in June, 
1843, he was married to Miss Lucina L. Ben- 
nett, a native of Indiana. She died in 1862. 
By this marriage there were three children, 
only one of whom is living — John R. In 
1863 he was married to his second, and pre- 
8ent,wife,who was Mrs. Henrietta N. Horten- 
sline, widow of James Hortenstine, of Clay 
county, 111. The fruit of this marriage 
was three cliildren, only one of whom are 
now living — Liona L. He owns 240 acres of 
land, which, for fertility of soil and im- 
provement, will compare favorably with 
any in the county. He is Democratic in 
politics, and a member of the Christian 
church. He is Township Trustee of Fall 
Creek, has been School Director for about 
twenty years, and is numbered among the 
large and well-to-do farmers of the county, 
notwithstanding he beg.m life poor. 



Sassenberg Edward, farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Payeon. 
Srtafer A. farmer; fee. 27; P. O. Fall Creek. 
Schaffer Wm. farmer; eec. 7; P. O. QiiJu y. 
Schinu Isaac, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Quincy. 
Schnellbecker Wm. formir; sec. fi; P. O. Millville. 

SEEHOBX AL,FRED, farmer; 
Sec. 14; P. O. Fall Creek; was born in Lin- 
coln county, Tenn., June 30, 1^*22, and in 



1831 moved west and settled in Adams 
county, Illinois, with his parents, where he 
has lived ever since. In 1844, he was mar- 
ried to Miss Harriet M. Brown, a native ot 
Cayuga county. New York. She died in 
1852, leaving two children, one son and one 
daughter. In 1854, he was manicd to his 
second, and present, wife, Miss Martha E., 
Harris. By this marriage there are nine chil- 
dren, eight sons and one daughter. He 
owns about 850 acres of land. The home 
l)lace contains 333 acres, in a high state of 
cultivation, well improved, abundantly sup- 
plied with fruit, and very valuable. He is a 
Democrat in politics, and a member of the 
M. E. church. In 1860, he was elected Jus- 
tice of the Peace, which office he now holds. 
Is also School Trustee. 
Seehorn Jane L. sec. 25: P. O. PayeoD. 

SEYMOrK CHARLES W., 

farmer ; Sec. 13 ; P. O. Payson ; was born in 
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 23, 1834. In May, 
183G, he, with his parents, moved west and 
settled in Fall Creek township, Ad;ims 
county, Illinois, where he was educated in 
the public schools. In May 14, 1863, he was 
married to Miss Emily C. Kay, daughter of 
Robert G. Kay, of Payson township. They 
have had five children, four of whom are 
now living: Henry M., Ljonan K., Loriu B , 
and Stella May. He owns about 800 acres 
of land, in a high st,^te of cultivation, and 
very valuable. He is Republican in politics, 
and one of the largest of the well-to-do far- 
mers of the county, notwithstanding he be- 
gan life on limited means. 

SEYMOITR EDWARD, farmer; 
Sec. 12; P. O. Paj-son. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 
15, 1818 ; was educated in the schools of his 
native State. His fatlier, Martin Seymour, 
w:i8 born Aug. 34, 1789, in Withcrsfield, 
Conn. His vocation was that of farmer. He 
was married to Lucy Butler. June 29, 1814. 
They had a family of nine children, of 
whom only five are now living. On the 2sth 
of May, 1836, he embarked with his family 
on board the steamer " Oliver Ellsworth "' 
for Quincy, 111. They sailed to New York, 
then up the Hudson to Albany, by the Erie 
canal to Buflalo, then down the Ohio canal 
and river to its mouth, and then up the 
Mississippi river to their destination, where 
they landed, June 28, 1836, and removed to 



FALL CEEEK DIRECTORY. 



913 



the farm in Sec. 12, Fall Creek to^vnship, on 
which liis son Edward now lives. He died 
Nov. 19, 1843, and his widow only survived 
him until Sept. 4, 184.5. Mr. Edward Sey- 
mour h:is a good, solid English education — a 
gentleman of liberal views and large obser- 
vation. He has been remarkabl3' successful 
in business, and is now one of the larger 
farmers of the county, notwithstanding he 
began life on limited capital. He is Repub- 
lican in politics, and a member of the Con- 
gregational church at Payson. He has been 
Treasurer of Fall Creek township for several 
years. He owns in the neighborhood of 
2,000 acres of land. The home place con- 
tains .500 acres, elegantly improved, in a high 
state of cultivation, abundantly supplied 
with fruit, and very valuable. 
Smith Aaron, farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Fall Creek. 
Smith Elizabeth, sec. 6: P. O. Millville. 
Smith Enoch, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Pall Creek. 
Smith John, farmer; eec. 13; P. O. Qaincy. 
Speckbart John, farmer; sec. 8; P. O Qaincy. 
Stewart Chas. farmer; sec. II; P. O. Qaincy. 
Strathoff Henry, farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Millville. 



Thomas James, farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Millville. 
Thomas J. K. farmer: sec. 6; P. O. Qaincy. 
Thomas J. W. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Millville. 
Thomae Louis, farmer; sec. tj; P. O. Quincy. 
Thomas M. E. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Millville. 
Thomas Perlina, farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Millville. 
Thompson J. farmer; sec. 'iS; P. O. Quincy. 
Thompson M. L. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Qaincy. 
Thompson Marcus, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Quincy. 
Thompson Samuel, farmer; sec. 84; P. O. Fall Creek. 
Thompson Samuel, Jr. farmer; sec. 35; P.O. Fall 

Creek. 
Thompson Wm. farmer; sec. 26; P.O. Fall Creek. 



u 



UEBENER CASPEB, farmer; 
Sec. 9; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Germany, July 8, 1818 ; 
was educated in the schools of his native 



country, and in August, 1843, emigrated to 
this country, and settled in Adams county, 
111., in 1843. He was married in 1847 to Miss 
Elizabeth Schnellbecker, of Quincy. They 
have had twelve children, nine of whom are 
now living, two sons and seven daughters. 
He owns 200 acres of land, which, for soil 
and improvement, will compare with any in 
the townshij). He is Democratic in politics, 
and a member of the German Lutheran 
church. Is one of the large and well-to-do 
farmers of the county, notwithstanding he 
began life poor. 

w 

Wright J. C. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Fall Creek. 



Yingling E. farmer; sec. 2: P.O. Payson. 

YOTGIilXG JAMES A., farmer; 
Sec, 3; P. O. Quincy. He was born in 
Bourbon county, Ky., Oct. 25, 1839. In 1831 
he emigrated to this county with his parents, 
and settled in Fall Creek township. His 
father, Joseph Yingling, was born in Lehigh 
county, Pa., May 9, 1793, and died in this 
count}', Dec. 21, 1864, leaving his widow, 
who still survives him, and four children, of 
whom James A. is the oldest son living. He 
was educated in the schools of this county, 
and on the 9th of April, 1874, was married 
to Miss Martha E. Brown, daughter of 
Stephen Brown, of Adair county. Mo. She 
was born Sept. 17, 185G. He owns 134 acres 
of land, which, for elegance of improvement 
and fertility of soil, will compare with any 
in the county. He is Republican, and one 
of the old, energetic and industrious citizens 
who have been so conducive to its advance- 
ment and improvement, and to whom it 
looks for a continuance of its present pros- 
perity. Is one of the large and well-to-do 
farmers of the county. 



914 



Hl*Tv>RY OF ADAM? iVVNTY. 



BURTON ixnvNsiiir. 



Able Ohri5U»«. r»rmor: sec, IT: P O, Ijalnty. 

AXUKKSOX K. D^ meivhHnt 
autl l\»!itnjas««r ; res. Xewlowa : T. O. 
Adaius: was born in G*rrar\l cv^unty, Ky.. 
in lSt7 ; his paivnu caiue tv< AJaius ovninty, 
111,, in IS^, aiid KK-aliHl fv>ur miles south- 
■wos'. of OlayuvB, in Conivrd lvwnshiv>, wUore 
they slill reside. Mr. Anviers^>n ^radusieJ 
at Monmouth CVjUesre, Wsurrtux county. 111., 
in isrj: WHS .^ successful schivl teacher for 
two years; was luarrievi to Miss X.^nnie 
Terriil in the fall of iSTo ; eutervtl the mer- 
cantile business at Sewiowu, lU. Ho had 
the misfortune to lose his wife by death in 
less than a year after marri*.se- 
.\t«n John, firmer ; sec. SS; P. O, P»r^»n. 



BUw;;* S I'.. f«K>M: sec. *>; P. O. r>-.:r!on 

BOO KOI T «K.4.XVIIXR 

farmer and stivk-niiser; Sec. 37; P. O. 
Adams; was born in Wayne county, Ky., 
Feb. 11, iSSrt; parents moved to Alabama 
in l"<y, where his father die\i in the fall of 
s>ime ye.-w; the rrst of the faiuily then 
cane to Illinois, wher* , two wsurs at^er. his 
moth r died. In early life he worke^l in a 
foundry, then uyKin a farm until he accumu- 
latetl enoujjh to buy a small (arm of his 
own: and sine* then, by his uutirinj: indus- 
try and persewrenco in business, he has 
bwn able to add acre to acre, uutil now he 
owns fiOO acres, besides valuable land in 
Hannibal, Mo. His home farm of :M0 .acr« 
is nicely improved and quite valuable. He 
is a man of strict integrity, and is hi|:h'y 
esteemed by the community. He was mar- 
ried. CVu aa. l?6Si, to Jennie 0. Morton. 
She was born Dec. 31. 1^3. Have four 
childr»>n: May, bom Oct. 31, ISTD; Ma. N^ra 
Aug. 30, '73: Florence, born May S. *7l>; 
Eilmoad, Kiru Nov. 4, "TS, He is a metuber 
of the t.\»n.CTegational church at Paysim. 
and Mrs- B<.n,>kout a member of the Baptist 
church at Xewtown. PoUtical'y, he is a 
Republican. 
Vrown Ftiii. ftumer; Mr. 9: P. O. Colambas. 



Brown J»m«s. rarmer; »«c. IS; P. O. Burton. 
Btowu Philip, f»rmer: see, S«; P, O, Ad*BS. 
Bull 0. H. twukt-r; sec. J«: P. O. tJulnCT. 
Burshjm Wui. l»tK>r«-r; r«». N'ewlown ; P. O. Adams. 
Bani» John. f»rm«r; sec. IS; P.O. Bnrton. 
Balli A. H. D. merctant; wc. «; P. O. libertj 
*Bmw John, farmer; s«<. *«; P. O. UtKr;j. 



i' ..1-i l".i;r'.. ii, firmer: sec. S; P. O. Biirtoa. 

■•. (knuer: sec. it; P. O. Bnrion. 

warmer; sec. tS: P. U. Burton. 

i -:. f«mer; sec. IS: r. O. Buooa 

ci.ixGix«s*MiTH WW. r., 

farmer; Sec. IS; P. O. Hurtoa; w.is bv^ru in 
Adams ctiunly. 111., April S, 1S54; is the 
second child living of Solomon and Mar- 
garet Cl'ngiugsmith. who were among the 
firs' settlers of Adams county : his mother 
came to Illinois when Quincy cvmtained but 
two stores, and the country was lilKd with 
wolves, bears. sn.akes and Indians. Mr. 
C. follows farming upon hi« fathers farm; 
is unmarried ; .and vwlitically is a Kepublican. 
Connor Kli«abeth; P. O. Columbas. 
C** Mrs. D. C. P. O. Adams- 
Cook Bernard, farmer: sec. «; P. O. Buitvw. 
Cook \V O. '»nner; sec. Si: P O. Pamsoo. 

CR.i:»ISK» WIIXIAM. farmer; 
Sec, (>; P. O Burton; was U^rn in 1S49; is 
the second child of John .and Annie Cram- 
sey, natives of Irelaad, who came to the 
I'nited St.ales in 1S45; b^na now living. 
William marrieU Emma Z»nger, Feb. 6. 
1S77, She was born July SI, 1S57. H.^ve 
one child, Clarissa Frances, who was born 
Feb. S, 1S7S. Mr. tVamsey makes farming 
and threshing his business. He and his 
wife atv members of St. Ji.«eph's Catholic 
Church. Politically he is a DemiKxat. 
CuiKvtth J»». i>aimer; «». Newtown; P. O. Aduas. 

CITTKK ISAAC teacher; P. O. 
Adams; was bvun .'an. 30. 1S.V4. .at Elm- 
woihI, Pe^>r.a county, HI ; is the second 
child of V, M. and Elizabeth Cutter: his 
p.arents moved frvnn Elmwoo^l and liKated 
at Camp Point. 111., in 1S6S. where both are 
now living. He atlendrtl schiKxl at Maple- 
wixxl. Camp Pinnt, fiw a number of ye.ars; 
was married. Sept. 14. lS7tl, to Mary E. 
lUrt She was K^rn in 1S5S>. Have onljf 



KruroN niKi'cniKY. 



iV15 



Olio chiKl born to tlu'iu— b'lorii M:iy. Ho 
brts boon very suocossful iis aloivclior, which 
oi'oupiition ho now follows sil Nowtown, 
assislini by Miss M. IJoo Ho is it mombor 
of tbo l^hristinn ohunh, aiiii is « Kopub. 
lioim but not n politioisui. 
I'urrpii Thomas, f"!iriin>ri sco. 3ll; P. O. Adams. 



G 



Pi'Mi I) W. farmer; 



II; P. 



Ailamu. 



I>FK<;F, J. IMIII-HMannor;Soo. 
I;,l'. O. I'oliimbiis; was born in Uavaria, 
Gormany, in IS!!!); istho first ohiUl ol'WciuloI 
and Louisa Dooge, wlio yet rosido in Gor- 
many; came to tho Unitod Statos in 1857; 
luarriinl to Cnthoriuo Potro in lS(i3. Sho 
was born in Illinois, llavo had nino ohil- 
(Iron: Philip I„ Haiiiol \V., FredorioU, Ijouisa 
l\, Annio A., and Mary M., aro living; Honry, 
Kduumd, and Kliza died in 187ii, with spot- 
tod lovor. Owns UiO aoros ot" Innd, worth ^50 
por aoro. Mr, D. at ono limo foUowod blaok- 
smithing. Is noulral in politios, and ho and 
wifo ait' mombors ot'tho Lnthoran cluiivh, 
Douijherty Gaor;;e, sec. ,">; V. O, Burton, 

DIKAXT X.Vini'K,!. W. Physi- 
lian; rosidonoo, Nowlowii; 1'. O, Adiims; is 
a nativo of 'roiiiiossio; oaino to Illinois in 
18;U), and to Adams oounty in 18;i7; looalod 
in Nowlown, Illinois, April, 1870. IIo is a 
gi-aduatoofRiish .Modioal C'olloi;o,ot'(.'hioai;o. 



Elliott llumphft'.v, i'iirm«r;sec. SI; 1". O. BarLMi. 
Slllnti Jnmes, rnrmvr; sec. '.!1; P. O. Uiirtoii. 
Kllioll .loliu, I^U'iner; stc. 81 ; P, O, Hiirlou. 
Ellmyer Fred, farmor; sec, IS; V. O. Biirtun. 
Ellmyre Simon, farmer; «ec, lii; P U, Uiirtou. 
Knlow Isaac H. nndnrtaki'r; P. O. Bnrtou.* 
Giilow .lamea, laborur; ros., Nowtown ; P. O, Adams. 
BuKnv J, S, farmer; ros, Newtown; P. O. Adams. 
Billow K. J, wa;ion maker; res. Newiown; 1*. O. 

Adams. 
Knlow Willis, nndeitaker: P. O. Ilnrlon. 
Krtto Harney, farmer: sec. ;il; P. O Payson. 



Fay Richard, farmer; sec. Ill; P. O. Uiirtou, 
Falnax Kdward, dentist and farmer; sec. in; P. 

Burton. 
Fendrick Amaud, cooper; P. O. IJu'niy. 
Fcrsusou .lohu, larmer; sec. ','; P. O, Burton. 
Foster A. M. farmer; sec. 10: P. O, Buriuu. 



Ueisel Henry, farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Burton. 
Hemmlll .1. I). rarmor;»eo. 4; P. O. Colnmbua. 
Derliiml l''rBderlck, farmer; res. Newtown; P. O. 

.-Vdams. 
I'Ct/s ilotui. fiiriuttr; sec "isJ; P. O. .Vdams. 

«iKTZ« I.K<VI. millor; rosidonoo, Now- 
lown; 1'. (>. .Vdams; was born in Franklin 
ooniity, Ohio, in ISoli. Ilis I'alhor movid to 
Nowlown, .Vdams oounty, Illinois, m 1851. 
His businoss was thai ofa woavor. Lovi is 
tho soooiui ohild olMohn and Harriot Gotzs; 
was niarriod in 18(il to Miss Iroiio HanooiU, 
who was born in t84l>. llavo had four ohil 
dron: Isauo, William K., Annio K., ami 
■Tosophino. Mr. G. took up Iho milling Imsi. 
uoss on Mill Crook, ono milo north of town, 
in 18(1;!; movod his mill to Nowlown in 1873. 
Ho inakos an oxtra <iualily of Hour, and has 
a largo custom; owns a tiuo, largo h\>nao, 
which, with tho mill properly, is oslimatod 
at |5,0(X>. 

Gilbert. Charles, farmer; sec. -l; P. O. Burton. 
Oramke Henry, fiirraer; sec. 5; P. O. Button. 
Oreen Rebecca, sec. St ; P. O. Payson. 
lirlKxs Ell/.a.l. P. O. Burton, 
lirossmau .\lblon, (armor; sec. SIS; P. i). Burton. 
Orummonds K. fanner; res, Newtown ; P. i), .\damii. 
Urummonds Mrs. res. Newtown; P. l>. .\dam,-t. 



llalr P.itrlck, f.ir.nor; sec. M; P. O. Bnrtou. 
Ilnrkncs^ Samuel, fanner; aec. 30; P. U. .Vdams 
Harilck .Vui;ii«t, farmer; sec. '»; P. O. .^dams. 
Ilnriman John, Sr. farmer; aec. M; P. O. Burton, 
llariiuan John, .)r. lawyer; P. O. Bnrtou. 
lletlwason A ros. Burion; P. O. Burton, 
lleii/.e Kruest. farmer; sic. S; I*. O. Burton, 
lleu/.e Henry, farmer, aec. S; I*. O. Burton. 
Ills Flemmlni;, larmer; sec. ID; P. O Biirtou. 

II O It X V, V K r, It F. X <> V. L- 
ll.VltT. lonani farmer; 8oc. 18; 1'. O. 
liurlon; was boni iu Prussia, March 'M, 
1811); camo 10 Iho United Stul' s when about 
twouly-lwo years of iigo ; was married to 
Mary Loojiiet, Sept. 17, 1874, She was bom 
Sept. (5, 1849; has two children: Aug.ist, 
born Sept. 17, 1875; Aun«, born Se|it. 3, 
1871). Is a tenant farmer, and classed as 
ono of tho best. He and his wife aro mein- 
bers of the German Lutheran church. Po 
lilicrtlly Mr. K. is a Doniocral. 

Howe David, larmer; sec. '.ill; I*. O. liiirton. 
IliiiVinan Wm. farmer; sec. I"; P. U. Burton. 
Hughes .\dam. farmer; sec. 3:1; P. O. .-Vdams. 



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918 



HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



the same year, lOx'iO, where a family of 
eleven resided ; used prairie bcxlsteads. Jlr. 
R. came to the county in an early day in 
limited circumstances, but, by good manage- 
ment, has accumulated a fine property. He 
has 350 acres of land under good cultivation ; 
turns off forty head of hogs, twenty head of 
cattle; raises 100 acres of wheat, eighty acres 
of corn, and thirty acres of oats, yearly ; was 
among the earliest settlers, and well can be» 
claimed one of its pioneers. 

Richards Lonisia, sec. 7; P. O. BnrtOD. 
Rife David, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Colambn?. 
Roe Rath, P. O. Adams. 
Robb Sarah, P. O. Adams. 

Rl'MPF JOH^' H,. farmer; Sec. 
32 ; P. O. Burton ; was born in Adams county. 
He owns eighty acres of land, all und( r a 
good state of cultivation, and worth $40 per 
acre. Politically, is a Democrat. 



Ssmnel A. M. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Burton. 

ISCHAFFR C;EORf;E J., 

wagon-maker; residence. Burton; was born 
in Neidcrkeinsbach, Hesse Darmstadt, Ger- 
many, in 1841. He emigrated to the United 
States with his parent-s in 1850, and located 
in Quincy, HI. At the age of 13 he com- 
menced to learn the blacksmiths' trade with 
Tim Rogers, and remained with him for a 
period of eight years. He married Jliss 
Mart- V. Ulrich, Dec. 18, 18G2. She was 
born Sept. 14, 1843, in Quincy, 111. They 
have had seven children, five of whom are 
living: Georgia E., Lillie M., Amelia R., 
Clara E., Annie >[., Rosie >!., and Walter 
Roy. He moved t<i Burton in ( )clober, 1868, 
and commenced the manufacture of wagons, 
buggies.and also does general blacksmithing. 
He has held the office of School Director for 
five years; is a member of the Presbyterian 
church, and an active Odd Fellow, now 
serving as Chaplain of his Lodge. Politi- 
cally, he is a Republican. Mr. Schafcr's 
mother died in 1800, aged 07. His father 
was born in 1798, and still resides with Mr. S. 
SchLGr G. H. farmer; sec. 47: P. O. Adams. 
Schnnr John, farmer; sec. 27: P. O.Adams. 
Slade .Vhrahnm. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Liberty. 
Smith ('lias, farmer; sec. 19: P. O. Bnr'on. 
Smith Frederick larmer; su'-. l!i; P (J.Barton. 
Smith ThiiH farmer: 8tc.«; P.O. Biirto-. 
Spengler John, farmer; sec. 84; P. O. Liberty. 



8TAItK HERMAN, farmer; Sec. 
36; P. O. Adams; born in Wittenberg, Ger- 
many, in 1839; is the first child of Anselm 
and Mary Stark; mother died iu 1849; father 
still living at Quincy, HI.; came to Hlinois 
in 1843; married Emily Grossman in 1863. 
She was born in Germany in 1842. They 
have five children ; Mary E., Frank A., Jo- 
anna B., Emily R., and Herman J. Mr. 
Stark makes farming and stock raising his 
business; owns ninety acres of land, worth 
$40 per acre. He has been Collector one I 
year and Road Commissioner five years. 
They are members of the German Catholic ' 
church. Politically, he is a Democrat. 
Staaderman P. farmer; sec. 18: P. O. Bnrton. 

STEEIiE PRAXK M., black- 
smith and wagon maker ; residence. Burton ; 
P. O. Adams; born in Pike county, HI., 
Sept. 24, 1845; second child of Llellwyn and 
Caroline Steele, both of whom are living; 
was manied in 1806 to Miss Amanda Caster- 
line. She was born April 6, 1840, in St. Louis, 
Mo. They have had six children: Ida JI., 
born Oct. 1, 1807; Marion H., Sept. 2, 1809; 
George W., April 23, 1871 ; Lillie V., Sept. 12, 
1874; Martha A., April 2, 1877; Sarah S., 
Jan. 12, 1879; only three of his children are 
living. He commenced working at his trade 
iu Beverly, then at Burton. He does a hirge 
amount of work in wagon making, black- 
smithing and plow repairing. Mr. and Mrs. 
Steele are members of the Presbyterian 
church. He is a Republican. 

Stewart Garrttt, Sen. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Burton. 

STEWART OEOR(.}E R.. far- 
mer and stock raiser; Sec. 4; P. O. Burton; 
was born in Adams county. 111., 1846. His 
father is still living, and is one among the 
oldest citizens in the township. His mother 
died in 1875. He was married Jan. 12, 1.87.i, 
to Laura A. Slade. She was born in Mary- 
land,1850. Mr. Stewart is a good citi/en; 
has held numerous offices in the township. 
He trades a good deal in stock, buying on 
commission for packers, and has the full 
confidence of the best packing houses in 
Quincy; has a splendid farm, well improved 
and well stocked with the best grades. He 
is a Democrat. 

STEM'.iRT SA.lllEL, JR.. far- 
mer; Sec. 29; P. O. Adams; born in Fall 
Creek township, in 1840; is the si.xtb child 



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of Samuel ami Rachel Stewart, both of whom 
are still living. He was married to Miss 
Lydia Emeline Howe, Oct. 1866. She was 
born in 1846; has two children: George W., 
born July, 1867 and Joseph H., born Feb. 
1878. Mr. Stewart owns forty-three acres of 
choice land, valued at $50 per acre, which 
he is cultivating and improving; has a tine 
young orchard which is growing nicely. 
Mr. and' Mrs. Stewart are members of the 
Christian church. He is a Democrat. 
Stewart Samuel, Sr. farmer; sec. 33; P. O.Adams. 
Stotte Henry, farmer; sec. 7: P. O. Barton. 
Stralman A. H. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Barton. 
Stuckert Wm. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Barton. 



Tandy Herbert L. farmer; sec.2S; P.O. Adams. 

TERRILL, G. F., farmer; Sec. 23; 
P. O. Adams ; born in Orange county Va., 
in 1818; is the third child of Edmund and 
Nancy Terrill; father died in 1824; mother 
died in 1869; came to Adams county. 111., in 
1840; married Ann P. Morton in 1844. She 
was born in 1^26, and was the first child of 
Charles M. Morton, one of the pioneers of 
Adams county. He was born in Virginia, 
in 1797 ; came to Illinois in 1833, and bought 
the farm of Elias Adams, who was one of 
the first men to settle in the count}', and 
lived on the same place until his death, July, 

1874. Mr. Terrill has had nine children: 
Mary H., born Nov., 1846, and married to 
Mr. C. Johnson, Sept. 1872; Edmund, born 
Jan. 22, 1848; he was a young man of great 
promise, and would soon have graduated 
from Monmouth College, died Jan. 31, 1876, 
while at home during vacation ; Nannie M., 
born in 1852, married to R. T). Andersoti in 

1875, died Aug. 31,1876; Georgia, Lucy L., 
Cliarles M., Eda M., Nellie Grant, and Jessie. 
Mr. TeiTill has a large, well improved farm ; 
his buildings are good, and he has a large 
orcliard of choice fruit ; he is convenient to 
scliools and churches, and his farm is one of 
the best in the county. He makes farming 
and stock raising his business — raises wheat 
and corn, also very fine stock. Politically, is 
a Republican. 

THOWPSOX W. n„ farmer; Sec. 
1; P.O. Cdhimbus: w.is born near Jackson- 
ville, Illinois, in 1830; is the child of Elijah 
and carah Thompson ; mother died in Oct. 
18G8, father died in Oct. 1873. His father 



came to Illinois in 1832, moved to Texas in 
1833, returned to Illinois in 1834, wlierc he 
resided on the farm he first purchased, until 
his death. Mr. Thompson married Mary A. 
Wyle, in 1862. She was born in Butler 
county Ohio, in 1843. They have two chil- 
dren : Lenora, born Jan. 17, 1863 (died Jlay 
3, 1867) ; Lela, born Nov. 26, 1866. He owns 
158 acres of land, all under a good state of 
cultivation, worth $.50 per acre. He is a 
practical farmer, and an experimental fruil; 
grower. Mrs. Thompson owns 211 acres of 
land of her father's estate. Politically he is 
a Republican. 
Treaster John, laborer; res. Newtown P. O. Adams. 

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ITJLRY PETER, farmer; Sec. 34; 
P. O. Adams ; was born in Schujikill county, 
Pennsylvania, in 1815 ; is the second child of 
George and Catherine Ulry. His father died 
in 1862, mother in 1874. He was married in 
1839 to Miss Martha Murray. She was 
born in Ross county, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1811. 
They have had seven children: Catherine, 
3Iary, Melissa, Elizabeth, George, Alexander, 
and Pitman; five of them are dead. Cather- 
ine married William Wescott, and resides in 
Livingston county, Missouri. Pitman still 
remains at home. Mr. Ulry owns uineiy-six 
acres of land under fair state of cultivation, 
worth $50 per acre. Politically, is a Demo- 
crat. 

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Vickers Aquilla, P. O. Adams. 

Vickers H. J. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Adamt^. 



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Wand Herman, farmer; eec. 35; P.O. Adams. 
Weisenberger D. farmer; sec '-J4; P. O. Liberty, 
Welle C. B. constable; P. O. Adam?. 
Welle G. trader; res. Newtown; P.O.Adams. 

WELitS EDMITUD, merchant; 
res. Newtown; P. O. Adams; was born 
in February, 1836; is the third ch'ld of 
Henry and Mary Wells. His father moved 
from New i'ork in 1837, and located near 
Newtown, Adams county. 111.; mother died 
July 19, 1851; father died May 25, 1872. 
He married Anna Hamton in 1871. Have 
three children: May (f, W. Grant, and 
Tandy E. He followed farming for a num- 
ber of years; then sold his farm and built a 
store-room in Newtown, and commenced 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COCKTT. 



the Ury goods and grocery businoes, and 
has a good thare of business; his buildings 
are all new and lirst-class. lie has held the 
oflBce (if Town Clerk for one year, and was 
elected a Justice of the Peace in 1874. 
Both he and his wife are members of the 
Congregational church. Republican. 
Wbeeler Edmnnd, farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Adams. 
Wheeler B. farmer; see. 14; P. O. Adams. 
Wheeler E. N. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Adams. 
Wheeler Matilda; P. O. Adams. 
Wheeler Wm. Y. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Adams. 
Williams G. W. minister; res. Newtown; P. O. 

Adams. 
Wilson Polly C. P. O. Barton. 
Wingst Wm. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Adams. 
Wiuset Z. C. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Adams. 

WITTEXMEYER 3IB»$. 
FIETTA, farming; See. 3.5; P. O. 
Adams; was born near Lancaster, Ohio, 
in 18-4; is third child of Solomon and Marj- 
Ciick, who are nowbcth drad; married to 
Michael Witlenmeyer in 1858. He was 
born in 1813, and died in 1869. Have three 
children: Mary Elizabeth, George W., and 
Michael. She owns 120 acres of land, 
under a good state of cultivation. Jlrs. 



Witlenmeyer is a member of the Lutheran 
church, as was her husband during his life- 
time. 

Wittekind Thomas, farmer; 8ec.2;P.O. Colambns. 
Witlenmeyer Geo. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Adams. 
Wright Laura; P. O. Adams. 
Wolf David, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Liberty. 

WOL.FE JACOB, farmer and 
stock-raiser; Sec. 13; P. O. Liberty; was 
born April 9. 1850 ; is the son of David and 
Vermilia Wolfe, who located near Libertj' 
at an early day, and who are still living on 
the first place settled in Liberty township. 
He was married, Feb. 23, 1871, to Miss 
Emily Grubb. She was born March 28, 
1852. They have four children: Elbert, 
born May 22, 1872; Josephine P., born June 
28, '73; Frederick G., born Dec. 20, '74; 
Ellen F., born Jan. 4, '76; all are living. 
^Ir. Wolfe has llo acres of land, valued at 
$50 per acre, in a good state of cultivation. 
He makes a business of raising cattle, sheep 
and hugs; also raises wheat, corn and oats. 
He is a Democrat. 
Wolfe Wm. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Liherty. 



CO^'COKD TOWiS'SHIP. 



Amen Francis, sec. 36; P. O. Kellerville. 
Amen Geo. farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Liberty. 
Amen Henry, farmer; tec. 28; P. O. Clayton. 
Amen .1. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Clayton. 
Amen John, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Kellerville. 
Ameu Philip, farmer; sec 34; P. O. Kellerville. 
Anderson C. S. farmer; tec. 2; P. O. Clayton. 
AndcrfOu J. W. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Clayton. 
Ansmus L. farmer; sec. 13: P. O. Clayton. 
Ansuius Peter J. former; sec. S; P. O. Clayton. 



Bagoy N. farmer; sec. 36; P.O 
Baker Conrad, farmer; see. 24: 
Becknian tiacob, farmer; sec. : 
Bellomy F. farmer; sec. 13; P. 
Denton Mnsan E. sec. 6; P. O. 
Black .lohn H. farmer: sec. 5: 
Black R. S. farmer; sec. 11 ; P 
Bliss A. H. farmer; sec. 14; P. 
BoliuK Lewis, farmer; sec. .11; 
Bolins W. H. farmer; sec. 2S; 
Booth Charles, farmer; sec. 3; 



. Kellerville. 

: P. O. Kellerville. 

:«; P. O. Kellerville. 

O. Clayton. 
Clayton. 

P. O. Clayton. 
. O. Clayton. 
O. Clayton. 

P. O. Liherty. 
P. O. Clayton. 

P. O. Clayton. 



Bork Christian, farmer; eec. 31; P. O. Liberty. 
Brackensick G. farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Libert/. 
Brick .John, farmer; soc. T; P. O. Clayton. 
Brterton SImou, farmer; sec. 11; P. 0. Clayton. 
Brown Sample, farmer; sec 15; P. O. Clayton. 
Byars .lo^eph, farmer; sec. 12, P. O. Clayton. 



CARRIGAX DAXIEL, farmer; 
Sec. 34, P. O. Kellerville; was horn in Ire- 
land in 1841 ; came to Adams count}' in 
18.}2, and settled on the place where he now 
lives; was poor when he came, but by in- 
dustry and economy has accumulated about 
900 acres of well improved land. His father 
has gone to Ireland on a visit; expects to be 
absent a year; he is sixty-two years of age, 
and quite smart. His mother is si.xty-eight 
years old, and smart for one of her age. 
They are all living together on the first land 
they bought. All things considered, the Car- 
rigan family have been as successful farmers 
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Carrigan P. farmer : sec. 35: P. O. Kellerville. 
Carter Heury, farmer; sec. 12: P.O.Clayton. 
Cassell Gabriel, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Kellerrille. 
Clarkson K. J. farmer; sec.:^; P.O.Clayton. 
Coffield Henry, farmer; sec. 33. 

COLEGATE GEORGE €., 

faraier ; Sec. 3; P. O. Cla}'ton; is the son of 
David and Agnes N. Colegate, natives of 
Pennsylvania. He was born in Huntingdon 
county, of 'that State, April 1, 1818; 
came to Illinois and settled in PiVe county 
in 1851 ; thence to Concord township in 
185.") ; vy-orked at blacksmithing before com- 
ing west, since has farmed. He mar- 
iiuJ Feb. 28, 1814, Hannah Ferguson, 
liiau in Pennsylvania, Feb. 15, 1819; died in 
l.'^TG, leaving two children : Nancy J. and 
M;iigaretT. He married again, Nov. 1, 18T7, 
Arabella Lyon, born in Franklin county Pa., 
March 7, 1838. He owns 160 acres of land 
in Sec. 3, and 640 in Texas. 
Colpitis R. S. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Clayton. 
Corte Wm. farmer; sec. Hi. 
Cntrrell .Vsher. farmer; sec. 14; P. 0. Clayton. 



Davi-* Abraham, farmer: sec. 12; P. O. Clayton. 
Davis W. farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Clayton. 

DAVISON THOMAS A., 

Pnysician, Sec. 36; P. O. Kellerville; was 
born in Ohio .June 'j, 1841 ; came to Illinois 
in March, 18.53; married Miss Hettie Lee, 
Jan. 1, 1868, who was born in Brown county, 
IL., Aug. 10. 1845; has two children, sons, 
aged respectivy nine years, and one month ; 
taiJffht school from youth until 1865; com- 
menced the practice of medicine in April, 
1867; retired by reason of ill health Jan. 1, 
1879; now merchandising in Kellerville; 
was reared a Methodist. Politics, Demo- 
cratic. 

l>OI>D WIEEIAM D., farmer; 
Sec. 25 ; P. O. Clayton; was born July 5, 
1813, in Madison county, 111. ; son of Michael 
and AnnaDodd. Hisfather came to Illinois 
in 1S09, mother in 1806. His father married 
Anna Brown in 1810 ; they had seven 
children, five boys and two girls, none now 
living in this county except the subject of 
thi- sketch; he came to Adams county in 
1827; first settled in Quincy; were the ninth 
family in the place. The subject of this 
sketch married Julia Ann Richardson Aug. 
2, 1836. She was born in Elizabethtown, 
Ky., Aug. 14, 1820. The fruit of this mar- 



riage was fifteen children, eight boys and 
seven girls (three girls dead); three of the 
boys and one girl are in Iowa. Has a farm 
of seventy-eight acres of land ; followed 
blacksmithing for a good many years until 
broken down in health. Are living in peace at 
home and with God, and most of their 
neighbors ; are wailing fur their change to 
come ; are members of the M. E. church. 
In politics he is a Republican. 
Douglas Mre. A. M. sec. 3; P. O. Clayton. 
Douglas Jas. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Clayton. 
Douglass W. B. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Clayton. 



Eckert Augusf, farmer; sec. 2: P O. Clayton. 



P'anholt H. farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Clayton. 
Franks Thos. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Kellerville. 
Fricke Chas. farmer; sec. 19: P.O.Camp Point. 



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GIIiLEJf WATERS J A M E S, 

fanner; Sec. 35; P. O. Kellerville. He was 
born in Tennessee, May 15, 1S15 ; came to 
Adams county in 1835, and married Ettie 
Lee in 1839. She died in 1866. He married for 
his second wife, Mary Bartholomew, in 1867. 
She was born near Louisville, Ky., in 1835. 
He owns 240 acres of land (140 improved) 
and worth $8,000. Mr. Gillenwaters is a 
well-to-do farmer of the township, living 
happily with his family on the same place 
where he first settled when he first came 
to Adams county. His wife is a member of 
the JI. E. church. He is a Democr;it. 

GORE JOSEPH, farmer; Sec. 11; 
P. O. Chiytou. He was born in Morgan 
county, 111., in 1837 ; came to Adams county 
in 1840 ; married Susan J. Hulse. She was 
born in Adams county, in 1840. The fruits 
of this marriage were seven children, four 
boys and three girls, viz.: E. S. Ann B., 
Lusada, R. H., J. L., Minnie, and Emmett. 
Mr. Gore has 400 acres of land, under good 
cultivation, worth $9,000. Member of the 
Presbyterian church. Politics. Republican. 
Griffith A. .J. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Clayton. 
Gutheridge F. J. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Clayton. 



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Hamilton H. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Kclleiviile. 
Harding .John R. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Clayton. 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



llardiDg J. T. farmer: sec. 13; P. O. Clayton. 
Harm&n W. H. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Clayton. 
Henry Uriali, farmer: sec. 16; P. O. Claylo j. 
Herman \Vm. H. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Clayton. 
Hees Rolla, farmer; .sec. 26; P. O. Kellerville. 
Higley Francis, farmer; sec. 37; P. O. Clayton. 
Higley Henry, farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Clayton. 

HILrDGRRAKD FRKD 
ERICK, farmer; Sec. 2!); P. (). Clayton. 
He was horu in Germany, July 35, 183.'); 
married Emily Terke in 1852. She was 
born in the same place in 1825. They came 
to the United States, June 25, 1853, and to 
Adams county in 1863. Have two adopted 
children — never had any of their own. He 
has 100 acres of land, ninety under good cul- 
tivation. Is a member of the Lutheran 
cliurch. Their adopted childrens' names 
are Louis and Caroline. 
Hobbs James, farmer; sec. 37; P. O. Kellerville. 
Hobbs Joseph. larmer; sec. 37; P. O. Kellerville. 
Hogan F. .M. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Camp Point. 
Holmes Gabriel, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Clayton. 
Hwddleston Mrs. sec. 2S; P. O. Clayton. 
Hnddleston R. S. farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Clayton. 
Hngiies Wm. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Kellerville. 
Hnnke Fred, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Clayton. 



Jefferson .Toeeph, farmer sec. 10; P. O. Clayton. 
Jeflfert^on Tbos. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Clayton. 
Jefferson Wm. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Clayton. 
Jnd Christ, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Clayton. 



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Kesting F. farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Ciayton. 
Eickhofel 11. farmer; sec. 19; P. 0. Camp Point. 
Knight Ellen, sec. 25; P. O. Kellerville. 
Eonefes J. H. f^irmer; eec. 5; P. O. Clayton. 



Lawltr J. R. farmer; sec. S,-:; P. O. Clayton. 
Lawler T. L farmer; sec. 31^ P. O. Clayton. 
LesmoQ D. farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Liberty. 
Lindsay J. VV. farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Clayton. 



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McCoy John, farmer; sec. 3; P. O flayton. 

:?[c£LROY C'HARLKN W., 

farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Clayton. He was 
born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1824; 
came t« Hlinois in 1856, and married Amy 
Hedges, March 4, 1869. She was born Dec. 
2o, 1833. He came to Adams county with 
his father in 1833, and settled on Sec. 0, in 
Ellington township. Have four children : 



Louisa, born Jan. 22, 1870; Mary G.. born 
Aug. 6, 1872; Margaret W., born June 19, 
1875, and Fannie A., born Nov. 4, 1877. Mr. 
McElroy has 300 acres of land, one-half of 
which is under good cultivation, and valued 
at !i;4,000. Is a member of the M. E. 
church. Republican. 

Marshall Benj. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Kellerville. 
Martin J. M. farmer: sec. 2; P. O. Clayton. 
May Zerilda. sec. 9; P. O. dayion. 
Meitz S. D. farmer: sec. 25; P. O. Clayton. 
Meyers Samael. farmer: sec. 16; P. O. Clayton. 
Mitts S. D. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Kellerville. 
Moore G. R. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Kellsrville. 



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Noakes George, farmer sec. 24; P. O. Clayton. 
Norton C. H. farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Clayton. 



O'Connor Jas. farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Liberty. 
Orten Clark, s.c. 13; P. O. Clayton. 



Parn Henry, farmer; eec. 18; P. o. Camp Point. 
Perkins .\. J. farmer; sec* 13; P. O. Clayton. 
Phillips A. W. farmer; eec. 23: P. O Clayton. 
Poland U. B. Jarmer: sec. 31 ; P. O. Clayton. 



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Raicliff J. H. farmer: sec. 11 ; P. O. Clayton. 
Kenaker D. P. farmer : sec. 14; P. O. Clayton. 
Kenaker Jacob, furmer: sec. 14; P. O. Clayton. 
Renaker Joseph, furmer; sec. 14; P. O. Claytou- 
Rben William, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Clayton. 

RIPPEL CHRIS riAX, farmer; 
See. 19: P. O. Ciimp Point; was born in Ger- 
many in M;iy, 1833; married Carolina Gerke. 
She was born in Germany in 1831 ; came to 
the United States in 1854, and to Adams 
county in 1859. Had nine children, six now 
living ; the two oldest are married, the bal- 
ance are living at home on the farm where 
they settled when they came to America. 
Held the office of Assessor of Concord town- 
sliip two years. Has 300 acres of laud, for 
(luality, as good as there is in the neighbor- 
hood, 150 under good cultivation, worth $7, 
000. Members of the Lutheran church. Poli- 
tics, Democratic. 

Roe J. L. farmer; sec. 30; P. o. Clayton. 
Ro3 Thomas C. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Camp Point. 

Rl'XTE HESTRY. farmer: Sec. 30; 
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May 22, 1822 ; came to the Unitfed States in 
1854; married Mary Yieriug, Jlay 16, 1854. 
She was boru in Germany; is in her 50th 
year. Had seven children, three boys and 
two girls ; the oldest boys are dead — Henry 
died Aug. 1, 185.5, William died Sept. 23, 
1877. He has 340 acres of land, under good 
cultivation, worth $6,000 ; came to the United 
States poor, but by industry and economy 
has accumulated a line property, and is 
living in peace with God and man. Mem- 
bers of the Lutheran church. Politics, Demo- 
crat. 



he has charge of the Evangelical Lutheraa 
Ziou Church, and teaches in the German and 
English languages. 

Stevens Louis, farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Clayton. 
Swislier A. S. farmer; see. 2ii; P. O. KeHervilie. 



Turner Elisha, farmer; sec. lii: P. O. Clayton. 
Turner Isaac, farmer ; sec. iO; P.O. Kellerville 



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Utter Henry, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Kellerville 



Sargent Waller, farmer: sec. 4 ; P. O. Clayton. 
SchiefeiideckerF. farmer; sec. 80: P. O. Clayton. 
Schmidt Aug. farmer: sec. 7; P. O. Camp Point. 
Schnltze Henry, farmer: sec. 19; P. O. Camp Point. 
Scoggau Carter, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Clayton. 
Sharp .\raos, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Clayton. 

SHARP EDWARD ^deceased) 
was a farmer on Sec. 30. He was born in 
England, Aug. 36, 1807; came to America, 
slopped in NewYork, went back to England, 
and then returned to the United States, where 
he married Caroline Miller, and came to 
Ad;tms county in 1837, where he lived two 
ye;irs ; received a cut in his foot with a mow- 
ing machine, which caused his death. They 
are both buried in Clayton. Had five chil- 
dren, four girls and one boy; three girls liv- 
ing: Mary Louisa, Emma Caroline, and 
F:mnie. EmmaC. and Fannie E. are married 
and living in Missouri ; Marj' Louisa is living 
on the old homestead. Have the largest apple 
and peach orchard in this part of the county, 
all of the choicest kinds of fruit. 
Sharp Thos. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Clayton. 
Sloan C. M. farmer; sec. 4 P. O. Clayton. 
Sloan John, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Clayton. 
Smith Flavilla, sec. l:i; P. O. Clayton. 
Smith F. H. farmer: sec. ;!4; P. O. Kellerville. 
Smith Michael, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Camp Point. 
Spiegel L. F. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Clayton. 
Spi.-gel Martha, sec. 29; P. O. Clayton. 

J>>TJGFPE3f J. W., teacher and min- 
i.sicr; Sec. 20; P. O. Clayton; was born in 
Germany, Nov. 17, 1855; came to America 
when he was five yeare of age; lived in 
Chicago until 1871 ; then went to college at 
Fort Wayne, Ind., where he remained four 
yt;irs ; from there to college at Springfield, 
III, where he graduated in June, 1878; had 
a call as minister for the congregation in 
Concord township, Adams county, 111., where 



VolbrachtC. farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Liberty. 
Vonholt Henry, farmer; sec. 3S; P. O. Clayton. 



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Wagner John, farmer; sec. 31 ; P. O. Liberty. 
Walker J. M. farmer; sec. 13; P O. Clayton. 
Wallace Allen, larmer; sec. 7; P. O, Clayton. 
Wallace C. I. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Clayton. 
Wallace J. I. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Clayton. 
Wallace Thomas, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Clayton. 
Wallace William, farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Clayton. 
Wallace W. A. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Clayton. 
Wear Ezekiel, farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Clayton. 
West .\mos, farmer; sec. 27; P.O. Kellerville. 
Williams James, farmer; see. 15; P. O. Clayton. 
Wilson J. G. farmer; sec. 21 ; P. O. Clayton. 
Wright Jane. sec. 3; P. 0. Clayton. 

WRIGHT XATHAAIEL. W., 

farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Clayton; was born 
in Washington county, Penn., in 1836. He 
married Sarah E. Murchland, in West Vir- 
ginia, in 1859. She was born in Brook 
county. West Va., in 1837 ; moved to Adams 
county, April 85, 1864, and located on the 
place where he now lives. For his second 
wife, married Mary A. Peyton in 1867; died 
March 20, 1878. Three children (two girls 
and one boy) by first wife; four by his 
second (two boys and one girl). Mr. W. has 
been Supervisor of Concord township for 
one term ; owns 200 acres of land (180 un- 
der cultivation), valued at $8,000. Politics, 
Greenback Republican. First wife was a 
member of Biiptist and second one was a 
member of Christian church. 
Wright Robert, farmer; sec. 35; P, O. Kellerville. 



YEIiDEL,!, JOHSr H., farmer; 
Sec. 33; P. O. Clayton; was born in Calla, 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



way county, Mo., May 20, 1841; came to 
Adams county in 1852; enlisted in the 50th 
Regt. Ills. Inf. in August, 1861; was dis- 
charged April 26, 1862, for disability; re- 
enlisted Oct. 1, 1862, in the 3rd Mo. Cavalry, 
and served as private nnd non-commissioned 
officer until ,Iune 14, ISO.j; married Miss E. 
Bennett, Dec. 5, 1867. She wds born in 
1842. The fruit of this marriage is three 



children (two boys and one girl). Owns 160 

acres of land under cultivation, worth 

$4,000. Members of the Christian church. 

Republican. 

Yeldell Eebecca, tec. 53; P. O. Clayton. 



Zirt John, farmer; eec. 17; P. O. Camp Point. 



COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP. 



Able Augast, farmer: sec. -'■2; P. O. Camp Point. 
Acklam G W. farmer, sec. U: P. O. Camp Point. 
Acklam W. farmer: sec. 2; P. O. Camp Point. 
Akers .J. G. farmer: sec. 25; P. O. Columbne. 
Allen G. W. farmer; sec. 15: P. O. Camp Point. 
Allen James, farmer; sec. 19; P.O. Columbus. 
Antrim Caleb, retired: P. O Columbus. 
Antrim Wm. E. clerk; P. O. Colambns. 
Asber Mrs. Harriet, P. O. Columbus. 
Astacraft J. H. laborer ; P. O. Columbus. 



Beckman Henry, farmer; sec 11; P. O.Camp Point. 
Bender Mrs. F. H. P. O. Columbus. 
Berthold Frank, wagonmaker; P. O. Columbus. 
Bentel Wm. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Camp Point, 
Bins Loiis, farmer; sec. 21; P. 0. Camp Point. 
Brackensick G. farmer; sec. 35; P.O. Liberty. 
Brackensick Mary, sec. 'H; P. O. Liberty. 
Bruns Martin, farmer; xec. 3; P. O. Camp Point. 
Bulb Valeuline. farmer; sec. 30; P. 0. Camp Point. 
Buttz .Aaron, farmer; sec. 14: P. O. Camp Point. 
Buttz Edwin, farmer; sec. 'B; P. O. Camp Point. 



Callahan John, farmer: sec. 30; P. O. Columbus. 
Cannon Lydia A. P. 0. Columbus. 
Clothier Samuel, farmer; P.O. Columbus. 
Cook Elizabeth, eec. ii; P. 0. Columbus. 
Curry Wm. farmer; eec. 7; P. O. Columbus. 



Earel Barzilla. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Camp Po.bt. 
Eckhoff A. farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Camp Point 
Eft Chiistian. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Camp Point 
Ertle Daniel, farmer; eec. 3: P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
Ertz Frederick, farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Colnmbus. 



Ferige Charles, farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Camp Point. 
Ficht John, laborer: P. O. Colnmhos. 
F;ioley Augusta B. tinner; P. O. Columbus. 



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Glaser Jacob, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Colnmbas. 
Giaser Mary. sec. 20; P.O. Columbus. 
Goerke Adam, farmer; eec. 9; P. O. Camp Point. 
Gocrke Henry, farmer: eec. 9; P. O. Columbus. 
Graves J. A. farmer; sec. 1 : P. O. Camp Point. 
Guthrie J. R. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Columbus. 



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Halenstein .4ngnst. farmer; eec. 28; P. 0. Camp 

Point. 
HeckrodtM. A. farmer; eec. 28; P.O.Liberty. 
Henning Christ, farmer; sec. 15: P. O. Columbus. 
Honning J. M. farmer: sec. 21; P. O. Columbus. 
Hocamp John, farmer; eec. 11; P. O. Camp Point. 
Honicker George, farmer ; sec. 15 ; P. O. Camp Point. 
Hapner Jobn. shoemaker; P. O. Colmubua. 
Horner W. W. farmer; sec. 11 ; P. O. Camp Point 
Huffnagel G. G. farmer; eec. 2S; P. O. Columbu- 



Davis u. H. farmer; eec. 17; P. 0. Colnmbus. 
Demoss James, farmer; sec. 4: P. 0. Camp Point 
Demoss Jobn, farmer: sec. 8; P. O. Camp Point 
Demoss Wm. D. farmer; eec. 3: P. O. Camp Point. 
Dobhs William, laborer, P. O. Columbus. 
Duulap Thomas, farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Columbus 



Jeffrey Samuel, boots and shoes; P. O. Colnmbus. 
Jester Catherine, P. O. Colnmbus. 
Johnson H. C. farmer: sec. 7; P. O. Colnmbus. 
Johnson M. C. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Coatsbnrg. 
JnUy J. M. farmer; sec. IS; P. O. Colnmbus. 



COLUMBUS DIRECTOKY. 



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Kedening Fred, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Columbus, 
Kennedy Daniel, wagon maker; P. U. Colambns. 
Kramburg John, farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Camp Poinf. 



Lechrist A. J. farmer; sec. 36; P. U. Camp Point. 
Leinn John, farmer; sec. lb; P. O. Colambus. 
Lessman D. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Camp Point. 
Lessman Henry, farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Camp Point. 
Lierly Elmira, sec. 31; P. O. Columbus. 

L,IERLY JA3IES, farmer; Sec. 31; 
P. O. Columbus; born Oct. 16, 1837, in 
Columbus township. His father came from 
North Carolina to Union county, 111., in 
1819. In about 1837 he came to Adams 
county. He died April 15, 1867, aged sixty- 
nine years, James lives on the land entered 
by his father, and now owns 431 acres ; he 
also owns a saw mill, which he built in 
1872, and has it running most of the time. 
He married Lovina Rowsey, Feb. 2, 1861. 
She was born in 1843 in Adams county. 
Have fovir children : Adam L., Tryphena E., 
Mary E.,and Elizal)eth L. He hasbeen Town- 
ship Supervisor, Collector and Assessor. 
His father was married in Columbus town- 
ship in 1836, being the first man married in 
the township, 

lilERLY JOHN li., farmer; Sec. 
31; P.O. Columbus; is the youngest of a 
family of four living sons and one daughter, 
of John and Elmira (Laul) Lierly, the for- 
mer a native of North Carolina, the latter of 
East Tennessee. His father died in Colum- 
bus township, April 20, 1867; his mother 
still lives upon the homestead with John L. 
He was born where he now lives, April 18, 
1854, and has ever made it his home. He 
married Mary Ellen Walker, daughter of 
Edmond and Ellen Walker, Nov. 11, 1878. 
She was born in Adams county, March 5, 
1859. He owns 177 acres of land in Davis 
county. Mo. 

Linnemeyer F. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Liberty. 
Lohr Peter, hotel keeper ; P. O. Colambns. 
Loose Henry, blacksmith; P. O. Colambns. 
Luckel Christ, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Camp Point. 
Latz Jacob, farmer: sec. 31; P. O. Columbus. 

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McNeal A. A. clerk; P. O. Columbus. 

McXEALIi AKRAHAII B., Phy- 
sician ; residence, Columbus ; was born in 



Lancaster county, Pa,, March 8, 1810 ; is the 
oldest of four sons and five daughters, of Ar- 
thur and Elizabeth (Boyer) McNeall, who 
were natives ot that State, His parents re- 
moved to Ohio, and settled near Cincinnati, 
when he was fifteen months old. He was 
educateil in Hamilton, and learned the car- 
penters' trade; applied himself to it till he 
was thirty years of age. In the meantime he 
read medicine and attended a course of lec- 
tures at Starling Medical College, Colum- 
bus in 1849 and 1850 ; located in Adams 
county in September, 1855, in the village of 
Columbus, where he has practiced since. In 
1868 he received the degree of 31, D, from 
Keokuk Medical College. He maiTied Es- 
ther Heywood, a native of New York, Nov'. 
31, 1833. She died Sept. 5, 1864, leaving five 
children: Nathan H., Mrs. Lydia A. Can- 
non, Arthur A., Mrs. Sarah E. Antrim, and 
David P. Jan. 4, 1866, he married Ruth A, 
Carroll, a native of Washington county. 
Ark, They have had four children, two liv- 
ing: Lena May, born April 9, 1863, and 
Centennella, born July 4, 1876. He owns 
twenty acres in the village of Columbus, 
worth |100 per acre, and twenty acres in Sec. 
17, worth |25 per acre. He now holds the 
office of Magistrate, Is a member of the 
Masonic Fraternity, and.they are both mem- 
bers of the M. E. church. 

Marsh E. M. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Camp Point. 
Marshall J. C. farmer; sec. 39; P. O. Colambns, 

lEARSHALrli THOMAS, farmer ; 
Sec, 38; P. O. Columbus; was born in Lin- 
colnshire, England, July 8, 1837, His 
parents, William and Mary (Pish) Marshall, 
were born in that country in 1800 and 1807, 
respectively. They emigrated to America 
in 18.50, and settled in Gilmer township, 
Adams county. He was brought up on a 
farm. In 1853 he caught the gold fever, 
and crossed the plains to California, where 
he remained eleven years. He married 
Louisa J. Golden, Feb. 23, 1865. She was 
born in Gilmer township, Oct. 13, 1846, 
Their union has resulted in si.x children: 
Mary L,, George W., Presley L,, Fannie G,, 
Rolando, and Charles, After marriage 
they settled in Gilmer township. From 
there removed to Columbus township two 
years later, and to the farm on which thej' 
now live, in 1875. Ho has filled the office of 
Assessor two terms in Columbus township, 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



ami in the spring of 1878 was eleclcd a mem- 
ber of the Board of Supervisors. His real 
estate consists of 200 acres in the home 
farm, worth $i.j,ancl a half interest in eighty 
acres, worth .^30 per acre. 
Mil ering D. farmer; eec. 20; P. O. Columhas. 
Moon; Hiirriet, hotel keeper: P. O. Colombus. 
Moore Kacliel, farmer; sec. »; P. 0. Columbus. 

MOORKS JLINITSS, farmer; Sec. 
29; P. O. Columbus. He is the sixth of a, 
family of three sons and ten daughters, of 
Linus and Uachel (Devall) Moores, the for- 
mer a native of Xew Jeisey, the latter of 
"West Virginia. He was born Dec. 11, 
182.J, m Morgan county, Ohio. From the 
age of six years he wits reared in Hamilton 
county, on a farm. Jan. 1, 18-50, he married 
Caroline Gates, who was born in Hamilton 
county, Nov. 5, 1830. They have had eight 
children, seven living: Abner, ..oru Feb. 18, 
1851, William Linus, born March 21 1855; 
Laura A., bom March 7, 1857 ; Sarah M., 
born Sept. 9, 1859; Isabel J., born Jan. 5, 
1862; Elmina, born Feb. 10, 1805; and 
Grant, born Oct. 26, 18G8. Sir. JI. has for 
years devoted special attention to manufac- 
turing sorghum syrup, and has the largest 
and finest mill in Adams county. He owns 
109 acres in the home farm, and an interest 
in 112 acres in the homestead adjoining. 



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N iple» S. P. O. Colnmbas. 

XAYL.EK RICHARD, farmer; 
Sec. 20; P. O. Columbus; was born in Cam- 
bridge, England, April 9,1828; is the son 
of Thomas and Dora Nayler, natives of the 
same county. He euiigrated to America 
in 1849, and settled in Adams county, where 
he devoted his attention to farming. He 
married Ann Gertrude Whittikiud, in No- 
vember, 1850, who was also born in England, 
April 2, 1828, and came with her parents to 
America in 1835. Their union resulted in 
two children, George Thomas, born March 
22, 1802, and Caroline, born July 27, 1865. 
They settled on the farm where they now 
live in the fall of 18fi7. In 1873 Mr. N. dis- 
posed of his effects and spent a year on the 
Pacific slope in California and OregoL, re- 
turning to Adams county in 1874. He owns 
535 acres of land in Adams county, worth 
$40 per acre; his improvements on the 
home place cost $4,000. 



NeaetaH. W. carpenter; P. O. Columbus. 

XICHOI.S JOHX P., retired 
farmer; Sec. I'J; P. O. Columbus; was born 
in Fayette county, Ky., Nov. 8, 1797. His 
parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Per- 
kins) Nichols, the former a native of Vir- 
ginia, the latter of JIarj'laud. His father 
died when he was five years of age; his 
mother married again and removed to Bour- 
bon county. He learned the book-binding 
trade in Lexington, but after working at it 
four years, found it disagreed with his 
health and abandoned it and turned his at- 
tention to f\u-ming. He married Kitty Car- 
ter, Nov. 10, 1826, who was born in Bourbon 
county, Ky., March 21, 1808. They moved 
to Illinois and landed in Adams county in 
November, 1831; lived north of Quincy 
two years, then in Feburary, 1834, two years 
later, he assisted in burning otf the prairie 
and laying out the lots for the village of 
Columbus. They have had twelve children, 
nine living: Mrs. Mary Durant, Mrs. Louisa 
Thomas, James, Mrs. Emily Evans. Mrs. 
Elizabeth Nichols, John T., William H., Mrs. 
Salina McNeall and Mrs. Anna Torrence. 
Mr. N. has held the office of Collector and 
Supervisor, and was Assessor for five years, 
the first four immediately after the the town- 
ship was organized. He owns 160 acres in 
the home place, worth §40 per acre. 
Norri8 George, merchant and etockdealcr; P. O. 
Colambns. 



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OmerJ. farmer; eec. 11; P. O. Camp Point. 



Parker Lydia, eec. 7; PC. Colamboe. 

Pieper Frederick, tarmer; eec. 26; P. O. Camp Point. 

Pieper Simon, farmer; eec. 26; P. O. Camp Point. 

Pierce .lemima. P. O. Columbus. 

Piles Joshua, farmer; eec. 23; P. O. Camp Point. 

Potter Uriah, farmer; eec. 31 ; P. O. Colnmbne. 



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Richael Henry, farmer; eec. 9; P. O. Columbus 
Richards Elizabeth, eec. 2; P. O. Camp Point. 
Rife David.farmer; eec. 30; P.O. Colnmbue. 
Rl;ipel Fred, farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Camp Point. 
KockenSeld G. W. farmer; eec. 24; P. O. Camp 

Point. 
Roeberry Philip, laborer; P.O. Colnmbue. 



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Schapperle John, farmer ; sec. 35; P. O. Camp Point. 
Scheifedccker F. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Camp Point. 
Schmidt Geo. farmer, sec. 15; P. O. Columbus. 

SMITH AliEXAWDEB M., 

farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Camp Point; was born 
in Jefferson county, Ky., May 31, 1831. His 
fatlier, George Smith, was born in the same 
State. His mother, Isabel Carmichael, was 
born in Pennsylvania, and emigrated to 
Jefferson county, Ky., prior to their mar- 
riage. They lived there till the subject of 
this slietch was sixteen years of age, at 
which time they removed to Adams county, 
and settled on the farm where slie now lives, 
in 1836. His parents both died in Adams 
county, his father on the homestead, 1846, 
his mother in Clinton township in 1876. Mr. 
S. married Eliza A. Turner, Dec. 4, 1845. 
She was a native of Clark county, Ind. 
She died in August, 1861, leaving two chil- 
dren ; Ellen A. and Winfield S. He married 
her sister, Rebecca J. Turner, Feb. 25, 1862. 
The}' have one child, Francis Delano. Mr. 
S. was elected a member of the first Board 
of Supervisors in the county, and has been 
re-elected several terms since, serving in all, 
eleven years. He was also one of the Board 
of Managers of the Poor Farm for fifteen 
years. He owns 400 acres in the home farm, 
wortli $33 per acre. 
Smith .Jesse, farmer; P. O.Columbus. 
Schnardt Charles, farmer; sec. 8; P.O. Columbus. 
Sparljs Aquilla, sec. 25: P. 0. Camp Point. 
Staff Geo. farmer; see. 9; Columbus. 
Stoetzel W. U. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Columbae. 



Taylor Lucy A. P.O.Columbus. 
Taylor Rachel, sec. 38; P. O. Columbus. 
Taylor Thomas, farmer; sec. 1; Camp Point. 
Thomas P. P. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. ColnmbuB. 
Thompson E. farmer; see. 17; P. O. Columbus. 
Trout Martha, P. O. Colnmbus. 

TURNER JOHiy F., farmer; 
residence. Sec. 20; P. O. Columbus; sou of 
Francis and Elizabeth (Beedles) Turner, 
natives of Virginia; was born in Clark 
county, Ind., April 11, 1830 ; is the fourth of 
a family of two sons and four daughters. In 
the fall of 18.35, his parents removed to 
Adams county, and the following spring 
settled on the farm adjoining where he now 
resides. Jan. 31, 1855, he married Isabel 
Smith, who was born in Adams county, Dec. 



9, 1834. She is the daughter of George and 
Jlary (Curry) Smith. In 1859, Mr. T. bought 
the wild land and settled on the farm they 
now own. They have had three children, 
two living: Charles H., born Dec. 16, 1855, 
and William Edward, born Nov. 26, 1857. 
He owns 220 acres in the home place, worth 
$40 per acre. His mother still occupies 
the homestead, where his father died years 
ago. 



Viar M. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Camp Point. 
Viar M. C. f.irmer; sec. 23; P. O. Camp Point. 
Viar Thomas, farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Camp Point. 
Volbracht H. farmer; sec. 14; Camp Point. 



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Wear J. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Camp Point. 
Wheeler T. S. laborer; P. O. Columbus. 
Whitlock D., Justice of the Peace; Columl^us. 

WHITIiOfK GREEIV'BERRY 

E., physiician; res. Columbus; is the son of 
Derrick and Rachel (Elliott) Whitlock, and 
was born in Butler county, Ohio, Oct. 13, 
1850. Derrick Whitlock is the son of John 
and Lydia (Howell) Whitlock, and was 
born in Sussex county, N. J., April 2, 1817; 
the following summer h's parents moved 
to Butler county, Ohio, where he was 
brought up, and married M'ss Elliott, Dec. 
18, 1839. She was born in that county on 
March 13, 1818. His early life was spent in 
tailoring; and, after coming to Adams 
county in 18.53, he engaged in a general 
mercantile business for fourteen years in 
Columbus, from 1857 to 1871. He has filled 
the office of Town and Police Magistrate 
since 1859. They have two living children: 
Dr. G. E. and Mrs. Louisa McNeall. The 
Doctor was educated at Abingdon College, 
and Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware), 
from which he graduated in 1874. He read 
medicine one year with Dr. Williams, ot 
that city, and a year with Dr. Henry, in 
Columbus, 111.; attended lectures at Jeffer- 
son Medical College, Philadelphia, and re- 
ceived his degree from that institution in 

1876. He has been practicing in Columbus 
since. He married Frances Booth, Dec. 4, 

1877. She was bcin in Adams county, 
-March 4, 1854. They own a residence and 
lot in the village. 

Wild Uenry, farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Camp Point. 
WildJohn. farmer; sec. 3.'; P. O. Columbus. 



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Wilhoit W. X. farmer; sec. S: P. O. Columbas. 
Wilkey Christ, farmer: sec. 36: P. O. Camp Point. 
Wilkey Louis, farmer; sec. a\ P.O. Columbo?. 
Williams M. T. ."ijmtr: sec. •■»; P. O. Camp Point 



Willis Mis. AnnS. 



P. O. Columbus. 

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Zeiger nenrv. farmer: sec. 13: P. O. Camp Point, 



Wisthart James, farmer; see. 4; P. O. Camp Point. Zeiger Wm. farmT; sec. 13; P. O. Camp Point. 



nOUSTOX' TOWNSHIP. 



Aden . farmer ; sec. 11: P. O. Chatlen. 

Aden H, M. farmer; sec 33: P.O. Keckok Jnnction. 
Anderson J. T. farmer; eec. IS; P. O. Cbatten. 
.\spey George, farmer: eec. 19: P. O. Camp Point. 



in Co, D, 10th Regt. Ill, Inf., three months' 
service: then enlisted in 2d 111. Cavalry Co,; 
was in the 16th Army Corps: was in several 
skirmishes, and had some warm times chas- 
ing bushwhackers. 

Downing K. H. 6irmer: sec. 36: P. O. Keoknk Junc- 
tion. 



Bennett .4. firmer: sec. C3: P.O. Cbatten. 
Bennett K. U. farmer: sec. 13; P.O. Cbatten. 
Benneit J. K. farmer: sec. IS: P. O. Cbatten. 
Bennett M. farmer; sec. 14: P. O. Cbatten. 
Benneit M, F. farmer: sec 14: P. O. Cbatten. 
Benneit -Mrs. T. H. sec, ii; P. O. Chatren. 
Bennett Wm. farmer; sec, 13: P. O. Cbatten, 
Brown Wm. farmer; sec, S; P. O. Cbatten. 



Carlin Daniel, fanner: sec, 5: P. O. Bowensbnrg, 
Cats C. F. farmer: sec. S: P. O. Cbatten, 
Comeforti John, farmer : sec. 14 : P.O. Cbatten, 
Cook Jasper, farmer; eec. S; P. O. Bowensba'g. 
Craig James, farmer: sec. 17: P. O. Cbatten. 
Craig Wtn. farmer: sec. IT: P. O. Cbatten. 
Crane J. W. farmer: sec. S: P. O. Bowensbnrg. 



Dismore R- firmer: sec. :^6 P. O. Keokuk Jnnction. 

DOrtiLASS J. "W'.. farmer; P, O. 
Cbatten (son of James and Locky Douglass) 
was born in Adams coun'y, Jan, IT, 1S37; 
married Sarah A, Anderson, She was bom 
in Illinois, Jan. 31, 1S40. Five children: 
George M, born March T. lS6:i: Minnie F., 
born May 6, 15MJ6; Clara E.. born June '.'9, 
ISTO; James A,, bom Jan. 3, 1ST3. Are 
members of the M. E. church. His father 
was bom in Virjinia, and emigrated 'o 
Kentucky when he was a boy; and in 1S35 
came to this county, where he lived until 
his death, in his seventy-sisth year. His 
mother is s'ill liTing, at the age of seventy- 
three. The subject of this ske.ch enli-ted 



Zck!es J. H, farmer; sec «; P. O. Camp Point, 



Fleshner G,H, farmer ; sec .S4 : P.O. Eeoknk Jnnction. 
Finley L. farmer: sec. 19; P, O. Cbatten. 



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Gait A. G. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Camp Point. 
Gay A. P. farmer; sec «: P. O. Chattan. 
G<,r«ans C. farmer: sec 13; P. O. Cbatten. 
Gibcrd M, farmer; sec. 31: P. O. Keokuk Jucctioc. 
GroTes Joseph, farmer; sec 5: P. O Bowensbarg. 

GROVES STEPHEX. farmer: 
Sec. 30; P. O. Big Xeck; wss bom in 
Cubell county, Va., Feb. 22, iSlS; came to 
this county in 1S42; has t>40 acres of land, 
valued at ^5.000; married, for his first 
wife, Xancy R Strickler, Dec. 3S, IS4?. 
Four children: two living: Jacob, born 
March 17, 1S51; Martha, bora Sept. 26. 
1843. For his second wife, he married 
Mary J. Campbell, Jan. 12, 1^2. Seven 
children, six living: Eliza E., bom April 7, 
1S63; Sarah A., born July 2S. ISW, died 
Sept. 29, 1S64; Joseph, bom Dec. 19, 
1865; John, bom Feb. 14, 1S67; Ste- 
phen, born May 24. 1869; Artimisa A., 
bom July 31, 1872; Daniel, bom July 25, 
1876. He has held tte office of Commis- 
sioner of Highways, etc- He emigrated 
from Virginia to Sangamon coun'y in 1828, 
when he was ten years old; lived there 
three yesrs; thence to Bro*n county, where 



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he lived eight years: thence to Adams 
county, where he has resided since. At the 
time he was in Sangamon county there were 
but few cabins in Springfield, and only one 
or two stores. His father came to tke State 
poor, and worked a farm on shares for three 
years. His whole outfit when he came 
was Line team snd wagon, and $7 in his 
pocket. Mr. Groves, although a poor boy 
when he came here, to-day is one of the 
sotmd farmers of the counTy. 

Gans John, imner; see. S: P. O. Chuten. 



Hinis Clarfe. firmer: sec. 16: P. O. Chstten. 
Hiiris S.. Jr . Sinner: sec. 5: P. O- Bowensbarg. 
Hildertnnd Wm. fsrnier: sec. S; P. O. Boweasbnig. 
Ho-T D. W. merctiat: P. O. Cbanen. 

HOTT E. €1„ farmer and stock- 
raiser; Sec. 1; P. O. La Prairie: son of E. 
B. and Mary J. Hoyt: was bom In Orange 
county, X. T., Dec. 27, 1S35, and came to 
this county July 6, 1S13; has 2S0 acres of 
land, valued at $9,000; married Mary EUcn 
Bacon. She was bom in Hanccck cocnty, 
Jtme 3, 1S41, and is the mother of four chil- 
dren: Gracie L, bom Oct. 15, lSd2: Marga- 
ret, bom JTov. 2, lS6i: Benj. F., bora Dec. 
"iS. ISO? : Horace E., born June 1. 1ST.5, died 
Dec. 28, 1S7S, Mrs. Hoyt is a member of 
•he M. E. church. He turns out a car-load 
of call'e and hogs yearly, and raises eighty 
acres of com. He came to this county when 
he was seven years old, when the prairies 
were wild: has grown up with the county, 
aod by indu'iry has m^de hims'lf and 
ismilv a comfortable home. 



Huff A. firmer: s«. 1: P. O. Boweosbarg. 
Hashes Elizabeth; sec- 5; P. O. Bowensbarg. 



limeo Gerd, Eumer: sec. i4: P. O. Eeokok Junc- 
tion. 



Jacobs H. F. firmer; set 15; P. O. Cbat.en. 
Jacobs John W. faxmer; eec- Si; P. O. Charteo. 



I Eem ChiS. farmer: sec. S: P. O. Eeokok Junc- 

tion. 



Kern ErzabeA: sec. H; P.O. Camp Point. 
Kerr John, farmer; sec. 11: P. O. Chacten. 



liOlfARY THOMAS, tanner. Sec. 
IS : P. O. Big Xeck : was born in Washing- 
ton county. Pa.. Feb, 24, 1S17, and came to 
this county in the fall of 1^0. Has 5S4 
acres of land, probable value, |29,000 ; mar- 
ried Manha Markley, April 8, IS40. She 
was bom in Coshocton cotmty, Ohio, Oct. 
1, 1S20. Ten children, eight livmg : Tabi- 
tha. bom April 16, 1S41 : Mary, Oct. 9, 1S43 
(died March. 1S74): John, bora Oct. 1, 1S43 
^died in intancy): Daniel, born April 3, 
1S4-5: Thomas M., Oct. 6, 1S4S; Jennie, 
Feb. 20, 1S51: William. Jan. -26. 1S54; 
Rhoda, Sep. 20, lSo-5 ; Sarah, Jan. 20, 1S57 ; 
Mertie, Dec. 5, iSfiS. His father emigrated 
to Coshocton county. Ohio, in 1S36: lived 
there tmtil 1S52: then came to Adams 
coimty — came through with teams, he driv- 
ing one and his wife the other, campe<i oat. 
His son Daniel was in the Union army, 
ninety days' service ;w;is in several skirm- 
ishes and battles. 3Ir. Lowary came here in 
limited circumstances, and by indostiy 
has made a line property and home, and is 
one of the sound farmers of the township. 



M 



McAnnlty, farmer; sec. 35: P.O. Camp Point- 
ilcCoj Xrs. J. A. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Cha.ten. 
McCoT J. B. firmer: sec. 11; P. O. Chaiten- 
McDarict J. E. firmer: sec. 14: P. O. C.hatten. 
McFarland T. S. firmer; sec. SI; P. O. Keoknt 
Jnncuon. 

McFABLAAD WH. M^ farmer; 
Sec. 16 ; P. O. La Prairie ; was bom in Greene 
county, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1S14: came to this 
cotmty, Oct. 8, 1S32 ; has 210 acres of land, 
vauled at ^.IXX): married Eliza McFwland. 
She was bora in same county, Feb. 3. 1S14 
Vtwin brothers' children ■ : was mother of four 
children, three living: Rebecca Jane (now 
Mrs, L. L. Strickler) : Martha L. (now Mrs. 
Forsyth) : Amy H. mow Mrs. Suter) ; George 
G. (died March '2. . S.52) ; has held the office 
of Town Clerk and Road Commissioner. 
His father came from Tennessee, left there 
when he was four years old, and came to 
Harrison county, Ky., lived there aboat 
seventeen years: thence to Greene cotmty, 
Ohio, lived there twenty years, and thence 



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HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



to Adams county. His graudfather was in 
the Revolutionary War and served seven 
years, and his father was in tlie War of 1813, 
was under Gen. Harrison. When tliey came 
here, located on a place two and a half 
miles northeast of Camp Point — lived there 
in a log cabin, 16.\30, puncheon floor. Re- 
members well the night after moved in, 
came a big snow storm, — wind blew snow 
through their shanty, so his father had to 
put up a wagon sheet to keep the snow 
off the children. Mr. McFarland came 
here among the first, and well can be called 
one of its pioneers; has a fine home and is 
one of the stirring farmers of the township. 
McGill Samuel, farmer; sec. 34: P. O. Camp Point. 
McOianie W. farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Chatteo. 
McOinais .Martha A. sec. :iO; P. O. Chatteu. 
MUeick J. M. farmer; se-. 8; P. O. Boweasburg. 
Mnstain Harriet; sec. 4; P. O. Boweneburg. 

N 

Nelsoa Bazel, farmer; sec. ^0; P. O- Chatten. 
Nelson Mrs. Z. sec 6; P. O. Wood.ille. 

BTEVIXS JOSEPH A., famcr; Sec. 
33; P. O. Camp Point; born in Carbon 
county. Pa., Aug. 10, 1815; came to the 
county in 1850 ; has 130 acres of land, val- 
ued at $6,000 ; married Emma Stahl. Slie 
was born in Mercer county. Pa., Oct. 31, 
1853 ; mother of two children, John, born 
March 11,1870; Alice E., Aug. 3, 1877. Poli- 
tics, Democratic. He held the office of Super- 
visor for three years; emigrated with his 
parents to this county, when he was five 
years old ; has a fine home and a good orch- 
ard of four acres, and is in good circum- 
stances, and one of the leading men in the 
township. 



Owen Archibald, farmer; 
bnrg. 



4; P. O. Bowens- 



Pearce A. F. farmer; sec. -JS; P. O. Chatten. 
Pearce J farmer, sec. 'Z; P. O. Chatten. 
Pearce J. C. farmer, sec. 11; P. O. Chatten. 
Prather Mrs. Sarah, see. 13; P. O. Chatten. 



R 



Rayno'ds II. farmer; see. 33; P. O. Camp Point. 
Reynold Horace, Jr., farmer, sec. 21 ; P. O. Chatten. 



Rice John, farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Chatten. 

RIIiKY JOHN E., farmer; Sec. 15; 
P. O. Chatten. He was born in Sangamon 
county. III , Sep. 3-1, 1837; came to this 
county in 1848; has 130 acres of land, 
valued at $5,000 ; married Lueinda Harris. 
She was born in Tennessee, July 31,1838. 
Seven children, five living: Susanna, born 
Nov. 33, 1848; William, May 37, 1851; 
Elijah, Aug. 0, 1853; John F., Sept. 11, 1855; 
Nancy Ellen, May 31, 1858; James A., Jan. 
33, 18G1 ; Solomon, Sept. 13, 18G6. Nancy 
Ellen died Oct. 37, 1803, and William, Nov. 
36, 1853. 3Ir. and Mrs. Riley are members 
of the Baptist church. In 1815, his fath* 
moved from Virginia to Ohio; had two 
sons drowned in the Scito River; came to 
Sangamon county, 111., in 1834; was in the 
War of 1813, and served three years as com- 
mander; also, mowed hay where Spring- 
field now stands. The subject of this sketch 
is a native of the State, has lived to see the 
developments of the State, and well can be 
called one of its pioneers. 

BOBEBT»$ H., farmer and stock 
raiser; Sec. 30; P. O. Camp Point. He was 
born in Kentucky, Dec. 35, 1833 ; came to this 
county tlie fall of 1835. He has forty acres 
of Umd, valued at $3,000. He married E. L. 
Willard, who was born in Tennessee, January 
33, 1837. Four children : M. A., born May 
8, 1851 ; Joel M., July 13, 1804; M. E., Oct. 
19, 1867, and S. E., Oct. 3, 1869. ilr. and 
Jlrs. Roberts belong to the United Brethren 
church. Emigrated from Kentucky to 
Schuyler county. 111., in March, 1833; lived 
there about two ye;irs; thence to Adams 
county, where he has lived since. When he 
first came to this State he was ten years old ; 
Schuyler coimty was wild ; moved into a log 
cabin a short time until they built a shanty 
of hewed logs, 18x30; used prairie bed- 
steads. When he was a boy he worked for 
six and one-quarter cents, and what he could 
eat, per day, and a man's wages at that time 
was only fifty cents, and thought that good 
wages. Mrs. Roberts came to the State when 
she was only two years old, the winter be- 
fore the " big snow." Jlr. and Mrs. Roberts 
were among the earliest settlers, and can 
well understand what a life in a new country 
is. 
Ross George, farmer; sec. 36; P.O. Eeoknk Junction. 



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931 



Sartorione n. faraier; sec. 11 ; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

Sechri(»t S. farmer; eec. 32; P. O. Camp Point. 

Selby Mrs. Thos. sec. 34; P. O. Camp Point. 

Shirrick J. D. farmer; sec. 20: P. O. Chatten. 

Shirrick Mrs. M. sec. 20; P. O. Chatteu. 

Shirrick J. W. farmer; sec 10; P. O. Chatten. 

Simpson John, eec. 7; P. O. Woodville. 

Smith Daniel, farmer; eec. 27; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

Strlckler A. R. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Chat'en. 

Strickler Caleb, farmer; see. 34; P.O. Chatlen. 

Strickler D. farmer; sec. Si; P. O. Camp Point. 

Strickler J. S. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Camp Point. 

Strickler Jacob L. farmer; sec. 34; P.O. Chatten. 

Strickler L. farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Chatten. 

Strickler S. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Camp Point. 

Strickler Samuel, farmer; sec. 'il; P. O. Chaiten. 

Strickler Wesley, farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Camp 
Point. 

Stahl Elias, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Camp Point. 

Stahl Frank, farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Chatten. 

Stahl Evans, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. I'amp Point. 

Stump F. 51. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Chatten. 

Suter John, Jr. farmer; sec. IG; P. O. Chatten. 



Taylor J. T. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Chatten. 



w 



Wallace A. R farmer; eec. 35; P. O. Camp Point. 

Wallace J. A. farmer; sec. 26- P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

Wallace Jas. 11. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion. 

WABTICK J. F., farmer; Sec. 
31 ; P. O. Camp Point. He was born in 
Faj-ette count}', Pa., Jilay 20, 1840 ; came to 
this county in the spring of 1855; has 110 
acres of land, valued at $5,000. He married 
Eliza Mullen, who was born in Ireland. 
Six children : Mary, born March 29, 1867 ; 
John, Feb. 4, 1869; James, Dec. 20, 1871; 



Simon, Sept. 15, 1873 ; Jane, Kov. 3, 1875, 
and Thomas, Jan. 27, 1878. Politics, Repub- 
lican. Has held the office of School Direc- 
tor. He raises twenty acres of corn and the 
same of wheat. He enlisted in Co. C, 10th 
Regt. 111. Inf, in 1861 ; was in the Army of 
the Cumberland, and battles of Chattanoo- 
ga, Murfreesboro' Lookout Mountain, or the 
battle above the clouds; was discharged at 
Louisville, Ky. ; was in the service three 
years and seventeen daj-s; lost one of his 
legs in the service. 

Waitick Simon, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Camp Point. 
Willard John, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Chatten. 
Willard Mrs. D. sec. 27; P. O. Chatten. 

\VIL,L,ABD MADISOX, farmer 
and stock raiser; Sec. 10; P. 0. Bowensburg. 
He was born in Clay county. Mo., Jan. 17, 
1820; came to this county the year before 
the Black Hawk War. He has 600 acres of 
land, valued at §24,000. He married Lucina 
Taylor, who was born in the State of 
New York, and was mother of two children, 
Almira, and one which died in infancj'. His 
father emigrated from Tennessee to this 
county, w'here he raised a family of six boys 
and three girls. He was what would be con- 
sidered a frontiersman; came here when 
there was but a few families in the township. 
When he came here he had but two yoke of 
cattle and no money ; was among the earliest 
settlers, and can well claim as being one of 
the pioneers of the county. He is one of 
the solid farmers of the county. 
Willard Samael, farmer; sec. 9; P. 0. Chatten. 
Willard Thomas, farmer; sec. 21; P.O. Chatten. 
Willard Wm. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Chaiten. 
Whitford Wm. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Keokuk Junc- 
tion, 
Witt Geo farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Coatsburg 
Wilt J. J. farmer; eec. 7; P. O. Bowensburg. 
Wood Z. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Chatten. 
Woods S. Samuel, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Chatten. 



MISOELLAXEOUS. 



BO^VLiES AVIL,I.IAM A., 

residence. Furlong House ; was born in Ell- 
ington township, Adams county, October 24, 
1858 ; received a common school education 
in Ellington township, and at the age of 
seven years went to Gilesburg, 111., and en- 



tered the Lombard University at that place 
remaining one term ; then returned to 
Quincy and entered Johnson College, re- 
maining two terms, and thence to the " Gem 
City " Business College, where he remained 
one term; then went upon his father's farm, 
where he remained one year, when he went 
into partnership with Robert L. Bowles (his 



HISTOKV OF ADAMS CuUNTV. 



brotierl, in the grocery business, which was 
dissolved by mutual consent at the expira- 
tion of six month'. Hi« parents are among 
the oldest settlers ia this county, respected 
by all, aul gojd Christian people. 



C'ALIj a. B., school te8M:her: Sec. 
5; P. O Barry, Pike county, 111. ; born in , 
Pike county, UK, in 18-57; attended common 
schools until thirteen years of age, then at- 
tended Quincy College, then at Christian 
University, at Canton, Mo., and again at 
Quincy College. After leaving college com- 
menced teaching, at the age of sixteen years, 
attending school during the vacations ; has 
taught six years in Adams and Pike coun- 
ties, giving the best satisfaction, and having 
a large average attendance during the school 
term. 

CHII.DKRS n. D.. f .irmer ; P. O. 
Carrollton, Mo. ; was born in Grant county, 
Ky., July 5, IS-il; moved to lilinois in 1S31, 
and lived with his father on the old home- 
stead in Burton township for forty five years. 
In 1^7, he removed to Carroll county. Mo., 
where he now resides ; was married to Miss 
Elvira Birch in 1IJ43 ; bave no children. Mr. 
C. was Commissioner of Highways for a 
number of years while he resided in Illinois; 
he followed b'.acksmiihing at one time, and 
is a man hijhlyesieemed by a large circle of 
friends in Burton and surrounding country. 



DWVK R MH.I.l.\:«. ai^ricultur- 
ist ; Pittsfield, Pike county. 111. ; was born 
in Hancock county. III., ia 1S53; has fol- 
lowed farming and merchandizing mostly. 
In June, 1S77, he located in Pike county, 
and has been engaged iu selling sgricultural 
implements and binding m.aehiuery. Has 
nowt>neof the best riding attachments for 
a common plow ever invented, and gu.aran- 
tees satisfaction to farmers. His business 
house and store is on Monroe street, Pitts- 
field, one b'.ock east of the public square. 



ItOBKKTS J.\MES, coal mer 
chant : residence, Colchester, McDonough 
couuty. 111. He was born in Cornwall, Eng- 
land, March CO. IS'JO; married there to Celia 
Knight, Sept. 7, 1^6. In March, l!*47. they 
sailed for America, and, on arriving, settled 
in Lawrence county. Penn. He was engaged 
in co,il mining for over two years, then 
superintendetl the business for Crawford & 
Co., near Xew Castle; came west in 1S53, 
and emtiiirkcd in the co.al business in Col- 
chester, McDonough county. He then was 
obliged to haul his coal to August-i. with 
teams, and from there shipped to CJuincy ; 
he being the first shipj>er to the city, over 
the Xorthern Cross Railroad. He estab- 
lisheil the first cotil market in the city ; was 
associated with his brother several years, 
afterward was in partnership with John 
McGinnis, VTm. Morris, and Mr. McCoy, 
they owning sis-tenths intetvst. He tinally 
siild to his briither. He again embarked in 
the business with ilorris & Spencer, imd 
cleared ^lO.OOt); sold out. The Colchester 
Coal Company consists of Henry Roberts & 
Bro.'s (his sons): they have run the business 
since September, 1^7; they have leasevl the 
mines and machinery to A. Xewland. Jr. 
Mr. R.'s marriage rcsultetl in seven children: 
Henry, lioru March 'JO. 1S4S; James, Jane, 
Bunlett, John R, Josi-ph, Cecelia M.. and 
Georare W. 

s 

school teacher; Sec. 5; P. O. Barry, Pike 
county. 111. ; bom iu SeptemWr. 1S57. His 
father and mother are still living on Sec. 5. 
He continue*! his education in the com- 
mon schools until fourteen years of age, then 
atteudet.1 the public schivil at Kinderlnx>k, 
from thence to Quincy College, and after- 
ward at the Christian Vniversity at Canton. 
Slissouri, .-md Chaddock College at Quincy, 
111. He commenced teaching in 1S75; has 
taught four terms of school, giving satis- 
faction in every instance, and has always 
had a gooil average attendance during school 
term. 



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COXCLUDIXG CHAPTER. 

Morxps ASP MorN"i> BriLPEKS — Swamp axp Overflowed Laxps — The 
S^^LDiEKs' MoxrMKST — The Cocxtt Poor — TEMrERAXOE — EnrcA- 
TIOXAL — PcBUc BriLPixGS — Bexevolext SooiirriES — Firemen's 
Bkn-evolest Assooiatiox — QnxcY Free Reaping Eo^^m — Qrixcr 
Library — The YorxG Mex's Chkistiax Ass^xiatiox — Charitable 
Ajp axd Hospital Association" — Qrixcr Wokkhoise — Hotels — 
Mantfactories — Thb Wholesale Trape of Qiixcy — QrixoY Horse 
Railway asp Carrying Compasy — Usited Prksbyterias Chcrch 
OF Claytos — Christias Chtrch. Pleasast View — Christias CnrRCH 
Ursa. 

MOrXDS AND MOrXD BriLDERS. 

Adams countr. like other portions of the western conntrv. is dotted 
here and there with these indistinct relics of a prehistoric people, who 
hare thus left tlieir "footprints upi»n the sands of time,"' that their Cau- 
casian successors away down in this nineteenth century may read and inter- 
pret troui this unknown tongue somewhat of the history of the civilization 
that antedated the wild Red man on the American continent, 

Ot the origin and purpose of tliese so-called "Indian mounds'" various 
theories have been advancevi by scientists and historians. The location and 
sha}>e of these ruins seem to indicate that they or some of them were used 
as habitations for the living; while the human remains exhumed from the 
interior of many of them by explorers, point to them as sepultures for the 
dead. But whoever the mound builders were, or at whatever period of 
antiqnity they existed, fragments of their constructive genius remain, and 
have been resurrected, which furnish unmistakable evidence of a civilization 
and considerable knowledge of the industrial arts. 

As being pertinent to this subject and embodying facts and some 
logical theorizing deduced therefrom, we republish, through the kindness of 
Gen. John Tillson. of Quincy. an article prepared by him for the columns 
of the Qaincy Coinmercial BerUtc. called forth by an editorial therein 
commenting upou a paper read by Dr. Rice before the Wisconsin Historical 
Society : 

Editor Jiei'Uic: — "In your issue of February 16. reference is made to a 
report of Dr. Rice, of Wisconsin, in regard to the origin and use of the so- 
called Indian mounds scattered throughout die Mississi]>pi valley, in which 
he asserts that they are ilie remains of huts — residences — and that their use 
as places of sepulture wivs by a later race tlian tliat which erected them. 
It is also said that this is a n^ir theory. There is therein a good deal that 
is pn.<bable and considerable that is incorrect. First, as to the noveltj" of the 
:';ieory; it is tn>t new. It has been the belief of the earlier examiners of 
tliese remains, long prior to the birth of Dr. Rice or the Wisconsin His- 
torical Society, that the great mass of the mounds found in the West ^_with 



934 UIST0R1 OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

an exception to be noticed hereafter) were built t'or and used as residences — 
places for living — with occasionally a larger one for public use, such as a 
fort, place of worship or council. 

The material of their construction may have been wood, — now com- 
pletely decayed, — l)ut much more probably was of earth, as near most of the 
mounds can be observed an excavation, like that near a brick-kiln or a rail- 
road embankment, from which the soil appears to have been removed. 
Most of these mounds have a depression in the center just such as would 
appear where the walls of a bnilding had crumbled down and the roofs, of 
lighter material and less bulk, had dropped when unsupported. The walls 
were, undoubtedly, if this theory is to be considered, of great thickness, for 
this reason, that they were both the houses aiul defenses of the frail, 
scattered fragments of an almost exterminated race — the race which research 
has almost conclusively proven of higher civilization than their successors — 
swept from existence by the Indian. 

The exception to which I allude above is this, that the isolated, conical 
mounds on high points of the blufls were undoubtedly for burial purposes 
only. They were the monumental resting places of honored and eminent 
men; and Dr. Rice is, no doubt, correct in the statement that the moldei-ed 
huts of these long-gone builders were used by a succeeding race as places of 
burial. This is an Indian custom almost to the present day. 

But as to the other mounds, those not on the blutf peaks, their outline 
which, so far as it can be ascertained, is usually rectangular, with the de- 
pression in the center above named, their location like those found near 
IBear Creek, Mill Creek, and in the Kedmond field south of Quincy, on 
ground just above overflow, accessible from the river and yet concealed 
therefrom, indicative of their fugitive character, the utensils found therein, 
and all the surroundings, point to the plausibilitj' of their having been 
domestic abodes. 

Another feature sometimes noticeable is that the tree growth from 
these mounds is often of a character unlike that contiguous or adjacent; the 
evident product of some nuts, seeds or some vegetable brought from afar, 
left in the hut when it fell, sprouting and growing clusters of trees only 
seen right there, no where else near, and not natural to the soil around them. 

The examination of these vestiges of a long-gone race, made half a 
century or more ago, was more exhaustive and better based than any that 
can be nuide now. It was made by skillful, learned and curious men who 
saw them in far better preservation than they are at present, before civili- 
zation had aided time in their destruction, and when, as is not the case now, 
all the Indian traditionary history was at hand to throw its wavering light 
upon the subject. 

The best based theory heretofore generally accepted as to the past 
occupation of this continent is, that races existed here advanced in civili- 
zation beyond any that have succeeded them, until its discovery by Euro- 
peans, races possibly cotemporary in improvement with (rreece and Home, 
but probably far earlier in point of time, and that they were swept from 
supremacy by a vandalism such as burst upon Europe centuries ago; that, 
just as theirs was inferior to European civilization, so more effectually have 
their memorials been extinguished; and, unlike European civilization, no 
sufficient vitality remained to conquer their conquerors. 

The "mound builders " were the probable successors of a more highly 
cultivated stock, the remains of whose existence are found throughout 



COXCLUSION. 935 

southern North America. The " mound builders" in time were swept from 
the land by the modern Indian, whose centuries of existence, even before the 
witherino; presence of the white man premonished his extermination, have 
been marked by no solitary evidence of advancement. That the Indian built 
none of these mounds, except those on the heights, before mentioned, is 
ahnost sure; that they have made use of those built b}' their predecessors, 
is equally certain; and that most of these mounds were houses or forts, is 
more than probable, but the idea is not a new one. 

SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS. 

Adams county contains 25,062 acres of these low lands — chiefly in this 
instance such tracts as are liable to inundation by the Mississippi river in 
time of high water. They embrace a large per cent of the immense bot- 
toms bordering its banks, varying in width from a few rods to half a dozen 
miles. Of these swamp and overflowed lands, hitherto considered compar- 
atively valueless, Adams perhaps includes a greater scope than any other 
county in the State. In 1S50 Congress passed a law entitled "An act to 
enable the State of Arkansas and otlier States to reclaim the swamp lands 
within their limits," approved September 28, 1850, by virtue of which these 
tracts became the property of the several States in which they lie; and by 
an act passed by the Legislature of Illinois and approved June 22, 1852, 
these lands were ceded to the various counties in which they were situated. 

The Board of Supervisors of Adams county took steps that same year 
to bring them into market. F. C. Walker was appointed by the court, 
Drainage Commissioner, and instructed to survey and plat them, which he 
did; and his report of the same was considered and accepted by the Board 
of Supervisors" at their meeting in February. 1854. At that meeting a 
committee consisting of Chairman, William Laughlin, J. F. Battell, S.^W. 
Garner, J. P. Robbins, and Eli Seehorn, was chosen to appraise and fix a 
value on each tract, marking the price in figures on the plat. The com- 
mittee discharged this imposed duty at the same session. Their report was 
approved by the Board; and Commissioner Walker was ordered to ofler the 
lands for sale at public auction at the door of the Court-house on the ith of 
December, 1854. Only a part of the lands were disposed of at that sale, and 
on the 3d of December, 1855, another public auction was had. The prices 
paid were nominal, as good lands were then worth n)uch less than now, and 
a considerable portion of the so-called swamp lands were then thought to 
be irreclaimable. The tracts remaining unsold after these pul)Iic vendues 
were afterward disposed of by private sale; so that the property has all, or 
nearly all, passed into private hands. 

At a session of the Board of Supervisors, on September 12, 1856, a 
resolution was passed ordering the net proceeds of the sales of the swamp 
and overflowed lands to be applied toward the purchase and improvement 
of a farm to i)e used for the support of the indigent poor of Adams county. 

Many enterprising farmers in these border counties have come in 
possession of these once worthless and malaria-breeding tracts, forecasting 
with prophetic vision their immense prosjiective agricultural importance, 
and are making vigorous efforts to reclaim and improve them, by drainage 
and leveeing. Already the precursory bud of promise augurs a rich fruitage 
to compensate the energies put forth, in the way of a partial protection by 
levee to the thousands of acres of waving green and gold, beckoning the 



93G IIISTUKV OF ADAMS Ct)UMY. 

liarvester's sickle, and in the enactment of the recent amendatory drainage 
law passed by the General Assembly, authoi-izing a tax to be voted whicii 
will eventuate in a complete dniinaice, and protection by levee, thus con- 
vertini(, in the near future, those many scpiai'e miles of infections wilderness 
into a teeming, blossoming garden of pros])erity. The soil, which is usu- 
all}' several feet in depth, is an alluvial composition of vegetable and min- 
eral mold, with a preponderance of the former, and is practically inex- 
haustible. Every overflow for untold centuries had left its fertilizing de- 
posit, and will continue to do so until the levee is built above high water 
mark; and each year the washings of tiie rich blufi" farms contriijute broad- 
cast their floods of liquid manure over the smiling fields below. 

THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT. " 

Elsewhere in this volume ])roud mention is made of the existence and 
glorious work performed by those organizations of the pati-iotic women of 
Adams county, known us the "Needle Pickets," and "Sisters of the Good 
Samaritan,'' during the late civil war. How those grand women— of the 
ujjper sti-atum society — with hearts consuming with love of country and 
sympathy for its snflering defenders, stejiped forward in eager response to 
the appeals from hospitals and tented fields of carnage for aid, and in solid 
phalanx planned and labored and toiled unceasingly and without stint, 
giving amateur theatrical entertainments, old folks' parties, sanitary fairs, 
oyster suppers, iee-creain and strawberr}' festivals; and how they took Gov- 
ernment contracts to furnish sanitary stores, realizing therefrom, by careful 
management and hard work, generous profits which were applied to the 
cause; how they ])ressed into the service tobacco factories, furniture 
factories, and Methodist seminaries, converting them into hos]jitals for the 
sick and mangled soldiers, having as many as five large hospitals in Quincy 
at one time, where thousands of the poor boys in blue were provided for 
and nursed witii motherly and sisterly solicitude and tenderness; and how, 
beside their multifarious duties in caring for these hospitals at home, they 
manutactured clothing and solicited and purchased thousands of dollars 
worth of su])plies and forwarded them to the front, need not be discussed 
at length here. Let it suffice that after all this expenditure of money 
during the years of the war at its close a fund of several thousand dollars 
was left in the treasury of the "Sisters' of the Good Samaritan Society." 
After using a portion of it for the relief of soldiers' needy tamilies, it was 
resolved by the unanimous voice of the society that having done what it 
could for the living patriots it would now make an efl:'ort to commemorate 
the honors of the dead heroes. To this end it was voted to exjiend the 
rest <,if the funds of the society in erecting a soldiers' monument in the 
beautiful Woodland Cemetery, situated on the bluii' in the southwestern 
part of the city of Quincy. The society, as had been its wont, at once 
reduced resolution to action, and making its wish known to Mr. C. G. Yolk, 
of Quincy, an artist and architect of national celebrity, he furnished a 
design which was accepted and a contract made with him to execute and 
erect the monument. It was "consecrated, A. D., 1S67, by the Sisters of 
the Good Samaritan, in dut}-, afiection and reverence, to the memory of the 
faithful soldiers of Adams county, who gave their lives that the nation 
might live." A grand jjarade of civilians and militarj' took ])lace, directed 
by General John Tillson, as Marshal of the day. Aji)iro]ir!ate addresses 



CONCLUSION. 



937 



were made by Gen. B. M. Prentiss, Gen. John Tillson, and Col. M. M. 
Bane. 

The United States National Military Cemetery of Qainc}-, was estab- 
lished in 186S. Four monuments (cannons) were placed in position in 
1S74-. Interments, 2^2; known 236, unknown 6. 

The monument stands on the hisliest ]:ioint on tlie crest of the bluif 
overlooking a magnificent landscape of many miles of the Mississippi audits 
environs, as it rolls along oceanward with majestic sweep and quiet dignity, 
two hundred feet below its base. An antique mound, the burial place of 
some prehistoric hero of ruder race, some si.\ feet in height, a beautiful 
flattened cone, forms the basis upon which the marble pile rests. The base 
of the monument is of Joliet stone, of a liglit drab color. The shaft is of 
the finest white Vermont marble, from tiie Rutland quarries; is twenty- 
eight feet in height, crowned with an exquisitely wrought figure of the 
American eagle, with wings partially spread, and looking to the east and 
south over a preserved Union. The cost of construction of the monument 
was $3,000, exclusive of the iron railing, set in stone base, which surrounds 
it. Toward these becoming environments ex-Governor John Wood, with 
his characteristic magnanimity, contributed a considerable sum. 

The original intention was to have engraved upon the monument the 
name of every soldier who lost las life in the service from Adams county, 
but finding it impossible to procure a complete list of them, the plan has 
not been carried into efl'ect. 

THE COUNTY POOR. 

Very early in the history of Adams county the benevolence of its 
pioneer citizens began to be manifest in the provisions made for the in- 
digent and deserving poor within its borders. At first, and for a number 
of years, the paupers were provided for in the several localities where they 
resided. In the _T| ear 1S47, the Board of County Commissioners deemed 
it advisable, as a matter of economy to the county, and for the better pro- 
vision for tiiese unfortunate objects of public charity, to purchase a farm to 
be devoted to their support, to which they ci^uld be removed and cared for 
in a body, and wliere those not entirely disabled might be furnished some 
employment, and thus in a measure become self-supporting. Consequentl}% 
after some investigation, the Board bought the SO acre farm owned by 
H. T. Ellis, parts of the northwest and the northeast quarters of section 
16, of township 1 north, and 7 west,' lying near the center of Honey 
Creek, the transfer bearing date March 16, 1847, and the consideration 
being 8700. The farm was under a fair state of improvement, and had a 
two-story frame house containing several rooms and a shed kitchen. A barn 
and other out-buildings, and a blacksmith shop were on the premises. 

The farm was under the supervision of a co?npetent man, and tlie 
paupers were removed to it and were sustained there until May, 1855, 
%vhen by order of the Board of Supervisors — the county having gone into 
townshi]i organization in 184-9 — tiie county poor farm was sold to John 
White for $800, the Board reserving the use of the farm until the next year. 

At a session of the County Board of Sujiervisors, held January' 5, 1856, 
it was resolved to purchase about 200 acres of land for a poor farm, and a 
committee consisting of Wm. Laughlin, A. II. Doan and Baptist llard}^ 
was appointed to select and make the ])urchasc. On June lUtli the Com- 



938 llIffiXiUY VI- ADAMS COLNTV. 

mittee reported to the Board tliat tliey had hoiicrlit of John F. Battel 1 160 
acres, tlie northeast quarter of section 11. in Uilnier township, for lj!5,000. 
Tlie coniniittee also rejxjrted at the same meetiiii; the purchase of 50,000 
brick and other material with which to erect buildings thereon. The fol- 
lowing year, 1857, the farm was rented out and the jiaupers were hired, 
kept by contract at a speciKed ])rice per capita per week. Upon the com- 
pletion of the buildings the paupers were removed to the county farm, 
wlicre they have been provided for since. 

In 1874, the city of Qnincy went into township organization, juior to 
which time the paufiers of the city had 'been under the charge of municipal 
officers, one Alderman from each ward constituting the pauper committee, 
to which was added an overseer of the poor. Since 1874 the county has 
had charge of its pauper expenses, the same as the other townships of the 
county. The adoption of the Quinc}' poor so increased the number of 
county dependents that the buildings on the farm were insufficient, and it 
became necessary to provide for them elsewhere. Accordingly, an agreement 
was made with the Charitable Aid and Ilosjiital Association of Quincy to 
keej) them during ten montlis, i'rum July 1, 1874, to May 1, 1875, for 
^8,000, and 200 cords of wood; and fur a year, beginning May 1, 1875, for a 
sum not to exceed $12,000, the sum actually expended being $10,400. 
During the latter year there were upon the books of the Association an 
average of 314 persons per month, representing 226 families. 

A committee of the Board of Supervisors having been created and in- 
structed to examine and report a ])lan for a new building to be erected on 
the CJounty |)oor farm, it handed in its re])ort at the July session of 1875, 
recommending that a building three stories high, 32 by 43 feet area, be 
built, at a cost of about $8,000. The report was approved and steps taken 
at once for its construction. It was finished in December, 1875, at a cost 
of $7,908. The building committee were Thomas Bailey, William Winkel- 
man, E. 11. Turner, David Sheer, and Joseph B. Weaver. A steam heater 
was afterward ])ut in to warm the buildings, at a cost of $1,290. 

The last report of the Superintendent of tlie county poor farm, as ex- 
hibitetl upon the records, shows the number of persons provided for to be 
an average of 83 per week. One hundred and sevent}' difterent persons 
were inmates of the County-house during the year, 97 of whom were there 
at the time the report was made out. The average cost per head of keeping 
them, less the income from the farm, was 8t5 cents per week March 1, 1878, 
and 67 cents a week t\)r the year ending March 1, 1879. The farm is shown 
to be in a good state of cultivation and well managed. The estimated 
value of the eiitire jiaujier ])ro])erty owned by the county, including two 
small pieces of timber on other sections, is $25,000. 

Each of the townships in the county and also the city of Qnincy is 
expected to look after the needs of its resident paupers, to keep an accurate 
account of the expense thereof and report the same to the County Board of 
Supervisors a committee of whom audits them, and when approved they are 
paid out of the county fund. The footings of these accounts show the 
aggregate expenditure for the ])oor from March 1, 1877, to March 1, 1878, 
to be $23,729.72, and from March 1, 1878, to March 1, 1879, to be $24,- 
883.37. 

Of course, the greater pro]iortion of the pauper expenses are incurred 
for the city poor, notwithstanding the utmost economy consistent with the 
faithful discharge of his unenviable position is exercised by Mr. Michael 



CONCLUSION. - 939 

Farrell, the efficient Supervisor at largo for the present and past two years. 
The reii'ister reports the total cost of the city paupers for the year ending 
March^l, 1S78, to be §14,602.58, and the year ending March 1, 1S79, at 
§15,487.61. But these figures exceed the actual expenditures for the city's 
resident poor by the auionnts paid for feeding transient paupers and for 
railroad passes to transport them to more congenial climes — for the conn ty. 
The sick paupers of the city are sent either to St. Francis, or the Blessing 
Hospital, as they or their friends prefer. 

From the perusal of this brief sketch, it will be observed that the tax- 
payers of Adams county bear their fall share of the burden in feeding the 
huugr}^ and clothing the naked. 

TEMPERANCE. 

The first temperance society in Adams county was organized in 1830, 
with twelve members. 

The Red Ribbon temperance movement was started in the city of Quinciy, 
Illinois, during the month of December, 1877, under the management of J. 
C. Bonticou, a temperance worker of more than ordinary energj^ and abil- 
ity, who was induced to come here and commence the temperance work 
through the instrumentality of the Ladies' Christian Temperance Union. 

Tiie first of the red ribbon meetings were held in the old Court-house, 
which soon became too small. A large hall was then secured on -1th 
street, and the meetings continued nearly three weeks, with the most grati- 
fying results. Fifteen hundred men signed the pledge and put on the 
red ribbon, and about one thousand women and children, who put on the 
white and blue ribbons, the women wearing the white ribbon aTid the boys 
the blue. In the month of January, 1878, Mr. Bonticou organized the 
Quincy Reform Club and finished his work in this place. The club, as or- 
ganized and put in motion by Mr. Bonticou, consisted of about eight hun- 
dred men. The Red Ribbon Club then rented a three-story brick building; 
also a large hall in the adjoining building, situated on Maine street, in the 
business part of the city, and opened a temperance club house, with a pub- 
lic reading room, a hall for business and public meetings, and a game and 
smoking room; the latter room being a place of amusement for the boys 
who had been in the habit of spending their time in the saloons, gambling 
hells and dens of the city, of which class of boys there were a large number 
belonging to the club. This game and smoking room was a thorn in the 
side of some of the religious people, but it was conducted on as moral a 
plan as it is possible to conduct sucli a place, no gambling, drinking, or 
profanity being allowed in or about the place. 

The expense of this club honse'and the other necessary expenses of the 
club amounted to $225 per month, which were, owing to mistakes, mis- 
management and incompetency on the part of some of the officers and 
members of the club, very much larger than they should have been. 

During the summer of 1878 the Red Ribbon Club found themselves in a 
very discouraging condition financially, and turned the I'eading room over 
to the ladies of the White Ribbon Club, who, during the summer and fall, 
organized a lil>rary association, for the purpose of conducting the reading 
room, which they have conducted successfully, and at the present time have 
the "Free Reading Room," as it is called, located at the corner of 6th and 
Vermont streets, in a fine new three-st(H'y building, which they occu]iy in 



940 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

coinjiany witli the Qiiiiicv Library. The room occupied l)y the reading 
room aiul Qiiiiicy Library is one hnndred feet long by fifty feet wide, and 
is well filled with papers and books, and is an ornament to the city, of 
which not only the temperance people, bnt all our citizens, are justly proud. 
In the spring of 1870, Messrs. Palmer and Ardron, two temperance 
workers from New York City, came here and conducted a series of temper- 
ance meetings, with great success, several hundred men, women and chil- 
dren signing the pledge under their management. 

It would be difficult to estimate the amount of good that has been done 
by the Red Ribbon Club in this community, and it will probably never be 
fully known. ' 

There are at least one hundred men in this city who were drinking men 
when they signed the red ribbon temperance pledge, who have kept their 
pledge and are to-day an honor to themselves, their families and to the 
community. 

Outside the city, all through the county, the ribbon clubs have been 
formed, some of them bei)ig blue and some red ribbon clubs, and to the 
best of my knowledge there is not a village in the county but that has 
since had either a red or blue ribbon club, and in many of the school dis- 
tricts temperance clubs have also been formed. 

There are some villages in the county where, since the temperance clubs 
have been started, the saloon keepers have been compelled to quit their 
business of selling li(pior, and either try something else or go where the 
temperance sentiment was not so strong. 

EDUCATIONAL. 

The first school in Adams county was taught in Quincy, in 1S27, by a 
Presbyterian clergyman named Jabe/. Porter, a native of Plymouth, Mass. 
As time advanced and the various portions of the county were settled, the 
paramt)unt impoitance of schools was not lost sight of by the pioneers; and 
while opening uj) tiieir farms and erecting their rude habitations, the log 
school house — the nucleus of civilization — arose among eacli group of cab- 
ins in all its primeval dignity. During tiie early years of the school his- 
tory of Adams county the standard of the district schools here, as in all 
other new counties, was of a low order. The book knowledge of the pio- 
neer pedagogue was usually limited to the three " R's," and his general 
information meager; while the poorly-lighted and badly-heated, round-log 
school house, with its rough puncheon floor and benches of the same ma- 
terial, was not the most propititms combination of circumstances for the 
frontier youth to procure an education. Yet under these disadvantages 
have, in numerous instances, been kindled aspirations, and aroused into a 
sleepless activity the innate germ of a giant manhood, which has written 
in characters immutable the name of its possessor upon the hearts of a 
grateful people. 

Gradually the educational standard of teachers and facilities for impart- 
ing instruction improved, keeping abreast of the times, until now Adams 
county has as many and as high a grade of schools as almost any county in 
the State. In the city of (Juincy are nine graded and one high school, all 
of the highest order, while Camp Point justly boasts of one of the finest 
public schools in the West, with an extended course, denominated the Ma- 
plewood High Sciiool, under the very efficient supervision of Prof. S. F. 



C0XCLT7SI0X. 941 

Hall, wlio has no superior in that branch of the educational Held in Illi- 
nois, if anywhere. Payson, Clayton and Mendon also have each a well 
conducted graded school in neat, ample and well-arranged school edifices. 
The country schools are of the best class of public schools. 

COLLEGES AXD CHURCH SCHOOLS. 

Quincy may indeed be regarded as an educational center of no little im- 
portance, when in addition to the facilities for teaching the young, which 
the public schools afford, the advantages of a thorough scholastic course 
are offered at the other institutions of learning which are to be found in 
that city. Its colleges are already on a permanent footing, and the church 
schools under the management of the Roman Catholics are among the best 
in the western countrv. The Catholics have laid the foundation for mak- 
ing the city one of the most important points in the Mississippi Yalley, so 
far as education under church control is concerned, and, in fact, the schools 
they have inaugurated in Quincy are already bearing a wide reputation, 
and attracting notice throughout the country for their general excellence. 
Some facts concerning them and the institutions under collegiate organiza- 
tion in the city, will be found below: 

CHADDOCK COLLEGE. 

This institution, formerly known as Quincy College, was founded in 
1S56. For years a heavy debt embarrassed the College, and after several 
efforts to liquidate it, which proved sad failures, the people generally lost 
confidence and settled into a seeming indifference. Rev. E. W. Hall being 
elected President, three and one half years ago, found the trustees without 
a title to the property, the title being in special trustees to secure a debt of 
some $7,000, with several trust deeds to be subsequently satisfied, amount- 
ing in all to §14,000 when paid. 

An opportunity presenting to sell the old property, Ex-Gov. Wood's 
palatial residence, erected at a cost of 8200,000, was purchased in Decem- 
ber, 1875, by the Methodist Society, against strong opposition by a faction 
of the trustees. In the face of predicted failure, bitter opposition and slan- 
ders, the friends have quietly and persoveriugly held on until the heavy 
debt of 827.000 on the property has been entirely liquidated, and this mag- 
nificent building and grounds, the finest in the West, stand as a monument 
to the faithfulness of the few who would not abandon the enterprise. All 
this has not been accomplished without sacrifice, and it is due this commu- 
nity to know that President Hall carried the heaviest part of the burden. 
Coming here on a stipulated salary of $2,000 per year, he received on salary 
in the aggregate less than 81-000, for the ivhole three and one-half years 
which he served as President, when his talents were in demand elsewhere. 
Rev. Peter Wallace was untiring in his labors, sparing no time and energy 
in advancing the interests of tlie College. Rodney Lambert, C. F. Weller 
and others, trustees of long standing, s'tood up like Spartans against oppo- 
sition, now with a property paid for and the financial management of the 
College, recently twice investigated by invitation of the trustees and by the 
authority of the Methodist Church and twice vindicated. After so much 
sacrifice on the part of those who have saved the College, it behooves all to 
talk, work for and patronize the institution, and Adams county will soon 
have a college that will do honor to the ''Gem City of the West." It is 
the intentionto open it in September, under the direction of the Wesleyan 



942 IIISXUKY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

University, of Blooininn;ton, whence a cor])s of instructors is expected. The 
building and grounds are superbly beautiful. 

ST. FRANCIS SOLANUS COLLEGE. 

This institution was organized in ISoS, by the St. Franciscan Fathers, 
who subsequently erected a small building on what was known as "The 
Prairie," on the block bounded by Vine, Elm, Eighteenth and Twentieth 
streets, at a cost of $12,000, and started the" school, its objects being to 
supply deficiencies of common school education, and to prepare young men 
for mercantile pursuits and for a ]»"ofessional life for which a classical 
course is necessary. The college, through the perseverance of those in 
charge, attracted liberal patronage. Its growth was rapid, and in 1870 it 
was found necessary to provide better accommodations. A handsome edi- 
fice, 70 .K 90 feet, four stories in height, with a basement, was erected, at a 
cost of §32,000. The college was removed to the new building the latter 
part of the same year. The basement is occupied with billiard tables and 
a cvninasium, which are used for the pleasure of the students. On the 
first fliior there are three rooms, besides the large dining hall. The study 
hall, with seats for 100 students, is on the second floor; also the class rooms 
and college library. On the third floor is the chapel, music room and pro- 
fessors' rooms. The infirmary, pharmacy and wardrobe are located on the 
fourth floor. After taking possession of the new building the institution 
made ra]>id progress, and it is now in a flourishing condition. There are 
three departments in the college adapted to the wants of young men — the 
preparatory, the commercial, and the classical. The course of instruction 
.in each is thorough, and will compare favorably with the oldest and best 
educational institutions of the countrj'. On its catalogue are young men 
from various cities of the Western States, in addition to a number of the 
young men of Qiiincy. Kev. Anselmus Mueller is president, and is assisted 
in conducting the institution by ten of the Franciscan Brothers and several 
lay teachers. The society has purchased the entire block bounded by 
Nineteenth, Twentieth, Vine and Elm streets. 

The first college building is now used as a parish school, tanght by three 
Sisters and one secular teacher. The attendance ranges from 300 to 400. 

ST. maky's institute. 

The above institution for young ladies is located at Eighth and Vermont 
streets, one of the most pleasant situations for a school in the city. It was 
opened in 1867 lu' the School Sisters de Notre Dame, its object being to 
educate young ladies in all the useful and ornamental branches. The 
school soon attracted the attention of citizens of other cities as well as 
Quincy, and became a success. A new and elegant building, 160 x 00 feet, 
was erected, at a cost of $50,000, to provide accommodations for the rapid 
increase in the attendance. The institute is noted for its etticiency, and 
particularly its success in teaching young ladies the useful arts. In music, 
painting and needle work by the pupils a handsome showing is made at 
the close of each year. The average attendance is 150. Sister Boniface 
has the charge of the institute and is assisted by twenty-two Sisters and 
ten candidates. 

ST. BONIFACE SCHOOL. 

The St. Boniface school, connected with the St. Boniface Catholic church, 
is the largest and most prosperous educational institution in the city. The 




ST. JRANCI.S SOLANUS COLLECE. 



CONCLUSION. 943 

scliool was started in the year 1857, the school building on Maine street, 
adjoining the St. Boniface church, being completed in that year at a cost of 
$4,000. The attendance increased rapidly and in 1873 it was found neces- 
sary to provide additional accommodations. The Browning property, on 
Seventh and Hamjishire, was purchased at a cost of $45,000, and a large 
four-storv brick edifice was erected in that and the succeeding year at a 
cost of $57,000. The school moved into the new building in 1876. The 
daily attendance averages about 500. Two men and seven Sisters are en- 
gaged in teaching the different departments. The girls' school and the 
boys' primary dei)artmont are under the supervision of the school Sisters 
de Notre Dame. The school is well managed, is in a flourishing conditioHi 
and is doing efficient service in the education of tlie young. 

ST. Peter's school. 

The school connected with the St. Peter's Catholic Church is located on 
Eightli street, between Maine and Jersey. It was estal)lished about the 
year 1863, when tlie school building was erected, at a cost of $3,500, having- 
a capacity for more than 200 pupils. The average attendance is about 200. 
The principal, with her two assistants, is doing a good work in tiie educa- 
tion of the young. 

ST. ALOYSI0S SCHOOL AND ASYLUM. 

About 1859 an association, under the name of the St. Aloysius Orphan 
Society, was established in Quincy by an act of the Legislature. The 
members were identified with the German Church, and in 1868 the cor- 
poration commenced building an asylum and school for the benefit of the 
young who are connected with the denomination. This institution, located 
at 20ih and Vine streets, is now in a flourishing condition, and offers to 
the destitute and orphan children of both se.xes, without distinction as to 
religion, not only a good home, but a means of education. It is under the 
charge of a lady principal, assisted by two other Sisters of the order of 
Notre Dame, who conduct it with good judgment and a wise care for the 
interests of the little ones in the institution. The Tuimber in the asylum 
is nearly 200. The meml)ers of the association now number about 650. 

ST. mart's school. 

The St. Mary's School is connected with the St. Mary's Church, and is 
located at Seventh and Adams. Tiie school was started in 1868 and has 
been steadily growing ever since. The property used for tlie school is val- 
ued at $2,000. The average attendance of pupils is about 50. Two teach- 
ers are employed. 

OTHER SCHOOLS. 

There are schools connected with the Salem Church, Ninth and State, 
and St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran, Ninth and York, which are well at- 
tended and in a flourishing condition. 

GEir CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE. 

One of the lEOBt important of the many educational institutions of Ad- 
ams county is Prof. Musselman's Gem City Business College, in Benneson 
block, on Maine street. The college, under the direct management of Prof. 
Musselman, has grown steadily since it was founded, and to-day is the 
most successful institution of the kind in the West, and equaled bv few 

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944 HISTORY OF ADAMS COLXTY. 

iu the United States. Bnt a tew years ago tlie institution was located in a 
small room with only a few students. Its progress lias been rapid, requir- 
ing, from time to time, additional room to accommodate the increase in the 
number who sought the institution to be prepared for active business life. 
To-day the college occupies elegant and commodions rooms in the Benne- 
son block, iitted up especially for a business educational institute. The 
attendance last year was larger than ever before, the students representing 
all portit'us of the West. Prof. Mussel man has made for his college the 
reputation of being the most thorough and complete, and furnishes the best 
facilities for fitting young men and wctmen for business life. A feature of 
the college recently introiluced is a course of lectures during the year, by 
such celebrities as Henry Ward Beecher, Prof Swing and Will Carleton, 
and readings by Burbank. Theourse will be continued the coming spring. 
Another feature is a boarding house controlled by the institution, where 
young men are furnished day board at $2.25 per week. 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

The number and char.icter of the public buildings in Adams county will 
compare favorably with those of any other county in the great St^ite of 
Illinois. First in importance conies the beautiful and imposing new court- 
house, elsewhere described in this work, without doubt the most magnifi- 
cent superstructure ever built in the West for the money. This is the 
third temple of justice Adams county has constructed since its organiza- 
tion. The first, erected on lot (>, block 11. on Fifth street, near the corner 
of Maine, was a hewed log building, IS x 22 feet area; first story S feet, 
second story five feet, and was completed Marcii 15, ls26. It served the 
purpose of schoolhoiise and church, also, until the night of December 9, 
1S35, when it was destroyed by fire. It, like most people, was more hon- 
ored in its death than in its life. Three months prior the site had been 
selected, lots 4 and 5, block 11, and a new court-house ordered. It was 
bt>gun in 1S36 and finished in 1S37, at a cost of $15,000. It met with a 
like fate and went up in thin air on the night of the 0th of January. lS7o. 
Its destruction was evidently a blessing in disguise, for the elegant new 
court house, so much needed, has not only succeeded the cramped and un- 
sightly predecessor, but a magnificent new stone front block, one of tiie 
most beautiful pieces of architecture in tlie State, has just risen out of its 
ashes. 

Of church, college and school edifices, this county c;\n bojist of some of 
the most ample and sightly in the West. Tiie Academy of Music and 
Opera House are commodious with neatly and comfortably arranged audito- 
riums, well adapted to theatrical, concert and lecture purposes, and a credit 
to the " Gem City.'" 

BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. 

The M'esfern Catholic Union is a beneficiary society, organized in 
Quincy, in November, 1S7S, under the sanction and approval of Bishop 
P. J. Baltes, of the Alton Diocese, as the following declaration b\' him to 
the officers, and published with the constitution and bj-laws of the associ- 
ation, explains: 



coxcLcsios. 945 

DiocxsB OF AlTos, Bishop's Rksidkncb, 
ArTos, ni.. XoT. IS, A D, 1S7S. 

The officers and members of the WcrUm CaiX^'Uc Union, eslablished at Quincy, in this 
dioces*. haring adopted and incorporated in the constitution and by-laws of thtir society 
the laws and rt galaiions of this diocese in relation to societies, I hereby approve of this 
Wetttrr, CithttUe Uriinn, and eimestly recommend it to the Rev. Cltn^y and faithful peo- 
ple of my diocese- 

+ P. J. BAXTES. BitJwp of AUon, 

The object of the si>eietT is for the mutual financial aid and social im- 
proveiuent of its members. In case of sickness (.>r accident which disables 
a member, he receive* a " sick-benefit," and upon the death of a member 
his legal heirs receive an amount equivaletit to one dollar from each mem- 
ber of the Union, provided the amount does not exceed |i:?,000. For the 
social advancenient of tlie members, libraries mav be established, lectures 
delivered, and innocent amusements enjoyed. 

The officers consist of a president, vice-president, a financial secretarv, a 
recording secretary and a treasurer and five trustees. 

Upon the death of any member of the society an assessment is made of 
§1.05 npim every living member. 

Branch societies, of which there are already three in Qnincy — ^die St. 
Xichol.%s, Xo. 1. St, Patrick, Xo. 3, and St. Michael. No. 4 — and one in 
Springfield, may be or^uized by -complving \ritli certain conditions im- 
posed by the parent society, one of which is the pavment of §25 into the 
treasury of the Central Union. Tlie Central Union now contains 390 
members. 

FLREMEX'S BEXEYOLENT ASSOCIATIOX. 

Ttis society was organized by the firemen of the city of Quincy for the 
purposes of mutual aid and protection of its members, in 1574. Although 
the original plan w:is to confine the membership of the order to fireman 
only, the constitution was recently so amended as to permit others to join. 
The assi>ciation now numbers 190 members. The present officers are: 

President. Henry Meiser: vice-Presideuts, Wm. Shulte, Wm. Weisen- 
horn; Secretary. Henry Meyer: Treasurer, Jos. Mast: Trustees. John J. 
Metzger. J. H. Wavering, Otto Baunigatner, Geo. Terdenge, J. B. Glass. 

QUrS'Cr FREE READDsG ROOM. 

One of the institutions which commends itself to every right-minded 
person of whatever nationality, religions sect, or political complexion, and 
one of which the noble women whose hearts inspired their brains to con- 
ceive and hands to execute the ent«£rprise, may well be proud, is the Qnincy 
Free Reading Room. 

When that regenerated hero, Francis Murphy, hurled his thunderbolt 
of argument and syin}»athetic appeal into the great sea of humanity, from 
which rose the mighty temperance wave that rolled across the continent, 
smiting the hearts of thousands who were on the same skeleton-lined hig-h- 
way which he had so recently trod with conviction, and culminated in the 
formation of innumerable - Bine Ribbon"''' dubs in the East, and -Red 
RibKm'' clubs in the West, the good people of the " Gem City "' reasoned 
that the true philosophy of temperance reform lay in counter-attraction for 
the habituet of the drinking places and haunts of vice. And a reading room, 



946 HISTORY OF ADAMS COCNTl-. 

free, to which they might have access, " without money and withont price" 
was wisely suggested. A nni<>n meeting was held wiiere the subject was 
freely and ably discussed and a consideralile sum of money donated for 
the establishment of such a place of resort, in conjunction with, and to 
some extent subject to the control of. the " Red Riblion Club.*' The funds 
already raised were applied to renting and fitting up a commodious 
room; and, through the eiiorts of those who had the cause at heart, other 
money was donated, prominent citizens responding with subscriptions of 
two or three hundred dollars each. Other benevolent persons made 
monthly subscriptions for its support. Books, papers, stoves, etc., were 
contributed, and the reading room became an established fact. But 
through the various plans devised for forwarding the cause of temperance 
the treasury of the club became depleted. The people began to feel the 
restrictions thrown about the reading room because of it being the property 
of a club, instead of belonging to humanity, and the permanency of the 
club's existence being in no wise assured, their confidence in and support of 
the reading room began to decline. At this juncture the ladies came to 
the rescue with their wonted zeal and fertility of resource, determined that 
the furniture and books they had been instrumental in procuring should 
not be sacrificed. An arrangement was made with the club by which they 
were to be turned over to them. A charter for a free reading room asso- 
ciation was obtained in September last, an organization effected and a legal 
transfer of the property made to the association. Thus through the 
arduous and persistent labor of those women-patriots, who. by their 
organized "aid," nourished and nerved the ''boys in blue" in their struggle 
for the Union, ^ free readiiu/ room for the city of Quincy was born, nnen- 
cumbcred. comfortably furnished and well oflicered. 

In the latter part of March. 1S79, it was removed to the large, airy and 
cozy room on the first floor of the new block on the corner of Sixth and 
Vermont streets. The new room embraces an area of more than 3.500 
square feet, is neatly carpeted with matting, numerous large reading t^ibles 
are interspersed at convenient intervals through the room, which are well 
supplied with the choicest cnrreut literature of the day, in the shape of 
monthlies, weeklies and dailies. The books, now nearly 500 volumes, are 
arranged in two large elegant walnut cases, and the room is thickly dotted 
with substantial and (omfortable chairs. The room is in charge of Mrs. 
Carrie Musser, an efficient librarian. By special inducements tlie Public 
Library has become an occupant of the same room, and stipulations are on 
foot to give the visitors to the reading room free use also of the books on 
its shelves, which, accomplished, will he another triumph of those philan- 
throphic women. Altogether, the place is an attraction to the aspirant for 
knowledge and moral excellence which will impel hiui or her to make it a 
common resort in whicii to while away the leisure hours in the companion- 
ship of books, and in the elevating atmosphere that pervades it. 
The room is open for at least twelve hours in every day of the year, and the 
growing appreciation of its benefits is evidenced in the fact that more than 
1,20*.^ readers visited it during the month of May, 1S79. 

The present officers are as follows: Mrs. Sarah Denraan, President; 
Mrs. J. R. Dayton, 1st vicc-President; Mrs. I. O. "Woodruff. •2d vic«-Presi- 
ileut; Mrs. J. (). Bomgardner, 3d vice-President; Mrs. G. FoUansbee. 
Recording Secretary; Mrs. Is. Bushnell, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. C. 
H. Morton, Treasurer. The Directors are Mrs. J. K. Van Doom, Mrs. J. 



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K. Davton. Mrs. J. H. Holton, Mrs. R. AV. Rowers. Mrs. J. H. Hamlin, 
Mrs. G. Follansbee. Mrs. J. C. Brickman. Mrs. Charles Miller, Mrs. J. W. 
Bouigardner. and Mrs. C. H. Morton : Miss Cornelia Collins. Mrs. Thomas 
Benneson. Mrs. J. K. Van Doom. Mrs. A. E. Keller. Mrs. E. S. Hongh- 
taline. Mrs. Z. P. Mason, and Miss Mary Chapin compose the Executive 
Committee. Thns it will be observed that the enterprise is conducted 
solelj b_v the ladies. The society pays |400 dollars a year rental, besides 
iras and heating e.-cpenses. and the salary of the librarian, yet it is free irom 
debt. It is sustained entirely by voluntary contributions, and the grand 
purpose for which it was founded, the marked success of its raan:\gement 
and the inevitable results upon the morals and intelligence of the thousands 
who avail themselves of its benefits are or should be an overwhelming ap- 
j>eal to every well-to-do citizen to contribute liberally to its support. 

QUIXCY LIBRARY. 

On the evening of March 5. 1S41. a sufficient number of persons 
having subscribed for the establishment of a public library in the city of 
Quincy. a meeting of said subscribers was held at the court-house with a 
view to arrange for and perfect an organization. Major J. H. Holton was 
called to the chair, and Lorenzo Bull was chosen Secretary. Captain E. J. 
Phillips stated the object of the meeting to be to provide for the organiza- 
tion of the subscril>ers into a Library Association. A committee of five 
persons was app^iinted to prepare a constitution and by-laws, which were 
reported, and adopted at a meeting held March 13. ISll. and at a subse- 
quent meeting. March f?0. over which Capt, E. J. Phillips presided, the 
following oflicers were elected: E. J. Phillips. President; J. X. Ralston. 
Vice-President; Lorenzo Bull. Secretary, and C. M. Woods. Treasurer; 
Andrew Johnson. W. H. Taylor. J. R Riindolph. X. Summers, and J. 
Lyman were selected for Directors. The library was first opened on the 
lithof April. IS-ll, for the receipt and delivery of books. The ch:irter of 
incorporation was granted to the association the -tth of October. ISil. 
On February 19. 1S67. the charier was amended. The first annual meeting 
of the stockholders was held in the court-house, on December 6. ISll, 
when the number of volumes reported in the library was 735. 

There are two classes of membership; annual members, who pay five 
dollars a year, this being the value of one share of stock, and they are en- 
titled to a vote on each share of st<:>ck and to all the rights conferred upon 
any member. Xo person is limited in the purchase of stock shares. On 
each share of stock is assessed a yearly tax of two dollars, payable semi- 
annually. June Ist and December 1st. Life members pay twenty-five dol- 
lars in cash or thirty dollars in books, which constitutes them stockholders 
for life, without any additional cost, and entitles the' member to one vote in 
the association and all the privileges enjoyed by any member while the 
person may live, but the membership is not transferable. Persons not 
st.:>ckholders can have access to the books of the library by the payment of 
:wo dollars for six months or three dollars a year. 

The By-laws of the association restrict the number of books to be 
drawn out by one individual at one time to two, and he is finable for re- 
taining them more than two weeks. 

The elections of the association are held annually. The present officers 
are: William McFadon, President; George W. Brown, vize-President: 



9i8 HISTORY OF ADAJlIS COL'NTY. 

James N. Sprigg, Secretary; Charles AV. Keyes, Treasurer. The Board of 
Directors, R. S. Benneson, George M. Janes, George N. Mills, Jr., Joseph 
Eobhins. and L. B. Boswell. Mrs. Lucy li. Rutherford is Librarian. 

The Quiiiey Library has had a continuous existence for nearly forty 
years, and although it has not received the uniform endorsement ande n- 
conragement from the whole i^eople, which so worthy an enterprise merits, 
and has been a burden resting mainly upon the shoulders of a few, it has 
steadily but slowly grown, increasing from one to two huudred volumes a 
year, until it now contains 4.250 volumes of choice literature. For a nuin- 
ber of years it has been located in the second story of the Wells building, 
on Fifth street, between ^[aine and Jersey; but in May, ISTlt, the library 
was removed to its present commodious and pleasant quarters, in the Free 
Reading Room, on the ground floor of the new block on the corner of 
Sixth and Vermont streets. 

As a partial tribute to the worthy departed, it is meet to close this 
sketch with the mention of the deceased Samuel Jones, to whom, perhaps, 
more tiian any other person the Quincy Library owes its birth and youthful 
life. lie was one of its early members, and one of its first Presidents, a 
long time in office, and was untiring in his zeal and labors in its behalf; 
and in the minds of those who wrought worthily with him in planting tliis 
tree of knowledge in the Gem City, his memory will ever be tenderly 
cherished. 

TUE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 

This society was organized about 1867, with abont thirty-five members. 
They fitted up superb quarters in the Wells & McFadon block, known as the 
librar}- building, on Sixth street, between Maine and Jersey, consisting of a 
reading and audience room. The reading room was nicely furnished and 
carpeted and su]>plied with the best periodicals and newspapers from all parts 
of the country. The auditorium, which connected with it by folding-door.'?. 
was carpeted witii matting and seated with chairs, and was both neat and 
commodious. For years the association held daily prayer meetings in their 
rooms, and on Sundays conducted religious services three times a day, usu- 
ally in the open air when the weather was ]ileasaut; and supported an 
active city missionarj-. It grew until it numbered a hundred members. 
The association's labors were the means of grace to many who are now pil- 
lars in the churches of the city, who date their first religious awakening to 
those daily and weekly meetings. 

Another living witness to the good results of their zealous work is the 
Levee Mission Sunday-school, whicli has been for years under the superin- 
tendency of John Wessels, one of the charter members of the association, 
and has now an enrollment of a hundred members, and is accomplishing a 
grand work for the poor children in that quarter of the city where Chris- 
tianizing influence is most needed. 

Unfortunately, in its eti'orts to extend its influence for good, the society 
beciime heavily burdened with debt, which so crippled it that it relinquished 
its rooms, sold ofl' it^ furniture and Ciirpets, and suspended active work. 

In 1876, an effort was made to reorganize, which resulted in the re- 
establishment of the prayer meetings, anil a protracted revival eifort con- 
tinuing two weeks, conducted by Dr. Munhall, of Indianapolis, held in Pink- 
ham's hall. The services were well attended and a number of conversions 
resulted: but it burdened the association with another debt which again so 



CONCLUSION. 949 

crippled it that tiiere lias been little activity since. The association still 
has a nominal existence, and John Irwin is President; John Wessels, Cor- 
responding Secretary, and L. AF. Dort, Treasurer. It is now out of debt, 
and there has been a committee appointed to confer with the ministers of 
the city with reference to reorganization. 

CHARITABLE AID AND HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIOJST. 

Tins worthy charity had its origin at a public meeting held in the court- 
house on the first day of Decemlser, 18fi9, on which occasion a committee, 
consisting of E. K. Stone, Ilenrv Alien, C. M. Pomero}', H. S. Osborn, 
Wm. Morris, M. B. Finlay, F. S.Giddings, Daniel Stahl and Wm. B. Bull, 
was selected to raise money by subscription and devise means for the re- 
lief of the poor during the approaching winter. This committee was known 
as the Relief Association, and succeeded in raising over $5.00(1 in money 
and supplies, on a general subscription, embracing nearly 400 subscribers. 
That tiiey satisfactorily performed the work of relieving some 35') families, 
outside of the aid furnished by the city, was shown by the un(|ualiiied 'en- 
dorsement of a subsequent meeting iield in the Opera House, Dec. 25, 
1870, which reinstated them unanimously. The second winter's work was 
similar except that they had only $4,000 at their disposal. During the 
winter of 1871-2 benevolent ladies of Quincy formed themselves into an 
association and undertook the work hitherto performed by the Relief As- 
sociation. Little was accomplished by them, however, until the fall of 
1873, when a majority of the members of the old Relief Association, 
together with others, twelve in all, incorporated themselves under the State 
law as the "Charitable Aid and Hospital Association," which had for its 
object both the relief of the poor and the founding of a hospital for the 
sick. Owing to the prevailing financial depression no steps were takea 
toward advancing the latter purpose, and only $3,700 was subscribed for 
the relief of the poor. The philanthropic ladies again came forward with 
united effort in the organization of the Woman's Employment Bureau, an 
auxiliary society, which rendered great assistance. The two following 
years, 1874 and 1875, the association took the contract to support the pau- 
pers of the township of Quincy for $8,000 and 200 cords of wood for ten 
months ending May 1, 1875, and for the actual cost not to exceed $12,000 
for the year, ending May 1, 1876. During these years the number of poor 
provided for by the society greatly exceeded former years, numbering an 
average of 314 persons per month for 1875-6. While the association was 
under contract to supply the physical necessities for the poor, it also en- 
deavored to generate a more healthy moral influence and to discourage 
pauperism, by exercising discretion in the distribution of its charities, 
turned its attention to bettering the 0])portunities of the children of the 
poor. 

After the expiration of the association's contract to keep the city's poor, 
its attention was directed more toward caring for the sick and afflicted. Its 
members realized the pressing demand for another hospital, in addition ti) 
St. Mai'y's Hospital, an institution doing a grand work under the control 
of the Catholics, on Broadway. Convictions and words took on the shajie 
of action, which was so liberally seconded by the public that the building 
of Blessing Hospital was put under contract in the fall of 1874, and ready 
for occupancy in May, 1875. The building and furnishings cost $12,000, 



{^50 insruKY ok auam:- ov)L.NrY. 

all of which was raised by subscription and prompth' paid, leaving the asso- 
ciation free from debt. The nosjntal is situated on Spring street, between 
tenth and eleventh streets, on grounds ample for the purpose, and has ac- 
commodations for 30 patients. It is in a healthy location, has airy and 
cheerful rooms, with modern conveniences and skillful attendant physicians; 
and the management has good success in treating patients, the supervising 
spirit being a lady of large hospital experience, under the most favorable 
circumstances. 

In April. 1S78, the hospital was turned over to a board of ten women 
m\nagers. who are selected from an t»xecutive committee of thirty five 
ladies. The present officers consist of Mrs. Sarah Denman, President; 
Mrs. Wm. Marsh. vice-Pi"esident; Mrs. Anna McMahan, Recording Sec- 
retary; Miss Lncy Bagby, Corresponding Secretary, and Miss E. B. Bull, 
Treasurer. Mrs. Get>rge W. Brown. Mrs. Rodney Lamlwrt, Mrs. Edward 
Turner. Mrs. Lewis an(i Miss M. E. Chapiu, compose the Manjiging Board. 
The association receives all alike to its opeii arms of charity, regardless 
of race, creed or color, if thei-e is any hope of their being benefitted, and 
provided they have no contiigious disease which will endanger the other 
patients, and free to all who are unable to pay and need its services; but it 
is a hospital for the sick, and not an asylum for the aged and infirm. It 
has supported during the past year 30 charity patients, 21 provided by the 
supervisor and 19 pay patients, 70 in all. some of whom have been there 
for years. It is entirely sustiiineii by private contributions, is out of debt, 
and owns the grounds, buildings and furniture. 

The membership of the association is intended to embrace all forms of 
religious opinion in the community, and in this respect to be based upon a 
foundation as broad as our common humanity. Conscientious, large-hearted 
women have undertaken to carry forward this enterprise, which appeals 
through every groan of the atfiicted and sntfering poor to the hnmanitarian 
sentiment of their more fortunate brethren. 

ST. mart's hospitax. 

Alx^ut the year 1S67 a delegation of Sisters of Charity known as the Sis- 
ters of St. Francis came to this city for the purpose of establishing a hos- 
Sital, equal to the wauts of the growing city. Ground was purchased on 
^roadway, between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets, money was raises! 
and the erection of the hospital building was commenceti. The building 
was three stories high with cut stone basement and mansard roof, the 
structure costing $35,000. After the completion of the building the hos- 
pital was openea and the Sisters commenced their gi.iod work of minister- 
ing to the sick and relieving distressed unfortunates. All without regani 
to nationality or religion are admitteil. The hospital is conducte<l by 
eleven Sisters of Ciiarity. Sister Emerentia having charge of the institution. 
The year lS7t> an addition was erected, at a cost of $11,000. to meet the 
increasing demands upon the charity of the hospital. During that year 
345 persons were admitted. The number who have received the benefits 
of the institution the past year is greater than that of any year previous. 

QUIXCY WORKHOUSE. 

About the year lSt>5, the authorities of the city of Quiucy deemed it ad- 
visable to utilize the vjigrant and petty criminal element of her citizens by 
erecting a workhouse, where law-breakers could be confineil and at the same 



CONCLUSION. 951 

time become in a measure self-supportingby being compelled to work for their 
bread, as do the law-abiding people outside. Accordingly, steps were taken 
toward that end, which resulted in the purchase bv the city of over seven 
aci-es of land, and the erection of a one-story stone building on Front street, 
not far from the southern boundary of the city. The purchase extends on 
to the blutf and embraces extensive limestone quarries. AYhen these petty 
criminals are an-ested and convicted of au offense whose penalty is either 
line or confinement in jail, or both, the criminals are incarcerated in the 
Workhouse and put to work upon the stone pile, either at breaking for 
macadam, or dressing rock for crossings or guttering. They are under the 
supervision of a superintendent who sees they are kept at work and gives 
each one credit for ^I for every day's labor performed, the amount being 
applied toward liquidating the assessed fine, or shortening the term of con- 
finement in jail. The experiment was found to work well in two ways; it 
has tl\e eftect to deter, in a measure, that somewhat numerous class of evil- 
disposed indigent persons who have a holy horror of work, from committing 
the crimes which, upon conviction, necessitate them to labor; and it fur- 
nishes large quantities of material for street improvements, as is shown by 
tlie figures from the report of the Superintendent for the last fiscal year. 
He contracts with the city to board and superintend the jirisoners for a 
specified sum; and the proceeds of their labor is the property of the city. 

A number of years ago another more ample, two-story stone building 
was erected near the first. The number of pauper criminals thus rendering 
the municipality a valuable service at one time, by working their passage 
from the felon's cell to God's open air of freedom varies from one to twelve. 
And the results of the past year, as shown by the report, are: 1,-1:72 loads of 
macadiun, wofth sixty cents per load; 92 loads of rock for crossing, worth a 
dollar per load; 37ti loads of riprap, worth fifty cents per load; and 279 
loads of gutter stone, worth a dollar per load, which shows an aggregate 
yearly revenue from this source of $1,442.20. L. M. Pittman is Superin- 
tendent; J. H. Cavolt, Assistant Superintendent. 

HOTELS. 

Quincy is well supplied with hotels and boarding houses, many o. 
them first-class buildings and excellent in appointments and accommoda 
tioiis. The leading hotels are the Tremont, tiie Quincy. the Wilson, the 
Furlong, the Occidental, and the Pacific. xVccording to the estimates 
made the arrivals at the hotels named toot up for the year over 55,000. 

The Tremont, Louis Miller, proprietor, has recently been enlarged and 
improved. The house has 125 rooms and the employes number 75. The 
arrivals average thirty per day. 

The Quincy was materially improved recently, a large sum having 
been expended in repairs. It is under the management of Miller & Lee, 
experienced hotel men. It has 100 rooms and employs 27 persons, and 
averages twenty arrivals per day. 

The Occidental, T. Rogers, proprietor, on Hampshire street, does an 
extensive business, receiving a large patronage from the country. Its reg- 
ister shows more arrivals than any other hotel in the city. There are six- 
teen employes, S-l rooms, and the arrivals aver.age 75 per day. 

The Wilson, owned by James Wilson, is conducted upon the European 
plan, the oidy house exclusively of that system in town. There are 26 
rooms and fonrteen employes. The arrivals average twelve per day. 



ilo2 UlsTUKY OF AUASIS COL'^TV. 

The Furloiio:, James Furloug, proprietor, on Maine, near Sixtli, is one 
of the popular houses of the cit}-. The arrivals for the year average ten 
per day. Tlie building contains 25 rooms, and gives employment to fifteen 
persons. 

The Pacific, H. Moecker, proprietor, is located on the levee, convenient 
to the depot, and offers excellent accommodations. There are 25 rooms 
and eleven employes. The arrivals average fifteen daily. 

The other hotels in Quiiicy, are the following: 

Palmer House, 625 and 627 Maine. 

P>:i]lard House, O. T. Ellis, proprietor, 70 North Fourtli. 

Currier House. -16 Front. 

Depot House, 45 North Front. 

Franklin House, J. F. Gant, proprietor, 58 and 60 Xorth Fifth. 

Kentucky House, Louis Lantz, proprietor, 212 and 214 Maine. 

Missouri House, Theodore Featheringill, proprietor, Hampshire and 
Third. 

Pennsylvania House, Dr. Fitzpatriok. proprietor, 531 Hampshire. 

Sl>ertnan House, Jas. P\'rgusoii, proprietor. Front and Vermont. 

St. Joe House, J. D. Hoffiueister, proprietor, 310 Hampshire. 

Union House, John Hogan, proprietor, 44 Front. 

THE EXPRESS BUSINESS. 

Two express companies, tlie American and the United States, have 
offices in the city, one agent, F. C. Fargo, njanaging the business for both 
corporations. The American does the express business of all the lines of 
the C, B. & Q., the H. ct St. Joe, and the United States of the "Wabash. 

MANUFACTORIES. 

There is no subject more appropriate for the closing chapter of this vol- 
ume than the manufacturing interests of the county, and particularly the 
city of Quincy. The "Gem City" stands in the front rank with the cities 
of Illin jis in this feature of industry. As compared with other points 
Quincy possesses superior advantages for manufacturing purposes. It is 
abundantly supplied with water and fuel, and her extensive railroad system 
aflbrds rare opportunities for collecting raw material and distributing the 
manufactured goods. There are four leading lines which are particularly 
prominent: the flouring mills, the stove foundries, the tobacco factories 
land the breweries. 

Notwithstanding tlie Scripture declaration that man cannot live by bread 
alone, it is equally true that it forms an important ingredient of human 
diet, a fact which the early settlers of Adams county fully realized and 
provided for. 

The first primitive grist mill was established as early as 1S24. During 
the five or six loUowing yeai's several horse power mills were established in 
difierent parts of the county. In 1S31 J. T. Holmes and N. Pitkin started 
the first steam flouring mill in Quincy, at the foot of Ohio street. So 
prosperous has the manufacture ot" flour proven that the city now boasts of 
thirteen large flouring mills, besides a number of first-class flouring mills, 
throughout the county, prominent amoui; which are the Casco Mills, at 
Camp Point and Clayton, the property of AVin. L. Oliver. 

riie amount of grain converted into breadstufls in these thirteen estab- 
lishments in Quinc3' is almost incredible. 



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Eagle Mills, one of the oldest establishments in the city, is located on 
Broadway, between Olive and Second streets, and is conducted by the vet- 
eran miller. H. S. Osborn. ably assisted by Rod. Lambert and Henry Meis- 
ser. Duriuir the year they ground :2f?3,Sll bushels of wheat and manufac- 
tured 4^.956 barrels of flonr. for which they found a ready market throngh- 
ont the country. They employ thirteen hands. 

Caste] Mills. Graves A: Whitman proprietors, is another old and pop- 
ular mill, located on Front street, just opposite the passenger depot. The 
mill has been running for a quarter of a century or more. It has a capac- 
ity of 100.000 barrels annually. 

Tellico Mills, owned and operated by Dick Bros., is located near the 
corner of Front and Delaware streets, and is one of the largest and best in 
the country, and has a capacity of 300 barrels of flour in 24 honrs. Its 
fluur has gained a wide reputation throush the North, East, Sonth ar^d 
West- 
Center Mills, located on the corner of Jei*sey and Front streets. 
This is an old mill, and the name of Allen & Whyers, the proprietors, is a 
guarantee of the excellence of its production. 

Quincy Mills, corner of Xinth and Vermont street. Moenning Bros, 
proprietors, were in operation steadily the past year and ground 52.000 
bushels of wheat. 3.000 bushels of rye, and mauufactui-ed 13.000 barrels of 
wheat and 600 barrels of rye flonr. This mill has a fine reputation and the 
flonr is eagerly sought after. 

Broadway Mills. — Owen Thom ife Co.. proprietors of the above mills, 
have only been grinding wheat since March 1st, 1S77, yet they manufactured 
3,000 barrels of flour and handled 30,000 bushels of wheat. The firm 
make a speciality of corn meal, and have this year ground 5,000 barrels of 
meal, for which they find ready sale. 

City Mills, corner of Eighth and Kentucky streets. Knollenberg, Waver- 
ing & Co. proprietors, ground during the year 60.000 bushels of wheat and 
manufactured 12.500 barrels of flour. This mill h;is only been in operation 
alxmt four years, bnt it has already gained a gi.iod reputation for making 
first-class flonr. 

Gem City Mill, C. S. Gove A: Son proprietors, was established in July, 
1S76. The firm make a specialty of flour and meal, and ground 3.900 
bushels of wheat and 3.000 bushels of corn, and made 6S0 barrels of flour 
and 150,000 pounds of meal. 

Tiie Royal Mill is located on South Seventh street, between Maine and 
Hampshire, and makes a specialty of corn meal and hominy. The mill 
ground 24,000 bushels of corn and manufactured 325.000 pounds of meal 
and 600 barrels of hominy in a single year. This is the only mill in the 
city making hominy, in which it has a large trade. This mill also deals 
largely in feed. 

Farmers' ^lills. — Tl-is establishment, owned by Moenning tfe Weltin, 
located on Fourth street, between Maine and Hampshire, is well known, at 
home and abroad, for the excellence of the flour manufactured. The Farm- 
ers Mills" brands are quoted among the highest in the principal markets 
of the country and are always in demand. The mill was burned August 
11, 1S76, and was rebuilt and commenced operation ag;iin on the 10th of 
November, that year. They grind wheat, corn and rye in large quantities. 

City Spring. — The City Spring Mills of Hunnerwadel & Ringier, on 
Sixth, between Vork and Kentuckv. The mill is first-class and the brands 



954 HISTOHY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

of flour popular wlierever kuown. Tlieir capacity is 100 barrels in 24 hours. 
The proprietors have a demand for all they can manufacture. 

The Star Mill, owned by VandenBoom ife Wewers, is doing a thriving 
business, and has a capacity of lOU barrels of flour in 24 hours. 

The People's Mill, George Miller proprietor, makes a specialty of man- 
ufacturing corn meiil, and does an increasing business. 

These mills draw chiefly upon Illinois, Missouri and Kansas for their 
suj)plies of grain, and ship the immense quantity of their products to all 
points of the compass, much of them going east and South and to Chicago. 

STOVES. 

This city was one of the flrst in the Western country to engage in stove 
manufacturing. The first foundry was started in the year 1S46, through 
the enterprise of Allen Comstock. The business flourished and the little 
pioneer Stove Works has grown into tiie extensive Phcenix Foundry, one 
of the first in the country. There are four firms, of which this is the 
parent, engaged in manufacturing, all doing a large trade. 

The Phoenix stove foundry of Comstock, Castle & Co., leads in volume 
of business. About 20,000 stoves are manufactured a year, and the firm 
find the demand about equal to their supply. The value of the product of 
the year is nearly $250,000. One hundred and ten to one luindred and 
twenty-five men are employed at the works and make 200 tons of stoves 
and ware per month. Tlie Phoenix stoves come into competition with the 
bestof other cities and never fail to come oft' with credit to Qnincy. 

Bonnet, Dufty & Co.. manufacturers of stoves, ranges and hollow- 
ware, now located on the corner of Fifth and Ohio streets, are one of the 
leading firms in the West. The house was established in 1S66. by Bonnet 
«i: Dutfv, and employed 2S men that year. They now employ over 70 
men, 36 molders. They are just completing a large new brick building 
on the river bank. South Front street, containing a molding room, S6 
by 125 feet area, and a warehouse, 40 by 120 feet, and five stories high, 
into which they will remove in 'July, when they expect to increase the 
volume of their business at least one-fourth. They melt 1,200 tons of 
iron a year. 

Thomas White's Stove Works, on the corner of Fifth and York, was 
established in 1S60, by the firm of Bonnet, Dufty & White. The latter 
became sole proprietor in lSt>5. The building is 100 by 165 feet, and 
three stories and basement. He employs 40 men and melts four tons of 
iron per day, turning out 9.000 stoves and ranges a year. His sales run 
about $80,000 i>er annum. 

Excelsior Stove Works. — This well-known stove foundry, located on 
Delaware street, continues to hold its own. The works were started many 
years ago and established a reputation t'or excellence of work, second to 
none. The business the past year has been prosperous. A large number 
of men were employed, it melts SOO tons of iron annually. 

TOBACCO. 

The tobacco manufacturing interest in Quincy having had its birth 
during the late war, has grown to mammoth dimensions, and yields an 
immense revenue to the city and furnishes occupation for a large number 
of laborers. The manufacturing is chiefly comprised in four large estab- 
lishments: The Gem City Plug Tobacco Works, the Empire Plug To- 



coxcLusioN. 955 

bacco Worts, the Empire Fine Cut Factory and Joel Harris' Sous Plug 
Tobacco Works. 

The Gem City Ping Tobacco Works, the first in point of age and one 
of the largest ping tobacco factories in this country, was established in 
1S62, by Turner Vauhoni & Co. Their factory is located on South Front 
street; the building is 70 by 200 feet, four stories high. The first year the 
concern employed 00 hands and produced 300.000 pounds a year. The 
business has steadily increased, and they now work 250 hands and turn 
out 160,000 pounds per month, and are unable to fill their orders. Their 
sales aggregate $750,000 yearly. 

The Empire Plug Tobacco Works, situated on Fifth street and Ohio 
avenue, and second in order of age. were founded by Daniel Harris and 
Albert Beebe. in 1S67. though Mr. Harris had conducted the business in 
a small way since 1S62. The business of the firm grew so rapidly that 
in 1S76 they had 700 employes, a working capital of $300,000, and pro- 
duced 2,300.000 pounds of plug tobacco. The company paid the Govern- 
ment for stamps that year $750,000. The factory is now owned and run 
by T. J. Mackoy, who employs 150 hands and turns out 75,000 pounds a 
month. 

The Empire Fine Cnt Tobacco Factory, Wellman & Dwire proprie- 
tors, is situated on Payson avenue, between Fourth and Fifth streets. It 
s the only exclusive tine cut works in this part of the country, the largest 
west of Cincinnati, and was established by Harris, Beebe & Co., in 1S75. 
The building is 60 by 100 feet, seven stories. It is suppKed with the most 
approved machinery, works 125 hands, and produces 80,000 pounds of fine 
cnt and smoking tobacco per month. In May of this year they turned 
out 160.000 pounds. Trade constantly increasing. 

Joel Harris' Sons, Plug Tobacco Works, 29 and 30 North Front street, 
opposite the Union Depot, is the youngest member of the tobacco family, 
having been established January 1, 1S79. It employs 200 hands and man- 
ufactures SO.OOO pounds of plug tobacco per month. Their sales extend to 
the Pacific coast, and average about $30,000 monthly. 

BREWERIES. 

The brewing business of Quincy surpasses that of any city of its size 
in the country. The first brewery was started by Anton Delabar. in 1S37, 
and was burned the same year. Others followed in succession, until there 
are now five firms engaged in the business in the city limits and one a mile 
north. The leading establishment is that of 

Dick Brothers Quincv Brewing Company, situated on the corner of 
Ninth and York streets. It is one of the largest in the West, and has 
some hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in buildings and business. 
They employ a large force of men. and have a brewing capacity of 10,000 
barrels of beer a year, though they make less. They ship their beer as far 
west as Colorado, and south to Texas, in their own refrigerator cars. Last 
year's business was $150,000. 

Rufl' Brothers & Co.'s establishment is next in size, and produces 
about one-half as ranch per year as the Dicks' concern. 

J. Luther ik Co., Washington Brewery, John M. Euths, Eber Brothers 
and F. X. Schill — a mile and a half above the city — have all brewing estab- 
lishments of considerable capacity, producing from 1,100 to 3,000 barrels 
a vear. 



950 HISTORY OK AUAMS COUNTY. 



MACHINE SHOPS. 



The city is well supplied with foundries and machine shops. The 
establishments rank with the first in the country, and compete in western 
work with the oldest and largest shops of the principal cities. John Will- 
iams & Co., Smith, llavner & Co. and the Gardner works, will compare 
in extent and qu-dity of work with any similar linns in the West. 

One of the most complete machine shops and foundries is that of John 
Williams ife Co., on Front street. The tirm manufacture all kinds of ma- 
chinery, but make a specialty of steam engines, railroad and bridge work, 
in which they compete with the largest establishments of the country. For 
years past they have tilled large orders for railroads and bridges in Mis- 
souri, Kansas and other Western States. Their work has the reputation of 
being iirst-class. About seventy men are employed and the business will 
aggregate about ^35,00(> a year. 

The t\>undrv and machine shops of Smith, Hayner & Co., on Fifth 
street, near Ohio, is one of the oldest establishments of the kind in the cit\-. 
The specialty of the tirm is steam engines, in which they do a large busi- 
ness. Their work is of the best. The aggregate of the business for the 
year is about $7.5,000. Thirty men are emplo^-ed in the works. 

R. W. Gardner, known not only in this country but in Europe as the 
inventor and manufacturer of the celebrated Gardner Governor, the most 
important of all inventions for steam engines, has his foundry and shops at 
the corner of Fifth anil Oliio streets, which give employment to 33 men. 
For the twelve months he manufactured over 1,200 governors. The demand 
increases each year. The purchasers were from all parts ot the United 
States and abroad, some of tiie orders being from Australia. New machin- 
ery is being added to the foundry and he e.xpects to manufacture more ex- 
tensively the coming year than ever before. 

CARRIAGES AND WAGONS. 

One of the most important branches of manufacturing in this city is 
that of carriage and wagon making. The business is conducted on a large 
scale, one of the lirms being one of the largest and best in the Union. 

E. M. iliNer & Co. — One ot the most extensive manufacturing estab- 
lishments in the western country is the carriage factory of E. M. Miller A: 
Co., on Sixth street. The firm occupy three large first-class brick build- 
ings, erected by them, and carry on the business on an immense scale, run- 
ning the year through. The business of the firm was started 21 years ago, 
in an old barn, employing ten men, and grew rapidly year by year. Tlie 
firm make all styles of buggies and carriages, hearses and omniluises. In 
the latter thev ])robably excel any other manufacturers in the country. 
They fill orde^ for the Eastern States, for Canada, for the South and South- 
west and do a large business in the Western Territories and in California. 
One hundred and fifty hands are emjJoyed. 

Ilynes ct Co., southeast corner F^ifth and Jersey streets, com- 
menced business in a small way in ISOO, on Sixth street, between 
Maine and Jersey, the tirm at that time being Ilynes & Moore, 
and continued under the same style until the death of Mr. Moore, 
which occurred recently. John A. Lenox, known to the trade for the pa^t 
twenty-five years, is now connected with this house. They have a capacity 
of running seventy-five hands. They make a special point on the quality 



CONCLUSION. 957 

of tlie work wliicli they turn out, and wliotluu- it be an elegant family car- 
riage or a ])lHin open buggy the material and workmanship will always be 
found to be of the very best. Tiiey have given considerable attention dur- 
ing the past season to tiie manufacture (jf the stylish side-bars. Messrs. 
llynes & Co. are making ail classes of family carriages, two-seated car- 
riages, open and top buggies, phaetons, etc. Tiiis iirm employ only the 
most skillful workmen, and many of their finer carriages and buggies are 
maile Irom original designs. They are jirepared to make any desired style 
of liuggy or carriage to order on short notice. They have made a specialty 
of manufactui'ing vehicles of all kinds to order from s|)ecial designs, and 
this feature forms an important branch of their business. 

W. T. & E. A. Ilogers own and operate a large wagon manufactory 
on the corner of Fourth and Oak streets and make a lai'ge number of wag- 
ons nnnually. The Rogers wagons have been in good demand wheriwer 
they have been introduced, competing successfully with those manufactured 
elsewhere. Tiie firm have the reputation of doing good work, their vvaii;ons 
being durable and ligiit-running, and possessing advantages not found in 
those of other factories. One thousand wagons are manufactured and sold 
a year, the demand being about e([ual to the sup])ly. From tweiitytivo to 
sixty persons are em])loyed in the factory. 

,J. Koenig and Lulirs & Wayne are also engaged in the tnanufacture 
of carriages and buggies in the city, and turn out a considerable ijuantity 
of work. 

TUE VANDIVKR ColiN IT.ANTKK COMPANY Ol'' (JUINCY. 

Tins company was incorporated under State laws in 1S70, and have 
been conducting a very large and successful business since its organization. 
Its officers are Edward (i. ('astle, President; Joseph (1 Barlow, Superin- 
tendent and Secretary. 

The company manufacture tJie celebrated Vandiver, Quincy and Harhnv 
Rotary Corn Planters. The latter planter, tiie invention of Mr. Jos. C. 
]^arlow, combines entirely new features, such as showing tlie corn three 
liiils in advance, etc. 

Tlieir products anu)unt to Ijetween three and four thousand planters 
annually and one hundred men find employment at their extensive works, 
while their j)laiiters find sale in all ])arts of the United States and foreign 
countries. 

This concern is a credit to* the city of Quincy, and its officers and 
members represent the leading business men of the city. 

ORGANS. 

The Whitni^v it Holmes Organ Co., established in 18<iS, and incor- 
porated March, 187(1, employes 40 men and turns out $150,000 worth of 
organs annually. Has $50,000 capital invested in business with a large 
wholesale trade, extending to every State in the Union. Tiie business of 
the company is under the management of August II. Whitney, the founder 
of the business of organ manufacturing in Quincy. 

THE OEM CITY l-ATEK MILL, 

R. F. Newcomb proprietor, is one of the important manufacturing 
institutions of Quincy. Mr. Newcomb has been running the mill since 
Marcii, 1872, and its business lias steadily increased. Straw wrajiping and 
board jiapers are the exclusive products, of which an average of ten tons 
])er day are made, employing 50 hands. 



95S HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 



FCRNrrCKE AND CHAIRS. 



The luanntactnre of furniture ami cliair* has become one of the leading 
branches of industry in Quincy. Several firms are engaged in the business 
and give employment to a large number of men and boys. The trade 
reaches over $300,000. 

F. W. Jansen «.t Co. have one of the largest furniture mannfactories 
in the country. It is located on the corner of Washington and Front 
streets, and is one of the most important factories ot the city. Tiie factory 
gives emplovment to 125 persons, and turns out some of the finest work 
sold in the west. In the last few ye^rs the finer and better grades of fur- 
niture have been manufactured here, and Jansen & Co. have made a suc- 
cess in that line. The furniture of the new court-house all c;ime from their 
manufiictory, and is acknowledged by all to be a credit to the firm. Jansen 
& Co. have recently opened two branch houses, one at Dallas and the other 
at Sherman, Texas. 

II. A. Vandenboom & Co., manufacturers of chairs and bedsteads, on 
the corner of Tenth and Vermont streets, have recently opened a branch 
house at Dallas, Texas, which is supplying that section of country. Tliey 
emplov sixty men constantly in the manufactory, and tnrn out a large 
amount of work. The chairs and bedsteads made by this firm are equal, if 
not superior, to any in the market. 

W. C. Powers iV: Co., No. 602 M^aine street are doing a splendid 
business both at wholesale and retail. This firm also does considerable in 
the manufacturing of fine goods and have a force of experienced hands con- 
stantly employed. 

F. Duker is one of the old manufacturers of furniture, having been in 
business for many years. He employs six persons. He carries a good 
stock of furniture of all kinds. 

PLAXIXG MILLS. 

Quincy has si.x of tlie best and most complete planing mills to be 
found in the West. They are all filled with new and improved machinery, 
and turn out a large amount of work annually. They make a specialty of 
building material snch as doors, sash, blinds, refrigerators, tobacco boxes, etc. 

Mulliner i.V- Beebe are located on South Fourth street, between Jersey 
and York, and are doing a large business. They furnish employment to 20 
men and boys, and turn out large qu.antities of building material, tobacco 
boxes, together with their unequaled refrigerators, for whicJi they have a 
high reputation. 

Hauworth, (Vr ct Hodgdon, well-known contractors and builders, and 
proprietors of the Fourth Street Planing Mill. Manufacture doors, sash, 
blinds, etc., and annually turn out large quantities of material of all kinds. 
They furnish employment to a large number of men and boys. 

Menke, Grimm ».V: Co. are an old and long-established firm, having 
been engaged in the business for many years. Their mill is located on 
Hampshire street, between Eighth and Ninth. They employ 30 hands. 
They manufacture the celebrateti Eagle Kefrigerators, together with candy 
boxes, packing cases and building material. 

Pfansohmidt & Co., lumber yard and planing mill on the corner of 
Fifth and Ohio Streets, emplov 25 men, and have one of the best mills in 
the city. They do a large bnsiness in tobacco boxes, sash, doors, blinds, 
and packing cases. 



©ONCLrsiox. 959 

Larkworthy <fc Bnrge's shops and mill are located on Vermont, between 
Fourth and Fifth. Thev do a s^neral planing mill bnsineis. and in addition 
are one of the larsrest contracting firms in the citv, furnishing emplovment 
to a large nnnil>er of men. Thev are the contractors who erected the new 
Adams County Court-house. They also erected the new Tremont House 
building on Hamjishire street. The firm have taken a prominent place 
among Quincy c.">niractors. and are incjeasing their trade annually. 

Peter H. Meyer, another well-known builder, has a planing mill and 
shops located on Ninth street, between Ohio and Payson avenue. He is a 
large contractor, and erected a large number of fine residences and stores in 
Quincy during the past few years, among iheni the new Presbyterian 
churtjii. He makes ail his own sash, doors, etc. used in his buildings. 
He employs a large force of men, and has gained a reputation for doing 
gy:>i:>d work. 

TRFXXS iKD SATCHELS. 

Quincy now has two of the largest and most important trunk and 
satchel manuiactories in the West, They employ a number of hands and 
do business amotmtins to ^35.C»00 annuallv. 



Brickmaking is a branch of industry extensively engaged in by a num- 
ber of enter;iris:ng business firms who do a large business, running from 
-IjVi.ih'm. :■• .^.iVxj.iXVt a year each. 

TIXWAKE. 

Seven.; firms are engaged in the manntactnre of tinware, who do an 
extensive business. The business gives employment to a large number of 
workmen. In work, the Quincy manuiacturers compete successfully with 
the houses of other cities. Among the most prominent firms are J. Sey- 
mour Castle, 432 Maine street, who does a large business in tinware and 
stoves. He is one of the most extensive mana£iietnrers of tinware in the 
West 

L. D. White. Hampshire street, has also an extensive business, one 
feature of which is a wholes;\le trade in tinners" supplies. 

Schupp & Co., J. J. Grant. Geoi^ Fischer, and others are also doing 
considerable in the trade. 

SADDLES AXD HAKSESS. 

The mannfactare of saddles and harness is carried on in this city on a 
large scale. The firms engaged in it do an extensive and profitable busi- 
ness, supplyiuff a large territory surrounding Quincy. 

John B. Kreitz employs twelve men. and turns out during the year a 
large quantity of fine harness and saddles. A feature of his business was 
the manufacture of heavy truck harness, in which he had a large trade. 
His work recommends itself. Other features of his establishment are the 
fine English saddles, and what is known as the patent Guthrie saddle. 

John L. Koch manufactures saddles, harness, collars, whips, etc, and 
is the agent of the celebrated Jacksonville drovers' whip. His work is 
first-cJai*, and he makes it a point to satisfy his patrons. 

A. B. Wilhelm has one of the finest establishments in the city, and 
turns out a large quantity of work. He makes a specialty of fine work. 

Thomas R Dnrant does a lai^ business in manufacturing harness and 



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to fiw neti xmi devoid lumsi^ priadpallT to fiae onia^ &r>d ^:Ii:^ 
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far the past ihirtT vearss asd bax^e a lai^ trade. 

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962 HISTOKY OF APAMS COUNTT. 

bv adding a retail department. The house was established in 1864; opened 
the wholesale business in 1ST3. Thev ciu-ry a full and coiuplete line of 
iroods of all kinds, which have been purchased from first hands. Thev em- 
ploy forty men, including traveling salesmen, who make frequent trips 
through "the States of Illinois. Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. 

WHOLESALE NOTIONS. 

Jacob Mever & Brother have the only e.xclusive wholesale notion house 
in the city. It was e^tablisheil in 1867. They keep from six to eight trav- 
eling salesmen on the road, and have the largest notion trade outside of 
Chicago and St. Louis in the West. 

GKOCERIE.S. 

No branch of business in Quincy has flourished more successfully or 
increased with greater rapidity than the grocery trade. But a few years 
have elapsed since the wholesale grocery establishments were confined to 
two or three, whose annual sales did not aggregate more than a quart*?r of a 
million; but uow we boast of five wholesale houses and over one hundred 
retail houses, whose annual sales will foot up several millions. Among 
the leading wholesale houses may be mentioned the old reliable firm of 
Meyer i!t Kespohl, established in 1S69, occupying the elegant three-story 
building on Third street between llampshire and ^'ermont. The firm have 
nine employes, including two traveling salesmen, who have large trades ex- 
tending over the States of Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. The firm carry 
a stock second to none in the West. They buy direct from first hands, 
and hold out superior induceiiients to buyers. 

W. S. Wartield. another of the old houses, is located on Third street, 
just si>utli of Hampshire. This is one of the oldest and most solid firms 
in the West, having been established for many years. He furnishes em- 
ployment to fifteen men, three of whom are constantly engaged in travel- 
ing' in the States of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. In addition to a full line 
of staple and fancy groceries he carries a large stock of tobacco. 

S. E. Seger, well known in tliis vicinity as the pioneer grocer of Quincy, 
bavins been engaged in the business as far back as goes the mind i>f the 
oldest inhabitant, is still enjoying a splendid trade. He employs seven 
men, including three traveling salesmen, who all have large trades through 
Illinois and Missouri. His stock of groceries and liquors is second to none. 
His store is one of the largest and most commodious in the West. 

Austin & Manson are still doing a splendid business at 317 Hampshire 
street, where they have been located for many years. They employ five 
men but do no traveling. The greater portion of their trade lies within one 
hundred miles of Quincy. while their home trade is envied them by many 
of the larger houses. Tiieir store room is large and commodious, and is 
well filled with an extensive and carefully selected stock of goods. 

The Oriental Tea Company was established in the Dutcher Block, on 
Hampshire street, the latter part of November, 1876, and has succeeded 
in building up a splendid trade. The firm does business, both wholesale 
and retail, upon a strictly cjish basis. They buv for cash, and sell the same 
way. By so doing they are enabled to oflPer superior inducements to 
purchasers. The firm is a branch of a Chicago house. 



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Qr.incv has now some of the most extensive clothing- houses of any city 
in the western country, and has merchants wiio have been ei\i::ai:;e(l in the 
business for many years. Tliey carry immense stocks with whicli to sup- 
ply their already large and rapidly increasing trade. 

J. D. Levy I'ir Co. still head the list, and are among the very largest 
dealers in t-lntinng in the western country. They are still occupying the 
large four-story building, corner of llampshire street and Market 8i[uare. 
They emplny ten men and five or six traveling salesmen. Their trade lies 
in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. The tirm are not only 
large dealers, but are extensive manufacturers, having one of the largest 
factories in the East. They import all tine goods direct, and have an 
otiice at Leipzig, Germany. ^ 

Joseph Stern & Sons, have otie of the oldest and best clothing houses in 
the city. They began business here many years ago, and soon gained a large 
trade, which they have been adding to ever since. The tirm have a 
large jobbing trade in Illinois and Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. 
Their traveling salesmen are rapidly extending their trade. 

Joseph Meyer is among the heaviest jobbers of clothing in the city. 
His jobbing trade is largely distributed over the States of Illinois and 
Missouri. 

n.\TS AND CAPS. 

In the hat and cap trade we have both dealers and manufacturers, who 
carry large and well-assorted stocks, that will compare with the first 
houses in the West. The merchants in tliis branch of business are both 
enterprising and energetic, and keep stocks fully equal to those carried by 
many of the eastern houses. 

Wood Hros., the only exclusive jobbing house in the city, occupy the 
large storerooms in the wholesale block. Nos. 30 and 32 North Third 
street. The house was established in lSt)2. They rank among the very 
lirst of our jobbing houses, and carry as full a line of hats, caps, and gloves 
as can be found anywhere. They employ eight men, including five trav- 
eling salesmen. Their trade lies mostly in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Illi- 
nois, and Nebraska. 

Peter ife Schnarr, wholesale dealers in hats, caps, straw goods, furs, 
gloves and mittens, 34 and 36 Third street. This house was established in 
186S, and, through fair and honorable dealing, have worked their way up 
from a small retail store to one of the leading houses, in their line, in the 
West. Sii'.ce Jan. 1, their sales have been largely in excess of any previous 
season. Their goods are to be seen with the best inerchantsin Illinois, 
Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. 

BOOTS ANn SHOES. 

Quincy can boast of some of the largest and most complete boot and 
shoe houses of aviv cit}' in the West, outside of ('hicago. They are all of the 
very first order, carry large amounts of goods, and are directed by men 
having business experience. 

Kingsbury, Blasland & Co., manufacturers and jobbers of boots and 
shoes, 30 and 32 Third street. Few cities in the West, Chicago and St. 
Louis excepted, can point to snch an establishment as the wholesale boot 
and shoe house of Kingsbury, Blasland & Co., a firm consisting of A. B. 
Kingsbury, S. A. Blasland, and C. S. Wyckoft". The house was established 



964 HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

in ISiO, bv E. K. Stone. In 1855, A. B. Kingsbnry became connected 
with the house, the tirni being E. K. Stone & Co. In 1866, L. E. Kings- 
burv succeeded Mr. Stone, and the tirin was changed to Kingsbury Bros., 
which continued until after the death of L. E. Kingsbury, in 1S73, when 
the present lirin was formed. They sell largely in Illinois. Iowa, Missouri, 
and Kansas, and are doing a large and prosperous business. Sales run 
from $400,000 to 8500,000 per annum. 

Upham, Gordon efe Co.. wholesale and retail dealers of boots and shoes, 
are locjited at 411 Hampshire street. This is the oldest boot and shoe 
house in the city, having been established by C. Brown Jr. & Co., in 
1852. Mr. Gordon became a partner in the tirm in 1871. They employ 
two traveling salesmen in the interest of the wholesale department. Sales, 
$150,000 a year. 

BOOKS AND STATIOXERY. 

Dayton & Arthur, 426 and 428 Maine street, have the oldest, and the 
only wholesale book and stationery house in Quincy. It was established 
in 1837, by W. D. Skillman. and after having passed through several hands 
as a retail store, it was purciiased in 1S50 by'j. E. Dayton, the senior part- 
ner ot the present lirm. It continued constantly to increase its business 
until 1868, when I. H. Arthur was admitted as a member of the tirm, 
since wliieh time the business has steadily increased. An extensive jobbing 
trade from Illinois and adjoining States, has made this house prominent 
among the business interests of the city. 

DRUGS. 

Sonimer. Lynds iV: Co., wholesale druggists. Third street, north of 
Hampshire, is one of the heaviest drug liouses in Illinois. Mr. Sommer 
started in the business in 1857. The tirm located at their point in 1875. 
Their business requires live floors of a building 40 by 100 feet. Their trade 
extends as far as Western Kansas, and runs $300,000 a year. 

Kogers A: Montgomery, opposite, the park, on Hampshire street,- 
started in the business in ]8rf4. Their trade has grown each year. The 
jobbing department was established in 1861. They have a tine store, and 
trade in both departments is heavy. 

HARDWARE AND IRON. 

So constant has been the growth of the West, and so unceasing is the 
demand for material, tools, implements, etc., that it has required no 
little effort on the part of hardware and iron merchants to keep pace 
with the march of trade. The Quincy jobbers and dealers, however, have 
been found equal to the emergency, and their supplies have at all times 
been equal to the demand. Not only do they carry the requisite quality, 
but their stocks have been so satisfactory to interior merchants that trade 
in this line has marked a steady increase. 

Coxe & Coxe, wholesale and retail dealers in shelf hardware, nails, axes, 
and cutlery. They have not only succeeded in holding their t>wn. but have 
extended the trade until their travelin<; salesmen can now be found selling 
all through Illinois. Iowa, Missouri. Kansas, and Nebraska. At present 
they give employment to eleven men, three of whom are constantly engaged 
in traveling over the States above named. This is one of the oldest houses 
in Quincy ."having tirst been established by L. & C. II. Bull, in 1833, and 
has been a hardware house ever since. They carry an assortment of goods 
second to none in the western country. Their four-storj' building with 



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warehouse attaclied. contains a fnll and complete stock of all goods usually 
found in a first-class house of this kind. 

G. J. Cottrell is among the leading jobbers in the citv. He employs 
nine men, two of whom are constantly upon the road and selling large quan- 
tities of goods in Illinois. Iowa, Missouri, and Texas. He carries a full 
line of shelf hardware and tinners' stock. 

Lemley Bros, is another of the solid houses of Quincy. Their place of 
business is :217, 1219 and 2'21 ilaine street. They make a specialty of iron, 
steel, wagon and carriage wood material, and m-e the only house in the city 
dealing exclusively in this class of goods. Their store is a model of con- 
venience, having been built expressly for the purpose. There is a driveway 
entirely through the building, so that goods are handled but once instead of 
two or three times. They have everything necessary for the rapid trans- 
action of business. They employ eleven men, including iwo traveling 
salesmen. 

H. ifc J. H. Tenk, wholesale and retail dealers in hardware, are still 
doing business at 512 Maine street. They carry a full line of shelf hard- 
ware, cement, belting, etc. They have a good jobbing tr.ide in Missouri 
and Illinois. 

FORK PAOKIXO. 

The first pork packer in Quincy was Capt. Pease, who in 1S35 packed 
3,000 hogs. From that time the business has grown until it has become 
one of the great hog markets of the West: and the business of packing and 
curing pork employs some of its most energetic men and a large amount of 
capital. About 75,000 hogs are packed in a season, distributed among; five 
large concerns and some small ones. One firm alone. Smith & Farlow, 
kills 25.000 hogs a year. 

BrTTZE ANT> EGOS. 

A few years ago the enterprising house of W. L. Distin tt Co. was first 
established in Qnincy as an egg and butter house. Many looked upon the 
enterprise as a foolhai-dy one and predicted an early downfall, but in this 
they were badly mistaken, for instead of g^>ing backward it has rapidly in- 
creased from year to year, until it now is among the very largest in the 
United States. A little later a consolidation was eiiected between this and 
the house of S. P. Pond A: Co., Keokuk and Burlington, making not only 
one of the Largest, but one of the strongest firms in the country. Pond, 
Distin A: Co. now have their large houses in successful operation and 
during the busy season will ship four to five cars loaded with nothing but 
eggs each day to the Eastern markets. During the year the Quincy branch 
of tlie firm shipped 400,000 pounds of butter, and 1,750,000 dozen eggs, or 
25,000 barrels, together with several car loads oi" dressed poultry. 

The house here is located at ]Sos. 17 and 19 South Sixth street, and is 
under the immediate snpcrvision of Wm. L. Distin, a member of the firm 
and a gentleman of large experience in this business. 

WIXES ANT> LIQrORS. 

The wholesale liquor trade of Quincy is carried on with marked enter- 
prise and energy. Their stores are filled with the best of imported and 
domestic wines and liquors. All those who are at present engaged in the 
business are thoroughly versed in its management and are enabled to 
guarantee satisfaction. There arc ten firms now engaged in the traffic in 



966 lllBlOUY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 

the city of Qnincy; Joseph Adams, J. W. Blutgut & Co., J. II. Diilvcr & 
Bro., John Meyer & Co., Fred. Schaller, Edward Stockle, Sain'l E. Seger, 
Soiiimer, Lyiids & Co., IlenryReiisch, and Rogers & Montgomery. 

THE QKAIN TRADE. 

Nearly the entire business in this line is transacted by Ewing, Bora- 
gardner & Beard. Previous to their taking charge of the elevator the 
grain business of the city was unimportant. In 1875. it was estimated that 
tlie grain business of the city did not e,\ceed 135,000 bushels. In 1876, 
Ewing, Bomgardner & Beard went into the elevator and run the shipments 
up to 1,700,000, three-fourths of that amount being handled at the elevator. 
Most of the grain was purchased in Missouri and Kansas. Total shipment 
for a year, 5,450 cars. In bushels the amount will be close to 2,000,000. 
Ten men are employed in the business. 

AGKICUI.TIKAL IMPLEMENTS. 

Quincy now has the largest establishments dealing in agricultural im- 
plements of all kinds, carrying an immense assortment. They all do a large 
business. The sales for the year will amount to something over $."^00,000. 

Lumber. 

The lumber dealers and saw-mills of Quincy report a very satisfactory 
business for the past year. The financial depression which has prevailed 
for years jiast has checked the building and improvements somewhat, which 
has had its effect upon the lumber interests. There are some si.\ dealers, 
most of whom have large yards, and carry stocks of from 500,000 to 2,000,- 
000 feet, and liandle from 500,000 to 3,000,000 feet a year. 

THE COAL TRADE. 

Three firms were engaged in the coal trade last year. The trade has 
grown to be an important business in the city, as the figures below show: 

The Quincy Coal Company employ 250 men, and in twelve months 
brouglit to the city ami disposed of about 3,000 cars of coal. 

The Neelyville Company was in business from January up to Novem- 
ber 1st, ten mouths. The firm had about seventy-live men employed, and 
brought to the city about 800 cars of soft coal, and 70 ears of hard coal. 
The total is estimated b3' the company at $35,000. 

The Colchester Company gave em|)loyment to about eighty men, and 
sliip to the city over 1,000 cars of coal a year. 

HIDES AN I) WOOL. 

Two firms are engaged in dealing in hides and wool, and do a large 
business annually. 

F. Silberman ik Bro., on Hampshire, between Front and Second, 
transact a business estimated at $1,000,000 a year. 

Ilirsch & Co. do a business of $25(\000 a year. Tliis firm, successors 
to J. Jones & Co., are located on Seventli and Ham])siiire. Tlie business 
of tlic year is estimated at $400,000. The firm keep eight men employed 
in the business. 



CONCLUSIOX. 967 



QUINCY HORSE RAILWAY AND CARRYING COMPANY 

Was organized and charter granted by the State, February 11, 1865. 
The charter epecifies that the company shall have the exclusive right to op- 
erate horse railways in the city of Quincy, for the term of fifty j'ears from 
its date. 

The original incorporators were: Charles A. Savage, James W. Pitman, 
Onias C Skinner, Isaac C. Woodruff, Hiram S. Byington, and Neliemiah 
Bushnell, first president, all now deceased save Mr. Savage. The Fifth 
street section extending from Sixth street and Maine, out North Fifth street 
a mile and a third in length, was first, and all, the first owners built. In May, 
1869, the present company, consisting oi Lorenzo Bull, President, E. K. 
Stone, Superintendent, Charles H. Bull, O. H. Browning, and Neliemiah 
Bushnell's lieirs, came in possession of the line, and soon after constructed 
the Maine street line leading from Sixth street to the fair grounds, about 
two miles and a quarter in length, and Highland line leading north from 
Maine on Twentieth street a mile. The company's stables and car house, 
the finest and best arranged in the West, are situated on Twentieth and 
Maine streets; and they and the Maine and Highland avenue lines were 
built under the supervision of the present very able superintendent, E. K. 
Stone. 

The company have in use fifteen cars and sixty mules. These they find 
better adapted to the heavy grades and their light cars than horses, which, 
with the kind treatment they receive, keep in splendid condition. The cars 
are neat and tidy, and no pains is spared for the convenience and comfort of 
the patrons of the road. There is no better managed street railroad in Illi- 
nois than this; and it is one of the institutions of Quincy, of which her 
citizens have just reason to be proml. 

HISTORY OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 
OF CLAYTON, ADAMS COUNTY. 

The original members of this churcii came from Garrard county, Ky., 
and were from the Associate Reformed Congregation, Point Lick, Madison 
county, Ky. The house of worship was situated near the dividing line 
between the said counties, and now known as the New Hope Church. 

Shannon Wallace and William Wallace, with their families, moved 
from Garrard county, Ky., to Pike county, 111., in 1834. Rankin Wallace, 
William M. Wallace, Jason Wallace, Mary Wallace (widow), and Sarah 
Wallace (widowj, with their families, moved from Garrard county, Ky., to 
Adams county. 111., in 1835. 

Rankin Wallace settled on a farm near the village of Clayton, in the 
northeast part of the county. Wm. M. Wallace, and the two widow Wal- 
laces above mentioned, settled on fixrms near Bear creek, some eight or ten 
miles northwest of Clayton. Jason Wallace settled in the village of Clay- 
ton the following spring. In 1836, Shannon and William Wallace, with 
their families, moved from Pike county. 111., to Adams county, and settled 
on farms near the village ot Clayton; all of whom were from the Associate 
Reformed Congregation, Point Lick, Ky. Rev. John Wallace, of the First 
Associate Reformed Presbytery, of Illinois, visited the settlement in 1836, 
and preached the first sermon in the house of Rankin Wallace. He also 



•)(>S lUSTOKV OF ADAMS COLNTY. 

visited tlie iieople, and preached frequentlj' afterward. He died at his 
home, near Little York, 111., Dec. 20, 1875. Rev. James McCalla, of 
Shelby county, Ky., visited the settlement in 1837, and preached a few 
times to this flock of new settlers, and the following year removed his 
family from Shelby county, Ky., to this place, and settled on a small farm 
and remained with these people for one year, preaching in the homes of the 
diftereiit families, during which time he received a call from the Associate 
Reformed Congregation, of Si)arta, Randolph county, 111., and removed to 
that place. After he left these ])eoi>le were visited by Rev. Fulton, Rev. 
James Barnett (who was afterward a missionary at Damascus, Syria). Rev. 
Morrow, Rev. Half, Rev. ^Ym. Graham, Rev. John Graham, and others, 
preaching in the houses of the brethren. Rev. John Pinkerton preached 
to them awhile in 1844. The congregation was organized with fourteen mem- 
bers, April 26, 1845, with Rev. Joseph Thompson, of the First Associate 
Reformed Presbytery of Illinois. The congregation was called the Clayton 
Congregation, and was to be under the direction of the First Associate 
Reformed Presbytery of Illinois, and the Second Associate Reformed Synod 
of theWest. Shannon Wallace was elected elder, and ordained on the 28th 
of April, 1845. He died Dec. 4, 1858. 

In the spring of 1846. Rev. M. M. Brown, formerly of Ohio, was sent 
by the Presbytery to the congregation as stated supply. He remained 
until the fall of 1848, preaching part of the time in Quincy, 111., the county 
seat of Adams county. He received aid i)art of the time from the Board 
of Home Missions. Atterward he received and accepted a call from Ran- 
dolph county, where he removed in the spring of 1849. During his stay 
at Clayton several were added to the church by profession and examin- 
ation. Thus it appears that the congregation began its growth under the 
ministration of Rev. M. M. Brown. He is at present Professor of Lin- 
coln College, Missouri. 

Before and up to this time, services of pnblic worship were held in 
prirate houses and in the district school-houses. Efforts now began to be 
made to build a house of worship, but failed for want of agreement as to 
the location, two points being proposed, one on the farm of Mr. Rankin 
Wallace, near the graveyard, and the other some where near the central 
point between the northern and southern portion of the congregation. 
Finally the matter was satisfactorily adjusted by building in the village of 
Clayton, which was done during the summer and fall of ISoO. In the fall 
of 1849, Rev. Samuel Millen, tormerly of Bloomingtou, lud., received and 
accepted a call from the congregation. He remained about seven years. 
He received aid from the Board of Home Missions lor one or two 
years; the congregation then became self-sustaining. Rev. Millen 
rendered efficient labor, and the congregation, by God's blessing, increased 
encouragingly. He gave up the charge ot the congregation in 1856, and 
received and' accepted a call from Smith's Creek, lleuderson county, and 
moved to that place in the fall of the same year. He died at his home 
near Smith's Creek, on the 11th of October, 1871. 

After Rev. Millen left, the congregation were without a pastor for 
about four years, although efforts were frequently made during that time 
to secure one. Notwithstanding this discouragement the little flock still 
trusted tliat God, in his good providence, would in due time send them one 
to watch over their spiritual interests. In the meantime, the Presbytery 
supplied them by sending Rev. James C. Porter, Dr. McDill, Rev. Robert 



CONCLUSION. 969 

Ross, and others, to administer to their spiritual needs. On the 17th day 
of May, 1S50, Mr. John Millen, elder from Eloomington, Ind., was 
received on certitifate, and accepted as elder of the congregation. He 
moved from Clayton to Paxtou, 111., in the fall of 1865. James A. Wal- 
lace and J. W. Anderson were elected elders in November, 1852, and 
ordained December 9 of the same year. vVilliam M. Wallace and Jason 
Wallace were elected elders in April, 1854, and ordained soon after. Wil- 
liam M. Wallace died Dec. 18, 1864. Jason Wallace died March 3, 18T3. 

Rev. S. C. Millen, from the Associate Reformed Synod of the South, 
took charge of the congregation as stated supph' in the fall of 1857, with 
the expectation of remaining in the west. The congregation made a call 
for liis services as settled pastor, but, owing to his feeble health, it was not 
accepted. Finding the climate too severe for him he removed south again 
in the fall of 1858. 

On the 26th of May, 1858, a union was effected between the Associate 
and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian churches, and called by the name 
of United Presbyterian. 

Revs. Marion Morrison, M. Bigger, Robert Ross, and others, were 
sent by the Presbytery as supplies. In the mean time the congregation 
increased in numbers to some extent by some of the baptized youth unit- 
ing with the church. 

In the spring of 1860, Rev. John Gordon, of Berlin, 111., became 
pastor of the congregation, and remained one year. He then gave up his 
charge to accept the tinancial agency of the Monmouth College, Monmouth, 
111., which had been tendered him. He afterward became pastor of the 
Fairfax Congregation Presbytery, of Cedar Rapids. He died Sept. 25, 
1871, of paralysis and lung disease. 

In May, 1861, Rev. M. Bigger became pastor of tiie congregation, and 
remained only during the summer, when he gave up his charge on receiv- 
ing the position of Chaplain in the 50th Kegt. 111. Inf. He went South 
the following fall and remained with his regiment during the three years' 
enlistment. After his return home he was employed for a time by the 
Board of Home Missions, during whicli time he united with the Re-united 
Presbyterian church, and finally was sent to Bushnell, 111., as stated sup- 
ply, in April, 1871, and was installed pastor in May, 1872, leaving many 
warm friends here. 

In the fall of 1861, Rev. James A. Frazier, formerly missionary at 
Damascus, Syi'ia, became pastor of the church, and remained about one 
year, when, at the request of the Presbytery, he gave up his charge and 
returned to his former mission field. He was a devoted pastor, and the 
congregation, having become very much attached to him, very reluctantly 
gave their consent to his removal. He died soon after his return to his 
field of mission labor. 

Rev. James McJSeal took charge of the congregation as stated supply 
in the fall of 1862, he remained until the following summer, then moved 
to another field. Dr. James F. Harper, elder from the Associate Reform 
Congregation, Troy, Tennessee, was received and elected elder on May 1, 
1863. He removed to Keokuk, Iowa, in the fall of 1869. In the spring 
of 1864, Rev. Joim H. Brown, of Monmouth, Illinois, received and accepted 
a call from the congregation, began preaching April 15, 1864, and was in- 
Etalled on the 8th day of September following. 

Rev. Brown's pastoral work was in a great degree successful. A num- 



970 HISTV^KY OF ADAMS CllUNTY. 

l>or of the vonth of tlie oongrejrHtion, and some older persons prt^t'essetl 
faitli in Christ, and were l\v exaniijjation received :is members of the cluiroh. 
lie h»lH>revl hard to establisli the S;ibbath-sclKx>l on a tirin basis, and also 
took great interest in establishinjj weekly praver-meetings. and was in a 
goixi degree successful in "Innh. 

On the 1st day of April, IStiO. at his nnjuest, the pastoral relation was 
dissolved, the oongregjjtion .•K\)uiescing. A short time after leaving Clay- 
ton, he took charge of the Piqua congregation in Ohio, and is still at that 
place. 

On the 13th day of Jan., 1S09. Mt. Wm. Wallace and Mr. C. H. Mof- 
fott, were elected elders, and orviaineil April the sjime year. Rev. J. A. 
Edie, of Xortii lleuderson county. Illinois, received and accepted a call 
from the congreg:»tion in the fall of 1S69. commenced preaching on the 
3Sth of November, and was installetl on the 14th of Jan., ISTO? *-Prt>vions 
to the union of the Associate and. Associate Reform churches. Pro. E<iie 
was in connection with the former. l\v the blessing of God. his labors in 
the congregation were in a givat dejiree successful, although some things 
occurred greatly to be deploreii, yet there wjis gradual increa.se by a nnm- 
l>er of young people of the ivngreg!iti^>n, and some older j»ersons professing 
faith in Christ, and uniting with the church. He laWred faithfully to have 
the weekly pi-aver-meetings and Sjibbath-schools profitable and interesting, 
and was zealous for the advancement of the cause oi Chrii^t. 

William A. Wallace and S;ilem Anderson were elected elders on the 
25th of March. 1ST8, and ordaintMi on the 3d of May, same year. 

At a congregational meeting held in tiie church. Sept. 1, 1S77. the 
matter of repairing the church building was laid before the congregation. 
From the discussion which followtnl. th- re seemed to l>e a desire on a jvirt 
ot the congregation to erect a new chun.'.h building instead of re).wring tlie 
old. After holding several other meetings relative to the matter, it was 
finiUly decidwi at a met>ting held on Sept, S, 1877, to rebuild on the old 
site, and at a subseijuent meeting a building committee was apyx^inteil, the 
contract let t*< J. II. Kanefess, of Quincy, Illinois. The house was erected 
during the fall and winter following, at a c 'St of alwut $3,000, and was 
dedicateil Jan. "iiK 1S78, Rev. Shaw.of Keokuk, lowji, preaching the ded- 
icatory sermon. In the following spring, Rev. J. A. Edie gave up his 
charge ;is pastor of the congres^ation, preachci his farewell sermon on the 
5th of .May. 1^7S. and removitl with his family the sjime spring to Xew 
Brighton. Pennsylvanisi. Since Bro. Edie left, the congregation have l>een 
without a settletl pastor, but have had ooc^isional supplies, and are at pres- 
ent (May, 1S7;>^ makiuir an effort, and will pnUnibly succeixl in securing the 
services of Rev. J. V. Pringle. of Pana, Illinois. 

There .ire at this date. May. IS7l>, eighty-two meml>ers. Since the 
c<.)ngi-egation was organized, twenty-eight have died, eight of whom were 
of tne original memlwi-s; si.\ of the original meml^rs remain. Therv have 
been fifty-two dismisses! by certificate, six have left without certificate, nine 
have IxH'u suspended, three of whom have been restore^! to the privileges 
of the ohurcli. 



CONCLUSION. 



971 



CURISTIAN CIirROH, I'l.KASANT VIEW. 

Located two and one-halt" miles southeast ot" Camp Point, or«»»in- 
Ited April ^4. 1>85. with eleven lueiubers. John Foster and David Uobbs 
weiv cnosen Elders: Daniel Walker, l>eacQn; Niehohu< Ilobhs, Clerk. 
Their first nieetintr house wsw erected in the year IS47; the one now oocu- 
t)ied was built in 1S7;?. at a cost of about thrtv thousand dollars, ineluding 
the foundation. The churches of the same oixler at Oanip Point and Clay- 
ton have both larijeiy grown out of this. Consequently the present nieni- 
Wrship is only alx>ut one hnndrtHl. 

There is a Sunday school, conijxised of tlie members and neiarbbors 
and their children, perhaps one hundred in number. About two luindred 
dollars per annum are raiseii for church purposes. 

Klder A. P. Stewart, of Mt. Sterliug, III., Kslxirs for the church in word 
and doctrine. 

Present officers areas follows: John A. Hoke, John S. Seaton, John 
E. Lowe, Elders; Henry M. Lewis and Daniel Omer, Deacons. 

CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT URSA, 

Was organized as the Rear Cret^k Christian Church, in February, 1833, and 
eontiuueii as such until IS40, when it was cllani^Hi to the name of The 
Ursa Church. The following members were instrumental in the organiza- 
tion of the church: Elder "jessee Rowlcs and wife, Stephen Ruddle, wife 
and daughter; S;irah Crawford, Miss Stephenson, Miss Lyttle and Elizabeth 
Stone, all of the above deceased. Among the first preachers were Stephen 
Ruddle, Jessee Bowles, John Clark and Lewis Hatchet. All have crossed 
over to the other shore but tlie latter, Brother Hatchet, who still survives. 

The church was organize*.! with seven memlwrs, which were graiiually 
increaseil to alx>ut -iOO. but some have died, others moved away, until, at 
the present time, there are oulv about sixty. The present preacher is 
Brother Yates, and the elders are'Wm. Mc.\.dams, John Denson and Ueorge 
Walker. Chureh building valued at $3,000. Sunday school every Sab- 
bath, well attendee!, and run by the members of the Christian Church and 
their children. 



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